Bill Text: NY S04524 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides a personal income tax credit in the amount of any fishing and/or hunting fees paid by members of the United States armed forces in active service.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-02 - PRINT NUMBER 4524A [S04524 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4524
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 26, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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 certain fishing and hunting fees for members of the United  States
         armed forces in active service
         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
   12  fishing  license,  a hunting license, and a trapping license; a resident
   13  of the state who is an active member of the  organized  militia  of  the
   14  state  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
   23  accompanied  by a limitation of the field of vision such that the widest
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01633-01-5
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    1  diameter of the visual field  subtends  an  angle  no  greater  than  20
    2  degrees.
    3    A  resident in the state for a period of thirty days immediately prior
    4  to the date of application who has attained the age of seventy is  enti-
    5  tled  to  receive  a  fishing license, a trapping license, and a hunting
    6  license, at a cost of five dollars for each license.
    7    A resident in the state for a period of thirty days immediately  prior
    8  to  the date of application who has attained the age of seventy is enti-
    9  tled to receive free of charge a bowhunting privilege and a muzzle-load-
   10  ing privilege.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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