House File 2007 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY BAUDLER Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act creating a special Thanksgiving nonresident antlerless 2 deer hunting season. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5274YH 82 5 av/nh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 483A.8, Code Supplement 2007, is 1 2 amended by adding the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 6A. The commission shall provide by rule 1 4 for the annual issuance to a nonresident of a nonresident 1 5 antlerless deer hunting license that is valid for use only 1 6 during the period beginning on the Wednesday before 1 7 Thanksgiving and ending at sunset on the following Sunday, and 1 8 costs fifty dollars. A nonresident hunting deer with a 1 9 license issued under this subsection shall be otherwise 1 10 qualified to hunt deer in this state and shall have a 1 11 nonresident hunting license, pay the wildlife habitat fee, and 1 12 pay the one dollar fee for the purpose of deer herd population 1 13 management as provided in subsection 3. Pursuant to this 1 14 subsection, the commission shall make available for issuance 1 15 only the remaining nonresident antlerless deer hunting 1 16 licenses allocated under subsection 3 that have not yet been 1 17 issued for the current year's nonresident antlerless deer 1 18 hunting seasons. 1 19 EXPLANATION 1 20 This bill allows the natural resource commission to issue 1 21 special nonresident antlerless deer hunting licenses that are 1 22 valid for use only during the period beginning on the 1 23 Wednesday before Thanksgiving and ending at sunset on the 1 24 following Sunday. The special licenses cost $50 and licensees 1 25 are also required to purchase a nonresident hunting license, 1 26 pay the wildlife habitat fee, and pay the $1 deer herd 1 27 population management fee. The special licenses are available 1 28 for issuance only from remaining nonresident antlerless deer 1 29 hunting licenses that have not yet been issued for the current 1 30 year's other nonresident antlerless deer hunting seasons. 1 31 LSB 5274YH 82 1 32 av/nh/8