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1 1 Section 1. Section 483A.24, Code 2003, is amended by
1 2 adding the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 15. a. As used in this subsection:
1 4 (1) "Administrator" means a county sheriff,
1 5 superintendent, warden, or other chief executive officer of a
1 6 public institution in this state.
1 7 (2) "Establishment" means an establishment as defined in
1 8 section 189A.2 where wild deer may be processed or dressed for
1 9 human consumption.
1 10 (3) "Public institution" means a county jail in this
1 11 state, a state institution listed under section 218.1,
1 12 subsections 1 through 8, or a state institution listed under
1 13 section 904.102, subsections 1 through 10.
1 14 b. The natural resource commission shall provide, by rule,
1 15 for the distribution of free antlerless deer hunting licenses
1 16 annually to the administrators of public institutions in the
1 17 state. The free licenses shall be in addition to hunting
1 18 licenses allocated for resident and nonresident hunters as
1 19 otherwise provided in this chapter and shall be equivalent to
1 20 the least restrictive license issued pursuant to section
1 21 481A.38. Upon written request of an administrator, the
1 22 department shall allocate not more than one hundred antlerless
1 23 deer hunting licenses to the administrator.
1 24 c. Each administrator receiving an allocation of free
1 25 licenses pursuant to this subsection shall issue the free
1 26 licenses to residents of this state who agree to deliver the
1 27 harvested deer to a designated establishment. Each resident
1 28 accepting the free license shall be otherwise qualified to
1 29 hunt deer in this state. A wildlife habitat fee shall not be
1 30 required. Each administrator shall establish, by rule, the
1 31 procedures for allocating the free hunting licenses to
1 32 resident hunters. The rules shall also include procedures for
1 33 advertising the availability of the free hunting licenses and
1 34 the conditions attached to the receipt of the licenses.
1 35 Unless the administrator is a county sheriff, the rules shall
2 1 be adopted pursuant to chapter 17A.
2 2 d. Each administrator receiving an allocation of free deer
2 3 hunting licenses pursuant to this subsection shall contract
2 4 with one or more establishments to receive and process the
2 5 harvested deer. The deer meat shall be used as food for the
2 6 inmates or patients of the public institutions participating
2 7 in the antlerless deer hunting program authorized in this
2 8 subsection.
2 9 e. This subsection is repealed effective July 1, 2008.
2 10 EXPLANATION
2 11 This bill provides for the allocation of 100 free deer
2 12 hunting licenses for antlerless deer annually to each public
2 13 institution in this state upon request of the administrator of
2 14 the public institution. The natural resource commission shall
2 15 provide, by rule, for the procedures for distributing the deer
2 16 licenses to the administrators. The licenses shall be
2 17 equivalent to the least restrictive licenses issued by the
2 18 department under Code chapter 483A and shall be in addition to
2 19 licenses allocated to other resident and nonresident hunters.
2 20 A wildlife habitat fee shall not be required. "Public
2 21 institution" is defined to include county jails, state
2 22 hospital-schools, mental health institutes, state training
2 23 schools, state juvenile homes, state penitentiaries, or
2 24 correctional facilities. "Administrator" is defined to mean a
2 25 county sheriff, director, superintendent, or chief executive
2 26 officer of a public institution.
2 27 The administrator of a public institution requesting the
2 28 free hunting licenses shall allocate the licenses without fee
2 29 to resident hunters who agree to deliver the harvested deer to
2 30 an establishment as defined in Code section 189A.2, where wild
2 31 deer may be processed or dressed for human consumption. Each
2 32 administrator of a participating public institution shall
2 33 adopt rules, pursuant to Code chapter 17A unless the
2 34 administrator is a county sheriff, to advertise and distribute
2 35 the antlerless deer hunting licenses and to provide for the
3 1 processing of harvested meat at an establishment for
3 2 consumption at the participating public institution.
3 3 "Establishment" is defined to mean an establishment as defined
3 4 in Code section 189A.2, which includes all premises where
3 5 animals or poultry are slaughtered or otherwise prepared,
3 6 either for custom, resale, or retail, for food purposes, meat
3 7 or poultry canneries, sausage factories, smoking or curing
3 8 operations, restaurants, grocery stores, brokerages, cold
3 9 storage plants, and similar places.
3 10 A violation of a provision of the new subsection or a rule
3 11 adopted pursuant to the new subsection is punishable by a fine
3 12 of $25 pursuant to Code section 805.8B, subsection 3,
3 13 paragraph "c".
3 14 The new subsection is repealed effective July 1, 2008.
3 15 LSB 1733SS 80
3 16 av/sh/8
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