House File 16 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY REASONER
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act requiring the natural resource commission to increase the
2 number of nonresident turkey and deer hunting licenses issued
3 and requiring preparation of deer population management plans
4 by certain persons.
5 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 2005, 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 2005,
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 any
1 26 sex deer licenses issued, not more than thirty=five percent of
1 27 the licenses shall be bow season licenses and, after the first
1 28 six thousand nonresident deer licenses have been issued, all
1 29 additional licenses shall be issued for antlerless deer only.
1 30 The commission shall make available for issuance an additional
1 31 two thousand five hundred nonresident antlerless only deer
1 32 hunting licenses. The commission shall allocate the
1 33 nonresident deer hunting licenses issued among the zones based
1 34 on the populations of deer. However, a nonresident applicant
1 35 may request one or more hunting zones, in order of preference,
2 1 in which the applicant wishes to hunt. If the request cannot
2 2 be fulfilled, the applicable fees shall be returned to the
2 3 applicant. A nonresident applying for a deer hunting license
2 4 must exhibit proof of having successfully completed a hunter
2 5 safety and ethics education program as provided in section
2 6 483A.27 or its equivalent as determined by the department
2 7 before the license 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 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 483A.28 DEER POPULATION MANAGEMENT
2 31 PLAN.
2 32 A person who holds an interest in land, including a
2 33 titleholder or tenant, and charges hunters a fee to hunt deer
2 34 on the land, shall prepare and adhere to a deer population
2 35 management plan approved by the department. The primary
3 1 purpose of a deer population management plan is to manage deer
3 2 populations on land where deer hunting for a fee is allowed so
3 3 that damage by deer to agricultural crops on adjacent land is
3 4 minimized. The department shall adopt rules prescribing the
3 5 format and content of such plans. This section does not apply
3 6 to licensed hunting preserves.
3 7 EXPLANATION
3 8 This bill requires the natural resource commission to
3 9 increase the number of nonresident turkey and deer hunting
3 10 licenses issued and requires certain persons to prepare deer
3 11 population management plans.
3 12 Code section 483A.7 is amended to provide that the
3 13 commission shall annually limit the number of nonresident wild
3 14 turkey hunting licenses to 3,500 instead of 2,300.
3 15 Code section 483A.8 is amended to provide that the
3 16 commission shall annually limit the number of nonresident deer
3 17 hunting licenses to 12,000 any sex deer hunting licenses
3 18 instead of 8,500 deer hunting licenses and shall make an
3 19 additional 2,500 nonresident antlerless only deer hunting
3 20 licenses available for issuance.
3 21 Code section 483A.8 is also amended to provide that if a
3 22 nonresident owning land in this state is unsuccessful in
3 23 obtaining one of the nonresident any sex deer hunting
3 24 licenses, the nonresident landowner shall be given preference
3 25 for one of the nonresident antlerless only deer hunting
3 26 licenses.
3 27 New Code section 483A.28 requires a person who holds an
3 28 interest in land, including a titleholder or tenant, and who
3 29 charges hunters a fee to hunt deer on the land, to prepare and
3 30 adhere to a deer population management plan approved by the
3 31 department of natural resources. The primary purpose of a
3 32 deer population management plan is to manage deer populations
3 33 on land where deer hunting for a fee is allowed so that damage
3 34 by deer to agricultural crops on adjacent land is minimized.
3 35 The department is directed to adopt rules regarding the format
4 1 and content of such plans. This new provision does not apply
4 2 to licensed hunting preserves.
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