1995 Wisconsin Act 376

  Date of enactment: May 30, 1996
1995 Assembly Bill 815   Date of publication*: June 13, 1996

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1993-94: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

1995 WISCONSIN ACT 376

An Act to amend 29.092 (13m) (a), 29.65 (1) (f) and 29.9965 (1) (b) 6.; and to create 29.09 (9m) (a) 7. and 29.174 (2) (cm) of the statutes; relating to: the hunting of sharp-tailed grouse and granting rule-making authority.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

376,1 Section 1 . 29.09 (9m) (a) 7. of the statutes is created to read:

29.09 (9m) (a) 7. Sharp-tailed grouse hunting permit.

376,2 Section 2 . 29.092 (13m) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:

29.092 (13m) (a) The processing fee for an application for a hunter's choice deer hunting permit, a bonus deer hunting permit, a wild turkey hunting license, a Canada goose hunting permit, a sharp-tailed grouse hunting permit, a bobcat hunting and trapping permit, an otter trapping permit or a fisher trapping permit is $2.75.

376,3 Section 3 . 29.174 (2) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

29.174 (2) (cm) 1. The department may establish by rule sharp-tailed grouse hunting zones where sharp-tailed grouse hunting is permitted. The department may establish by rule closed zones where sharp-tailed grouse hunting is prohibited. The department may regulate and limit the number of hunters and the maximum harvest of sharp-tailed grouse in any sharp-tailed grouse hunting zone or any other area, by doing any of the following:

a. Requiring hunters to tag each sharp-tailed grouse killed with a tag issued by the department.

b. Prohibiting the hunting of sharp-tailed grouse without a valid permit issued by the department.

2. No preference may be given in the distribution of a permit or tags, except that any applicant who unsuccessfully applied for a permit or tags in the previous year shall be given priority over any applicant who successfully applied for a permit or tags in the previous year.

376,4 Section 4 . 29.65 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

29.65 (1) (f) Any sharptail sharp-tailed grouse, ruffed grouse, spruce hen, wild duck, coot, wild goose or brant, $26.25.

376,5 Section 5 . 29.9965 (1) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

29.9965 (1) (b) 6. For any sharptail sharp-tailed grouse, ruffed grouse, spruce hen, wild duck, coot, wild goose or brant, $26.25.