Bill Text: IA HSB257 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the size requirement of a farm unit for purposes of receiving special turkey and deer hunting licenses.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-27 - Subcommittee Meeting: 03/04/2025 8:00AM House Lounge. [HSB257 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-HSB257-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
257
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
NATURAL
RESOURCES
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
WULF)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
size
requirement
of
a
farm
unit
for
1
purposes
of
receiving
special
turkey
and
deer
hunting
2
licenses.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
TLSB
2230YC
(2)
91
sb/js
H.F.
_____
Section
1.
Section
483A.24,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
1
subparagraph
(2),
subparagraph
division
(a),
Code
2025,
is
2
amended
to
read
as
follows:
3
(a)
Are
in
tracts
of
two
forty
or
more
contiguous
acres.
4
EXPLANATION
5
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
6
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
7
This
bill
relates
to
size
requirements
of
a
farm
unit
for
8
purposes
of
receiving
special
turkey
and
deer
hunting
licenses.
9
Under
current
Code
section
483A.24,
a
“farm
unit”
is
defined
10
to
include
parcels
of
land
in
tracts
of
two
or
more
contiguous
11
acres.
The
bill
amends
the
definition
of
“farm
unit”
to
12
require
the
inclusion
of
parcels
of
land
in
tracts
of
40
or
13
more
contiguous
acres.
Code
section
483A.24
authorizes
an
14
owner
or
tenant
of
a
farm
unit
to
receive
special
turkey
and
15
deer
hunting
licenses
for
use
on
the
farm
unit.
16
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LSB
2230YC
(2)
91
sb/js
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