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House File 2486

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  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, or
  1 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 or
  1 22 kill, or attempt to take or kill any fish by hand fishing.
  1 23 However, carp, buffalo, quillback, gar, sheepshead, dogfish,
  1 24 and other rough fish designated by the The commission may
  1 25 permit designated fish to be taken by hand fishing, by
  1 26 snagging, by spear spearing, by bow and arrow, day or night,
  1 27 and with artificial light.  The snagging of paddlefish and
  1 28 other game fish may be permitted at such the times and at such
  1 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
     

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