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House Journal: Page 1477: Monday, April 13, 1998

31   shall serve and act as the liaison to the department
32   for the producers in the state who suffer crop and
33   nursery damage due to wild animals.  The department
34   shall issue depredation permits as necessary to reduce
35   to any landowner who incurs crop and nursery damage
of
36   one thousand dollars or more due to wild animals.  The
37   criteria for issuing depredation permits shall be
38   established in administrative rules in consultation
39   with the farmer advisory committee created in section
40   481A.10A.  The administrative rules adopted pursuant
41   to this section shall not require a producer to erect
42   or maintain fencing at a cost exceeding one thousand
43   dollars as a requisite for receiving a depredation
44   permit or for participation in a depredation plan.
45     Sec. ___.  Section 483A.8, subsection 3, Code 1997,
46   is amended to read as follows:
47     3.  A nonresident deer hunter is required to have
48   only a nonresident deer license and a wildlife habitat
49   stamp.  The commission shall annually limit to five
50   seven thousand five hundred licenses the number of

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 1   nonresidents allowed to have deer hunting licenses.
 2   The number of nonresident deer hunting licenses shall
 3   be determined as provided in section 481A.38.  The
 4   commission shall allocate the nonresident deer hunting
 5   licenses issued among the zones based on the
 6   populations of deer.  However, a nonresident applicant
 7   may request one or more hunting zones, in order of
 8   preference, in which the applicant wishes to hunt.  If
 9   the request cannot be fulfilled, the applicable fees
10   shall be returned to the applicant.  A nonresident
11   applying for a deer hunting license must exhibit proof
12   of having successfully completed a hunter safety and
13   ethics education program as provided in section
14   483A.27 or its equivalent as determined by the
15   department before the license is issued.
16     Sec. 101.  Section 483A.8, Code 1997, is amended by
17   adding the following new subsection:
18     NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  The commission may provide, by
19   rule, for the issuance of an additional antlerless
20   deer license to a person who has been issued an
21   antlerless deer license.  The rules shall specify the
22   number of additional antlerless deer licenses which
23   may be issued, and the season and zone in which the
24   license is valid.  The fee for an additional
25   antlerless deer license shall be ten dollars for
26   residents.  If the commission provides for antlerless
27   deer licenses for nonresidents, the fee shall be
28   twenty-five dollars.
29     Sec. ___.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  Section 101 of this
30   Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes

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