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House Amendment 8847

Amendment Text

PAG LIN
  1  1    Amend House File 2506 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  By striking everything after the enacting
  1  3 clause and inserting the following:
  1  4    "Section 1.  Section 482.4, subsection 6,
  1  5 paragraphs h and i, Code 1997, are amended to read as
  1  6 follows:  
  1  7    h.  Commercial mussel buyer, resident............ $  1,000.00
  1  8                                                         1,050.00
  1  9    i.  Commercial mussel buyer, nonresident......... $  5,000.00
  1 10                                                         5,050.00
  1 11    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  482.12A  MUSSEL FISHING –
  1 12 SEASON.
  1 13    Notwithstanding sections 481A.38, 481A.39, 482.1,
  1 14 and 482.12, the open season for taking washboard
  1 15 mussel each year shall be from April 1 to August 31.
  1 16 The washboard mussel shall be taken only during the
  1 17 hours between sunrise and sunset.  The minimum size
  1 18 limit on washboard mussel shall be four inches.
  1 19    Sec. 3.  NEW SECTION.  482.12B  SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF
  1 20 MUSSEL POPULATIONS – REPORT.
  1 21    The department of natural resources shall conduct a
  1 22 study of the populations of various mussel species in
  1 23 the waters of this state with emphasis on the sublegal
  1 24 population of washboard mussels in the waters of the
  1 25 state.  The department shall conduct independent field
  1 26 investigations of the various mussel beds in boundary
  1 27 waters of this state.  The department shall fund up to
  1 28 fifty percent of the cost of the field investigations
  1 29 with the commercial mussel industry contributing the
  1 30 remainder.  The department shall contract with a
  1 31 malacologist who is acceptable to the commercial
  1 32 mussel industry and the department to conduct the
  1 33 study and investigation.  The department shall review
  1 34 current scientific studies conducted by other state
  1 35 natural resource agencies, federal wildlife and
  1 36 natural resource agencies, and private parties
  1 37 including commercial fishers, shell buyers, and shell
  1 38 exporters.
  1 39    The department shall report its findings to the
  1 40 chairpersons and ranking members of the house
  1 41 committee on natural resources and the senate
  1 42 committee on natural resources and environment not
  1 43 later than January 15, 2000.  Notwithstanding section
  1 44 482.12A, if the data in the report supports a closed
  1 45 season for washboard mussels, the natural resource
  1 46 commission may consider closing the season for
  1 47 washboard mussels.
  1 48    Sec. 4.  Section 482.13, Code 1997, is amended to
  1 49 read as follows:
  1 50    482.13  RECIPROCITY FOR COMMERCIAL FISHING,
  2  1 COMMERCIAL MUSSEL FISHING, AND COMMERCIAL TURTLE
  2  2 FISHING.
  2  3    1.  Reciprocal commercial fishing, commercial
  2  4 mussel fishing, and commercial turtle fishing
  2  5 privileges are contingent upon a grant of similar
  2  6 privileges by the appropriate state to residents of
  2  7 this state.
  2  8    2.  The commission may negotiate commercial
  2  9 reciprocity agreements with other states.
  2 10    3.  When another state confers upon commercial
  2 11 mussel fishing licensees of this state reciprocal
  2 12 rights, privileges, and immunities including the
  2 13 taking of washboard mussels, a commercial mussel
  2 14 fishing license issued by that state entitles the
  2 15 licensee to all rights, privileges, and immunities
  2 16 including the taking of washboard mussels in the
  2 17 public waters of this state enjoyed by the holders of
  2 18 equivalent licenses issued by this state, subject to
  2 19 duties, responsibilities, and liabilities imposed on
  2 20 its own licensees by the laws of this state.
  2 21    Sec. 5.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  2 22 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment."
  2 23    #2.  Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
  2 24 word "state" the following:  ", increasing license
  2 25 fees,".  
  2 26 
  2 27 
  2 28                               
  2 29 HAHN of Muscatine 
  2 30 THOMAS of Clayton 
  2 31 HF 2506.704 77
  2 32 tj/sc/28

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