Senate File 2020 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  ZIEMAN


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the issuance of special nonresident deer
  2    hunting licenses.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5219XS 82
  5 av/rj/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 483A.24, subsection 3, Code Supplement
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    3.  The director shall provide up to seventy=five five
  1  4 hundred nonresident deer hunting licenses for allocation as
  1  5 requested by a majority of a committee consisting of the
  1  6 majority leader of the senate, speaker of the house of
  1  7 representatives, and director of the department of economic
  1  8 development, or their designees.  At least two hundred fifty
  1  9 of the licenses issued pursuant to this subsection shall be
  1 10 issued to nonresidents who hunt with a family member who is a
  1 11 resident.  The licenses provided pursuant to the this
  1 12 subsection shall be in addition to the number of nonresident
  1 13 licenses authorized pursuant to section 483A.8.  The One
  1 14 purpose of the special nonresident licenses is to allow state
  1 15 officials and local development groups to promote the state
  1 16 and its natural resources to nonresident guests and
  1 17 dignitaries.  Photographs, videotapes, or any other form of
  1 18 media resulting from the hunting visitation shall not be used
  1 19 for political campaign purposes.  The nonresident licenses
  1 20 shall be issued without application upon payment of the
  1 21 nonresident deer hunting license fee and the wildlife habitat
  1 22 fee.  The licenses are valid in all zones open to deer
  1 23 hunting.  The hunter safety and ethics education certificate
  1 24 requirement pursuant to section 483A.27 is waived for a
  1 25 nonresident issued a license pursuant to this subsection.
  1 26    For purposes of this subsection, "family member" means a
  1 27 spouse, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first
  1 28 cousin, nephew, niece, father=in=law, mother=in=law,
  1 29 son=in=law, daughter=in=law, brother=in=law, sister=in=law,
  1 30 father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter,
  1 31 stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half sister.
  1 32                           EXPLANATION
  1 33    This bill increases the number of special nonresident deer
  1 34 hunting licenses that may be issued from 75 to 500.  At least
  1 35 250 of the licenses must be issued to nonresidents who hunt
  2  1 with a family member who is a resident.  For purposes of this
  2  2 subsection, "family member" means a spouse, son, daughter,
  2  3 brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece,
  2  4 father=in=law, mother=in=law, son=in=law, daughter=in=law,
  2  5 brother=in=law, sister=in=law, father, mother, stepfather,
  2  6 stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister,
  2  7 half brother, or half sister.
  2  8    The licenses are issued upon the request of a majority of a
  2  9 committee consisting of the majority leader of the senate,
  2 10 speaker of the house of representatives, and director of the
  2 11 department of economic development, or their designees.  The
  2 12 bill makes allowing state officials and local development
  2 13 groups to promote the state and its natural resources to
  2 14 nonresident guests and dignitaries only one purpose of issuing
  2 15 the licenses.
  2 16 LSB 5219XS 82
  2 17 av/rj/14