1999 Minnesota Statutes

     97A.441 Licenses to be issued without a fee. 

    Subdivision 1.    Angling and spearing; disabled 
 residents.  Licenses to take fish by angling or spearing shall 
 be issued without a fee to a resident that is: 

    (1) blind; 

    (2) a recipient of supplemental security income for the 
 aged, blind, and disabled; 

    (3) a recipient of social security aid to the disabled 
 under United States Code, title 42, section 416, paragraph 
 (i)(l) or section 423(d); or 

    (4) is a recipient of workers' compensation based on a 
 finding of total and permanent disability.  

    Subd. 2.    Angling; foreign exchange students.  A 
 license to take fish by angling shall be issued without a fee to 
 a citizen of a foreign country that is attending school in this 
 state as an exchange student.  

    Subd. 3.    Angling; residents of state institutions.  
 The commissioner may issue a license, without a fee, to take 
 fish by angling to a person that is a ward of the commissioner 
 of human services and a resident of a state institution upon 
 application by the commissioner of human services.  

    Subd. 4.    Angling; mentally retarded residents.  A 
 person authorized to issue licenses must issue, without a fee, a 
 permanent license to take fish by angling to a resident at least 
 16 years old that is mentally retarded upon being furnished 
 satisfactory evidence of the disability.  

    Subd. 5.    Angling; disabled veterans.  A person 
 authorized to issue licenses must issue, without a fee, a 
 permanent license to take fish by angling 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. 

    Subd. 6.    Taking deer; disabled veterans.  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 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.  

    Subd. 6a.    Taking small game; disabled veterans.  A 
 person authorized to issue licenses must issue, without a fee, a 
 license to take small game 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 Veterans 
 Administration upon being furnished satisfactory evidence. 

    Subd. 7.    Owners or tenants of agricultural land.  (a) 
 The commissioner may issue, without an additional fee, a license 
 to take additional deer with firearms under section 97B.301, 
 subdivision 4, to a person who is an owner or tenant and lives 
 on at least ten acres of agricultural land, as defined in 
 section 97B.001, in an area where the commissioner has made 
 these licenses available.  Landowners and tenants applying for a 
 license under this subdivision must receive preference over 
 other applicants for the licenses. 

    (b) Persons who obtain a license under paragraph (a) must 
 allow public deer hunting on their land during that deer hunting 
 season. 

    Subd. 8.    Duplicate licenses.  There is no fee for a 
 duplicate license if the original license was issued without a 
 fee. 

    Subd. 9.    Angling assistance to disabled residents.  
 An individual who is providing angling assistance to a disabled 
 resident licensed under subdivision 1, 4, or 5, is not required 
 to possess a license to take fish by angling provided that no 
 lines in addition to those permitted for an individual under 
 section 97C.315 are in the water. 

    HIST: 1986 c 386 art 1 s 61; 1987 c 384 art 1 s 7; 1993 c 172 
 s 55; 1993 c 231 s 26; 1994 c 623 art 1 s 23; 1994 c 632 art 2 s 
 24; 1997 c 95 s 1