House Journal: Page 1353: Friday, April 25, 2003
SENATE AMENDMENTS CONSIDERED
Mertz of Kossuth called up for consideration House File 624, a
bill for an act regulating farm deer, providing for penalties, and
providing an effective date, amended by the Senate amendment H-
1352 as follows:
H-1352
1 Amend House File 624, as passed by the House, as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 2, line 1, by striking the word
4 "odocioleus" and inserting the following:
5 "odocoileus".
6 2. Page 2, line 2, by striking the word
7 "odocioleus" and inserting the following:
8 "odocoileus".
9 3. Page 2, by inserting after line 6, the
10 following:
11 "__. "Fence" means a boundary fence which encloses
12 farm deer within a landowner's property as required to
13 be constructed and maintained pursuant to section
14 170.4."
15 4. Page 3, by striking lines 19 through 21, and
16 inserting the following:
17 "__. Farm deer are livestock as provided in this
18 title and are principally subject to regulation by the
19 department of agriculture and land stewardship, and
20 also the department of natural resources as
21 specifically provided in this chapter. The
22 regulations adopted by the department of agriculture
23 and land stewardship may include but are not limited
24 to providing for the importation, transportation, and
25 disease control of farm deer. The".
26 5. Page 3, line 35, by inserting after the word
27 "department." the following: "The fence shall be
28 constructed and maintained to ensure that whitetail
29 are kept in the enclosure and that other deer are
30 excluded from the enclosure. A fence that is
31 constructed on or after the effective date of this Act
32 shall be at least eight feet in height above ground
33 level."
34 6. Page 4, line 1, by inserting after the word
35 "department" the following: "of agriculture and land
36 stewardship".
37 7. Page 4, line 2, by inserting after the word
38 "certification." the following: "The department of
39 natural resources may periodically inspect the fence
40 according to appointment with the enclosure's
41 landowner."
42 8. Page 4, line 8 by inserting after the word
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