Any resident fishing license or any resident senior fishing license permits the licensee to take fish, frogs, and turtles in the manner and to the extent provided in chapters 41-12 and 41-13. Any resident who has served in the armed forces of the United States and is a patient in any war veterans hospital in this state or a member of any war veterans domiciliary unit in this state for the care of war veterans, groups with over ten participants conducting a fishing event exclusively for persons with disabilities and their attendants; any school, governmental entity, charitable or nonprofit organization conducting an event, class, or program for the purpose of teaching basic fishing skills; and any person residing as a patient in a developmental disability facility may, upon application to the secretary of game, fish and parks, receive a resident fishing license without payment of any fee therefor. Any resident who is sixty-five years of age or older, may receive a resident senior fishing license upon payment of a reduced fee established by rules promulgated by the Game, Fish and Parks Commission pursuant to chapter 1-26.

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Source: SDC 1939, § 25.0302 (4); SL 1941, ch 105; SL 1947, ch 104; SL 1951, ch 119; SDC Supp 1960, § 25.0302 (3); SL 1961, ch 116, § 2; SL 1967, ch 82; SL 1973, ch 266; SL 1975, ch 263, § 7; SL 1976, ch 258, § 3; SL 1979, ch 278, § 16; SL 1984, ch 29, § 5I; SL 1989, ch 238, § 21; SL 1994, ch 323; SL 1998, ch 252, § 18; SL 2014, ch 200, § 1.