House Journal: Page 375: Thursday, February 20, 1997

course, with report of committee recommending amendment and
passage, was taken up for consideration.
Eddie of Buena Vista offered the following amendment H-1031
filed by the committee on natural resources and moved its
adoption:

H-1031

 1     Amend House File 81 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 1, by striking lines 2 through 15 and
 3   inserting the following:  "amended by striking the
 4   subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the
 5   following:
 6     1.  A person born after January 1, 1967, shall not
 7   obtain a hunting license unless the person has
 8   satisfactorily completed a hunter safety and ethics
 9   education course approved by the commission.  A person
10   who is eleven years of age or more may enroll in an
11   approved hunter safety and ethics education course,
12   but a person who is eleven years of age and who has
13   successfully completed the course shall be issued a
14   certificate of completion which becomes valid on the
15   person's twelfth birthday.  A certificate of
16   completion from an approved hunter safety and ethics
17   education course issued in this state since 1960, by
18   another state, or by a foreign nation, is valid for
19   the requirements of this section."
20     2.  Page 1, by striking lines 17 through 28 and
21   inserting the following:  "amended by striking the
22   subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the
23   following:
24     2.  A certificate of completion shall not be issued
25   to a person who has not satisfactorily completed a
26   minimum of ten hours of training in an approved hunter
27   safety and ethics education course.  The department
28   shall establish the curriculum for the first ten hours
29   of an approved hunter safety and ethics education
30   course offered in this state.  Upon completion of the
31   ten-hour curriculum, each person shall pass an
32   individual oral test or a written test provided by the
33   department.  The department shall establish the
34   criteria for successfully passing the tests.  Based on
35   the results of the test and demonstrated safe handling
36   of a firearm, the instructor shall determine the
37   persons who shall be issued a certificate of
38   completion."
The committee amendment H-1031 was adopted.
Eddie of Buena Vista moved that the bill be read a last time now
and placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the bill
was read a last time.

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