Senate File 234 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  JOHNSON, BARTZ, KETTERING,
                                           McKINLEY, BEHN, KAPUCIAN,
                                           REYNOLDS, SEYMOUR, WIECK,
                                           HAMERLINCK, and BOETTGER


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act establishing a resident pheasant hunting season on certain
  2    public lands and providing a penalty.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2378XS 83
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 481A.48, Code 2009, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  4A.  The commission shall establish a
  1  4 pheasant hunting season for resident hunters during the first
  1  5 week of the open season established for hunting pheasants in
  1  6 the state.  During that week only resident hunters shall be
  1  7 allowed to hunt pheasants on public lands in the state under
  1  8 the jurisdiction of the commission, including state=owned or
  1  9 managed game management areas, state game refuges, state
  1 10 parks, federal land leased or under agreement to the state as
  1 11 a game production area, private land leased or under agreement
  1 12 to the department for the purpose of providing access, and on
  1 13 highways or other public rights=of=way.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15    This bill requires the natural resource commission to
  1 16 establish a resident pheasant hunting season during the first
  1 17 week of the open season for hunting pheasants in the state.
  1 18 During that time, only residents are allowed to hunt pheasants
  1 19 on certain public lands in the state under the jurisdiction of
  1 20 the commission.  A person who violates the provision is guilty
  1 21 of a scheduled fine based on the particular violation pursuant
  1 22 to Code section 805.8B(3)(h).
  1 23 LSB 2378XS 83
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