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House File 86

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 483A.1, subsection 1, paragraphs b and
  1  2 d, Code 1999, are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    b.   Fishing license, lifetime, sixty-five years or older 
  1  4 .................................................. $50.50
  1  5                                                     10.50
  1  6    d.   Hunting license, lifetime, sixty-five years or older 
  1  7 .................................................. $50.50
  1  8                                                     10.50
  1  9    Sec. 2.  REFUND FOR LIFETIME HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES.
  1 10 A  person who was issued a lifetime fishing license or
  1 11 lifetime hunting license, or both licenses on or after
  1 12 December 15, 1998, pursuant to section 483A.1, subsection 1,
  1 13 paragraph "b" or "d", for a fee of fifty dollars and fifty
  1 14 cents is entitled to a refund of forty dollars for each
  1 15 lifetime hunting license or each lifetime fishing license
  1 16 purchased.  The department shall notify each licensee by mail
  1 17 at the address listed on the license that a refund may be
  1 18 requested before December 1, 1999.  After November 30, 1999, a
  1 19 refund request authorized pursuant to this section shall not
  1 20 be accepted and a refund shall not be paid.  The refunds shall
  1 21 be paid from the state fish and game conservation fund.
  1 22    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE – RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.
  1 23    1.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
  1 24 effect upon enactment.
  1 25    2.  Section 2 of this Act is retroactive to December 15,
  1 26 1998, and applies to any lifetime fish license or lifetime
  1 27 hunting license issued by the department of natural resources
  1 28 pursuant to section 483A.1, subsection 1, paragraph "b" or
  1 29 "d", from December 15, 1998, until the effective date of this
  1 30 Act.  
  1 31                           EXPLANATION 
  1 32    This bill reduces the fees from $50.50 to $10.50 for a
  1 33 lifetime hunting or fishing license for residents who are 65
  1 34 years of age or older.
  1 35    The bill authorizes a refund of $40 for lifetime hunting or
  2  1 fishing licenses issued on or after December 15, 1998.  The
  2  2 department of natural resources shall notify each lifetime
  2  3 licensee of the refund by mail to the address listed on the
  2  4 license.  The refund must be requested before December 1,
  2  5 1999.  The refunds are to be made from the state fish and game
  2  6 conservation fund.
  2  7    The bill is effective upon enactment.  Section 2 of the
  2  8 bill is retroactive to December 15, 1998.  
  2  9 LSB 1405HH 78
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