House
File
290
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
290
BY
FISHER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
trespass
and
making
penalties
applicable.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
716.7,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
1
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(1)
Entering
upon
or
in
property
without
the
express
3
permission
of
the
owner,
lessee,
or
person
in
lawful
possession
4
with
the
intent
to
commit
a
public
offense,
to
use,
remove
5
therefrom,
alter,
damage,
harass,
or
place
thereon
or
therein
6
anything
animate
or
inanimate,
or
to
hunt,
fish
or
trap
on
or
7
in
the
property,
including
the
act
of
taking
or
attempting
to
8
take
a
deer,
other
than
a
farm
deer
as
defined
in
section
170.1
9
or
preserve
whitetail
as
defined
in
section
484C.1
,
which
is
10
on
or
in
the
property
by
a
person
who
is
outside
the
property.
11
This
subparagraph
does
not
prohibit
the
unarmed
pursuit
on
foot
12
of
game
or
fur-bearing
animals
by
a
person
who
lawfully
injured
13
or
killed
the
game
or
fur-bearing
animal
which
comes
to
rest
on
14
or
escapes
to
the
property
of
another.
15
Sec.
2.
Section
716.7,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
2021,
16
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
17
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(8)
The
free
casting
of
a
dog
or
dogs
18
from
the
road
right-of-way
or
from
an
adjacent
property
onto
19
adjoining
property
without
the
permission
of
the
adjoining
20
property
landowner
or
tenant
in
the
pursuit
of
coyote.
For
21
purposes
of
this
subparagraph,
“free
casting”
means
the
22
intentional
release
of
an
unleashed
dog
to
trail
or
track
game.
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
relates
to
trespass.
27
The
bill
provides
that
trespass
does
not
include
the
unarmed
28
pursuit
on
foot
of
game
or
fur-bearing
animals
by
a
person
who
29
lawfully
injured
or
killed
the
game
or
fur-bearing
animal
which
30
comes
to
rest
on
or
escapes
to
the
property
of
another.
31
The
bill
provides
that
trespass
includes
the
free
casting
of
32
a
dog
or
dogs
from
the
road
right-of-way
or
from
an
adjacent
33
property
onto
adjoining
property
without
the
permission
of
34
the
adjoining
property
landowner
or
tenant
in
the
pursuit
of
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coyote.
“Free
casting”
means
the
intentional
release
of
an
1
unleashed
dog
to
trail
or
track
game.
2
A
person
who
commits
trespass
commits
a
simple
misdemeanor,
3
aggravated
misdemeanor,
serious
misdemeanor,
or
class
“D”
4
felony
depending
on
the
circumstances
of
the
offense.
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