Bill Text: NY A03843 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Waives certain fishing and hunting fees for residents of the state who performed military service in combat or duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger for the five years immediately after his or her return to this state from such military service.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to environmental conservation [A03843 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03843-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3843
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 31, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, ABBATE, ZEBROWSKI, BENEDETTO, SCHIMMINGER,
          MAGNARELLI  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. COLTON, WRIGHT -- read
          once and referred 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 certain members of the  mili-
          tary serving in combat or subject to hostile fire
          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 resident of the state  who  performed
    19  military  service  in combat or duty subject to hostile fire or imminent
    20  danger, as defined in 37 USC § 310 (a)(4), and was honorably discharged,
    21  is entitled, for the five years immediately succeeding his or her return
    22  to the state from such military service, to receive  free  of  charge  a
    23  fishing  license,  a small and big game license, and a trapping license;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 3843                             2
     1  and a resident who is blind is entitled to  receive  a  fishing  license
     2  free  of  charge. For the purposes of this subdivision a person is blind
     3  only if either: (a) his or her central visual  acuity  does  not  exceed
     4  20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses, or (b) his or her visu-
     5  al  acuity  is greater than 20/200 but is accompanied by a limitation of
     6  the field of vision such that the widest diameter of  the  visual  field
     7  subtends an angle no greater 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  fishing license, a trapping license, and a hunting
    11  license, at a cost of five dollars for each license.
    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 free of charge a bowhunting privilege and a muzzle-load-
    15  ing privilege.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.