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1 1 HOUSE FILE 2393
1 2
1 3 AN ACT
1 4 RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF TARGET SHOOTING NEAR BUILDINGS
1 5 AND FEEDLOTS AND THE REGULATION OF PUBLIC HUNTING NEAR
1 6 BUILDINGS AND FEEDLOTS AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
1 7
1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 9
1 10 Section 1. Section 481A.123, Code 2003, is amended by
1 11 adding the following new subsections:
1 12 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. This section does not apply to the
1 13 discharge of a firearm for the purpose of target shooting on
1 14 premises posted as a target shooting range that is open to the
1 15 public, if the premises have been used as a target shooting
1 16 range prior to the erection of a building inhabited by people
1 17 or domestic livestock, or prior to the construction of a
1 18 feedlot, located within two hundred yards of the target
1 19 shooting range. This subsection applies only to the erection
1 20 of a building inhabited by people or domestic livestock or to
1 21 the construction of a feedlot located within two hundred yards
1 22 of a target shooting range that is open to the public and that
1 23 is identified as a target shooting range by the city, county,
1 24 state, or federal government, which erection or construction
1 25 occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.
1 26 As used in this subsection, "target shooting" means the
1 27 discharge of a firearm at an inanimate object, for amusement
1 28 or as a test of skill in marksmanship.
1 29 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. This section does not apply to the
1 30 discharge of a firearm on premises identified as a public
1 31 hunting area, if the premises have been identified as a public
1 32 hunting area prior to the erection of a building inhabited by
1 33 people or domestic livestock, or prior to the construction of
1 34 a feedlot, located within two hundred yards of the public
1 35 hunting area. This subsection applies only to the erection of
2 1 a building inhabited by people or domestic livestock or to the
2 2 construction of a feedlot located within two hundred yards of
2 3 a public hunting area, which erection or construction occurs
2 4 on or after the effective date of this Act.
2 5 As used in this subsection, "public hunting area" means
2 6 public lands or waters available for hunting by the public,
2 7 and identified as a public hunting area by the city, county,
2 8 state, or federal government.
2 9 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
2 10 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
2 11
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2 13
2 14 CHRISTOPHER C. RANTS
2 15 Speaker of the House
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2 17
2 18
2 19 JEFFREY M. LAMBERTI
2 20 President of the Senate
2 21
2 22 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
2 23 is known as House File 2393, Eightieth General Assembly.
2 24
2 25
2 26
2 27 MARGARET THOMSON
2 28 Chief Clerk of the House
2 29 Approved , 2004
2 30
2 31
2 32
2 33 THOMAS J. VILSACK
2 34 Governor
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