House File 2385 HOUSE FILE BY WHITAKER Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act providing for the issuance of an additional tag to be used 2 with a deer hunting license when a deer taken is unusable. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5527YH 80 5 av/pj/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 483A.8, subsection 2, Code Supplement 1 2 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 2. The deer hunting license shall be accompanied by a tag 1 4 designed to be used only once. When a deer is taken, the deer 1 5 shall be tagged and the tag shall be dated. The commission 1 6 shall provide, by rule, for the issuance of an additional tag 1 7 to a person who takes a deer and discovers that the deer is 1 8 unusable for human consumption or the feeding of domestic 1 9 animals due to disease or injury. When such a deer is taken, 1 10 the person shall immediately notify a conservation officer and 1 11 the conservation officer shall examine the deer. The person 1 12 shall tag the deer and the tag shall be dated. The tag shall 1 13 also contain a notation by the conservation officer if the 1 14 conservation officer determines that the deer is unusable. 1 15 The conservation officer shall be responsible for making a 1 16 determination that a deer is unusable and for the issuance of 1 17 an additional tag that can be used to take another deer. 1 18 EXPLANATION 1 19 This bill requires the natural resource commission to 1 20 provide, by rule, for the issuance of an additional tag to a 1 21 person who takes a deer and discovers that the deer is 1 22 unusable for human consumption or the feeding of domestic 1 23 animals due to disease or injury. The bill provides that when 1 24 such a deer is taken, the person shall immediately notify a 1 25 conservation officer who shall examine the deer. The bill 1 26 provides that the deer shall be tagged and the tag shall 1 27 contain a notation by the conservation officer if the 1 28 conservation officer determines that the deer is unusable. 1 29 The bill provides that the conservation officer is responsible 1 30 for making a determination that a deer is unusable and for the 1 31 issuance of an additional tag that can be used to take another 1 32 deer. 1 33 LSB 5527YH 80 1 34 av/pj/5 1 35