House File 2072 HOUSE FILE BY ALONS Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the selling of bait by an aquaculture unit 2 licensee. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5827YH 80 5 tm/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 481A.142, subsection 5, Code 2003, is 1 2 amended to read as follows. 1 3 5. a. Sell bait, including minnows, frogs, and clams, 1 4 propagated or raised within the licensed unit without having 1 5 to obtain a bait dealer's license. However, aquaculture units 1 6 wishing to take bait from areas other than their licensed 1 7 units must also obtain a bait dealer's license. 1 8 b. A nonresident aquaculture unit licensee shall be 1 9 limited to selling bait at wholesale unless the home state of 1 10 the nonresident licensee allows residents of this state to 1 11 sell bait at retail. 1 12 EXPLANATION 1 13 This bill relates to the selling of bait by an aquaculture 1 14 unit licensee. Currently, an aquaculture unit licensee is 1 15 allowed to sell bait propagated or raised within the licensed 1 16 unit without having to obtain a bait dealer's license. The 1 17 bill limits a nonresident aquaculture unit licensee to selling 1 18 bait at wholesale unless the home state of the nonresident 1 19 licensee allows residents of this state to sell bait at 1 20 retail. 1 21 LSB 5827YH 80 1 22 tm/sh/8 1 23 1 24 1 25 1 26 1 27 1 28 1 29 1 30 1 31 1 32 1 33 1 34 1 35