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 5 av/pj/5 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. 1 27 LSB 5026HH 80 1 28 av/pj/5 1 29 1 30 1 31 1 32 1 33 1 34 1 35