Bill Text: IA HF2517 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the limits adopted for nonresident deer hunting licenses, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 2014.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-03 - Fiscal note. [HF2517 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2517-Introduced.html
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2517
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
NATURAL
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2014)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
limits
adopted
for
nonresident
deer
1
hunting
licenses,
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
483A.8,
subsection
3,
paragraph
c,
Code
1
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
c.
The
commission
shall
annually
limit
to
between
six
3
thousand
and
eight
thousand
the
number
of
nonresidents
allowed
4
to
have
antlered
or
any
sex
deer
hunting
licenses.
Of
the
six
5
thousand
nonresident
antlered
or
any
sex
deer
hunting
licenses
6
issued,
not
more
than
thirty-five
percent
of
the
licenses
shall
7
be
bow
season
licenses.
After
the
six
thousand
antlered
or
8
any
sex
nonresident
deer
hunting
licenses
have
been
issued,
9
all
additional
licenses
shall
be
issued
for
antlerless
deer
10
only.
The
commission
shall
annually
determine
the
number
of
11
nonresident
antlerless
deer
only
deer
hunting
licenses
that
12
will
be
available
for
issuance.
13
Sec.
2.
EMERGENCY
RULES.
The
natural
resource
commission
14
may
adopt
emergency
rules
under
section
17A.4,
subsection
3,
15
and
section
17A.5,
subsection
2,
paragraph
“b”,
to
implement
16
the
provisions
of
this
Act
and
the
rules
shall
be
effective
17
immediately
upon
filing
unless
a
later
date
is
specified
in
the
18
rules.
Any
rules
adopted
in
accordance
with
this
section
shall
19
also
be
published
as
a
notice
of
intended
action
as
provided
20
in
section
17A.4.
21
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
22
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
23
EXPLANATION
24
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
25
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
26
This
bill
relates
to
nonresident
deer
hunting
licenses
27
issued
by
the
natural
resource
commission.
Currently,
the
28
commission
issues
up
to
6,000
antlered
or
any
sex
deer
hunting
29
licenses
to
nonresidents,
which
are
allocated
among
zones
based
30
on
deer
populations.
The
bill
requires
the
commission
to
31
annually
limit
the
number
of
nonresident
antlered
or
any
sex
32
deer
hunting
licenses
available
for
issue
to
between
6,000
and
33
8,000
licenses.
The
bill
authorizes
the
commission
to
adopt
34
emergency
rules
to
implement
the
provisions
of
the
bill.
The
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