An Act to remove fishing and small game license fees for certain senior residents.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:
Section 1. That a NEW SECTION be added:
41-6-10.3. Fishing license--Small game license--Resident over seventy-five--Exemption from fee.
Any resident who is at least seventy-five years of age may apply to the licensing office of the Department of Game, Fish and Parks and receive a resident senior fishing license and a resident small game license without payment of a fee.
Section 2. That 41-6-35 be AMENDED.
41-6-35. Resident fishing license--Privileges--Exemption from fee.
Any resident fishing license or any resident senior fishing license permits the licensee to take fish, frogs, and turtles in the manner and to the extent provided in chapters 41-12 and 41-13.
Any resident who has served in the armed forces of the United States and is a patient in any war veterans hospital in this state or a member of any war veterans domiciliary unit in this state for the care of war veterans, groups with over ten participants conducting a fishing event exclusively for persons with disabilities and their attendants; any school, governmental entity, charitable or nonprofit organization conducting an event, class, or program for the purpose of teaching basic fishing skills; and any person residing as a patient in a developmental disability facility may, upon application to the secretary of game, fish and parks, receive a resident fishing license without payment of any fee therefor.
Any resident who is at
least sixty-five
years of age or
older, may
receive a resident senior fishing license upon payment of a reduced
fee established by rules promulgated by the Game, Fish and Parks
Commission pursuant to chapter 1-26.
Any resident who is at least seventy-five years of age may receive a resident senior fishing license without payment of a fee, in accordance with 41-6-10.3.