House File 2130

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  LUKAN


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act permitting certain individuals to use a crossbow to hunt
  2    deer and subjecting violators to a scheduled fine.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5433HH 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 481A.38, subsection 1, unnumbered
  1  2 paragraph 2, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  The commission shall adopt a rule permitting a crossbow
  1  4 to be used only by individuals with disabilities who are
  1  5 physically incapable of using a bow and arrow under the
  1  6 conditions in which a bow and arrow is permitted.  The
  1  7 commission shall prepare an application to be used by an
  1  8 individual requesting the status.  The application shall
  1  9 require the individual's physician to sign a statement
  1 10 declaring that the individual is not physically able to use a
  1 11 bow and arrow.
  1 12    b.  The commission shall adopt a rule permitting a crossbow
  1 13 to be used for taking deer, under the conditions in which a
  1 14 bow and arrow is permitted, by any deer hunting licensee who
  1 15 is sixty=five years of age or older.  The commission shall
  1 16 prepare an application to be used by an individual requesting
  1 17 permission to use a crossbow to hunt deer during bow hunting
  1 18 season.  The application shall require the applicant to
  1 19 produce proof of the applicant's age.
  1 20                           EXPLANATION
  1 21    This bill directs the natural resource commission to adopt
  1 22 a rule permitting a deer hunting licensee who is 65 years of
  1 23 age or older to use a crossbow under the conditions under
  1 24 which a bow and arrow is permitted to be used.  The bill also
  1 25 provides that the commission shall prepare an application to
  1 26 be used by persons requesting permission to use a crossbow to
  1 27 hunt deer and require the applicant to produce proof of the
  1 28 applicant's age.
  1 29    A violation of the provisions of the bill is punishable by
  1 30 a scheduled fine of $100 or $50 under Code section 805.8B,
  1 31 subsection 3, paragraph "f" or "g".
  1 32 LSB 5433HH 80
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