Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title II - Licenses, Permits and Concession Contracts › Chapter 15 - General License Regulations › Rule 571-15.23 - Free Hunting and Fishing License for Low-income Persons 65 Years of Age and Older or Low-income Persons Who Are Permanently Disabled

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Purpose.
Pursuant to Iowa Code section
				483A.24(15),
				the department of natural resources will issue a free annual combination
				hunting and fishing license to low-income persons who meet the age status or
				permanently disabled status as defined.
(2)
Definitions.
"Age status"
means a person who has achieved
				  the sixty-fifth birthday.
"Low-income person"
means a person who is a
				  recipient of a program administered by the state department of human services
				  for persons who meet low-income guidelines.
"Permanently disabled"
means a person who
				  meets the definition in Iowa Code section
				  483A.4.
(3)
Procedure.
Each person
				shall apply to the department of natural resources for a license as follows:
a. Application shall be made on a form
				provided by the department and shall include the name, address, height, weight,
				color of eyes and hair, date of birth, and gender of the applicant. In
				addition, applicants shall include a copy of an official document such as a
				birth certificate if claiming age status, or a copy of an award letter from the
				Social Security Administration or private pension plan if claiming permanent
				disabled status. The application shall include an authorization allowing the
				department of health and human services to verify the applicant's household
				income if proof of income is provided through the department of health and
				human services.
b. The free annual
				hunting and fishing combination license will be issued by the department upon
				verification of program eligibility. The license issued under this rule will be
				valid until January 10 of the subsequent year. Proof of eligibility must be
				submitted each year in order to obtain a free license.
c. A person whose income falls below the
				federal poverty guidelines may apply for this license by providing either of
				the following:
(1) A current Notice of
				Decision letter. For purposes of this rule, a "current Notice of Decision
				letter" shall mean a letter from the department of health and human services
				dated in the month the application is received or dated in the five months
				immediately preceding the month the application is received that describes the
				applicant's monthly or annual household income.
(2) If a person does not have a Notice of
				Decision letter as described in subparagraph 15.23(3)
"c"
(1), a
				document shall be provided that states that the applicant's annual income does
				not exceed the federal poverty limit for the current year and lists income from
				all sources, including but not limited to any wages or compensation, social
				security, retirement income, dividends and interest, cash gifts, rents and
				royalties, or other cash income. In addition, the applicant shall provide
				documentation of such income by submitting a copy of the applicant's most
				recently filed state or federal income tax return to the department. In the
				event an applicant does not have a tax return that was filed within the last
				year because the applicant's income level does not require the filing of a tax
				return, the applicant shall so notify the department, shall provide to the
				department bank statements, social security statements or other relevant income
				documentation identified by the department, and shall meet with the department
				to verify income eligibility under this rule.
Federal poverty guidelines are published in February of each
				  year and will be the income standard for applicants from that time until the
				  guidelines are available in the subsequent year. The guidelines will be shown
				  on the application and will be available upon request from the
				  department.