Bill Text: IA HF2217 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the issuance of hunting licenses for farm owners and tenants.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-02 - Introduced, referred to Natural Resources. H.J. 200. [HF2217 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF2217-Introduced.html

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House File 2217 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  HEARTSILL

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the issuance of hunting licenses for farm
  2    owners and tenants.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 483A.24, subsection 2, paragraphs b and
  1  2 c, Code 2018, are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    b.  Upon written application on forms furnished by the
  1  4 department, the department shall issue annually without fee one
  1  5 wild turkey license to the owner of a farm unit or to a member
  1  6 of the owner's family, but not to both, and to the tenant or
  1  7 to a member of the tenant's family, but not to both. The wild
  1  8 turkey hunting license licenses issued shall be valid only on
  1  9 the farm unit for which an applicant qualifies pursuant to this
  1 10 subsection and shall be equivalent to the least restrictive
  1 11 license issued under section 481A.38. The owner or the tenant
  1 12 need not reside on the farm unit to qualify for a free license
  1 13 to hunt on that farm unit.  The free turkey hunting licenses
  1 14 issued pursuant to this paragraph shall be valid and may be
  1 15 used during any bow or firearm turkey hunting season.
  1 16    c.  Upon written application on forms furnished by the
  1 17 department, the department shall issue annually without fee two
  1 18 deer hunting licenses, one antlered or any sex deer hunting
  1 19 license and one antlerless deer only deer hunting license, to
  1 20 the owner of a farm unit or a member of the owner's family,
  1 21 but only a total of two licenses for both, and to the tenant
  1 22 of a farm unit or a member of the tenant's family, but only
  1 23 a total of two licenses for both. The deer hunting licenses
  1 24 issued shall be valid only for use on the farm unit for which
  1 25 the applicant applies pursuant to this paragraph. The owner or
  1 26 the tenant need not reside on the farm unit to qualify for the
  1 27 free deer hunting licenses to hunt on that farm unit. The free
  1 28 deer hunting licenses issued pursuant to this paragraph shall
  1 29 be valid and may be used during any shotgun bow or firearm
  1 30  deer hunting season. The licenses may be used to harvest deer
  1 31 in two different seasons. In addition, a person who receives
  1 32 a free deer hunting license pursuant to this paragraph shall
  1 33 pay a one dollar fee for each license that shall be used
  1 34 and is appropriated for the purpose of deer herd population
  1 35 management, including assisting with the cost of processing
  2  1 deer donated to the help us stop hunger program administered
  2  2 by the commission.
  2  3                           EXPLANATION
  2  4 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  2  5 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  2  6    This bill relates to the issuance of turkey and deer hunting
  2  7 licenses for farm owners and tenants. Current law does not
  2  8 specify when a farm owner, tenant, or family member of the farm
  2  9 owner or tenant may use a free turkey hunting license on the
  2 10 farm unit. The Code currently prevents a farm owner, tenant,
  2 11 or family member of the farm owner or tenant from using a deer
  2 12 hunting license issued without a fee from using the license in
  2 13 any season other than during any shotgun season.
  2 14    The bill allows a farm owner, tenant, or family member of the
  2 15 farm owner or tenant to use the turkey or deer hunting licenses
  2 16 issued without fee during any bow or firearm season.
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