Senate Study Bill 1223 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON DEARDEN) A BILL FOR An Act relating to hunter safety and ethics education course 1 requirements. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2488XC (4) 85 av/nh

S.F. _____ Section 1. Section 483A.27, subsection 2, Code 2013, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2. a. A certificate of completion shall not be issued 3 to a person who has not satisfactorily completed a minimum 4 of ten hours of training in an approved hunter safety and 5 ethics education course. The department shall establish the 6 curriculum for the first ten hours of an approved hunter 7 safety and ethics education course offered in this state. 8 Upon completion of the ten-hour curriculum, each person shall 9 pass an individual oral test or a written test provided by 10 the department. The department shall establish the criteria 11 for successfully passing the tests. Based on the results of 12 the test and demonstrated safe handling of a firearm, the 13 instructor shall determine the persons who shall be issued a 14 certificate of completion. 15 b. Notwithstanding paragraph “a” , a resident who is eighteen 16 years of age or older may obtain a certificate of completion 17 without demonstrating the safe handling of a firearm. 18 EXPLANATION 19 This bill amends Code section 483A.27 to provide that 20 a resident who is 18 years of age or older may obtain a 21 certificate of completion of the hunter safety and ethics 22 education course without demonstrating the safe handling of a 23 firearm. 24 -1- LSB 2488XC (4) 85 av/nh 1/ 1