Senate File 2021 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY JOHNSON Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act making nonresident owners of farm units and their family 2 members eligible for special landowner deer and wild turkey 3 hunting licenses. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5482SS 81 6 av/gg/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 483A.8, subsection 5, Code Supplement 1 2 2005, is amended by striking the subsection. 1 3 Sec. 2. Section 483A.24, subsection 2, paragraph a, 1 4 subparagraph (1), Code Supplement 2005, is amended to read as 1 5 follows: 1 6 (1) "Family member" means aresident of Iowaperson who is 1 7 the spouse or child of the owner and who resides with the 1 8 owner or a resident of Iowa who is the spouse or child of the 1 9 tenant and who resides with theowner ortenant. 1 10 Sec. 3. Section 483A.24, subsection 2, paragraph a, 1 11 subparagraph (3), unnumbered paragraph 1, Code Supplement 1 12 2005, is amended to read as follows: 1 13 "Owner" means an owner of a farm unit who isa resident of 1 14 Iowa and who isone of the following: 1 15 EXPLANATION 1 16 This bill provides that a nonresident owner of a farm unit 1 17 and the spouse or child of that owner who resides with the 1 18 owner are eligible for the same special landowner deer and 1 19 wild turkey hunting licenses as are resident owners of farm 1 20 units and their family members. Currently, such licenses are 1 21 available only to resident landowners and their family 1 22 members. 1 23 A "farm unit" is defined as a parcel of land in a tract of 1 24 two or more contiguous acres, operated as a unit for 1 25 agricultural purposes, and under the lawful control of the 1 26 owner or tenant. 1 27 LSB 5482SS 81 1 28 av:rj/gg/14