HF 2423 (LSB 5284HV (2) 86)

HOUSE FILE 2423

BY  COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 2144)

A BILL FOR

An Act prohibiting the purchase of weapons seized as a public nuisance by certain persons.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 483A.33, Code 2016, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  The director, any peace officer, an employee of the department, or a member of their immediate family shall not purchase a weapon seized pursuant to section 483A.32 and disposed of pursuant to this section or section 809.21. For purposes of this subsection, “member of their immediate family” means a spouse, child, stepchild, brother, brother-in-law, stepbrother, sister, sister-in-law, stepsister, parent, parent-in-law, or stepparent of the director, a peace officer, or an employee of the department who resides in the same household in the same principal residence of the director, a peace officer, or an employee of the department.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill prohibits the director, any peace officer, and employees of the department of natural resources and members of their immediate families from purchasing a weapon seized as a public nuisance incident to a violation of specified statutes pertaining to wildlife laws and sold at a public sale or auction by the department of natural resources or the department of public safety. Legal weapons, including rifles and shotguns, seized in this manner are disposed of, as provided by rule, by the department at its annual public sale. Other legal weapons seized may be sold by the department of public safety at public auction pursuant to Code section 809.21.