HOUSE FILE 461

BY  COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 96)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the attachment of tags to deer carcasses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  Section 483A.8, subsection 2, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The deer hunting license shall be accompanied by a tag designed to be used only once. When a deer is taken, the deer shall be tagged and the tag shall be dated. The tag shall be attached to the carcass of a deer taken within fifteen minutes of the time the deer carcass is located after being taken, or before the carcass is moved to be transported by any means from the place where the deer was taken, whichever occurs first.For each antlered deer taken, the tag shall be affixed to the deer’s antlers.
EXPLANATION
   This bill requires that a deer tag must be attached to the carcass of a deer taken within 15 minutes of the time the deer is located after being taken, or before the carcass is moved to be transported by any means from the place where the deer was taken, whichever occurs first.
   Currently, by rule, a tag must be attached to the carcass of a deer taken within 15 minutes of the time the deer is killed or before the carcass is moved in any manner, whichever occurs first.