H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 483A.27, subsection 1, Code 2016, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. a. A person born after January 1, 1972, shall not 3 obtain a hunting license unless the person has satisfactorily 4 completed a hunter education course approved by the commission. 5 A person who is eleven years of age or more may enroll in an 6 approved hunter education course, but a person who is eleven 7 years of age and who has successfully completed the course 8 shall be issued a certificate of completion which becomes valid 9 on the person’s twelfth birthday. A certificate of completion 10 from an approved hunter education course issued in this state, 11 or a certificate issued by another state, country, or province 12 for completion of a course that meets the standards adopted by 13 the international hunter education association —— United States 14 of America, is valid for the requirements of this section . 15 b. Notwithstanding paragraph “a” , the requirement that 16 a person must have a certificate of completion of a hunter 17 education course in order to obtain a hunting license is waived 18 for a person who is a member of the national guard, reserve, or 19 regular component of the armed forces of the United States or 20 for a person who was a member of the national guard, reserve, 21 or regular component of the armed forces of the United States 22 and was honorably discharged. 23 EXPLANATION 24 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 25 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 26 This bill provides that a person who is a member of the 27 national guard, reserve, or regular component of the armed 28 forces of the United States, or who was a member of the 29 national guard, reserve, or regular component of the armed 30 forces of the United States and was honorably discharged, is 31 not required to complete a hunter education course in order to 32 obtain a hunting license. 33 -1- LSB 5955YC (2) 86 av/nh 1/ 1