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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 189A.2, Code 1995, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 5A. "Domestic deer" means an animal 1 4 belonging to the cervidae family and classified as part of the 1 5 dama species of the dama genus, or part of the elaphus species 1 6 of the cervus genus. 1 7 Sec. 2. Section 189A.2, subsection 14, Code 1995, is 1 8 amended to read as follows: 1 9 14. "Livestock" meansanya live or dead animal which is 1 10 limited to cattle, sheep, swine, goats,horses, mules or other1 11equines, whether live or deaddomestic deer, or which is 1 12 classified as an equine including a horse or mule. 1 13 Sec. 3. Section 267.1, subsection 2, Code 1995, is amended 1 14 to read as follows: 1 15 2. "Livestock" means swine, sheep, poultry,andcattle, or 1 16 domestic deer as defined in section 189A.2. 1 17 Sec. 4. Section 267.2, subsection 5, Code 1995, is amended 1 18 to read as follows: 1 19 5. One milk producer, appointed by the Iowa state dairy 1 20 association, who shall serve an initial term of two years;1 21and. 1 22 Sec. 5. Section 267.2, Code 1995, is amended by adding the 1 23 following new subsection: 1 24 NEW SUBSECTION. 5A. One producer of domestic deer, as 1 25 defined in section 189A.2, appointed by the secretary of 1 26 agriculture, who shall serve an initial term of two years. 1 27 Sec. 6. Section 481A.1, subsection 20, paragraph h, Code 1 28 1995, is amended to read as follows: 1 29 h. The Cervidae: such asdeer andelk or deer, other than 1 30 domestic deer as defined in section 189A.2. 1 31 Sec. 7. Section 717.1, subsection 2, Code 1995, is amended 1 32 to read as follows: 1 33 2. "Livestock" means an animal belonging to the bovine, 1 34 caprine, equine, ovine, or porcine species; domestic deer; or 1 35 poultry. 2 1 EXPLANATION 2 2 This bill relates to the regulation of domestic deer. The 2 3 bill defines the domestic deer as an animal belonging to the 2 4 cervidae family, and subclassified as part of the dama species 2 5 of the dama genus, or part of the elaphus species of the 2 6 cervus genus. This includes species commonly referred to as 2 7 fallow deer, red deer, and wapiti. The bill provides that 2 8 domestic deer are subject to chapter 189A, regulating meat and 2 9 poultry inspection. 2 10 The bill also provides for a domestic deer producer's 2 11 representation on the livestock health advisory council as 2 12 provided in chapter 267. 2 13 The bill provides that domestic deer are not subject to 2 14 regulation by the department of natural resources under 2 15 chapter 481A which provides for wildlife management. It also 2 16 provides that domestic deer are subject to the statutory 2 17 provisions regulating livestock cruelty. 2 18 LSB 1280SC 76 2 19 da/sc/14.1
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