House File 673 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES (SUCCESSOR TO HF 244) Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act restricting the sale of bait by nonresidents who hold a 2 license to engage in aquaculture. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2359HV 81 5 da/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 481A.142, subsection 5, paragraph b, 1 2 Code 2005, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 b. A person who holds a nonresident aquaculture unit 1 4licensee shall be limited to sellinglicense may sell baitat1 5 to licensed wholesaleunless the home state of the nonresident 1 6 licensee allows residents of this state to sellbait dealers 1 7 in Iowa. Sale of bait to licensed residentatretail bait 1 8 dealers in Iowa shall be limited to residents of those states 1 9 that offer the same privilege to residents of this state. 1 10 EXPLANATION 1 11 This bill amends a provision which regulates persons 1 12 engaged in aquaculture, which is the controlled propagation, 1 13 growth, and harvest of aquatic organisms (e.g., fish, 1 14 amphibians, reptiles, mollusks, crustaceans, gastropods, and 1 15 algae). These persons must be licensed by the department of 1 16 natural resources. The water where aquaculture occurs is 1 17 referred to as a licensed unit. A person who has been issued 1 18 a license may sell bait (such as minnows, frogs, and clams) 1 19 propagated or raised within the licensed unit without having 1 20 to obtain a bait dealer's license under Code section 483A.1. 1 21 The bill applies to a person who is licensed under the 1 22 statute but who is a nonresident. Currently, a nonresident 1 23 can only sell bait at wholesale. However, there is one 1 24 exception based on reciprocity of state law. If the 1 25 nonresident's home state allows Iowa residents to sell bait at 1 26 retail to its citizens, then Iowa law also allows the 1 27 nonresident to sell bait at retail to Iowa citizens. The bill 1 28 provides that the nonresident may sell the bait to a licensed 1 29 wholesale dealer regardless of the law of the nonresident's 1 30 home state. It also provides that the nonresident may sell 1 31 the bait to a licensed retail dealer only if the nonresident's 1 32 home state has a reciprocal relationship with Iowa. 1 33 LSB 2359HV 81 1 34 da:nh/sh/8