Senate File 2113 - Reprinted SENATE FILE 2113 BY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3058) (As Amended and Passed by the Senate February 27, 2012 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the identification of owners of blinds and 1 stands for hunting deer and making penalties applicable. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 SF 2113 (4) 84 av/nh/jh

S.F. 2113 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 481A.41 Blinds and stands for 1 hunting deer. 2 A person shall not use a blind or stand for hunting deer 3 unless the blind or stand is affixed with and exhibits a 4 weather-resistant tag or other form of identification which 5 plainly shows the name, hunting license number, and address of 6 the owner of the blind or stand. For purposes of this section, 7 “blind or stand” means an enclosure used for concealment while 8 hunting deer, constructed either wholly or partially from 9 man-made materials, and used by a person who is hunting deer 10 for the purpose of hiding from sight. A “blind or stand” is 11 not a naturally occurring landscape feature or an arrangement 12 of natural or agricultural plant material that a deer hunter 13 uses for concealment. The natural resource commission shall 14 adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement this section. 15 This section is not applicable to a blind or stand for hunting 16 deer that is erected or constructed by a landowner on the 17 landowner’s property. 18 Sec. 2. Section 805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code 19 2011, is amended to read as follows: 20 b. For violations of sections 481A.41, 481A.54 , 481A.69 , 21 481A.71 , 481A.72 , 482.6 , 483A.3 , 483A.6 , 483A.19 , and 483A.27 , 22 the scheduled fine is twenty dollars. 23 -1- SF 2113 (4) 84 av/nh/jh 1/ 1