Bill Text: IA HF2343 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring the department of natural resources to conduct pheasant studies, contingent on outside funding, and including a repeal. Effective 7-1-12.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-04-27 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 894. [HF2343 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF2343-Enrolled.html
House
File
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AN
ACT
REQUIRING
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
NATURAL
RESOURCES
TO
CONDUCT
PHEASANT
STUDIES,
CONTINGENT
ON
OUTSIDE
FUNDING,
AND
INCLUDING
A
REPEAL.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
481A.6B
Pheasant
population
studies
——
reports.
1.
The
department,
in
cooperation
with
private
and
public
partners,
shall
conduct
a
multiyear
study
to
determine
the
effectiveness
of
stocking
wild
or
first-generation
pheasants
in
the
state.
2.
The
department,
in
cooperation
with
private
and
public
partners,
shall
stock
wild
or
first-generation
pheasants
in
an
area
with
suitable
pheasant
habitat
that
has
a
very
low
or
no
wild
pheasant
population.
The
rate
at
which
the
pheasant
population
changes
over
time
in
the
stocked
area
shall
be
compared
to
the
rate
of
change
in
another
area
where
no
pheasants
have
been
stocked.
Both
areas
shall
be
located
in
the
southern
half
of
the
state.
The
results
of
the
study
shall
be
published
and
made
available
to
the
public
at
the
conclusion
of
the
study.
3.
The
department
shall
collect
a
sufficient
amount
of
new
data
as
is
necessary
to
confirm
or
revise
population
parameters
used
by
the
department
to
predict
pheasant
population
change.
A
report
discussing
the
data
collected
and
the
changes
made
to
the
department’s
pheasant
population
prediction
model,
if
any,
shall
be
submitted
to
the
general
assembly
and
made
available
to
the
public
by
December
31,
2015.
4.
The
department,
in
cooperation
with
an
institution
under
the
control
of
the
state
board
of
regents,
shall
also
conduct
a
House
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2343,
p.
2
study
to
determine
the
economic
impact
of
pheasant
hunting
in
Iowa.
The
study
shall
focus
on
the
impact
to
rural
areas
of
the
state
and
to
small
communities.
A
report
on
the
results
of
the
study
shall
be
submitted
to
the
general
assembly
by
December
31,
2014.
5.
The
duties
imposed
in
this
section
are
contingent
on
the
receipt
of
outside
funding
by
the
department
sufficient
to
cover
the
costs
associated
with
the
studies
required.
6.
This
section
is
repealed
June
30,
2018.
______________________________
KRAIG
PAULSEN
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JOHN
P.
KIBBIE
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2343,
Eighty-fourth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2012
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor
