House
File
2009
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2009
BY
WILLEMS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
allowing
the
use
of
a
leashed
dog
to
retrieve
a
wounded
1
deer
and
providing
a
penalty.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
481A.56A
Retrieval
of
wounded
deer
1
by
leashed
dogs.
2
A
person
having
a
valid
hunting
license
and
a
valid
deer
3
hunting
license
who
has
wounded
a
deer
while
hunting
may
use
4
a
dog
to
locate
and
retrieve
the
wounded
animal.
The
hunter
5
or
any
person
in
the
company
of
the
hunter
shall
not
possess
a
6
firearm
or
bow
while
using
a
dog
in
this
manner
and
shall
have
7
control
of
the
dog
by
leash
at
all
times
during
the
search.
8
The
commission
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
9
implement
this
section.
10
Sec.
2.
Section
805.8B,
subsection
3,
paragraph
c,
Code
11
Supplement
2009,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
12
c.
For
violations
of
sections
481A.6,
481A.21,
481A.22,
13
481A.26,
481A.50,
481A.56,
481A.56A,
481A.60
through
481A.62,
14
481A.83,
481A.84,
481A.92,
481A.123,
481A.145,
subsection
3,
15
sections
483A.7,
483A.8,
483A.23,
483A.24,
and
483A.28,
the
16
scheduled
fine
is
twenty-five
dollars.
17
EXPLANATION
18
This
bill
creates
new
Code
section
481A.56A
to
allow
a
hunter
19
with
a
valid
hunting
license
and
deer
hunting
license
who
20
wounds
a
deer
while
hunting
to
use
a
dog
to
locate
and
retrieve
21
the
wounded
animal.
The
hunter
or
any
person
in
the
company
of
22
the
hunter
shall
not
possess
a
firearm
or
bow
while
using
a
dog
23
in
this
manner
and
shall
have
control
of
the
dog
by
leash
at
24
all
times
during
the
search.
The
natural
resource
commission
25
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
17A
to
implement
26
this
provision.
27
A
violation
of
the
new
provision
is
punishable
by
a
scheduled
28
fine
of
$25.
29
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