House File 188

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  J. R. VAN FOSSEN


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the rulemaking authority of the natural
  2    resource commission regarding the taking and possession of
  3    migratory birds.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2303HH 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 481A.48, subsection 2, Code 2003, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  The commission may adopt rules for the taking and
  1  4 possession of migratory birds which are subject to the federal
  1  5 "Migratory Bird Treaty Act" and or "Migratory Bird Stamp
  1  6 Hunting Act" during the time and in the manner permitted under
  1  7 those federal Acts, whichever Act is applicable.  The
  1  8 commission shall not adopt a rule for the taking or possession
  1  9 of a migratory bird for which an open season is not authorized
  1 10 by another paragraph of this section.
  1 11                           EXPLANATION
  1 12    This bill strikes a provision which restricts the natural
  1 13 resource commission from adopting a rule relating to the
  1 14 taking and possession of a migratory bird authorized pursuant
  1 15 to federal law if an open season for the migratory bird is not
  1 16 otherwise authorized in the Code of Iowa.  The natural
  1 17 resource commission may authorize the taking and possession of
  1 18 migratory birds as authorized by the federal Migratory Bird
  1 19 Treaty Act or the Migratory Bird Stamp Hunting Act.
  1 20 LSB 2303HH 80
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