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PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE FILE 2486 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO THE TAKING OF FISH AND GAME BY ESTABLISHING 1 5 RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS, AUTHORIZING THE TAKING OF DEER 1 6 AND THE USE OF CERTAIN MECHANICAL DEVICES FOR TAKING 1 7 DEER WITHIN A CITY, AND METHODS OF TAKING FISH AND 1 8 SUBJECTING VIOLATORS TO AN EXISTING PENALTY. 1 9 1 10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 11 1 12 Section 1. Section 481A.76, Code 1999, is amended to read 1 13 as follows: 1 14 481A.76 UNLAWFUL MEANS EXCEPTION. 1 15 It is unlawful, except as otherwise provided, to use on or 1 16 in the waters of the state any grabhook, snaghook, any kind of 1 17 a net, seine, trap, firearm, dynamite, or other explosives, or 1 18 poisonous or stupefying substances, lime, ashes,or1 19 electricity, or hand fishing in the taking or attempting to 1 20 take any fish, except that gaffhooks or landing nets may be 1 21 used to assist in landing fish.A person shall not take or1 22kill, or attempt to take or kill any fish by hand fishing.1 23However, carp, buffalo, quillback, gar, sheepshead, dogfish,1 24and other rough fish designated by theThe commission may 1 25 permit designated fish to be taken by hand fishing, by 1 26 snagging, byspearspearing, by bow and arrow,day or night,1 27 and with artificial light. The snagging of paddlefish and1 28other game fish may be permittedatsuchthe times and atsuch1 29 the places as determined by rules of the commission. 1 30 Sec. 2. Section 481A.123, subsection 1, Code 1999, is 1 31 amended to read as follows: 1 32 1. A person shall not discharge a firearm or shoot or 1 33 attempt to shoot a game or fur-bearing animal within two 1 34 hundred yards of a building inhabited by people or domestic 1 35 livestock or within two hundred yards of a feedlot unless the 2 1 owner or tenant has given consent. However, within the 2 2 corporate limits of a city, a person may take deer with a 2 3 firearm within fifty yards of a building inhabited by people 2 4 or domestic livestock, or a feedlot pursuant to an approved 2 5 special deer population control plan if the person obtains 2 6 permission of the owner or tenant of the building or feedlot. 2 7 Sec. 3. Section 483A.1A, subsection 4, unnumbered 2 8 paragraph 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 2 9 "Resident" means a natural person who meets any of the 2 10 following criteria: 2 11 Sec. 4. Section 483A.1A, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code 2 12 l999, is amended by striking the paragraph and inserting in 2 13 lieu thereof the following: 2 14 a. Has physically resided in this state at least thirty 2 15 consecutive days immediately before applying for or purchasing 2 16 a resident license under this chapter and has been issued an 2 17 Iowa driver's license or an Iowa nonoperator's identification 2 18 card. 2 19 Sec. 5. Section 483A.1A, subsection 4, Code 1999, is 2 20 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 21 NEW PARAGRAPH. d. Is registered to vote in this state. 2 22 Sec. 6. NEW SECTION. 483A.2 DUAL RESIDENCY. 2 23 A resident license shall be limited to persons who do not 2 24 claim any resident privileges, except as defined in section 2 25 483A.1A, subsection 4, paragraphs "b", "c", and "d", in 2 26 another state or country. A person shall not purchase or 2 27 apply for any resident license or permit if that person has 2 28 claimed residency in any other state or country. 2 29 Sec. 7. Section 724.1, subsection 8, Code 1999, is amended 2 30 to read as follows: 2 31 8. Any mechanical device specifically constructed and 2 32 designed so that when attached to a firearm silences, muffles 2 33 or suppresses the sound when fired. However, this subsection 2 34 does not apply to a mechanical device possessed and used by a 2 35 person solely for the purpose of shooting a deer pursuant to 3 1 an approved city special deer population control plan if the 3 2 person has a valid federal permit to possess and use the 3 3 mechanical device. 3 4 3 5 3 6 3 7 BRENT SIEGRIST 3 8 Speaker of the House 3 9 3 10 3 11 3 12 MARY E. KRAMER 3 13 President of the Senate 3 14 3 15 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and 3 16 is known as House File 2486, Seventy-eighth General Assembly. 3 17 3 18 3 19 3 20 ELIZABETH ISAACSON 3 21 Chief Clerk of the House 3 22 Approved , 2000 3 23 3 24 3 25 3 26 THOMAS J. VILSACK 3 27 Governor
Text: HF02485 Text: HF02487 Text: HF02400 - HF02499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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