HF 261 (LSB 1925HV (1) 86)

HOUSE FILE 261

BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 87)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the regulation of smokeless powder as an explosive material.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 101A.11, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:

   This chapter shall not apply to the possession or use of twenty-five one hundred pounds or less of smokeless powder, or five pounds or less of black sporting powder, provided that:
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the regulation of smokeless powder as an explosive material. Under current law the explosive materials regulations under Code chapter 101A do not apply to the possession of 25 pounds or less of smokeless powder if the smokeless powder is intended for handloading or reloading of ammunition for small arms, is for private use, and conforms to certain other regulations. The bill raises the nonapplicability provision to include the possession of 100 pounds or less of smokeless powder.