House
File
317
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
317
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
NATURAL
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
118)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
taking
certain
animals
that
are
deemed
a
1
nuisance.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
481A.87,
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
1
as
follows:
2
481A.87
Open
seasons.
3
1.
Except
as
otherwise
provided,
a
person
shall
not
take,
4
capture,
kill,
or
have
in
possession
a
fur-bearing
animal
or
5
any
of
its
parts
at
any
time
except
during
the
open
season
as
6
set
by
the
commission
except
where
.
7
2.
A
person
may
shoot,
trap,
or
ensnare
a
fur-bearing
8
animal
when
the
killing,
trapping,
or
ensnaring
is
for
the
9
protection
of
a
person
or
public
or
private
property
with
the
10
prior
permission
of
a
duly
appointed
representative
of
the
11
commission.
If
prior
permission
is
impractical
or
impossible
12
to
obtain
and
the
fur-bearing
animal
represents
a
threat
to
a
13
person,
domestic
animal,
or
private
property,
the
fur-bearing
14
animal
may
be
taken
without
prior
permission.
15
3.
Prior
permission
is
not
required
for
an
owner
or
tenant
16
of
agricultural
property
or
an
associated
residence
to
take,
17
capture,
shoot,
or
temporarily
possess,
for
the
purpose
of
18
destroying
or
disposing
of,
a
raccoon,
opossum,
or
skunk
on
the
19
property
if
the
owner,
tenant,
or
agent
deems
the
animal
to
be
20
a
nuisance.
This
subsection
does
not
apply
to
animals
listed
21
pursuant
to
the
federal
Endangered
Species
Act
or
listed
as
22
endangered
by
the
commission
pursuant
to
section
481B.3.
23
4.
All
fur-bearing
animals
and
all
parts
thereof
taken
as
24
provided
in
this
section
subsection
2
or
3
shall
be
disposed
25
of
on
the
site
or
shall
be
relinquished
to
a
representative
of
26
the
commission.
27
EXPLANATION
28
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
29
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
30
This
bill
relates
to
the
taking
of
fur-bearing
animals
31
without
prior
permission
of
the
natural
resource
commission
32
(NRC).
33
Under
current
law,
a
person
may
kill,
trap,
or
ensnare
a
34
fur-bearing
animal
outside
of
the
open
season
if
the
killing,
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trapping,
or
ensnaring
is
for
the
protection
of
a
person
or
1
public
or
private
property
and
with
the
prior
permission
of
2
a
duly
appointed
representative
of
NRC.
A
person
may
take
3
a
fur-bearing
animal
without
receiving
prior
permission
if
4
prior
permission
is
impractical
or
impossible
to
obtain
and
the
5
fur-bearing
animal
represents
a
threat
to
a
person,
domestic
6
animal,
or
private
property.
7
Under
the
bill,
an
owner
or
tenant
of
agricultural
property
8
or
an
associated
residence,
or
an
agent
of
the
owner
or
tenant,
9
may
take,
capture,
shoot,
or
temporarily
possess,
for
the
10
purpose
of
destroying
or
disposing
of,
a
raccoon,
opossum,
or
11
skunk
without
receiving
prior
permission
if
the
owner,
tenant,
12
or
agent
deems
the
animal
to
be
a
nuisance.
The
bill
does
not
13
authorize
a
person
to
take,
capture,
shoot,
or
temporarily
14
possess
an
animal
listed
pursuant
to
the
federal
Endangered
15
Species
Act
or
listed
as
endangered
by
NRC.
Any
fur-bearing
16
animal
taken
pursuant
to
an
exception
in
Code
section
481A.87
17
shall
be
disposed
of
onsite
or
shall
be
relinquished
to
a
18
representative
of
the
commission.
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