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PAG LIN 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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