House File 289 - Introduced



                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  CHAMBERS, LUKAN, GRANZOW, WATTS,
                                     FORRISTALL, DE BOEF, RAYHONS,
                                     STRUYK, WINDSCHITL, KAUFMANN,
                                     ALONS, MAY, TJEPKES, BOAL, and
                                     DEYOE


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act authorizing the transfer of a free landowner deer or wild
  2    turkey hunting license to another person.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1510YH 82
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PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 483A.24, subsection 2, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  g.  The owner or tenant of a farm unit may
  1  4 transfer any free deer hunting license or free wild turkey
  1  5 hunting license received under this subsection to another
  1  6 person who, except for payment of a deer hunting license fee
  1  7 or wild turkey hunting license fee, is qualified to be issued
  1  8 a deer hunting license or wild turkey hunting license in this
  1  9 state.  A free deer hunting license or wild turkey hunting
  1 10 license transferred pursuant to this paragraph is valid only
  1 11 for the farm unit for which it was issued by the department.
  1 12 A landowner or tenant who transfers a free hunting license
  1 13 pursuant to this paragraph shall not accept any money,
  1 14 service, or other valuable consideration for the transfer of
  1 15 the license to another person.  The commission shall adopt
  1 16 rules pursuant to chapter 17A as necessary for the
  1 17 administration of this paragraph.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill authorizes owners or tenants of a farm unit who
  1 20 have received a free landowner deer hunting license or wild
  1 21 turkey hunting license from the department of natural
  1 22 resources to transfer that license to another person who is
  1 23 qualified to be issued a deer hunting license or a wild turkey
  1 24 hunting license in this state.  In order to hunt with the
  1 25 license, the transferee must purchase a general hunting
  1 26 license, pay the wildlife habitat fee, and if applicable,
  1 27 possess a certificate of completion from an approved hunter
  1 28 safety and ethics education course.  A landowner or tenant who
  1 29 transfers such a free license to another person pursuant to
  1 30 the new provision shall not accept any money, service, or
  1 31 other valuable consideration for the transfer of the license.
  1 32    The natural resource commission is required to adopt rules
  1 33 pursuant to Code chapter 17A as necessary for the
  1 34 administration of the provision.
  1 35 LSB 1510YH 82
  2  1 av:nh/je/5.1