Bill Text: IA HF218 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to using unfilled deer tags in subsequent seasons.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-16 - Subcommittee reassigned: Baxter, Osmundson and Thede. H.J. 98. [HF218 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF218-Introduced.html
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BY
MITCHELL
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
using
unfilled
deer
tags
in
subsequent
1
seasons.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
483A.8,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
The
deer
hunting
license
shall
be
accompanied
by
a
tag
3
designed
to
be
used
only
once.
When
a
deer
is
taken,
the
deer
4
shall
be
tagged
and
the
tag
shall
be
dated.
If
a
resident
fails
5
to
take
a
deer
during
the
season
being
hunted,
the
person
may
6
use
an
unfilled
tag
in
a
subsequent
deer
hunting
season
using
7
the
method
of
take
authorized
by
rule
for
the
season
being
8
hunted.
The
tag
shall
be
attached
to
the
carcass
of
a
deer
9
taken
within
fifteen
minutes
of
the
time
the
deer
carcass
is
10
located
after
being
taken,
or
before
the
carcass
is
moved
to
11
be
transported
by
any
means
from
the
place
where
the
deer
was
12
taken,
whichever
occurs
first.
For
each
antlered
deer
taken,
13
the
tag
shall
be
affixed
to
the
deer’s
antlers.
14
Sec.
2.
Section
483A.8,
subsection
3,
Code
2019,
is
amended
15
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
16
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
f.
If
a
nonresident
fails
to
take
a
deer
17
during
the
season
being
hunted,
the
person
may
use
an
unfilled
18
tag
in
a
subsequent
deer
hunting
season
using
the
method
of
19
take
authorized
by
rule
for
the
season
being
hunted.
20
Sec.
3.
Section
483A.27A,
subsection
3,
paragraph
a,
Code
21
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
22
a.
A
resident
mentor
and
a
resident
apprentice
hunter
must
23
also
purchase
deer
hunting
licenses
and
tags
to
hunt
deer
and
24
wild
turkey
hunting
licenses
and
tags
to
hunt
wild
turkey.
25
Deer
hunting
licenses
and
tags
purchased
by
a
resident
mentor
26
and
a
resident
apprentice
hunter
must
be
valid
for
the
same
27
seasons
and
zones.
An
unfilled
tag
due
to
the
failure
to
take
28
a
deer
in
a
prior
season
by
the
resident
apprentice
or
resident
29
mentor
shall
be
valid
for
subsequent
seasons
as
long
as
the
30
person
using
the
tag
uses
the
method
of
take
authorized
by
31
rule
for
the
season
being
hunted.
When
hunting
wild
turkey,
a
32
resident
mentor
having
a
license
valid
for
one
of
the
spring
33
wild
turkey
hunting
seasons
may
accompany
and
aid
a
resident
34
apprentice
hunter
who
has
a
valid
wild
turkey
hunting
license
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for
any
of
the
spring
seasons
as
provided
by
rule.
When
1
hunting
wild
turkey
in
the
fall,
a
resident
mentor
and
a
2
resident
apprentice
hunter
must
each
have
a
fall
wild
turkey
3
hunting
license
valid
for
the
current
year.
A
transportation
4
tag
issued
to
a
resident
apprentice
hunter
shall
not
be
used
to
5
tag
a
deer
or
wild
turkey
taken
by
another
person.
6
EXPLANATION
7
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
8
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
9
This
bill
allows
a
resident
or
nonresident
hunter
to
use
an
10
unfilled
deer
tag
in
a
subsequent
deer
hunting
season
if
the
11
hunter
failed
to
take
a
deer
in
the
season
being
hunted.
For
12
purposes
of
a
resident
apprentice
and
a
resident
mentor
hunting
13
deer,
deer
tags
are
considered
valid
for
the
same
season
when
14
the
resident
apprentice
or
the
resident
mentor
uses
an
unfilled
15
deer
tag
from
a
prior
season
as
long
as
the
person
using
the
tag
16
uses
the
method
of
take
authorized
by
rule
for
the
season
being
17
hunted.
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