1.2relating to game and fish; modifying disability level for veterans receiving
1.3licenses without a fee;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97A.441,
1.4subdivisions 5, 6, 6a.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97A.441, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.7    Subd. 5. Angling; disabled veterans. A person authorized to issue licenses must
1.8issue, without a fee, a permanent license to take fish by angling to a resident who is
1.9a veteran, as defined in section 197.447, and that who has a 100 50 percent service
1.10connected disability as defined by the United States Veterans Administration upon being
1.11furnished satisfactory evidence.

1.12    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97A.441, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.13    Subd. 6. Taking deer; disabled veterans. A person authorized to issue licenses
1.14must issue, without a fee, a license to take deer with firearms or by archery to a resident
1.15that is a veteran, as defined in section 197.447, and that who has a 100 50 percent service
1.16connected disability as defined by the United States Veterans Administration upon being
1.17furnished satisfactory evidence.

1.18    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97A.441, subdivision 6a, is amended to read:
1.19    Subd. 6a. Taking small game; disabled veterans. A person authorized to issue
1.20licenses must issue, without a fee, a license to take small game to a resident who is a
1.21veteran, as defined in section 197.447, and who has a 100 50 percent service connected
2.1disability as defined by the United States Veterans Administration upon being furnished
2.2satisfactory evidence.