1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; allowing veterans with 100 percent service-connected 
1.3 	disability to obtain a license for a fish house, dark house, or shelter without paying 
1.4 	a fee;amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97A.441, subdivision 5.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97A.441, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 5.Angling; disabled veterans. (a) Upon being furnished satisfactory evidence,
1.8 	a person authorized to issue licenses must issue, without a fee, the following licenses to a 
1.9 	resident who is a veteran, as defined in section 197.447, and who has a 100 percent 
1.10 	service-connected disability, as defined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs:
1.11 	(1) a permanent license to take fish by angling to a resident who is a veteran, as defined 
1.12 	in section 197.447, and that has a 100 percent service-connected disability as defined by 
1.13 	the United States Veterans Administration upon being furnished satisfactory evidence; and
1.14 	(2) a license for a fish house, dark house, or shelter.
1.15 	(b) A driver's license or Minnesota identification card bearing the designation under 
1.16 	section 171.07, subdivision 15, paragraph (a), clause (2), serves as satisfactory evidence to 
1.17 	obtain a license under this subdivision at all agent locations.