HF 503 (LSB 1459YH (2) 90)

HOUSE FILE 503

BY  JONES

A BILL FOR

An Act authorizing counties to establish coyote bounty programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 331.301, Code 2023, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  22.  A county may establish a coyote bounty program. A county that establishes a coyote bounty program shall offer a ten-dollar bounty for a coyote lawfully taken within the county.
    Sec. 2.  Section 331.401, subsection 3, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  The board shall not pay bounties on crows, rattlesnakes, foxes, or wolves, other than but may pay bounties on coyotes pursuant to section 331.301.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill authorizes counties to establish coyote bounty programs. Current law prohibits a county board of supervisors from paying a bounty on crows, rattlesnakes, foxes, or wolves, but a board of supervisors may pay a bounty on coyotes. The bill requires a county that establishes a coyote bounty program to offer a $10 bounty for a coyote lawfully taken within the county.