Bill Text: IA SF389 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to hunter safety and ethics education course requirements. (Formerly SSB 1223.) Effective 7-1-13.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-12-31 - END OF 2013 ACTIONS [SF389 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2013-SF389-Enrolled.html
Senate File 389 AN ACT RELATING TO HUNTER SAFETY AND ETHICS EDUCATION COURSE REQUIREMENTS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. Section 483A.27, subsection 2, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows: 2. a. A certificate of completion shall not be issued to a person who has not satisfactorily completed a minimum of ten hours of training in an approved hunter safety and ethics education course. The department shall establish the curriculum for the first ten hours of an approved hunter safety and ethics education course offered in this state. Upon completion of the ten-hour curriculum, each person shall pass an individual oral test or a written test provided by the department. The department shall establish the criteria for successfully passing the tests. Based on the results of the test and demonstrated safe handling of a firearm, the instructor shall determine the persons who shall be issued a certificate of completion.
Senate File 389, p. 2 b. Notwithstanding paragraph “a” , a resident who is eighteen years of age or older may obtain a certificate of completion without demonstrating the safe handling of a firearm. ______________________________ PAM JOCHUM President of the Senate ______________________________ KRAIG PAULSEN Speaker of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 389, Eighty-fifth General Assembly. ______________________________ MICHAEL E. MARSHALL Secretary of the Senate Approved _______________, 2013 ______________________________ TERRY E. BRANSTAD Governor
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