Senate
File
2242
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2242
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
NATURAL
RESOURCES
AND
ENVIRONMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
2043)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
special
landowner
deer
hunting
licenses.
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BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
483A.24,
subsection
2,
paragraph
c,
Code
1
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
c.
Upon
written
application
on
forms
furnished
by
the
3
department,
the
department
shall
issue
annually
without
fee
two
4
deer
hunting
licenses,
one
antlered
or
any
sex
deer
hunting
5
license
and
one
antlerless
deer
only
deer
hunting
license,
to
6
the
owner
of
a
farm
unit
or
a
member
of
the
owner’s
family,
7
but
only
a
total
of
two
licenses
for
both,
and
to
the
tenant
8
of
a
farm
unit
or
a
member
of
the
tenant’s
family,
but
only
9
a
total
of
two
licenses
for
both.
The
deer
hunting
licenses
10
issued
shall
be
valid
only
for
use
on
the
farm
unit
for
which
11
the
applicant
applies
pursuant
to
this
paragraph.
The
owner
or
12
the
tenant
need
not
reside
on
the
farm
unit
to
qualify
for
the
13
free
deer
hunting
licenses
to
hunt
on
that
farm
unit.
The
free
14
deer
hunting
licenses
issued
pursuant
to
this
paragraph
shall
15
be
valid
and
may
be
used
during
any
bow
or
firearm
deer
hunting
16
season.
The
licenses
may
be
used
to
harvest
deer
in
two
17
different
seasons
open
season
using
a
method
of
take
authorized
18
for
that
season,
subject
to
any
other
restrictions
that
may
19
apply,
without
first
designating
a
season
of
use
for
the
20
license,
but
only
one
deer
shall
be
harvested
for
each
license
.
21
In
addition,
a
person
who
receives
a
free
deer
hunting
license
22
pursuant
to
this
paragraph
shall
pay
a
one
dollar
fee
for
each
23
license
that
shall
be
used
and
is
appropriated
for
the
purpose
24
of
deer
herd
population
management,
including
assisting
with
25
the
cost
of
processing
deer
donated
to
the
help
us
stop
hunger
26
program
administered
by
the
commission.
27
EXPLANATION
28
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
29
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
30
This
bill
relates
to
special
landowner
deer
hunting
31
licenses.
The
bill
allows
the
two
special
deer
hunting
32
licenses
issued
to
resident
landowners
or
tenants,
or
their
33
family
members,
to
be
used
without
first
designating
the
season
34
of
use
for
the
license.
The
bill
allows
the
licenses
to
be
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used
in
any
open
season
using
a
method
of
take
authorized
for
1
that
season.
Current
law
specifies
that
the
licenses
may
only
2
be
used
during
any
bow
or
firearm
deer
hunting
season
and
for
3
harvesting
deer
during
two
different
seasons.
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