Bills › 89th General Assembly
Relating to deer hunting licenses available to nonresident hunters
Topics:Environment & natural resources
Same legislation: SF 2344
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 31, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 1, 2022
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 21, 2022
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
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What’s in it
This bill relates to deer hunting licenses available to nonresident hunters. Currently, the natural resource commission (NRC) issues up to 6,000 antlered or any sex deer hunting licenses to nonresidents. The bill increases that amount to 7,500. The bill requires NRC to make 750 of the antlered or any sex deer hunting licenses available to nonresident applicants who have zero preference points. A drawing for those licenses shall occur prior to a drawing in current law for applicants with the most preference points that continues to pools of applicants with successively fewer preference points until all available nonresident antlered or any sex deer hunting licenses have been issued.
Read the full explanation
The bill provides that if a nonresident hunting deer takes an antlerless deer in a zone that is above the population goal determined by NRC, then NRC will assign one preference point to the nonresident, which shall be in addition to any preference points purchased or acquired after failing to obtain an antlered or any sex deer hunting license from a drawing. The department of natural resources shall determine a method for verifying a harvest in a zone that is above the population goal.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Senate subcommittee
Named February 1, 2022. On February 8, 2022 it recommended passage.
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Fiscal note
Senate File 2344 will result in an increase of revenue of $954,000 annually to the Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund.
- Nonresident Deer Hunters, Preference Points · February 23, 2022
Nonpartisan cost estimates from the Legislative Services Agency’s Fiscal Services Division. The newest is first. Reading a fiscal note
Iowa Code it changes
Amends§483A.8
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Lobbying
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Similar bills
- SF 42 Relating to deer hunting licenses available to nonresident hunters90th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passageVery similar
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