1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; providing for the issuance of free angling and hunting 
1.3 	licenses to residents who have served outside the United States as a member of 
1.4 	the National Guard or a reserve component;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, 
1.5 	section 97A.441, by adding a subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.441, is amended by adding a 
1.8 	subdivision to read:
1.9 		Subd. 11.Angling; taking small game and deer; National Guard and reserves.
 1.10 	A person authorized to issue licenses must issue, without a fee, licenses to take fish 
1.11 	by angling, to take small game, and to take deer to a resident who has served at any 
1.12 	time during the past 24 months in federal active service, as defined in section 190.05, 
1.13 	subdivision 5c, outside the United States as a member of the National Guard or other 
1.14 	reserve component of the United States armed forces. Eligibility for a license to take deer 
1.15 	under this subdivision is limited to one license per resident.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.