as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to game and fish; authorizing an exemption 1.3 from the fishing license requirement for certain 1.4 persons; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 1.5 97A.445, subdivision 2. 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.445, 1.8 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 1.9 Subd. 2. [ANGLING; INSTITUTIONAL RESIDENTS.] A license is 1.10 not required to take fish by angling with the written consent of 1.11 the superintendent or chief executive of the institution for the 1.12 following persons: 1.13 (1) a resident of a state hospital; 1.14 (2) a patient of a United States Veterans Administration 1.15 hospital; 1.16 (3) an inmate of a state correctional facility; 1.17 (4) a resident of a licensed nursing or boarding care home, 1.18 a person who is enrolled in and regularly participates in an 1.19 adult day care program or other similar organized activity 1.20 sponsored by a licensed nursing or boarding care home, or a 1.21 resident of a licensed board and lodging facility;and1.22 (5) a resident of a drug or alcohol residential treatment 1.23 program under the age of 20; and 1.24 (6) a person under the age of 20 who is under the 1.25 supervision of an area learning center that has a primary 2.1 mission to serve at-risk teenagers and is issued a special 2.2 permit by the commissioner.