Iowa HF 2517: A bill for an act relating to the limits adopted for nonresident deer hunting licenses, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 2014.)

Bill Text

House File 2517 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE 2517
BY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR TO HF 2014)
A BILL FOR
An Act relating to the limits adopted for nonresident deer1
hunting licenses, and including effective date provisions.2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:3
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H.F. 2517
Section 1. Section 483A.8, subsection 3, paragraph c, Code1
2020, is amended to read as follows:2
c. The commission shall annually limit to between six3
thousand and eight thousand the number of nonresidents allowed4
to have antlered or any sex deer hunting licenses. Of the six5
thousand nonresident antlered or any sex deer hunting licenses6
issued, not more than thirty-five percent of the licenses shall7
be bow season licenses. After the six thousand antlered or8
any sex nonresident deer hunting licenses have been issued,9
all additional licenses shall be issued for antlerless deer10
only. The commission shall annually determine the number of11
nonresident antlerless deer only deer hunting licenses that12
will be available for issuance.13
Sec. 2. EMERGENCY RULES. The natural resource commission14
may adopt emergency rules under section 17A.4, subsection 3,15
and section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, to implement16
the provisions of this Act and the rules shall be effective17
immediately upon filing unless a later date is specified in the18
rules. Any rules adopted in accordance with this section shall19
also be published as a notice of intended action as provided20
in section 17A.4.21
Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate22
importance, takes effect upon enactment.23
EXPLANATION24
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with25
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.26
This bill relates to nonresident deer hunting licenses27
issued by the natural resource commission. Currently, the28
commission issues up to 6,000 antlered or any sex deer hunting29
licenses to nonresidents, which are allocated among zones based30
on deer populations. The bill requires the commission to31
annually limit the number of nonresident antlered or any sex32
deer hunting licenses available for issue to between 6,000 and33
8,000 licenses. The bill authorizes the commission to adopt34
emergency rules to implement the provisions of the bill. The35
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H.F. 2517
bill takes effect upon enactment.1
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