Senate File 18
SENATE FILE
BY ANGELO
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to hunting by allocating nonresident turkey and
2 deer hunting licenses.
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.7, subsection 3, Code 2003, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 3. A nonresident wild turkey hunter is required to have a
1 4 nonresident hunting license and a nonresident wild turkey
1 5 hunting license and pay the wildlife habitat fee. The
1 6 commission shall annually limit to two three thousand three
1 7 five hundred licenses the number of nonresidents allowed to
1 8 have wild turkey hunting licenses. Of the two three thousand
1 9 three five hundred licenses, one hundred fifty licenses shall
1 10 be valid for hunting with muzzle loading shotguns only. The
1 11 commission shall allocate the nonresident wild turkey hunting
1 12 licenses issued among the zones based on the populations of
1 13 wild turkey. A nonresident applying for a wild turkey hunting
1 14 license must exhibit proof of having successfully completed a
1 15 hunter safety and ethics education program as provided in
1 16 section 483A.27 or its equivalent as determined by the
1 17 department before the license is issued.
1 18 Sec. 2. Section 483A.8, subsections 3 and 5, Code 2003,
1 19 are amended to read as follows:
1 20 3. A nonresident hunting deer is required to have a
1 21 nonresident hunting license and a nonresident deer license and
1 22 must pay the wildlife habitat fee. The commission shall
1 23 annually limit to eight twelve thousand five hundred licenses
1 24 the number of nonresidents allowed to have any sex deer
1 25 hunting licenses. Of the first six thousand nonresident deer
1 26 licenses issued, not more than thirty=five percent of the
1 27 licenses shall be bow season licenses and, after the first six
1 28 thousand nonresident deer licenses have been issued, all
1 29 additional licenses shall be issued for antlerless deer only.
1 30 An additional two thousand five hundred nonresident antlerless
1 31 only deer licenses shall be made available for issuance. The
1 32 commission shall allocate the nonresident deer hunting
1 33 licenses issued among the zones based on the populations of
1 34 deer. However, a nonresident applicant may request one or
1 35 more hunting zones, in order of preference, in which the
2 1 applicant wishes to hunt. If the request cannot be fulfilled,
2 2 the applicable fees shall be returned to the applicant. A
2 3 nonresident applying for a deer hunting license must exhibit
2 4 proof of having successfully completed a hunter safety and
2 5 ethics education program as provided in section 483A.27 or its
2 6 equivalent as determined by the department before the license
2 7 is issued.
2 8 5. A nonresident owning land in this state may apply for
2 9 one of the first six thousand nonresident deer licenses not
2 10 limited to antlerless deer, and the provisions of subsection 3
2 11 shall apply. However, if If a nonresident owning land in this
2 12 state is unsuccessful in obtaining one of the first six
2 13 thousand nonresident any sex deer licenses provided for in
2 14 subsection 3, the landowner shall be given preference for one
2 15 of the two thousand five hundred nonresident antlerless only
2 16 nonresident deer licenses provided for in subsection 3. A
2 17 nonresident owning land in this state shall pay the fee for a
2 18 nonresident antlerless only deer license and the license shall
2 19 be valid to hunt on the nonresident's land only. A
2 20 nonresident owning land in this state is eligible for only one
2 21 nonresident deer license annually. If one or more parcels of
2 22 land have multiple nonresident owners, only one of the
2 23 nonresident owners is eligible for a nonresident antlerless
2 24 only deer license. If a nonresident jointly owns land in this
2 25 state with a resident, the nonresident shall not be given
2 26 preference for a nonresident antlerless only deer license.
2 27 The department may require proof of land ownership from a
2 28 nonresident landowner applying for a nonresident antlerless
2 29 only deer license.
2 30 EXPLANATION
2 31 This bill increases the annual limit on nonresident turkey
2 32 hunting licenses from 2,300 to 3,500.
2 33 The bill increases the number of nonresident deer hunting
2 34 licenses available from 8,500 to 14,500, and provides that
2 35 there will be 12,000 annual nonresident any sex deer hunting
3 1 licenses available, and 2,500 annual nonresident antlerless
3 2 only deer licenses available. The statutory requirement that
3 3 only 35 percent of the nonresident deer hunting licenses shall
3 4 be sold to bow and arrow hunters is stricken.
3 5 The bill provides that a nonresident owning land in this
3 6 state who is unsuccessful in the nonresident any sex deer
3 7 hunting license drawing has preference to receive a
3 8 nonresident antlerless only deer hunting license.
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