Bill Text: IA SF2142 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to deer hunting licenses available to nonresident hunters.(See SF 2344.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-21 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2344. S.J. 354. [SF2142 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF2142-Introduced.html
Senate
File
2142
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2142
BY
KLIMESH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
deer
hunting
licenses
available
to
1
nonresident
hunters.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
483A.8,
subsection
3,
paragraphs
c
and
e,
1
Code
2022,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
c.
The
commission
shall
annually
limit
to
six
seven
3
thousand
five
hundred
the
number
of
nonresidents
allowed
to
4
have
antlered
or
any
sex
deer
hunting
licenses.
Seven
hundred
5
fifty
of
the
seven
thousand
five
hundred
nonresident
antlered
6
or
any
sex
deer
hunting
licenses
shall
be
made
available
in
the
7
drawing
established
in
paragraph
“e”
for
nonresident
applicants
8
with
zero
preference
points.
Of
the
six
seven
thousand
five
9
hundred
nonresident
antlered
or
any
sex
deer
hunting
licenses
10
issued,
not
more
than
thirty-five
percent
of
the
licenses
shall
11
be
bow
season
licenses.
After
the
six
seven
thousand
five
12
hundred
antlered
or
any
sex
nonresident
deer
hunting
licenses
13
have
been
issued,
all
additional
licenses
shall
be
issued
for
14
antlerless
deer
only.
The
commission
shall
annually
determine
15
the
number
of
nonresident
antlerless
deer
only
deer
hunting
16
licenses
that
will
be
available
for
issuance.
17
e.
The
commission
shall
assign
one
preference
point
to
a
18
nonresident
whose
application
for
a
nonresident
antlered
or
any
19
sex
deer
hunting
license
is
denied
due
to
limitations
on
the
20
number
of
nonresident
antlered
or
any
sex
deer
hunting
licenses
21
available
for
issuance
that
year.
An
additional
preference
22
point
shall
be
assigned
to
that
person
each
subsequent
year
23
the
person’s
license
application
is
denied
for
that
reason.
A
24
nonresident
may
purchase
additional
preference
points
pursuant
25
to
rules
adopted
pursuant
to
section
483A.1
.
The
first
26
nonresident
antlered
or
any
sex
deer
hunting
license
drawing
27
each
year
shall
be
made
from
the
pool
of
applicants
with
zero
28
preference
points
and
shall
be
limited
to
seven
hundred
fifty
29
licenses.
The
second
nonresident
antlered
or
any
sex
deer
30
hunting
license
drawing
each
year
shall
be
made
from
the
pool
31
of
applicants
with
the
most
preference
points
and
continue
32
to
pools
of
applicants
with
successively
fewer
preference
33
points
until
all
available
nonresident
antlered
or
any
sex
deer
34
hunting
licenses
have
been
issued.
If
a
nonresident
applicant
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receives
an
antlered
or
any
sex
deer
hunting
license,
all
of
1
the
applicant’s
assigned
preference
points
at
that
time
shall
2
be
removed.
3
Sec.
2.
Section
483A.8,
subsection
3,
Code
2022,
is
amended
4
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
5
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
f.
If
a
nonresident
hunting
deer
takes
an
6
antlerless
deer
in
a
zone
that
is
above
the
population
goal
7
determined
by
the
commission
by
rule,
the
commission
shall
8
assign
one
preference
point
to
the
nonresident,
which
shall
9
be
in
addition
to
any
preference
points
acquired
pursuant
to
10
paragraph
“e”
.
The
department
shall
determine
a
method
for
11
verifying
a
harvest
pursuant
to
this
paragraph.
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
deer
hunting
licenses
available
to
16
nonresident
hunters.
17
Currently,
the
natural
resource
commission
(NRC)
issues
18
up
to
6,000
antlered
or
any
sex
deer
hunting
licenses
to
19
nonresidents.
The
bill
increases
that
amount
to
7,500.
The
20
bill
requires
NRC
to
make
750
of
the
antlered
or
any
sex
deer
21
hunting
licenses
available
to
nonresident
applicants
who
have
22
zero
preference
points.
A
drawing
for
those
licenses
shall
23
occur
prior
to
a
drawing
in
current
law
for
applicants
with
the
24
most
preference
points
that
continues
to
pools
of
applicants
25
with
successively
fewer
preference
points
until
all
available
26
nonresident
antlered
or
any
sex
deer
hunting
licenses
have
been
27
issued.
28
The
bill
provides
that
if
a
nonresident
hunting
deer
takes
29
an
antlerless
deer
in
a
zone
that
is
above
the
population
30
goal
determined
by
NRC,
then
NRC
will
assign
one
preference
31
point
to
the
nonresident,
which
shall
be
in
addition
to
any
32
preference
points
purchased
or
acquired
after
failing
to
obtain
33
an
antlered
or
any
sex
deer
hunting
license
from
a
drawing.
34
The
department
of
natural
resources
shall
determine
a
method
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