House Amendment 1178


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend House File 822 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 1, by inserting before line 1, the
     1  3 following:
     1  4    <Section 1.  Section 170.1, subsection 4, Code
     1  5 2005, is amended to read as follows:
     1  6    4.  "Farm deer" means an animal belonging to the
     1  7 cervidae family and classified as part of the dama
     1  8 species of the dama genus, commonly referred to as
     1  9 fallow deer; part of the elaphus species of the cervus
     1 10 genus, commonly referred to as red deer or elk; part
     1 11 of the virginianus species of the odocoileus genus,
     1 12 commonly referred to as whitetail; part of the
     1 13 hemionus species of the odocoileus genus, commonly
     1 14 referred to as mule deer; or part of the nippon
     1 15 species of the cervus genus, commonly referred to as
     1 16 sika.  However, a farm deer does not include any
     1 17 unmarked free=ranging elk, whitetail deer, or mule
     1 18 deer, or whitetail deer on hunting preserves regulated
     1 19 under chapter 484B.
     1 20    Sec. 2.  Section 483A.1, subsection 2, paragraph c,
     1 21 Code 2005, is amended to read as follows:
     1 22    c.  Hunting license, eighteen years of age or older
     1 23 .................................................. $      80.00
     1 24                                                          100.00>
     1 25 #2.  Page 1, line 34, by inserting after the word
     1 26 <of> the following:  <deer herd population management,
     1 27 including>.
     1 28 #3.  Page 2, line 6, by inserting after the word
     1 29 <of> the following:  <deer herd population management,
     1 30 including>.
     1 31 #4.  Page 2, by striking lines 21 through 23, and
     1 32 inserting the following:  <licenses have been issued,
     1 33 all additional licenses shall be issued for antlerless
     1 34 deer only. The commission shall annually determine the
     1 35 number of nonresident antlerless deer only deer
     1 36 hunting licenses that will be available for issuance.>
     1 37 #5.  Page 2, by striking line 24, and inserting the
     1 38 following:
     1 39    <d.  The commission shall allocate the all
     1 40 nonresident deer>.
     1 41 #6.  Page 3, line 9, by striking the words <help us
     1 42 stop hunger program> and inserting the following:
     1 43 <purpose of deer herd population management>.
     1 44 #7.  By striking page 3, line 22, through page 4,
     1 45 line 6, and inserting the following:  <information
     1 46 pursuant to this section as is required by the
     1 47 commission by rule.
     1 48    2.  A nonresident deer hunter who violates this
     1 49 section shall not be issued another deer hunting
     1 50 license for the next year until after all other
     2  1 nonresident applications for deer hunting licenses
     2  2 have been fulfilled and then only if such licenses
     2  3 allocated remain available for issuance.>
     2  4 #8.  Page 4, by striking lines 7 through 30, and
     2  5 inserting the following:
     2  6    <Sec.    .  Section 483A.24, subsection 2,
     2  7 paragraph a, subparagraph (2), Code 2005, is amended
     2  8 to read as follows:
     2  9    (2)  "Farm unit" means all parcels of land which
     2 10 are certified by the commission pursuant to rule as
     2 11 meeting all of the following requirements:
     2 12    (a)  Are in tracts of ten acres or more, not
     2 13 necessarily contiguous,.
     2 14    (b)  which are Are operated as a unit for
     2 15 agricultural purposes and which are.
     2 16    (c)  Are under the lawful control of the owner or
     2 17 the tenant.
     2 18    The commission shall adopt rules establishing a
     2 19 procedure for the certification of parcels of land as
     2 20 farm units for the purposes of this subsection.
     2 21    Sec.    .  Section 483A.24, subsection 2, paragraph
     2 22 b, Code 2005, is amended to read as follows:
     2 23    b.  Upon written application on forms furnished by
     2 24 the department, the department shall issue annually
     2 25 without fee one deer or one wild turkey license, or
     2 26 both, to the owner of a farm unit or to a member of
     2 27 the owner's family, but not to both, and to the tenant
     2 28 or to a member of the tenant's family, but not to
     2 29 both.  The deer hunting license or wild turkey hunting
     2 30 license issued shall be valid only on the farm unit
     2 31 for which an applicant qualifies pursuant to this
     2 32 subsection and shall be equivalent to the least
     2 33 restrictive license issued under section 481A.38.  The
     2 34 owner or the tenant need not reside on the farm unit
     2 35 to qualify for a free license to hunt on that farm
     2 36 unit.  A free deer hunting license issued pursuant to
     2 37 this subsection shall be valid during all shotgun deer
     2 38 seasons.
     2 39    Sec.    .  Section 483A.24, subsection 2, Code
     2 40 2005, is amended by adding the following new
     2 41 paragraph:
     2 42    NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  Upon written application on
     2 43 forms furnished by the department, the department
     2 44 shall issue annually without fee two deer hunting
     2 45 licenses, one antlered or any sex deer hunting license
     2 46 and one antlerless deer only deer hunting license, to
     2 47 the owner of a farm unit or a member of the owner's
     2 48 family, but only a total of two licenses for both, and
     2 49 to the tenant of a farm unit or a member of the
     2 50 tenant's family, but only a total of two licenses for
     3  1 both.  The deer hunting licenses issued shall be valid
     3  2 only for use on the farm unit for which the applicant
     3  3 applies pursuant to this paragraph.  The owner or the
     3  4 tenant need not reside on the farm unit to qualify for
     3  5 the free deer hunting licenses to hunt on that farm
     3  6 unit.  The free deer hunting licenses issued pursuant
     3  7 to this paragraph shall be valid and may be used
     3  8 during any shotgun deer season.  The licenses may be
     3  9 used to harvest deer in two different seasons.  In
     3 10 addition, a person who receives a free deer hunting
     3 11 license pursuant to this paragraph shall pay a one
     3 12 dollar fee for each license that shall be used and is
     3 13 appropriated for the purpose of assisting with the
     3 14 cost of processing deer donated to the help us stop
     3 15 hunger program administered by the commission.>
     3 16 #9.  Page 4, line 34, by striking the words <"b"
     3 17 or>.
     3 18 #10.  By striking page 5, line 17, through page 6,
     3 19 line 13, and inserting the following:
     3 20    <Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  483A.24B  SPECIAL DEER
     3 21 HUNTS == INTENT == PENALTY.
     3 22    It is the intent of the general assembly that the
     3 23 department shall administer and enforce the
     3 24 administrative rules concerning special deer hunts
     3 25 promulgated pursuant to sections 481A.38 and 481A.39.
     3 26 A person violating such rules is guilty of a simple
     3 27 misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation as
     3 28 provided in section 483A.42.
     3 29    Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  483A.24C  DEER DEPREDATION
     3 30 MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS == PERMITS.
     3 31    It is the intent of the general assembly that the
     3 32 department shall administer and enforce the
     3 33 administrative rules concerning deer depredation that
     3 34 are contained in 571 IAC chapter 106.
     3 35    Sec.    .  Section 483A.24A, Code 2005, is
     3 36 repealed.>
     3 37 #11.  By renumbering as necessary.
     3 38
     3 39
     3 40                               
     3 41 RAYHONS of Hancock
     3 42 HF 822.301 81
     3 43 av/cf/2506

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