Senate File 65

                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  ZIEMAN


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act allowing the issuance of deer licenses to certain
  2    landowners without a fee.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1709XS 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 483A.24, Code 2003, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  15.  Upon written application, on forms
  1  4 furnished by the department, the department shall issue
  1  5 annually without fee one deer license to the owner of a parcel
  1  6 of land that is comprised of seventy=six or more contiguous
  1  7 acres.  The deer license shall be valid only on the parcel of
  1  8 land for which an applicant qualifies pursuant to this
  1  9 subsection and shall be equivalent to the least restrictive
  1 10 license issued under section 481A.38.  The owner need not
  1 11 reside on the parcel of land to qualify for the free license
  1 12 under this subsection.  The license shall be valid during all
  1 13 shotgun deer seasons.  This license shall be issued in
  1 14 addition to a depredation permit issued to a landowner
  1 15 pursuant to section 481C.2.
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17    This bill allows the department of natural resources to
  1 18 issue annually one free deer license to a landowner who owns
  1 19 76 or more acres of contiguous land.  This license is issued
  1 20 in addition to a depredation permit issued to a landowner
  1 21 pursuant to Code section 481C.2.
  1 22 LSB 1709XS 80
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