Senate Study Bill 1067 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON SWEENEY) A BILL FOR An Act relating to teal and duck hunting. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 2083XC (1) 89 js/rn

S.F. _____ Section 1. Section 481A.48, Code 2021, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 7. The commission shall establish one or 3 more seasons for hunting teal and duck. The commission shall 4 not establish any seasons for hunting teal exclusively or any 5 seasons for hunting ducks but not teal. 6 EXPLANATION 7 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 8 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 9 This bill relates to teal and duck hunting. Currently, the 10 natural resource commission determines seasons for teal and 11 duck hunting by administrative rule. The bill requires the 12 commission to establish one or more seasons for teal and duck 13 hunting. The bill prohibits the commission from establishing 14 any seasons for hunting teal exclusively or any seasons for 15 hunting ducks but not teal. 16 -1- LSB 2083XC (1) 89 js/rn 1/ 1