Bill Text: IA HF2014 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to weapons requirements for nonambulatory hunters. (See HF 2250.)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-01 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [HF2014 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF2014-Introduced.html

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House File 2014 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  SALMON

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to weapons requirements for nonambulatory
  2    hunters.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 483A.8C, subsection 1, Code 2018, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  A nonambulatory person who is a resident may be issued
  1  4 one any sex deer hunting license which is valid and may be
  1  5 used to hunt deer with a shotgun or a muzzleloading rifle any
  1  6 firearm, bow and arrow, or other hunting weapon authorized for
  1  7 hunting deer pursuant to this chapter during any established
  1  8 deer hunting season. A person who applies for a license
  1  9 pursuant to this section shall complete a form, as required
  1 10 by rule, that is signed by a physician who verifies that the
  1 11 person is nonambulatory.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 14 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 15    This bill changes the weapons requirements for nonambulatory
  1 16 hunters.
  1 17    Currently, nonambulatory hunters may only use a shotgun or a
  1 18 muzzleloading rifle while using an any sex deer hunting license
  1 19 during any established deer hunting season.
  1 20    The bill allows nonambulatory hunters to use any firearm,
  1 21 bow and arrow, or other hunting weapon authorized for hunting
  1 22 deer pursuant to Code chapter 483A while using an any sex deer
  1 23 hunting license during any established deer hunting season.
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