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IA Code § 483A.53 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS|Section 483A.53 - Payment of bonds.

483A.53 Payment of bonds.   A wildlife habitat bond fund is created in the state treasury. At the direction of the commission as provided in the bond proceedings or pursuant to section 483A.52, subsection 1 or 2, and as certified by the director, the treasurer of state shall credit to the wildlife habitat bond fund from the revenues received from the sale of wildlife habitat stamps a sum at least sufficient to pay interest on the bonds in each fiscal year and principal on the bonds that mature during each fiscal year. In each fiscal year after July 1, 1986, and after bonds are issued, and until all the bonds issued have been retired, in order to provide for the payment of principal of the bonds issued and sold and the interest on them as the same become due and mature, there is pledged and annually appropriated out of the revenues to be credited to the wildlife habitat bond fund an amount sufficient to pay principal and interest on the bonds issued for each of the years the bonds are outstanding. The director shall annually certify to the treasurer the amount of funds required to pay interest on the bonds in the ensuing fiscal year and the principal on the bonds that mature during the ensuing fiscal year.  86 Acts, ch 1231, §5  C87, §110.53  C93, §483A.53  Referred to in §483A.3, 483A.50  Section not amended; editorial change applied
IA Code § 483A.54 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS|Section 483A.54 - Nonliability of the state and its officials.

483A.54 Nonliability of the state and its officials.   1. Bonds issued are special limited obligations of the commission and are not a debt or liability of the state or any other political subdivision within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation and are not a pledge of the state’s credit or taxing power within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation or provision and, except as provided in this subchapter, an appropriation shall not be made, directly or indirectly, by the state or any political subdivision of the state for the payment of bonds. The bonds are special obligations of the commission payable solely from the wildlife habitat bond fund. Funds from the general fund of the state shall not be used to pay interest or principal on the bonds if revenues deposited in the wildlife habitat bond fund are insufficient.   2. The members of the commission or other person executing the bonds is not personally liable for the payment of the bonds. The bonds are valid and binding obligations of the commission notwithstanding the fact that before the delivery of the bonds any of the officers whose signatures appear on the bonds cease to be officers of the state. From and after the sale and delivery of the bonds, they shall be incontestable by the commission.  86 Acts, ch 1231, §6  C87, §110.54  C93, §483A.54  2014 Acts, ch 1026, §112
IA Code § 483A.55 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS|Section 483A.55 - Bonds as legal investments.

483A.55 Bonds as legal investments.   Bonds are securities in which all public officers and bodies of the state and all municipalities and political subdivisions of this state, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, bankers, trust companies, and savings associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries and all other persons who are now or may be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of this state may properly and legally invest funds including capital in their control or belonging to them. The bonds are also securities which may be deposited with and may be received by all public officers and bodies of the state and all municipalities and legal subdivisions of this state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the state is now or may be authorized.  86 Acts, ch 1231, §7  C87, §110.55  C93, §483A.55  2012 Acts, ch 1017, §88
IA Code § 483A.56 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS|Section 483A.56 - Rights of bondholders.

483A.56 Rights of bondholders.   The bond proceedings may provide that a holder of bonds or a trustee under the bond proceedings, except to the extent that the holder’s rights are restricted by the bond proceedings, may by legal proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of this state or granted by the bond proceedings. These rights include the right to compel the performance of all duties of the commission required by this subchapter or the bond proceedings; to enjoin unlawful activities; and in the event of default with respect to the payment of any principal of or interest on bonds or in the performance of a covenant or agreement on the part of the commission in bond proceedings, to apply to a court to appoint a receiver to receive and administer the funds which are pledged to the payment of bonds or which are the subject of the covenant or agreement, with full power to pay and to provide for payment of any principal of or interest on bonds and with powers accorded receivers in general equity cases, excluding power to pledge additional funds or other income or moneys of the commission, the state, or governmental agencies of the state to the payment of the bonds.  86 Acts, ch 1231, §8  C87, §110.56  C93, §483A.56  2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143
IA Code § 484A.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 484A - MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS|Section 484A.1 - Definitions.

484A.1 Definitions.   As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Commission” means the natural resource commission.   2. “Migratory game bird” means any wild goose, brant, wild duck, snipe, rail, woodcock, or coot.  [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §110B.1]  86 Acts, ch 1245, §1860  C93, §484A.1  98 Acts, ch 1199, §21, 22, 27; 98 Acts, ch 1223, §30
IA Code § 484A.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 484A - MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS|Section 484A.2 - Fee required.

484A.2 Fee required.   A person sixteen years of age or older shall not hunt or take any migratory game bird within this state without first paying a migratory game bird fee. The director shall determine the means and method of collecting the migratory game bird fees.  [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §110B.2]  C93, §484A.2  98 Acts, ch 1199, §23, 27; 98 Acts, ch 1223, §30  Referred to in §805.8B(3)(a)  For applicable scheduled fine, see §805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph a
IA Code § 484A.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 484A - MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS|Section 484A.4 - Use of revenue.

484A.4 Use of revenue.   All revenue generated from the migratory game bird fee shall be used for projects approved by the commission for the purpose of protecting and propagating migratory game birds and for the acquisition, development, restoration, maintenance or preservation of wetlands, except for that part which is specified by the commission for use in paying administrative expenses as provided in section 456A.17.   The commission may enter into contracts with nonprofit organizations for the use of fifteen percent of such funds outside the United States if the commission finds that such contracts are necessary for carrying out the purposes of this chapter.  [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §110B.4]  C93, §484A.4  98 Acts, ch 1199, §24, 27; 98 Acts, ch 1223, §30
IA Code § 484A.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 484A - MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS|Section 484A.5 - Projects approved.

484A.5 Projects approved.   Before approving and allocating funds for a proposed project to be undertaken outside this state or outside the United States, the commission shall obtain evidence that the project is acceptable to the government agency having jurisdiction over the lands and waters affected by the project.  [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §110B.5]  C93, §484A.5
IA Code § 484A.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 484A - MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS|Section 484A.6 - Penalty.

484A.6 Penalty.   Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.  [C77, 79, 81, §110B.6]  C93, §484A.6
IA Code § 484B.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 484B - HUNTING PRESERVES|Section 484B.1 - Definitions.

484B.1 Definitions.   As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Commission” means the natural resource commission.   2. “Department” means the department of natural resources.   3. “Director” means the director of the department.   4. “Elk” means an animal belonging to the cervidae family and classified as part of the canadensis species of the cervus genus.   5. “Game birds” means pen-reared birds of the family gallinae and mallard ducks.   6. “Hunting preserve” means property and facilities either privately owned or leased for holding, rearing, releasing, or processing captive-raised game for the purpose of hunting, for a fee, over an extended season.   7. “Livestock” means the same as defined in section 717.1.   8. “Pen-reared” means the propagation and holding of game birds and game animals whose origins are from captive populations.   9. “Season” means hunting preserve season.   10. “Ungulate” means hoofed nondomesticated mammal other than livestock.  92 Acts, ch 1160, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1038, §2, 3; 2012 Acts, ch 1118, §15, 21  Referred to in §481A.21
IA Code § 484B.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 484B - HUNTING PRESERVES|Section 484B.2 - Rules.

484B.2 Rules.   The commission may adopt rules under chapter 17A as necessary to carry out this chapter.  92 Acts, ch 1160, §2
IA Code § 484B.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 484B - HUNTING PRESERVES|Section 484B.3 - Authority of the director — exceptions to chapter.

484B.3 Authority of the director — exceptions to chapter.   1. The director shall develop, administer, and enforce hunting preserve programs and requirements within the state which implement the provisions of this chapter and rules adopted by the commission pursuant to this chapter.   2. a. The chapter does not apply to keeping farm deer as regulated by the department of agriculture and land stewardship pursuant to chapter 170 or to preserve whitetail kept on a hunting preserve as regulated by the department of natural resources pursuant to chapter 484C.   b. This chapter does not apply to an owner or tenant of land raising or releasing pen-reared pheasants on the owner’s or tenant’s land as provided in section 481A.6A, provided that a person taking a pen-reared pheasant complies with all requirements provided in chapters 481A and 483A.  92 Acts, ch 1160, §3; 2003 Acts, ch 149, §19, 23; 2005 Acts, ch 139, §13; 2010 Acts, ch 1180, §2
IA Code § 484B.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 484B - HUNTING PRESERVES|Section 484B.4 - Hunting preserve operator’s license — application and requirements.

484B.4 Hunting preserve operator’s license — application and requirements.   1. 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 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 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.   2. 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 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.   3. All hunting preserve operator’s licenses shall expire on March 31 of each year.  92 Acts, ch 1160, §4; 99 Acts, ch 208, §36; 2008 Acts, ch 1031, §54; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §106  Referred to in §484B.4A
IA Code § 484B.4A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 484B - HUNTING PRESERVES|Section 484B.4A - Minimum enclosed acreage — exceptions.

484B.4A Minimum enclosed acreage — exceptions.   A hunting preserve on which elk are kept must include at least three hundred twenty contiguous acres which are enclosed by a fence as required pursuant to section 484B.5. However, a person may keep elk only on a hunting preserve that includes a fewer number of enclosed acres if either of the following applies:   1. The commission grants a waiver for the hunting preserve according to terms and conditions required by the commission. The hunting preserve must include at least one hundred sixty contiguous acres.   2. a. The hunting preserve was operated as a business on January 1, 2005.   b. 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. However, this paragraph 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.  2012 Acts, ch 1118, §16, 21
IA Code § 484B.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 484B - HUNTING PRESERVES|Section 484B.5 - Boundaries signed — fenced.

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 shall construct and maintain boundary fences prescribed by the department so as to enclose and contain all released ungulates and exclude all ungulates which are property of the state from becoming a part of the hunting preserve enterprise.  92 Acts, ch 1160, §5; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §138  Referred to in §484B.4A
IA Code § 484B.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 484B - HUNTING PRESERVES|Section 484B.6 - Game birds released.

484B.6 Game birds released.   The licensee of a licensed hunting preserve may take, or authorize to be taken within the season, the numbers of game birds as provided in this section:   1. A licensed hunting preserve may take up to eighty percent of the total number of pheasant and quail released. One hundred percent of all other game birds released may be taken.   2. A minimum of five hundred game birds shall be released during the hunting preserve season by each licensed hunting preserve authorized to release game birds.   3. A licensee operating two or more licensed hunting preserve areas shall release a cumulative minimum of eight hundred game birds during the hunting preserve season.   4. If hen ring-necked pheasants are shot on the licensed hunting preserve, no less than thirty-five percent of all ring-necked pheasants released shall be hens.  92 Acts, ch 1160, §6
IA Code § 484B.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 484B - HUNTING PRESERVES|Section 484B.7 - Records — reports — inspections.

484B.7 Records — reports — inspections.   1. Each hunting preserve licensee shall keep the records and make the reports required on forms prepared and provided by the department. All records shall be open for inspection at any reasonable time by the department or its authorized agents.   2. Each licensee shall file an annual report with the department on or before April 30. 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 and ungulates held under the hunting preserve operator’s license.  92 Acts, ch 1160, §7; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §138
IA Code § 484B.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 484B - HUNTING PRESERVES|Section 484B.8 - Game bird transportation tags — markings.

484B.8 Game bird transportation tags — markings.   The department shall prepare transportation tags suitable for use upon the legs of game birds described in this chapter. The tags shall be of a type which are not removable without breaking and mutilating the tag. The tags shall be used to designate all game birds taken by hunters upon a licensed hunting preserve. The department shall provide licensees with the tags. All dead game birds removed from a licensed hunting preserve shall have a hunting preserve tag affixed to one leg prior to being transported from the licensed hunting preserve, except as otherwise provided by rule of the commission. All mallards released for hunting purposes shall be physically marked by the removal of the hind toe from the right foot at not more than four weeks of age, so as to provide for permanent identification. Game bird tags issued to a hunting preserve are not transferable.  92 Acts, ch 1160, §8
IA Code § 484B.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 484B - HUNTING PRESERVES|Section 484B.9 - Ungulate transportation tags — markings.

484B.9 Ungulate transportation tags — markings.   The department shall prepare transportation tags suitable for use upon the carcass of ungulates described in this chapter. The tags shall be used to designate all ungulates taken by hunters upon a licensed hunting preserve. The department shall provide licensees with the tags. All ungulates 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 taken in accordance with the rules as determined by the department. The tag shall remain attached to the carcass of the dead ungulate 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.  92 Acts, ch 1160, §9
IA Code § 484B.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 484B - HUNTING PRESERVES|Section 484B.10 - Season — hunting preserve hunting license.

484B.10 Season — hunting preserve hunting license.   1. A person shall not take a game bird or ungulate upon a hunting preserve, by shooting in any manner, except during the established season or as authorized by section 481A.56. The established season shall be September 1 through March 31 of the succeeding year, both dates inclusive. The owner of a hunting preserve shall establish the hunting season for nonnative, pen-reared ungulates on the hunting preserve.   2. Waterfowl shall not be shot over any area where pen-reared mallards may serve as live decoys for wild waterfowl. All persons hunting game birds or ungulates upon a licensed hunting preserve shall secure a hunting license that includes the wildlife habitat fee in accordance with the game laws of Iowa, with the exception that an unlicensed person may secure an annual hunting preserve hunting license restricted to hunting preserves only for a license fee of five dollars. All persons who hunt on hunting preserves shall pay the wildlife habitat fee.   3. A nonresident youth under sixteen years of age may hunt game birds on a licensed hunting preserve upon securing an annual hunting preserve hunting license restricted to hunting preserves only for a license fee of five dollars and payment of the wildlife habitat fee. A nonresident youth is not required to complete the hunter education course to obtain a hunting preserve hunting license pursuant to this subsection if the youth is accompanied by a person who is at least eighteen years of age, is qualified to hunt, and possesses a valid hunting license that includes the wildlife habitat fee. During the hunt, the accompanying adult must be within arm’s reach of the nonresident youth.  92 Acts, ch 1160, §10; 96 Acts, ch 1072, §1; 98 Acts, ch 1199, §25, 27; 98 Acts, ch 1223, §30; 2009 Acts, ch 144, §44; 2012 Acts, ch 1096, §22, 23; 2015 Acts, ch 26, §9; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §139  Remote control or internet hunting prohibited, see §481A.125A
IA Code § 484B.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 484B - HUNTING PRESERVES|Section 484B.11 - Health requirements — game birds.

484B.11 Health requirements — game birds.   All game birds, including breeders and nonbreeders; or their chicks or unhatched eggs either purchased, propagated, confined, released, or sold by a licensed hunting preserve shall be free of diseases considered significant for wildlife, poultry, or livestock and shall comply with all game bird, mallard, and turkey requirements as designated by the national poultry improvement plan (NPIP) and in accordance with the United States department of agriculture and requirements of the Iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship.  92 Acts, ch 1160, §11
IA Code § 484B.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 484B - HUNTING PRESERVES|Section 484B.12 - Health requirements — ungulates.

484B.12 Health requirements — ungulates.   All ungulates which 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.  92 Acts, ch 1160, §12; 2000 Acts, ch 1038, §4; 2003 Acts, ch 149, §20, 23
IA Code § 484B.13 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 484B - HUNTING PRESERVES|Section 484B.13 - License refusal.

484B.13 License refusal.   The department may either refuse to issue, refuse to renew, or suspend or revoke a hunting preserve operator’s license if the department finds that the licensed area or the operator or employees of the licensed area are not in compliance with this chapter, or that the property or area is operated in violation of this chapter or administrative rules adopted under this chapter.  92 Acts, ch 1160, §13; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §140