House File 2515
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1 1 HOUSE FILE 2515
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1 3 AN ACT
1 4 RELATING TO THE KEEPING OF FARM DEER.
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1 6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 8 Section 1. Section 170.3, subsection 1, Code Supplement
1 9 2003, is amended to read as follows:
1 10 1. Farm deer are livestock as provided in this title and
1 11 are principally subject to regulation by the department of
1 12 agriculture and land stewardship, and also the department of
1 13 natural resources as specifically provided in this chapter.
1 14 The regulations adopted by the department of agriculture and
1 15 land stewardship may include but are not limited to providing
1 16 for the importation, transportation, and disease control of
1 17 farm deer. The department of agriculture and land stewardship
1 18 and the department of natural resources shall not require that
1 19 the landowner be issued a license or permit for keeping farm
1 20 deer or. The department of natural resources shall not
1 21 require that the landowner be issued a certificate for the
1 22 construction of a fence for keeping farm deer.
1 23 Sec. 2. Section 170.4, Code Supplement 2003, is amended to
1 24 read as follows:
1 25 170.4 REQUIREMENTS FOR KEEPING WHITETAIL == FENCE
1 26 CERTIFICATION.
1 27 1. A landowner shall not keep whitetail as farm deer,
1 28 unless the whitetail is kept on land of any number of acres
1 29 which is enclosed by a fence. The fence must be constructed
1 30 and maintained as prescribed by rules adopted by the
1 31 department. A landowner shall not keep the whitetail unless
1 32 the fence is certified in a manner and according to procedures
1 33 required by the department. The fence shall be constructed
1 34 and maintained to ensure that whitetail are kept in the
1 35 enclosure and that other deer are excluded from the enclosure.
2 1 A fence that is constructed on or after May 23, 2003, shall be
2 2 at least eight feet in height above ground level. The
2 3 department of agriculture and land stewardship may require
2 4 that the fence is inspected and approved prior to
2 5 certification. The department of natural resources may
2 6 periodically inspect the fence according to appointment with
2 7 the enclosure's landowner.
2 8 2. Any person may take farm deer which are kept within a
2 9 certified fence, subject to consent of the landowner. The
2 10 department of agriculture and land stewardship shall not
2 11 regulate the taking of farm deer unless regulation is to
2 12 prevent the outbreak of a transmissible disease including but
2 13 not limited to chronic wasting disease.
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2 17 CHRISTOPHER C. RANTS
2 18 Speaker of the House
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2 22 JEFFREY M. LAMBERTI
2 23 President of the Senate
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2 25 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
2 26 is known as House File 2515, Eightieth General Assembly.
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2 30 MARGARET THOMSON
2 31 Chief Clerk of the House
2 32 Approved , 2004
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3 1 THOMAS J. VILSACK
3 2 Governor