1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; modifying disability level for veterans receiving 
1.3 	licenses without a fee;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97A.441, 
1.4 	subdivisions 5, 6, 6a.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97A.441, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 5.Angling; disabled veterans. A person authorized to issue licenses must 
1.8 	issue, without a fee, a permanent license to take fish by angling to a resident who is 
1.9 	a veteran, as defined in section 197.447, and ~~that~~ who has a ~~100~~ 50 percent service 
1.10 	connected disability as defined by the United States Veterans Administration upon being 
1.11 	furnished satisfactory evidence.

1.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97A.441, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.13 		Subd. 6.Taking deer; disabled veterans. A person authorized to issue licenses 
1.14 	must issue, without a fee, a license to take deer with firearms or by archery to a resident 
1.15 	that is a veteran, as defined in section 197.447, and ~~that~~ who has a ~~100~~ 50 percent service 
1.16 	connected disability as defined by the United States Veterans Administration upon being 
1.17 	furnished satisfactory evidence.

1.18 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97A.441, subdivision 6a, is amended to read:
1.19 		Subd. 6a.Taking small game; disabled veterans. A person authorized to issue 
1.20 	licenses must issue, without a fee, a license to take small game to a resident who is a 
1.21 	veteran, as defined in section 197.447, and who has a ~~100~~ 50 percent service connected 
2.1 	disability as defined by the United States Veterans Administration upon being furnished 
2.2 	satisfactory evidence.