Bill Text: NY A02383 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides tax credits equal to the cost of the issuance of fishing and hunting licenses to volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-10 - print number 2383a [A02383 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2383
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 16, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to waiv-
         ing  hunting  and  fishing license fees for volunteer firefighters and
         volunteer ambulance workers
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  11-0715 of the environmental
    2  conservation law, as amended by section 4 of part R of chapter 58 of the
    3  laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
    4    2. A member of the Shinnecock tribe  or  the  Poospatuck  tribe  or  a
    5  member  of the six nations, residing on any reservation wholly or partly
    6  within the state, is entitled  to  receive  free  of  charge  a  fishing
    7  license,  a  hunting  license,  a  muzzle-loading  privilege, a trapping
    8  license, and a bowhunting privilege; a resident of the state  who  is  a
    9  member  of  the  United States armed forces in active service who is not
   10  stationed within the state and has not been herein  longer  than  thirty
   11  days on leave or furlough, is entitled to receive free of charge a fish-
   12  ing  license,  a  hunting license, and a trapping license; a resident of
   13  the state who is an active member of the organized militia of the  state
   14  of  New  York  as  defined  by  section  one of the military law, or the
   15  reserve components of the armed forces of the United States, and exclud-
   16  ing members of the inactive national guard and individual ready reserve,
   17  is entitled to receive free of  charge  a  fishing  license,  a  hunting
   18  license,  and  a  trapping  license;  A  VOLUNTEER  AMBULANCE WORKER, AS
   19  DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE OF THE  VOLUNTEER  AMBULANCE
   20  WORKERS'  BENEFIT LAW, OR A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION
   21  ONE OF SECTION THREE OF THE  VOLUNTEER  FIREFIGHTERS'  BENEFIT  LAW,  IS
   22  ENTITLED  TO  RECEIVE  FREE OF CHARGE A FISHING LICENSE, AND A SMALL AND
   23  BIG GAME LICENSE; and a resident who is blind is entitled to  receive  a
   24  fishing  license  free of charge. For the purposes of this subdivision a
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05105-01-5
       A. 2383                             2
    1  person is blind only if either: (a) his or  her  central  visual  acuity
    2  does  not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses, or (b)
    3  his or her visual acuity is greater than 20/200 but is accompanied by  a
    4  limitation  of  the field of vision such that the widest diameter of the
    5  visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees.
    6    A resident in the state for a period of thirty days immediately  prior
    7  to  the date of application who has attained the age of seventy is enti-
    8  tled to receive a fishing license, a trapping  license,  and  a  hunting
    9  license, at a cost of five dollars for each license.
   10    A  resident in the state for a period of thirty days immediately prior
   11  to the date of application who has attained the age of seventy is  enti-
   12  tled to receive free of charge a bowhunting privilege and a muzzle-load-
   13  ing privilege.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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