Text: HF00458 Text: HF00460 Text: HF00400 - HF00499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 483A.8, subsection 3, Code 2001, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 3. A nonresident hunting deer is required to have a 1 4 nonresident deer license and must pay the wildlife habitat 1 5 fee. The commission shall annually limit to seven thousand 1 6 five hundred licenses the number of nonresidents allowed to 1 7 have deer hunting licenses. Of the first six thousand 1 8 nonresident deer licenses issued, not more than thirty-five 1 9 percent of the licenses shall be bow season licenses and, 1 10 after the first six thousand nonresident deer licenses have 1 11 been issued, all additional licenses shall be issued for 1 12 antlerless deer only. However, upon application containing 1 13 proof of ownership of agricultural land in this state and the 1 14 payment of applicable fees, the department shall issue a 1 15 nonresident deer hunting license to the applicant. Deer 1 16 hunting licenses issued to nonresidents who own agricultural 1 17 land in this state are exempt from the limitations and 1 18 allocations specified in this subsection. The number of 1 19 nonresident deer hunting licenses shall be determined as 1 20 provided in section 481A.38. The commission shall allocate 1 21 the nonresident deer hunting licenses issued among the zones 1 22 based on the populations of deer. However, a nonresident 1 23 applicant may request one or more hunting zones, in order of 1 24 preference, in which the applicant wishes to hunt. If the 1 25 request cannot be fulfilled, the applicable fees shall be 1 26 returned to the applicant. A nonresident applying for a deer 1 27 hunting license must exhibit proof of having successfully 1 28 completed a hunter safety and ethics education program as 1 29 provided in section 483A.27 or its equivalent as determined by 1 30 the department before the license is issued. 1 31 EXPLANATION 1 32 This bill provides that upon application with proof of 1 33 ownership of agricultural land in this state and the payment 1 34 of applicable fees, the department shall issue a nonresident 1 35 deer hunting license to the applicant. The deer hunting 2 1 licenses issued to nonresidents who own agricultural land in 2 2 this state are exempt from the limitations and allocations 2 3 applied to nonresident deer hunting licenses in general. 2 4 These limitations and allocations include an annual limit of 2 5 7,500 total licenses and of the first 6,000 licenses issued, 2 6 not more than 35 percent shall be bow season licenses and, 2 7 after the first 6,000 are issued, the remainder shall be 2 8 issued for antlerless deer only. 2 9 LSB 2298YH 79 2 10 tj/pj/5
Text: HF00458 Text: HF00460 Text: HF00400 - HF00499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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