Senate File 41 - Introduced

SENATE FILE  	 BY	McKINLEY

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

A BILL FOR

An Act allowing the use of a dog to retrieve a wounded deer and
providing a penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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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.
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