S-3143

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

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DAWN DRISCOLL