2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 7 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Licenses › 11-0715 - Fees.

§ 11-0715. Fees.
1.  When  any license or privilege 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  hunting  license,  a  muzzle-loading  privilege, a trapping
  license, and a bowhunting privilege; 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 hunting 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
  hunting 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 fishing license, a trapping license, and a hunting
  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  privilege  and a
  muzzle-loading privilege.
3. Each applicant for a license, permit or privilege shall pay to  the
  issuing  officer  a  fee,  according to the license, permit or privilege
  issued and the residence or other qualification of the applicant.
a. In the case of persons who meet the criteria set forth in paragraph
  c of subdivision four of section 11-0703 of this title:
License                                   Fee
(1) (a) Hunting                           $22.00
(b) Hunting ages fifteen
and under                                  $5.00
(2) Fishing                               $25.00
(3)(a) Trapping                           $20.00
(b) Trapping ages fifteen and under        $5.00
(4) Muzzle-loading privilege              $15.00
(5)(a) Bowhunting privilege               $15.00
(b) Bowhunting privilege
ages fifteen and under                     $4.00
(6) Turkey permit                         $10.00
(7) Seven-day fishing                     $12.00
(8) One-day fishing                       $ 5.00
b. In the case of a non-resident and persons resident in the state for
  less than thirty days:
License                                   Fee
(1) (a) Hunting                           $100.00
(b) Hunting ages fifteen and under          $5.00
(2) Fishing                                $50.00
(3) Seven-day fishing                      $28.00
(4)(a) Trapping                           $275.00
(b) Trapping ages fifteen and under         $5.00
(5)(a) Bowhunting privilege                $30.00
(b) Bowhunting privilege ages
fifteen and under                           $4.00
(6) Muzzle-loading                         $30.00
(7) Turkey permit                          $20.00
(8) One-day fishing                        $10.00
c. In all cases:
(1) Certificates in lieu of
lost license or privilege or tag                     $5.00
(2) Duplicate for lost or
destroyed permit or tag                             $10.00
4.  A  person,  resident  in  the  state  for  at  least  thirty  days
  immediately prior to the date of application, who (a) has been honorably
  discharged from service in the armed forces of the United States, or (b)
  has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one of  the  veterans'
  services  law,  and  has  received a discharge other than bad conduct or
  dishonorable from such service, or (c) is a discharged LGBT veteran,  as
  defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a
  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, and
  is certified as having a  forty  percent  or  greater  service-connected
  disability  is  entitled  to receive all licenses, privileges, tags, 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  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, privileges, certificates and
  permits, including any application fees associated with  such  licenses,
  privileges, certificates and permits.
7.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  subdivision  three  of  this
  section, the commissioner may offer for sale  licenses,  privileges  and
  permits  listed  in  this  section at a reduced price up to ten days per
  year to  encourage  resident  and  out-of-state  hunters,  trappers  and
  anglers   to   utilize   New   York's   hunting,  trapping  and  fishing
  opportunities. These days shall be designated in a manner determined  by
  the  department  to  best  provide public notice thereof and to maximize
  public participation therein.