House
File
2144
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2144
BY
HEARTSILL
,
R.
TAYLOR
,
KLEIN
,
BAUDLER
,
SHEETS
,
WATTS
,
HOLT
,
BRANHAGEN
,
WILLS
,
GASSMAN
,
and
SALMON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
prohibiting
the
purchase
of
weapons
seized
as
a
public
1
nuisance
by
certain
persons
affiliated
with
the
department
2
of
natural
resources.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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Section
1.
Section
483A.33,
Code
2016,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
6.
The
director,
the
director’s
officers,
3
an
employee
of
the
department,
or
a
member
of
their
immediate
4
family
shall
not
purchase
a
weapon
seized
pursuant
to
section
5
483A.32
and
disposed
of
pursuant
to
this
section
or
section
6
809.21.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection,
“member
of
their
7
immediate
family”
means
a
spouse,
child,
stepchild,
brother,
8
brother-in-law,
stepbrother,
sister,
sister-in-law,
stepsister,
9
parent,
parent-in-law,
or
stepparent
of
the
director,
the
10
officer,
or
other
employee
who
resides
in
the
same
household
11
in
the
same
principal
residence
of
the
director,
officer,
or
12
other
employee.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
prohibits
the
director,
officers,
and
employees
17
of
the
department
of
natural
resources
and
members
of
18
their
immediate
families
from
purchasing
a
weapon
seized
19
as
a
public
nuisance
incident
to
a
violation
of
specified
20
statutes
pertaining
to
wildlife
laws
and
sold
at
a
public
21
sale
or
auction
by
the
department
of
natural
resources
or
22
the
department
of
public
safety.
Legal
weapons,
including
23
rifles
and
shotguns,
seized
in
this
manner
are
disposed
of,
24
as
provided
by
rule,
by
the
department
at
its
annual
public
25
sale.
Other
legal
weapons
seized
may
be
sold
by
the
department
26
of
public
safety
at
public
auction
pursuant
to
Code
section
27
809.21.
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