H.F. 2342 Section 1. Section 483A.33, Code 2018, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 6. An employee of the seizing public agency 3 or a member of the immediate family of the employee shall 4 not purchase a weapon seized pursuant to section 483A.32 and 5 disposed of pursuant to this section or section 809.21. For 6 purposes of this subsection, “member of the immediate family” 7 means a spouse, child, stepchild, brother, brother-in-law, 8 stepbrother, sister, sister-in-law, stepsister, parent, 9 parent-in-law, or stepparent of an employee of the seizing 10 agency who resides in the same household in the same principal 11 residence of the employee of the seizing public agency. 12 EXPLANATION 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 14 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 15 This bill prohibits any employee of a seizing public agency 16 and any immediate family member of the employee from purchasing 17 a weapon seized as a public nuisance incident to a violation of 18 specified statutes and rules pertaining to wildlife laws and 19 sold at a public sale or auction by the department of natural 20 resources or the department of public safety. Legal weapons, 21 including rifles and shotguns, seized in this manner are 22 disposed of, as provided by rule, by the department of natural 23 resources at its annual public sale. Other legal weapons 24 seized may be sold by the department of public safety at public 25 auction pursuant to Code section 809.21. 26 -1- LSB 5557HV (2) 87 js/rj 1/ 1