House File 275 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY HEATON, TYMESON, and BAILEY Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act providing for the issuance of special wild turkey and deer 2 hunting licenses to certain nonresident disabled veterans. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1939HH 83 5 av/sc/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 483A.24, Code 2009, is amended by 1 2 adding the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 10A. The commission shall issue up to 1 4 fifty special wild turkey hunting licenses and up to fifty 1 5 special any sex deer hunting licenses each year on a 1 6 first=come, first=served basis to nonresidents who have served 1 7 in the armed forces of the United states on active federal 1 8 service and who have a service=connected disability rating in 1 9 excess of forty percent, as certified by the United States 1 10 veterans administration. The licenses shall be issued as 1 11 follows: 1 12 a. The commission shall prepare an application to be used 1 13 by the person requesting the special license, which shall 1 14 require documentation that the person has the requisite 1 15 disability rating and is eligible for the special license. 1 16 b. The licenses provided pursuant to this subsection shall 1 17 be in addition to the number of nonresident wild turkey 1 18 hunting licenses authorized pursuant to section 483A.7 and 1 19 nonresident deer hunting licenses authorized pursuant to 1 20 section 483A.8. 1 21 c. The wild turkey hunting licenses are valid in all zones 1 22 open to wild turkey hunting and shall be available for 1 23 issuance and use during any wild turkey hunting season. The 1 24 deer hunting licenses are valid in all zones open to deer 1 25 hunting and shall be available for issuance and use during any 1 26 deer hunting season. 1 27 d. A nonresident veteran who receives a special license 1 28 pursuant to this subsection shall purchase a hunting license 1 29 and a wild turkey or any sex deer hunting license and pay the 1 30 wildlife habitat fee, all for the same fee that is charged to 1 31 a resident hunter. The person shall also pay a one dollar fee 1 32 that shall be used and is appropriated for the purpose of deer 1 33 herd population management, including assisting with the cost 1 34 of processing deer donated to the help us stop hunger program 1 35 administered by the commission. 2 1 e. A nonresident veteran who receives a special license 2 2 pursuant to this subsection is not required to complete the 2 3 hunter safety and ethics education course if the person is 2 4 accompanied and aided by a person who is at least eighteen 2 5 years of age. The accompanying person must be qualified to 2 6 hunt and have a hunting license. During the hunt, the 2 7 accompanying person must be within arm's reach of the 2 8 nonresident licensee. 2 9 f. The commission shall adopt rules under chapter 17A for 2 10 the administration of this subsection. 2 11 EXPLANATION 2 12 This bill requires the natural resource commission to issue 2 13 up to 50 special wild turkey hunting licenses and 50 special 2 14 any sex deer hunting licenses each year on a first=come, 2 15 first=served basis to nonresidents who have served in the 2 16 armed forces of the United States on active federal service 2 17 and who have a service=connected disability rating in excess 2 18 of 40 percent as certified by the United States veterans 2 19 administration. A person applying for the special license 2 20 must provide documentation that the person has the requisite 2 21 disability rating. 2 22 The special licenses issued are in addition to the number 2 23 of nonresident wild turkey hunting licenses authorized 2 24 pursuant to Code section 483A.7 and nonresident deer hunting 2 25 licenses authorized pursuant to Code section 483A.8. The 2 26 special licenses are valid in all zones open to wild turkey 2 27 and deer hunting and are available for issuance and use during 2 28 any wild turkey or deer hunting season. 2 29 A nonresident disabled veteran receiving a special license 2 30 under the bill who receives one of the special licenses must 2 31 purchase a hunting license and the applicable wild turkey or 2 32 deer hunting license, and pay the wildlife habitat and deer 2 33 herd population management fees, but only at the rate charged 2 34 to resident hunters. 2 35 The nonresident disabled veteran receiving a special 3 1 license under the bill is not required to complete the hunter 3 2 safety and ethics education course if the person is 3 3 accompanied and aided by a person who is at least 18 years of 3 4 age, is qualified to hunt, and has a hunting license. The 3 5 accompanying person must be within arm's reach of the 3 6 nonresident licensee during the hunt. 3 7 The natural resource commission is required to adopt rules 3 8 under Code chapter 17A for the administration of the new 3 9 license provision. 3 10 LSB 1939HH 83 3 11 av/sc/8