Connecticut General Statutes 26-29b – Free lifetime hunting, sport fishing or trapping license for person with physical disability
No fee shall be charged for any hunting, sport fishing or trapping license issued under this chapter to any person with physical disability, and such license shall be a lifetime license not subject to the expiration provisions of § 26-35. For the purposes of this section, a “person with physical disability” 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 person with physical disability shall submit to the commissioner a certification, signed by a licensed physician, a licensed physician assistant or a licensed advanced practice registered nurse, of such physical disability. No fee shall be charged for any hunting or sport fishing license issued under this chapter to any person with physical disability who is not a resident of this state if such person is a resident of a state in which a person with physical disability 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 § 26-35.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 26-29b
- Hunting: means pursuing, shooting, killing and capturing any bird, quadruped or reptile and attempting to pursue, shoot, kill and capture any bird, quadruped or reptile, whether such act results in taking or not, including any act of assistance to any other person in taking or attempting to take any such animal. See Connecticut General Statutes 26-1
- Sport fishing: means taking or attempting to take any regulated species whether from salt, brackish or fresh water by any method other than by commercial methods specified by law and regulations of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for commercial purposes. See Connecticut General Statutes 26-1
- Trapping: means pursuing, killing and capturing by use of any trap, snare, net or other device any bird or wild or domestic quadruped, excluding rats, mice, moles and reptiles, whether such act results in taking or not, including any act of assistance to any other person in taking or attempting to take any such animal by any such method. See Connecticut General Statutes 26-1