SENATE FILE 2068

BY  DEARDEN

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for civil damages for the commission of unlawful acts related to bald eagles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 481A.130, subsection 1, paragraph h, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   h.  For each deer, except as provided in paragraph “g”, and for each
 
bald eagle, swan, or crane, one thousand five hundred dollars.
EXPLANATION
   This bill provides that a person who unlawfully sells, takes, catches, kills, injures, destroys, or possesses a bald eagle is liable to the state for civil damages in the amount of $1,500. Criminal penalties may also be applicable for such unlawful acts.