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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 481A.48, subsection 1, Code 2003, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1.NoA person, except as otherwise provided by law, shall 1 4 not willfully disturb, pursue, shoot, kill, take, or attempt 1 5 to take or have in possession any of the following game birds 1 6 or animals except within the open season established by the 1 7 commission: Gray or fox squirrel, bobwhite quail, cottontail 1 8 or jack rabbit, duck, snipe, pheasant, goose, woodcock, 1 9 partridge, mourning dove, coot, rail, ruffed grouse, wild 1 10 turkey, pigeons, or deer. The seasons, bag limits, possession 1 11 limits, and locality shall be established by the department or 1 12 commission under the authority of sections 456A.24, 481A.38, 1 13 and 481A.39, except that the locality of an open season for 1 14 the taking and possession of mourning doves shall be 1 15 established by the commission only as provided in subsection 1 16 1A. 1 17 1A. a. An open season for mourning doves shall be 1 18 established by the commission in a county only if the county 1 19 electorate first approves the establishment of such an open 1 20 season at a general election. The board of supervisors, upon 1 21 receipt of a petition containing one hundred signatures, shall 1 22 direct the commissioner of elections to submit to the 1 23 registered voters of the county a proposition to approve or 1 24 disapprove the establishment by the commission of an open 1 25 season in the county for the taking and possession of mourning 1 26 doves. To be placed on the ballot at the next general 1 27 election, the petition must be received by the board of 1 28 supervisors at least five working days before the last day for 1 29 candidates for county offices to file nomination papers for 1 30 the general election pursuant to section 44.4. If a majority 1 31 of the county voters voting on the proposition favor the 1 32 establishment of an open season for the taking and possession 1 33 of mourning doves, the commission shall establish such an open 1 34 season in that county as provided in this section. If a 1 35 majority of the county voters voting on the proposition do not 2 1 favor the establishment of an open season for the taking and 2 2 possession of mourning doves, such an open season shall not be 2 3 established by the commission in that county. 2 4 b. Authority for an open season for the taking and 2 5 possession of mourning doves in a county may be subsequently 2 6 withdrawn by petition and election in the same manner as 2 7 provided in paragraph "a". 2 8 c. After a proposition for an open season on the taking 2 9 and possession of mourning doves has been approved or 2 10 disapproved in a county, another petition and election on such 2 11 a proposition shall not be held for at least two years. 2 12 EXPLANATION 2 13 This bill includes mourning doves among the game birds for 2 14 which the natural resource commission of the department of 2 15 natural resources shall establish an open season, bag limit, 2 16 and possession limit pursuant to Code sections 456A.24, 2 17 481A.38, and 481A.39. The bill provides that the locality of 2 18 an open season for the taking and possession of mourning doves 2 19 shall be established by the commission only as provided in the 2 20 bill. 2 21 The bill provides that an open season on the taking and 2 22 possession of mourning doves in a county shall be established 2 23 by the commission only if the open season is approved by the 2 24 county electorate at a general election. The bill provides 2 25 that the board of supervisors, upon receipt of a petition 2 26 containing 100 signatures that is received at least five 2 27 working days before the last day for candidates for county 2 28 offices to file nomination papers for the general election 2 29 pursuant to Code section 44.4, shall direct the commissioner 2 30 of elections to place the proposition on the ballot to approve 2 31 or disapprove the establishment by the natural resource 2 32 commission of an open season for the taking and possession of 2 33 mourning doves in the county. The bill provides that the 2 34 proposition shall be approved or disapproved by a majority of 2 35 the county voters voting on the proposition. 3 1 The bill provides that the authority for an open season for 3 2 the taking and possession of mourning doves may be 3 3 subsequently withdrawn by petition and election in the same 3 4 manner as is provided for approval of the authority. The bill 3 5 also provides that after a proposition to establish such an 3 6 open season has been approved or disapproved, another petition 3 7 and election cannot be held on such a proposition for at least 3 8 two years. 3 9 A person who unlawfully takes and possesses a mourning dove 3 10 is guilty of a scheduled violation punishable by a scheduled 3 11 fine of $100 for out-of-season or over limit, or $50 for 3 12 attempting to take a mourning dove pursuant to Code section 3 13 805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph "h". 3 14 LSB 5860SS 80 3 15 av/pj/5
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