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

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  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