SF 2762

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 03/21/2025 10:06 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to natural resources; allowing veterans with 100 percent service-connected
disability to obtain a license for a fish house, dark house, or shelter without paying
a fee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97A.441, subdivision 5.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97A.441, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Angling; disabled veterans.

(a) new text begin Upon being furnished satisfactory evidence, new text end
a person authorized to issue licenses must issue, without a fee, new text begin the following licenses to a
resident who is a veteran, as defined in section 197.447, and who has a 100 percent
service-connected disability, as defined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs:
new text end

new text begin (1) new text end a permanent license to take fish by angling deleted text begin to a resident who is a veteran, as defined
in section 197.447, and that has a 100 percent service-connected disability as defined by
the United States Veterans Administration upon being furnished satisfactory evidence deleted text end new text begin ; and
new text end

new text begin (2) a license for a fish house, dark house, or shelter new text end .

(b) A driver's license or Minnesota identification card bearing the designation under
section 171.07, subdivision 15, paragraph (a), clause (2), serves as satisfactory evidence to
obtain a license under this subdivision at all agent locations.