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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 481C.2, Code Supplement 1997, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 481C.2 DUTIES. 1 4 The director of the department of natural resources shall 1 5 enter into a memorandum of agreement with the United States 1 6 department of agriculture, animal damage control division. 1 7 The wild animal depredation unit shall serve and act as the 1 8 liaison to the department for the producers in the state who 1 9 suffer crop and nursery damage due to wild animals. The 1 10 department shall issue depredation permits as necessary to 1 11 reduce crop and nursery damage due to wild animals. The 1 12 criteria for issuing depredation permits shall be established 1 13 in administrative rules in consultation with the farmer 1 14 advisory committee created in section 481A.10A. The 1 15 administrative rules adopted pursuant to this section shall 1 16 not require a producer to erect fencing at a cost exceeding 1 17 one thousand five hundred dollars as a requisite for receiving 1 18 a depredation permit or for participation in a depredation 1 19 plan. 1 20 Sec. 2. Section 483A.8, subsection 3, Code 1997, is 1 21 amended to read as follows: 1 22 3. A nonresident deer hunter is required to have only a 1 23 nonresident deer license and a wildlife habitat stamp.The1 24commission shall annually limit to five thousand licenses the1 25number of nonresidents allowed to have deer hunting licenses.1 26 The number of nonresident deer hunting licenses shall be 1 27 determined as provided in section 481A.38. The commission 1 28 shall allocate the nonresident deer hunting licenses issued 1 29 among the zones based on the populations of deer. However, a 1 30 nonresident applicant may request one or more hunting zones, 1 31 in order of preference, in which the applicant wishes to hunt. 1 32 If the request cannot be fulfilled, the applicable fees shall 1 33 be returned to the applicant. A nonresident applying for a 1 34 deer hunting license must exhibit proof of having successfully 1 35 completed a hunter safety and ethics education program as 2 1 provided in section 483A.27 or its equivalent as determined by 2 2 the department before the license is issued. 2 3 EXPLANATION 2 4 This bill prohibits the department of natural resources 2 5 from requiring the erection of fencing which costs more than 2 6 $1,500 as a requisite for being issued a depredation permit or 2 7 for participating in a depredation plan. 2 8 The bill also strikes the maximum annual limit of 5,000 2 9 deer hunting licenses for nonresidents. The number of annual 2 10 nonresident deer hunting licenses will be set by the natural 2 11 resource commission based on population and other factors. 2 12 LSB 4224SC 77 2 13 tj/cf/24
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