HOUSE FILE 145

BY  HANSON

A BILL FOR

An Act prohibiting certain trapping with conibear traps and snares near the entry to a private drive of a residence without permission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  Section 481A.92, subsection 3, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Conibear type traps and snares shall not be set on the right-of-way of a public road within two four hundred forty yards of the entry to a private drive serving a residence without the permission of the occupant.
EXPLANATION
   This bill prohibits setting a conibear type trap or snare on the right-of-way of a public road within 440 yards of the entry to a private drive serving a residence without the permission of the occupant. Currently, such a trap cannot be set within 200 yards of the entry to a private drive of a residence without permission.