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1 1 HOUSE FILE 81
1 2
1 3 AN ACT
1 4 RELATING TO THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE SUCCESSFUL
1 5 COMPLETION OF AN APPROVED HUNTER SAFETY AND ETHICS
1 6 EDUCATION COURSE.
1 7
1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 9
1 10 Section 1. Section 483A.27, subsection 1, Code 1997, is
1 11 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
1 12 thereof the following:
1 13 1. A person born after January 1, 1967, shall not obtain a
1 14 hunting license unless the person has satisfactorily completed
1 15 a hunter safety and ethics education course approved by the
1 16 commission. A person who is eleven years of age or more may
1 17 enroll in an approved hunter safety and ethics education
1 18 course, but a person who is eleven years of age and who has
1 19 successfully completed the course shall be issued a
1 20 certificate of completion which becomes valid on the person's
1 21 twelfth birthday. A certificate of completion from an
1 22 approved hunter safety and ethics education course issued in
1 23 this state since 1960, by another state, or by a foreign
1 24 nation, is valid for the requirements of this section.
1 25 Sec. 2. Section 483A.27, subsection 2, Code 1997, is
1 26 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
1 27 thereof the following:
1 28 2. A certificate of completion shall not be issued to a
1 29 person who has not satisfactorily completed a minimum of ten
1 30 hours of training in an approved hunter safety and ethics
1 31 education course. The department shall establish the
1 32 curriculum for the first ten hours of an approved hunter
1 33 safety and ethics education course offered in this state.
1 34 Upon completion of the ten-hour curriculum, each person shall
1 35 pass an individual oral test or a written test provided by the
2 1 department. The department shall establish the criteria for
2 2 successfully passing the tests. Based on the results of the
2 3 test and demonstrated safe handling of a firearm, the
2 4 instructor shall determine the persons who shall be issued a
2 5 certificate of completion.
2 6
2 7
2 8
2 9 RON J. CORBETT
2 10 Speaker of the House
2 11
2 12
2 13
2 14 MARY E. KRAMER
2 15 President of the Senate
2 16
2 17 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
2 18 is known as House File 81, Seventy-seventh General Assembly.
2 19
2 20
2 21
2 22 ELIZABETH ISAACSON
2 23 Chief Clerk of the House
2 24 Approved , 1997
2 25
2 26
2 27
2 28 TERRY E. BRANSTAD
2 29 Governor
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