Bill Text: IA HF2302 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act prohibiting the hunting or taking of cougars and making penalties applicable.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-18 - Introduced, referred to Natural Resources. H.J. 268. [HF2302 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HF2302-Introduced.html
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BY
DEYOE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
prohibiting
the
hunting
or
taking
of
cougars
and
making
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penalties
applicable.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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2302
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
481A.49
Cougars.
1
The
commission
shall
not
establish
a
season
for
hunting
2
cougars.
3
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
481B.5A
Cougars
——
taking
prohibited.
4
1.
A
person
shall
not
take
or
attempt
to
take
a
cougar.
5
2.
This
section
does
not
prohibit
any
of
the
following:
6
a.
A
person
acting
to
carry
out
an
order
issued
by
a
court.
7
b.
A
licensed
veterinarian
practicing
veterinary
medicine
as
8
provided
in
chapter
169.
9
c.
An
action
to
protect
private
property
from
damage
as
10
provided
by
rules
adopted
by
the
department.
The
action
may
11
be
conducted
by
the
department
of
natural
resources,
including
12
a
wild
animal
depredation
biologist,
or
by
an
agricultural
13
producer
suffering
financial
losses
from
the
destruction
of
14
livestock.
15
d.
A
person
reasonably
acting
to
protect
a
person
from
16
injury
or
death
caused
by
a
cougar.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
This
bill
provides
that
a
person
is
prohibited
from
taking
21
or
attempting
to
take
a
cougar.
A
taking
includes
wounding,
22
killing,
trapping,
capturing,
or
collecting
(Code
section
23
481B.1).
The
bill
provides
for
a
number
of
exceptions.
24
A
person
violating
the
prohibition
is
guilty
of
a
simple
25
misdemeanor
(Code
section
481B.10).
A
simple
misdemeanor
is
26
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
than
30
days
or
a
fine
of
27
at
least
$65
but
not
more
than
$625
or
by
both.
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