Bill Text: IA HF508 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act allowing the establishment of an open season for hunting mourning doves.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-31 - END OF 2011 ACTIONS [HF508 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF508-Introduced.html
House
File
508
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
508
BY
ARNOLD
,
BAUDLER
,
DOLECHECK
,
HUSEMAN
,
CHAMBERS
,
ALONS
,
and
SCHULTZ
(COMPANION
TO
SF
83
BY
DEARDEN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
allowing
the
establishment
of
an
open
season
for
hunting
1
mourning
doves.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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508
Section
1.
Section
481A.48,
subsection
1,
Code
2011,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
No
A
person,
except
as
otherwise
provided
by
law,
shall
3
not
willfully
disturb,
pursue,
shoot,
kill,
take
or
attempt
4
to
take
or
have
in
possession
any
of
the
following
game
birds
5
or
animals
except
within
the
open
season
established
by
the
6
commission:
Gray
or
fox
squirrel,
bobwhite
quail,
cottontail
7
or
jackrabbit,
duck,
snipe,
pheasant,
goose,
woodcock,
8
partridge,
mourning
dove,
coot,
rail,
ruffed
grouse,
wild
9
turkey,
pigeons,
or
deer.
The
seasons,
bag
limits,
possession
10
limits,
and
locality
shall
be
established
by
the
department
or
11
commission
under
the
authority
of
sections
456A.24
,
481A.38
,
12
and
481A.39
.
13
EXPLANATION
14
This
bill
authorizes
the
natural
resource
commission
to
15
establish
an
open
season
for
hunting
mourning
doves.
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