House
File
475
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Enrolled
House
File
475
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
USE
OF
A
STRAIGHT
WALL
CARTRIDGE
RIFLE
TO
HUNT
DEER
AND
INCLUDING
PENALTIES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
481A.48,
Code
2017,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
6.
The
commission
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
allowing
the
use
of
straight
wall
cartridge
rifles
to
hunt
deer
as
follows:
a.
A
straight
wall
cartridge
rifle
may
be
used
to
hunt
deer
during
youth
and
disabled
deer
hunting
season
and
first
and
second
shotgun
deer
hunting
seasons
by
a
person
who
has
a
valid
deer
hunting
license
and
is
otherwise
qualified
to
hunt.
b.
A
straight
wall
cartridge
rifle
that
is
allowed
pursuant
to
this
subsection
shall
be
of
the
same
caliber
and
use
the
same
straight
wall
ammunition
as
is
allowed
for
use
in
a
pistol
or
revolver
for
hunting
deer
as
provided
in
subsection
5.
In
addition,
the
commission
shall
provide,
by
rule,
for
the
use
of
straight
wall
ammunition
under
this
subsection
that
meets
ballistics
specifications
similar
to
the
requirements
for
straight
wall
ammunition
allowed
for
use
in
a
pistol
or
revolver
for
hunting
deer
as
provided
in
subsection
5.
House
File
475,
p.
2
c.
A
person
possessing
a
prohibited
rifle
while
hunting
deer
commits
a
scheduled
violation
under
section
805.8B,
subsection
3,
paragraph
“h”
,
subparagraph
(6).
In
addition,
the
hunting
privileges
of
a
person
convicted
of
possessing
a
prohibited
rifle
while
hunting
deer
shall
be
suspended
for
two
years.
Sec.
2.
Section
805.8B,
subsection
3,
paragraph
h,
Code
2017,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(6)
Possession
of
a
prohibited
rifle
while
hunting
deer,
the
scheduled
fine
is
two
hundred
fifty
dollars.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JACK
WHITVER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
475,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2017
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor