House File 2093 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY BAUDLER Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays 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