House File 179 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY RAYHONS Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act allowing stationary or European=style bird hunts on 2 hunting preserves. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2152HH 82 5 av/gg/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 481A.21, Code 2007, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 481A.21 BIRDS AS TARGETS. 1 4 1. A person shall not keep or use any live pigeon or other 1 5 bird as a target, to be shot at for amusement or as a test of 1 6 skill in marksmanship, or shoot at a bird kept or used for 1 7 such purpose, or be a party to such shooting, or lease any 1 8 building, room, field, or premises, or knowingly permit the 1 9 use thereof, for the purpose of such shooting except as 1 10 otherwise provided in this section. 1 11 2. This section does not prevent any person from shooting 1 12 at live pigeons, sparrows, and starlings when used in the 1 13 training of hunting dogs. 1 14 3. This section does not prevent the commission from 1 15 adopting rules under chapter 17A which allow hunting preserves 1 16 to hold stationary or European=style bird hunts. 1 17 EXPLANATION 1 18 This bill allows the natural resource commission to adopt 1 19 rules under Code chapter 17A which allow stationary or 1 20 European=style bird hunts on hunting preserves. 1 21 LSB 2152HH 82 1 22 av:nh/gg/14