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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 483A.8, subsection 3, Code Supplement 1 2 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 3. A nonresident hunting deer is required to have a 1 4 nonresident hunting license and a nonresident deer license and 1 5 must pay the wildlife habitat fee. The commission shall 1 6 annually limit toeightsixteen thousandfive hundred licenses1 7 the number of nonresidents allowed to have deer hunting 1 8 licenses.Of the first six thousand nonresident deer licenses1 9issued, not more than thirty-five percent of the licenses1 10shall be bow season licenses and, after the first six thousand1 11nonresident deer licenses have been issued, all additional1 12licenses shall be issued for antlerless deer only. The number1 13of nonresident deer hunting licenses shall be determined as1 14provided in section 481A.38.The commission shall allocate 1 15 the nonresident deer hunting licenses issued among the zones 1 16 based on the populations of deer.However, a nonresident1 17applicant may request one or more hunting zones, in order of1 18preference, in which the applicant wishes to hunt. If the1 19request cannot be fulfilled, the applicable fees shall be1 20returned to the applicant.The commission shall provide, by 1 21 rule, for the distribution of eight thousand of the sixteen 1 22 thousand nonresident deer hunting licenses to residents that 1 23 operate bed and breakfast establishments or commercial guide 1 24 services and to resident landowners who are actively engaged 1 25 in farming operations and who host nonresident deer hunters. 1 26 A nonresident applying for a deer hunting license must exhibit 1 27 proof of having successfully completed a hunter safety and 1 28 ethics education program as provided in section 483A.27 or its 1 29 equivalent as determined by the department before the license 1 30 is issued. 1 31 Sec. 2. Section 483A.8, subsection 5, Code Supplement 1 32 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 33 5. A nonresident owning land in this state may apply for 1 34 one of thesixremaining eight thousand nonresident deer 1 35 licenses which are not distributed to resident businesses and 2 1 landowners hosting nonresident deer hunters, and the 2 2 provisions of subsection 3 shall apply. However, if a 2 3 nonresident owning land in this state is unsuccessful in the 2 4 drawing, the landowner shall be given preference forone of2 5the two thousand five hundred an antlerless only nonresident 2 6 deerlicenseslicense. The commission shall determine, by 2 7 rules, the number of anterless only deer licenses available to 2 8 nonresident landowners. A nonresident owning land in this 2 9 state shall pay the fee for a nonresident antlerless only deer 2 10 license and the license shall be valid to hunt on the 2 11 nonresident's land only. A nonresident owning land in this 2 12 state is eligible for only one nonresident deer license 2 13 annually. If one or more parcels of land have multiple 2 14 nonresident owners, only one of the nonresident owners is 2 15 eligible for a nonresident antlerless only deer license. If a 2 16 nonresident jointly owns land in this state with a resident, 2 17 the nonresident shall not be given preference for a 2 18 nonresident antlerless only deer license. The department may 2 19 require proof of land ownership from a nonresident landowner 2 20 applying for a nonresident antlerless only deer license. 2 21 EXPLANATION 2 22 This bill increases the number of annual nonresident deer 2 23 hunting licenses from 8,000 to 16,000. The natural resource 2 24 commission shall provide, by rule, for the distribution of 2 25 8,000 of the 16,000 nonresident licenses to residents who 2 26 operate bed and breakfast establishments or commercial guide 2 27 services and to resident landowners actively engaged in 2 28 farming operations who host nonresident deer hunters. 2 29 A nonresident owning land in this state may apply for one 2 30 of the 8,000 nonresident deer hunting licenses remaining after 2 31 the distribution to resident commercial interests and resident 2 32 landowners hosting nonresident deer hunters. If the 2 33 nonresident landowner is unsuccessful in the drawing, the 2 34 nonresident shall be given preference for an antlerless only 2 35 nonresident deer license. The natural resource commission 3 1 shall determine the number of antlerless only deer hunting 3 2 licenses which are available to nonresidents owning land in 3 3 this state. 3 4 LSB 5317SV 79 3 5 tj/cf/24.1
Text: SF02247 Text: SF02249 Text: SF02200 - SF02299 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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