Bill Text: IA SF202 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to youth deer and youth wild turkey hunting licenses, and providing effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SF 47; See SF 610.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-02 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 610. S.J. 827. [SF202 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF202-Introduced.html
Senate
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
NATURAL
RESOURCES
AND
ENVIRONMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
47)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
youth
deer
and
youth
wild
turkey
hunting
1
licenses,
and
providing
effective
date
and
applicability
2
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
483A.8D
Youth
deer
and
youth
wild
1
turkey
hunting
licenses
——
cost
——
season
length.
2
1.
The
cost
for
a
youth
deer
hunting
license
shall
be
no
3
more
than
fifty
percent
of
the
cost
of
a
resident
deer
hunting
4
license,
as
provided
in
rules
adopted
pursuant
to
section
5
483A.1.
The
cost
for
a
youth
wild
turkey
hunting
license
shall
6
be
no
more
than
fifty
percent
of
the
cost
of
a
resident
wild
7
turkey
hunting
license,
as
provided
in
rules
adopted
pursuant
8
to
section
483A.1.
9
2.
The
department
shall
make
available
for
purchase
youth
10
deer
hunting
licenses
and
youth
wild
turkey
hunting
licenses
11
during
the
entire
calendar
year.
12
3.
Youth
wild
turkey
hunting
season
shall
last
for
the
nine
13
consecutive
days,
including
two
full
weekends,
immediately
14
prior
to
the
first
turkey
season
established
by
the
department
15
by
rule.
The
department
may
reduce
the
length
of
the
youth
16
wild
turkey
hunting
season
only
after
it
makes
a
report
17
available
to
the
public
on
the
department’s
internet
site
18
stating
the
biological
reason
such
a
reduction
is
necessary
and
19
only
after
it
eliminates
all
other
wild
turkey
hunting
seasons.
20
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
The
following,
being
deemed
of
21
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment:
22
The
section
of
this
Act
enacting
section
483A.8D,
subsection
23
3.
24
Sec.
3.
APPLICABILITY.
The
following
applies
on
or
after
25
the
effective
date
of
this
Act
to
any
youth
turkey
season
26
scheduled
during
the
2019
calendar
year:
27
The
section
of
this
Act
enacting
section
483A.8D,
subsection
28
3.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
The
department
of
natural
resources
currently
regulates
33
the
cost
and
availability
of
youth
deer
and
youth
wild
turkey
34
hunting
licenses
and
the
length
of
the
youth
wild
turkey
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hunting
season
by
rule.
This
bill
prohibits
the
department
1
from
establishing
a
cost
on
a
youth
deer
or
youth
wild
turkey
2
hunting
license
that
is
higher
than
50
percent
of
a
resident
3
deer
or
resident
wild
turkey
hunting
license,
respectively.
4
The
bill
also
requires
the
department
to
sell
youth
deer
and
5
youth
wild
turkey
hunting
licenses
during
the
entire
calendar
6
year.
Last,
the
bill
sets
the
season
length
for
the
youth
wild
7
turkey
hunting
season
at
nine
days.
The
department
may
shorten
8
the
season
only
after
it
submits
to
the
public
a
report
in
9
which
it
explains
the
biological
reason
why
reducing
the
length
10
of
the
season
is
necessary
and
only
after
it
eliminates
all
11
other
wild
turkey
hunting
seasons.
12
The
section
of
the
bill
establishing
the
length
of
youth
wild
13
turkey
hunting
season
at
nine
days
is
effective
upon
enactment
14
and
applies
to
any
youth
wild
turkey
hunting
season
scheduled
15
during
the
2019
calendar
year.
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