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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
388
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
NATURAL
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
22)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
allocation
of
nonresident
deer
hunting
1
licenses.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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388
Section
1.
Section
483A.8,
subsection
3,
paragraph
e,
Code
1
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
e.
The
commission
shall
assign
one
preference
point
to
a
3
nonresident
whose
application
for
a
nonresident
antlered
or
any
4
sex
deer
hunting
license
is
denied
due
to
limitations
on
the
5
number
of
nonresident
antlered
or
any
sex
deer
hunting
licenses
6
available
for
issuance
that
year.
An
additional
preference
7
point
shall
be
assigned
to
that
person
each
subsequent
year
8
the
person’s
license
application
is
denied
for
that
reason.
A
9
nonresident
may
purchase
additional
preference
points
pursuant
10
to
rules
adopted
pursuant
to
section
483A.1
.
The
first
11
nonresident
antlered
or
any
sex
deer
hunting
license
drawing
12
each
year
shall
be
made
from
the
pool
of
applicants
with
the
13
most
preference
points
and
continue
to
pools
of
applicants
14
with
successively
fewer
preference
points
until
sixty-five
15
percent
of
all
available
nonresident
antlered
or
any
sex
deer
16
hunting
licenses
have
been
issued.
The
remaining
thirty-five
17
percent
of
nonresident
antlered
or
any
sex
deer
licenses
18
shall
be
distributed
by
a
random
drawing
of
applications
19
without
considering
preference
points
of
the
applicants.
If
20
a
nonresident
applicant
receives
an
antlered
or
any
sex
deer
21
hunting
license,
all
of
the
applicant’s
assigned
preference
22
points
at
that
time
shall
be
removed.
23
EXPLANATION
24
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
25
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
26
This
bill
relates
to
nonresident
deer
hunting
licenses
27
issued
by
the
natural
resource
commission
(NRC).
28
Currently,
NRC
authorizes
the
issuance
of
up
to
6,000
29
antlered
or
any
sex
deer
hunting
licenses
to
nonresidents.
30
Licenses
are
awarded
based
on
the
results
of
drawing
from
31
applicant
pools.
The
first
nonresident
antlered
or
any
32
sex
deer
hunting
license
drawing
is
made
from
the
pool
of
33
applicants
with
the
most
preference
points
and
continues
to
34
pools
of
applicants
with
successively
fewer
preference
points
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until
all
the
available
licenses
have
been
issued.
The
bill
1
retains
this
method
of
license
distribution,
but
only
until
2
65
percent
of
the
available
nonresident
antlered
or
any
sex
3
deer
hunting
licenses
have
been
issued.
The
bill
requires
4
the
remaining
35
percent
of
the
nonresident
antlered
or
any
5
sex
deer
hunting
licenses
to
be
distributed
through
a
random
6
drawing
of
all
the
applications
without
considering
the
7
preference
points
of
the
applicant.
Regardless
of
the
drawing
8
method,
once
a
nonresident
applicant
receives
a
license,
all
of
9
the
applicant’s
preference
points
are
removed.
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