1997 Wisconsin Act 248

5. Inland waters setline: $10, plus 25 cents for the tag for each setline.

6. Wholesale fish dealer: $100.

7. Clam buyer: $300.

8. Assistant clam buyer: $0.

9. Clam helper: $0.

10. Clam sheller: $30.

(8) Bait dealer approvals. The fees for bait dealer licenses are as follows:

(a) Class A bait dealer: $49.25.

(b) Class B bait dealer: $9.25.

(9) Wild animal and fish farms approvals. The fees for approvals for fish farms, pheasant and quail farms, game bird and animal farms, fur animal farms, deer farms and related activities are as follows:

(a) Farm licenses. 1. Fish farm: the fee as established by rule.

2. Pheasant and quail farm: $20.

3. Game bird and animal farm: $10.

4. Fur animal farm: $25.

5. Deer farm: $25.

6. Deer farm sales: $50.

7. Deer farm sales tag: 5 cents.

8. Special retail deer sale permit: $5 per deer sold.

9. Venison serving permit: $5.

10. Wildlife exhibit: $10.

(b) Late fee. For a license for a pheasant and quail farm, game bird and animal farm or fur animal farm, in addition to the regular fee: $10.

(10) Wild rice and ginseng approvals. The fees for approvals relating to wild rice and wild ginseng are as follows:

(a) Wild rice approvals. 1. Wild rice harvest: $7.50.

2. Wild rice identification card: $0.

3. Class A wild rice dealer: $15.

4. Class B wild rice dealer: $50.

5. Class C wild rice dealer: $100.

6. Class D wild rice dealer: $150.

(b) Wild ginseng licenses. 1. Wild ginseng harvest issued to a resident: $15.

2. Wild ginseng harvest issued to a nonresident: $30.

3. Class A resident wild ginseng dealer: $100.

4. Class B resident wild ginseng dealer: $500.

5. Class C resident wild ginseng dealer: $1,000.

6. Nonresident wild ginseng dealer: $1,000.

(11) Miscellaneous permits and fees. The fees for other approvals are as follows:

(a) Permits. 1. Scientific collector: $0.

2. Endangered species: $100.

(b) Instructional programs. 1. Hunter education and firearm safety instruction fee: $3.

2. Trapper education instruction fee: the fee as established by rule.

(12) Duplicates of approvals. The fees for duplicate approvals are as follows:

(a) Hunting. 1. Deer: $10.25.

2. Archer, sports or conservation patron: $10.25 if deer tags are included; $7.25 after open season and deer tags are not included.

3. Other hunting: $6.25.

4. Class A bear: $13.

(b) Fishing. Fishing: $6.25.

(c) Other. 1. Senior citizen recreation: $2.

2. Hunter education and firearm safety course certificate of accomplishment: $2.

3. Trapper education course certificate of accomplishment: the fee as established by rule.

4. All other approvals for which an original fee is charged: $2.

(13) Wildlife damage surcharge. (a) Surcharge generally. The surcharge for approvals listed under subs. (2) (a) 1., 2. and 4. to 9. and (b) 1. to 8. and (4) (a) 1. and (b) 1. is $1 and shall be added to the fee specified for these approvals under subs. (2) and (4).

(b) Surcharge for conservation patron license. The surcharge for licenses listed under sub. (4) (a) 2. and (b) 2. is $2 and shall be added to the fee specified for these approvals under sub. (4).

(14) Processing, handling and issuing fees. The fees for processing, handling and issuing approvals are as follows:

(a) Processing fee. 1. The processing fee for applications for approvals under the hunter's choice deer hunting permit, bonus deer hunting permit, wild turkey hunting license, Class A bear license, Canada goose hunting permit, sharp-tailed grouse hunting permit, bobcat hunting and trapping permit, otter trapping permit, fisher trapping permit or sturgeon fishing permit: $2.75.

2. Joint application for a hunter's choice deer hunting permit and a bonus deer hunting permit: $2.75.

(b) Handling fee. Approvals designated by rule under s. 29.556: the fee as established by rule.

(c) Issuing fee. 1. Each license issued under subs. (2) to (10) and (12): 75 cents.

2. Each stamp issued under subs. (2) (e) and (3) (c): 25 cents.

3. Each application for a hunter's choice permit, bonus deer permit, wild turkey hunting license, Canada goose hunting permit, sharp-tailed grouse hunting permit, bobcat hunting and trapping permit, otter trapping permit, fisher trapping permit or sturgeon fishing permit: 25 cents.

248,602 Section 602 . 29.565 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 29.861 (title).

248,603 Section 603 . 29.565 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 29.861 (1) and amended to read:

29.861 (1) The department shall establish an animal wildlife exhibit where wild animals, allowed to roam at will, may be viewed by the public without charge on state owned lands over which the department has jurisdiction, or upon lands donated to the state for the purpose. The boundary of the area shall be marked by posts placed at intervals of not over 500 feet and bearing signs with the words “Wisconsin Wildlife Exhibit Area". The department shall provide shelters thereon, for the housing of the caretaker, and the sheltering, nursing and caring for orphaned wild animals, which shall be furnished by the department, which may accept private donations of such animals. Such animals shall be sheltered and cared for until they are old enough to release, but by providing food and shelter efforts shall be made to induce the animals to return to the area year after year.

Note: This provision is substantially simplified to make the management of the wildlife exhibit subject to DNR discretion.

248,604 Section 604 . 29.565 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

Note: The text of current s. 29.565 (1) is as follows:

“29.565 (1) The department shall employ a caretaker with long experience with wild animals, preferably a retired game warden, to manage the exhibit.".

This provision, and portions of s. 29.565 (intro.), are repealed because the staffing and management of DNR facilities should generally not be dictated by statute.

248,605 Section 605 . 29.565 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 29.861 (2) and amended to read:

29.861 (2) No person shall at any time or in any manner may hunt or trap within the boundaries of the area, nor have possession or control of therein, any gun or rifle wildlife exhibit or possess a gun or firearm within the boundaries of the wildlife exhibit unless it is unloaded and knocked down or enclosed in a carrying case.

248,606 Section 606 . 29.565 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

Note: The text of current s. 29.565 (3) is as follows:

“29.565 (3) The department may promulgate rules for the effective accomplishment of the purposes of this section including the duration of the exhibition season.".

This permissive grant of rule-making authority is unnecessary. The department may promulgate rules under its general rule-making authority.

248,607 Section 607 . 29.566 (title) of the statutes is created to read:

29.566 (title) Collection and deposit of fees.

248,608 Section 608 . 29.57 of the statutes is renumbered 29.621 and amended to read:

29.621 Wildlife refuges. (1) Establishment. The owner or owners of any tract, or contiguous tracts, of land comprising in the aggregate not less than 160 acres located outside the limits of any city or village, may apply to the department for the establishment of said lands the land as a wildlife refuge. The department may thereupon employ such means as it deems wise to inform itself regarding the premises; and if, upon inspection, investigation, hearing, or otherwise, it shall appear to the satisfaction of If the department determines that the establishment of said lands the land as a wildlife refuge will promote the conservation of one or more useful species or varieties native within to this state, it may by order designate and establish the said lands land as a wildlife refuge.

(2) Signs. Within 30 days after the date of such the order the owner or owners of the said lands land shall post or erect signs or notices as required and furnished by the department, proclaiming the establishment of said designating the refuge.

(3) Publication. No such The order shall be is not effective until at least 30 days after the date of its issue; nor unless issuance and until the department has caused notice thereof to be published, as a class 3 notice, under ch. 985, in the county embracing containing the lands. Thereupon the said lands land. The land shall be remain a wildlife refuge, and shall so remain for a period of not less than 5 years, from and after the date of effect stated in said order.

(4) (title) Absolute protection Protection. Except as provided in s. 29.56 29.091, no owner of lands embraced within any such a wildlife refuge, and no other person, may hunt or trap within the boundaries of any wildlife refuge or have in his or her possession or under his or her control therein any gun or rifle in the wildlife refuge a gun, firearm, bow or crossbow, unless the same gun or firearm is unloaded, the bow or crossbow is unstrung and the gun, firearm, bow or crossbow is enclosed within a carrying case. Nothing in this section may prohibit, prevent or interfere with the department, or its wardens, agents or employes, in the destruction of injurious animals.

(5) Animals procured by department. The department may place wild animals within any such wildlife refuge, for the purpose of propagation, wild animals of any species or variety.

248,609 Section 609 . 29.571 (title) and (1) of the statutes are renumbered 29.749 (title) and (1) and amended to read:

29.749 (title) Horicon marsh game preserve, fur farm, hatchery, dams and dam. (1) A wildlife refuge, game preserve and The department shall establish a fur farm shall be established on the Horicon marsh in Dodge county County under the supervision of the department.

248,610 Section 610 . 29.571 (2) and (3) of the statutes are repealed.

Note: Subsection (2) authorizes the DNR to construct a fish hatchery at Horicon marsh. The DNR has not constructed and has no plans for a fish hatchery there.

Subsection (3) authorizes DNR to acquire land for the Horicon marsh. DNR has general land acquisition authority under s. 23.09.

248,611 Section 611. 29.571 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 29.749 (2) and amended to read:

29.749 (2) The department may construct and maintain a dam or dams in or near the city of Horicon, to control and regulate the flood waters on the Rock river River, and to restore the public waters of Rock river River on Horicon marsh to the natural levels existing prior to the private drainage of the same marsh.

248,612 Section 612 . 29.571 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

Note: This provision directs the payment of proceeds from the fur farm at Horicon marsh and all other income from Horicon marsh. Section 25.29 provides that all moneys accruing to the state under ch. 29 are to be deposited in the conservation fund, so this provision is unnecessary.