Bill Text: NY A07082 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to the cost of various hunting, fishing and trapping licenses.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 11-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to environmental conservation [A07082 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07082-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7082
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 23, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  THIELE, BORELLI, DiPIETRO, FINCH, GARBARINO,
         GRAF, GUNTHER, McKEVITT, MONTESANO, NOJAY, PALMESANO,  RAIA,  ROBERTS,
         SANTABARBARA  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, DUPREY, HAWLEY,
         JOHNS, SCHIMMINGER, TITONE -- read once and referred to the  Committee
         on Environmental Conservation
       AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
         cost of various hunting, fishing and trapping licenses
         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; and a resident who is blind is entitled
   19  to  receive  a  fishing license free of charge. For the purposes of this
   20  subdivision a person is blind only if either: (a)  his  or  her  central
   21  visual  acuity  does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting
   22  lenses, or (b) his or her visual acuity is greater than  20/200  but  is
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02366-01-5
       A. 7082                             2
    1  accompanied  by a limitation of the field of vision such that the widest
    2  diameter of the visual field  subtends  an  angle  no  greater  than  20
    3  degrees.
    4    A  resident in the state for a period of thirty days immediately prior
    5  to the date of application who has attained the age of [seventy]  SIXTY-
    6  FIVE is entitled to receive a fishing license, a trapping license, and a
    7  hunting license, at a cost of five dollars for each license.
    8    A  resident in the state for a period of thirty days immediately prior
    9  to the date of application who has attained the age of [seventy]  SIXTY-
   10  FIVE  is entitled to receive free of charge a bowhunting privilege and a
   11  muzzle-loading privilege.
   12    Each applicant for a license, permit or privilege  shall  pay  to  the
   13  issuing  officer  a  fee,  according to the license, permit or privilege
   14  issued and the residence or other qualification of the applicant.
   15    S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 11-0702 of the  environmental  conserva-
   16  tion  law,  as amended by section 16 of part R of chapter 58 of the laws
   17  of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   18    1. There are hereby created the following lifetime  hunting,  fishing,
   19  trapping,  archery  and  muzzle-loading  privileges  and  fees  therefor
   20  subject to the same privileges and obligations  of  a  comparable  short
   21  term license:
   22               Licenses                               Fees
   23        a. Lifetime license
   24       including a hunting license,
   25       fishing license and turkey
   26       permit. If purchased,
   27       for a  child four years
   28       of age or younger                              $380.00
   29        for a child age five through
   30       eleven years of age                            $535.00
   31        for a person age twelve through
   32       [sixty-nine] SIXTY-FOUR
   33       years of age                                   $765.00
   34        for a person age [seventy]
   35       SIXTY-FIVE and over.                           $ 65.00
   36        b. Lifetime
   37       hunting license.                               $535.00
   38        c. Lifetime fishing
   39       license for a person age
   40       [sixty-nine] SIXTY-FOUR
   41       or younger.                                    $460.00
   42        d. Lifetime fishing license
   43       for a person age [seventy]
   44       SIXTY-FIVE and over.                           $ 65.00
   45        e. Lifetime trapping
   46       license.                                       $395.00
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    1        f. Lifetime archery
    2       privilege.                                     $235.00
    3        g. Lifetime muzzle-
    4       loading privilege.                             $235.00
    5        h. For transfer to a person pursuant
    6       to section 11-0704 of this title               $ 50.00
    7    The  holder  of a lifetime hunting license or lifetime fishing license
    8  may, at any time, convert such license to a lifetime license pursuant to
    9  paragraph a of this subdivision for  an  additional  fee  equal  to  the
   10  difference  between  the  current  fee  for  the new license and the fee
   11  originally paid for the license.
   12    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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