House File 426 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  WHITAKER and ARNOLD


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act allowing certain landowners and their tenants to use
  2    certain wild turkey hunting licenses during all spring wild
  3    turkey hunting seasons.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2391HH 82
  6 av/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 483A.24, subsection 2, paragraph b,
  1  2 Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    b.  Upon written application on forms furnished by the
  1  4 department, the department shall issue annually without fee
  1  5 one wild turkey hunting license to the owner of a farm unit or
  1  6 to a member of the owner's family, but not to both, and to the
  1  7 tenant or to a member of the tenant's family, but not to both.
  1  8 The wild turkey hunting license licenses issued shall be valid
  1  9 only on the farm unit for which an applicant qualifies
  1 10 pursuant to this subsection and shall be equivalent to the
  1 11 least restrictive license issued under section 481A.38.  The
  1 12 owner or the tenant need not reside on the farm unit to
  1 13 qualify for a free license to hunt on that farm unit.  The
  1 14 wild turkey hunting licenses issued for spring seasons
  1 15 pursuant to this paragraph are valid and may be used during
  1 16 all wild turkey hunting seasons established in the spring.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill allows certain owners of a farm unit or their
  1 19 family members and tenants of the farm unit or their family
  1 20 members to use wild turkey hunting licenses issued for the
  1 21 spring and valid only for use on the farm unit, during all
  1 22 wild turkey hunting seasons established in the spring.
  1 23 LSB 2391HH 82
  1 24 av:nh/es/88.1