Bill Text: NY S05265 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Waives certain fishing and hunting fees for residents of the state who performed military service during a period of war for the five years immediately after his or her return to this state from such military service.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-14 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S05265 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S05265-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5265
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 3, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  BALL  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
         ty and Military Affairs
       AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to waiv-
         ing certain fishing and hunting fees for certain members of the  mili-
         tary serving during a period of war
         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  RESIDENT  OF THE STATE WHO PERFORMED MILITARY SERVICE DURING A PERIOD OF
   20  WAR AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED, IS ENTITLED, FOR THE FIVE YEARS  IMME-
   21  DIATELY  SUCCEEDING  HIS  OR  HER RETURN TO THE STATE FROM SUCH MILITARY
   22  SERVICE, TO RECEIVE FREE OF CHARGE A FISHING LICENSE, A  SMALL  AND  BIG
   23  GAME  LICENSE,  AND  A  TRAPPING LICENSE; and a resident who is blind is
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  entitled to receive a fishing license free of charge. For  the  purposes
    2  of  this  subdivision  a  person is blind only if either: (a) his or her
    3  central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200  in  the  better  eye  with
    4  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.