§ 26.29

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.(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.)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

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'.