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.

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.

B.__Beginning January 1, 2006, the department may not issue a complimentary license to a resident over 70 years of age.__ A complimentary license issued to a resident over 70 years of age prior to January 1, 2006 is valid as long as the license holder satisfies the residency requirements set out in section 10001, subsection 53.

C.__A complimentary license issued under this subsection remains valid for the remainder of the life of the license holder, as long as the license holder continues to satisfy the residency requirements set out in section 10001, subsection 53 and the license is not revoked or suspended.

2.__Blind residents.__A complimentary license to fish must be issued to a resident who is 16 years of age or older and blind and applies for the fishing license to the commissioner.__This complimentary license remains valid for the life of the license holder if the license holder continues to satisfy the residency requirements in section 10001, subsection 53 and the license is not revoked or suspended.__The application must be accompanied by certified evidence that the applicant is permanently blind.__For the purpose of this subsection, "blind" means having visual acuity for distant vision of 20/200 if the widest diameter of field of vision subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees.

3.__Paraplegics. The commissioner may issue, upon application, complimentary resident hunting and fishing licenses to a resident who has lost, or who has permanently lost the use