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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
December 7, 2015 - Introduced by Representatives E. Brooks, Czaja, Kremer,
Tittl, Milroy, Kooyenga, Jarchow and Horlacher, cosponsored by Senators
Tiffany and Moulton. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and
Sporting Heritage.
AB579,1,2
1An Act to create 29.539 (1m) (j) and 29.539 (1m) (k) of the statutes;
relating to:
2the sale, purchase, or possession of wild game bird feathers.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill exempts the naturally shed feathers of a grouse, partridge, pheasant,
quail, or wild turkey and the feathers of a lawfully taken grouse, partridge, pheasant,
quail, or wild turkey from the current prohibition on the sale, purchase, barter, or
trade, the offer to sell, purchase, barter, or trade, and the possession or control for
the purpose of selling, bartering, or trading any wild animal.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB579,1
3Section
1. 29.539 (1m) (j) of the statutes is created to read:
AB579,1,54
29.539
(1m) (j) The feathers of a lawfully taken grouse, partridge, pheasant,
5quail, or wild turkey.
AB579,2
6Section
2. 29.539 (1m) (k) of the statutes is created to read:
AB579,2,2
129.539
(1m) (k) The naturally shed feathers of a grouse, partridge, pheasant,
2quail, or wild turkey.
