House File 123 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  REICHERT


    Passed House, Date                Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the sale of wild turkey bones and providing
  2    penalties.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1081HH 82
  5 av/sh/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 481A.55, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  Except as otherwise provided, a person shall not buy or
  1  4 sell, dead or alive, a bird or animal or any part of one which
  1  5 is protected by this chapter, but this section does not apply
  1  6 to fur=bearing animals, bones of wild turkeys that were
  1  7 legally taken, and the skins, plumage, and antlers of legally
  1  8 taken game.  This section does not prohibit the purchase of
  1  9 jackrabbits from sources outside this state.  A person shall
  1 10 not purchase, sell, barter, or offer to purchase, sell, or
  1 11 barter for millinery or ornamental use the feathers of
  1 12 migratory game birds; and a person shall not purchase, sell,
  1 13 barter, or offer to purchase, sell, or barter mounted
  1 14 specimens of migratory game birds.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This bill allows a person to buy or sell the bones of wild
  1 17 turkeys that were legally taken.  A violation of this
  1 18 provision is punishable by a scheduled fine of $50.
  1 19 LSB 1081HH 82
  1 20 av:nh/sh/8