Senate File 315 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  JOHNSON


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act prohibiting hunting guides or outfitters from guiding on
  2    public lands and waters and providing penalties.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2389XS 83
  5 av/rj/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  481A.125B  HUNTING GUIDES AND
  1  2 HUNTING OUTFITTERS.
  1  3    1.  As used in this section, "hunting guide" or "hunting
  1  4 outfitter" means a person who engages in or represents oneself
  1  5 as engaging in the business of being a hunting guide or
  1  6 hunting outfitter and who, for compensation or remuneration,
  1  7 directs or provides services or equipment to any other person
  1  8 for the purpose of hunting any wild animal.
  1  9    2.  A person who is a hunting guide or hunting outfitter as
  1 10 defined in subsection 1 shall not direct or guide any hunting
  1 11 activity on state=owned or state=managed game management
  1 12 areas, state game refuges, state parks, waters under the
  1 13 jurisdiction of the commission, federal land leased or under
  1 14 agreement to the state as a game or waterfowl production area,
  1 15 or private land leased or under agreement to the department
  1 16 for the purpose of providing access, or on highways or other
  1 17 public right=of=ways.
  1 18    3.  A person who violates this section is guilty of a
  1 19 serious misdemeanor and shall have all licenses, certificates,
  1 20 and permits and the privileges associated with them to hunt,
  1 21 fish, or trap in this state revoked for a period of three
  1 22 years.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill prohibits a person engaged in the business of
  1 25 being a hunting guide or hunting outfitter from directing or
  1 26 guiding any hunting activity on public lands and waters under
  1 27 the jurisdiction of the natural resource commission.  A person
  1 28 who violates the provision is guilty of a serious misdemeanor
  1 29 and loses all licenses, certificates, and permits, and the
  1 30 privileges associated with them to hunt, fish, or trap in this
  1 31 state for three years.  A serious misdemeanor is punishable by
  1 32 confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least
  1 33 $315 but not more than $1,875.
  1 34 LSB 2389XS 83
  1 35 av/rj/24