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

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  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 a resident of Iowa person 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 the owner or tenant.
  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 is a resident of
  1 14 Iowa and who is one 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