SENATE FILE 2045

BY  BOWMAN

A BILL FOR

An Act exempting certain military personnel and veterans from a requirement to complete a hunter safety and ethics education course before obtaining a hunting license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 483A.27, subsection 5, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   5.

a.  An officer of the department or a certified instructor may issue a certificate to a person who has not completed the hunter safety and ethics education course but meets the criteria established by the commission.
   b.  An officer of the department shall issue a certificate to a person who has not completed the hunter safety and ethics education course if the person demonstrates to the officer, pursuant to rules adopted by the commission under chapter 17A, that the person meets either of the following criteria:
   (1)  The person is a member of the armed forces of the United States who is serving on active duty and has passed a weapons proficiency test.
   (2)  The person served in the armed forces of the United States at any time, was discharged under honorable conditions, and passed a weapons proficiency test.
EXPLANATION
   This bill amends Code section 483A.27 to require an officer of the department of natural resources to issue a certificate of completion of the hunter safety and ethics education course, which is required to obtain a hunting license, to a person who demonstrates to the officer, as provided in rules adopted under Code chapter 17A, either that the person is a member of the armed forces of the United States on active duty who has passed a weapons proficiency test, or that the person formerly served in the armed forces, was discharged under honorable conditions, and passed a weapons proficiency test.