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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE
February 6, 2001 - Introduced by Representatives Wood, Powers, Gronemus,
Musser, Grothman, Kedzie, Gunderson, Lassa and Ott. Referred to
Committee on Natural Resources.
AB98,1,2
1An Act to amend 167.31 (2) (d); and
to create 167.31 (4) (g) of the statutes;
2relating to: fishing with a bow and arrow near a roadway.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, with certain exceptions, no person may shoot an arrow from
a bow from or across a highway or within 50 feet of the center of a roadway. This bill
permits a person who is fishing with a bow and arrow to shoot an arrow from a bow
within 50 feet of the center of a roadway if the person does not shoot the arrow from
the roadway or across a highway.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB98, s. 1
3Section
1. 167.31 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB98,1,64
167.31
(2) (d) Except as provided in sub. (4) (a), (cg)
and, (e)
, and (g), no person
5may discharge a firearm or shoot a bolt or an arrow from a bow or crossbow from or
6across a highway or within 50 feet of the center of a roadway.
AB98, s. 2
7Section
2. 167.31 (4) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB98,2,3
1167.31
(4) (g) A person who is fishing with a bow and arrow may shoot an arrow
2from a bow within 50 feet of the center of a roadway if the person does not shoot the
3arrow from the roadway or across a highway.
