House File 238 HOUSE FILE BY BAUDLER Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date 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 5 av/sh/8 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 1 22 av/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