Senate File 2056 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2056 BY McCLINTOCK A BILL FOR An Act relating to family members hunting on a farm unit. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 5773XS (2) 90 lh/js

S.F. 2056 Section 1. Section 483A.24, subsection 2, paragraph a, 1 subparagraph (1), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows: 2 (1) “Family member” means a resident of Iowa person who is 3 the spouse or minor or adult child of the owner or tenant and 4 who resides with the owner or tenant . A family member may be 5 a nonresident. 6 Sec. 2. Section 483A.24, subsection 2, paragraph d, Code 7 2024, is amended to read as follows: 8 d. In addition to the free deer hunting licenses received 9 pursuant to paragraph “c” , an owner of a farm unit or a 10 member of the owner’s family and the tenant or a member of the 11 tenant’s family may purchase a deer hunting license for any 12 option offered to paying deer hunting licensees. An owner of a 13 farm unit or a member of the owner’s family and the tenant or a 14 member of the tenant’s family may also purchase two additional 15 antlerless deer hunting licenses which that are valid only 16 on the farm unit for a fee established by rules adopted 17 pursuant to section 483A.1 . The acquisition of a license by 18 a nonresident under this paragraph or paragraph “c” shall not 19 count toward the nonresident license limits established under 20 section 483A.8. 21 EXPLANATION 22 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 23 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 24 This bill relates to family members hunting on a farm unit. 25 Under current law, only a spouse or minor child who is a 26 resident can qualify for the free wild turkey or deer hunting 27 licenses issued to landowners and tenants. 28 The bill changes the definition of “family member” for 29 purposes of free wild turkey and deer hunting licenses issued 30 to landowners and tenants to include the spouse and both minor 31 and adult children of the owner or tenant regardless of the 32 family member’s residency status. 33 The bill also excludes deer hunting licenses obtained by 34 family members under Code section 483.24, subsection 2, from 35 -1- LSB 5773XS (2) 90 lh/js 1/ 2

S.F. 2056 the nonresident license limits even if the family member is not 1 a resident of Iowa. 2 -2- LSB 5773XS (2) 90 lh/js 2/ 2