Bill Text: IA SF2039 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act allowing the use of a leashed dog to retrieve a wounded deer and providing a penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-16 - Introduced, referred to Natural Resources and Environment. S.J. 105. [SF2039 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SF2039-Introduced.html
Senate File 2039 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY KINNEY A BILL FOR 1 An Act allowing the use of a leashed dog to retrieve a wounded 2 deer and providing a penalty. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5600XS (3) 87 js/rn PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 481A.56A Retrieval of wounded deer 1 2 by leashed dogs. 1 3 A person having a valid hunting license and a valid deer 1 4 hunting license who has wounded a deer while hunting may use a 1 5 dog to locate and retrieve the wounded deer. The hunter or any 1 6 person in the company of the hunter shall not possess a firearm 1 7 or bow while using a dog in this manner and shall have the 1 8 dog leashed and under control at all times during the search. 1 9 A person shall obtain permission from the owner or tenant of 1 10 private property before using a dog to locate a wounded deer 1 11 on the private property. The commission shall adopt rules 1 12 pursuant to chapter 17A to implement this section. 1 13 Sec. 2. Section 805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph c, Code 1 14 2018, is amended to read as follows: 1 15 c. For violations of sections 481A.6, 481A.21, 481A.22, 1 16 481A.26, 481A.50, 481A.56, 481A.56A, 481A.60through, 481A.61, 1 17 481A.62, 481A.83, 481A.84, 481A.92, 481A.123, 481A.145, 1 18 subsection 3, sections 483A.6A, 483A.7, 483A.8, 483A.23, 1 19 483A.24, and 483A.28, the scheduled fine is twenty=five 1 20 dollars. 1 21 EXPLANATION 1 22 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 23 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 24 This bill creates new Code section 481A.56A to allow a 1 25 hunter with a valid hunting license and deer hunting license 1 26 who wounds a deer while hunting to use a dog to locate and 1 27 retrieve the wounded deer. The hunter or any person in the 1 28 company of the hunter shall not possess a firearm or bow while 1 29 using a dog in this manner and shall have the dog leashed and 1 30 under control at all times during the search. A person must 1 31 obtain permission from the owner or tenant before using a dog 1 32 to locate a wounded deer on private property. The natural 1 33 resource commission shall adopt rules pursuant to Code chapter 1 34 17A to implement this provision. 1 35 A violation of the new provision is punishable by a scheduled 2 1 fine of $25. LSB 5600XS (3) 87 js/rn
