11-0702 - Lifetime hunting, fishing, trapping, archery and muzzle-loading licenses.

§ 11-0702. Lifetime hunting, fishing, trapping, archery and muzzle-loading licenses. * 1. There are hereby created the following lifetime hunting, fishing,  trapping, archery and muzzle-loading licenses and fees therefor  subject  to  the  same  privileges  and  obligations  of  a comparable short term  license: Licenses Fees a. Lifetime sportsman license and turkey permit. If purchased, for a  child four years of age or younger $380.00 for a child age five through eleven years of age $535.00 for a person age twelve through sixty-nine years of age $765.00 for a person age seventy and over. $65.00 b. Lifetime small and big game license. $535.00 c. Lifetime fishing license for a person age sixty-nine or younger. $460.00 d. Lifetime fishing license for a person age seventy and over. $ 65.00 e. Lifetime trapping license. $395.00 f. Lifetime archery stamp. $235.00 * g. Lifetime muzzle- loading stamp. $235.00 * NB There are two paragraph g's. * g. Lifetime recreational marine fishing license. $150.00 * NB There are two paragraph g's. h. Lifetime combination fishing and recreational marine fishing license. $450.00 The holder of a lifetime small and big game license or fishing license  may, at any time, convert such license to a lifetime  sportsman  license  and turkey  permit  for  an  additional  fee  equal  to  the  existing  differential.* NB Effective until January 15, 2011 * 1. There are hereby created the following lifetime hunting, fishing,  trapping,  archery and muzzle-loading licenses and fees therefor subject  to the same privileges  and  obligations  of  a  comparable  short  term  license: Licenses Fees a. Lifetime sportsman license and turkey permit. If purchased, for a  child four years of age or younger $380.00 for a child age five through eleven years of age $535.00 for a person age twelve through sixty-nine years of age $765.00 for a person age seventy and over. $65.00 b. Lifetime small and big game license. $535.00 c. Lifetime fishing license for a person age sixty-nine or younger. $460.00 d. Lifetime fishing license for a person age seventy and over. $ 65.00 e. Lifetime trapping license. $395.00 f. Lifetime archery stamp. $235.00 g. Lifetime muzzle- loading stamp. $235.00 h. Lifetime recreational marine fishing license. $150.00 i. Lifetime combination fishing and recreational marine fishing license. $450.00 j. For transfer to a person pursuant to section 11-0704 of this title $50.00 The holder of a lifetime small and big game license or fishing license  may,  at  any time, convert such license to a lifetime sportsman license  and  turkey  permit  for  an  additional  fee  equal  to  the existing  differential. * NB Effective January 15, 20112. Legal  residency  within  the  state  of  New  York  shall  be  a  prerequisite for persons to obtain,  or  have  obtained  for  them,  any  lifetime  licenses  included  within  this section. Lifetime licenses so  obtained shall continue to be valid for use  within  the  state  by  the  person  to  whom the lifetime license was issued, regardless of a change  in residency of  that  lifetime  license  holder.  Holders  of  lifetime  licenses which include  lifetime  big  game  privileges  who  become  non-residents of the state may continue to  obtain  resident  bowhunting  and muzzle-loading stamps, including lifetime archery and muzzle-loading  stamps.  Holders  of  lifetime  licenses  which  include  bowhunting and  muzzle-loading privileges who become  non-residents  of  the  state  may  continue  to  obtain  resident  big  game privileges, including lifetime  sportsman or small and big game licenses. An annual turkey  permit  will  be  granted  at  no  additional  fee  as  an additional privilege of all  existing lifetime sportsman licenses. Possession of lifetime licenses is  nontransferable. 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner  shall  promulgate  rules  and regulations, which the department deems necessary  to implement the establishment of lifetime licenses. Such rules and regulations shall provide: a. for a permanent, counterfeit-resistant identification card with the  necessary identification information; b. for annual issuance of necessary tags; c. (i) for the replacement of a lost license upon application  with  a  notarized  affidavit  and  a  fee  of  five  dollars  and  (ii) for gift  inscriptions, up to twenty-three characters, on lifetime licenses for an  additional fee of five dollars; d. that conditions for lifetime licenses shall include compliance with  all conditions presently required for holders of short term licenses; e. that lifetime license fees shall be increased only when short  term  or  annual  licenses  are  increased  and shall be increased at the same  percentage level and that such increases shall not be retroactive. 4. All moneys collected from the sale of lifetime  licenses  shall  be  deposited  in  the state fish and game trust account pursuant to section  eighty-three of the state finance law.