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1 1 Amend Senate File 2295, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 9, line 26, by inserting before the word
1 4 "For" the following: "a."
1 5 #2. Page 9, by inserting after line 28 the
1 6 following:
1 7 "b. The department of natural resources shall
1 8 conduct a study of the populations of various mussel
1 9 species in the waters of this state with emphasis on
1 10 the sublegal population of washboard mussels in the
1 11 waters of the state. The department shall conduct
1 12 independent field investigations of the various mussel
1 13 beds in boundary waters of this state. The department
1 14 shall fund up to fifty percent of the cost of the
1 15 field investigations with the commercial mussel
1 16 industry contributing the remainder. The department
1 17 shall contract with a malacologist who is acceptable
1 18 to the commercial mussel industry and the department
1 19 to conduct the study and investigation. The
1 20 department shall review current scientific studies
1 21 conducted by other state natural resource agencies,
1 22 federal wildlife and natural resource agencies, and
1 23 private parties including commercial fishers, shell
1 24 buyers, and shell exporters.
1 25 The department shall report its findings to the
1 26 chairpersons and ranking members of the house
1 27 committee on natural resources and the senate
1 28 committee on natural resources and environment not
1 29 later than January 15, 2000. Notwithstanding
1 30 paragraph "c", if the data in the report supports a
1 31 closed season for washboard mussels, the natural
1 32 resource commission may consider closing the season
1 33 for washboard mussels.
1 34 c. Notwithstanding sections 481A.38, 481A.39,
1 35 482.1, and 482.12, for the year beginning January 1,
1 36 1998, and ending December 31, 1999, the open season
1 37 for taking washboard mussels shall be from April 1 to
1 38 August 31. Washboard mussels shall be taken only
1 39 during the hours between sunrise and sunset. The
1 40 minimum size limit for the taking of washboard mussels
1 41 shall be four inches."
1 42 #3. Page 18, by inserting after line 12 the
1 43 following:
1 44 " . Section 3, subsection 7, paragraph "c", of
1 45 this Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
1 46 effect upon enactment."
1 47
1 48
1 49
1 50 HAHN of Muscatine
2 1 SF 2295.524 77
2 2 da/jw/28
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