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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
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