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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 556H.1, Code 2003, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 556H.1 UNCLAIMED DEER VENISON HELD BY A LICENSED 1 4 PROCESSING ESTABLISHMENT. 1 5 1. All deer venison deposited with an establishment 1 6 licensed pursuant to chapter 189A, which remains unclaimed for1 7a period of two months after the establishment has attempted1 8toshall be claimed within six weeks after the deer venison 1 9 owner has been notified by the establishment that the deer 1 10 venison is ready to be picked up. If the deer venison is not 1 11 claimed within six weeks of such notification to the deer 1 12 venison owner, the establishment shall contact the deer 1 13 venison owner at least once byordinaryrestricted certified 1 14 mail at the owner's last known mailing address,shall be1 15 informing the deer venison owner that if the deer venison is 1 16 not claimed within two weeks, the deer venison is presumed to 1 17 be abandoned. 1 18 2. The establishment may submit the name and last known 1 19 address of the owner of the deer venison presumed to be 1 20 abandoned to the department of natural resources. The 1 21 department of natural resources shall adopt rules for 1 22 enforcement of this section that include imposition of a civil 1 23 penalty and a one-year suspension of all deer hunting 1 24 privileges upon a determination by the department of natural 1 25 resources that an owner of deer venison has abandoned the deer 1 26 venison under this section. 1 27 3. The establishment may dispose of the abandoned deer 1 28 venison by donating the deer venison to a local nonprofit, 1 29 charitable organization. For purposes of this section, the 1 30 term "deer" means the Cervidae or game deer excluding any farm 1 31 deer as defined in section 481A.1, subsection 20, paragraph 1 32 "h", and all donated deer venison shall include game deer 1 33 venison only and shall not be processed as a multispecies meat 1 34 food product pursuant to chapter 189A. 1 35 EXPLANATION 2 1 This bill amends Code section 556H.1 to provide that deer 2 2 venison that is deposited with an establishment licensed 2 3 pursuant to Code chapter 189A, such as a meat or poultry 2 4 cannery, sausage factory, smoking or curing operation, 2 5 restaurant, grocery store, brokerage, cold storage plant, or 2 6 similar place, must be claimed by the owner within six weeks 2 7 after the owner is notified by the establishment that the deer 2 8 venison is ready to be picked up. If the deer venison is not 2 9 claimed within six weeks of such notification, the 2 10 establishment must contact the owner of the deer venison at 2 11 least once by restricted certified mail at the owner's last 2 12 known address, informing the owner that if the deer venison is 2 13 not claimed within two weeks, the deer venison will be 2 14 presumed to be abandoned. 2 15 The bill also provides that the establishment may submit 2 16 the name and last known address of the owner of deer venison 2 17 presumed to be abandoned to the department of natural 2 18 resources. The bill provides that the department of natural 2 19 resources shall adopt rules providing for the enforcement of 2 20 the Code section including the imposition of a civil penalty 2 21 and a one-year suspension of all hunting privileges upon a 2 22 determination by the department of natural resources that an 2 23 owner of deer venison has abandoned the deer venison under the 2 24 bill. 2 25 The bill does not change the provisions of Code section 2 26 556H.1 that allow an establishment to dispose of abandoned 2 27 deer venison by donating the deer venison to a local 2 28 nonprofit, charitable organization. 2 29 LSB 2521HC 80 2 30 av/sh/8
Text: HSB00264 Text: HSB00266 Text: HSB00200 - HSB00299 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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