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  1  1                                             HOUSE FILE 720
  1  2 
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 RELATING TO THE TAKING OF FISH AND GAME BY INCREASING FEES FOR
  1  5    NONRESIDENT HUNTING, FISHING, FUR HARVESTING, AND RELATED 
  1  6    LICENSES, PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL LICENSES AND FEES, AND 
  1  7    PROVIDING EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES.  
  1  8 
  1  9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  1 10 
  1 11    Section 1.  Section 483A.1, subsection 1, Code 2001, is
  1 12 amended by adding the following new paragraphs:  
  1 13    NEW PARAGRAPH.  l.  Fishing license, seven-day ....... $  8.50
  1 14    NEW PARAGRAPH.  m.  Trout fishing fee ................ $ 10.50
  1 15    NEW PARAGRAPH.  n.  Game breeder license ............. $ 15.50
  1 16    NEW PARAGRAPH.  o.  Taxidermy license ................ $ 15.50
  1 17    NEW PARAGRAPH.  p.  Falconry license ................. $ 20.50
  1 18    NEW PARAGRAPH.  q.  Wildlife habitat fee ............. $  8.00
  1 19    NEW PARAGRAPH.  r.  Migratory game bird fee .......... $  8.00
  1 20    NEW PARAGRAPH.  s.  Fish habitat fee ................. $  3.00
  1 21    Sec. 2.  Section 483A.1, subsection 2, Code 2001, is
  1 22 amended to read as follows:  
  1 23    2.  Nonresidents:
  1 24    a.  Fishing license, annual .......................... $ 22.50
  1 25                                                             36.00
  1 26    b.  Fishing license, seven-day ....................... $ 27.00
  1 27    b. c.  Hunting license, eighteen years of age or
  1 28 older ................................................... $ 60.50
  1 29                                                             80.00
  1 30    c. d.  Hunting license, under eighteen years of age
  1 31 ......................................................... $ 25.50
  1 32                                                             30.00
  1 33    d. e.  Deer hunting license, antlered or any sex
  1 34 deer .................................................... $150.00
  1 35                                                            220.00
  2  1    f.  Deer hunting license, antlerless deer only
  2  2 ......................................................... $150.00
  2  3    e. g.  Wild turkey hunting license ................... $ 75.50
  2  4                                                            100.00
  2  5    f. h.  Fur harvester license ......................... $180.50
  2  6                                                            200.00
  2  7    g. i.  Fur dealer license ............................ $500.50
  2  8                                                            501.00
  2  9    h. j.  Location permit for fur dealers ............... $ 55.50
  2 10                                                             56.00
  2 11    i. k.  Aquaculture unit license ...................... $ 50.50
  2 12                                                             56.00
  2 13    j. l.  Bait dealer license ........................... $ 60.50
  2 14                                                             66.00
  2 15    m.  Trout fishing fee ................................ $ 13.00
  2 16    n.  Game breeder license ............................. $ 26.00
  2 17    o.  Taxidermy license ................................ $ 26.00
  2 18    p.  Falconry license ................................. $ 26.00
  2 19    q.  Wildlife habitat fee ............................. $  8.00
  2 20    r.  Migratory game bird fee .......................... $  8.00
  2 21    s.  Fish habitat fee ................................. $  3.00
  2 22    Sec. 3.  Section 483A.1, subsection 3, Code 2001, is
  2 23 amended by striking the subsection.
  2 24    Sec. 4.  NEW SECTION.  483A.3A  FISH HABITAT FEE.
  2 25    A resident or nonresident required to have a fishing
  2 26 license shall not fish unless the person has paid the fish
  2 27 habitat fee.  Fish habitat fees shall be administered in the
  2 28 same manner as fishing licenses except that all revenue
  2 29 derived from fish habitat fees shall be deposited in the state
  2 30 fish and game protection fund and shall be used within this
  2 31 state for fish habitat development.  Not less than fifty
  2 32 percent of the revenue from fish habitat fees shall be used by
  2 33 the commission to enter into agreements with county
  2 34 conservation boards to carry out the purposes of this section.
  2 35 This section shall not apply to residents who are younger than
  3  1 sixteen years of age or are sixty-five years of age or more,
  3  2 or to residents or nonresidents when fishing in privately
  3  3 owned farm ponds or lakes.
  3  4    Sec. 5.  Section 483A.7, subsection 3, Code 2001, is
  3  5 amended to read as follows:
  3  6    3.  A nonresident wild turkey hunter is required to have
  3  7 only a nonresident hunting license and a nonresident wild
  3  8 turkey hunting license and pay the wildlife habitat fee.  The
  3  9 commission shall annually limit to two thousand three hundred
  3 10 licenses the number of nonresidents allowed to have wild
  3 11 turkey hunting licenses.  Of the two thousand three hundred
  3 12 licenses, one hundred fifty licenses shall be valid for
  3 13 hunting with muzzle loading shotguns only.  The number of
  3 14 nonresident wild turkey hunting licenses shall be determined
  3 15 as provided in section 481A.38.  The commission shall allocate
  3 16 the nonresident wild turkey hunting licenses issued among the
  3 17 zones based on the populations of wild turkey.  A nonresident
  3 18 applying for a wild turkey hunting license must exhibit proof
  3 19 of having successfully completed a hunter safety and ethics
  3 20 education program as provided in section 483A.27 or its
  3 21 equivalent as determined by the department before the license
  3 22 is issued.
  3 23    Sec. 6.  Section 483A.8, subsection 3, Code 2001, is
  3 24 amended to read as follows:
  3 25    3.  A nonresident hunting deer is required to have a
  3 26 nonresident hunting license and a nonresident deer license and
  3 27 must pay the wildlife habitat fee.  The commission shall
  3 28 annually limit to seven eight thousand five hundred licenses
  3 29 the number of nonresidents allowed to have deer hunting
  3 30 licenses.  Of the first six thousand nonresident deer licenses
  3 31 issued, not more than thirty-five percent of the licenses
  3 32 shall be bow season licenses and, after the first six thousand
  3 33 nonresident deer licenses have been issued, all additional
  3 34 licenses shall be issued for antlerless deer only.  The number
  3 35 of nonresident deer hunting licenses shall be determined as
  4  1 provided in section 481A.38.  The commission shall allocate
  4  2 the nonresident deer hunting licenses issued among the zones
  4  3 based on the populations of deer.  However, a nonresident
  4  4 applicant may request one or more hunting zones, in order of
  4  5 preference, in which the applicant wishes to hunt.  If the
  4  6 request cannot be fulfilled, the applicable fees shall be
  4  7 returned to the applicant.  A nonresident applying for a deer
  4  8 hunting license must exhibit proof of having successfully
  4  9 completed a hunter safety and ethics education program as
  4 10 provided in section 483A.27 or its equivalent as determined by
  4 11 the department before the license is issued.
  4 12    Sec. 7.  Section 483A.8, Code 2001, is amended by adding
  4 13 the following new subsection:
  4 14    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  A nonresident owning land in this
  4 15 state may apply for one of the six thousand nonresident deer
  4 16 licenses and the provisions of subsection 3 shall apply.
  4 17 However, if a nonresident owning land in this state is
  4 18 unsuccessful in the drawing, the landowner shall be given
  4 19 preference for one of the two thousand five hundred antlerless
  4 20 only nonresident deer licenses.  A nonresident owning land in
  4 21 this state shall pay the fee for a nonresident antlerless only
  4 22 deer license and the license shall be valid to hunt on the
  4 23 nonresident's land only.  A nonresident owning land in this
  4 24 state is eligible for only one nonresident deer license
  4 25 annually.  If one or more parcels of land have multiple
  4 26 nonresident owners, only one of the nonresident owners is
  4 27 eligible for a nonresident antlerless only deer license.  If a
  4 28 nonresident jointly owns land in this state with a resident,
  4 29 the nonresident shall not be given preference for a
  4 30 nonresident antlerless only deer license.  The department may
  4 31 require proof of land ownership from a nonresident landowner
  4 32 applying for a nonresident antlerless only deer license.
  4 33    Sec. 8.  Section 483A.24, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code
  4 34 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  4 35    c.  In addition to the free deer hunting license received,
  5  1 an owner of a farm unit or a member of the owner's family and
  5  2 the tenant or a member of the tenant's family may purchase a
  5  3 deer hunting license for any option offered to paying deer
  5  4 hunting licensees.  An owner of a farm unit or a member of the
  5  5 owner's family and the tenant or a member of the tenant's
  5  6 family may also purchase two additional antlerless deer
  5  7 hunting licenses which are valid only on the farm unit for a
  5  8 fee of ten dollars each.
  5  9    Sec. 9.  EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES.  This Act takes
  5 10 effect December 15, 2001, and applies to licenses and fees for
  5 11 wildlife and game activities for the years beginning on or
  5 12 after January 1, 2002.  
  5 13 
  5 14 
  5 15                                                             
  5 16                               BRENT SIEGRIST
  5 17                               Speaker of the House
  5 18 
  5 19 
  5 20                                                             
  5 21                               MARY E. KRAMER
  5 22                               President of the Senate
  5 23 
  5 24    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
  5 25 is known as House File 720, Seventy-ninth General Assembly.
  5 26 
  5 27 
  5 28                                                             
  5 29                               MARGARET THOMSON
  5 30                               Chief Clerk of the House
  5 31 Approved                , 2001
  5 32 
  5 33 
  5 34                            
  5 35 THOMAS J. VILSACK
  6  1 Governor
     

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