Bill Text: IA HF2455 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act allowing the use of a leashed dog to track and retrieve a wounded deer and providing a penalty. (Formerly HF 657, HF 363.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2020-06-25 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 791. [HF2455 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2455-Enrolled.html
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File
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Enrolled
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File
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AN
ACT
ALLOWING
THE
USE
OF
A
LEASHED
DOG
TO
TRACK
AND
RETRIEVE
A
WOUNDED
DEER
AND
PROVIDING
A
PENALTY.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
481A.56A
Retrieval
of
wounded
deer
by
leashed
dogs.
A
person
having
a
valid
hunting
license
and
a
valid
deer
hunting
license
who
has
wounded
a
deer
while
hunting
may
use
a
dog
to
track
and
retrieve
the
wounded
deer.
A
dog
being
used
for
tracking
a
wounded
deer
and
a
person
using
a
dog
for
tracking
a
wounded
deer
shall
both
be
trained
in
deer
blood
tracking.
Any
person
using
a
dog
for
tracking
wounded
deer
must
maintain
physical
control
of
the
dog
at
all
times
during
the
search
by
means
of
a
maximum
fifty-foot
lead
attached
to
the
dog’s
collar
or
harness.
The
person
may
dispatch
the
deer
using
a
legal
method
of
take
authorized
by
the
person’s
deer
hunting
license.
A
person
shall
not
use
that
method
of
take
to
hunt,
wound,
or
kill
any
animal
other
than
the
deer
that
the
hunter
is
tracking,
except
in
self-defense.
Using
a
dog
to
track
a
wounded
deer
on
private
property
is
permissible
at
any
hour
with
consent
of
the
property
owner.
A
person
using
a
dog
to
track
a
wounded
deer
outside
of
legal
deer
hunting
hours
shall
not
be
in
possession
of
a
firearm
or
archery
device.
The
commission
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
implement
this
section.
Sec.
2.
Section
805.8B,
subsection
3,
Code
2020,
is
amended
House
File
2455,
p.
2
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
r.
For
violations
of
section
481A.56A,
the
scheduled
fine
is
two
hundred
fifty
dollars.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2455,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2020
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
