House File 2093 - Introduced



                                      HOUSE FILE       
                                      BY  BAUDLER


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing an exemption for certain military personnel and
  2    veterans from a requirement to complete a hunter safety and
  3    ethics education course before obtaining a hunting license.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5847YH 82
  6 rh/nh/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 483A.27, subsection 5, Code Supplement
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    5.  a.  An officer of the department or a certified
  1  4 instructor may issue a certificate to a person who has not
  1  5 completed the hunter safety and ethics education course but
  1  6 meets the criteria established by the commission.
  1  7    b.  An officer of the department shall issue a certificate
  1  8 to a person who has not completed the hunter safety and ethics
  1  9 education course if the person demonstrates to the officer,
  1 10 pursuant to rules adopted by the commission under chapter 17A,
  1 11 that the person meets either of the following criteria:
  1 12    (1)  The person is a member of the armed forces of the
  1 13 United States who is serving on active duty and has passed a
  1 14 weapons proficiency test.
  1 15    (2)  The person served in the armed forces of the United
  1 16 States at any time, was discharged under honorable conditions,
  1 17 and passed a weapons proficiency test.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill amends Code section 483A.27 to require an officer
  1 20 of the department of natural resources to issue a certificate
  1 21 of completion of the hunter safety and ethics education
  1 22 course, which is required to obtain a hunting license, to a
  1 23 person who demonstrates to the officer, as provided in rules
  1 24 adopted under Code chapter 17A, either that the person is a
  1 25 member of the armed forces of the United States on active duty
  1 26 who has passed a weapons proficiency test, or that the person
  1 27 formerly served in the armed forces, was discharged under
  1 28 honorable conditions, and passed a weapons proficiency test.
  1 29 LSB 5847YH 82
  1 30 rh/nh/14