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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 483A.24, Code 1999, is amended by 1 2 adding the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 15. a. As used in this subsection: 1 4 (1) "Administrator" means a county sheriff, 1 5 superintendent, warden, or other chief executive officer of a 1 6 public institution in this state. 1 7 (2) "Food establishment" means a frozen food locker plant 1 8 as defined in section 172.1, or similar meat processing 1 9 facility where wild deer may be processed or dressed for human 1 10 consumption. 1 11 (3) "Public institution" means a county jail in this 1 12 state, a state institution listed under section 218.1, 1 13 subsections 1 through 8, or a state institution listed under 1 14 section 904.102, subsections 1 through 10. 1 15 b. The natural resource commission shall provide, by rule, 1 16 for the distribution of free antlerless deer hunting licenses 1 17 annually to the administrators of public institutions in the 1 18 state. The free licenses shall be in addition to hunting 1 19 licenses allocated for resident and nonresident hunters as 1 20 otherwise provided in this chapter and shall be equivalent to 1 21 the least restrictive license issued pursuant to section 1 22 481A.38. Upon written request of an administrator, the 1 23 department shall allocate not more than one hundred antlerless 1 24 deer hunting licenses to the administrator. 1 25 c. Each administrator receiving an allocation of free 1 26 licenses pursuant to this subsection shall issue the free 1 27 licenses to residents of this state who agree to deliver the 1 28 harvested deer to a designated food establishment. Each 1 29 resident accepting the free license shall be otherwise 1 30 qualified to hunt deer in this state. A wildlife habitat 1 31 stamp shall not be required. Each administrator shall 1 32 establish, by rule, the procedures for allocating the free 1 33 hunting licenses to resident hunters. The rules shall also 1 34 include procedures for advertising the availability of the 1 35 free hunting licenses and the conditions attached to the 2 1 receipt of the licenses. Unless the administrator is a county 2 2 sheriff, the rules shall be adopted pursuant to chapter 17A. 2 3 d. Each administrator receiving an allocation of free deer 2 4 hunting licenses pursuant to this subsection shall contract 2 5 with one or more food establishments to receive and process 2 6 the harvested deer. The deer meat shall be used as food for 2 7 the inmates or patients of the public institutions 2 8 participating in the antlerless deer hunting program 2 9 authorized in this subsection. 2 10 e. A person violating a provision of this subsection or a 2 11 rule adopted pursuant to this subsection is guilty of a simple 2 12 misdemeanor and subject to a fine as provided in section 2 13 483A.42. 2 14 Sec. 2. This Act is repealed effective July 1, 2004. 2 15 EXPLANATION 2 16 This bill provides for the allocation of 100 free deer 2 17 hunting licenses for antlerless deer annually to each public 2 18 institution in this state upon request of the administrator of 2 19 the public institution. The natural resource commission shall 2 20 provide, by rule, for the procedures for distributing the deer 2 21 licenses to the administrators. The licenses shall be 2 22 equivalent to the least restrictive licenses issued by the 2 23 department under Code chapter 483A and shall be in addition to 2 24 licenses allocated to other resident and nonresident hunters. 2 25 A wildlife habitat stamp shall not be required. "Public 2 26 institution" is defined to include county jails, state 2 27 hospital-schools, mental health institutes, state training 2 28 schools, state juvenile homes, state penitentiaries, or 2 29 correctional facilities. "Administrator" is defined to mean a 2 30 county sheriff, director, superintendent, or chief executive 2 31 officer of a public institution. 2 32 The administrator of a public institution requesting the 2 33 free hunting licenses shall allocate the licenses without fee 2 34 to resident hunters who agree to deliver the harvested deer to 2 35 a food establishment or local slaughter facility. Each 3 1 administrator of a participating public institution shall 3 2 adopt rules, pursuant to Code chapter 17A unless the 3 3 administrator is a county sheriff, to advertise and distribute 3 4 the antlerless deer hunting licenses and to provide for the 3 5 processing of harvested meat at a food establishment for 3 6 consumption at the participating public institution. "Food 3 7 establishment" is defined to include a frozen food locker 3 8 plant, packinghouse or slaughterhouse where animals are 3 9 dressed for food. 3 10 A person violating a provision of the new subsection or a 3 11 rule adopted pursuant to the new subsection is guilty of a 3 12 simple misdemeanor which is punishable by a fine of not less 3 13 than $10 for each offense under Code section 483A.42. The 3 14 maximum fine is $100 under Code section 903.1. 3 15 The bill is repealed effective July 1, 2004. 3 16 LSB 1416HH 78 3 17 tj/gg/8
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