Senate File 397
SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL
RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
(SUCCESSOR TO SF 40)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the issuance of hunting licenses for
2 antlerless deer, providing for the disposition of harvested
3 deer meat to public institutions, requiring a report, and
4 providing a penalty.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 483A.8, Code 2003, is amended by adding
1 2 the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 6. The commission shall provide, by rule,
1 4 for the issuance to a nonresident, of a nonresident antlerless
1 5 deer hunting license that is valid for use only during the
1 6 period beginning on December 24, 2003, and ending at sunset on
1 7 January 2, 2004, and costs fifty dollars. A nonresident
1 8 hunting deer with a license issued under this subsection shall
1 9 be otherwise qualified to hunt deer in this state and shall
1 10 have a nonresident hunting license and pay the wildlife
1 11 habitat fee. Pursuant to this subsection, the commission
1 12 shall make available for issuance only the remaining
1 13 nonresident antlerless deer hunting licenses allocated under
1 14 subsection 3 that have not yet been issued for the 2003=2004
1 15 antlerless deer hunting seasons.
1 16 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 483A.24A HARVESTED DEER.
1 17 1. INTENT. It is the intent of the general assembly in
1 18 enacting this section, to express its concern to the natural
1 19 resource commission about the burgeoning deer population in
1 20 this state, by requiring the natural resource commission to
1 21 make additional antlerless deer hunting licenses available to
1 22 encourage hunters in this state to assist the commission in
1 23 bringing the state's deer population under control.
1 24 2. DEFINITIONS. As used in this section:
1 25 a. "Department of corrections" means the Iowa department
1 26 of corrections.
1 27 b. "Establishment" means an establishment as defined in
1 28 section 189A.2 where animals or poultry are prepared for food
1 29 purposes or where wild deer may be processed or dressed for
1 30 human consumption.
1 31 c. "Public institution" means a state institution listed
1 32 under section 904.102, subsections 1 through 10, that is
1 33 administered by the department of corrections.
1 34 3. The natural resource commission shall provide, by rule,
1 35 for the distribution of antlerless deer hunting licenses,
2 1 annually to resident hunters and to applicants qualified under
2 2 section 483A.24. The licenses shall be in addition to deer
2 3 hunting licenses otherwise allocated in this chapter to
2 4 resident hunters and applicants qualified under section
2 5 483A.24 and shall be equivalent to the least restrictive
2 6 license issued pursuant to section 481A.38. Pursuant to this
2 7 section, the department shall make available for issuance at
2 8 least an additional eighteen thousand antlerless deer hunting
2 9 licenses for resident hunters for 2003=2004 antlerless deer
2 10 hunting seasons than were available for the 2002=2003
2 11 antlerless deer hunting seasons.
2 12 4. A resident hunter or an applicant qualified under
2 13 section 483A.24, who receives an antlerless deer hunting
2 14 license under this section may deliver the deer harvested with
2 15 the license to an establishment designated by the department
2 16 of corrections for processing, packaging, and delivery to
2 17 locations designated by the department of corrections. Each
2 18 antlerless deer hunting license issued under this section
2 19 shall be accompanied by a list of establishments that will
2 20 accept deer harvested with the license.
2 21 5. Each resident hunter or applicant qualified under
2 22 section 483A.24 shall be otherwise qualified to hunt deer in
2 23 this state. A wildlife habitat fee shall not be required.
2 24 The commission shall establish, by rules adopted pursuant to
2 25 chapter 17A, the procedures for allocating the antlerless deer
2 26 hunting licenses.
2 27 6. The department of corrections, may, in cooperation with
2 28 the commission, contract with one or more establishments to
2 29 receive, process, package, and deliver the harvested deer meat
2 30 to the public institutions in the manner specified by the
2 31 department of corrections and at a cost to the department of
2 32 corrections that is competitive with the cost of obtaining
2 33 similar meat products in the private sector.
2 34 7. A person violating a provision of this section or a
2 35 rule adopted pursuant to this section is guilty of a simple
3 1 misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation as provided in
3 2 section 483A.42.
3 3 Sec. 3. REPORT. The natural resource commission, in
3 4 consultation with the department of corrections, shall
3 5 evaluate the results of the deer harvesting program created in
3 6 section 483A.24A, and shall make recommendations suggesting
3 7 improvements to the program and whether the program should be
3 8 expanded to allow receipt of harvested deer meat by other
3 9 governmental agencies and nonprofit entities. The natural
3 10 resource commission and the department of corrections shall
3 11 file a joint report containing their findings and
3 12 recommendations with the legislative service bureau by
3 13 February 1, 2004, for distribution to the general assembly.
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