Senate File 82 



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  DEARDEN


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act allowing the establishment of an open season for hunting
  2    mourning doves.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1640SS 82
  5 av/gg/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 481A.48, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  No A person, except as otherwise provided by law, shall
  1  4 not willfully disturb, pursue, shoot, kill, take or attempt to
  1  5 take or have in possession any of the following game birds or
  1  6 animals except within the open season established by the
  1  7 commission:  Gray or fox squirrel, bobwhite quail, cottontail
  1  8 or jackrabbit, duck, snipe, pheasant, goose, woodcock,
  1  9 partridge, mourning dove, coot, rail, ruffed grouse, wild
  1 10 turkey, pigeons, or deer.  The seasons, bag limits, possession
  1 11 limits, and locality shall be established by the department or
  1 12 commission under the authority of sections 456A.24, 481A.38,
  1 13 and 481A.39.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15    This bill authorizes the natural resource commission to
  1 16 establish an open season for hunting mourning doves.
  1 17 LSB 1640SS 82
  1 18 av:nh/gg/14.1