A. The director of the department of game and fish shall issue without a fee a general hunting and fishing license and class A trout stamp to any resident who was one hundred percent disabled as a result of having served in the armed forces of the United States, upon submission by the person of proof satisfactory to the commission that he was one hundred percent disabled as a result of having served in the armed forces of the United States.
B. Any license and stamp issued pursuant to the provisions of Subsection A of this section shall be issued only once, but shall be issued for the life of the licensee, provided the licensee is a resident of New Mexico and provided the licensee notifies the director of the department of game and fish promptly of any change of residence within or outside the state.
C. Any person holding a license and stamp under the provisions of this section shall be subject to all applicable hunting and fishing regulations, provisions and penalties of Chapter 17 NMSA 1978.
History: Laws 1981, ch. 344, ยง 1.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation
Article 3 - Licenses and Permits
Section 17-3-1 - Current license required.
Section 17-3-2 - Classes of licenses.
Section 17-3-5 - Application for hunting or fishing licenses; contents; filing.
Section 17-3-8 - Loss of application blanks by license collector; accounting.
Section 17-3-9 - Application blanks lost by license collector to be void.
Section 17-3-10 - Presumption of loss [sale]
Section 17-3-11 - Possession of license declared void is unlawful.
Section 17-3-12 - Accounting for licenses.
Section 17-3-13 - License fees.
Section 17-3-13.1 - Disabled veteran; license fee exemption; lifetime license.
Section 17-3-13.3 - Big game depredation damage stamp required; disposition of receipts.
Section 17-3-13.4 - Big game depredation damage fund; creation; expenditure.
Section 17-3-13.6 - Disabled military members and veterans; fishing license fee exemption.
Section 17-3-14.1 - Landowner permits for elk.
Section 17-3-14.2 - Landowner permits; management of certain big game species.
Section 17-3-15 - Additional deer license.
Section 17-3-16 - Funds; special drawings for licenses.
Section 17-3-16.1 - Bighorn sheep enhancement permits; issuance; use.
Section 17-3-16.2 - Elk enhancement permit; issuance; use.
Section 17-3-16.3 - Lieutenant governor's deer enhancement permits; issuance; use.
Section 17-3-16.4 - Gould's turkey enhancement permits; issuance; use.
Section 17-3-16.5 - Hunting and fishing authorizations; governor's special events.
Section 17-3-16.6 - Enhancement authorization packages; habitat enhancement.
Section 17-3-17 - Fishing without license; exceptions.
Section 17-3-19 - Special license; minors fishing on scout property.
Section 17-3-20 - Fee disposition.
Section 17-3-21 - [Season and bag limits applicable to minors holding special license.]
Section 17-3-22 - [Administration of 17-3-19 to 17-3-22.]
Section 17-3-24 - [Supervision of fishing at boys' school.]
Section 17-3-26 - Taking minnows and nongame fish to sell as bait; license required; exception.
Section 17-3-27 - Bait license; bond; fee; issuance.
Section 17-3-30 - [Sending game animals, birds and fish to officers of other states.]
Section 17-3-31 - [Permit to capture or destroy protected game damaging crops or property; beavers.]
Section 17-3-32 - Importing game animals; permits.