Senate File 41 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY McKINLEY Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act allowing the use of a dog to retrieve a wounded deer and 2 providing a penalty. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1213XS 83 5 av/nh/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 481A.56A RETRIEVAL OF WOUNDED 1 2 DEER BY DOGS. 1 3 A person having a valid hunting license and a valid deer 1 4 hunting license who has wounded a deer while hunting may use a 1 5 dog to locate and retrieve the wounded animal. The hunter or 1 6 any person in the company of the hunter shall not possess a 1 7 firearm or bow while using a dog in this manner and shall have 1 8 control of the dog either by leash or voice command at all 1 9 times during the search. The commission shall adopt rules 1 10 pursuant to chapter 17A to implement this section. 1 11 Sec. 2. Section 805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph c, Code 1 12 2009, is amended to read as follows: 1 13 c. For violations of sections 481A.6, 481A.21, 481A.22, 1 14 481A.26, 481A.50, 481A.56, 481A.56A, 481A.60 through 481A.62, 1 15 481A.83, 481A.84, 481A.92, 481A.123, 481A.145, subsection 3, 1 16 sections 482.7, 483A.7, 483A.8, 483A.23, and 483A.24, the 1 17 scheduled fine is twenty=five dollars. 1 18 EXPLANATION 1 19 This bill creates new Code section 481A.56A to allow a 1 20 hunter with a valid hunting license and deer hunting license 1 21 who wounds a deer while hunting to use a dog to locate and 1 22 retrieve the wounded animal. The hunter or any person in the 1 23 company of the hunter shall not possess a firearm or bow while 1 24 using a dog in this manner and shall have control of the dog 1 25 by leash or voice command at all times during the search. The 1 26 natural resource commission shall adopt rules pursuant to Code 1 27 chapter 17A to implement this provision. 1 28 A violation of the new provision is punishable by a 1 29 scheduled fine of $25. 1 30 LSB 1213XS 83 1 31 av/nh/14