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Title 23 - Wildlife Resources Code of Utah
Chapter 19 - Licenses, Permits, and Tags
Section 36 - Persons with a physical or intellectual disability, terminally ill persons, and children in the custody of the state -- License to fish for free.
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UT Code § 23-19-36 (2021)
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Effective 5/14/2019
23-19-36. Persons with a physical or intellectual disability, terminally ill persons, and children in the custody of the state -- License to fish for free.
Amended by Chapter 349, 2019 General Session
23-19-36. Persons with a physical or intellectual disability, terminally ill persons, and children in the custody of the state -- License to fish for free.
- (1) A resident who is blind, has paraplegia, or has another permanent disability so as to be permanently confined to a wheelchair or the use of crutches, or who has lost either or both lower extremities, may receive a free license to fish upon furnishing satisfactory proof of this fact to the Division of Wildlife Resources.
- (2) A resident who has an intellectual disability and is not eligible under Section 23-19-14 to fish without a license may receive a free license to fish upon furnishing verification from a physician or physician assistant that the person has an intellectual disability.
- (3) A resident who is terminally ill, and has less than five years to live, may receive a free license to fish:
- (a) upon furnishing verification from a physician or physician assistant; and
- (b) if the resident qualifies for assistance under any low income public assistance program administered by a state agency.
- (4) A child placed in the custody of the state by a court order may receive a free fishing license upon furnishing verification of custody to the Division of Wildlife Resources.
Amended by Chapter 349, 2019 General Session
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