House File 238

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                                       BY  BAUDLER


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    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the amount of mussels and shells which may be
  2    taken pursuant to a sport fishing license.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2036HH 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 482.12, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
  1  2 2003, is amended by striking the paragraph and inserting in
  1  3 lieu thereof the following:
  1  4    a.  A sport fishing license entitles a person to take and
  1  5 possess a maximum amount of mussels or shells daily as
  1  6 authorized by rule of the department or commission under the
  1  7 authority of sections 456A.24, 481A.38, 481A.39, and 482.1.
  1  8                           EXPLANATION
  1  9    This bill changes the amount of mussels and shells that a
  1 10 person with a sport fishing license is entitled to take and
  1 11 possess on a daily basis from a maximum of 20 pounds to the
  1 12 amount that is authorized by an administrative rule of the
  1 13 department of natural resources or the natural resource
  1 14 commission pursuant to their authority to set limits on taking
  1 15 and possessing wildlife pursuant to Code sections 456A.24,
  1 16 481A.38, 481A.39, and 482.1.
  1 17    A person who violates a provision of the bill is guilty of
  1 18 a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under
  1 19 Code section 805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph "o", for which
  1 20 the fine is $50.
  1 21 LSB 2036HH 80
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