Senate File 2205 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY KREIMAN
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to issuance of additional free deer hunting
2 licenses to owners and tenants of farm units.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 483A.24, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code
1 2 2009, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 c. (1) Upon written application on forms furnished by the
1 4 department, the department shall issue annually without fee two
1 5 deer hunting licenses, one antlered or any sex deer hunting
1 6 license and one antlerless deer only deer hunting license, to
1 7 the owner of a farm unit or a member of the owner's family,
1 8 but only a total of two licenses for both, and to the tenant
1 9 of a farm unit or a member of the tenant's family, but only
1 10 a total of two licenses for both. The deer hunting licenses
1 11 issued shall be valid only for use on the farm unit for which
1 12 the applicant applies pursuant to this paragraph subparagraph.
1 13 The owner or the tenant need not reside on the farm unit to
1 14 qualify for the free deer hunting licenses to hunt on that
1 15 farm unit. The free deer hunting licenses issued pursuant to
1 16 this paragraph subparagraph shall be valid and may be used
1 17 during any shotgun deer season. The licenses may be used to
1 18 harvest deer in two different seasons. In addition, a person
1 19 who receives a free deer hunting license pursuant to this
1 20 paragraph subparagraph shall pay a one dollar fee for each
1 21 license that shall be used and is appropriated for the purpose
1 22 of deer herd population management, including assisting with
1 23 the cost of processing deer donated to the help us stop hunger
1 24 program administered by the commission.
1 25 (2) In addition to the deer hunting licenses issued
1 26 without fee under subparagraph (1), upon written application
1 27 on forms furnished by the department, the department shall
1 28 issue annually without fee one any sex deer hunting license for
1 29 the first forty acres of a farm unit and one antlerless deer
1 30 hunting license for each additional forty acres of the farm
1 31 unit to the owner or tenant of the farm unit. The deer hunting
1 32 licenses issued shall be valid only for use on the farm unit
1 33 for which the applicant applies pursuant to this subparagraph.
1 34 The owner or the tenant need not reside on the farm unit to
1 35 qualify for the free deer hunting licenses. The free deer
2 1 hunting licenses issued pursuant to this subparagraph shall
2 2 be valid and may be used during any shotgun deer season. The
2 3 licenses may be used to harvest deer in two different seasons.
2 4 The licenses are transferable and may be given or sold by the
2 5 owner or tenant, without prior notice to the department, to a
2 6 resident or nonresident hunter who is otherwise qualified to
2 7 hunt deer in this state. In addition, a person who receives
2 8 a free deer hunting license pursuant to this subparagraph
2 9 shall pay a one dollar fee for each license that shall be used
2 10 and is appropriated for the purpose of deer herd population
2 11 management, including assisting with the cost of processing
2 12 deer donated to the help us stop hunger program administered
2 13 by the commission.
2 14 EXPLANATION
2 15 This bill relates to the issuance of additional free deer
2 16 hunting licenses to owners and tenants of farm units.
2 17 The bill requires the department of natural resources to
2 18 issue annually one free any sex deer hunting license to an
2 19 owner or tenant of a farm unit for the first 40 acres of the
2 20 farm unit and one anterless deer hunting license for each
2 21 additional 40 acres of the farm unit. The licenses are valid
2 22 only for use on the farm unit, are valid and may be used during
2 23 any shotgun deer season or in two different seasons. The
2 24 licenses are transferable and may be given or sold by the
2 25 owner or tenant, without prior notice to the department, to
2 26 a resident or nonresident hunter who is otherwise qualified
2 27 to hunt deer in this state. A person who receives the free
2 28 license must pay the $1 fee that assists with processing deer
2 29 donated to the help us stop hunger program.
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