Bill Text: IA HF2369 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to taking fur-bearing animals without prior permission of the natural resource commission.(Formerly HF 2057.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-03-30 - Senate amendment H-8304 filed. H.J. 752. [HF2369 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2021-HF2369-Introduced.html
House File 2369 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2369 BY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2057) A BILL FOR An Act relating to taking fur-bearing animals without prior 1 permission of the natural resource commission. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5639HV (1) 89 js/rn
H.F. 2369 Section 1. Section 481A.87, Code 2022, is amended to read 1 as follows: 2 481A.87 Open seasons. 3 1. Except as otherwise provided, a person shall not take, 4 capture, kill, or have in possession a fur-bearing animal or 5 any of its parts at any time except during the open season as 6 set by the commission except where . 7 2. A person may kill, trap, or ensnare a fur-bearing 8 animal when the killing, trapping, or ensnaring is for the 9 protection of a person or public or private property with the 10 prior permission of a duly appointed representative of the 11 commission. If prior permission is impractical or impossible 12 to obtain and the fur-bearing animal represents a threat to a 13 person, domestic animal, or private property, the fur-bearing 14 animal may be taken without prior permission. 15 3. Prior permission is not required for taking a coyote, 16 raccoon, opossum, skunk, or groundhog if the taking is for 17 nuisance-control purposes. 18 4. All fur-bearing animals and all parts thereof taken as 19 provided in this section subsection 2 or 3 shall be disposed 20 of on the site or shall be relinquished to a representative of 21 the commission. 22 EXPLANATION 23 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 24 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 25 This bill relates to the taking of fur-bearing animals 26 without prior permission of the natural resource commission 27 (NRC). 28 Under current law, a person may kill, trap, or ensnare a 29 fur-bearing animal outside of the open season if the killing, 30 trapping, or ensnaring is for the protection of a person or 31 public or private property and with the prior permission of 32 a duly appointed representative of NRC. A person may take 33 a fur-bearing animal without receiving prior permission if 34 prior permission is impractical or impossible to obtain and the 35 -1- LSB 5639HV (1) 89 js/rn 1/ 2
H.F. 2369 fur-bearing animal represents a threat to a person, domestic 1 animal, or private property. 2 Under the bill, a person may take a coyote, raccoon, opossum, 3 skunk, or groundhog without receiving prior permission if the 4 taking is for nuisance-control purposes. Any fur-bearing 5 animal taken pursuant to an exception in Code section 481A.87 6 shall be disposed of onsite or shall be relinquished to a 7 representative of the commission. 8 -2- LSB 5639HV (1) 89 js/rn 2/ 2
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