Senate File 2142 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  KREIMAN

                                       (COMPANION TO LSB 5338HH
                                        BY SWAIM)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the issuance of deer depredation permits.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 5338SS 82
  4 av/nh/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 483A.24C, Code 2007, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    483A.24C  DEER DEPREDATION MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS ==
  1  4 PERMITS.
  1  5    It is the intent of the general assembly that the
  1  6 department shall administer and enforce the administrative
  1  7 rules concerning deer depredation that are contained in 571
  1  8 IAC ch. 106.  Such rules shall provide that deer depredation
  1  9 permits are issued at no cost to producers of agricultural or
  1 10 high=value horticultural crops and that such permits are
  1 11 transferable and may be sold by a producer to a resident or
  1 12 nonresident hunter, without prior notice to the department.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14    This bill requires that the natural resource commission
  1 15 adopt rules providing that deer depredation permits issued to
  1 16 producers of agricultural or high=value horticultural crops to
  1 17 shoot deer causing excessive crop damage, are free, are
  1 18 transferable, and may be sold by a producer to a resident or
  1 19 nonresident hunter without prior notice to the department of
  1 20 natural resources.
  1 21 LSB 5338SS 82
  1 22 av/nh/5