House File 23 



                                       HOUSE 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
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PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 483A.8B, Code 2007, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    483A.8B  SENIOR CROSSBOW DEER HUNTING LICENSES HUNTS.
  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 statewide antlerless
  1  6 deer only crossbow any sex deer hunting license to hunt deer
  1  7 during bow season the 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 obtain a one additional statewide bow license under this
  1 15 section in addition to a statewide antlered or any sex and one
  1 16 additional antlerless deer only deer hunting bow season
  1 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 for bow season the
  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