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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
326
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
NATURAL
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
156)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
damages
assessed
for
engaging
in
prohibited
1
actions
involving
eagles,
and
making
penalties
applicable.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
481A.130,
subsection
1,
paragraphs
a
and
1
c,
Code
2019,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
For
each
eagle,
elk,
antelope,
buffalo,
or
moose,
two
3
thousand
five
hundred
dollars.
4
c.
For
each
bird
,
other
than
an
eagle,
or
animal
or
the
raw
5
pelt
or
plumage
of
such
bird
or
animal
for
which
damages
are
6
not
otherwise
prescribed,
fifty
dollars.
7
EXPLANATION
8
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
9
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
10
Current
law
requires
a
person
convicted
of
unlawfully
11
selling,
taking,
catching,
killing,
injuring,
destroying,
or
12
having
in
their
possession
an
eagle
to
reimburse
the
state
in
13
the
amount
of
$50,
in
addition
to
other
penalties.
This
bill
14
requires
a
person
convicted
of
such
a
violation
involving
an
15
eagle
to
reimburse
the
state
for
assessed
damages
in
the
amount
16
of
$2,500,
in
addition
to
other
penalties.
17
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