Bill Text: IA SF2046 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the use of deer depredation licenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-23 - Subcommittee recommends passage. []. [SF2046 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF2046-Introduced.html
Senate
File
2046
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2046
BY
LOFGREN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
use
of
deer
depredation
licenses.
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BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
481C.2A,
subsection
5,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
b.
In
addition
to
other
times
the
department
finds
3
necessary,
the
department
shall
allow
licenses
and
permits
4
issued
pursuant
to
this
section
to
be
used
in
the
months
of
5
September,
October,
November,
and
December.
Additionally,
6
the
department
shall
allow
licenses
issued
pursuant
to
this
7
section
to
be
used
in
any
county
during
the
same
time
period
8
as
the
January
antlerless
deer
only
hunting
season
established
9
pursuant
to
section
483A.8,
subsection
9,
even
if
the
county
10
in
which
the
license
is
used
does
not
qualify
for
the
January
11
antlerless
deer
only
hunting
season.
12
EXPLANATION
13
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
14
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
15
This
bill
relates
to
the
use
of
deer
depredation
licenses.
16
Current
law
requires
the
department
of
natural
resources
(DNR)
17
to
allow
deer
depredation
licenses
to
be
used
in
the
months
of
18
September,
October,
November,
and
December.
The
bill
requires
19
DNR
to
also
allow
the
use
of
deer
depredation
licenses
in
any
20
county
during
the
same
time
period
as
the
January
antlerless
21
deer
only
hunting
season
established
pursuant
to
Code
section
22
483A.8(9),
even
if
the
county
in
which
the
license
is
used
23
does
not
qualify
for
the
January
antlerless
deer
only
hunting
24
season.
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