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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 99B.11, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code 1 2 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 c. Contests or exhibitions of cooking, horticulture, 1 4 livestock, poultry, fish or other animals, artwork, hobbywork 1 5 or craftwork, except those prohibited by section725.111 6 717D.2. 1 7 Sec. 2. Section 709A.1, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code 1 8 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 9 c. Any premises the use of which constitutes a violation 1 10 ofsectionssection 717D.2, 725.5,or 725.10, or 725.11. 1 11 Sec. 3. Section 717D.2, Code 2003, is amended to read as 1 12 follows: 1 13 717D.2 PROHIBITIONS – CONTEST EVENTS. 1 14 1.AExcept as provided in subsection 2, a personshall1 15not dois guilty of a class "D" felony if the person does any 1 16 of the following: 1 171.a.Own or operateOwns or operates an establishment 1 18 located in this state in which a contest event occurs or is to 1 19 occur. 1 202.b.ActActs as a promoter of a contest event, 1 21 regardless of whether the contest event occurs in this state 1 22 or another state. For purposes of thissubsectionparagraph, 1 23 a person who aids, abets, or assists in the promotion of a 1 24 contest event shall be deemed to act as a promoter. 1 25 2. A person is guilty of a serious misdemeanor if the 1 26 person does any of the following: 1 273.a.ActActs as a trainer of a contest animal engaged or 1 28 to be engaged in a contest event conducted in this state or 1 29 another state. For purposes of thissubsectionparagraph, a 1 30 person who aids, abets, or assists in the training of a 1 31 contest animal engaged or to be engaged in a contest event 1 32 shall be deemed to act as a trainer. 1 334.b.ActActs as a transporter moving a contest animal in 1 34 this state. 1 355.c.ActActs as a spectator of a contest event conducted 2 1 in this state, regardless of whether the person paid admission 2 2 to witness the contest event. 2 3 Sec. 4. The following Code sections are repealed: 2 4 1. Section 717D.4, Code 2003. 2 5 2. Section 725.11, Code 2003. 2 6 EXPLANATION 2 7 BACKGROUND. The general assembly enacted Senate File 2268 2 8 (2002 Iowa Acts, ch. 1130), which in part created new Code 2 9 chapter 717D prohibiting activities referred to as "contest 2 10 events" in which certain animals are engaged in fighting 2 11 sports (a bull, bear, chicken, or dog). A person violating a 2 12 provision in new Code chapter 717D is guilty of a serious 2 13 misdemeanor. 2 14 PROVISIONS OF THE BILL. This bill increases the criminal 2 15 penalty applicable to a person who owns or operates an 2 16 establishment located in this state in which a contest event 2 17 occurs or is to occur or who acts as a promoter of a contest 2 18 event. Under the bill, the person is guilty of a class "D" 2 19 felony. A class "D" felony is punishable by confinement for 2 20 no more than five years and a fine of at least $750 but not 2 21 more than $7,500. 2 22 The bill repeals Code section 725.11, which first appeared 2 23 in the Code of 1873, prohibiting animal contests. A person 2 24 who commits a violation of that section is guilty of a serious 2 25 misdemeanor. 2 26 LSB 1382YH 80 2 27 da/sh/8
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