Senate File 299 - Introduced





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                                       BY  BLACK


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to hybrid cats, by providing that a person may
  2    possess, breed, and transport the offspring of a domestic cat
  3    and a cat classified as a dangerous wild animal or a
  4    subsequent generation originating from that offspring, and
  5    providing an effective date.
  6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 717F.1, subsection 5, paragraph b, Code
  1  2 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    b.  "Dangerous wild animal" includes an animal which is the
  1  4 offspring of an animal provided in paragraph "a", and another
  1  5 animal provided in that paragraph or any other animal.  It
  1  6 also includes animals which are the offspring of each
  1  7 subsequent generation.  However, a dangerous wild animal does
  1  8 not include a hybrid which is any of the following:
  1  9    (1)  The offspring of a domestic dog and a wolf, or the
  1 10 offspring from each subsequent generation in which at least
  1 11 one parent is a domestic dog.
  1 12    (2)  The offspring of a domestic cat and a member of the
  1 13 family felidae of the order carnivora, or the offspring from
  1 14 each subsequent generation regardless of whether a parent is a
  1 15 domestic cat or another member of the family felidae.
  1 16 However, the offspring must not weigh more than twenty=five
  1 17 pounds at one year of age.
  1 18    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 19 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 20                           EXPLANATION
  1 21    This bill provides that certain hybrid cats are no longer
  1 22 classified as dangerous wild animals regulated under Code
  1 23 chapter 717F.  A hybrid cat is (1) the offspring of a domestic
  1 24 cat and a lion, tiger, cougar, leopard, cheetah, ocelot,
  1 25 serval, or other nondomestic cat taxonomically known as a
  1 26 member of the family felidae of the order carnivora, or (2)
  1 27 each subsequent generation of that offspring.
  1 28    The bill would allow a person to possess, breed, or
  1 29 transport the hybrid cat so long as the offspring does not
  1 30 weigh more than 25 pounds at one year of age, notwithstanding
  1 31 Code section 717F.3 which would otherwise apply to prohibit
  1 32 such conduct.  The bill does not affect provisions in Code
  1 33 chapter 717F that prohibit a person from keeping the
  1 34 pure=stock parent of a hybrid cat.  The bill does not change
  1 35 current law which provides that a person may own or possess a
  2  1 lion, tiger, cougar, leopard, cheetah, ocelot, or serval, only
  2  2 under certain conditions.  For example, the person must have
  2  3 owned or possessed the parent on July 1, 2007, and comply with
  2  4 a number of health and safety restrictions (see Code section
  2  5 717F.4), or the person must obtain an appropriate license
  2  6 issued by the United States department of agriculture and
  2  7 register the parent with the department of agriculture and
  2  8 land stewardship (see Code section 717F.7).
  2  9    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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