1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; providing for the issuance of free angling and hunting 
1.3 	licenses to residents who have served outside the United States as a member of 
1.4 	the National Guard, a reserve component, or active duty armed forces;amending 
1.5 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.441, by adding a subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.441, is amended by adding a 
1.8 	subdivision to read:
1.9 		Subd. 11.Angling; taking small game and deer; National Guard and reserves.
 1.10 	(a) A person authorized to issue licenses must issue, without a fee, licenses to take fish 
1.11 	by angling, to take small game, and to take deer to a resident who has served at any 
1.12 	time during the past 24 months in federal active service, as defined in section 190.05, 
1.13 	subdivision 5c, outside the United States as a member of the National Guard, other reserve 
1.14 	component of the United States armed forces, or active duty member of the United States 
1.15 	armed forces. Eligibility for a license to take deer under this subdivision is limited to 
1.16 	one license per resident.
1.17 	(b) This subdivision expires on February 28, 2010.

1.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.