Senate File 247 - Introduced SENATE FILE 247 BY SHIPLEY A BILL FOR An Act relating to the size requirement of a farm unit for 1 purposes of receiving special turkey and deer hunting 2 licenses. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2230XS (2) 91 sb/js

S.F. 247 Section 1. Section 483A.24, subsection 2, paragraph a, 1 subparagraph (2), subparagraph division (a), Code 2025, is 2 amended to read as follows: 3 (a) Are in tracts of two forty or more contiguous acres. 4 EXPLANATION 5 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 6 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 7 This bill relates to size requirements of a farm unit for 8 purposes of receiving special turkey and deer hunting licenses. 9 Under current Code section 483A.24, a “farm unit” is defined 10 to include parcels of land in tracts of two or more contiguous 11 acres. The bill amends the definition of “farm unit” to 12 require the inclusion of parcels of land in tracts of 40 or 13 more contiguous acres. Code section 483A.24 authorizes an 14 owner or tenant of a farm unit to receive special turkey and 15 deer hunting licenses for use on the farm unit. 16 -1- LSB 2230XS (2) 91 sb/js 1/ 1