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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 481C.4 DEER DEPREDATION PERMITS
1 2 – FEES – RESTRICTIONS – PENALTY.
1 3 1. Notwithstanding section 481C.2, a landowner who incurs
1 4 crop or nursery damage caused by deer population may apply to
1 5 the county recorder for not more than ten deer depredation
1 6 permits for each farm unit of eighty acres where the damage
1 7 has occurred. The department shall specify, by rule, a
1 8 proportional number of permits which may be issued for farm
1 9 units based on the size of the farm unit, damage done, and
1 10 deer population. The application shall specify the crops or
1 11 nursery stock damaged, the estimated amount of damage, and the
1 12 area of the farm unit where the damage occurred. Each
1 13 application shall also be accompanied by a fee of twenty-five
1 14 dollars for each deer depredation permit requested. The
1 15 permit is valid only from September 1 through the succeeding
1 16 March 1 for taking a deer of either sex on the farm unit
1 17 specified on the application. If additional deer depredation
1 18 damage occurs after ten deer have been taken on a farm unit,
1 19 not more than ten additional depredation permits may be issued
1 20 with the approval of a representative of the department for
1 21 the same fee for each permit. A postcard shall be issued with
1 22 each depredation permit. A person taking a deer with the
1 23 depredation permit shall complete and return the postcard to
1 24 the county recorder within ten days after taking the deer. An
1 25 unused depredation permit and postcard shall be returned to
1 26 the county recorder by March 10 following the expiration of
1 27 the depredation permit.
1 28 2. A landowner who has been issued a deer depredation
1 29 permit pursuant to subsection 1 may sell or give the deer
1 30 depredation permit to hunt on the specified farm unit to any
1 31 person who is otherwise licensed, except for a deer license,
1 32 to hunt in this state. If a deer depredation permit is used
1 33 by any person other than the landowner, the name and address
1 34 of the user shall be legibly written on the permit and on the
1 35 return postcard.
2 1 3. Except during a regular shotgun season, any bow and
2 2 arrow or any legal firearm may be used to take a deer with a
2 3 deer depredation permit.
2 4 4. A person who violates this section or a rule adopted
2 5 under this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor which is
2 6 punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8,
2 7 subsection 5, paragraph "e".
2 8 Sec. 2. Section 805.8, subsection 5, paragraph e, Code
2 9 2001, is amended to read as follows:
2 10 e. For violations of sections 481A.85, 481A.93, 481A.95,
2 11 481A.120, 481A.137, 481B.5, 481C.4, 482.3, 482.9, 482.15, and
2 12 483A.42, the scheduled fine is one hundred dollars.
2 13 EXPLANATION
2 14 This bill authorizes the owner of a farm unit which has
2 15 incurred crop or nursery damage caused by deer population to
2 16 apply to the county recorder for not more than 10 deer
2 17 depredation permits for each farm unit of 80 acres where the
2 18 damage has occurred. The department shall specify, by rule, a
2 19 proportional number of depredation permits which may be issued
2 20 for farm units of varying size. The application shall specify
2 21 the crops or nursery stock damaged, the estimated amount of
2 22 damage, and the area of the farm unit where the damage
2 23 occurred. Each application shall be accompanied by a fee of
2 24 $25 for each depredation permit requested. Each depredation
2 25 permit is valid only from September 1 through the succeeding
2 26 March 1 for taking a deer of either sex on the farm unit
2 27 specified on the permit. If additional damage occurs after 10
2 28 deer have been taken on a farm unit, not more than 10
2 29 additional depredation permits may be issued with the approval
2 30 of a representative of the department of natural resources for
2 31 the same fee. A postcard shall be issued with each
2 32 depredation permit which shall be completed and returned by
2 33 the hunter within 10 days after taking a deer. An unused
2 34 depredation permit and postcard shall be returned to the
2 35 county recorder by March 10.
3 1 A landowner who has been issued a deer depredation permit
3 2 may sell or give the permit to hunt on the landowner's farm
3 3 unit to any person who is otherwise licensed, except for a
3 4 deer license, to hunt in this state. If a deer depredation
3 5 permit is used by any person other than the owner of the farm
3 6 unit, the name and address of the user shall be legibly
3 7 written on the permit and on the return postcard.
3 8 Except during a regular shotgun season, any bow and arrow
3 9 or other legal firearm may be used to take deer with a deer
3 10 depredation permit.
3 11 A person violating the provisions of this section is guilty
3 12 of a simple misdemeanor, which is punishable by a scheduled
3 13 fine of $100.
3 14 LSB 3108YH 79
3 15 tj/gg/8
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