N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 3-0113

§ 3-0113. The New York State Conservationist.\n 1. To the end that there shall be promoted a wider understanding of\nthe problems affecting conservation of natural resources in this state,\nit is declared advisable to authorize the agents who issue hunting,\nfishing and trapping licenses to sell annual subscriptions to the\nofficial magazine of the department, "The New York State\nConservationist."\n 2. Any entity which is authorized by section 11-0713 of this chapter\nto sell hunting, trapping and fishing licenses is hereby authorized, but\nnot required, to sell annual subscriptions to the department's official\nmagazine, "The New York State Conservationist." The fee to be charged\nfor a subscription to such magazine shall be such fee as the\ncommissioner may, after consultation with the division of the budget,\ndeem necessary for the best interest of the state. Such fee shall be\ncollected from each subscriber at the time of receiving application for\nsubscription. All collected fees, minus a 5.5 percent commission, shall\nbe remitted monthly, on a schedule to be determined by the department.\nAll receipts of the department from subscriptions shall be deposited in\nan account in the miscellaneous special revenue fund-other. The\ncomptroller is authorized and directed to permit interest earnings on\nany balances to accrue to the benefit of this account.\n