House File 2432
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1 1 HOUSE FILE 2432
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1 3 AN ACT
1 4 RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF FREE DEER AND WILD TURKEY HUNTING
1 5 LICENSES TO CERTAIN LANDOWNERS AND OTHER PERSONS.
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1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 9 Section 1. Section 483A.24, subsection 2, paragraph a,
1 10 subparagraph (2), Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
1 11 (2) "Farm unit" means all parcels of land in tracts of ten
1 12 acres or more, not necessarily contiguous, which are operated
1 13 as a unit for agricultural purposes and which are under the
1 14 lawful control of the owner or tenant.
1 15 Sec. 2. Section 483A.24, subsection 2, paragraphs b and c,
1 16 Code 2003, are amended to read as follows:
1 17 b. Upon written application on forms furnished by the
1 18 department, the department shall issue annually without fee
1 19 one any sex deer or license, one antlerless deer license, and
1 20 one wild turkey license, or both, to the owner of a farm unit
1 21 or to a member of the owner's family, but not to both, and to
1 22 the tenant or to a member of the tenant's family, but not to
1 23 both. The deer hunting license licenses or wild turkey
1 24 hunting license issued shall be valid only on the farm unit
1 25 for which an applicant qualifies pursuant to this subsection
1 26 and shall be equivalent to the least restrictive license
1 27 issued under section 481A.38. The owner or the tenant need
1 28 not reside on the farm unit to qualify for a free license to
1 29 hunt on that farm unit. A free deer hunting license issued
1 30 pursuant to this subsection shall be valid during all shotgun
1 31 deer seasons.
1 32 c. In addition to the free deer hunting license licenses
1 33 received, an owner of a farm unit or a member of the owner's
1 34 family and the tenant or a member of the tenant's family may
1 35 purchase a deer hunting license for any option offered to
2 1 paying deer hunting licensees. An owner of a farm unit or a
2 2 member of the owner's family and the tenant or a member of the
2 3 tenant's family may also purchase two additional antlerless
2 4 deer hunting licenses which are valid only on the farm unit
2 5 for a fee of ten dollars each.
2 6 Sec. 3. Section 483A.24, subsection 2, paragraph d, Code
2 7 2003, is amended to read as follows:
2 8 d. If the commission establishes a deer hunting season to
2 9 occur in the first quarter of a calendar year that is separate
2 10 from a deer hunting season that continues from the last
2 11 quarter of the preceding calendar year, each owner and each
2 12 tenant of a farm unit located within a zone where a deer
2 13 hunting season is established, upon application, shall be
2 14 issued a one free deer hunting license for each of the two
2 15 first calendar quarters quarter of the calendar year, and two
2 16 free deer hunting licenses for the last quarter of the
2 17 preceding calendar year, one of which shall be an antlerless
2 18 only deer hunting license. Each license is valid only for
2 19 hunting on the farm unit of the owner and tenant.
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2 23 CHRISTOPHER C. RANTS
2 24 Speaker of the House
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2 28 JEFFREY M. LAMBERTI
2 29 President of the Senate
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2 31 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
2 32 is known as House File 2432, Eightieth General Assembly.
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3 1 MARGARET THOMSON
3 2 Chief Clerk of the House
3 3 Approved , 2004
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3 7 THOMAS J. VILSACK
3 8 Governor