Senate File 2260 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2260 BY BEHN , SEYMOUR , BARTZ , WIECK , WARD , NOBLE , REYNOLDS , JOHNSON , KAPUCIAN , FEENSTRA , HARTSUCH , BOETTGER , ZAUN , HAMERLINCK , HOUSER , HAHN , KETTERING , and McKINLEY A BILL FOR An Act providing lifetime fishing and hunting licenses at a 1 nominal fee for Iowa veterans who were honorably discharged. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5998XS (4) 83 av/sc

S.F. 2260 Section 1. Section 483A.24, subsection 14, Code 2009, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 14. Upon payment of the fee of five seven dollars for 3 a lifetime fishing license or lifetime hunting and fishing 4 combined license, the department shall issue a lifetime fishing 5 license or lifetime hunting and fishing combined license to 6 a resident of Iowa who has served in the armed forces of the 7 United States on active federal service and who was disabled 8 or was a prisoner of war during that veteran’s military 9 service honorably discharged . The department shall prepare 10 an application to be used by a person requesting a lifetime 11 fishing license or lifetime hunting and fishing combined 12 license under this subsection. The department of veterans 13 affairs shall assist the department in verifying the status or 14 claims of applicants under this subsection. As used in this 15 subsection , “disabled” means entitled to a service connected 16 rating under the United States Code, Title 38, ch. 11. 17 EXPLANATION 18 This bill provides that an Iowa resident who is an honorably 19 discharged veteran can purchase a lifetime fishing license 20 or lifetime hunting and fishing combined license for $7. 21 Currently, an Iowa veteran can purchase such a lifetime license 22 or combined license for $5 only if that person was disabled or 23 was a prisoner of war during that person’s military service. 24 -1- LSB 5998XS (4) 83 av/sc 1/ 1