Connecticut General Statutes/Title 26/Chapter 490/Section 26-29

CGS § 26-29. Free lifetime fishing license for person who is blind.

No fee shall be charged for any sport fishing license issued under this chapter to any person who is blind, and such license shall be a lifetime license not subject to the expiration provisions of section 26-35. Proof of such blindness shall be furnished, in the case of a veteran, by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and, in the case of any other person, by the Department of Aging and Disability Services. For the purpose of this section, a person shall be blind only if his or her central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses, or if his or her visual acuity is greater than 20/200 but is accompanied by a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees.

Short History

(1955, S. 2471d; 1957, P.A. 321, S. 1; P.A. 07-133, S. 3; P.A. 11-44, S. 30; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 82; P.A. 17-202, S. 77; P.A. 18-72, S. 30; P.A. 19-157, S. 81.)

Long History

History: P.A. 07-133 added provision making license a lifetime license, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 11-44 replaced “State Board of Education of the Blind” with “Bureau of Rehabilitative Services”, effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 replaced “Bureau of Rehabilitative Services” with “Department of Rehabilitation Services”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-202 replaced “blind person” with “person who is blind” and made technical changes; P.A. 18-72 replaced “Veterans' Administration” with “Department of Veterans Affairs”; P.A. 19-157 replaced “Department of Rehabilitation Services” with “Department of Aging and Disability Services”.

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