S.F. 2204 Section 1. Section 483A.24, Code 2009, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 3A. The director may provide up to five 3 hundred nonresident deer hunting licenses for allocation as 4 destination park licenses. The licenses issued pursuant 5 to this subsection shall be in addition to the number of 6 nonresident licenses authorized pursuant to section 483A.8. 7 The purpose of the special nonresident licenses is to allow 8 the promotion of any state park designated by statute as a 9 destination park. The commission, by rule, shall determine 10 the cost for the licenses, and where and for what seasons 11 the licenses are valid. The licenses may be issued in 12 conjunction with the provision of lodging and other services by 13 a destination park as determined by the commission by rule. 14 EXPLANATION 15 This bill allows the director of the department of natural 16 resources to provide up to 500 nonresident deer hunting 17 licenses for allocation as destination park licenses. 18 The licenses issued are in addition to the nonresident 19 deer hunting licenses that are currently available under 20 Code section 483A.8. The purpose of the special nonresident 21 licenses is to allow the promotion of state parks that are 22 designated by statute as destination parks. 23 The natural resource commission is allowed, by rule, 24 to determine the cost for the licenses, where and for what 25 seasons the licenses are valid, and to issue the licenses in 26 conjunction with the provision of lodging and other services 27 by a destination park. 28 -1- LSB 5929SS (2) 83 av/nh 1/ 1