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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
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