HSB 255 (LSB 2599YC (2) 91)

HOUSE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES BILL BY CHAIRPERSON WULF)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the purchasing of a youth deer hunting license and tag.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 483A.8, subsection 7, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   7.  The department shall make youth deer hunting licenses available for purchase during the same time period that general deer hunting licenses are available for purchase, including through all established deer hunting seasons.  A person who is issued a youth deer hunting license may use the deer hunting license and tag during the season for which the license was issued or in any subsequent established deer hunting season using the a method of take authorized by rule for each that season being hunted. If the tag is filled during one of the seasons, the license will not be valid in subsequent seasons.
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 youth deer hunting licenses and tags. The bill requires the department of natural resources to make youth deer hunting licenses available for purchase during the same period of time that general deer hunting licenses are available for purchase, including through all established deer hunting seasons.
   The bill allows the youth deer hunting license and tag to be used in the season for which the license was issued or in any subsequent established deer hunting season using a method of take authorized for that season.