House File 416 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY LUKAN Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act providing for special senior crossbow deer hunting 2 licenses. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2265HH 81 5 av/pj/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 483A.8A SENIOR CROSSBOW DEER 1 2 HUNTING LICENSES. 1 3 A person who is a resident and who is seventy years of age 1 4 or older may be issued one special senior statewide antlerless 1 5 deer only crossbow deer hunting license to hunt deer during 1 6 bow season as established by rule by the commission. A person 1 7 who obtains a license to hunt deer under this section is not 1 8 required to pay the wildlife habitat fee but shall be 1 9 otherwise qualified to hunt deer in this state and shall have 1 10 a resident hunting license. 1 11 A person may obtain a license under this section in 1 12 addition to a statewide antlered or any sex deer hunting bow 1 13 season license. Season dates, shooting hours, limits, license 1 14 quotas, and other regulations for this license shall be the 1 15 same as set forth by the commission by rule for bow season 1 16 deer hunts. 1 17 EXPLANATION 1 18 This bill provides that persons who are residents of Iowa 1 19 and who are 70 years of age or older may be issued one special 1 20 senior statewide antlerless deer only crossbow hunting license 1 21 to hunt deer during the regular deer hunting bow season. A 1 22 person may obtain a crossbow deer hunting license under the 1 23 new provision in addition to a statewide antlered or any sex 1 24 deer bow license. A person who obtains a license under the 1 25 provision is not required to pay the wildlife habitat fee but 1 26 must be otherwise qualified to hunt deer in this state and 1 27 must have a resident hunting license. 1 28 The bill provides that season dates, shooting hours, 1 29 limits, license quotas, and other regulations for this license 1 30 are the same as those set forth by the natural resource 1 31 commission in rules for the deer hunting bow season. An 1 32 unlimited number of licenses may be issued under the new 1 33 provision. The daily and season bag and possession limit is 1 34 one deer per license. 1 35 LSB 2265HH 81 2 1 av:nh/pj/5