House File 2054

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  BAUDLER

                                       (COMPANION TO SF 2002
                                        BY BRUNKHORST)


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the regulation of target shooting near
  2    buildings and feedlots.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5026HH 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 481A.123, Code 2003, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  This section does not apply to the
  1  4 discharge of a firearm for the purpose of target shooting on
  1  5 premises posted as a target shooting range, if the premises
  1  6 have been used as a target shooting range for at least two
  1  7 years prior to the erection of a building inhabited by people
  1  8 or domestic livestock, or prior to the construction of a
  1  9 feedlot, located within two hundred yards of the target
  1 10 shooting range.
  1 11    As used in this subsection, "target shooting" means the
  1 12 discharge of a firearm at an inanimate object, for amusement
  1 13 or as a test of skill in marksmanship.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15    This bill provides that target shooting on premises posted
  1 16 as a target shooting range is exempt from the requirement that
  1 17 a firearm cannot be discharged within 200 yards of a building
  1 18 inhabited by people or domestic livestock, or of a feedlot,
  1 19 unless the owner or tenant has given consent, if the premises
  1 20 have been used as a target shooting range for at least two
  1 21 years prior to the erection of such a building or construction
  1 22 of a feedlot.  For the purposes of the bill, "target shooting"
  1 23 means the discharge of a firearm at an inanimate object, for
  1 24 amusement or as a test of skill in marksmanship.  A violation
  1 25 of Code section 481A.123 is punishable by a scheduled fine of
  1 26 $25 under Code section 805.8B.
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