Bill Text: IA SF50 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to landowner wild turkey and deer hunting tags. (See SF 198.)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-06 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 198. S.J. 248. [SF50 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2019-SF50-Introduced.html
Senate File 50 - Introduced SENATE FILE 50 BY CHAPMAN A BILL FOR An Act relating to landowner wild turkey and deer hunting tags. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 1105XS (4) 88 js/rn
S.F. 50 Section 1. Section 483A.24, subsection 2, paragraphs b and 1 c, Code 2019, are amended to read as follows: 2 b. Upon written application on forms furnished by the 3 department, the department shall issue annually without fee one 4 wild turkey license to the owner of a farm unit or to a member 5 of the owner’s family, but not to both, and to the tenant or 6 to a member of the tenant’s family, but not to both. The wild 7 turkey hunting licenses issued shall be valid only on the 8 farm unit for which an applicant qualifies pursuant to this 9 subsection and shall be equivalent to the least restrictive 10 license issued under section 481A.38 . The owner or the tenant 11 need not reside on the farm unit to qualify for a free license 12 to hunt on that farm unit. The free turkey hunting licenses 13 issued pursuant to this paragraph shall be valid and may be 14 used during any bow or firearm established turkey hunting 15 season using the method of take authorized by rule for each 16 season being hunted. If a tag is filled during one of the 17 seasons, the license will not be valid in subsequent seasons . 18 c. Upon written application on forms furnished by the 19 department, the department shall issue annually without fee two 20 deer hunting licenses, one antlered or any sex deer hunting 21 license and one antlerless deer only deer hunting license, to 22 the owner of a farm unit or a member of the owner’s family, 23 but only a total of two licenses for both, and to the tenant 24 of a farm unit or a member of the tenant’s family, but only 25 a total of two licenses for both. The deer hunting licenses 26 issued shall be valid only for use on the farm unit for which 27 the applicant applies pursuant to this paragraph. The owner 28 or the tenant need not reside on the farm unit to qualify for 29 the free deer hunting licenses to hunt on that farm unit. The 30 free deer hunting licenses issued pursuant to this paragraph 31 shall be valid and may be used during any bow or firearm 32 established deer hunting season using the method of take 33 authorized by rule for each season being hunted. If a tag is 34 filled during one of the seasons, the license will not be valid 35 -1- LSB 1105XS (4) 88 js/rn 1/ 2
S.F. 50 in subsequent seasons . The licenses may be used to harvest 1 deer in two different seasons. In addition, a person who 2 receives a free deer hunting license pursuant to this paragraph 3 shall pay a one dollar fee for each license that shall be used 4 and is appropriated for the purpose of deer herd population 5 management, including assisting with the cost of processing 6 deer donated to the help us stop hunger program administered 7 by the commission. 8 EXPLANATION 9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 10 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 11 Current law allows an owner or tenant of a farm unit or 12 a member of that person’s family who receives a wild turkey 13 license for use on that person’s farm unit to use the license 14 during any bow or firearm turkey hunting season. An owner or 15 tenant of a farm unit or a member of that person’s family who 16 receives a deer hunting license for use on that person’s farm 17 unit may use the license during any bow or firearm deer hunting 18 season. 19 This bill allows an owner or tenant of a farm unit or a 20 member of that person’s family to use on the farm unit a wild 21 turkey hunting license during any established turkey hunting 22 season and a deer hunting license during any established deer 23 hunting season using the method of take authorized by rule for 24 the respective season being hunted. A tag filled during one of 25 the seasons will not be valid in subsequent seasons. 26 -2- LSB 1105XS (4) 88 js/rn 2/ 2
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