House File 2184 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  ARNOLD


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to establishment of residency for purposes of the
  2    state's hunting and fishing regulations.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6090YH 82
  5 av/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 483A.1A, subsection 7, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    7.  "Resident" means a natural person who meets any of the
  1  4 following criteria for each calendar year in which the person
  1  5 claims status as a resident:
  1  6    a.  Has physically resided in this state at least thirty as
  1  7 the person's principal and primary home or domicile for a
  1  8 period of not less than one hundred eighty consecutive days
  1  9 immediately before applying for or purchasing a resident
  1 10 license, tag, or permit under this chapter and has been issued
  1 11 an Iowa driver's license or an Iowa nonoperator's
  1 12 identification card.  For the purposes of this paragraph,
  1 13 "principal and primary home or domicile" means the one and
  1 14 only residence where a person has a true, fixed, and permanent
  1 15 home, and to where, whenever the person is briefly and
  1 16 temporarily absent, the person intends to return.  A person is
  1 17 not considered a resident for purposes of this paragraph if
  1 18 the person is residing in the state only for a special or
  1 19 temporary purpose, including but not limited to hunting,
  1 20 fishing, or trapping.
  1 21    b.  Is a full=time student at an educational institution
  1 22 located in this state and resides in this state while
  1 23 attending the educational institution.  A student qualifies as
  1 24 a resident pursuant to this paragraph only for the purpose of
  1 25 purchasing any resident license specified in section 483A.1 or
  1 26 484A.2.
  1 27    c.  Is a nonresident under eighteen years of age whose
  1 28 parent is a resident of this state.
  1 29    d.  Is a member of the armed forces of the United States
  1 30 who is serving on active duty, claims residency in this state,
  1 31 and has filed a state individual income tax return as a
  1 32 resident pursuant to chapter 422, division II, for the
  1 33 preceding tax year, or is stationed in this state.
  1 34    e.  Is registered to vote in this state.
  1 35                           EXPLANATION
  2  1    This bill relates to the definition of a resident for
  2  2 purposes of Iowa's fishing and hunting regulations.  The bill
  2  3 provides that a person who claims status as a resident must
  2  4 meet one of the specified criteria for each year that
  2  5 residency is claimed.
  2  6    One of the criteria for residency is modified to require a
  2  7 person to physically reside in the state as the person's
  2  8 principal and primary home or domicile for a period of not
  2  9 less than 180 consecutive days immediately prior to applying
  2 10 for or purchasing a resident license, tag, or permit and have
  2 11 an Iowa driver's license or Iowa nonoperator's identification
  2 12 card.  The bill defines what constitutes a "principal and
  2 13 primary home or domicile" for purposes of the bill.
  2 14    The bill also provides that registration to vote in this
  2 15 state is no longer a criteria that establishes residency.
  2 16 LSB 6090YH 82
  2 17 av/nh/8