SF 2113 (LSB 5602SV (4) 84)

SENATE FILE 2113

BY  COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3058)

(As Amended and Passed by the Senate 2012-02-27)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the identification of owners of blinds and stands for hunting deer and making penalties applicable.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

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