House Study Bill 565 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES BILL BY CHAIRPERSON BACON) A BILL FOR An Act allowing resident seniors with lifetime hunting licenses 1 to be issued special senior statewide antlerless deer only 2 crossbow deer hunting licenses. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5442YC (3) 88 js/rn

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 483A.8B, subsection 1, Code 2020, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. A person who is a resident and who is seventy years 3 of age or older may be issued one special senior statewide 4 antlerless deer only crossbow deer hunting license to hunt deer 5 during bow season as established by rule by the commission. 6 A person may also receive such special license if the person 7 is a resident who is sixty-five years of age or older and has 8 purchased a lifetime hunting license as established by rule by 9 the commission. A person who obtains a license to hunt deer 10 under this section is not required to pay the wildlife habitat 11 fee but shall be otherwise qualified to hunt deer in this state 12 and shall purchase a resident hunting license that does not 13 include the wildlife habitat fee. 14 Sec. 2. Section 483A.8B, Code 2020, is amended by adding the 15 following new subsection: 16 NEW SUBSECTION . 3. A lifetime hunting and fishing combined 17 license purchased pursuant to section 483A.24, subsection 16, 18 does not satisfy the lifetime hunting license requirement of 19 subsection 1. 20 EXPLANATION 21 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 22 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 23 Current law allows a person who is a resident who is 70 24 years of age or older to be issued one special senior statewide 25 antlerless deer only crossbow deer hunting license to hunt 26 deer during bow season as established by rule by the natural 27 resource commission. This bill allows a resident who is 65 28 years of age or older to be issued a senior crossbow license 29 if the person has purchased a lifetime hunting license as 30 established by rule by the commission. 31 A lifetime hunting and fishing combined license available 32 to a resident of Iowa who has served in the armed forces of the 33 United States on federal active duty and who was disabled or 34 was a prisoner of war during that veteran’s military service 35 -1- LSB 5442YC (3) 88 js/rn 1/ 2

H.F. _____ does not satisfy the lifetime hunting license requirement for 1 obtaining a special senior statewide antlerless deer only 2 crossbow deer hunting license. 3 -2- LSB 5442YC (3) 88 js/rn 2/ 2