N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 3-0113: The New York State Conservationist

§ 3-0113. The New York State Conservationist.

1. To the end that there shall be promoted a wider understanding of

the problems affecting conservation of natural resources in this state,

it is declared advisable to authorize the agents who issue hunting,

fishing and trapping licenses to sell annual subscriptions to the

official magazine of the department, "The New York State

Conservationist."

2. Any entity which is authorized by section 11-0713 of this chapter

to sell hunting, trapping and fishing licenses is hereby authorized, but

not required, to sell annual subscriptions to the department's official

magazine, "The New York State Conservationist." The fee to be charged

for a subscription to such magazine shall be such fee as the

commissioner may, after consultation with the division of the budget,

deem necessary for the best interest of the state. Such fee shall be

collected from each subscriber at the time of receiving application for

subscription. All collected fees, minus a 5.5 percent commission, shall

be remitted monthly, on a schedule to be determined by the department.

All receipts of the department from subscriptions shall be deposited in

an account in the miscellaneous special revenue fund-other. The

comptroller is authorized and directed to permit interest earnings on

any balances to accrue to the benefit of this account.