House File 23HOUSE FILE BY STRUYK Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act allowing certain senior residents to hunt deer during the 2 youth and severely disabled deer hunting season. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1428YH 82 5 av/je/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 483A.8B, Code 2007, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 483A.8B SENIOR CROSSBOWDEERHUNTING LICENSESHUNTS. 1 4 A person who is a resident and who is seventy years of age 1 5 or older may be issued one special senior statewideantlerless 1 6 deer only crossbowany sex deer hunting license to hunt deer 1 7 duringbow seasonthe youth and severely disabled deer hunting 1 8 season as established by rule by the commission. A person who 1 9 obtains a license to hunt deer under this section is not 1 10 required to pay the wildlife habitat fee but shall be 1 11 otherwise qualified to hunt deer in this state and shall have 1 12 a resident hunting license. 1 13 A person who obtains a license under this section may 1 14 obtainaone additional statewide bow licenseunder this 1 15 section in addition to a statewide antlered or any sexand one 1 16 additional antlerless deer only deer huntingbow season1 17 license for use during the youth and severely disabled deer 1 18 hunting season. Season dates, shooting hours, limits, license 1 19 quotas, and other regulations for this license shall be the 1 20 same as set forth by the commission by rule forbow seasonthe 1 21 youth and severely disabled deer hunts. A person who obtains 1 22 a deer hunting license under this section is not eligible to 1 23 obtain a deer hunting license under any other provision. 1 24 EXPLANATION 1 25 This bill amends Code section 483A.8B to provide that 1 26 persons who are residents of Iowa and who are 70 years of age 1 27 or older may be issued one special statewide any sex deer 1 28 hunting license to hunt deer during a senior deer hunt. The 1 29 bill provides that a resident who obtains such a license may 1 30 hunt deer during the youth and severely disabled deer hunting 1 31 season, which is established by the natural resource 1 32 commission by rule. A person who obtains a statewide any sex 1 33 deer hunting license under the new provision may also obtain 1 34 one additional statewide bow license and one additional 1 35 antlerless deer only deer hunting license to hunt deer during 2 1 the youth and severely disabled deer hunting season. A person 2 2 who obtains a license under the provision is not required to 2 3 pay the wildlife habitat fee, but must be otherwise qualified 2 4 to hunt deer in this state and must have a resident hunting 2 5 license. A person who obtains a deer hunting license under 2 6 the new provision is not eligible to obtain a deer hunting 2 7 license under any other provision. 2 8 The bill provides that season dates, shooting hours, 2 9 limits, license quotas, method of take, and other regulations 2 10 for this license are the same as those set forth by the 2 11 natural resource commission in rules for the youth and 2 12 severely disabled deer hunting season. 2 13 Currently, a resident who is 70 years of age or older may 2 14 obtain a special senior statewide antlerless deer only 2 15 crossbow hunting license to hunt deer during the established 2 16 bow season. Current law also allows a senior resident to 2 17 obtain a statewide antlered or any sex deer hunting bow season 2 18 license in addition to the senior crossbow hunting license. 2 19 LSB 1428YH 82 2 20 av:nh/je/5