Sec. 26-29b. Free lifetime hunting, sport fishing or trapping license for certain handicapped persons.
Sec. 26-29b. Free lifetime hunting, sport fishing or trapping license for certain
handicapped persons. No fee shall be charged for any hunting, sport fishing or trapping
license issued under this chapter to any physically disabled person, and such license
shall be a lifetime license not subject to the expiration provisions of section 26-35. For
the purposes of this section, a "physically disabled person" is any person whose disability
consists of the loss of one or more limbs or the permanent loss of the use of one or more
limbs. A physically disabled person shall submit to the commissioner a certification,
signed by a licensed physician, of such disability. No fee shall be charged for any hunting
or sport fishing license issued under this chapter to any physically disabled person who
is not a resident of this state if such person is a resident of a state in which a physically
disabled person from Connecticut will not be required to pay a fee for a hunting or sport
fishing license, and such license shall be a lifetime license not subject to the expiration
provisions of section 26-35.
(P.A. 87-513, S. 1; P.A. 93-256, S. 2, 6; P.A. 07-133, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 93-256 expanded eligibility for licenses under this section and added eligibility for free trapping licenses,
effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 07-133 added provisions making license a lifetime license, effective July 1, 2007.