Bill Text: IA HF2310 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to certain trespassing violations and associated scheduled fines. (Formerly HF 2011.) Effective date: 07/01/2024.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-19 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 927. [HF2310 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2310-Enrolled.html
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File
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Enrolled
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File
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
CERTAIN
TRESPASSING
VIOLATIONS
AND
ASSOCIATED
SCHEDULED
FINES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
716.8,
subsection
5,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
5.
A
person
who
commits
a
trespass
while
hunting
deer
,
other
than
hunting
a
farm
deer
as
defined
in
section
170.1
or
preserve
whitetail
as
defined
in
section
484C.1
,
commits
a
simple
misdemeanor
punishable
as
a
scheduled
violation
under
section
805.8C,
subsection
12
.
A
peace
officer
shall
consider
arresting
and
may
arrest
the
person
under
section
805.9,
subsection
3
,
paragraph
“c”
,
if
the
person
refuses
to
leave
the
property
after
receiving
a
citation
or
immediately
returns
to
the
property
after
receiving
a
citation,
or
may
arrest
the
person
as
otherwise
provided
under
law.
The
person
shall
also
be
subject
to
civil
penalties
as
provided
in
sections
481A.130
and
481A.131
.
A
deer
Any
wildlife
taken
by
a
person
while
committing
such
a
trespass
shall
be
subject
to
seizure
as
provided
in
section
481A.12
.
House
File
2310,
p.
2
Sec.
2.
Section
805.8C,
subsection
12,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
12.
Trespassing
violations.
For
trespasses
punishable
under
section
716.8,
subsection
1
or
5
,
the
scheduled
fine
is
two
hundred
sixty
five
hundred
dollars
for
a
first
violation,
six
hundred
forty-five
one
thousand
dollars
for
a
second
violation,
and
one
thousand
two
hundred
eighty-five
five
hundred
dollars
for
a
third
or
subsequent
violation.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2310,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2024
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
