Bill Text: IA SF2003 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the identification of owners of blinds and stands for hunting deer placed on public land and making penalties applicable. (See SF 2286.)

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Independent 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-12 - Subcommittee, Brase, Johnson, and Ragan. S.J. 46. [SF2003 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF2003-Introduced.html

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Senate File 2003 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  JOHNSON

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the identification of owners of blinds and
  2    stands for hunting deer placed on public land and making
  3    penalties applicable.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  481A.41  Blinds and stands for
  1  2 hunting deer on public land == identification.
  1  3    1.  A person shall not place a blind or stand for hunting
  1  4 deer on public land unless the blind or stand is affixed with
  1  5 and exhibits a metal plate which plainly shows the hunting
  1  6 license number of the owner of the blind or stand. For a tree
  1  7 blind or stand, the metal plate shall be affixed on the front
  1  8 of the foot platform of the blind or stand on the third step up
  1  9 from the ground. For a pop=up blind or stand, the metal plate
  1 10 shall be affixed to or hung from the zipper head or access hook
  1 11 of the pop=up blind or stand.
  1 12    2.  For purposes of this section, "blind or stand" means
  1 13 a device or an enclosure used for concealment while hunting
  1 14 deer, constructed either wholly or partially from man=made
  1 15 materials, and used by a person who is hunting deer for the
  1 16 purpose of hiding from sight.  A "blind or stand" is not a
  1 17 naturally occurring landscape feature or an arrangement of
  1 18 natural or agricultural plant material that a deer hunter uses
  1 19 for concealment.  The natural resource commission shall adopt
  1 20 rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement this section.
  1 21    Sec. 2.  Section 805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code
  1 22 2016, is amended to read as follows:
  1 23    b.  For violations of sections 481A.41, 481A.54, 481A.69,
  1 24 481A.71, 481A.72, 482.6, 483A.3, 483A.6, 483A.8A, 483A.19,
  1 25 483A.27, and 483A.27A, the scheduled fine is twenty dollars.
  1 26                           EXPLANATION
  1 27 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 28 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 29    This bill requires that a blind or stand placed on public
  1 30 land for hunting deer be affixed with and exhibit a metal plate
  1 31 which plainly shows the hunting license number of the owner of
  1 32 the blind or stand.
  1 33    For a tree blind or stand, the metal plate must be affixed
  1 34 on the front of the foot platform of the blind or stand on the
  1 35 third step up from the ground.  For a pop=up blind or stand, the
  2  1 metal plate must be affixed to or hung from the zipper head or
  2  2 access hook of the blind or stand.
  2  3    For purposes of the bill, a "blind or stand" is a device
  2  4 or an enclosure used for concealment while hunting deer,
  2  5 constructed either wholly or partially from man=made materials,
  2  6 and used by a person who is hunting deer for the purpose of
  2  7 hiding from sight.  A "blind or stand" does not include a
  2  8 naturally occurring landscape feature or an arrangement of
  2  9 natural or agricultural plant material that a deer hunter uses
  2 10 for concealment.  The natural resource commission is required
  2 11 to adopt rules to implement the provisions of the bill.  A
  2 12 violation of the provisions of the bill is punishable by a
  2 13 scheduled fine of $20.
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