HF 2108 (LSB 5146YH (4) 86)

HOUSE FILE 2108

BY  HOLT, SHEETS, GASSMAN, BAXTER, HEARTSILL, CARLSON, WATTS, GUSTAFSON, BACON, BROWN-POWERS, KLEIN, MOMMSEN, KOOIKER, BEST, SIECK, WINDSCHITL, RIZER, HEIN, and HOLZ

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring the natural resource commission to allow the use of certain shotguns and muzzleloading shotguns when hunting wild turkey and providing a penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 481A.38, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  The commission shall adopt a rule pursuant to chapter 17A allowing a .410-gauge shotgun or muzzleloading shotgun to be used to hunt wild turkey under the conditions in which other shotguns or muzzleloading shotguns are allowed. 
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the natural resource commission to adopt a rule pursuant to Code chapter 17A that allows a .410-gauge shotgun or muzzleloading shotgun to be used to hunt wild turkey under the conditions in which other shotguns or muzzleloading shotguns are allowed. Currently, use of a shotgun or muzzleloading shotgun smaller than 20-gauge is prohibited by rule when hunting wild turkey in the state. A person who violates the provisions of the bill is subject to a scheduled fine of $100.