(a) The holder of a
valid big game license, trophy game license or wild bison license may surrender
the license to the Department for reissuance to a disabled veteran or to a
permanently disabled person who uses a wheelchair. The person surrendering the
license may designate that their license be donated to a disabled veteran or to
a permanently disabled person who uses a wheelchair, and may designate a
qualified nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to providing hunting
opportunities to disabled veterans or persons with permanent disabilities who
use wheelchairs. Donated licenses not designated to a qualified nonprofit
charitable organization, or donated licenses not assigned to a sponsored
individual within fifteen (15) days after a nonprofit charitable organization
dedicated to providing hunting opportunities to disabled veterans or persons
with permanent disability who use wheelchairs has been notified of license
availability, shall be made available for reissuance on a first-come,
first-served basis to a qualified nonprofit charitable organization dedicated
to providing hunting opportunities to disabled veterans or persons with
permanent disabilities who use wheelchairs.
(i) The unused, unaltered license with all
coupons intact shall be submitted along with a form provided by the Department
which indicates the license holders' desire to surrender the license issued in
their name and donate the surrendered license under this Section. The person
surrendering the license shall sign an affidavit verifying that the license was
not used during any hunting season.
(ii) Any person surrendering a valid big game
license, trophy game license or wild bison license to be reissued under this
Section, shall not be eligible to receive a duplicate license for the same
species, hunt area and type as the surrendered license.
(iii) A surrendered license shall count
against the maximum number of licenses a person may otherwise apply for and
receive as a condition of Commission regulation.
(iv) Any person surrendering a valid big game
license for reissuance under this Section, for which preference points have
been accumulated, shall not have preference points restored.
(b) The surrendered license shall
be reissued by the Department's License Section to a qualified person who has
been selected and sponsored by a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to
providing hunting opportunities to disabled veterans or persons with permanent
disabilities who use wheelchairs.
(i) As a
condition to reissue a license in this subsection, the Department shall require
an authorized officer of the sponsoring organization to certify under penalty
of law that the respective organization is a nonprofit charitable organization
and that the organization provides hunting opportunities to disabled veterans
or persons with permanent disabilities who use wheelchairs.
(ii) The sponsoring organization shall submit
a completed application form for the issuance of a license on forms provided by
the Department. Donated license applications, and any documentary evidence,
shall be completed each year regardless of whether an applicant has received a
donated license in a previous year.
(A) For a
license being reissued to a disabled veteran, documentary evidence provided by
the United States Department of Veterans Affairs that the applicant currently
receives at least fifty percent (50%) or more service connected disability
compensation shall be submitted with the application form.
(B) For a license being reissued to a
permanently disabled person who uses a wheelchair, a statement by a licensed
physician, on forms provided by the Department, that the applicant has a
permanent disability that requires the applicant to, at all times, be confined
to a wheelchair for mobility purposes.
(iii) The license shall be reissued to a
qualified applicant at no fee.
(iv)
The license shall be reissued for the same species, area and license type as
the license donated.
