House File 5 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY REASONER
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the issuance of free deer and wild turkey
2 hunting licenses to certain landowners and other persons.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 483A.24, subsection 2, paragraph a,
1 2 subparagraph (2), Code 2005, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 (2) "Farm unit" means all parcels of land in tracts of ten
1 4 acres of more, not necessarily contiguous, which are operated
1 5 as a unit for agricultural purposes and which are under the
1 6 lawful control of the owner or tenant.
1 7 Sec. 2. Section 483A.24, subsection 2, paragraphs b, c,
1 8 and d, Code 2005, are amended to read as follows:
1 9 b. Upon written application on forms furnished by the
1 10 department, the department shall issue annually without fee
1 11 one any sex deer or license, one antlerless deer license, and
1 12 one wild turkey license, or both, to the owner of a farm unit
1 13 or to a member of the owner's family, but not to both, and to
1 14 the tenant or to a member of the tenant's family, but not to
1 15 both. The deer hunting license licenses or wild turkey
1 16 hunting license issued shall be valid only on the farm unit
1 17 for which an applicant qualifies pursuant to this subsection
1 18 and shall be equivalent to the least restrictive license
1 19 issued under section 481A.38. The owner or the tenant need
1 20 not reside on the farm unit to qualify for a free license to
1 21 hunt on that farm unit. A free deer hunting license issued
1 22 pursuant to this subsection shall be valid during all shotgun
1 23 deer seasons.
1 24 c. In addition to the free deer hunting license licenses
1 25 received, an owner of a farm unit or a member of the owner's
1 26 family and the tenant or a member of the tenant's family may
1 27 purchase a deer hunting license for any option offered to
1 28 paying deer hunting licensees. An owner of a farm unit or a
1 29 member of the owner's family and the tenant or a member of the
1 30 tenant's family may also purchase two additional antlerless
1 31 deer hunting licenses which are valid only on the farm unit
1 32 for a fee of ten dollars each.
1 33 d. If the commission establishes a deer hunting season to
1 34 occur in the first quarter of a calendar year that is separate
1 35 from a deer hunting season that continues from the last
2 1 quarter of the preceding calendar year, each owner and each
2 2 tenant of a farm unit located within a zone where a deer
2 3 hunting season is established, upon application, shall be
2 4 issued a one free deer hunting license for each of the two
2 5 first calendar quarters quarter of the calendar year, and two
2 6 free deer hunting licenses for the last quarter of the
2 7 preceding calendar year, one of which shall be an antlerless
2 8 only deer hunting license. Each license is valid only for
2 9 hunting on the farm unit of the owner and tenant.
2 10 EXPLANATION
2 11 This bill relates to the issuance of special free deer and
2 12 wild turkey hunting licenses to certain landowners and tenants
2 13 and their families. The bill provides that an owner of a farm
2 14 unit or a member of the owner's family or a tenant or a member
2 15 of a tenant's family may, upon application, receive one free
2 16 any sex deer license, one free antlerless deer license, and
2 17 one free wild turkey license that are valid only on the farm
2 18 unit for which the applicant qualifies under the bill.
2 19 Currently, an owner or a member of the owner's family may each
2 20 receive one free deer license and one free wild turkey
2 21 license.
2 22 The bill redefines a "farm unit" to mean that all parcels
2 23 of land must be in tracts of 10 acres or more.
2 24 The bill also provides that if the natural resource
2 25 commission establishes a deer hunting season in the first
2 26 quarter of a calendar year that is separate from a deer
2 27 hunting season in the last quarter of the preceding calendar
2 28 year, an owner and tenant of a farm unit located within a zone
2 29 where such deer hunting seasons are established may apply for
2 30 one free deer hunting license for the first calendar quarter
2 31 of the calendar year, and two free deer hunting licenses for
2 32 the last quarter of the preceding calendar year, one of which
2 33 shall be an antlerless only deer license.
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