Senate File 2230 - Enrolled

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  1  1                                             SENATE FILE 2230
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  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL NONRESIDENT TURKEY AND DEER
  1  5    HUNTING LICENSES TO CERTAIN PERSONS WHO HAVE SEVERE PHYSICAL
  1  6    DISABILITIES OR A TERMINAL ILLNESS.
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  1  8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1 10    Section 1.  Section 483A.24, Code Supplement 2007, is
  1 11 amended by adding the following new subsection:
  1 12    NEW SUBSECTION.  9A.  The commission shall issue a special
  1 13 turkey hunting license or any sex deer hunting license to a
  1 14 nonresident twenty=one years of age or younger who the
  1 15 commission finds has a severe physical disability or has been
  1 16 diagnosed with a terminal illness.  The licenses shall be
  1 17 issued as follows:
  1 18    a.  The commission may prepare an application to be used by
  1 19 the person requesting the special license, which requires that
  1 20 the person's attending physician sign the form declaring that
  1 21 the person has a severe physical disability or has been
  1 22 diagnosed with a terminal illness and is eligible for the
  1 23 special license.
  1 24    b.  The licenses provided pursuant to this subsection shall
  1 25 be in addition to the number of nonresident turkey hunting
  1 26 licenses authorized pursuant to section 483A.7 and nonresident
  1 27 deer hunting licenses authorized pursuant to section 483A.8.
  1 28    c.  The turkey hunting licenses are valid in all zones open
  1 29 to turkey hunting and shall be available for issuance and use
  1 30 during any turkey hunting season.  The deer hunting licenses
  1 31 are valid in all zones open to deer hunting and shall be
  1 32 available for issuance and use during any deer hunting season.
  1 33    d.  A nonresident who receives a special license pursuant
  1 34 to this subsection shall purchase a hunting license and the
  1 35 applicable nonresident turkey or deer hunting license, and pay
  2  1 the wildlife habitat fee, but is not required to complete the
  2  2 hunter safety and ethics education course if the person is
  2  3 accompanied and aided by a person who is at least eighteen
  2  4 years of age.  The accompanying person must be qualified to
  2  5 hunt and have a hunting license.  During the hunt, the
  2  6 accompanying adult must be within arm's reach of the
  2  7 nonresident licensee.
  2  8    e.  The commission shall adopt rules under chapter 17A for
  2  9 the administration of this subsection.
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  2 12                                                             
  2 13                               JOHN P. KIBBIE
  2 14                               President of the Senate
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  2 17                                                             
  2 18                               PATRICK J. MURPHY
  2 19                               Speaker of the House
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  2 21    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
  2 22 is known as Senate File 2230, Eighty=second General Assembly.
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  2 25                                                             
  2 26                               MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
  2 27                               Secretary of the Senate
  2 28 Approved                , 2008
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  2 31                                
  2 32 CHESTER J. CULVER
  2 33 Governor