Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1384
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 14-8-2-71.5; IC 14-22-12-1.5.
Synopsis: Hunting licenses for disabled veterans. Creates a new
disabled veteran hunting license bundle that includes a discounted
yearly deer hunting license and turkey hunting license.
Effective: July 1, 2025.
Fleming, Abbott, Bartlett, Bartels
January 11, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources.
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Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1384
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
natural and cultural resources.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 14-8-2-71.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
2 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
3 1, 2025]: Sec. 71.5. "Disabled veteran deer and turkey hunting
4 license bundle", for purposes of IC 14-22-12, has the meaning set
5 forth in IC 14-22-12-1.5(c).
6 SECTION 2. IC 14-22-12-1.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.151-2012,
7 SECTION 20, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
8 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1.5. (a) As used in this section, "qualified
9 individual" means an individual who:
10 (1) is a resident of Indiana;
11 (2) has served in the armed forces of the United States; and
12 (3) has a service connected disability, as evidenced by:
13 (A) records of the United States Department of Veterans
14 Affairs; or
15 (B) disability retirement benefits awarded to the individual
16 under laws administered by the United States Department of
17 Defense.
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1 (b) A qualified individual is entitled to reduced fee hunting and
2 fishing licenses under this section.
3 (c) As used in this section, "disabled veteran deer and turkey
4 hunting license bundle" means a license sold to a qualified
5 individual who bundles the following licenses:
6 (1) A resident yearly license to take a deer with a shotgun,
7 muzzle loading gun, rifle, or handgun.
8 (2) A resident yearly license to take a deer with a:
9 (A) bow and arrow; or
10 (B) crossbow and bolt.
11 (3) A resident yearly license to take a turkey in the spring
12 turkey season and a turkey in the fall turkey season.
13 (d) The disabled veteran deer and turkey hunting license bundle
14 allows an individual to take one (1) antlered deer and two (2)
15 antlerless deer or three (3) antlerless deer in the following seasons
16 combined in one (1) year:
17 (1) Archery.
18 (2) Firearms.
19 (3) Muzzleloader.
20 (4) Special antlerless only.
21 (c) (e) Each year a qualified individual may obtain:
22 (1) both:
23 (A) a resident yearly license to fish; and
24 (B) a resident yearly license to hunt; or
25 (2) a resident yearly license to hunt and fish;
26 by paying a reduced license fee of two dollars and seventy-five cents
27 ($2.75) instead of the fee prescribed by section 1 of this chapter.
28 (f) Each year a qualified individual may obtain a disabled
29 veteran deer and turkey hunting license bundle by paying a fee of
30 eighty dollars ($80).
31 (d) (g) Each decade a qualified individual may obtain:
32 (1) both:
33 (A) a resident license to fish that is valid for ten (10) years;
34 and
35 (B) a resident license to hunt that is valid for ten (10) years; or
36 (2) a resident license to hunt and fish that is valid for ten (10)
37 years;
38 by paying a reduced license fee of twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents
39 ($27.50).
40 (e) (h) An applicant for a reduced fee license under this section
41 must do the following:
42 (1) Request the license from:
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1 (A) the department;
2 (B) an agent appointed by the director under IC 14-22-11-3; or
3 (C) the clerk of the circuit court who is an authorized
4 representative of the department under IC 14-22-11-3 in the
5 county in which the individual resides.
6 (2) Present evidence that the applicant is a qualified individual.
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