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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
May 5, 2015 - Introduced by Senators Lasee and Cowles, cosponsored by
Representatives Weatherston, Jacque, Ballweg, E. Brooks, Craig, Czaja,
Horlacher, Jarchow, Kitchens, Kleefisch, Knodl, Krug, Kulp, T. Larson,
Murphy and Tittl. Referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining, and
Forestry.
SB147,1,2 1An Act to renumber and amend 29.927 (7); and to create 29.927 (7) (b) of the
2statutes; relating to: unattended decoys left in water.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, any decoy left unattended in the water is declared a public
nuisance. Under this bill, an unattended decoy is not a public nuisance if it is left
in a body of water to which all of the following apply: 1) it is self-contained; 2) it has
no public access; and 3) it is located on and entirely surrounded by land privately
owned by the same person.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB147,1 3Section 1. 29.927 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 29.927 (7) (a) and amended
4to read:
SB147,1,65 29.927 (7) (a) Any Except as provided in par. (b), any decoys left in the water
6unattended.
SB147,2 7Section 2. 29.927 (7) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB147,2,2
129.927 (7) (b) A decoy left unattended in a body of water is not a public nuisance
2if all of the following apply:
SB147,2,33 1. The body of water is self-contained.
SB147,2,44 2. The body of water has no public access.
SB147,2,65 3. The body of water is located on and entirely surrounded by land privately
6owned by the same person.
SB147,2,77 (End)
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