| | | license is valid for the life of the holder without regard to | | subsequent changes in the legal residence of the holder.__The | | license entitles the holder to all fishing or hunting privileges | | extended to residents of that same age who hold the equivalent | | annual license and subjects the holder to all limitations and | | prerequisites on those fishing or hunting privileges that apply | | to residents of that same age who hold the equivalent annual | | license. |
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| | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if the | | commissioner determines that the sale of lifetime licenses for | | persons 65 years of age or older will result in a loss of license | | revenue to the department in any fiscal year, the commissioner | | shall withhold from deposit to the fund established in section | | 10251 an amount necessary to avoid that loss in revenue.__Money | | withheld under this paragraph may be withheld only from revenue | | from the sale of lifetime licenses to persons 65 years of age or | | older.__This paragraph is repealed on July 1, 2010. |
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| | | §10852. Lifetime privileges to be honored |
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| | | A lifetime license issued under this subchapter is valid for | | the life of the license holder unless lawfully suspended or | | revoked by the commissioner for a violation of fish and wildlife | | laws under this Part. The Legislature may not otherwise act in | | any way to limit or end the right of a person holding a lifetime | | license to the lifetime enjoyment of all the rights and | | privileges authorized by that license. |
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| | | §10853.__Complimentary and reduced-rate licenses |
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| | | 1.__Residents over 70 years of age.__A complimentary license | | to hunt, trap or fish, including an archery license under section | | 11109, subsection 7, a pheasant hunting permit under section | | 11156, a muzzle-loading hunting license under section 11109, | | subsection 4, a migratory waterfowl permit under section 11157 | | and a bear hunting permit under section 11151 must be issued to a | | resident who is 70 years of age or older upon application to the | | commissioner. |
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| | | A.__A resident who applies for a complimentary license under | | this section at any time during the calendar year of that | | resident's 70th birthday must be issued a license upon | | application, regardless of the actual date during that | | calendar year in which that resident attains 70 years of | | age.__A guide license may be renewed without charge for a | | resident who is 70 years of age or older upon application to | | the commissioner.__The application must be accompanied by a | | birth certificate or other certified evidence of the | | applicant's date of birth and residency. |
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