Senate File 2204 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY KREIMAN
A BILL FOR
1 An Act allowing the issuance of special destination park deer
2 hunting licenses to nonresidents.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 483A.24, Code 2009, is amended by adding
1 2 the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 3A. The director may provide up to five
1 4 hundred nonresident deer hunting licenses for allocation as
1 5 destination park licenses. The licenses issued pursuant
1 6 to this subsection shall be in addition to the number of
1 7 nonresident licenses authorized pursuant to section 483A.8.
1 8 The purpose of the special nonresident licenses is to allow
1 9 the promotion of any state park designated by statute as a
1 10 destination park. The commission, by rule, shall determine
1 11 the cost for the licenses, and where and for what seasons
1 12 the licenses are valid. The licenses may be issued in
1 13 conjunction with the provision of lodging and other services by
1 14 a destination park as determined by the commission by rule.
1 15 EXPLANATION
1 16 This bill allows the director of the department of natural
1 17 resources to provide up to 500 nonresident deer hunting
1 18 licenses for allocation as destination park licenses.
1 19 The licenses issued are in addition to the nonresident
1 20 deer hunting licenses that are currently available under
1 21 Code section 483A.8. The purpose of the special nonresident
1 22 licenses is to allow the promotion of state parks that are
1 23 designated by statute as destination parks.
1 24 The natural resource commission is allowed, by rule,
1 25 to determine the cost for the licenses, where and for what
1 26 seasons the licenses are valid, and to issue the licenses in
1 27 conjunction with the provision of lodging and other services
1 28 by a destination park.
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