Senate File 2045 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2045 BY BOWMAN A BILL FOR An Act exempting certain military personnel and veterans from a 1 requirement to complete a hunter safety and ethics education 2 course before obtaining a hunting license. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5727XS (4) 84 av/nh

S.F. 2045 Section 1. Section 483A.27, subsection 5, Code 2011, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 5. a. An officer of the department or a certified 3 instructor may issue a certificate to a person who has not 4 completed the hunter safety and ethics education course but 5 meets the criteria established by the commission. 6 b. An officer of the department shall issue a certificate 7 to a person who has not completed the hunter safety and ethics 8 education course if the person demonstrates to the officer, 9 pursuant to rules adopted by the commission under chapter 17A, 10 that the person meets either of the following criteria: 11 (1) The person is a member of the armed forces of the United 12 States who is serving on active duty and has passed a weapons 13 proficiency test. 14 (2) The person served in the armed forces of the United 15 States at any time, was discharged under honorable conditions, 16 and passed a weapons proficiency test. 17 EXPLANATION 18 This bill amends Code section 483A.27 to require an officer 19 of the department of natural resources to issue a certificate 20 of completion of the hunter safety and ethics education course, 21 which is required to obtain a hunting license, to a person who 22 demonstrates to the officer, as provided in rules adopted under 23 Code chapter 17A, either that the person is a member of the 24 armed forces of the United States on active duty who has passed 25 a weapons proficiency test, or that the person formerly served 26 in the armed forces, was discharged under honorable conditions, 27 and passed a weapons proficiency test. 28 -1- LSB 5727XS (4) 84 av/nh 1/ 1