House File 2062

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  WHITAKER, WENDT, GREINER,
                                           CONNORS, FALLON, FREVERT,
                                           STRUYK, MERTZ, CHAMBERS,
                                           DAVITT, LUKAN, REASONER,
                                           BAUDLER, and JACOBY


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act increasing the damages payable upon conviction of certain
  2    unlawful activities involving antlered deer.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5082YH 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 481A.130, subsection 1, paragraph g,
  1  2 Code Supplement 2003, is amended by striking the paragraph and
  1  3 inserting in lieu thereof the following:
  1  4    NEW PARAGRAPH.  g.  For each antlered deer, reimbursement
  1  5 shall be based on the point score of the antlered deer as
  1  6 measured by the Boone and Crockett club's scoring system for
  1  7 whitetail deer as follows:
  1  8    (1)  Less than 100 points:  Two thousand dollars and eighty
  1  9 hours of community service or, in lieu of the community
  1 10 service, a total of four thousand dollars.
  1 11    (2)  100=125 points:  Four thousand dollars and eighty
  1 12 hours of community service or, in lieu of the community
  1 13 service, a total of eight thousand dollars.
  1 14    (3)  126=150 points:  Six thousand dollars and eighty hours
  1 15 of community service or, in lieu of the community service, a
  1 16 total of twelve thousand dollars.
  1 17    (4)  151=170 points:  Eight thousand dollars and eighty
  1 18 hours of community service or, in lieu of the community
  1 19 service, a total of sixteen thousand dollars.
  1 20    (5)  More than 170 points:  A minimum of ten thousand
  1 21 dollars or such additional amount as is deemed reasonable in
  1 22 the discretion of the court and eighty hours of community
  1 23 service or, in lieu of the community service, a minimum of
  1 24 twenty thousand dollars or such additional amount as is deemed
  1 25 reasonable in the discretion of the court.
  1 26                           EXPLANATION
  1 27    This bill increases the damages payable to the state by a
  1 28 person convicted of unlawfully selling, taking, catching,
  1 29 killing, injuring, destroying, or possessing any antlered deer
  1 30 at any time.  The bill provides that for any antlered deer,
  1 31 reimbursement shall be based on the point score of the
  1 32 enduring trophy characteristics of the deer (such as antlers
  1 33 and skulls) as measured by the Boone and Crockett club's
  1 34 scoring system for measuring native North American big game,
  1 35 as it pertains to whitetail deer.
  2  1    The Boone and Crockett club's point score and the
  2  2 corresponding damages payable are as follows:
  2  3    1.  Less than 100 points:  $2,000 and 80 hours of community
  2  4 service or, in lieu of the community service, a total of
  2  5 $4,000.
  2  6    2.  100=125 points:  $4,000 and 80 hours of community
  2  7 service or, in lieu of the community service, a total of
  2  8 $8,000.
  2  9    3.  126=150 points:  $6,000 and 80 hours of community
  2 10 service or, in lieu of the community service, a total of
  2 11 $12,000.
  2 12    4.  151=170 points:  $8,000 and 80 hours of community
  2 13 service or, in lieu of the community service, a total of
  2 14 $16,000.
  2 15    5.  More than 170 points:  A minimum of $10,000 or such
  2 16 additional amount as is deemed reasonable in the discretion of
  2 17 the court and 80 hours of community service or, in lieu of the
  2 18 community service, a minimum of $20,000 or such additional
  2 19 amount as is deemed reasonable in the discretion of the court.
  2 20 LSB 5082YH 80
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