Senate File 2145 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY KREIMAN
(COMPANION TO LSB 5320HH
BY SWAIM)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to issuance of additional free deer hunting
2 licenses to owners and tenants of farm units.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 483A.24, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code
1 2 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 c. (1) Upon written application on forms furnished by the
1 4 department, the department shall issue annually without fee
1 5 two deer hunting licenses, one antlered or any sex deer
1 6 hunting license and one antlerless deer only deer hunting
1 7 license, to the owner of a farm unit or a member of the
1 8 owner's family, but only a total of two licenses for both, and
1 9 to the tenant of a farm unit or a member of the tenant's
1 10 family, but only a total of two licenses for both. The deer
1 11 hunting licenses issued shall be valid only for use on the
1 12 farm unit for which the applicant applies pursuant to this
1 13 paragraph subparagraph. The owner or the tenant need not
1 14 reside on the farm unit to qualify for the free deer hunting
1 15 licenses to hunt on that farm unit. The free deer hunting
1 16 licenses issued pursuant to this paragraph subparagraph shall
1 17 be valid and may be used during any shotgun deer season. The
1 18 licenses may be used to harvest deer in two different seasons.
1 19 In addition, a person who receives a free deer hunting license
1 20 pursuant to this paragraph subparagraph shall pay a one dollar
1 21 fee for each license that shall be used and is appropriated
1 22 for the purpose of deer herd population management, including
1 23 assisting with the cost of processing deer donated to the help
1 24 us stop hunger program administered by the commission.
1 25 (2) In addition to the deer hunting licenses issued
1 26 without fee under subparagraph (1), upon written application
1 27 on forms furnished by the department, the department shall
1 28 issue annually without fee one any sex deer hunting license
1 29 for the first forty acres of a farm unit and one antlerless
1 30 deer hunting license for each additional forty acres of the
1 31 farm unit to the owner or tenant of the farm unit. The deer
1 32 hunting licenses issued shall be valid only for use on the
1 33 farm unit for which the applicant applies pursuant to this
1 34 subparagraph. The owner or the tenant need not reside on the
1 35 farm unit to qualify for the free deer hunting licenses. The
2 1 free deer hunting licenses issued pursuant to this
2 2 subparagraph shall be valid and may be used during any shotgun
2 3 deer season. The licenses may be used to harvest deer in two
2 4 different seasons. The licenses are transferable and may be
2 5 given or sold by the owner or tenant, without prior notice to
2 6 the department, to a resident or nonresident hunter who is
2 7 otherwise qualified to hunt deer in this state. In addition,
2 8 a person who receives a free deer hunting license pursuant to
2 9 this subparagraph shall pay a one dollar fee for each license
2 10 that shall be used and is appropriated for the purpose of deer
2 11 herd population management, including assisting with the cost
2 12 of processing deer donated to the help us stop hunger program
2 13 administered by the commission.
2 14 EXPLANATION
2 15 This bill relates to the issuance of additional free deer
2 16 hunting licenses to owners and tenants of farm units.
2 17 The bill requires the department of natural resources to
2 18 issue annually one free any sex deer hunting license to an
2 19 owner or tenant of a farm unit for the first 40 acres of the
2 20 farm unit and one anterless deer hunting license for each
2 21 additional 40 acres of the farm unit. The licenses are valid
2 22 only for use on the farm unit, are valid and may be used
2 23 during any shotgun deer season or in two different seasons.
2 24 The licenses are transferable and may be given or sold by the
2 25 owner or tenant, without prior notice to the department, to a
2 26 resident or nonresident hunter who is otherwise qualified to
2 27 hunt deer in this state. A person who receives the free
2 28 license must pay the $1 fee that assists with processing deer
2 29 donated to the help us stop hunger program.
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