2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
March 2, 2020 - Introduced by Representatives Shankland, Petryk, Billings,
Anderson, Bowen, Brostoff, Dittrich, Fields, Hebl, Kolste, Ramthun,
Neubauer, Pope, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck, Zamarripa, Thiesfeldt and
Considine, cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Carpenter and Smith. Referred
to Committee on Sporting Heritage.
AB980,1,3 1An Act to renumber and amend 29.193 (3m); to amend 29.559 (1) (b); and to
2create
29.193 (3g), 29.193 (3m) (b) and 29.563 (14) (c) 9. of the statutes;
3relating to: a fishing license for a child with a disability.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill allows a resident or nonresident child with a disability to obtain an
annual fishing license for no fee.
Under current law, a resident who produces evidence of a disability, including
a certificate from certain health care providers that the person's sight is impaired or
evidence that he or she is receiving federal benefits on the basis of a determination
that he or she is disabled, is eligible to obtain an annual disabled person fishing
license at a lower fee than an annual resident fishing license ($6.25 compared to
$19.25). Current law requires that, if a person applies for such a license from a
nongovernmental issuing agent of DNR, the agent must forward the application and
evidence provided to DNR and must issue to the person a temporary disabled person
fishing license, which is valid for 14 days. DNR then has 30 days to either issue or
deny the annual disabled person fishing license. Under current law, generally an
issuing fee of $0.75 is charged for each fishing license issued. Generally, an issuing
agent may retain $0.50 of each issuing fee for a license it issues, but current law
allows a nongovernmental issuing agent to retain all of the issuing fee charged for
a temporary disabled person fishing license in order to compensate for services in
issuing the license. Under current law, an annual nonresident fishing license has a
fee of $49.25.

This bill requires DNR or a county clerk appointed as an issuing agent of DNR,
after investigation, to issue an annual fishing license, without charging a fee, to any
person who is a resident or nonresident child with a disability at the time the person
applies for this license if he or she produces a certificate of the disability from a
licensed physician or psychologist who has personally examined the child and who
has expertise concerning the type of physical or mental disability evidenced by the
child. Under the bill, if a person submits an application for an annual fishing license
for a child with a disability and evidence of a disability to a nongovernmental issuing
agent, the agent must follow the same procedure as for an annual disabled person
fishing license: issue a temporary disabled person fishing license and submit the
application and evidence to DNR, subject to the same timelines. However, the bill
provides that no issuing fee may be charged for an annual or temporary fishing
license for a child with a disability.
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:
AB980,1 1Section 1. 29.193 (3g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB980,2,32 29.193 (3g) Annual fishing license for a child with a disability. (a) In this
3subsection, “disability" has the meaning given in s. 106.50 (1m) (g).
AB980,2,104 (b) The department or a county clerk appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2. shall,
5after investigation and without charging a fee, issue, subject to s. 29.024 (2g), an
6annual fishing license to any person who is a resident or nonresident child with a
7disability at the time the person applies for this license if he or she produces a
8certificate of the disability from a licensed physician or psychologist who has
9personally examined the child and who has expertise concerning the type of physical
10or mental disability evidenced by the child.
AB980,2 11Section 2. 29.193 (3m) of the statutes is renumbered 29.193 (3m) (a) and
12amended to read:
AB980,3,313 29.193 (3m) (a) If a person submits an application to a nongovernmental
14issuing agent for an annual disabled person fishing license that includes the

1evidence specified in sub. (3) (a), (b), or (c) and the applicable license fee and issuing
2fee, the nongovernmental issuing agent shall issue, subject to s. 29.024 (2g), a
3temporary disabled person fishing license to the applicant.
AB980,3,15 4(c) The nongovernmental issuing agent shall promptly forward all of the
5application materials for the annual fishing license under par. (a) or (b) to the
6department for the department's review. A temporary fishing license issued under
7this subsection is valid for 14 days after the date of issuance. If the department
8denies the application for an annual fishing license, the department shall notify the
9applicant within 30 days after the date the temporary fishing license is issued. If the
10department approves the application, the department shall issue, subject to s. 29.024
11(2g), the annual fishing license and mail it to the applicant within 30 days after the
12date the temporary fishing license is issued. The department may not charge any
13type of fee for issuing the annual fishing license, and the department may not refund
14the applicable fees for the temporary fishing license if the department denies the
15application for the temporary fishing license.
AB980,3 16Section 3. 29.193 (3m) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB980,3,2017 29.193 (3m) (b) If a person submits an application to a nongovernmental
18issuing agent for an annual fishing license for a child with a disability that includes
19the evidence specified in sub. (3g), the nongovernmental issuing agent shall issue,
20subject to s. 29.024 (2g), a temporary disabled person fishing license to the applicant.
AB980,4 21Section 4. 29.559 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB980,3,2522 29.559 (1) (b) A person appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 3. may, subject to s.
2329.563 (14) (c) 9.,
retain the entire issuing fee for each temporary disabled person
24fishing license the person issues in order to compensate for services in issuing the
25license.
AB980,5
1Section 5. 29.563 (14) (c) 9. of the statutes is created to read:
AB980,4,32 29.563 (14) (c) 9. There is no issuing fee for an annual or temporary fishing
3license issued to a child with a disability under s. 29.193 (3g) or (3m).
AB980,4,44 (End)
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