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Bill would let more veterans qualify for reduced general game-and-habitat license; committee notes fee conflict with separate bill

2526298 · March 7, 2025
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Representative Johnstone presented House Bill 1147 to extend $3 general game-and-habitat license eligibility to veterans with service-connected disability rated at 50% or greater. Game and Fish staff stood neutral; committee members asked how the change interacts with a separate fee bill that would set the fee at $10.

Representative Johnstone introduced House Bill 1147 to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, saying the measure would allow veterans with a service-connected disability of 50% or more to purchase the stategeneral game and habitat combination license at the reduced rate currently available to some disabled veterans.

Scott Peterson, deputy director of the North Dakota Game and Fish…

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