SF 2216 (LSB 6011SV (4) 83)

ALLOWING CERTAIN GAME BIRDS TO BE SHOT WHEN RELEASED ON A LICENSED HUNTING PRESERVE AND PROVIDING A PENALTY.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 481A.21, Code Supplement 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   481A.21  Birds as targets.

   A person shall not keep or use any live pigeon or other bird as a target, to be shot at for amusement or as a test of skill in marksmanship, or shoot at a bird kept or used for such purpose, or be a party to such shooting, or lease any building, room, field, or premises, or knowingly permit the use thereof, for the purpose of such shooting. This section does not prevent any person from shooting at live pigeons, sparrows, and starlings when used in the training of hunting dogs. This section does not prevent any person from shooting at a game bird that is released a minimum of fifty twenty-five yards from that 

person on a licensed hunting preserve.  For the purposes of this section, “game bird” means the same as defined in section 484B.1.

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JOHN P. KIBBIE

President of the Senate

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PATRICK J. MURPHY

Speaker of the House

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 2216, Eighty-third General Assembly.

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MICHAEL E. MARSHALL

Secretary of the Senate
Approved _______________, 2010

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CHESTER J. CULVER

Governor