House
File
82
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
82
BY
FISHER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
allowing
the
use
of
a
leashed
dog
to
retrieve
a
wounded
1
deer
and
providing
a
penalty.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
481A.56A
Retrieval
of
wounded
deer
1
by
leashed
dogs.
2
A
person
having
a
valid
hunting
license
and
a
valid
deer
3
hunting
license
who
has
wounded
a
deer
while
hunting
may
use
a
4
dog
to
locate
and
retrieve
the
wounded
deer.
The
hunter
or
any
5
person
in
the
company
of
the
hunter
shall
not
possess
a
firearm
6
or
bow
while
using
a
dog
in
this
manner
and
shall
have
the
7
dog
leashed
and
under
control
at
all
times
during
the
search.
8
A
person
shall
obtain
permission
from
the
owner
or
tenant
of
9
private
property
before
using
a
dog
to
locate
a
wounded
deer
10
on
the
private
property.
The
commission
shall
adopt
rules
11
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
implement
this
section.
12
Sec.
2.
Section
805.8B,
subsection
3,
paragraph
c,
Code
13
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
14
c.
For
violations
of
sections
481A.6
,
481A.21
,
481A.22
,
15
481A.26
,
481A.50
,
481A.56
,
481A.56A,
481A.60
through
,
481A.61,
16
481A.62
,
481A.83
,
481A.84
,
481A.92
,
481A.123
,
481A.145,
17
subsection
3
,
sections
483A.6A
,
483A.7
,
483A.8
,
483A.23
,
18
483A.24
,
and
483A.28
,
the
scheduled
fine
is
twenty-five
19
dollars.
20
EXPLANATION
21
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
22
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
23
This
bill
creates
new
Code
section
481A.56A
to
allow
a
24
hunter
with
a
valid
hunting
license
and
deer
hunting
license
25
who
wounds
a
deer
while
hunting
to
use
a
dog
to
locate
and
26
retrieve
the
wounded
deer.
The
hunter
or
any
person
in
the
27
company
of
the
hunter
shall
not
possess
a
firearm
or
bow
while
28
using
a
dog
in
this
manner
and
shall
have
the
dog
leashed
and
29
under
control
at
all
times
during
the
search.
A
person
must
30
obtain
permission
from
the
owner
or
tenant
before
using
a
dog
31
to
locate
a
wounded
deer
on
private
property.
The
natural
32
resource
commission
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
33
17A
to
implement
this
provision.
34
A
violation
of
the
new
provision
is
punishable
by
a
scheduled
35
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fine
of
$25.
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