House File 2412
HOUSE FILE
BY STRUYK, QUIRK, DANDEKAR,
and STEVENS
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act providing for a free lifetime hunting and fishing combined
2 license for persons who are honorably discharged veterans.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 483A.24, subsection 13, Code 2003, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 13. Upon payment of the fee of thirty dollars for a
1 4 lifetime hunting and fishing combined license, the department
1 5 The commission shall issue without charge a special lifetime
1 6 hunting and fishing combined license to a resident of Iowa who
1 7 is a veteran, as defined in section 35.1, who was disabled or
1 8 was a prisoner of war during that veteran's military service.
1 9 The department shall prepare an application to be used by a
1 10 person requesting a hunting and fishing combined license under
1 11 this subsection. The commission of veterans affairs shall
1 12 assist the department in verifying the status or claims of
1 13 applicants under this subsection. As used in this subsection,
1 14 "disabled" means entitled to compensation under the United
1 15 States Code, Title 38, ch. 11.
1 16 EXPLANATION
1 17 This bill provides that the natural resource commission
1 18 shall issue a free special lifetime hunting and fishing
1 19 combined license to a resident of Iowa who is a veteran, as
1 20 defined in Code section 35.1. Code section 35.1 defines a
1 21 veteran as a resident of this state who served in the armed
1 22 forces of the United States at any time during certain
1 23 specified dates and who was discharged under honorable
1 24 conditions. Code section 35.1 also provides that a veteran
1 25 includes certain persons who served in the reserve forces of
1 26 the United States and the Iowa national guard as well as other
1 27 specified entities.
1 28 Currently, such a special lifetime hunting and fishing
1 29 combined license is available only to a veteran who was
1 30 disabled or was a prisoner of war during the veteran's
1 31 military service, for a fee of $30.
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