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Senate File 106 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1relating to lifetime trout fishing licenses for disabled
2veterans.
3BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 483A.24, subsection 19, Code 2023, is
2amended to read as follows:
319. Upon payment of a fee established by rules adopted
4pursuant to section 483A.1 for a lifetime trout fishing
5license, the department shall issue a lifetime trout fishing
6license to a person who is at least sixty-five years of age or
7to a person who qualifies for the disabled veteran homestead
8credit under section 425.15 has served in the armed forces of
9the United States on federal active duty and who was disabled
10or was a prisoner of war during that veteran’s military
11service. The department shall prepare an application to be
12used by a person requesting a lifetime trout fishing license
13under this subsection. As used in this subsection, “disabled”
14 means entitled to a service-connected rating between zero and
15one hundred percent under 38 U.S.C.ch.11.
16EXPLANATION
17The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
18the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
19This bill relates to lifetime trout fishing licenses
20available to certain disabled veterans. The bill strikes a
21provision allowing a veteran to purchase a lifetime trout
22fishing license if the veteran qualifies for the disabled
23veteran homestead credit. Under the bill, a veteran can
24qualify to purchase a lifetime trout fishing license if the
25veteran served in the armed forces of the United States on
26federal active duty and was disabled or was a prisoner of war
27during that veteran’s military service. The bill defines
28“disabled” to mean entitled to a service-connected rating
29between 0 and 100 percent under 38 U.S.C.ch.11.
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2veterans.
3BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 483A.24, subsection 19, Code 2023, is
2amended to read as follows:
319. Upon payment of a fee established by rules adopted
4pursuant to section 483A.1 for a lifetime trout fishing
5license, the department shall issue a lifetime trout fishing
6license to a person who is at least sixty-five years of age or
7to a person who qualifies for the disabled veteran homestead
8credit under section 425.15 has served in the armed forces of
9the United States on federal active duty and who was disabled
10or was a prisoner of war during that veteran’s military
11service. The department shall prepare an application to be
12used by a person requesting a lifetime trout fishing license
13under this subsection. As used in this subsection, “disabled”
14 means entitled to a service-connected rating between zero and
15one hundred percent under 38 U.S.C.ch.11.
16EXPLANATION
17The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
18the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
19This bill relates to lifetime trout fishing licenses
20available to certain disabled veterans. The bill strikes a
21provision allowing a veteran to purchase a lifetime trout
22fishing license if the veteran qualifies for the disabled
23veteran homestead credit. Under the bill, a veteran can
24qualify to purchase a lifetime trout fishing license if the
25veteran served in the armed forces of the United States on
26federal active duty and was disabled or was a prisoner of war
27during that veteran’s military service. The bill defines
28“disabled” to mean entitled to a service-connected rating
29between 0 and 100 percent under 38 U.S.C.ch.11.
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