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House File 96        



                                    HOUSE FILE       
                                    BY  HORBACH

                                         A BILL FOR

     1 An Act relating to the attachment of tags to deer carcasses.
     2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 483A.8, subsection 2, Code 2011, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  The deer hunting license shall be accompanied by a tag
  1  4 designed to be used only once. When a deer is taken, the deer
  1  5 shall be tagged and the tag shall be dated. The tag shall be
  1  6 attached to the carcass of a deer taken within thirty minutes
  1  7 of the time the deer carcass is located after being taken, or
  1  8 before the carcass is moved to be transported by any means
  1  9 from the place where the deer was taken, whichever occurs
  1 10 first.  For each antlered deer taken, the tag shall be affixed
  1 11 to the deer's antlers.  For the purposes of this subsection,
  1 12 transportation of a deer carcass does not include moving the
  1 13 carcass by hand a reasonable distance for the sole purpose of
  1 14 finding a suitable location to field dress the deer. For the
  1 15 purposes of this subsection, "field dress" means that the deer
  1 16 carcass is bled and cleaned of its internal organs.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill requires that a deer tag must be attached to the
  1 19 carcass of a deer taken within 30 minutes of the time the deer
  1 20 is located after being taken, or before the carcass is moved to
  1 21 be transported by any means from the place where the deer was
  1 22 taken, whichever occurs first.  For the purposes of the bill,
  1 23 transportation of a deer carcass does not include moving the
  1 24 carcass by hand a reasonable distance for the sole purpose of
  1 25 finding a suitable location to field dress the deer. For the
  1 26 purposes of the bill, "field dress" means that the deer carcass
  1 27 is properly bled and cleaned of its internal organs.
  1 28    Currently, by rule, a tag must be attached to the carcass of
  1 29 a deer taken within 15 minutes of the time the deer is killed
  1 30 or before the carcass is moved in any manner, whichever occurs
  1 31 first.
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