House File 42 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  ZIRKELBACH


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to additional free wild turkey and deer hunting
  2    licenses for multiple owners of a farm unit.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1440HH 83
  5 av/nh/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 483A.24, subsection 2, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  cc.  In addition to the free wild turkey
  1  4 hunting licenses and deer hunting licenses issued pursuant to
  1  5 paragraphs "b" and "c", when there are multiple owners of a
  1  6 farm unit, upon written application, the commission shall
  1  7 annually issue without fee one wild turkey hunting license and
  1  8 one any sex deer hunting license to an owner for each sixty
  1  9 acres of the farm unit.  Only one free wild turkey hunting
  1 10 license and one free any sex deer hunting license shall be
  1 11 issued for each sixty acres of the farm unit pursuant to this
  1 12 paragraph.  The licenses issued shall be valid only for use on
  1 13 the farm unit for which the applicant applies pursuant to this
  1 14 paragraph.  The owner need not reside on the farm unit to
  1 15 qualify for the free hunting licenses issued.  In addition, a
  1 16 person who receives a free deer hunting license pursuant to
  1 17 this paragraph shall pay a one dollar fee for each license
  1 18 that shall be used and is appropriated for the purpose of deer
  1 19 herd population management, including assisting with the cost
  1 20 of processing deer donated to the help us stop hunger program
  1 21 administered by the commission.
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23    This bill provides that when there are multiple owners of a
  1 24 farm unit, the natural resource commission is required to
  1 25 issue, upon application, one free wild turkey hunting license
  1 26 and one free any sex deer hunting license to an owner for each
  1 27 60 acres of the farm unit.  Only one free wild turkey hunting
  1 28 license and one free any sex deer hunting license shall be
  1 29 issued for each 60 acres of the farm unit pursuant to this
  1 30 paragraph.  The licenses are valid only for use on the farm
  1 31 unit.  An owner need not reside on the farm unit to qualify
  1 32 for the licenses.  A person who receives a free deer hunting
  1 33 license pursuant to the new provision is required to pay a $1
  1 34 deer herd population management fee.
  1 35 LSB 1440HH 83
  2  1 av/nh/14