Senate File 3 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY KETTERING Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act concerning the limitation of actions for prosecution of 2 violations under certain statutes administered by the natural 3 resource commission. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1050XS 82 6 av/je/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 481A.32A LIMITATION OF CRIMINAL 1 2 ACTIONS. 1 3 1. Notwithstanding section 802.4 or any other provision of 1 4 law to the contrary, prosecution for a violation of this 1 5 chapter or chapter 481B, 482, 483A, 484A, 484B, or 484C, which 1 6 is a simple misdemeanor, shall be commenced within three years 1 7 after its commission. 1 8 2. When a person leaves the state after committing a 1 9 violation as set forth in subsection 1, prosecution for the 1 10 violation may be commenced within three years after the person 1 11 returns to the state, and no period during which the party 1 12 charged was not publicly resident within the state shall 1 13 constitute part of the three=year limitation period. 1 14 EXPLANATION 1 15 This bill provides that prosecution for simple misdemeanor 1 16 violations of Code chapters 481A (wildlife conservation), 482 1 17 (commercial fishing), 483A (fishing and hunting licenses, 1 18 contraband, and guns), 484A (migratory game birds), 484B 1 19 (hunting preserves), or 484C (preserve whitetail), which are 1 20 administered by the natural resource commission, shall be 1 21 commenced within three years after commission of the 1 22 violation. 1 23 The bill provides that if a person leaves the state after 1 24 committing such a violation, prosecution for the violation may 1 25 be commenced within three years after the person returns to 1 26 the state, and the period during which the person charged was 1 27 not publicly resident within the state does not count as part 1 28 of the three=year limitation period. 1 29 Currently, a prosecution for such a violation that is a 1 30 misdemeanor must be commenced within one year after commission 1 31 of the violation. 1 32 LSB 1050XS 82 1 33 av:nh/je/5