97A.345 RESTITUTION VALUE OF WILD ANIMALS.
(a) The commissioner may, by rules adopted under chapter 14, prescribe the dollar value to
the state of species of wild animals. The value may reflect the value to other persons to legally
take the wild animal, the replacement cost, or the intrinsic value to the state of the wild animals.
Species of wild animals with similar values may be grouped together.
(b) The value of a wild animal under the rules adopted by the commissioner is prima facie
evidence of a wild animal's value under section
97A.341.
(c) The commissioner shall report annually to the legislature the amount of restitution
collected under section
97A.341 and the manner in which the funds were expended.
History: 1989 c 298 s 3