House File 165 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  THOMAS


    Passed House, Date                Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to a special free deer hunt for certain residents
  2    with permanent disabilities.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1557HH 81
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 483A.24, Code 2005, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  15.  The commission may establish a
  1  4 special one=day deer hunt in which residents of Iowa who are
  1  5 sixteen years of age or older and who have permanent physical
  1  6 disabilities may participate.  The special one=day deer hunt
  1  7 may be held before or during a regular deer hunting season.
  1  8 The commission shall issue without charge a special one=day
  1  9 deer hunting license for the hunt.  A person who participates
  1 10 in the special hunt is not required to obtain a hunting
  1 11 license or to pay the wildlife habitat fee.  The commission is
  1 12 authorized to prepare an application to be used by the person
  1 13 requesting the special license, which requires that the
  1 14 person's attending physician sign the form declaring that the
  1 15 person has a permanent physical disability.  A license is not
  1 16 required for a person to assist a physically disabled person
  1 17 hunting during a special deer hunt established pursuant to
  1 18 this subsection.  The commission shall establish rules
  1 19 pursuant to chapter 17A to administer the special one=day deer
  1 20 hunts authorized in this subsection.
  1 21                           EXPLANATION
  1 22    This bill allows the natural resource commission to
  1 23 establish a special one=day deer hunt in which residents of
  1 24 Iowa who are 16 years of age or older and who have permanent
  1 25 physical disabilities may participate.  The special one=day
  1 26 hunt may be held before or during a regular deer hunting
  1 27 season.  The commission is required to issue without charge a
  1 28 special one=day deer hunting license.  A person who
  1 29 participates in the special hunt is not required to obtain a
  1 30 hunting license or to pay the wildlife habitat fee.  The
  1 31 application for the special license shall require the person's
  1 32 attending physician to sign the form declaring that the person
  1 33 has a permanent disability.  A license is not required for a
  1 34 person to assist a physically disabled person participating in
  1 35 the special hunt pursuant to the new provision.  The
  2  1 commission is authorized to establish rules to administer the
  2  2 special one=day deer hunt.  "Permanent disability" is defined
  2  3 in Code section 483A.4.
  2  4 LSB 1557HH 81
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