Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-29

Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.
Section 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.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-29

(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.)

Amended by P.A. 19-0157,S. 81 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2019 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2019.
Amended by P.A. 18-0072, S. 30 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2018 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2018.
Amended by P.A. 17-0202, S. 77 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2017 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2017.
Amended by P.A. 12-0001, S. 82 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2012 Special Session, eff. 7/1/2012.
Amended by P.A. 11-0044, S. 30 of the the 2011 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2011.