Senate
Study
Bill
1093
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
NATURAL
RESOURCES
AND
ENVIRONMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SWEENEY)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
fur-bearing
animals,
including
the
treatment
1
of
beaver
dams,
identification
for
traps
and
snares,
and
2
maximum
fur
dealer
license
fees.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
481A.90,
subsection
2,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
This
section
does
not
prohibit
the
owner
or
owner’s
agent
3
from
destroying
a
den
or
breaching
or
altering
a
beaver
dam
to
4
protect
the
owner’s
property.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
481A.92,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
6
to
read
as
follows:
7
1.
A
person
shall
not
use
or
attempt
to
use
colony
traps
in
8
taking,
capturing,
trapping,
or
killing
any
game
or
fur-bearing
9
animals
except
muskrats
as
determined
by
rule
of
the
10
commission.
Box
traps
capable
of
capturing
more
than
one
game
11
or
fur-bearing
animal
at
each
setting
are
prohibited.
A
valid
12
hunting
license
is
required
for
box
trapping
cottontail
rabbits
13
and
squirrels.
All
traps
and
snares
used
for
the
taking
of
14
fur-bearing
animals
shall
have
a
metal
tag
attached
plainly
15
labeled
with
the
user’s
department-issued
identification
number
16
or
name
and
address.
All
traps
and
snares,
except
those
which
17
that
are
placed
entirely
under
water,
shall
be
checked
at
18
least
once
every
twenty-four
hours.
Officers
appointed
by
the
19
department
may
confiscate
such
traps
and
snares
found
in
use
20
that
are
not
properly
labeled
or
checked.
21
Sec.
3.
Section
481A.95,
subsection
2,
Code
2025,
is
amended
22
by
striking
the
subsection
and
inserting
in
lieu
thereof
the
23
following:
24
2.
Fees
for
a
license
issued
under
this
section
shall
25
be
no
more
than
fifty
dollars
annually
for
a
resident
or
a
26
nonresident
fur
dealer.
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
fur-bearing
animals,
including
the
31
treatment
of
beaver
dams,
identification
for
traps
and
snares,
32
and
maximum
fur
dealer
license
fees.
33
Under
current
law,
a
person
is
generally
prohibited
from
34
disturbing,
in
any
manner,
any
den,
lodge,
or
house
of
a
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fur-bearing
animal
or
beaver
dam
except
with
written
permission
1
of
an
officer
appointed
by
the
director.
The
bill
allows
a
2
property
owner
or
the
property
owner’s
agent
to
breach
or
alter
3
a
beaver
dam
to
protect
the
person’s
property.
4
Under
current
law,
all
traps
and
snares
used
for
the
taking
5
of
fur-bearing
animals
require
a
metal
tag
attached
plainly
6
labeled
with
the
user’s
name
and
address.
The
bill
allows
the
7
user
the
option
of
labeling
the
trap
or
snare
with
the
user’s
8
department-issued
identification
number
instead
of
the
user’s
9
name
and
address.
10
The
bill
creates
a
maximum
fur
dealer
license
fee
of
$50,
11
regardless
of
resident
status.
Under
current
administrative
12
rules,
a
resident
fur
dealer
license
costs
$264
annually
and
13
a
nonresident
fur
dealer
license
costs
$586.50
annually
or
14
$292.50
for
one
day
and
one
location.
Current
law
allows
15
residents
from
another
state
to
purchase
a
fur
dealer
license
16
for
the
set
fee
unless
that
state
has
reciprocity
with
Iowa,
in
17
which
case
the
nonresident
shall
pay
the
reciprocity
fee
amount
18
that
is
less
than
the
nonresident
license
fee
but
more
than
the
19
Iowa
resident
license
fee.
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