Bill Text: IA HF2410 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa House Bill 2410 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to nonresident landowner deer hunting licenses, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly HSB 610.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-24 - Amendment H-8094 filed. H.J. 423. [HF2410 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2021-HF2410-Introduced.html

House File 2410 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2410 BY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 610) A BILL FOR An Act relating to nonresident landowner deer hunting licenses, 1 and making penalties applicable. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5420HV (1) 89 js/rn

H.F. 2410 Section 1. Section 483A.8, subsection 5, Code 2022, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 5. A nonresident owning land in this state may apply for 3 a nonresident antlered or any sex deer hunting license, and 4 the provisions of subsection 3 shall apply. However, if a 5 nonresident owning land in this state is unsuccessful in 6 obtaining one of the nonresident antlered or any sex deer 7 hunting licenses, the landowner shall be given preference 8 for one of the antlerless deer only nonresident deer hunting 9 licenses available pursuant to subsection 3 . A nonresident 10 owning land in this state shall pay the fee for a nonresident 11 antlerless only deer hunting license and the license shall be 12 valid to hunt on the nonresident’s land only. If one or more 13 parcels of land have multiple nonresident owners, only one of 14 the nonresident owners is eligible for a nonresident antlerless 15 only deer hunting license. If a nonresident jointly owns land 16 in this state with a resident, the nonresident shall not be 17 given preference for a nonresident antlerless only deer hunting 18 license. The department may require proof of land ownership 19 from a nonresident landowner applying for a nonresident 20 antlerless only deer hunting license. A nonresident landowner 21 obtaining a license under this subsection shall not obtain a 22 license under subsection 5A. 23 Sec. 2. Section 483A.8, Code 2022, is amended by adding the 24 following new subsection: 25 NEW SUBSECTION . 5A. a. For purposes of this subsection, 26 “family member” means a spouse, child, stepchild, brother, 27 brother-in-law, stepbrother, sister, sister-in-law, stepsister, 28 parent, parent-in-law, stepparent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, 29 or cousin. 30 b. Upon written application on forms furnished by the 31 department and payment at standard nonresident rates, the 32 department shall issue annually two deer hunting licenses, one 33 antlered or any sex deer hunting license and one antlerless 34 deer only deer hunting license, to a nonresident landowner who 35 -1- LSB 5420HV (1) 89 js/rn 1/ 5

H.F. 2410 meets the following requirements: 1 (1) The nonresident landowner owns a tract of land in this 2 state of at least eighty acres and either of the following 3 applies: 4 (a) The nonresident landowner has owned the tract of land 5 for at least ten consecutive years immediately prior to the 6 time of application. 7 (b) The nonresident landowner inherited a family farm that 8 had been owned by a family member of the nonresident landowner 9 immediately prior to the time of inheritance, the nonresident 10 landowner has owned the family farm consecutively since 11 inheriting the family farm, and the ownership of the family 12 farm by the family member and the nonresident landowner is at 13 least ten consecutive years immediately prior to the time of 14 application. 15 (2) The nonresident landowner shall not offer the tract 16 of land in subparagraph (1) for use as a hunting outfitter 17 concession. 18 (3) The nonresident landowner shall allow free annual 19 hunting access to at least two resident hunters for the first 20 one hundred sixty acres that the nonresident landowner owns 21 in this state. The nonresident landowner shall allow free 22 annual hunting access to at least one additional resident 23 hunter for each additional one hundred sixty acres, or fraction 24 thereof, that the nonresident landowner owns in this state. 25 This requirement applies to all land that the nonresident 26 landowner owns in this state regardless of whether the land is 27 contiguous or the nonresident landowner has owned the land for 28 at least ten consecutive years immediately prior to the time 29 of application. 30 (4) Of any of the land that the nonresident landowner owns 31 in this state, the nonresident landowner shall make sufficient 32 land available, as determined by the department, for at least 33 one of the following purposes: 34 (a) Renting the tillable land, pasture land, and hay land 35 -2- LSB 5420HV (1) 89 js/rn 2/ 5

H.F. 2410 to a resident farmer who is not more than forty-five years of 1 age at the time of the initial rental agreement at a rate not to 2 exceed ninety percent of standard rental rates. 3 (b) Installing and maintaining a wetland area, pollination 4 habitat, soil stabilization, water quality improvement, or 5 similar environmental conservation improvement. 6 (c) Working with the department on proper whitetail deer 7 population management. Such work shall include reporting 8 harvest rates on the nonresident landowner’s land and 9 monitoring for diseases including chronic wasting disease. 10 c. For purposes of this subsection, a nonresident landowner 11 may own land either individually, in common with others, or as 12 part of a legal entity. 13 d. The licenses issued under paragraph “b” shall be used 14 only on the nonresident landowner’s land but are not limited to 15 the land in paragraph “b” , subparagraph (1). 16 e. The licenses issued under paragraph “b” may be issued for 17 a deer hunting season of the nonresident landowner’s choice. 18 f. Receiving a license under this subsection does not affect 19 the nonresident landowner’s preference points accumulated under 20 subsection 3, paragraph “e” . 21 g. The licenses issued under paragraph “a” shall not count 22 against the quota set forth in subsection 3, paragraph “c” . 23 h. A nonresident landowner meeting the requirements of 24 paragraph “b” may purchase additional antlerless deer only deer 25 hunting licenses from the allocation of resident antlerless 26 deer only deer hunting licenses for the county in which the 27 nonresident landowner’s land is located and at the standard 28 resident rate. A license purchased under this paragraph shall 29 be used only on the nonresident landowner’s land located in the 30 county. 31 i. A nonresident landowner obtaining a license under this 32 subsection shall not obtain a license under subsection 5. 33 EXPLANATION 34 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 35 -3- LSB 5420HV (1) 89 js/rn 3/ 5

H.F. 2410 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 This bill relates to nonresident landowner deer hunting 2 licenses. 3 Under Code section 483A.8(3)(c), the natural resource 4 commission issues no more than 6,000 antlered or any sex deer 5 hunting licenses to nonresidents each year. A nonresident 6 owning land in the state may apply for a nonresident antlered 7 or any sex deer hunting license pursuant to Code section 8 483A.8(5). If the nonresident landowner is unsuccessful in 9 obtaining a license, the nonresident landowner will receive 10 preference for one nonresident antlerless deer only deer 11 hunting license. 12 The bill provides an alternative method for some nonresident 13 landowners to receive deer hunting licenses in a new subsection 14 5A to Code section 483A.8. If a nonresident landowner owns 15 a contiguous tract of land that is at least 80 acres, the 16 nonresident landowner may be eligible to purchase a nonresident 17 antlered or any sex deer hunting license and a nonresident 18 antlerless deer only deer hunting license upon meeting 19 requirements related to duration of ownership, availability for 20 resident hunting, and availability for agricultural or natural 21 resources management purposes. The qualified nonresident 22 landowner may also purchase, at the resident rate, a resident 23 antlerless deer only deer hunting license if such license 24 is made available for purchase in the county in which the 25 nonresident landowner’s land is located. Any license purchased 26 under the bill shall be used on the landowner’s land. 27 A license issued under the bill does not affect the 28 nonresident landowner’s preference for purchasing a general 29 nonresident antlered or any sex deer hunting license and does 30 not count against the quota in Code section 483A.8(3)(c). A 31 nonresident landowner obtaining a deer hunting license under 32 the bill cannot obtain a deer hunting license under Code 33 section 483A.8(5). 34 A violation of the bill is punishable by a scheduled fine of 35 -4- LSB 5420HV (1) 89 js/rn 4/ 5