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House File 2076

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 483A.24, subsection 2, Code 1995, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  a.  Upon written application, the department shall
  1  4 issue without charge annually a deer or wild turkey hunting
  1  5 license, or both, to the owner of a farm unit or a member of
  1  6 the family of the farm owner and to the tenant or a member of
  1  7 the family of the tenant.  The license is valid for wild
  1  8 turkey hunting on the farm unit only.
  1  9    b.  Upon written application, the department shall also
  1 10 issue annually five deer hunting licenses to an owner of a
  1 11 farm unit or to a member of the owner's family at the owner's
  1 12 written request.  If fewer than five deer licenses are
  1 13 requested by an owner or if an owner releases a license, upon
  1 14 written application, a tenant or a member of the tenant's
  1 15 family of that farm unit shall be issued a deer license
  1 16 without charge.  Not more than five deer hunting licenses
  1 17 shall be issued for each farm unit and the licenses shall be
  1 18 valid for deer hunting on that farm unit only.  More than one
  1 19 deer license may be issued to the same owner or a member of
  1 20 the owner's family.
  1 21    Sec. 2.  Section 483A.24, subsection 3, Code 1995, is
  1 22 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
  1 23 thereof the following:
  1 24    3.  To be eligible for a deer or wild turkey license
  1 25 without charge pursuant to this section, an owner or a tenant
  1 26 of a farm unit shall be a resident of this state and actively
  1 27 engaged in the operation of the farm unit.  A family member
  1 28 shall reside with the owner or tenant of a farm unit.
  1 29    Sec. 3.  Section 483A.24, subsection 4, Code 1995, is
  1 30 amended by striking the subsection.
  1 31    Sec. 4.  Section 483A.24, subsection 7, Code 1995, is
  1 32 amended to read as follows:
  1 33    7.  As used in this section a "farm unit" is all the
  1 34 parcels of land, not necessarily contiguous, which are
  1 35 operated as a unit for agricultural purposes and which are
  2  1 under the lawful control of the landowner or tenant, and a
  2  2 "tenant" is a person, other than the landowner, who resides on
  2  3 the farm unit and is actively engaged in the operation of the
  2  4 farm unit.  
  2  5                           EXPLANATION
  2  6    This bill provides that the department of natural resources
  2  7 shall issue without charge five free deer hunting licenses to
  2  8 the owner of a farm unit or a member of the owner's family
  2  9 residing with the owner at the owner's request.  More than one
  2 10 deer license may be issued to the same owner or member of the
  2 11 owner's family.  If the owner or the owner's family does not
  2 12 request all five licenses or if the owner releases one of the
  2 13 deer licenses, the tenant or a member of the tenant's family
  2 14 shall be issued one of the deer licenses without charge.
  2 15    The owner or tenant of a farm unit must be a resident in
  2 16 this state and be actively engaged in operation of the farm
  2 17 unit to be eligible for the wild turkey and deer licenses
  2 18 without charge.  
  2 19 LSB 3335HH 76
  2 20 tj/jj/8
     

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