HOUSE FILE 508

BY  ARNOLD, BAUDLER, DOLECHECK, HUSEMAN, CHAMBERS, ALONS, and SCHULTZ

(COMPANION TO SF 83 BY DEARDEN)

A BILL FOR

An Act allowing the establishment of an open season for hunting mourning doves.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  Section 481A.48, subsection 1, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  No A person, except as otherwise provided by law, shall not willfully disturb, pursue, shoot, kill, take or attempt to take or have in possession any of the following game birds or animals except within the open season established by the commission:  Gray or fox squirrel, bobwhite quail, cottontail or jackrabbit, duck, snipe, pheasant, goose, woodcock, partridge, mourning dove, coot, rail, ruffed grouse, wild turkey, pigeons, or deer. The seasons, bag limits, possession limits, and locality shall be established by the department or commission under the authority of sections 456A.24, 481A.38, and 481A.39.
EXPLANATION
   This bill authorizes the natural resource commission to establish an open season for hunting mourning doves.