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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 461A.25, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1 2 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 The commission mayrecommend that the executive council1 4 lease property under the commission's jurisdiction. All 1 5 leases shall reserve to the public of the state the right to 1 6 enter upon the property leased for any lawful purpose.The1 7council may, if it approves the recommendation and theIf a 1 8 leaseto be entered intois for a period of five years or 1 9 less, upon approval by the commission, the director shall 1 10 execute the leaseinon behalf of the state and commission. 1 11 Ifthe recommendation is fora lease is for a period in excess 1 12 of five years, with the exception of agricultural lands 1 13 specifically dealt with in Article I, section 24 of the 1 14 Constitution of the State of Iowa, thecouncilcommission 1 15 shall advertise for bids.If a bid is accepted, the lease1 16shall be let or executed by the council in accordance with the1 17most desirable bid.The commission may accept bids and 1 18 approve leases that the commission determines are in the best 1 19 interests of the state.TheA lease shall not be executed for 1 20 a term longer than fifty years. Any such leasehold interest, 1 21 including any improvements placed on it, shall be listed on 1 22 the tax rolls as provided in chapters 428 and 443; assessed 1 23 and valued as provided in chapter 441; taxes shall be levied 1 24 on it as provided in chapter 444 and collected as provided in 1 25 chapter 445; and the leasehold interest is subject to tax 1 26 sale, redemption, and apportionment of taxes as provided in 1 27 chapters 446, 447, and 448. The lessee shall discharge and 1 28 pay all taxes. 1 29 Sec. 2. Section 481A.133, Code 2003, is amended to read as 1 30 follows: 1 31 481A.133 SUSPENSION OF LICENSES, CERTIFICATES, AND 1 32 PERMITS. 1 33 A person who is assessed damages pursuant to section 1 34 481A.130 shall immediately surrender all licenses, 1 35 certificates, and permits to hunt, fish, or trap in the state 2 1 to the department. The licenses, permits, and certificates, 2 2 and the privileges associated with them shall remain suspended 2 3 until the assessed damages and any accrued interest are paid 2 4or a payment schedule is established by the courtin full. 2 5 Upon payment of the assessed damages and any accrued interest, 2 6 the suspension shall be lifted.If a payment schedule is2 7established, the suspension shall be lifted and remain so2 8unless the person fails to make a payment pursuant to that2 9schedule. Failure to make a payment shall cause the2 10suspension to be renewed.Interest shall begin to accrue as 2 11 of the date of judgment at a rate of ten percent per year. 2 12 Sec. 3. Section 483A.27, subsections 1 and 7, Code 2003, 2 13 are amended to read as follows: 2 14 1. A person born after January 1,19671972, shall not 2 15 obtain a hunting license unless the person has satisfactorily 2 16 completed a hunter safety and ethics education course approved 2 17 by the commission. A person who is eleven years of age or 2 18 more may enroll in an approved hunter safety and ethics 2 19 education course, but a person who is eleven years of age and 2 20 who has successfully completed the course shall be issued a 2 21 certificate of completion which becomes valid on the person's 2 22 twelfth birthday. A certificate of completion from an 2 23 approved hunter safety and ethics education course issued in 2 24 this state since 1960, by another state, or by a foreign 2 25 nation, is valid for the requirements of this section. 2 26 7. A hunting license obtained under this section by a 2 27 person who gave false information or presented a fraudulent 2 28 certificate of completion shall be revoked and a new hunting 2 29 license shall not be issued for at least two years from the 2 30 date of conviction. A hunting license obtained by a person 2 31 who was born after January 1,19671972, but has not 2 32 satisfactorily completed the hunter safety and ethics 2 33 education course or has not met the requirements established 2 34 by the commission, shall be revoked. 2 35 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 564.9 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 3 1 RESOURCES – EASEMENT. 3 2 1. The department of natural resources shall grant the 3 3 owner of a parcel of land an easement to allow the owner 3 4 access from the parcel to a public road if any of the 3 5 following applies: 3 6 a. It is otherwise impossible for the owner to access the 3 7 public road because the parcel is surrounded by land held by 3 8 the department. 3 9 b. The parcel is otherwise surrounded by land with a 3 10 topography that makes access impracticable. The easement 3 11 shall reasonably provide access for automobile traffic from 3 12 the parcel to the public road without substantial improvement 3 13 by the owner. However, the owner shall be responsible for 3 14 constructing and maintaining any private road from the parcel 3 15 to the public road. 3 16 c. Access by another way would cause degradation or 3 17 destroy the integrity of the land. 3 18 EXPLANATION 3 19 This bill relates to certain activities under the 3 20 jurisdiction of the natural resource commission and the 3 21 department of natural resources. 3 22 Code section 461A.25 is amended to allow the director of 3 23 the department of natural resources, rather than the executive 3 24 council, to execute a lease of property under the jurisdiction 3 25 of the natural resource commission on behalf of the state and 3 26 the commission for a period of five years or less upon 3 27 approval by the commission. If a proposed lease of property 3 28 is for a period in excess of five years, the commission must 3 29 advertise for bids and accept bids and approve leases that the 3 30 commission determines are in the best interests of the state. 3 31 Code section 481A.133 is amended to provide that a person 3 32 who is assessed damages upon conviction of unlawfully selling, 3 33 taking, catching, killing, injuring, destroying, or possessing 3 34 an animal will have all hunting, fishing, and trapping 3 35 licenses suspended until the assessed damages and accrued 4 1 interest are paid in full. Currently, the suspension 4 2 continues until the assessed damages and interest are paid or 4 3 until a payment schedule is established by the court. This 4 4 provision is also amended to provide that interest shall 4 5 accrue as of the date of judgment at a rate of 10 percent per 4 6 year. 4 7 Code section 483A.27 is amended to provide that a person 4 8 does not have to provide proof of completion of a hunter 4 9 safety and ethics education course approved by the commission 4 10 in order to obtain a hunting license unless the person was 4 11 born after 1972 instead of after 1967. The bill provides that 4 12 a hunting license shall be revoked if the license was obtained 4 13 by a person who has not completed the hunter safety and ethics 4 14 education course and who was born after 1972 instead of after 4 15 1967. 4 16 New Code section 564.9 is created and applies to a parcel 4 17 of landlocked property. According to the provisions of the 4 18 bill, if the department of natural resources holds the 4 19 surrounding land, it must provide an easement to the owner of 4 20 the landlocked property if it is otherwise impossible for the 4 21 owner to access the public road because the parcel is 4 22 surrounded by land held by the department; the parcel is 4 23 otherwise surrounded by land with a topography that makes 4 24 access impracticable; or access by another way would cause 4 25 degradation or destroy the integrity of the land. The 4 26 easement must reasonably provide for automobile traffic from 4 27 the parcel to the public road, although it is the owner's 4 28 responsibility for constructing and maintaining any private 4 29 road there. 4 30 LSB 5277HV 80 4 31 av/gg/14.1
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