1995 WISCONSIN ACT 376
An Act to amend 29.092 (13m) (a), 29.65 (1) (f) and 29.9965 (1) (b) 6.; and to create 29.09 (9m) (a) 7. and 29.174 (2) (cm) of the statutes; relating to: the hunting of sharp-tailed grouse and granting rule-making authority.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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Section 1
. 29.09 (9m) (a) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
29.09 (9m) (a) 7. Sharp-tailed grouse hunting permit.
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Section 2
. 29.092 (13m) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:
29.092 (13m) (a) The processing fee for an application for a hunter's choice deer hunting permit, a bonus deer hunting permit, a wild turkey hunting license, a Canada goose hunting permit, a sharp-tailed grouse hunting permit, a bobcat hunting and trapping permit, an otter trapping permit or a fisher trapping permit is $2.75.
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Section 3
. 29.174 (2) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
29.174 (2) (cm) 1. The department may establish by rule sharp-tailed grouse hunting zones where sharp-tailed grouse hunting is permitted. The department may establish by rule closed zones where sharp-tailed grouse hunting is prohibited. The department may regulate and limit the number of hunters and the maximum harvest of sharp-tailed grouse in any sharp-tailed grouse hunting zone or any other area, by doing any of the following:
a. Requiring hunters to tag each sharp-tailed grouse killed with a tag issued by the department.
b. Prohibiting the hunting of sharp-tailed grouse without a valid permit issued by the department.
2. No preference may be given in the distribution of a permit or tags, except that any applicant who unsuccessfully applied for a permit or tags in the previous year shall be given priority over any applicant who successfully applied for a permit or tags in the previous year.
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Section 4
. 29.65 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.65 (1) (f) Any sharptail
sharp-tailed grouse, ruffed grouse, spruce hen, wild duck, coot, wild goose or brant, $26.25.
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Section 5
. 29.9965 (1) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
29.9965 (1) (b) 6. For any sharptail sharp-tailed grouse, ruffed grouse, spruce hen, wild duck, coot, wild goose or brant, $26.25.