House
File
2133
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2133
BY
JACOBY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
hunting
of
black
bears,
and
making
1
penalties
applicable.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
481A.1,
subsection
21,
Code
2020,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
i.
Ursus
americanus,
the
American
black
3
bear.
4
Sec.
2.
Section
481A.48,
subsection
1,
Code
2020,
is
amended
5
to
read
as
follows:
6
1.
A
person,
except
as
otherwise
provided
by
law,
shall
7
not
willfully
disturb,
pursue,
shoot,
kill,
take
or
attempt
8
to
take,
or
have
in
possession
any
of
the
following
game
9
birds
or
animals
except
within
the
open
season
established
10
by
the
commission:
gray
or
fox
squirrel,
bobwhite
quail,
11
cottontail
or
jackrabbit,
duck,
snipe,
pheasant,
goose,
12
woodcock,
partridge,
mourning
dove,
coot,
rail,
ruffed
grouse,
13
wild
turkey,
pigeon,
black
bear,
or
deer.
The
seasons,
bag
14
limits,
possession
limits,
and
locality
shall
be
established
by
15
the
department
or
commission
under
the
authority
of
sections
16
456A.24
,
481A.38
,
and
481A.39
.
17
Sec.
3.
Section
481A.130,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
18
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
19
a.
For
each
black
bear,
elk,
antelope,
buffalo,
or
moose,
20
two
thousand
five
hundred
dollars.
21
EXPLANATION
22
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24
This
bill
relates
to
the
hunting
of
black
bears.
The
bill
25
designates
black
bears
as
a
game
animal.
The
bill
prohibits
a
26
person
from
willfully
disturbing,
pursuing,
shooting,
killing,
27
taking
or
attempting
to
take,
or
having
in
possession
a
black
28
bear
outside
of
an
open
season
established
by
the
natural
29
resource
commission.
The
commission
may
allow
for
the
hunting
30
of
black
bears
subject
to
limitations
the
commission
imposes.
31
A
violation
of
the
bill
is
subject
to
a
scheduled
fine
32
dependent
on
the
matter
of
the
offense
relating
to
an
unlawful
33
take
or
attempt
to
take.
Additionally,
a
person
who
is
34
convicted
of
taking
a
black
bear
in
violation
of
the
bill
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shall
pay
civil
damages
in
the
amount
of
$2,500.
A
black
bear
1
taken
in
violation
of
the
provisions
of
the
bill
is
subject
to
2
seizure
by
the
director
of
the
department
of
natural
resources.
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