Senate Study Bill 3160 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON SWEENEY) A BILL FOR An Act relating to deer hunting licenses issued as a result of 1 a deer-motor vehicle collision. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5202XC (9) 90 lh/js
S.F. _____ Section 1. NEW SECTION . 483A.8D Deer-motor vehicle 1 collision license and tag. 2 1. As used in this section: 3 a. Deer-motor vehicle collision means an accident that 4 occurs on a roadway when a deer suddenly enters the path of a 5 motor vehicle and the motor vehicle strikes the deer. 6 b. Roadway means the same as defined in section 321.1. 7 2. Upon submission of a police report or an insurance 8 claim detailing a deer-motor vehicle collision in the state 9 and subsequent verification of the report by the department, 10 the department shall issue to a resident with a valid hunting 11 license involved in a deer-motor vehicle collision one free 12 antlerless deer only deer hunting license and tag to be used 13 by the resident in a current or upcoming hunting season, but 14 the license and tag shall expire fifteen months after issuance. 15 A resident using a license and tag issued pursuant to this 16 section may use any method of take authorized for the season 17 being hunted, subject to any other restrictions that may apply. 18 3. A resident who receives a free antlerless deer only 19 deer hunting license and tag under subsection 2 may transfer 20 the license and tag to a youth hunter. A resident may also 21 transfer the free antlerless deer only deer hunting license and 22 tag to the county recorders office of the residents county 23 for issuance and use in the county. The transferred licenses 24 and tags shall be issued at no cost to the county residents and 25 distributed at the discretion of the county recorders office. 26 4. This section shall not be construed to impose liability 27 on the state for damage to private property or bodily injury 28 resulting from a deer-motor vehicle collision. 29 EXPLANATION 30 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 31 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 32 This bill relates to deer hunting licenses issued as a result 33 of a deer-motor vehicle collision. 34 Under the bill, a resident with a valid hunting license who 35 -1- LSB 5202XC (9) 90 lh/js 1/ 2
S.F. _____ has been involved in a deer-motor vehicle collision may submit 1 a police report or insurance claim detailing the deer-motor 2 vehicle collision to the department of natural resources to 3 receive one free antlerless deer only deer hunting license 4 and tag to be used in a current or upcoming hunting season. 5 The license and tag shall expire 15 months after issuance. A 6 resident using a license and tag issued pursuant to the bill 7 may use any method of take authorized for the season being 8 hunted, subject to any other restrictions that may apply. 9 The bill authorizes a person who receives a free license and 10 tag under the bill to transfer the license and tag to a youth 11 hunter. A resident may also transfer the free deer license and 12 tag to the county recorders office for issuance and use in the 13 residents county. The transferred licenses and tags shall be 14 issued at the discretion of the recorders office and at no 15 cost to the county residents. 16 The bill shall not be construed to impose liability on the 17 state for damage to private property or bodily injury resulting 18 from a deer-motor vehicle collision. 19 -2- LSB 5202XC (9) 90 lh/js 2/ 2