Minnesota Legislature
HF 3046
as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 02/17/2022 03:59pm
Current Version - as introduced
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A bill for an act
relating to game and fish; providing free game and fish licenses to active duty
members of the military and to honorably discharged military veterans; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 97A.441, subdivisions 5, 6, 6a; 171.07,
subdivision 17; Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, sections 97B.715, subdivision
1; 97B.801.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97A.441, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5.
Angling; deleted text begin disableddeleted text end new text begin active duty members of the military andnew text end veterans.
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person authorized to issue licenses must issue, without a fee, a deleted text begin permanentdeleted text end license to take
fish by angling to a resident who is deleted text begin 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 evidencedeleted text end new text begin currently in active military
service or who has been honorably discharged from active military service as evidenced by
the most recent form DD-214new text end .
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(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.
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Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97A.441, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
Subd. 6.
Taking deer; deleted text begin disableddeleted text end new text begin active duty members of the military andnew text end veterans.
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A person authorized to issue licenses must issue, without a fee, a license to take deer with
firearms or by archery to a resident that is deleted text begin 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 evidencedeleted text end new text begin currently in active military
service or who has been honorably discharged from active military service as evidenced by
the most recent form DD-214new text end .
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(b) The commissioner, upon request, must issue a permanent card documenting
satisfactory evidence of 100 percent permanently disabled status.
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(c) The following serve as satisfactory evidence to obtain a license under this subdivision
at all agent locations:
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(1) a card issued under paragraph (b); or
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(2) a driver's license or Minnesota identification card bearing the designation under
section 171.07, subdivision 15, paragraph (a), clause (2).
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Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97A.441, subdivision 6a, is amended to read:
Subd. 6a.
Taking small game; deleted text begin disableddeleted text end new text begin active duty members of the military andnew text end
veterans.
deleted text begin (a)deleted text end A person authorized to issue licenses must issue, without a fee, a license to
take small game to a resident who is deleted text begin a veteran, as defined in section 197.447, and who has
a 100 percent service connected disability as defined by the United States Veterans
Administration upon being furnished satisfactory evidencedeleted text end new text begin currently in active military
service or who has been honorably discharged from active military service as evidenced by
the most recent form DD-214new text end .
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(b) The commissioner, upon request, must issue a permanent card documenting
satisfactory evidence of 100 percent permanently disabled status.
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(c) The following serve as satisfactory evidence to obtain a license under this subdivision
at all agent locations:
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(1) a card issued under paragraph (b); or
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(2) a driver's license or Minnesota identification card bearing the designation under
section 171.07, subdivision 15, paragraph (a), clause (2).
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Sec. 4.
Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 97B.715, subdivision 1, is amended
to read:
Subdivision 1.
Stamp required.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) or section
97A.405, subdivision 2, a person required to possess a small-game license may not hunt
pheasants without a pheasant stamp validation.
(b) The following persons are exempt from this subdivision:
(1) residents and nonresidents under age 18 and residents over age 65;
(2) persons hunting on licensed commercial shooting preserves;
(3) resident deleted text begin disableddeleted text end new text begin active duty members of the military ornew text end veterans with a license issued
under section 97A.441, subdivision 6a; and
(4) residents and nonresidents hunting on licenses issued under section 97A.475,
subdivision 2, clause (20); or 3, paragraph (a), clause (16).
Sec. 5.
Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 97B.801, is amended to read:
97B.801 MINNESOTA MIGRATORY-WATERFOWL STAMP REQUIRED.
(a) Except as provided in this section or section 97A.405, subdivision 2, a person required
to possess a small-game license may not take migratory waterfowl without a
migratory-waterfowl stamp validation.
(b) Residents under age 18 or over age 65; resident deleted text begin disableddeleted text end new text begin active duty members of the
military and new text end veterans with a license issued under section 97A.441, subdivision 6a; and
persons hunting on their own property are not required to possess a stamp validation under
this section.
(c) Residents and nonresidents with licenses issued under section 97A.475, subdivision
2, clause (20); or 3, paragraph (a), clause (16), are not required to possess a stamp validation
under this section.
Sec. 6.
Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.07, subdivision 17, is amended to read:
Subd. 17.
Disability designation.
At the request of an applicant with permanent eligibility
for a disability designation and on payment of the required fee, the department shall issue,
renew, or reissue to the applicant a driver's license or Minnesota identification card bearing
a physical disability designation based on the following medical deleted text begin conditionsdeleted text end new text begin conditionnew text end :
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(1) type 1, to an applicant who is permanently blind or disabled and meets the
requirements for a free license to take fish under section 97A.441, subdivision 1, paragraph
(a), clause (1), (4), (5), or (6); or
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deleted text begin (2)deleted text end type 2, to an applicant who permanently meets the requirements for disability under
section 97B.111, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1), item (i).