House File 2440 - Introduced



                                      HOUSE FILE       
                                      BY  COMMITTEE ON NATURAL
                                          RESOURCES

                                      (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2093)


    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 5847HV 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, pursuant to rules adopted by the commission
  1 10 under chapter 17A, if the person is a member of the armed
  1 11 forces of the United States who is serving on active duty or
  1 12 served in the armed forces of the United States at any time
  1 13 and was discharged under honorable conditions, is
  1 14 nonambulatory, and is accompanied and aided by a person who is
  1 15 at least eighteen years of age.  The accompanying person must
  1 16 have a hunting license and pay the wildlife habitat fee as
  1 17 provided in section 483A.1, if applicable.  During the hunt,
  1 18 the accompanying adult must be within arm's reach of the
  1 19 nonambulatory person.
  1 20    c.  A certificate issued pursuant to paragraph "b" shall be
  1 21 valid only in this state.
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23    This bill amends Code section 483A.27 to require an officer
  1 24 of the department of natural resources to issue a certificate
  1 25 of completion of the hunter safety and ethics education
  1 26 course, which is required to obtain a hunting license, to a
  1 27 person who is a member of the armed forces of the United
  1 28 States who is serving on active duty or served in the armed
  1 29 forces of the United States at any time and was discharged
  1 30 under honorable conditions, is nonambulatory, and is
  1 31 accompanied and aided by a person who is at least 18.  The
  1 32 accompanying person must have a hunting license and pay the
  1 33 applicable wildlife habitat fee.  During the hunt, the
  1 34 accompanying adult must be within arm's reach of the
  1 35 nonambulatory person.
  2  1 LSB 5847HV 82
  2  2 rh/nh/14