H.F. 454 Section 1. Section 483A.24, subsection 6, Code 2019, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 6. a. A resident or nonresident of the state under sixteen 3 years of age is not required to have a license to fish in the 4 waters of the state. However, residents and nonresidents under 5 sixteen years of age must pay the trout fishing fee to possess 6 trout or they must fish for trout with a licensed adult who has 7 paid the trout fishing fee and limit their combined catch to 8 the daily limit established by the commission. A resident or 9 nonresident of the state under sixteen years of age is required 10 to have a paddlefish fishing license to fish for paddlefish on 11 the Missouri or Big Sioux river. 12 b. A foster child is not required to have a license to 13 fish in the waters of the state and does not need to pay the 14 trout fishing fee or fish with an adult who has paid the trout 15 fishing fee to possess trout. 16 EXPLANATION 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 18 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 19 Under current law, a resident or nonresident of the state 20 under 16 years of age is not required to have a license to 21 fish in the waters of the state, but cannot possess trout 22 without first paying the trout fishing fee or by fishing with 23 a licensed adult who has paid the trout fishing fee. This 24 bill allows a foster child to fish in the waters of the state 25 without a license and the foster child does not need to pay the 26 trout fishing fee or fish with an adult who has paid the trout 27 fishing fee to possess trout. 28 -1- LSB 2545YH (2) 88 js/rn 1/ 1