LRB-0675/P1
EHS:kjf
2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Frederick, BB0070 - Use of administrative fees collected for pheasant hunting in the Bong area lands or any state recreation area
For 2017-2019 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
natural resources
Fish, game, and wildlife
This bill appropriates any administrative fees DNR receives for pheasant hunting in the Bong area lands or any state recreation area for the purpose of stocking and propagating pheasants on DNR lands. Under current law, the only moneys appropriated for that purpose are 60 percent of the fees DNR receives from pheasant hunting stamps. The administrative fees for pheasant hunting in the Bong area lands are currently deposited in the conservation fund, which is appropriated for a wide range of natural resources and environmental purposes.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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1. 20.370 (1) (hw) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.370 (1) (hw) Pheasant stocking and propagation. Sixty percent of the moneys received under s. 29.191 (2) and all moneys received under ss. 23.09 (13) (b) and 23.091 (3) (b) for the stocking and propagation of pheasants on lands under the department's ownership, management, supervision, or control.
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2. 23.09 (13) of the statutes is renumbered 23.09 (13) (a) and amended to read:
23.09 (13) (a) The department may acquire by gift, purchase, or otherwise the federally-owned lands, improvements, and appurtenances thereto within the Bong Air Base in Kenosha County, which may be disposed of by the federal government, to be used by the department for any of the purposes in sub. (2) (d). The department may establish zones within the boundaries of the Bong air base which Air Base that offer a wide range of variable opportunities for active outdoor recreation consistent with sub. (2) (d) and may promulgate rules to control the activities within the zones.
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3. 23.09 (13) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
23.09 (13) (b) If the department requires payment of an administrative fee in order to hunt pheasants in the Bong area lands acquired under par. (a), all of those fees shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (1) (hw).
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4. 23.091 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 23.091 (3) (a).
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5. 23.091 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
23.091 (3) (b) If the department requires payment of an administrative fee in order to hunt pheasants in a state recreation area, all of those fees shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (1) (hw).
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6. 27.01 (7) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (a) 3. “Vehicle admission area" means the Bong area lands acquired under s. 23.09 (13) (a), the Wisconsin Dells natural area, the Point Beach state forest, recreational areas in other state forests designated as such by the department, designated use zones within recreation areas established under s. 23.091 (3) (a), and any state park or roadside park except those specified in par. (c) 5.
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