Bill Text: IA SF531 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing crop loss deer hunting permits and seasons.(Formerly SSB 1184.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-06-05 - Referred to Natural Resources and Environment. S.J. 1092. [SF531 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF531-Introduced.html
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Introduced
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
NATURAL
RESOURCES
AND
ENVIRONMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1184)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
crop
loss
deer
hunting
permits
and
seasons.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
481C.2B
Crop
loss
deer
hunting
1
permits.
2
1.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“family
member”
,
“farm
3
unit”
,
“owner”
,
and
“tenant”
mean
the
same
as
defined
in
section
4
483A.24.
5
2.
An
owner,
tenant,
or
family
member
may
apply
to
receive
6
crop
loss
deer
hunting
permits
and
tags
for
use
on
the
owner’s
7
farm
unit.
An
application
shall
be
accompanied
with
proof
of
8
substantial
yield
loss
due
to
deer,
which
may
be
demonstrated
9
with
a
yield
map
or
photographs.
Upon
application,
the
10
department
shall
issue
at
no
cost
crop
loss
deer
hunting
11
permits
and
tags
pursuant
to
this
section.
12
3.
The
department
shall
establish
an
early
split
crop
13
loss
deer
hunting
season
that
shall
encompass
the
months
14
of
September
and
October
and
a
late
split
crop
loss
deer
15
hunting
season
that
shall
encompass
the
months
of
November
and
16
December.
The
department
shall
issue
twelve
crop
loss
deer
17
hunting
tags
for
use
on
the
farm
unit
with
six
crop
loss
deer
18
hunting
tags
issued
during
each
split
season.
Crop
loss
deer
19
hunting
tags
issued
for
the
early
split
season
that
remain
20
unfilled
at
the
conclusion
of
the
early
split
season
may
be
21
used
in
the
late
split
season.
22
4.
Tags
issued
pursuant
to
this
section
may
be
transferred
23
to
another
resident
for
use
on
the
farm
unit.
A
resident
is
24
eligible
to
receive
tags
pursuant
to
this
subsection
if
the
25
resident
has
purchased
the
licenses
and
paid
the
fees
described
26
in
section
483A.8,
subsection
1.
27
5.
A
person
may
use
any
legal
method
of
take
when
hunting
28
with
a
permit
issued
pursuant
to
this
section.
29
6.
A
person
shall
only
take
antlerless
deer
when
hunting
30
with
a
permit
issued
pursuant
to
this
section.
31
7.
Receiving
a
permit
or
tag
pursuant
to
this
section
does
32
not
prohibit
the
recipient
from
receiving
any
other
lawfully
33
issued
permit,
license,
or
tag.
34
EXPLANATION
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The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
1
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
2
This
bill
establishes
crop
loss
deer
hunting
permits
and
3
seasons.
The
bill
allows
an
owner
or
tenant
of
a
farm
unit,
4
or
a
family
member
of
the
owner
or
tenant,
to
apply
to
receive
5
crop
loss
deer
hunting
permits
and
tags
for
use
on
the
owner’s
6
farm
unit.
An
application
shall
be
accompanied
with
proof
of
7
substantial
yield
loss
due
to
deer.
Upon
application,
the
8
department
of
natural
resources
shall
issue
a
crop
loss
deer
9
hunting
permit
and
tags
for
use
on
the
farm
unit.
Six
crop
10
loss
deer
hunting
tags
are
available
for
use
during
an
early
11
split
crop
loss
deer
hunting
season,
which
shall
encompass
the
12
months
of
September
and
October,
and
six
crop
loss
deer
hunting
13
tags
are
available
for
use
during
a
late
split
crop
loss
deer
14
hunting
season,
which
shall
encompass
the
months
of
November
15
and
December.
Tags
that
remain
unfilled
at
the
conclusion
of
16
the
early
split
season
may
be
used
in
the
late
split
season.
17
Tags
issued
pursuant
to
the
bill
may
be
transferred
to
18
another
resident
hunter
for
use
on
the
farm
unit.
A
person
19
may
use
any
legal
method
of
take
when
hunting
with
a
permit
20
issued
pursuant
to
the
bill,
but
shall
only
take
antlerless
21
deer.
Receiving
a
permit
or
tag
pursuant
to
the
bill
does
not
22
prohibit
the
recipient
from
receiving
any
other
lawfully
issued
23
permit,
license,
or
tag.
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