House File 2254

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  OSTERHAUS and BUKTA


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the discharge of a firearm on a public hunting
  2    area.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5716HH 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 on premises posted as a public hunting
  1  5 area, if the premises were posted as a public hunting area
  1  6 prior to the erection of a building inhabited by people or
  1  7 domestic livestock, or prior to the construction of a feedlot,
  1  8 located within two hundred yards of the public hunting area.
  1  9 This subsection applies only to the erection of a building
  1 10 inhabited by people or domestic livestock or to the
  1 11 construction of a feedlot located within two hundred yards of
  1 12 a public hunting area, which erection or construction occurs
  1 13 on or after the effective date of this Act.
  1 14    As used in this subsection, "public hunting area" means
  1 15 public lands or waters available for hunting by the public and
  1 16 established and posted by the commission as a public hunting
  1 17 area.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill provides that discharging a firearm on premises
  1 20 posted as a public hunting area is exempt from the requirement
  1 21 that a firearm cannot be discharged within 200 yards of a
  1 22 building inhabited by people or domestic livestock, or of a
  1 23 feedlot, unless the owner or tenant has given consent, if the
  1 24 premises were posted as a public hunting area prior to the
  1 25 erection of such a building or construction of such a feedlot.
  1 26 The bill applies only to the erection of such a building or
  1 27 construction of such a feedlot that occurs on or after the
  1 28 effective date of the bill.  For purposes of the bill, "public
  1 29 hunting area" means public lands or waters available for
  1 30 hunting by the public and established and posted by the
  1 31 natural resource commission as a public hunting area.  A
  1 32 violation of Code section 481A.123 is punishable by a
  1 33 scheduled fine of $25 under Code section 805.8B.
  1 34 LSB 5716HH 80
  1 35 av/pj/5