1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; providing free game and fish licenses to active duty 
1.3 	members of the military and to honorably discharged military veterans;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 97A.441, subdivisions 5, 6, 6a; 171.07, 
1.5 	subdivision 17; Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, sections 97B.715, subdivision 
1.6 	1; 97B.801.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97A.441, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 5.Angling; disabled active duty members of the military and veterans. (a) A 
1.10 	person authorized to issue licenses must issue, without a fee, a permanent license to take 
1.11 	fish by angling to a resident who is a veteran, as defined in section 197.447, and that has a 
1.12 	100 percent service connected disability as defined by the United States Veterans 
1.13 	Administration upon being furnished satisfactory evidence currently in active military 
1.14 	service or who has been honorably discharged from active military service as evidenced by 
1.15 	the most recent form DD-214.
1.16 	(b) A driver's license or Minnesota identification card bearing the designation under 
1.17 	section 171.07, subdivision 15, paragraph (a), clause (2), serves as satisfactory evidence to 
1.18 	obtain a license under this subdivision at all agent locations.

1.19 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97A.441, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.20 		Subd. 6.Taking deer; disabled active duty members of the military and veterans. (a)
1.21 	A person authorized to issue licenses must issue, without a fee, a license to take deer with 
1.22 	firearms or by archery to a resident that is a veteran, as defined in section 197.447, and that 
1.23 	has a 100 percent service connected disability as defined by the United States Veterans 
2.1 	Administration upon being furnished satisfactory evidence currently in active military 
2.2 	service or who has been honorably discharged from active military service as evidenced by 
2.3 	the most recent form DD-214.
2.4 	(b) The commissioner, upon request, must issue a permanent card documenting 
2.5 	satisfactory evidence of 100 percent permanently disabled status.
2.6 	(c) The following serve as satisfactory evidence to obtain a license under this subdivision 
2.7 	at all agent locations:
2.8 	(1) a card issued under paragraph (b); or
2.9 	(2) a driver's license or Minnesota identification card bearing the designation under 
2.10 	section 171.07, subdivision 15, paragraph (a), clause (2).

2.11 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97A.441, subdivision 6a, is amended to read:
2.12 		Subd. 6a.Taking small game; disabled active duty members of the military and
2.13 	veterans. (a) A person authorized to issue licenses must issue, without a fee, a license to 
2.14 	take small game to a resident who is a veteran, as defined in section 197.447, and who has 
2.15 	a 100 percent service connected disability as defined by the United States Veterans 
2.16 	Administration upon being furnished satisfactory evidence currently in active military 
2.17 	service or who has been honorably discharged from active military service as evidenced by 
2.18 	the most recent form DD-214.
2.19 	(b) The commissioner, upon request, must issue a permanent card documenting 
2.20 	satisfactory evidence of 100 percent permanently disabled status.
2.21 	(c) The following serve as satisfactory evidence to obtain a license under this subdivision 
2.22 	at all agent locations:
2.23 	(1) a card issued under paragraph (b); or
2.24 	(2) a driver's license or Minnesota identification card bearing the designation under 
2.25 	section 171.07, subdivision 15, paragraph (a), clause (2).

2.26 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 97B.715, subdivision 1, is amended 
2.27 	to read:
2.28 		Subdivision 1.Stamp required. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) or section 
2.29 	97A.405, subdivision 2, a person required to possess a small-game license may not hunt 
2.30 	pheasants without a pheasant stamp validation.
2.31 	(b) The following persons are exempt from this subdivision:
3.1 	(1) residents and nonresidents under age 18 and residents over age 65;
3.2 	(2) persons hunting on licensed commercial shooting preserves;
3.3 	(3) resident disabled active duty members of the military or veterans with a license issued 
3.4 	under section 97A.441, subdivision 6a; and
3.5 	(4) residents and nonresidents hunting on licenses issued under section 97A.475, 
3.6 	subdivision 2, clause (20); or 3, paragraph (a), clause (16).

3.7 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 97B.801, is amended to read:
3.8 	97B.801 MINNESOTA MIGRATORY-WATERFOWL STAMP REQUIRED.
3.9 	(a) Except as provided in this section or section 97A.405, subdivision 2, a person required 
3.10 	to possess a small-game license may not take migratory waterfowl without a 
3.11 	migratory-waterfowl stamp validation.
3.12 	(b) Residents under age 18 or over age 65; resident disabledactive duty members of the 
3.13 	military and veterans with a license issued under section 97A.441, subdivision 6a; and 
3.14 	persons hunting on their own property are not required to possess a stamp validation under 
3.15 	this section.
3.16 	(c) Residents and nonresidents with licenses issued under section 97A.475, subdivision 
3.17 	2, clause (20); or 3, paragraph (a), clause (16), are not required to possess a stamp validation 
3.18 	under this section.

3.19 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.07, subdivision 17, is amended to read:
3.20 		Subd. 17.Disability designation. At the request of an applicant with permanent eligibility 
3.21 	for a disability designation and on payment of the required fee, the department shall issue, 
3.22 	renew, or reissue to the applicant a driver's license or Minnesota identification card bearing 
3.23 	a physical disability designation based on the following medical conditions condition:
3.24 	(1) type 1, to an applicant who is permanently blind or disabled and meets the 
3.25 	requirements for a free license to take fish under section 97A.441, subdivision 1, paragraph 
3.26 	(a), clause (1), (4), (5), or (6); or
3.27 	(2) type 2, to an applicant who permanently meets the requirements for disability under 
3.28 	section 97B.111, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1), item (i).