Bill Text: IA HF2466 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the management of the spread of diseases in wild animals, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 2166.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-04-23 - Amendment H-8392 filed. H.J. 823. [HF2466 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF2466-Introduced.html
House File 2466 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2166) A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the management of the spread of diseases in 2 wild animals, making penalties applicable, and including 3 effective date provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5603HV (2) 87 js/rn PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 481A.38, subsection 1, Code 2018, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. a. The commission may upon its own motion and after an 1 4 investigation, alter, limit, or restrict the methods or means 1 5 employed and the instruments or equipment used in taking wild 1 6 mammals, birds subject to section 481A.48, fish, reptiles, 1 7 and amphibians, if the investigation reveals that the action 1 8 would be desirable or beneficial in promoting the interests of 1 9 conservation, or the commission may, after an investigation 1 10 when it is found there is imminent danger of loss of fish 1 11 through natural causes, authorize the taking of fish by means 1 12 found advisable to salvage imperiled fish populations. 1 13 b. The commission shall act to prevent, control, or 1 14 eradicate an infectious or contagious disease in any wild 1 15 animal as necessary to comply with section 456A.23. After 1 16 an investigation when it is found there is imminent danger 1 17 of loss of fish through natural causes, the commission may 1 18 authorize the taking of fish by means found advisable to 1 19 salvage imperiled fish populations. Upon the discovery of 1 20 an infectious or contagious disease in any wild animal, the 1 21 commission may establish a wild animal disease management zone 1 22 and take such actions within the zone as are necessary to 1 23 protect wild animal health and conserve biological balance. 1 24 Such actions may include but are not limited to establishing 1 25 special seasons, preventing the artificial movement of wild 1 26 animals, wild animal carcasses, or parts thereof, requiring 1 27 disease sample collection from harvested wild animals, and 1 28 limiting the unnatural congregation of wild animals. The 1 29 commission shall give at least twenty=four hours' notice by 1 30 mail or electronic means before establishing a zone and such 1 31 notice shall identify the specific activity requirements or 1 32 restrictions imposed in the zone. 1 33 c. The importation into the state of hunter=harvested 1 34 Cervidae carcasses from any state, province, or country that 1 35 chronic wasting disease has been confirmed within either 2 1 captive or wild cervid populations is prohibited, except for: 2 2 (1) Quarters or other portions of meat with no part of the 2 3 spinal column or head attached. 2 4 (2) Meat that is boned out or that is cut and wrapped, 2 5 either commercially or privately. 2 6 (3) Hides and teeth. 2 7 (4) Antlers or skull plates with antlers attached but with 2 8 no brain tissue attached. 2 9 (5) Finished taxidermy mounts. 2 10 Nonresidents transporting whole or partial carcasses on a 2 11 direct route through Iowa are exempt from this prohibition. 2 12b.d. The commission shall adopt a rule permitting a 2 13 crossbow to be used only by individuals with disabilities 2 14 who are physically incapable of using a bow and arrow under 2 15 the conditions in which a bow and arrow is permitted. The 2 16 commission shall prepare an application to be used by an 2 17 individual requesting the status. The application shall 2 18 require the individual's physician to sign a statement 2 19 declaring that the individual is not physically able to use a 2 20 bow and arrow. 2 21 e. A person who violates paragraph "c" shall, in lieu of the 2 22 provisions of section 481A.32, be assessed a minimum fine of 2 23 one hundred dollars. Each carcass transported into the state 2 24 in violation of paragraph "c" shall be a separate offense. 2 25 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 2 26 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 2 27 EXPLANATION 2 28 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 2 29 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 30 This bill requires the natural resource commission to act 2 31 to prevent, control, or eradicate an infectious or contagious 2 32 disease in any wild animal. The bill allows the commission 2 33 to authorize the taking of fish by means found advisable in 2 34 order to salvage imperiled fish populations. The bill also 2 35 authorizes the commission to establish a disease management 3 1 zone for any other wild animal, upon the finding of an 3 2 infectious or contagious disease in a population of that 3 3 animal, and take certain actions to prevent the spread of 3 4 disease through that animal population. The bill prohibits 3 5 the importation of Cervidae carcasses into the state from any 3 6 state, province, or country where chronic wasting disease has 3 7 been confirmed within either captive or wild cervid populations 3 8 except under certain conditions. 3 9 A person who transports a Cervidae carcass into the state 3 10 in violation of the provisions of the bill shall be assessed a 3 11 minimum $100 fine. 3 12 This bill is effective upon enactment. LSB 5603HV (2) 87 js/rn