Senate File 2286 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2286 BY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2003) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the identification of owners of blinds 1 and stands for hunting placed on public land and making 2 penalties applicable. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5309SV (2) 86 av/nh
S.F. 2286 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 481A.41 Blinds and stands for 1 hunting on public land —— identification. 2 1. A person shall not place a blind or stand for hunting 3 on public land unless the blind or stand is affixed with and 4 exhibits a metal plate which plainly shows the name and address 5 of the owner of the blind or stand. For a tree blind or stand, 6 the metal plate shall be affixed on the front of the foot 7 platform of the blind or stand on the third step up from the 8 ground. For a pop-up blind or stand, the metal plate shall be 9 affixed to or hung from the zipper head or access hook of the 10 pop-up blind or stand. 11 2. For purposes of this section, “blind or stand” means 12 a device or an enclosure used for concealment while hunting, 13 constructed either wholly or partially from man-made materials, 14 and used by a person who is hunting for the purpose of hiding 15 from sight. A “blind or stand” is not a naturally occurring 16 landscape feature or an arrangement of natural or agricultural 17 plant material that a hunter uses for concealment. The natural 18 resource commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A 19 to implement this section. 20 Sec. 2. Section 805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code 21 2016, is amended to read as follows: 22 b. For violations of sections 481A.41, 481A.54 , 481A.69 , 23 481A.71 , 481A.72 , 482.6 , 483A.3 , 483A.6 , 483A.8A , 483A.19 , 24 483A.27 , and 483A.27A , the scheduled fine is twenty dollars. 25 EXPLANATION 26 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 27 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 28 This bill requires that a blind or stand placed on public 29 land for hunting be affixed with and exhibit a metal plate 30 which plainly shows the name and address of the owner of the 31 blind or stand. 32 For a tree blind or stand, the metal plate must be affixed 33 on the front of the foot platform of the blind or stand on the 34 third step up from the ground. For a pop-up blind or stand, the 35 -1- LSB 5309SV (2) 86 av/nh 1/ 2
S.F. 2286 metal plate must be affixed to or hung from the zipper head or 1 access hook of the blind or stand. 2 For purposes of the bill, a “blind or stand” is a device or 3 an enclosure used for concealment while hunting, constructed 4 either wholly or partially from man-made materials, and used by 5 a person who is hunting for the purpose of hiding from sight. 6 A “blind or stand” does not include a naturally occurring 7 landscape feature or an arrangement of natural or agricultural 8 plant material that a hunter uses for concealment. The natural 9 resource commission is required to adopt rules to implement the 10 provisions of the bill. A violation of the provisions of the 11 bill is punishable by a scheduled fine of $20. 12 -2- LSB 5309SV (2) 86 av/nh 2/ 2