Senate Study Bill 1079 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ 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: 3 TLSB 2415XC (2) 91 sb/js
S.F. _____ 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 veterans 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 explanations 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 veterans 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. 28 -1- LSB 2415XC (2) 91 sb/js 1/ 1