S-5216

   Amend Senate File 654, as passed by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  Page 1, line 15, by striking <2025> and inserting <2026>
   2.  Page 1, line 21, by striking <2025> and inserting <2026>
   3.  Page 2, line 2, by striking <2025> and inserting <2026>
   4.  Page 2, after line 7 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 481C.2, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2026, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  The director of the department of natural resources shall enter into a memorandum of agreement with the United States department of agriculture, animal damage control division. The wild animal depredation unit shall serve and act as the liaison to the department for the producers in the state who suffer crop, horticultural product, tree, or nursery damage an economic loss to agriculture, horticulture, or silviculture operations due to wild animals.
   2.  The department shall issue depredation permits and deer shooting permits to any landowner or tenant, as defined under section 483A.24, subsection 2, upon receiving written approval from the landowner, who incurs crop, horticultural product, tree, or nursery damage suffers an economic loss of one thousand dollars or more to agriculture, horticulture, or silviculture operations due to wild animals.  The department shall allow any conservation officer to issue permits pursuant to this chapter.
   Sec. ___.  Section 481C.2A, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  Deer shooting permits shall be available for issuance to landowners or tenants, as defined under section 483A.24, subsection 2, upon receiving written approval from the landowner, who incur crop, horticultural product, tree, or nursery damage suffer an economic loss to agriculture, horticulture, or silviculture operations as provided in section 481C.2 and shall be available for issuance for use on areas where public safety may be an issue.>
   5.  Page 2, line 9, by striking <2025> and inserting <2026>
   6.  Title page, line 3, by striking <and maximum fur dealer license fees,> and inserting <maximum fur dealer license fees, and deer depredation,>
   7.  By renumbering as necessary.