House
File
538
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
538
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
NATURAL
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
449)
(COMPANION
TO
SF
383
BY
SWEENEY)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
persons
eligible
to
hunt
with
a
crossbow.
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BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
481A.38,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
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b.
The
commission
shall
adopt
a
rule
permitting
a
3
crossbow
to
be
used
only
by
individuals
with
disabilities
4
who
are
physically
incapable
of
using
a
bow
and
arrow
under
5
the
conditions
in
which
a
bow
and
arrow
is
permitted.
The
6
commission
shall
prepare
an
application
to
be
used
by
an
7
individual
requesting
the
status.
The
application
shall
8
require
the
individual’s
physician
or
physical
therapist
9
licensed
under
chapter
148A
to
sign
a
statement
declaring
that
10
the
individual
is
not
physically
able
to
use
a
bow
and
arrow.
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
relates
to
persons
eligible
to
hunt
with
a
15
crossbow.
Current
law
requires
the
natural
resource
commission
16
to
adopt
a
rule
permitting
a
crossbow
to
be
used
only
by
17
individuals
with
disabilities
who
are
physically
incapable
of
18
using
a
bow
and
arrow
under
the
conditions
in
which
a
bow
and
19
arrow
is
permitted.
A
person
must
submit
an
application
signed
20
by
the
person’s
physician
declaring
that
the
individual
is
not
21
physically
able
to
use
a
bow
and
arrow.
The
bill
allows
the
22
person’s
physical
therapist
licensed
under
Code
chapter
148A
to
23
sign
the
declaration
on
the
application.
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