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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 481A.93, Code 1999, is amended by 1 2 striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the 1 3 following: 1 4 481A.93 HUNTING BY ARTIFICIAL LIGHT. 1 5 1. Except as provided in subsection 2, a person, either 1 6 singly or as one of a group of persons, shall not throw or 1 7 cast the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial 1 8 light on a highway or in a field, woodland, or forest for the 1 9 purpose of spotting, locating, or taking or attempting to 1 10 take, or hunt a bird or animal. 1 11 2. Subsection 1 does not apply to the following persons: 1 12 a. A person, either singly or as one of a group of 1 13 persons, who from February 1 through August 31 uses an 1 14 artificial light on a highway or in a field, woodland, or 1 15 forest if the person does not have in the person's immediate 1 16 possession a firearm, bow, or other implement or device by 1 17 which a bird or animal could be killed or taken. 1 18 b. A person who is hunting raccoons or other fur-bearing 1 19 animals and uses an artificial light when those animals are 1 20 treed with the aid of a dog. 1 21 c. A person who uses an artificial light within the 1 22 corporate limits of a city while hunting deer under the 1 23 direction of the city pursuant to an approved special deer 1 24 control plan. 1 25 d. A landowner or tenant using an artificial light to 1 26 search for domestic livestock or carry out normal agricultural 1 27 operations on land owned or leased by the owner or tenant. 1 28 e. A worker in the performance of the worker's duties. 1 29 Sec. 2. Section 481A.123, subsection 1, Code 1999, is 1 30 amended to read as follows: 1 31 1. A person shall not discharge a firearm or shoot or 1 32 attempt to shoot a game or fur-bearing animal within two 1 33 hundred yards of a building inhabited by people or domestic 1 34 livestock or within two hundred yards of a feedlot unless the 1 35 owner or tenant has given consent. However, within the 2 1 corporate limits of a city, a person may take deer with a 2 2 firearm within fifty yards of a building inhabited by people 2 3 or domestic livestock, or a feedlot pursuant to an approved 2 4 special deer population control plan if the person obtains 2 5 permission of the owner or tenant of the building or feedlot. 2 6 SF 2375 2 7 tj/cc/26
Text: SF02374 Text: SF02376 Text: SF02300 - SF02399 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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