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 5 av/sh/8 PAG LIN 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 2 5 av:nh/sh/8