House File 666 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 666 BY SORENSEN A BILL FOR An Act relating to the placement of tree stands in a public 1 hunting area, and making penalties applicable. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1721YH (2) 89 js/rn
H.F. 666 Section 1. Section 481A.123, Code 2021, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 8. For a public hunting area, as defined in 3 subsection 4, under control of the department that is adjacent 4 to private property on which the general public does not have 5 permission to hunt, the commission shall determine by rule the 6 size of a buffer along the border with the private property 7 within which a person shall not place a tree stand. 8 EXPLANATION 9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 10 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 11 This bill relates to the placement of tree stands on a public 12 hunting area. For purposes of the bill, a public hunting 13 area is land or water available for hunting by the public 14 and identified as a public hunting area by the city, county, 15 state, or federal government. Under the bill, if a public 16 hunting area under the control of the department of natural 17 resources is adjacent to private property on which the general 18 public does not have permission to hunt, the natural resource 19 commission shall determine by rule the size of a buffer along 20 the border with the private property within which a person 21 shall not place a tree stand. 22 A violation of the bill is punishable by a scheduled fine of 23 $35. 24 -1- LSB 1721YH (2) 89 js/rn 1/ 1