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House Study Bill 661

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 483A.7, subsection 3, Code 1999, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    3.  A nonresident wild turkey hunter is required to have
  1  4 only a nonresident wild turkey hunting license and pay the
  1  5 wildlife habitat fee.  The commission shall annually limit to
  1  6 two three thousand licenses the number of nonresidents allowed
  1  7 to have wild turkey hunting licenses.  The number of
  1  8 nonresident wild turkey hunting licenses shall be determined
  1  9 as provided in section 481A.38.  The commission shall allocate
  1 10 the nonresident wild turkey hunting licenses issued among the
  1 11 zones based on the populations of wild turkey.  A nonresident
  1 12 applying for a wild turkey hunting license must exhibit proof
  1 13 of having successfully completed a hunter safety and ethics
  1 14 education program as provided in section 483A.27 or its
  1 15 equivalent as determined by the department before the license
  1 16 is issued.
  1 17    Sec. 2.  Section 483A.8, subsection 3, Code l999, is
  1 18 amended to read as follows:
  1 19    3.  A nonresident hunting deer is required to have a
  1 20 nonresident deer license and must pay the wildlife habitat
  1 21 fee.  The commission shall annually limit to seven ten
  1 22 thousand five hundred licenses the number of nonresidents
  1 23 allowed to have deer hunting licenses.  Of the first six
  1 24 thousand nonresident deer licenses issued, not more than
  1 25 thirty-five percent of the licenses shall be bow season
  1 26 licenses and, after the first six thousand nonresident deer
  1 27 licenses have been issued, all additional licenses shall be
  1 28 issued for antlerless deer only.  The number of nonresident
  1 29 deer hunting licenses shall be determined as provided in
  1 30 section 481A.38.  The commission shall allocate the
  1 31 nonresident deer hunting licenses issued among the zones based
  1 32 on the populations of deer.  However, a nonresident applicant
  1 33 may request one or more hunting zones, in order of preference,
  1 34 in which the applicant wishes to hunt.  If the request cannot
  1 35 be fulfilled, the applicable fees shall be returned to the
  2  1 applicant.  A nonresident applying for a deer hunting license
  2  2 must exhibit proof of having successfully completed a hunter
  2  3 safety and ethics education program as provided in section
  2  4 483A.27 or its equivalent as determined by the department
  2  5 before the license is issued.
  2  6    Sec. 3.  Section 483A.8, Code l999, is amended by adding
  2  7 the following new subsection:
  2  8    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  A nonresident owning land in this
  2  9 state may apply for one of the ten thousand nonresident deer
  2 10 licenses and the provisions of subsection 3 shall apply.
  2 11 However, if a nonresident owning land in this state is
  2 12 unsuccessful in the drawing, the landowner shall be issued an
  2 13 antlerless deer license only.  A nonresident owning land in
  2 14 this state shall pay the full fee for a nonresident antlerless
  2 15 deer license and the license is valid to hunt on the
  2 16 nonresident's land only.  A nonresident owning land in this
  2 17 state is eligible for only one nonresident antlerless deer
  2 18 license annually and if one or more parcels of land have
  2 19 common nonresident ownership, only one of the nonresident
  2 20 owners is eligible for a nonresident deer license.
  2 21    Sec. 4.  NEW SECTION.  483A.28  DEER MANAGEMENT PLAN.
  2 22    A person controlling land by lease, ownership, or other
  2 23 means where a hunter is charged a fee for hunting deer, shall
  2 24 have a deer population management plan approved by the
  2 25 department.  The primary objective of a deer management plan
  2 26 is to manage deer populations to minimize damage to
  2 27 agricultural crops on land adjacent to the fee hunting
  2 28 management area.  This section does not apply to licensed
  2 29 hunting preserves.  
  2 30                           EXPLANATION
  2 31    This bill increases the annual limit on nonresident turkey
  2 32 hunting licenses from 2,000 to 3,000 and increases the number
  2 33 of annual nonresident deer hunting licenses from 7,500 to
  2 34 10,000.  The statutory requirement that only 35 percent of the
  2 35 nonresident deer hunting licenses shall be sold to bow and
  3  1 arrow hunters is also stricken.  A provision is added that a
  3  2 nonresident owning land in this state may purchase a license
  3  3 to hunt an antlerless deer if the nonresident does not receive
  3  4 a regular nonresident deer hunting license.  The antlerless
  3  5 deer hunting license is valid for hunting only on land owned
  3  6 by the nonresident.
  3  7    The bill provides that operators of hunting areas where
  3  8 fees are charged for hunting deer shall have a deer population
  3  9 management plan approved by the department.  The primary
  3 10 objective of the plan is to minimize damage to agricultural
  3 11 crops on land adjacent to the fee hunting management area.  
  3 12 LSB 6111DP 78
  3 13 tj/cf/24

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