2005 Minnesota Statutes

     97A.445 Exemptions from license requirement. 

    Subdivision 1.    Angling; Take a Kid Fishing Weekend.  
 A resident over age 18 may take fish by angling without a 
 license during one three-day consecutive period of the angling 
 season designated by rule of the commissioner if accompanied by 
 a child who is under age 16.  The commissioner shall publicize 
 the three-day period as "Take a Kid Fishing Weekend." 

    Subd. 2.    Angling; institutional residents.  A license 
 is not required to take fish by angling with the written consent 
 of the superintendent or chief executive of the institution for 
 the following persons: 

    (1) a resident of a state hospital; 

    (2) a patient of a United States Veterans Administration 
 hospital; 

    (3) an inmate of a state correctional facility; 

    (4) a resident of a licensed nursing or boarding care home, 
 a person who is enrolled in and regularly participates in an 
 adult day care program or other similar organized activity 
 sponsored by a licensed nursing or boarding care home, or a 
 resident of a licensed board and lodging facility; and 

    (5) a resident of a drug or alcohol residential treatment 
 program under the age of 20. 

    Subd. 3.    Angling and spearing; disabled railroad and 
 postal retirees.  A license is not required to take fish by 
 angling or spearing for a resident that is: 

    (1) receiving aid under the federal Railroad Retirement Act 
 of 1937, United States Code, title 45, section 228b(a)5; or 

    (2) a former employee of the United States Postal Service 
 receiving disability pay under United States Code, title 5, 
 section 8337.  

    Subd. 4.    Angling; Take a Mom Fishing Weekend.  Any 
 mother who is a resident of Minnesota may take fish by angling 
 without a license during the Saturday and Sunday of the angling 
 season that coincides with Mother's Day.  The commissioner shall 
 publicize the Saturday and Sunday as "Take a Mom Fishing 
 Weekend." 

    Subd. 5.    Small game hunting; Take a Kid Hunting 
 Weekend.  A resident over age 18 may take small game by 
 hunting without a license during one Saturday and Sunday of the 
 small game hunting season designated by rule of the commissioner 
 if accompanied by a child who is under age 16.  The commissioner 
 shall publicize the Saturday and Sunday as "Take a Kid Hunting 
 Weekend." 

    HIST: 1986 c 386 art 1 s 62; 1987 c 149 art 1 s 29; 1987 c 384 
 art 1 s 8; 1987 c 404 s 120; 1988 c 588 s 5; 1989 c 242 s 1; 
 1990 c 605 s 4; 1991 c 241 s 5; 1991 c 259 s 23; 2000 c 473 s 4