ElkHunter
Life Member
IOWA BOWHUNTERS ASSOCIATION
LEGISLATIVE NEWSLETTER
No. 5, 2/15/2008
Abbreviations... H=House, S=Senate, HF=House File, SF=Senate File, HSB=House Study Bill, SSB=Senate Study Bill, CR=Concurrent Resolution, JR=Joint Resolution, NRC=Natural Resource (& Env. in the Senate) Comm., HEPC=House Environment Protection Comm., CC= Commerce Comm., LGC=Local Gov’t. Comm., EdC=Education Comm., TC=Transportation Comm., SGC=State Gov’t. Comm., WMC=Ways & Means Comm., AC=Appropriations Comm., JC=Judiciary Comm., AgC=Ag. Comm., AgNRAS-Ag. & Natural Resources Appropriation Subcommittee (a joint Senate & House subcomm.), SB=Small Business & Economic Dev. (& Tourism in the Senate) Comm, HPSC=House Public Safety Comm.
The phone number to reach your Senator is 515/281-3371 & for your Representative is 515/281-3221. To access bills, E-Mail address for legislators, & other info on the Internet go to http://www.legis.state.ia.us
SUSTAINABLE FUNDING COMMITTEE. No bill introduced as yet.
<span style="color: #FF0000"> At the bottom of most bills is a short explaintion on where the legislation now stands. As you can see much of the legislation will be dicussed in SNRC meeting. Members of Senate Natural Resource Committee need to hear from all hunters </span>
<span style="color: #FF0000"> DEER BILL IN THE SENATE. There are numerous deer bills in the SNRC. Committee Chair Black asked that a group of stakeholders develop a bill that can address the major issues of concern. Groups that will be included will be: Iowa Bowhunters, Iowa Conservation Alliance, DNR, Farm Bureau, etc.</span>
NAT. RESOURCES, OUTDOOR REC, Etc. …
HF 2006, SF 2144, DESTINATION PARK DEER LICENSES. Allows the DNR to issue 500 non-resident deer licenses for use in destination parks (Honey Creek at Rathbun is the only park presently). Allows the NRC to set the costs and seasons for such licenses. HNR subcom-Davitt, Arnold, Reichert. SNR subcom-Dearden, Black, Gaskill.
HF 2007, THANKSGIVING DEER LICENSES. Authorizes the DNR to issue non-resident antlerless deer licenses from Wednesday to Sunday through the Thanksgiving holiday for $51 if there are any unsold non-resident licenses for other antlerless seasons. HNR subcom-Reichert, Baudler, Davitt.
HF 2029, SF 2143, HF 2068, FARM HUNTING RIGHTS. Allows a farm owner, or family member, including non-residents, to hunt, fish or trap on the land without a license, and to be eligible for special licenses to hunt turkeys or deer on the farm. Includes owners who rent the land. HNR subcom-D. Taylor, Lykam, Van Engelenhoven. Unlikely to be debated. <span style="color: #FF0000">Will delete until further action. Issue to be discussed by SNRC deer committee. Will delete. </span>
HF 2052, SF 2145, FREE LANDOWNER/TENANT DEER LICENSES. Requires the DNR to annually issue one free any sex deer hunting license to an owner or tenant of a farm for the first 40 acres and one antlerless license for each additional 40 acres of the farm unit. The licenses are valid only on the farm unit, are valid and may be used during any shotgun deer season or in two different seasons. The licenses are transferable and may be given or sold by the owner or tenant, without prior notice to the DNR, to any resident or nonresident hunter who is otherwise qualified to hunt deer in this state. A person who receives the free license must pay the $1 fee that assists with processing deer donated to the help us stop hunger program. HNR subcom-Whitaker, Rayhons, Whitead. <span style="color: #FF0000"> The H subcom reviewed a amendment that contained the items that Farm Bureau wants to see regarding the DNR’s depredation program. The Bureau wants to see recommendations from a January stakeholder group (farmers, hunters, tree growers, etc.) place in the Code rather than rules. Conservation groups and the DNR objected to items that allows the use of depredation tags in all seasons, to allow free landowner tags to be transferred but not sold, the use of centerfire rifles during the gun season in the lower two tiers of counties, and the transfer language of depredation tags (this is how the process will work under the new system). The amendment will be redrafted. SF to be discussed by SNRC deer committee.</span>
HF 2084, SF 2086, NONRESIDENT DEER & TURKEY LICENSES FOR THE DISABLED. Authorizes the DNR to issue special nonresident turkey and any-sex deer licenses to nonresidents who have a severe physical disability or a terminal illness. Requires a physician to sign a declaration that the applicant has a severe physical disability or a terminal illness. The licenses are in addition to the number of nonresident turkey licenses authorized by 483A.7 and nonresident deer licenses authorized pursuant by 483A.8. The licenses are valid in all applicable zones and any applicable hunting season. The nonresident must be qualified to hunt in this state and pay the applicable nonresident turkey or deer license fee and the wildlife habitat fee. There is no limit on the number of licenses available in the bill. HNR subcom-Davitt, Mertz, Rasmussen. SNR subcom-Dearden, Black, Gaskill.
HF 2093, MILITARY HUNTER SAFETY CERTIFICATION. Requires the DNR to certify the completion of a hunter safety course for a member of the armed forces, or a person honorably discharged, who has passed a weapons proficiency test. HNR subcom-Bailey, Wenthe, Baudler.
HF 2177 (formerly HF 2048), DEER TRANSPORTATION TAGS. Requires deer transport tags be affixed to the antlers of an antlered deer. Currently, by rule, the tag is only required to be attached to the deer carcass. Passed the H, goes to the S.
HF 2184, HUNTING RESIDENCY. Requires that a person live in Iowa for 180 days and have an Iowa driver’s license or ID in order to apply for a resident hunting or fishing license. Strikes a voter registration as a criteria that establishes residency. HNR subcom-Bailey, Arnold, T. Taylor.
HF 2199, MUZZLELOADING HUNTING. Require the DNR to adopt a rule allowing any member of a deer hunting party using muzzleloading firearms to tag a deer in that person's name, regardless of who actually shot the deer during the late muzzleloading season. HNR subcom-Whitaker, Baudler, Mertz. <span style="color: #FF0000">The subcommittee postponed action on the bill indefinitely. Will delete. </span>
HF 2203, LIME GREEN HUNTING CLOTHING. Allows a person hunting deer with a firearm or a person hunting upland game birds the option of wearing specified apparel that is blaze orange or high-visibility lime green. HNR subcom-Whitead, Arnold, Wenthe.
SF 2025, SHOOTING PROHIBITIONS. Applies the prohibition against firing a gun within 200 yards of a building inhabited by people or domestic livestock to maintained grounds immediately surrounding such a building. SNR subcom-Dearden, Black, Gaskill.
SF 2127, NONRESIDENT DEER LICENSES. Requires a nonresident deer hunter to purchase two antlerless licenses with the purchase of an antlered or any sex license and to take two antlerless deer before taking any other deer. Reduces the cost of an antlerless license to $50. Increases the number of non-resident licenses to $12,000. SNR subcom- Dearden, Black, Lundby.
SF 2142, DEER DEPREDATION PERMITS. Requires the NRC to adopt rules that deer depredation permits issued to farmers to shoot deer that are causing excessive crop damage are freed, and are transferable without notice. SNR subcom- Dearden, Black, Gaskill. <span style="color: #FF0000">Issue to be discussed by SNRC deer committee. Will delete. </span>
SSB 3176, DEER DEPREDATION MATTERS. Specifically includes representatives from farm organizations, ISU and DALS on the farmer advisory committee for deer depredation. Includes in the wild animal depredation program damage to crops, horticultural products, trees and nurseries. Requires the NRC to issue certain deer depredation permits and requires that any deer killed with such a permit use the deer harvesting reporting system. Directs the DNR to make information about deer depredation programs available to the public, to farmers, and to farm and commodity organizations, by June 30, 2008. SNR subcom-Dearden, Black, Gaskill. Issue to be discussed by SNRC deer committee. Will delete.
SSB 3177, DEER LICENSES. Requires the NRC to hold a drawing for nonresident antlered and any sex licenses when the applications for those licenses exceed availability. Gives preference to people who have harvested a deer on an antlerless license or depredation permit. Allows a farm license to be used in any deer-hunting season or during an additional season from Sep 1-30. Allows a farm license to be transferred, but not sold, to a hunter using the land with permission. SNR subcom-Dearden, Black, Gaskill. <span style="color: #FF0000">Issue to be discussed by SNRC deer committee. Will delete. </span>
LEGISLATIVE NEWSLETTER
No. 5, 2/15/2008
Abbreviations... H=House, S=Senate, HF=House File, SF=Senate File, HSB=House Study Bill, SSB=Senate Study Bill, CR=Concurrent Resolution, JR=Joint Resolution, NRC=Natural Resource (& Env. in the Senate) Comm., HEPC=House Environment Protection Comm., CC= Commerce Comm., LGC=Local Gov’t. Comm., EdC=Education Comm., TC=Transportation Comm., SGC=State Gov’t. Comm., WMC=Ways & Means Comm., AC=Appropriations Comm., JC=Judiciary Comm., AgC=Ag. Comm., AgNRAS-Ag. & Natural Resources Appropriation Subcommittee (a joint Senate & House subcomm.), SB=Small Business & Economic Dev. (& Tourism in the Senate) Comm, HPSC=House Public Safety Comm.
The phone number to reach your Senator is 515/281-3371 & for your Representative is 515/281-3221. To access bills, E-Mail address for legislators, & other info on the Internet go to http://www.legis.state.ia.us
SUSTAINABLE FUNDING COMMITTEE. No bill introduced as yet.
<span style="color: #FF0000"> At the bottom of most bills is a short explaintion on where the legislation now stands. As you can see much of the legislation will be dicussed in SNRC meeting. Members of Senate Natural Resource Committee need to hear from all hunters </span>
<span style="color: #FF0000"> DEER BILL IN THE SENATE. There are numerous deer bills in the SNRC. Committee Chair Black asked that a group of stakeholders develop a bill that can address the major issues of concern. Groups that will be included will be: Iowa Bowhunters, Iowa Conservation Alliance, DNR, Farm Bureau, etc.</span>
NAT. RESOURCES, OUTDOOR REC, Etc. …
HF 2006, SF 2144, DESTINATION PARK DEER LICENSES. Allows the DNR to issue 500 non-resident deer licenses for use in destination parks (Honey Creek at Rathbun is the only park presently). Allows the NRC to set the costs and seasons for such licenses. HNR subcom-Davitt, Arnold, Reichert. SNR subcom-Dearden, Black, Gaskill.
HF 2007, THANKSGIVING DEER LICENSES. Authorizes the DNR to issue non-resident antlerless deer licenses from Wednesday to Sunday through the Thanksgiving holiday for $51 if there are any unsold non-resident licenses for other antlerless seasons. HNR subcom-Reichert, Baudler, Davitt.
HF 2029, SF 2143, HF 2068, FARM HUNTING RIGHTS. Allows a farm owner, or family member, including non-residents, to hunt, fish or trap on the land without a license, and to be eligible for special licenses to hunt turkeys or deer on the farm. Includes owners who rent the land. HNR subcom-D. Taylor, Lykam, Van Engelenhoven. Unlikely to be debated. <span style="color: #FF0000">Will delete until further action. Issue to be discussed by SNRC deer committee. Will delete. </span>
HF 2052, SF 2145, FREE LANDOWNER/TENANT DEER LICENSES. Requires the DNR to annually issue one free any sex deer hunting license to an owner or tenant of a farm for the first 40 acres and one antlerless license for each additional 40 acres of the farm unit. The licenses are valid only on the farm unit, are valid and may be used during any shotgun deer season or in two different seasons. The licenses are transferable and may be given or sold by the owner or tenant, without prior notice to the DNR, to any resident or nonresident hunter who is otherwise qualified to hunt deer in this state. A person who receives the free license must pay the $1 fee that assists with processing deer donated to the help us stop hunger program. HNR subcom-Whitaker, Rayhons, Whitead. <span style="color: #FF0000"> The H subcom reviewed a amendment that contained the items that Farm Bureau wants to see regarding the DNR’s depredation program. The Bureau wants to see recommendations from a January stakeholder group (farmers, hunters, tree growers, etc.) place in the Code rather than rules. Conservation groups and the DNR objected to items that allows the use of depredation tags in all seasons, to allow free landowner tags to be transferred but not sold, the use of centerfire rifles during the gun season in the lower two tiers of counties, and the transfer language of depredation tags (this is how the process will work under the new system). The amendment will be redrafted. SF to be discussed by SNRC deer committee.</span>
HF 2084, SF 2086, NONRESIDENT DEER & TURKEY LICENSES FOR THE DISABLED. Authorizes the DNR to issue special nonresident turkey and any-sex deer licenses to nonresidents who have a severe physical disability or a terminal illness. Requires a physician to sign a declaration that the applicant has a severe physical disability or a terminal illness. The licenses are in addition to the number of nonresident turkey licenses authorized by 483A.7 and nonresident deer licenses authorized pursuant by 483A.8. The licenses are valid in all applicable zones and any applicable hunting season. The nonresident must be qualified to hunt in this state and pay the applicable nonresident turkey or deer license fee and the wildlife habitat fee. There is no limit on the number of licenses available in the bill. HNR subcom-Davitt, Mertz, Rasmussen. SNR subcom-Dearden, Black, Gaskill.
HF 2093, MILITARY HUNTER SAFETY CERTIFICATION. Requires the DNR to certify the completion of a hunter safety course for a member of the armed forces, or a person honorably discharged, who has passed a weapons proficiency test. HNR subcom-Bailey, Wenthe, Baudler.
HF 2177 (formerly HF 2048), DEER TRANSPORTATION TAGS. Requires deer transport tags be affixed to the antlers of an antlered deer. Currently, by rule, the tag is only required to be attached to the deer carcass. Passed the H, goes to the S.
HF 2184, HUNTING RESIDENCY. Requires that a person live in Iowa for 180 days and have an Iowa driver’s license or ID in order to apply for a resident hunting or fishing license. Strikes a voter registration as a criteria that establishes residency. HNR subcom-Bailey, Arnold, T. Taylor.
HF 2199, MUZZLELOADING HUNTING. Require the DNR to adopt a rule allowing any member of a deer hunting party using muzzleloading firearms to tag a deer in that person's name, regardless of who actually shot the deer during the late muzzleloading season. HNR subcom-Whitaker, Baudler, Mertz. <span style="color: #FF0000">The subcommittee postponed action on the bill indefinitely. Will delete. </span>
HF 2203, LIME GREEN HUNTING CLOTHING. Allows a person hunting deer with a firearm or a person hunting upland game birds the option of wearing specified apparel that is blaze orange or high-visibility lime green. HNR subcom-Whitead, Arnold, Wenthe.
SF 2025, SHOOTING PROHIBITIONS. Applies the prohibition against firing a gun within 200 yards of a building inhabited by people or domestic livestock to maintained grounds immediately surrounding such a building. SNR subcom-Dearden, Black, Gaskill.
SF 2127, NONRESIDENT DEER LICENSES. Requires a nonresident deer hunter to purchase two antlerless licenses with the purchase of an antlered or any sex license and to take two antlerless deer before taking any other deer. Reduces the cost of an antlerless license to $50. Increases the number of non-resident licenses to $12,000. SNR subcom- Dearden, Black, Lundby.
SF 2142, DEER DEPREDATION PERMITS. Requires the NRC to adopt rules that deer depredation permits issued to farmers to shoot deer that are causing excessive crop damage are freed, and are transferable without notice. SNR subcom- Dearden, Black, Gaskill. <span style="color: #FF0000">Issue to be discussed by SNRC deer committee. Will delete. </span>
SSB 3176, DEER DEPREDATION MATTERS. Specifically includes representatives from farm organizations, ISU and DALS on the farmer advisory committee for deer depredation. Includes in the wild animal depredation program damage to crops, horticultural products, trees and nurseries. Requires the NRC to issue certain deer depredation permits and requires that any deer killed with such a permit use the deer harvesting reporting system. Directs the DNR to make information about deer depredation programs available to the public, to farmers, and to farm and commodity organizations, by June 30, 2008. SNR subcom-Dearden, Black, Gaskill. Issue to be discussed by SNRC deer committee. Will delete.
SSB 3177, DEER LICENSES. Requires the NRC to hold a drawing for nonresident antlered and any sex licenses when the applications for those licenses exceed availability. Gives preference to people who have harvested a deer on an antlerless license or depredation permit. Allows a farm license to be used in any deer-hunting season or during an additional season from Sep 1-30. Allows a farm license to be transferred, but not sold, to a hunter using the land with permission. SNR subcom-Dearden, Black, Gaskill. <span style="color: #FF0000">Issue to be discussed by SNRC deer committee. Will delete. </span>