Senate File 553 S-3143 Amend Senate File 553 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and 2 inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 483A.8, subsection 3, paragraph c, Code 4 2023, is amended to read as follows: 5 c. (1) (a) The commission shall annually limit to six 6 thousand the number of nonresidents allowed to have antlered 7 or any sex deer hunting licenses. Of the six thousand 8 nonresident antlered or any sex deer hunting licenses issued, 9 five hundred of the licenses shall be made available for 10 eligible nonresidents pursuant to subparagraph division 11 (b). A nonresident may only receive one antlered or any sex 12 deer hunting license under this subsection. If fewer than 13 five hundred nonresidents apply for a license issued under 14 subparagraph division (b) by the application deadline set by 15 the commission by rule, any license not issued shall be made 16 available for purchase at full price at the same time and in 17 the same manner as other excess nonresident antlered or any sex 18 deer hunting licenses. Not more than thirty-five percent of 19 the licenses issued under subparagraph division (b) shall be 20 bow season licenses. Of the six thousand remaining nonresident 21 antlered or any sex deer hunting licenses issued, not more 22 than thirty-five percent of the licenses shall be bow season 23 licenses. 24 (b) (i) As used in this subparagraph division: 25 (A) “Family member” means a person within the second degree 26 of kinship to an applicant by blood or marriage, including 27 a mother, father, sister, brother, daughter, son, spouse, 28 grandchild, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, 29 son-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, stepmother, 30 stepfather, stepsister, stepbrother, stepdaughter, and stepson. 31 (B) “Sponsor” means a resident whose property is used for 32 hunting with a license issued under this subparagraph division 33 and who is a family member to a nonresident who has applied for 34 and received a license under this subparagraph division. 35 -1- SF 553.1788 (1) 90 js/rn 1/ 3 #1.
(ii) A nonresident is eligible to apply for and receive a 1 special nonresident family member deer hunting license if the 2 nonresident meets the following qualifications: 3 (A) The nonresident has successfully completed a hunter 4 education program as provided in section 483A.27 or its 5 equivalent as determined by the department. 6 (B) The nonresident has previously purchased a resident 7 hunting license. 8 (C) The nonresident is the family member of the sponsor 9 listed on the nonresident’s application. 10 (iii) Five hundred nonresident antlered or any sex deer 11 hunting licenses shall be made available for nonresidents who 12 meet the eligibility requirements of subparagraph subdivision 13 (ii). A nonresident applying for a license issued under this 14 subparagraph division shall include the name of the nonresident 15 applicant’s sponsor and the address of the sponsor’s property 16 that will be used. Licenses under this subparagraph division 17 shall be issued to eligible nonresidents in the order that the 18 department receives applications from eligible nonresidents. 19 The fee for a license issued under this subparagraph division 20 is one-half the fee for a regular nonresident antlered or any 21 sex deer hunting license. 22 (iv) A license issued under this subparagraph division is 23 valid for use only on the sponsor’s property. The sponsor 24 shall be present on the property while the nonresident is 25 hunting with a license issued under this subparagraph division. 26 (2) After the six thousand antlered or any sex nonresident 27 deer hunting licenses have been issued, all additional licenses 28 shall be issued for antlerless deer only. The commission 29 shall annually determine the number of nonresident antlerless 30 deer only deer hunting licenses that will be available for 31 issuance. > 32 -2- SF 553.1788 (1) 90 js/rn 2/ 3
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