1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; requiring a person authorized to issue hunting and fishing 
1.3 	licenses to issue licenses to certain disabled residents without charging a fee;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.441, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.441, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Angling and spearing; disabled residents. (a) A person authorized to 
1.8 	issue licenses must issue, without a fee, licenses to take fish by angling or spearing to a 
1.9 	resident who is:
1.10 	(1) blind;
1.11 	(2) a recipient of Supplemental Security Income for the aged, blind, and disabled;
1.12 	(3) a recipient of Social Security aid to the disabled under United States Code, title 42, 
1.13 	section 416, paragraph (i)(l), or section 423(d);
1.14 	(4) a recipient of workers' compensation based on a finding of total and permanent 
1.15 	disability;
1.16 	(5) 65 years of age or older and was qualified under clause (2) or (3) at the age of 64; 
1.17 	~~or~~
1.18 	(6) permanently disabled and meets the disability requirements for Supplemental Security 
1.19 	Income or Social Security aid to the disabled under United States Code, title 42, section 
1.20 	416, paragraph (i)(l), or section 423(d)~~.~~;
1.21 	(7) receiving aid under the federal Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, United States Code, 
1.22 	title 45, section 231a(a)(1)(v); or
2.1 	(8) a former employee of the United States Postal Service receiving disability pay under 
2.2 	United States Code, title 5, section 8337.
2.3 	(b) A driver's license or Minnesota identification card bearing the applicable designation 
2.4 	under section 171.07, subdivision 17, serves as satisfactory evidence to obtain a license 
2.5 	under this subdivision at all agent locations.