HF 387 (LSB 1041HV (3) 91)

HOUSE FILE 387

BY  COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 21)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to fur harvesting privileges of disabled veterans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 483A.24, subsection 16, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   16.  Upon payment of the fee established by rules adopted pursuant to section 483A.1 for a lifetime fishing license, or lifetime hunting and fishing combined license, or lifetime fur harvester license, the department shall issue a lifetime fishing license, or lifetime hunting and fishing combined license, or lifetime fur harvester license to a resident of Iowa who has served in the armed forces of the United States on federal active duty and who was disabled or was a prisoner of war during that veteran’s military service. The department shall prepare an application to be used by a person requesting a lifetime fishing license, or lifetime hunting and fishing combined license, or lifetime fur harvester license under this subsection. The department of veterans affairs shall assist the department in verifying the status or claims of applicants under this subsection. As used in this subsection, “disabled” means entitled to a service connected rating under  38 U.S.C. ch. 11.
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 fur harvesting privileges for disabled veterans. The bill allows a resident who served in the armed forces of the United States on federal active duty and who was disabled or a prisoner of war during that veteran’s military service to obtain a lifetime fur harvester license upon payment of a fee to the department of natural resources (DNR). DNR shall prepare an application to be used by a person requesting a lifetime fur harvester license under the bill. The department of veterans affairs shall assist DNR in verifying the status or claims of applicants.