Bill Text: IA SF424 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the allocation of special nonresident deer hunting licenses.(Formerly SF 293.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-25 - Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 359. [SF424 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-SF424-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
NATURAL
RESOURCES
AND
ENVIRONMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
293)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
allocation
of
special
nonresident
deer
1
hunting
licenses.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
483A.24,
subsection
3,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
Fifty
of
the
nonresident
deer
hunting
licenses
shall
3
be
allocated
as
determined
by
the
department
between
Iowa
4
conservation
organizations
and
the
governor
.
Of
the
fifty
5
nonresident
deer
hunting
licenses
allocated
under
this
6
paragraph,
forty
shall
be
allocated
to
Iowa
conservation
7
organizations,
as
determined
by
the
department,
and
ten
shall
8
be
allocated
to
the
governor.
The
governor
may
choose
to
9
accept
all,
part,
or
none
of
the
allocation.
Any
nonresident
10
deer
hunting
license
allocated
to
the
governor
that
is
not
11
accepted
by
September
1
of
the
year
in
which
the
allocation
is
12
made
shall
be
added
to
the
allocation
for
Iowa
conservation
13
organizations.
The
licenses
provided
pursuant
to
this
14
subsection
shall
be
in
addition
to
the
number
of
nonresident
15
licenses
authorized
pursuant
to
section
483A.8
.
The
purpose
of
16
the
special
nonresident
licenses
is
to
allow
state
officials
17
and
local
development
Iowa
conservation
groups
to
promote
18
the
state
and
its
natural
resources
to
nonresident
guests
19
and
dignitaries.
Photographs,
videotapes,
or
any
other
form
20
of
media
resulting
from
the
hunting
visitation
shall
not
21
be
used
for
political
campaign
purposes.
The
nonresident
22
licenses
shall
be
issued
without
application
upon
purchase
of
a
23
nonresident
annual
hunting
license
that
includes
the
wildlife
24
habitat
fee
and
the
purchase
of
a
nonresident
deer
hunting
25
license.
The
licenses
are
valid
in
all
zones
open
to
deer
26
hunting.
The
hunter
education
certificate
requirement
pursuant
27
to
section
483A.27
is
waived
for
a
nonresident
issued
a
license
28
pursuant
to
this
subsection
.
For
purposes
of
this
paragraph,
29
“conservation
organization”
means
an
organization
that
is
30
incorporated
and
managed
pursuant
to
chapter
504
and
whose
31
mission
emphasizes
natural
resource
conservation
or
supports
32
science-based
natural
resource
management.
A
local
or
state
33
chapter
or
division
of
a
national
or
international
conservation
34
organization
shall
qualify
as
a
conservation
organization.
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EXPLANATION
1
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
2
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
3
This
bill
relates
to
the
allocation
of
special
nonresident
4
deer
hunting
licenses.
5
Under
current
law,
the
director
of
the
department
of
natural
6
resources
allocates
50
nonresident
deer
hunting
licenses
for
7
the
purpose
of
allowing
state
officials
and
local
development
8
groups
to
promote
the
state
and
its
natural
resources
to
9
nonresident
guests
and
dignitaries.
10
The
bill
changes
the
allocation
and
purpose
of
the
50
11
nonresident
hunting
licenses
by
allocating
40
of
the
licenses
12
to
Iowa
conservation
organizations
and
10
of
the
licenses
13
to
the
governor
for
the
purpose
of
allowing
state
officials
14
and
Iowa
conservation
groups
to
promote
the
state
and
its
15
natural
resources
to
nonresident
guests
and
dignitaries.
The
16
bill
allows
the
governor
to
accept
all,
part,
or
none
of
the
17
allocation.
Any
nonresident
deer
hunting
license
not
accepted
18
by
the
governor
by
September
1
is
added
to
the
allocation
for
19
Iowa
conservation
organizations.
20
The
bill
defines
“conservation
organization”
as
an
21
organization
that
is
incorporated
and
managed
pursuant
22
to
Code
chapter
504
and
whose
mission
emphasizes
natural
23
resource
conservation
or
supports
science-based
natural
24
resource
management.
Under
the
bill,
a
local
or
state
chapter
25
or
division
of
a
national
or
international
conservation
26
organization
qualifies
as
a
conservation
organization.
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