HF 189 (LSB 2153YH (2) 86)

HOUSE FILE 189

BY  KAUFMANN

A BILL FOR

An Act waiving certain hunter safety and ethics education requirements for residents who are active duty military personnel or honorably discharged veterans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 483A.27, subsection 1, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  a.  A person born after January 1, 1972, shall not obtain a hunting license unless the person has satisfactorily completed a hunter safety and ethics education course approved by the commission. A person who is eleven years of age or more may enroll in an approved hunter safety and ethics education course, but a person who is eleven years of age and who has successfully completed the course shall be issued a certificate of completion which becomes valid on the person’s twelfth birthday. A certificate of completion from an approved hunter safety and ethics education course issued in this state, or a certificate issued by another state, country, or province for completion of a course that meets the standards adopted by the international hunter education association, is valid for the requirements of this section.
   b.  Notwithstanding paragraph “a”, the requirement that a person must have a certificate of completion of a hunter safety and ethics education course in order to obtain a hunting license is waived for a person who is a member of the national guard, reserve, or regular component of the armed forces of the United States or for a person who was a member of the national guard, reserve, or regular component of the armed forces of the United States and was honorably discharged.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides that a person who is a member of the national guard, reserve, or regular component of the armed forces of the United States, or who was a member of the national guard, reserve, or regular component of the armed forces of the United States and was honorably discharged, is not required to complete a hunter safety and ethics education course in order to obtain a hunting license.