2001 Wisconsin Act 77

Date of enactment: April 15, 2002
2001 Assembly Bill 251 Date of publication*: April 29, 2002

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1999-00 : 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].

2001 WISCONSIN ACT 77

An Act to amend 29.569 (3) (b); and to create 29.569 (3) (bm) of the statutes; relating to: the period of time during which sturgeon spearing licenses may not be issued.

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

77,1 Section 1. 29.569 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

29.569 (3) (b) Restrictions on issuance of sturgeon spearing licenses during the open season. No Except as provided in par. (bm), no sturgeon spearing license may be issued during a period beginning on November 1 and ending on the last day of the open season for the spearing of rock or lake sturgeon that follows that November 1.

77,2 Section 2. 29.569 (3) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

29.569 (3) (bm) Exceptions. A sturgeon spearing license may be issued during a period beginning on November 1 and ending on the last day of the open season for the spearing of rock or lake sturgeon that follows that November 1 to any of the following:

1. A person who is a member of the U.S. armed forces and who exhibits proof that he or she is a resident, is in active service with the armed forces outside this state, and is on furlough or leave.

2. A person who is a resident and who has attained the age of 14 during that period.

77,3 Section 3. Effective date.

(1) This act takes effect on the September 1 after publication.