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House
File
2038
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2038
BY
COLLINS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
deer
depredation.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
481C.2,
subsections
1
and
2,
Code
2026,
1
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
The
director
of
the
department
of
natural
resources
shall
3
enter
into
a
memorandum
of
agreement
with
the
United
States
4
department
of
agriculture,
animal
damage
control
division.
5
The
wild
animal
depredation
unit
shall
serve
and
act
as
the
6
liaison
to
the
department
for
the
producers
in
the
state
who
7
suffer
crop,
horticultural
product,
tree,
or
nursery
damage
an
8
economic
loss
to
agriculture,
horticulture,
or
silviculture
9
operations
due
to
wild
animals.
10
2.
The
department
shall
issue
depredation
permits
and
deer
11
shooting
permits
to
any
landowner
or
tenant,
as
defined
under
12
section
483A.24,
subsection
2,
who
incurs
crop,
horticultural
13
product,
tree,
or
nursery
damage
suffers
an
economic
loss
of
14
one
thousand
dollars
or
more
to
agriculture,
horticulture,
or
15
silviculture
operations
due
to
wild
animals.
The
department
16
shall
allow
any
conservation
officer
to
issue
permits
pursuant
17
to
this
chapter.
18
Sec.
2.
Section
481C.2A,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
19
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
20
a.
Deer
shooting
permits
shall
be
available
for
issuance
21
to
landowners
or
tenants,
as
defined
under
section
483A.24,
22
subsection
2,
who
incur
crop,
horticultural
product,
tree,
23
or
nursery
damage
suffer
an
economic
loss
to
agriculture,
24
horticulture,
or
silviculture
operations
as
provided
in
section
25
481C.2
and
shall
be
available
for
issuance
for
use
on
areas
26
where
public
safety
may
be
an
issue.
27
Sec.
3.
Section
481C.2A,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
the
28
following
new
subsection:
29
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
8.
Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
of
30
law
to
the
contrary,
any
deer
taken
with
a
depredation
license
31
or
shooting
permit
issued
under
this
chapter
by
the
person
to
32
whom
the
license
or
permit
was
issued
may
be
disposed
of
by
33
composting.
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EXPLANATION
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The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
1
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
2
This
bill
relates
to
deer
depredation.
Under
current
law,
3
eligibility
for
the
wild
animal
depredation
program
requires
a
4
producer
to
have
suffered
“crop,
horticultural
product,
tree,
5
or
nursery
damage
due
to
wild
animals”.
The
bill
changes
this
6
eligibility
requirement
to
cover
a
producer
who
has
suffered
7
“economic
loss
to
agriculture,
horticulture,
or
silviculture
8
operations
due
to
wild
animals”.
9
The
bill
authorizes
any
conservation
officer
to
issue
10
depredation
permits
or
deer
shooting
permits
(permits).
In
11
addition
to
landowners
as
currently
allowed,
the
bill
allows
12
tenants
to
receive
permits.
13
The
bill
authorizes
a
person
to
dispose
of
a
deer
by
14
composting
if
the
deer
was
taken
with
a
depredation
license
or
15
deer
shooting
permit.
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