Bill Text: IA HF90 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act allowing the use of a trained dog to retrieve a wounded deer and providing a penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-31 - END OF 2013 ACTIONS [HF90 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HF90-Introduced.html
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Introduced
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BY
ALONS
,
ROGERS
,
GASSMAN
,
SHAW
,
COWNIE
,
and
SHEETS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
allowing
the
use
of
a
trained
dog
to
retrieve
a
wounded
1
deer
and
providing
a
penalty.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
481A.56A
Retrieval
of
wounded
deer
1
by
trained
dogs.
2
A
person
having
a
valid
hunting
license
and
a
valid
deer
3
hunting
license
who
has
wounded
a
deer
while
hunting
may
use
4
a
trained
blood-scent
tracking
dog
to
locate
and
retrieve
the
5
wounded
animal.
The
hunter
or
any
person
in
the
company
of
6
the
hunter
shall
have
the
dog
leashed
and
under
control
at
all
7
times
during
the
search.
A
person
shall
obtain
permission
8
from
the
owner
or
tenant
of
private
property
before
using
9
such
a
dog
to
locate
a
wounded
deer
on
the
private
property.
10
The
commission
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
11
implement
this
section.
12
Sec.
2.
Section
805.8B,
subsection
3,
paragraph
c,
Code
13
2013,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
14
c.
For
violations
of
sections
481A.6
,
481A.21
,
481A.22
,
15
481A.26
,
481A.50
,
481A.56
,
481A.56A,
481A.60
through
481A.62
,
16
481A.83
,
481A.84
,
481A.92
,
481A.123
,
481A.145,
subsection
3
,
17
sections
483A.7
,
483A.8
,
483A.23
,
483A.24
,
and
483A.28
,
the
18
scheduled
fine
is
twenty-five
dollars.
19
EXPLANATION
20
This
bill
creates
new
Code
section
481A.56A
to
allow
a
21
hunter
with
a
valid
hunting
license
and
deer
hunting
license
22
who
wounds
a
deer
while
hunting
to
use
a
trained
blood-scent
23
tracking
dog
to
locate
and
retrieve
the
wounded
animal.
The
24
hunter
or
any
person
in
the
company
of
the
hunter
shall
have
25
the
dog
leashed
and
under
control
at
all
times
during
the
26
search.
A
person
must
obtain
permission
from
the
owner
or
27
tenant
before
using
such
a
dog
to
locate
a
wounded
deer
on
28
private
property.
The
natural
resource
commission
shall
adopt
29
rules
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
17A
to
implement
this
provision.
30
A
violation
of
the
new
provision
is
punishable
by
a
scheduled
31
fine
of
$25.
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