H.F. 319 Section 1. Section 483A.27, subsection 1, Code 2013, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. a. A person born after January 1, 1972, shall not 3 obtain a hunting license unless the person has satisfactorily 4 completed a hunter safety and ethics education course approved 5 by the commission. A person who is eleven years of age or more 6 may enroll in an approved hunter safety and ethics education 7 course, but a person who is eleven years of age and who has 8 successfully completed the course shall be issued a certificate 9 of completion which becomes valid on the person’s twelfth 10 birthday. A certificate of completion from an approved hunter 11 safety and ethics education course issued in this state, or a 12 certificate issued by another state, country, or province for 13 completion of a course that meets the standards adopted by the 14 international hunter education association, is valid for the 15 requirements of this section . 16 b. Notwithstanding paragraph “a” , the requirement that 17 a person must have a certificate of completion of a hunter 18 safety and ethics education course in order to obtain a hunting 19 license is waived for a person who is a member of the national 20 guard, reserve, or regular component of the armed forces of the 21 United States or for a person who was a member of the national 22 guard, reserve, or regular component of the armed forces of the 23 United States and was honorably discharged. 24 EXPLANATION 25 This bill provides that a person who is a member of the 26 national guard, reserve, or regular component of the armed 27 forces of the United States, or who was a member of the 28 national guard, reserve, or regular component of the armed 29 forces of the United States and was honorably discharged, is 30 not required to complete a hunter safety and ethics education 31 course in order to obtain a hunting license. 32 -1- LSB 2272YH (3) 85 av/nh 1/ 1