House File 2389 HOUSE FILE BY BAUDLER Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act establishing fees for the regulation of farm deer, and 2 providing an effective date. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5947HH 80 5 da/pj/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 170.3, Code Supplement 2003, is amended 1 2 by adding the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. The department may impose, assess, and 1 4 collect fees as required to administer this chapter. However, 1 5 the department shall not charge a person a fee that exceeds 1 6 ten dollars. 1 7 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 1 8 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 1 9 EXPLANATION 1 10 During the 2003 legislative session the General Assembly 1 11 passed House File 624 (2003 Acts, chapter 149) regulating farm 1 12 deer, including whitetail deer. The bill effectively 1 13 transferred regulatory authority from the department of 1 14 natural resources under Code chapter 484 (which supervises 1 15 hunting preserves) to the department of agriculture and land 1 16 stewardship under new Code chapter 170. That Code chapter 1 17 does not currently provide for the assessment of fees. This 1 18 bill provides that the department may impose, assess, and 1 19 collect fees as required to administer the chapter. The bill 1 20 also provides that a fee cannot exceed $10. 1 21 LSB 5947HH 80 1 22 da/pj/5 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