House File 375 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 375 BY KURTH and CROKEN A BILL FOR An Act relating to hunting near schools, and making penalties 1 applicable. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2192YH (4) 90 js/rn
H.F. 375 Section 1. Section 481A.123, subsection 1, Code 2023, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. A In addition to limits imposed in subsection 1A, a 3 person shall not discharge a firearm or shoot or attempt to 4 shoot a game or fur-bearing animal within two hundred yards of 5 a building inhabited by people or domestic livestock or within 6 two hundred yards of a feedlot unless the owner or tenant has 7 given consent. However, within the corporate limits of a city, 8 a person may take deer with a firearm within fifty yards of 9 a building inhabited by people or domestic livestock, or a 10 feedlot pursuant to an approved special deer population control 11 plan, if the person obtains permission of the owner or tenant 12 of the building or feedlot. 13 Sec. 2. Section 481A.123, Code 2023, is amended by adding 14 the following new subsection: 15 NEW SUBSECTION . 1A. A person shall not use a bow within 16 seventy-five yards of the premises of a school to take or 17 attempt to take a game or fur-bearing animal. A person shall 18 not use a firearm or other hunting device, other than a bow, 19 within one-half mile of the premises of a school to take or 20 attempt to take a game or fur-bearing animal. 21 EXPLANATION 22 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 23 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 24 This bill relates to hunting near schools. Current law 25 generally prohibits a person from discharging a firearm or 26 shooting or attempting to shoot game or fur-bearing animals 27 within 200 yards of a building inhabited by people or domestic 28 livestock or within 200 yards of a feedlot. The bill prohibits 29 a person from using a bow within 75 yards of the premises of a 30 school to take or attempt to take a game or fur-bearing animal. 31 Additionally, the bill prohibits a person from using a firearm 32 or other hunting device, other than a bow, within one-half mile 33 of the premises of a school to take or attempt to take a game or 34 fur-bearing animal. A person who violates the bill is subject 35 -1- LSB 2192YH (4) 90 js/rn 1/ 2
H.F. 375 to a scheduled fine of $35. 1 -2- LSB 2192YH (4) 90 js/rn 2/ 2