SF 2204 (LSB 5929SS (2) 83)

SENATE FILE 2204

BY  KREIMAN

A BILL FOR

An Act allowing the issuance of special destination park deer hunting licenses to nonresidents.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 483A.24, Code 2009, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  3A.  The director may provide up to five hundred nonresident deer hunting licenses for allocation as destination park licenses. The licenses issued pursuant to this subsection shall be in addition to the number of nonresident licenses authorized pursuant to section 483A.8. The purpose of the special nonresident licenses is to allow the promotion of any state park designated by statute as a destination park. The commission, by rule, shall determine the cost for the licenses, and where and for what seasons the licenses are valid. The licenses may be issued in conjunction with the provision of lodging and other services by a destination park as determined by the commission by rule.
EXPLANATION
   This bill allows the director of the department of natural resources to provide up to 500 nonresident deer hunting licenses for allocation as destination park licenses.
   The licenses issued are in addition to the nonresident deer hunting licenses that are currently available under Code section 483A.8. The purpose of the special nonresident licenses is to allow the promotion of state parks that are designated by statute as destination parks.
   The natural resource commission is allowed, by rule, to determine the cost for the licenses, where and for what seasons the licenses are valid, and to issue the licenses in conjunction with the provision of lodging and other services by a destination park.