House File 2393
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR TO HF 2054)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the regulation of target shooting near
2 buildings and feedlots and the regulation of public hunting
3 near buildings and feedlots and providing an effective date.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 481A.123, Code 2003, is amended by
1 2 adding the following new subsections:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. This section does not apply to the
1 4 discharge of a firearm for the purpose of target shooting on
1 5 premises posted as a target shooting range, if the premises
1 6 have been used as a target shooting range prior to the
1 7 erection of a building inhabited by people or domestic
1 8 livestock, or prior to the construction of a feedlot, located
1 9 within two hundred yards of the target shooting range. This
1 10 subsection applies only to the erection of a building
1 11 inhabited by people or domestic livestock or to the
1 12 construction of a feedlot located within two hundred yards of
1 13 a target shooting range, that is identified as a target
1 14 shooting range by the city, county, state, or federal
1 15 government, which erection or construction occurs on or after
1 16 the effective date of this Act.
1 17 As used in this subsection, "target shooting" means the
1 18 discharge of a firearm at an inanimate object, for amusement
1 19 or as a test of skill in marksmanship.
1 20 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. This section does not apply to the
1 21 discharge of a firearm on premises identified as a public
1 22 hunting area, if the premises have been identified as a public
1 23 hunting area prior to the erection of a building inhabited by
1 24 people or domestic livestock, or prior to the construction of
1 25 a feedlot, located within two hundred yards of the public
1 26 hunting area. This subsection applies only to the erection of
1 27 a building inhabited by people or domestic livestock or to the
1 28 construction of a feedlot located within two hundred yards of
1 29 a public hunting area, which erection or construction occurs
1 30 on or after the effective date of this Act.
1 31 As used in this subsection, "public hunting area" means
1 32 public lands or waters available for hunting by the public,
1 33 and identified as a public hunting area by the city, county,
1 34 state, or federal government.
1 35 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
2 1 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
2 2 EXPLANATION
2 3 This bill provides that target shooting on premises posted
2 4 as a target shooting range is exempt from the requirement that
2 5 a firearm cannot be discharged within 200 yards of a building
2 6 inhabited by people or domestic livestock, or of a feedlot,
2 7 unless the owner or tenant has given consent, if the premises
2 8 have been used as a target shooting range prior to the
2 9 erection of such a building or construction of a feedlot. The
2 10 bill applies only to the erection of such a building or
2 11 construction of a feedlot within 200 yards of a target
2 12 shooting range that is identified as such by the city, county,
2 13 state, or federal government where the erection or
2 14 construction occurs on or after the effective date of the
2 15 bill. For the purposes of the bill, "target shooting" means
2 16 the discharge of a firearm at an inanimate object, for
2 17 amusement or as a test of skill in marksmanship. A violation
2 18 of Code section 481A.123 is punishable by a scheduled fine of
2 19 $25 under Code section 805.8B.
2 20 The bill also provides that the discharge of a firearm on
2 21 premises posted as a public hunting area is exempt from the
2 22 requirement that a firearm cannot be discharged within 200
2 23 yards of a building inhabited by people or domestic livestock,
2 24 or of a feedlot, if the premises have been identified as a
2 25 public hunting area prior to the erection of such a building
2 26 or construction of a feedlot. The provision applies only to
2 27 the erection of such a building or construction of a feedlot
2 28 within 200 yards of a public hunting range that is identified
2 29 as such by the city, county, state, or federal government and
2 30 where the erection or construction occurs on or after the
2 31 effective date of the bill.
2 32 The bill is effective upon enactment.
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