Bill Text: IA HF551 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to authorized methods of take for a resident hunting deer using a license issued to a nonambulatory person.(Formerly HF 147.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-17 - Senate amendment H-1498 filed. H.J. 1140. [HF551 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2021-HF551-Introduced.html
House File 551 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 551 BY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES (SUCCESSOR TO HF 147) A BILL FOR An Act relating to authorized methods of take for a resident 1 hunting deer using a license issued to a nonambulatory 2 person. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1160HV (1) 89 js/rn
H.F. 551 Section 1. Section 483A.8C, subsection 1, Code 2021, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. A nonambulatory person who is a resident may be issued 3 one any sex deer hunting license to hunt deer with a shotgun, 4 muzzleloading rifle, or straight wall cartridge rifle during 5 any established deer hunting season using the method of take 6 authorized by rule for each season being hunted except during a 7 bow-only season as established by rule by the commission . If 8 the tag is filled during one of the seasons, the license will 9 not be valid in subsequent seasons. A person who applies for 10 a license pursuant to this section shall complete a form, as 11 required by rule, that is signed by a physician who verifies 12 that the person is nonambulatory. 13 EXPLANATION 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 15 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 16 This bill relates to the methods of take authorized for 17 use by a resident hunting deer using a license issued to a 18 nonambulatory person. Current law allows a nonambulatory 19 resident to receive one any sex deer hunting license to 20 hunt deer during any established deer hunting season using 21 the method of take authorized by rule for the season being 22 hunted. Under the bill, a nonambulatory resident receiving an 23 any sex deer hunting license under this provision may use a 24 shotgun, muzzleloading rifle, or straight wall cartridge rifle 25 during any established deer hunting season except during a 26 bow-only season as established by rule by the natural resource 27 commission. 28 -1- LSB 1160HV (1) 89 js/rn 1/ 1
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