Senate File 2144SENATE FILE BY KREIMAN Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act allowing the issuance of special destination park deer 2 hunting licenses to nonresidents. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5323XS 82 5 av/nh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 483A.24, Code Supplement 2007, is 1 2 amended by adding the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 3A. The director may provide up to five 1 4 hundred nonresident deer hunting licenses for allocation as 1 5 destination park licenses. The licenses issued pursuant to 1 6 this subsection shall be in addition to the number of 1 7 nonresident licenses authorized pursuant to section 483A.8. 1 8 The purpose of the special nonresident licenses is to allow 1 9 the promotion of any state park designated by statute as a 1 10 destination park. The commission, by rule, shall determine 1 11 the cost for the licenses, and where and for what seasons the 1 12 licenses are valid. The licenses may be issued in conjunction 1 13 with the provision of lodging and other services by a 1 14 destination park as determined by the commission by rule. 1 15 EXPLANATION 1 16 This bill allows the director of the department of natural 1 17 resources to provide up to 500 nonresident deer hunting 1 18 licenses for allocation as destination park licenses. 1 19 The licenses issued are in addition to the nonresident deer 1 20 hunting licenses that are currently available under Code 1 21 section 483A.8. The purpose of the special nonresident 1 22 licenses is to allow the promotion of state parks that are 1 23 designated by statute as destination parks. 1 24 The natural resource commission is allowed, by rule, to 1 25 determine the cost for the licenses, where and for what 1 26 seasons the licenses are valid, and to issue the licenses in 1 27 conjunction with the provision of lodging and other services 1 28 by a destination park. 1 29 LSB 5323XS 82 1 30 av/nh/8