House File 2166 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2166 BY BAXTER , LUNDGREN , OURTH , HOLZ , COWNIE , BALTIMORE , and PRICHARD A BILL FOR An Act relating to the management of the spread of diseases in 1 wild animals and making penalties applicable. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5603YH (7) 87 js/rn

H.F. 2166 Section 1. Section 481A.38, subsection 1, Code 2018, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. a. The commission may upon its own motion and after an 3 investigation, alter, limit, or restrict the methods or means 4 employed and the instruments or equipment used in taking wild 5 mammals, birds subject to section 481A.48 , fish, reptiles, 6 and amphibians, if the investigation reveals that the action 7 would be desirable or beneficial in promoting the interests of 8 conservation , or the commission may, after an investigation 9 when it is found there is imminent danger of loss of fish 10 through natural causes, authorize the taking of fish by means 11 found advisable to salvage imperiled fish populations . 12 b. The commission shall act to prevent, control, or 13 eradicate an infectious or contagious disease in any wild 14 animal as necessary to comply with section 456A.23. After 15 an investigation when it is found there is imminent danger 16 of loss of fish through natural causes, the commission may 17 authorize the taking of fish by means found advisable to 18 salvage imperiled fish populations. Upon the discovery of 19 an infectious or contagious disease in any wild animal, the 20 commission may establish a disease management zone and take 21 such actions within the zone as are necessary to protect animal 22 health and conserve biological balance. Such actions may 23 include but are not limited to establishing special seasons, 24 preventing the artificial movement of wild animals, carcasses, 25 or parts thereof, requiring disease sample collection from 26 harvested animals, and limiting the unnatural congregation of 27 wild animals. The commission shall give at least twenty-four 28 hours’ notice by mail or electronic means before establishing 29 a zone and such notice shall identify the specific activity 30 requirements or restrictions imposed in the zone. 31 c. The importation into the state of hunter-harvested 32 Cervidae carcasses from any state, province, or country that 33 chronic wasting disease has been confirmed within either 34 captive or wild cervid populations is prohibited, except for: 35 -1- LSB 5603YH (7) 87 js/rn 1/ 3

H.F. 2166 (1) Quarters or other portions of meat with no part of the 1 spinal column or head attached. 2 (2) Meat that is boned out or that is cut and wrapped, 3 either commercially or privately. 4 (3) Hides and teeth. 5 (4) Antlers or skull plates with antlers attached but with 6 no brain tissue attached. 7 (5) Finished taxidermy mounts. 8 Nonresidents transporting whole or partial carcasses on a 9 direct route through Iowa are exempt from this prohibition. 10 b. d. The commission shall adopt a rule permitting a 11 crossbow to be used only by individuals with disabilities 12 who are physically incapable of using a bow and arrow under 13 the conditions in which a bow and arrow is permitted. The 14 commission shall prepare an application to be used by an 15 individual requesting the status. The application shall 16 require the individual’s physician to sign a statement 17 declaring that the individual is not physically able to use a 18 bow and arrow. 19 e. A person who violates paragraph “c” shall, in lieu of the 20 provisions of section 481A.32, be assessed a minimum fine of 21 one hundred dollars. Each carcass transported into the state 22 in violation of paragraph “c” shall be a separate offense. 23 EXPLANATION 24 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 25 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 26 This bill requires the natural resource commission to act 27 to prevent, control, or eradicate an infectious or contagious 28 disease in any wild animal. The bill allows the commission 29 to authorize the taking of fish by means found advisable in 30 order to salvage imperiled fish populations. The bill also 31 authorizes the commission to establish a disease management 32 zone for any other wild animal, upon the finding of an 33 infectious or contagious disease in a population of that 34 animal, and take certain actions to prevent the spread of 35 -2- LSB 5603YH (7) 87 js/rn 2/ 3

H.F. 2166 disease through that animal population. The bill prohibits 1 the importation of Cervidae carcasses into the state from any 2 state, province, or country where chronic wasting disease has 3 been confirmed within either captive or wild cervid populations 4 except under certain conditions. 5 A person who transports a Cervidae carcass into the state 6 in violation of the provisions of the bill shall be assessed a 7 minimum $100 fine. 8 -3- LSB 5603YH (7) 87 js/rn 3/ 3