Iowa Code
Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS
Section 483A.54 - Nonliability of the state and its officials.

483A.54 Nonliability of the state and its officials.
1. Bonds issued are special limited obligations of the commission and are not a debt or liability of the state or any other political subdivision within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation and are not a pledge of the state’s credit or taxing power within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation or provision and, except as provided in this subchapter, an appropriation shall not be made, directly or indirectly, by the state or any political subdivision of the state for the payment of bonds. The bonds are special obligations of the commission payable solely from the wildlife habitat bond fund. Funds from the general fund of the state shall not be used to pay interest or principal on the bonds if revenues deposited in the wildlife habitat bond fund are insufficient.
2. The members of the commission or other person executing the bonds is not personally liable for the payment of the bonds. The bonds are valid and binding obligations of the commission notwithstanding the fact that before the delivery of the bonds any of the officers whose signatures appear on the bonds cease to be officers of the state. From and after the sale and delivery of the bonds, they shall be incontestable by the commission.
86 Acts, ch 1231, §6
C87, §110.54
C93, §483A.54
2014 Acts, ch 1026, §112

Structure Iowa Code

Iowa Code

Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES

Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS

Section 483A.1 - Licenses — fees — rules.

Section 483A.1A - Definitions.

Section 483A.2 - Dual residency.

Section 483A.3 - Wildlife habitat fee.

Section 483A.3A - Fish habitat development funding.

Section 483A.3B - Game bird habitat development programs.

Section 483A.4 - “Permanent disability” defined.

Section 483A.5 - Fur harvester license.

Section 483A.6 - Trout fishing fee.

Section 483A.6A - Paddlefish fishing license and tag.

Section 483A.6B - Nonresident five-day hunting license — fee.

Section 483A.7 - Wild turkey hunting license and tag.

Section 483A.8 - Deer hunting license and tag.

Section 483A.8A - Deer and wild turkey harvest reporting system.

Section 483A.8B - Senior crossbow deer hunting licenses.

Section 483A.8C - Nonambulatory persons — deer hunting licenses.

Section 483A.9 - Blanks.

Section 483A.9A - Combination packages of licenses.

Section 483A.10 - Issuance of licenses.

Section 483A.11 - License agents.

Section 483A.12 - License agent responsibilities — fees and unused blanks — writing fee.

Section 483A.13 - Destroyed license blanks — accountability.

Section 483A.14 - Duplicate licenses and permits.

Section 483A.15 - Accounting.

Section 483A.16 - Duplicate issuance.

Section 483A.17 - Tenure of license.

Section 483A.18 - Form of licenses.

Section 483A.19 - Showing license document to officer.

Section 483A.20 - Reciprocity.

Section 483A.21 - Revocation or suspension.

Section 483A.22 - Record of revocation.

Section 483A.22A - Sale of license lists.

Section 483A.23 - Game birds or animals as pets.

Section 483A.24 - When license not required — special licenses.

Section 483A.24A - License refunds — military service.

Section 483A.24B - Special deer hunts.

Section 483A.24C - Deer depredation management agreements — permits.

Section 483A.25 - Pheasant and quail restoration program — appropriations.

Section 483A.26 - False claims.

Section 483A.27 - Hunter education program — license requirement.

Section 483A.27A - Apprentice hunters.

Section 483A.28 - Noncommercial harvest of aquatic species.

Section 483A.30 - Nonresident deer and turkey license fees.

Section 483A.31 - Reciprocal privileges authorized.

Section 483A.32 - Public nuisance.

Section 483A.33 - Disposition of property seized as public nuisance.

Section 483A.34 - Right to appeal.

Section 483A.35 - “Gun” defined.

Section 483A.36 - Manner of conveyance.

Section 483A.37 - Prohibited guns.

Section 483A.38 - Free fishing days.

Section 483A.39 - Bass fishing tournaments.

Section 483A.42 - Penalties.

Section 483A.50 - Definitions.

Section 483A.51 - Bonds issued by the commission.

Section 483A.52 - Additional powers of commission.

Section 483A.53 - Payment of bonds.

Section 483A.54 - Nonliability of the state and its officials.

Section 483A.55 - Bonds as legal investments.

Section 483A.56 - Rights of bondholders.