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.
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3 40
3 41 RAYHONS of Hancock
3 42 HF 822.301 81
3 43 av/cf/2506
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