Section 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                              $300.00
 
        for a child age five through
       eleven years of age                            $420.00
 
        for a person age twelve through
       sixty-four years of age                        $600.00
 
        for a person age sixty-five
       and over.                                      $ 50.00
 
        b. Lifetime small and
       big game license.                              $350.00
 
        c. Lifetime fishing
       license.                                       $350.00
 
        d. Lifetime trapping
       license.                                       $300.00
 
        e. Lifetime archery
       stamp.                                         $180.00
 
        f. Lifetime muzzle-
       loading stamp.                                 $180.00
 
    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 October 1, 2009
    * 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 October 1, 2009
    2.   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.