Bill Text: IA SF10 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to special landowner turkey hunting licenses.(See SF 148.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-29 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 148. S.J. 163. [SF10 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-SF10-Introduced.html
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BY
LOFGREN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
special
landowner
turkey
hunting
licenses.
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BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
483A.24,
subsection
2,
paragraph
b,
Code
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2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
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b.
Upon
written
application
on
forms
furnished
by
the
3
department,
the
department
shall
issue
annually
without
fee
one
4
wild
turkey
license
to
the
owner
of
a
farm
unit
or
to
a
member
5
of
the
owner’s
family,
but
not
to
both,
and
to
the
tenant
or
6
to
a
member
of
the
tenant’s
family,
but
not
to
both.
The
wild
7
turkey
hunting
licenses
issued
shall
be
valid
only
on
the
8
farm
unit
for
which
an
applicant
qualifies
pursuant
to
this
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subsection
and
shall
be
equivalent
to
the
least
restrictive
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license
issued
under
section
481A.38
.
The
owner
or
the
tenant
11
need
not
reside
on
the
farm
unit
to
qualify
for
a
free
license
12
to
hunt
on
that
farm
unit.
The
free
turkey
hunting
licenses
13
issued
pursuant
to
this
paragraph
shall
be
valid
and
may
be
14
used
during
any
bow
or
firearm
turkey
hunting
season
open
15
season
using
a
method
of
take
authorized
for
that
season,
16
subject
to
any
other
restrictions
that
may
apply,
without
first
17
designating
a
season
of
use
for
the
license
.
Each
license
18
issued
under
this
paragraph
authorizes
the
person
issued
the
19
license
to
harvest
one
wild
turkey.
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EXPLANATION
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The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
22
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
23
Under
current
law,
one
wild
turkey
license
without
fee
24
is
issued
to
each
owner
of
a
farm
unit
or
to
a
member
of
the
25
owner’s
family
and
to
the
tenant
of
the
farm
unit
or
a
member
of
26
the
tenant’s
family
for
use
on
that
farm
unit.
A
special
wild
27
turkey
hunting
license
is
valid
and
may
be
used
during
any
bow
28
or
firearm
turkey
hunting
season.
29
This
bill
allows
a
special
wild
turkey
hunting
license
to
be
30
used
during
any
open
season
using
the
method
of
take
authorized
31
for
use
during
that
season
and
authorizes
the
person
issued
the
32
license
to
harvest
only
one
turkey.
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