SF 2056 (LSB 5773XS (2) 90)

SENATE FILE 2056

BY  McCLINTOCK

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to family members hunting on a farm unit.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 483A.24, subsection 2, paragraph a, subparagraph (1), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  “Family member” means a resident of Iowa person who is the spouse or minor or adult child of the owner or tenant and who resides with the owner or tenant.  A family member may be a nonresident.
    Sec. 2.  Section 483A.24, subsection 2, paragraph d, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   d.  In addition to the free deer hunting licenses received pursuant to paragraph “c”, an owner of a farm unit or a member of the owner’s family and the tenant or a member of the tenant’s family may purchase a deer hunting license for any option offered to paying deer hunting licensees. An owner of a farm unit or a member of the owner’s family and the tenant or a member of the tenant’s family may also purchase two additional antlerless deer hunting licenses which that are valid only on the farm unit for a fee established by rules adopted pursuant to section 483A.1.  The acquisition of a license by a nonresident under this paragraph or paragraph “c” shall not count toward the nonresident license limits established under section 483A.8.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to family members hunting on a farm unit. Under current law, only a spouse or minor child who is a resident can qualify for the free wild turkey or deer hunting licenses issued to landowners and tenants.
   The bill changes the definition of “family member” for purposes of free wild turkey and deer hunting licenses issued to landowners and tenants to include the spouse and both minor and adult children of the owner or tenant regardless of the family member’s residency status.
   The bill also excludes deer hunting licenses obtained by family members under Code section 483.24, subsection 2, from the nonresident license limits even if the family member is not a resident of Iowa.