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1 1 Section 1. Section 483A.24, subsection 2, Code 1995, is
1 2 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
1 3 thereof the following:
1 4 2. a. Upon written application, the department shall
1 5 issue annually a deer hunting license to the following
1 6 persons:
1 7 (1) An owner of a farm unit.
1 8 (2) Each member of the owner's immediate family residing
1 9 with the owner.
1 10 (3) A tenant of a farm unit or a member of the tenant's
1 11 immediate family residing with the tenant.
1 12 b. Upon written application, the department shall issue
1 13 annually a wild turkey hunting license to the following
1 14 persons:
1 15 (1) An owner of a farm unit or a member of the owner's
1 16 immediate family residing with the owner.
1 17 (2) A tenant of a farm unit or a member of the tenant's
1 18 immediate family residing with the tenant.
1 19 c. The deer or wild turkey hunting license is valid only
1 20 for hunting on the farm unit upon which the owner or tenant or
1 21 both are actively engaged in its operation. Licensees under
1 22 this subsection must be residents of this state.
1 23 d. The application required for the deer or wild turkey
1 24 hunting license shall be made on forms furnished by the
1 25 commission. The license shall be issued without fee. An
1 26 applicant may apply and receive the deer or wild turkey
1 27 hunting license through the county recorder or other
1 28 designated county officer until the opening day of hunting
1 29 season for the applicable game.
1 30 e. Deer and wild turkey hunting licenses issued under this
1 31 subsection are subject to all other provisions of the laws and
1 32 rules pertaining to the taking of deer and wild turkey. The
1 33 deer license and turkey license shall be the equivalent of the
1 34 least restrictive license issued under section 481A.38.
1 35 f. As used in this subsection:
2 1 (1) "Farm unit" means all of the parcels of land, not
2 2 necessarily contiguous, which are operated as a unit for
2 3 agricultural purposes and which are under the lawful control
2 4 of a landowner or tenant. A landowner or tenant may designate
2 5 parcels of agricultural land of not less than one hundred
2 6 acres as a separate farm unit.
2 7 (2) "Immediate family" means a spouse, son, daughter,
2 8 stepson, or stepdaughter.
2 9 (3) "Tenant" means a person, other than the landowner, who
2 10 is actively engaged in the operation of a farm unit.
2 11 Sec. 2. Section 483A.24, subsections 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7,
2 12 Code 1995, are amended by striking the subsections.
2 13 EXPLANATION
2 14 This bill strikes and rewrites those provisions of section
2 15 483A.24 which provide for the issuance of deer and wild turkey
2 16 hunting licenses without fee to farm unit owners and tenants.
2 17 This bill requires the issuance of a deer hunting license
2 18 to each farm owner and each member of the farm owner's
2 19 immediate family. If there is a tenant actively engaged in
2 20 the operation of a farm unit, the tenant or a member of the
2 21 tenant's immediate family is eligible for a deer hunting
2 22 license. Current law provides for a deer hunting license to
2 23 be issued annually to the landowner or a member of the
2 24 landowner's family, not a license for each of them.
2 25 The bill also allows each landowner or the landowner's
2 26 immediate family and a tenant or the tenant's immediate family
2 27 one wild turkey hunting license annually. This provision is
2 28 the same as current law.
2 29 The bill also defines farm unit and allows a landowner or
2 30 tenant to designate parcels of agricultural land having at
2 31 least 100 acres to be a separate farm unit. Immediate family
2 32 is also defined to include a spouse, son, daughter, stepson,
2 33 and stepdaughter.
2 34 A landowner or tenant of a farm unit must reside in this
2 35 state, but not on the farm unit, to be eligible for the free
3 1 licenses. A member of the owner's immediate family or the
3 2 tenant's immediate family must reside with the owner or tenant
3 3 to be eligible for the free licenses.
3 4 LSB 3433SS 76
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