11-0715 - Fees.
§ 11-0715. Fees. 1. When any license or stamp listed in this section is issued by the department or an officer or employee of the department, the license fee is the amount specified in this section plus the amount, if any, specified as a fee to the issuing clerk. 2. A member of the Shinnecock tribe or the Poospatuck tribe or a member of the six nations, residing on any reservation wholly or partly within the state, is entitled to receive free of charge a fishing license, a small and big game license, a sportsman license, a muzzle-loading stamp, a trapping license, and a bow hunting stamp; a resident of the state who is a member of the United States armed forces in active service who is not stationed within the state and has not been herein longer than thirty days on leave or furlough, is entitled to receive free of charge a fishing license, a small and big game license, and a trapping license; a resident of the state who is an active member of the organized militia of the state of New York as defined by section one of the military law, or the reserve components of the armed forces of the United States, and excluding members of the inactive national guard and individual ready reserve, is entitled to receive free of charge a fishing license, a small and big game license, and a trapping license; and a resident who is blind is entitled to receive a fishing license free of charge. For the purposes of this subdivision a person is blind only if either: (a) his or her central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses, or (b) his or her visual acuity is greater than 20/200 but is accompanied by a limitation of the field of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees. A resident in the state for a period of thirty days immediately prior to the date of application who has attained the age of seventy is entitled to receive a sportsman license at the cost of ten dollars as a license fee. A resident in the state for a period of thirty days immediately prior to the date of application who has attained the age of seventy is entitled to receive a fishing license, and a trapping license, at a cost of five dollars for each license. A resident in the state for a period of thirty days immediately prior to the date of application who has attained the age of seventy is entitled to receive free of charge a bowhunting stamp and a muzzle-loading stamp. 3. Each applicant for a license, permit or stamp shall pay to the issuing officer a fee, according to the license, permit or stamp issued and the residence or other qualification of the applicant. a. In the case of persons who have been residents of the state for more than thirty days immediately preceding the date of application or who are enrolled in a full-time course at a college or university within the state and who are in residence in the state for the school year, Indians residing off reservations in the state and members of the United States armed forces in active service stationed in this state regardless of place of residence at the time of entry into service: License Fee (1) Super-sportsman $88.00 (2) Trapper Super-sportsman $88.00 (3) Sportsman $47.00 (4) Small and big game $29.00 (5) Fishing $29.00 (6) Trapping $21.00 (7) Small game $26.00 (8) Junior trapping $ 6.00(9) Muzzle-loading stamp $21.00 (10) Bowhunting stamp $21.00 (11) Turkey permit $10.00 (12) Seven-day fishing $15.00 (13) Conservation legacy $96.00 (14) One-day fishing $ 5.00 b. In the case of a non-resident and persons resident in the state for less than thirty days, other than persons who are enrolled in a full-time course at a college or university within the state and who are in residence in the state for the school year and those members of the United States armed forces as to whom fees are specified in paragraph a of this subdivision: License Fee (1) Big game $140.00 (2) Small game $ 85.00 (3) Fishing $ 70.00 (4) Seven-day fishing $ 35.00 (5) Trapping $310.00 (6) Super-sportsman $280.00 (7) Bowhunting $140.00 (8) Muzzle-loading $140.00 (9) Bear tag $ 50.00 (10) Turkey permit $ 50.00 (11) One-day fishing $ 15.00 c. In all cases: (1) Certificates in lieu of lost license or stamp or tag $ 5.00 (2) Duplicate for lost or destroyed permit, button or tag $10.00 (3) Junior hunting license $ 5.00 (4) Junior archery license $ 9.00 (5) One-day fishing license $15.00 (6) Conservation patron license $12.00 4. A person, resident in the state for at least thirty days immediately prior to the date of application, who has been honorably discharged from service in the armed forces of the United States and certified as having a forty percent or greater service-connected disability is entitled to receive all licenses, stamps, tags, buttons, and permits authorized by this title for which he or she is eligible, except turkey permits, renewable each year for a five dollar fee. 5. Prior to the first day of February in the second year following the year in which this subdivision shall have become a law, and prior to the first day of February of every second year thereafter, the conservation fund advisory council shall submit recommendations to the commissioner regarding the level of fees established by this section taking into account economic indicators, the status of the conservation fund, and such program indicators as it may deem appropriate. The commissioner shall transmit the recommendations in their entirety to the governor, the legislature and interested individuals and organizations, and the governor may submit a budget bill incorporating his recommendations thereon to the legislature. 6. a. License issuing officers may retain 1.1 percent of the gross proceeds from the sale of the following: (1) non-resident small game license (2) non-resident big game license (3) non-resident trapping license (4) bear tag (5) non-resident bowhunting license(6) non-resident muzzle-loading license (7) non-resident super-sportsman license (8) non-resident turkey permit (9) all lifetime licenses listed in section 11-0702 of this title. b. License issuing officers may retain 5.5 percent of the gross proceeds from sale of all other license, stamps, certificates and permits, including any application fees associated with such licenses, stamps, certificates and permits.