Senate File 2205 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2205 BY KREIMAN A BILL FOR An Act relating to issuance of additional free deer hunting 1 licenses to owners and tenants of farm units. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5931SS (4) 83 av/nh

S.F. 2205 Section 1. Section 483A.24, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code 1 2009, is amended to read as follows: 2 c. (1) Upon written application on forms furnished by the 3 department, the department shall issue annually without fee two 4 deer hunting licenses, one antlered or any sex deer hunting 5 license and one antlerless deer only deer hunting license, to 6 the owner of a farm unit or a member of the owner’s family, 7 but only a total of two licenses for both, and to the tenant 8 of a farm unit or a member of the tenant’s family, but only 9 a total of two licenses for both. The deer hunting licenses 10 issued shall be valid only for use on the farm unit for which 11 the applicant applies pursuant to this paragraph subparagraph . 12 The owner or the tenant need not reside on the farm unit to 13 qualify for the free deer hunting licenses to hunt on that 14 farm unit. The free deer hunting licenses issued pursuant to 15 this paragraph subparagraph shall be valid and may be used 16 during any shotgun deer season. The licenses may be used to 17 harvest deer in two different seasons. In addition, a person 18 who receives a free deer hunting license pursuant to this 19 paragraph subparagraph shall pay a one dollar fee for each 20 license that shall be used and is appropriated for the purpose 21 of deer herd population management, including assisting with 22 the cost of processing deer donated to the help us stop hunger 23 program administered by the commission. 24 (2) In addition to the deer hunting licenses issued 25 without fee under subparagraph (1), upon written application 26 on forms furnished by the department, the department shall 27 issue annually without fee one any sex deer hunting license for 28 the first forty acres of a farm unit and one antlerless deer 29 hunting license for each additional forty acres of the farm 30 unit to the owner or tenant of the farm unit. The deer hunting 31 licenses issued shall be valid only for use on the farm unit 32 for which the applicant applies pursuant to this subparagraph. 33 The owner or the tenant need not reside on the farm unit to 34 qualify for the free deer hunting licenses. The free deer 35 -1- LSB 5931SS (4) 83 av/nh 1/ 2

S.F. 2205 hunting licenses issued pursuant to this subparagraph shall 1 be valid and may be used during any shotgun deer season. The 2 licenses may be used to harvest deer in two different seasons. 3 The licenses are transferable and may be given or sold by the 4 owner or tenant, without prior notice to the department, to a 5 resident or nonresident hunter who is otherwise qualified to 6 hunt deer in this state. In addition, a person who receives 7 a free deer hunting license pursuant to this subparagraph 8 shall pay a one dollar fee for each license that shall be used 9 and is appropriated for the purpose of deer herd population 10 management, including assisting with the cost of processing 11 deer donated to the help us stop hunger program administered 12 by the commission. 13 EXPLANATION 14 This bill relates to the issuance of additional free deer 15 hunting licenses to owners and tenants of farm units. 16 The bill requires the department of natural resources to 17 issue annually one free any sex deer hunting license to an 18 owner or tenant of a farm unit for the first 40 acres of the 19 farm unit and one anterless deer hunting license for each 20 additional 40 acres of the farm unit. The licenses are valid 21 only for use on the farm unit, are valid and may be used during 22 any shotgun deer season or in two different seasons. The 23 licenses are transferable and may be given or sold by the 24 owner or tenant, without prior notice to the department, to 25 a resident or nonresident hunter who is otherwise qualified 26 to hunt deer in this state. A person who receives the free 27 license must pay the $1 fee that assists with processing deer 28 donated to the help us stop hunger program. 29 -2- LSB 5931SS (4) 83 av/nh 2/ 2