(a) Resident licenses to firearms hunt, archery hunt, trap or fish, or the combination thereof, shall be issued only to qualified applicants therefor by the town clerk of any town, an agent of such town clerk deputized pursuant to subsection (f) of this section or an agent of the Commissioner of Environmental Protection licensed pursuant to subsection (g) of this section. Such licenses shall be issued in such form as the commissioner shall prescribe.

      (b) Nonresident licenses shall be issued by any town clerk, an agent of such town clerk or an agent of the commissioner, except that nonresident trapping licenses shall be issued by the commissioner.

      (c) Applications shall be made on forms furnished by the commissioner, containing such information as the commissioner may require, and any such application forms shall have printed thereon, “I declare under the penalties of false statement that the statements herein made by me are true and correct.” Any person who makes any material false statement on such application form shall be guilty of false statement and shall be subject to the penalties provided for false statement, and said offense shall be deemed to have been committed in the town in which such application is presented or received for processing.

      (d) No application shall contain any material false statement.

      (e) The town clerk, an agent of such town clerk or an agent of the commissioner shall, upon receipt of such application, correctly filled out and accompanied by the required fee, issue to such applicant the appropriate license. If such application is by mail, the town clerk shall mail such license to such applicant within five days from the receipt of the application and proper fee.

      (f) The town clerk of any town may deputize agents in such town to issue firearms hunting, archery hunting, trapping and fishing licenses, or the combination thereof, provided he shall be solely responsible for compliance with the provisions of the statutes relating to the duties of the town clerk in connection with such licenses and the moneys received therefor.

      (g) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection may, upon application by persons on forms furnished by the commissioner and containing such information as the commissioner may require, license such persons as agents for the issuance of firearms hunting, archery hunting, trapping and fishing licenses, or the combination thereof. Upon the request of any agent licensed by the commissioner, the town clerk of the town in which such agent conducts business shall sell license forms to such agent at the regular license cost minus twenty-five cents for such agent’s fee. Not later than the first Monday of each month, such agent shall remit to the town clerk from whom the license forms were purchased any license forms voided by such agent and two copies of all licenses sold by such agent during the preceding month. Upon the request of an agent, the town clerk shall reimburse such agent for any unused or voided license forms remitted to such town clerk.