Senate Study Bill 1220 



                                   SENATE FILE       
                                   BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON NATURAL
                                        RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT BILL
                                        BY CHAIRPERSON BLACK)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act making black bears and cougars fur=bearing animals.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 2477SC 82
  4 av/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 481A.1, subsection 20, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    20.  "Fur=bearing animals" means the following which are
  1  4 declared to be fur=bearing animals for the purpose of
  1  5 regulation and protection under the Code:  beaver, badger,
  1  6 mink, otter, muskrat, raccoon, skunk, opossum, spotted skunk
  1  7 or civet cat, weasel, black bear, cougar, coyote, bobcat,
  1  8 wolf, groundhog, red fox, and gray fox.  This chapter does not
  1  9 apply to domesticated fur=bearing animals.
  1 10                           EXPLANATION
  1 11    This bill adds black bears and cougars to the list of fur=
  1 12 bearing animals.  Currently black bears and cougars are not
  1 13 addressed in the Code and as such are unprotected nongame
  1 14 animals.  As fur=bearing animals, black bears and cougars may
  1 15 be taken legally only during an open hunting season
  1 16 established by the natural resource commission.
  1 17 LSB 2477SC 82
  1 18 av:nh/gg/14