46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2003

RELATING TO GAME AND FISH; PROVIDING ARMED FORCES VETERANS WITH AN EXEMPTION FROM THE FEE FOR HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE NMSA 1978.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. Section 17-3-13.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1981, Chapter 344, Section 1) is amended to read:

"17-3-13.1. [DISABLED] VETERAN--LICENSE FEE EXEMPTION--LIFETIME LICENSE.--

A. The director of the department of game and fish shall issue without a fee a general hunting and fishing license and class A trout stamp to any resident who [was one hundred percent disabled as a result of having served in the armed forces of the United States upon submission by the person of proof satisfactory to the commission that he was one hundred percent disabled as a result of having] served in the armed forces of the United States.

B. Any license and stamp issued pursuant to the provisions of Subsection A of this section shall be issued only once, but shall be issued for the life of the licensee, provided the licensee is a resident of New Mexico and provided the licensee notifies the director of the department of game and fish promptly of any change of residence within or outside the state.

C. [Any] A person holding a license and stamp [under] pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be subject to all applicable hunting and fishing regulations, provisions and penalties of Chapter 17 NMSA 1978."

Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2003.