Bill Text: MN HF25 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Veterans receiving licenses without a fee disability level modified.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-07-20 - Secretary of State Chapter 9 [HF25 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2011-HF25-Introduced.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to game and fish; modifying disability level for veterans receiving
1.3licenses without a fee;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.441,
1.4subdivisions 5, 6, 6a.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.441, subdivision 5, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8    Subd. 5. Angling; disabled veterans. A person authorized to issue licenses must
1.9issue, without a fee, a permanent license to take fish by angling to a resident who is
1.10a veteran, as defined in section 197.447, and that who has a 100 50 percent service
1.11connected disability as defined by the United States Veterans Administration upon being
1.12furnished satisfactory evidence.

1.13    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.441, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.14    Subd. 6. Taking deer; disabled veterans. A person authorized to issue licenses
1.15must issue, without a fee, a license to take deer with firearms or by archery to a resident
1.16that is a veteran, as defined in section 197.447, and that who has a 100 50 percent service
1.17connected disability as defined by the United States Veterans Administration upon being
1.18furnished satisfactory evidence.

1.19    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.441, subdivision 6a, is amended to read:
1.20    Subd. 6a. Taking small game; disabled veterans. A person authorized to issue
1.21licenses must issue, without a fee, a license to take small game to a resident who is a
1.22veteran, as defined in section 197.447, and who has a 100 50 percent service connected
2.1disability as defined by the United States Veterans Administration upon being furnished
2.2satisfactory evidence.
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