HOUSE FILE 268

BY  COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 172)

(As Amended and Passed by the House 2011-03-08)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the issuance of special senior deer hunting licenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  Section 483A.8B, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   483A.8B  Senior crossbow deer hunting licenses.
   1.  A person who is a resident and who is seventy sixty-five years of age or older may be issued one special senior statewide antlerless deer only crossbow deer hunting license to hunt deer during bow season as established by rule by the commission. A person who obtains a license to hunt deer under this section is not required to pay the wildlife habitat fee but shall be otherwise qualified to hunt deer in this state and shall have a resident hunting license.
   2.  A person may obtain a license under this section in addition to a statewide antlered or any sex deer hunting bow season license. Season dates, shooting hours, limits, license quotas, and other regulations for this license shall be the same as set forth by the commission by rule for bow season deer hunts.
   Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  483A.8D  Senior shotgun season deer hunting licenses.
   1.  A person who is a resident and is sixty-five years of age or older may be issued one special senior statewide antlered or any sex deer hunting license which is valid and may be used to hunt deer with a shotgun during first or second shotgun deer hunting season.
   2.  A person who obtains a deer hunting license under this section is not required to pay the wildlife habitat fee but shall purchase a deer hunting license and a hunting license, be otherwise qualified to hunt, and pay a one dollar fee that shall be used and is appropriated for the purpose of deer herd population management, including assisting with the cost of processing deer donated to the help us stop hunger program administered by the commission.
   3.  A person who obtains a special senior statewide antlered or any sex deer hunting license under this section is not eligible to obtain another antlered or any sex deer hunting license for use during muzzleloader or shotgun deer hunting season.
   4.  Season dates, shooting hours, limits, license quotas, and other regulations for a license obtained under this section shall be the same as set forth by the commission by rule for first and second shotgun season deer hunts.