Bill Text: IA SSB1079 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act creating a lifetime fur harvester license for disabled veterans.(See SF 253.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-10 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 253. [SSB1079 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-SSB1079-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1079
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
NATURAL
RESOURCES
AND
ENVIRONMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SWEENEY)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
creating
a
lifetime
fur
harvester
license
for
disabled
1
veterans.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
483A.24,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
16A.
Upon
payment
of
a
fee
established
3
by
rules
adopted
pursuant
to
section
483A.1
for
a
lifetime
4
fur
harvester
license,
the
department
shall
issue
a
lifetime
5
fur
harvester
license
to
a
resident
of
Iowa
who
has
served
in
6
the
armed
forces
of
the
United
States
on
federal
active
duty
7
and
who
was
disabled
during
that
veteran’s
military
service.
8
The
department
shall
prepare
an
application
to
be
used
by
a
9
person
requesting
a
lifetime
fur
harvester
license
under
this
10
subsection.
The
department
of
veterans
affairs
shall
assist
11
the
department
in
verifying
the
status
or
claims
of
applicants
12
under
this
subsection.
As
used
in
this
subsection,
“disabled”
13
means
entitled
to
a
service
connected
rating
under
38
U.S.C.
14
ch.
11.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
creates
a
lifetime
fur
harvester
license
for
a
19
resident
of
Iowa
who
has
served
in
the
armed
forces
of
the
20
United
States
on
federal
active
duty
and
who
was
disabled,
as
21
defined
in
the
bill,
during
that
veteran’s
military
service.
22
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
natural
resources
(DNR)
to
23
establish
a
fee
by
rule
for
the
lifetime
fur
harvester
license
24
and
prepare
an
application
to
be
used
by
a
person
requesting
25
a
lifetime
fur
harvester
license.
The
department
of
veterans
26
affairs
shall
assist
DNR
in
verifying
the
status
or
claims
of
27
applicants.
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