Wisconsin Legislature: 2003 Wisconsin Act 59

Date of enactment: October 16, 2003
2003 Assembly Bill 106 Date of publication*: October 30, 2003

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2001-02 : 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].

2003 WISCONSIN ACT 59

An Act to renumber and amend 29.184 (1); to amend 29.024 (2) (d) and 29.184 (1) (title); and to create 29.184 (1) (intro.), 29.184 (1) (b) and 29.184 (6m) of the statutes; relating to: bear hunting by certain minors.

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

59,1 Section 1. 29.024 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

29.024 (2) (d) Except as provided under s. 29.182 (4), 29.184 (6m), or 29.519 (2) (d) or by rule, no person may transfer his or her approval or permit the use of any approval by any other person.

59,2 Section 2. 29.184 (1) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

29.184 (1) (title) Definition Definitions.

59,3 Section 3. 29.184 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:

29.184 (1) (intro.) In this section:

59,4 Section 4. 29.184 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 29.184 (1) (a) and amended to read:

29.184 (1) (a) Notwithstanding s. 29.001 (42), in this section "hunt bear" means to shoot, shoot at, take, catch, or kill a bear or pursue, with or without the use of dogs, a bear for the purpose of shooting, shooting at, taking, catching, or killing the bear.

59,5 Section 5. 29.184 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

29.184 (1) (b) "Minor" means a person who is at least 12 years of age but under 18 years of age.

59,6 Section 6. 29.184 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:

29.184 (6m) Transfer. (a) Upon application by a holder of a Class A bear license to transfer the license to a minor, and upon the payment of any fee required under par. (b), the department shall transfer the license to the minor if the application is made no later than the August 1st immediately preceding the open season for the hunting of bear to which the license applies and if the minor has not been previously transferred a license under this subsection.

(b) If the holder of a Class A bear license is a resident and the holder applies to transfer the license to a nonresident, the holder shall pay, at the time of application, the difference between the fee for a Class A license to a resident and the fee for a Class A license to a nonresident.

(d) Notwithstanding sub. (6) (b), a minor who is transferred a Class A bear license under this subsection shall retain all preference points that he or she has previously accumulated.