H.F. 503 Section 1. Section 331.301, Code 2023, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 22. A county may establish a coyote bounty 3 program. A county that establishes a coyote bounty program 4 shall offer a ten-dollar bounty for a coyote lawfully taken 5 within the county. 6 Sec. 2. Section 331.401, subsection 3, Code 2023, is amended 7 to read as follows: 8 3. The board shall not pay bounties on crows, rattlesnakes, 9 foxes, or wolves , other than but may pay bounties on coyotes 10 pursuant to section 331.301 . 11 EXPLANATION 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 13 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 14 This bill authorizes counties to establish coyote bounty 15 programs. Current law prohibits a county board of supervisors 16 from paying a bounty on crows, rattlesnakes, foxes, or wolves, 17 but a board of supervisors may pay a bounty on coyotes. The 18 bill requires a county that establishes a coyote bounty program 19 to offer a $10 bounty for a coyote lawfully taken within the 20 county. 21 -1- LSB 1459YH (2) 90 js/rn 1/ 1