HF 291 (LSB 1734HH (3) 85)

HOUSE FILE 291

BY  MASCHER

A BILL FOR

An Act prohibiting the establishment of a season to hunt mourning doves in the state and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 481A.48, subsection 1, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  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, pigeon, 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.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
   This bill strikes language which authorizes the natural resource commission to establish a season for hunting mourning doves. The bill is effective upon enactment.