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1 1 SENATE FILE 397
1 2
1 3 AN ACT
1 4 RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF HUNTING LICENSES FOR ANTLERLESS
1 5 DEER, PROVIDING FOR THE DISPOSITION OF HARVESTED DEER MEAT
1 6 TO PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, REQUIRING A REPORT, AND PROVIDING A
1 7 PENALTY.
1 8
1 9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 10
1 11 Section 1. Section 483A.8, Code 2003, is amended by adding
1 12 the following new subsection:
1 13 NEW SUBSECTION. 6. The commission shall provide, by rule,
1 14 for the issuance to a nonresident, of a nonresident antlerless
1 15 deer hunting license that is valid for use only during the
1 16 period beginning on December 24, 2003, and ending at sunset on
1 17 January 2, 2004, and costs fifty dollars. A nonresident
1 18 hunting deer with a license issued under this subsection shall
1 19 be otherwise qualified to hunt deer in this state and shall
1 20 have a nonresident hunting license and pay the wildlife
1 21 habitat fee. Pursuant to this subsection, the commission
1 22 shall make available for issuance only the remaining
1 23 nonresident antlerless deer hunting licenses allocated under
1 24 subsection 3 that have not yet been issued for the 2003-2004
1 25 antlerless deer hunting seasons.
1 26 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 483A.24A HARVESTED DEER.
1 27 1. INTENT. It is the intent of the general assembly in
1 28 enacting this section, to express its concern to the natural
1 29 resource commission about the burgeoning deer population in
1 30 this state, by requiring the natural resource commission to
1 31 make additional antlerless deer hunting licenses available to
1 32 encourage hunters in this state to assist the commission in
1 33 bringing the state's deer population under control.
1 34 2. DEFINITIONS. As used in this section:
1 35 a. "Department of corrections" means the Iowa department
2 1 of corrections.
2 2 b. "Establishment" means an establishment as defined in
2 3 section 189A.2 where animals or poultry are prepared for food
2 4 purposes or where wild deer may be processed or dressed for
2 5 human consumption.
2 6 c. "Public institution" means a state institution listed
2 7 under section 904.102, subsections 1 through 10, that is
2 8 administered by the department of corrections.
2 9 3. The natural resource commission shall provide, by rule,
2 10 for the distribution of antlerless deer hunting licenses,
2 11 annually to resident hunters and to applicants qualified under
2 12 section 483A.24. The licenses shall be in addition to deer
2 13 hunting licenses otherwise allocated in this chapter to
2 14 resident hunters and applicants qualified under section
2 15 483A.24 and shall be equivalent to the least restrictive
2 16 license issued pursuant to section 481A.38. Pursuant to this
2 17 section, the department shall make available for issuance at
2 18 least an additional eighteen thousand antlerless deer hunting
2 19 licenses for resident hunters for 2003-2004 antlerless deer
2 20 hunting seasons than were available for the 2002-2003
2 21 antlerless deer hunting seasons.
2 22 4. A resident hunter or an applicant qualified under
2 23 section 483A.24, who receives an antlerless deer hunting
2 24 license under this section may deliver the deer harvested with
2 25 the license to an establishment designated by the department
2 26 of corrections for processing, packaging, and delivery to
2 27 locations designated by the department of corrections. Each
2 28 antlerless deer hunting license issued under this section
2 29 shall be accompanied by a list of establishments that will
2 30 accept deer harvested with the license.
2 31 5. Each resident hunter or applicant qualified under
2 32 section 483A.24 shall be otherwise qualified to hunt deer in
2 33 this state. A wildlife habitat fee shall not be required.
2 34 The commission shall establish, by rules adopted pursuant to
2 35 chapter 17A, the procedures for allocating the antlerless deer
3 1 hunting licenses.
3 2 6. The department of corrections, may, in cooperation with
3 3 the commission, contract with one or more establishments to
3 4 receive, process, package, and deliver the harvested deer meat
3 5 to the public institutions in the manner specified by the
3 6 department of corrections and at a cost to the department of
3 7 corrections that is competitive with the cost of obtaining
3 8 similar meat products in the private sector.
3 9 7. A person violating a provision of this section or a
3 10 rule adopted pursuant to this section is guilty of a simple
3 11 misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation as provided in
3 12 section 483A.42.
3 13 Sec. 3. REPORT. The natural resource commission, in
3 14 consultation with the department of corrections, shall
3 15 evaluate the results of the deer harvesting program created in
3 16 section 483A.24A, and shall make recommendations suggesting
3 17 improvements to the program and whether the program should be
3 18 expanded to allow receipt of harvested deer meat by other
3 19 governmental agencies and nonprofit entities. The natural
3 20 resource commission and the department of corrections shall
3 21 file a joint report containing their findings and
3 22 recommendations with the legislative service bureau by
3 23 February 1, 2004, for distribution to the general assembly.
3 24
3 25
3 26
3 27 MARY E. KRAMER
3 28 President of the Senate
3 29
3 30
3 31
3 32 CHRISTOPHER C. RANTS
3 33 Speaker of the House
3 34
3 35 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
4 1 is known as Senate File 397, Eightieth General Assembly.
4 2
4 3
4 4
4 5 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
4 6 Secretary of the Senate
4 7 Approved , 2003
4 8
4 9
4 10
4 11 THOMAS J. VILSACK
4 12 Governor
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