Bill Text: IA SF257 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to bass fishing in the state. (Formerly SF 143.) Effective 7-1-17.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-04-12 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 1020. [SF257 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF257-Enrolled.html

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Senate File 257 - Enrolled




                              SENATE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON NATURAL
                                  RESOURCES AND
                                  ENVIRONMENT

                              (SUCCESSOR TO SF 143)
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                                   A BILL FOR
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                                        Senate File 257

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO BASS FISHING IN THE STATE.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  483A.39  Bass fishing tournaments.
    1.  a.  For the purposes of this section, "bass fishing
 tournament" means an organized fishing event, except for a
 fishing event sponsored by the department for educational
 purposes, involving all of the following:
    (1)  An organized event occurring on public water for the
 purpose of fishing for bass.
    (2)  Participation of six or more vessels or twelve or
 more individuals in the event, except for an event on the
 waters of the Mississippi river, where the number of vessels
 participating shall be twenty or more and the number of
 participants shall be forty or more.
    (3)  The award of prizes or other inducements for
 participation in the event.
    b.  For the purposes of this section, "bass fishing
 tournament" also includes a planned event on public water for
 the purpose of fishing for bass.
    2.  A person shall apply for a permit to hold a bass fishing
 tournament.  The commission shall, by rule, specify the
 requirements to obtain a permit including but not limited to
 the following:
    a.  Minimum requirements for weigh=in, handling, and release
 of live bass by tournament participants.
    b.  Measurement of bass to length and release from a vessel.
    c.  Allowance of up to five bass for weigh=in during the
 tournament.
    d.  Allowance of possession of bass of any length so long as
 the bass are kept alive and are released after weigh=in.
    e.  Cleaning of vessels used before and after the tournament
 in compliance with department guidelines to prevent the
 transportation of aquatic invasive species.


                                                                                            JACK WHITVER


                                                                                            LINDA UPMEYER


                                                                                            W. CHARLES SMITH


                                                                                            TERRY E. BRANSTA

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