Bill Text: NY S00983 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for the issuance of fishing and hunting licenses, free of charge, to volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S00983 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S00983-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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983
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. LIBOUS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed 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 3 of part KK of chapter 59 of
3 the laws of 2009, 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 small and big game license, a sportsman license, a muzzle-
8 loading stamp, a trapping license, and a bow hunting stamp; a resident
9 of the state who is a member of the United States armed forces in active
10 service who is not stationed within the state and has not been herein
11 longer than thirty days on leave or furlough, is entitled to receive
12 free of charge a fishing license, a small and big game license, and a
13 trapping license; a resident of the state who is an active member of the
14 organized militia of the state of New York as defined by section one of
15 the military law, or the reserve components of the armed forces of the
16 United States, and excluding members of the inactive national guard and
17 individual ready reserve, is entitled to receive free of charge a fish-
18 ing license, a small and big game license, and a trapping license; A
19 VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION
20 THREE OF THE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKERS' BENEFIT LAW, OR A VOLUNTEER
21 FIREMAN, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE OF THE VOLUNTEER
22 FIREFIGHTERS' BENEFIT LAW, IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE FREE OF CHARGE A FISH-
23 ING LICENSE, AND A SMALL AND BIG GAME LICENSE; and a resident who is
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 blind is entitled to receive a fishing license free of charge. For the
2 purposes of this subdivision a person is blind only if either: (a) his
3 or her central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye
4 with correcting lenses, or (b) his or her visual acuity is greater than
5 20/200 but is accompanied by a limitation of the field of vision such
6 that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no great-
7 er than 20 degrees.
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 is enti-
10 tled to receive a sportsman license at the cost of ten dollars as a
11 license fee.
12 A resident in the state for a period of thirty days immediately prior
13 to the date of application who has attained the age of seventy is enti-
14 tled to receive a fishing license, and a trapping license, at a cost of
15 five dollars for each license.
16 A resident in the state for a period of thirty days immediately prior
17 to the date of application who has attained the age of seventy is enti-
18 tled to receive free of charge a bowhunting stamp and a muzzle-loading
19 stamp.
20 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
