Amendment H-8216 to HF 2560
Relating to and making appropriations involving state government entities involved with agriculture, natural resources, and environmental protection, and making related statutory changes, and including effective date provisions
Withdrawn · March 23, 2022
Filed March 22, 2022 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment adds "untamed livestock," defined as bison, sheep, or goats raised in Iowa for hunting on a preserve, to several rules regarding hunting preserves. It expands the ban on remote control or internet hunting to include these animals and adds new requirements for the licensing, fencing, and transportation of untamed livestock on hunting preserves.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 28, after line 7 by inserting: “DIVISION ___ UNTAMED LIVESTOCK Sec. ___. Section 481A.125A, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2022, are amended to read as follows:
- As used in this section , “remote control or internet hunting” means use of a computer or other electronic device, equipment, or software to remotely control the aiming or discharge of a firearm or other weapon, allowing a person who is not physically present to take a wild animal, a game bird , untamed livestock, or ungulate kept on a hunting preserve under chapter 484B , a wild animal, or a preserve whitetail kept on a hunting preserve under chapter 484C .
- A person shall not offer for sale, take, or assist in the taking of a wild animal, a game bird , untamed livestock, or ungulate kept on a hunting preserve under chapter 484B , a wild animal, or a preserve whitetail kept on a hunting preserve under chapter 484C , by remote control or internet hunting. Sec. ___. Section 484B.1, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION .
- “Untamed livestock” means bison, sheep, or goats if the bison, sheep, or goats are birthed and raised in this state for purposes of hunting on a preserve in this state. Sec. ___. Section 484B.4, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows: 484B.4 Hunting preserve operator’s license —— application and requirements.
- A person who owns or controls by lease or otherwise for five or more years , a contiguous tract of land having an area of not less than three hundred twenty acres , and who desires to establish a hunting preserve, to propagate and sell game birds and their young or unhatched eggs, and shoot game birds , untamed livestock, and ungulates on the land, under this chapter or the rules of the commission, shall make application to the department for an operator’s license. The application shall be made under oath of the applicant or under oath of one of its principal officers if the applicant is an association or corporation. Under the authority of this license, any property or facilities to be used for propagating, holding, processing, or pasturing of game birds , untamed livestock, or ungulates shall not be required to be contained within the contiguous land area used for hunting purposes. The application shall be accompanied by an operator’s license fee of two hundred dollars.
- Upon receipt of an application, the department or its authorized agent shall inspect the proposed hunting preserve and facilities described in the application. If the department finds that the proposed hunting preserve meets the following requirements, the department may approve the application and issue a hunting preserve operator’s license for the operation of the property and facilities described in the application with the rights and subject to the limitations in this chapter and the rules adopted by the commission: a. The proposed hunting preserve contains at least three hundred twenty acres but not more than two thousand five hundred sixty acres. b. The area of the proposed hunting preserve is contiguous. c. The total area of all licensed hunting preserves and the proposed hunting preserve will not exceed three percent of the land area of the county. d. The game birds , untamed livestock, or ungulates released on the preserve will not be detrimental to wildlife. e. The proposed hunting preserve will not interfere with the normal activities of migratory birds.
- All hunting preserve operator’s licenses shall expire on March 31 of each year unless the department has granted a variance pursuant to section 484B.10, in which case the license shall expire at the conclusion of the extended season . Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 484B.4B Minimum enclosed acreage —— untamed livestock.
- A hunting preserve on which untamed livestock are kept must include at least three hundred twenty contiguous acres that are enclosed by a fence as required pursuant to section 484B.5. However, a person may keep untamed livestock only on a hunting preserve that includes a fewer number of enclosed acres if the hunting preserve was operated as a business on January 1,
- If the hunting preserve operated as a business on January 1, 2005, the landowner or the landowner’s successor in interest may sell or otherwise transfer ownership of the hunting preserve to another person who may continue to operate the hunting preserve in the same manner as the landowner.
- This section shall not apply if the owner of the hunting preserve or any successor in interest fails to meet the licensing requirements of section 484B.4 each year. Sec. ___. Section 484B.5, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows: 484B.5 Boundaries signed —— fenced. Upon receipt of a hunting preserve operator’s license, the licensee shall promptly sign the licensed property with signs prescribed by the department. A licensee holding and releasing ungulates or untamed livestock shall construct and maintain boundary fences prescribed by the department so as to enclose and contain all released ungulates or untamed livestock and exclude all ungulates which or wild animals similar to untamed livestock that are property of the state from becoming a part of the hunting preserve enterprise. Sec. ___. Section 484B.7, subsection 2, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
- Each licensee shall file an annual report with the department on or before April
- The report shall detail the hunting preserve operations during the preceding license year. The original report shall be forwarded to the department and a copy shall be retained in the hunting preserve’s file for three years from the date of expiration of the hunting preserve’s last license issued. Records required by this section shall be entered in the annual report record within twenty-four hours of the event. Failure to keep or submit the required records and reports is grounds for refusal to renew a license for the succeeding year. An on-site inspection of property and facilities shall be conducted by an authorized agent of the department prior to the initial issuance of a hunting preserve operator’s license. The hunting preserve may be reinspected by an agent of the department at any reasonable time. A licensed hunting preserve shall maintain adequate facilities for all designated birds , untamed livestock, and ungulates held under the hunting preserve operator’s license. Sec. ___. Section 484B.9, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows: 484B.9 Ungulate and untamed livestock transportation tags —— markings. The department shall prepare transportation tags suitable for use upon the carcass of ungulates and untamed livestock described in this chapter . The tags shall be used to designate all ungulates and untamed livestock taken by hunters upon a licensed hunting preserve. The department shall provide licensees with the tags. All ungulates and untamed livestock taken on a licensed hunting preserve shall be tagged with a numbered tag prior to being removed from the hunting preserve. The hunter shall tag the ungulate or untamed livestock taken in accordance with the rules as determined by the department. The tag shall remain attached to the carcass of the dead ungulate or untamed livestock until processed for consumption. The hunter shall be provided with a bill of sale by the licensee. The bill of sale shall remain in the possession of the hunter. Ungulate tags issued to a hunting preserve are not transferable. Sec. ___. Section 484B.12, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows: 484B.12 Health requirements —— ungulates and untamed livestock . All ungulates which and untamed livestock that are purchased, propagated, confined, released, or sold by a licensed hunting preserve shall be free of diseases considered significant for wildlife, poultry, or livestock. The department of agriculture and land stewardship shall provide for the regulation of farm deer as provided in chapter 170 . Sec. ___. Section 717.2, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION .
- This section does not apply to a hunting preserve facility, as defined in section 484B.1, provided that the hunting preserve facility performs functions within the scope of accepted practices and disciplines associated with a hunting preserve.”
- By renumbering as necessary.