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1(b) Class B bait dealer: $9.25.
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2(9) Wild animal and fish farms approvals. The fees for approvals for fish farms,
3pheasant and quail farms, game bird and animal farms, fur animal farms, deer farms
4and related activities are as follows:
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(a)
Farm licenses. 1. Fish farm: the fee as established by rule.
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2. Pheasant and quail farm: $20.
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3. Game bird and animal farm: $10.
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4. Fur animal farm: $25.
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5. Deer farm: $25.
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6. Deer farm sales: $50.
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7. Deer farm sales tag: 5 cents.
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8. Special retail deer sale permit: $5 per deer sold.
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9. Venison serving permit: $5.
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10. Wildlife exhibit: $10.
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(b)
Late fee. For a license for a pheasant and quail farm, game bird and animal
16farm or fur animal farm, in addition to the regular fee: $10.
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17(10) Wild rice and ginseng approvals. The fees for approvals relating to wild
18rice and wild ginseng are as follows:
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(a)
Wild rice approvals. 1. Wild rice harvest: $7.50.
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2. Wild rice identification card: $0.
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3. Class A wild rice dealer: $15.
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4. Class B wild rice dealer: $50.
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5. Class C wild rice dealer: $100.
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6. Class D wild rice dealer: $150.
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(b)
Wild ginseng licenses. 1. Wild ginseng harvest issued to a resident: $15.
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12. Wild ginseng harvest issued to a nonresident: $30.
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3. Class A resident wild ginseng dealer: $100.
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4. Class B resident wild ginseng dealer: $500.
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5. Class C resident wild ginseng dealer: $1,000.
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6. Nonresident wild ginseng dealer: $1,000.
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6(11) Miscellaneous permits and fees. The fees for other approvals are as
7follows:
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(a)
Permits. 1. Scientific collector: $0.
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2. Endangered species: $100.
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(b)
Instructional programs. 1. Hunter education and firearm safety
11instruction fee: $3.
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2. Trapper education instruction fee: the fee as established by rule.
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13(12) Duplicates of approvals. The fees for duplicate approvals are as follows:
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(a)
Hunting. 1. Deer: $10.25.
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2. Archer, sports or conservation patron: $10.25 if deer tags are included; $7.25
16after open season and deer tags are not included.
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3. Other hunting: $6.25.
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4. Class A bear: $13.
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(b)
Fishing. Fishing: $6.25.
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(c)
Other. 1. Senior citizen recreation: $2.
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2. Hunter education and firearm safety course certificate of accomplishment:
22$2.
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3. Trapper education course certificate of accomplishment: the fee as
24established by rule.
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4. All other approvals for which an original fee is charged: $2.
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1(13) Wildlife damage surcharge. (a)
Surcharge generally. The surcharge for
2approvals listed under subs. (2) (a) 1., 2. and 4. to 9. and (b) 1. to 8. and (4) (a) 1. and
3(b) 1. is $1 and shall be added to the fee specified for these approvals under subs. (2)
4and (4).
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(b)
Surcharge for conservation patron license. The surcharge for licenses listed
6under sub. (4) (a) 2. and (b) 2. is $2 and shall be added to the fee specified for these
7approvals under sub. (4).
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8(14) Processing, handling and issuing fees. The fees for processing, handling
9and issuing approvals are as follows:
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(a)
Processing fee. 1. The processing fee for applications for approvals under
11the hunter's choice deer hunting permit, bonus deer hunting permit, wild turkey
12hunting license, Class A bear license, Canada goose hunting permit, sharp-tailed
13grouse hunting permit, bobcat hunting and trapping permit, otter trapping permit,
14fisher trapping permit or sturgeon fishing permit: $2.75.
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2. Joint application for a hunter's choice deer hunting permit and a bonus deer
16hunting permit: $2.75.
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(b)
Handling fee. Approvals designated by rule under s. 29.556: the fee as
18established by rule.
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(c)
Issuing fee. 1. Each license issued under subs. (2) to (10) and (12): 75 cents.
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2. Each stamp issued under subs. (2) (e) and (3) (c): 25 cents.
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3. Each application for a hunter's choice permit, bonus deer permit, wild turkey
22hunting license, Canada goose hunting permit, sharp-tailed grouse hunting permit,
23bobcat hunting and trapping permit, otter trapping permit, fisher trapping permit
24or sturgeon fishing permit: 25 cents.
AB864, s. 602
25Section
602. 29.565 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 29.861 (title).
AB864, s. 603
1Section
603. 29.565 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 29.861 (1) and
2amended to read:
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29.861
(1) The department shall establish an
animal wildlife exhibit where
4wild animals
, allowed to roam at will, may be viewed by the public
without charge 5on state owned lands
over which the department has jurisdiction, or upon lands
6donated to the state for the purpose. The boundary of the area shall be marked by
7posts placed at intervals of not over 500 feet and bearing signs with the words
8"Wisconsin Wildlife Exhibit Area". The department shall provide shelters thereon,
9for the housing of the caretaker, and the sheltering, nursing and caring for orphaned
10wild animals, which shall be furnished by the department, which may accept private
11donations of such animals. Such animals shall be sheltered and cared for until they
12are old enough to release, but by providing food and shelter efforts shall be made to
13induce the animals to return to the area year after year.
Note: This provision is substantially simplified to make the management of the
wildlife exhibit subject to DNR discretion.
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14Section
604. 29.565 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
Note: The text of current s. 29.565 (1) is as follows:
"29.565 (1) The department shall employ a caretaker with long experience with
wild animals, preferably a retired game warden, to manage the exhibit.".
This provision, and portions of s. 29.565 (intro.), are repealed because the staffing
and management of DNR facilities should generally not be dictated by statute.
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15Section
605. 29.565 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 29.861 (2) and amended
16to read:
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29.861
(2) No person
shall at any time or in any manner may hunt or trap
18within the boundaries of the
area, nor have possession or control of therein, any gun
19or rifle wildlife exhibit or possess a gun or firearm within the boundaries of the
20wildlife exhibit unless it is unloaded and knocked down or enclosed in a carrying
21case.
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1Section
606. 29.565 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
Note: The text of current s. 29.565 (3) is as follows:
"29.565 (3) The department may promulgate rules for the effective
accomplishment of the purposes of this section including the duration of the exhibition
season.".
This permissive grant of rule-making authority is unnecessary. The department
may promulgate rules under its general rule-making authority.
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2Section
607. 29.566 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
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329.566 (title)
Collection and deposit of fees.
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4Section
608. 29.57 of the statutes is renumbered 29.621 and amended to read:
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529.621 Wildlife refuges. (1) Establishment. The owner
or owners of
any
6tract, or contiguous
tracts, of land comprising in the aggregate not less than 160 acres
7located outside the limits of any city or village
, may apply to the department for the
8establishment of
said lands the land as a wildlife refuge.
The department may
9thereupon employ such means as it deems wise to inform itself regarding the
10premises; and if, upon inspection, investigation, hearing, or otherwise, it shall
11appear to the satisfaction of If the department
determines that the establishment of
12said lands the land as a wildlife refuge will promote the conservation of
one or more
13useful species or varieties native
within to this state, it may by order
designate and 14establish the
said lands land as a wildlife refuge.
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15(2) Signs. Within 30 days after the date of
such the order the owner
or owners 16of the
said lands land shall post
or erect signs or notices as required and furnished
17by the department,
proclaiming the establishment of said designating the refuge.
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18(3) Publication. No such The order
shall be is not effective until at least 30 days
19after
the date of its issue; nor unless issuance and until the department has caused
20notice thereof to be published
, as a class 3 notice, under ch. 985, in the county
21embracing containing the
lands. Thereupon the said lands land. The land shall
be
1remain a wildlife refuge
, and shall so remain for
a period of not less than 5 years
, from
2and after the date of effect stated in said order.
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3(4) (title)
Absolute protection Protection. Except as provided in s.
29.56 429.091, no owner of
lands embraced within any such a wildlife refuge, and no other
5person, may hunt or trap within the boundaries of any wildlife refuge or have in his
6or her possession or under his or her control
therein any gun or rifle in the wildlife
7refuge a gun, firearm, bow or crossbow, unless the
same gun or firearm is unloaded
,
8the bow or crossbow is unstrung and
the gun, firearm, bow or crossbow is enclosed
9within a carrying case. Nothing in this section may prohibit, prevent or interfere
10with the department
, or its wardens, agents or employes, in the destruction of
11injurious animals.
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12(5) Animals procured by department. The department may place
wild animals 13within any
such wildlife refuge, for the purpose of propagation
, wild animals of any
14species or variety.
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15Section
609. 29.571 (title) and (1) of the statutes are renumbered 29.749 (title)
16and (1) and amended to read:
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1729.749 (title)
Horicon marsh game preserve, fur farm, hatchery, dams
18and dam. (1) A wildlife refuge, game preserve and The department shall establish
19a fur farm
shall be established on the Horicon marsh in Dodge
county County under
20the supervision of the department.
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21Section
610. 29.571 (2) and (3) of the statutes are repealed.
Note: Subsection (2) authorizes the DNR to construct a fish hatchery at Horicon
marsh. The DNR has not constructed and has no plans for a fish hatchery there.
Subsection (3) authorizes DNR to acquire land for the Horicon marsh. DNR has
general land acquisition authority under s. 23.09.
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22Section
611. 29.571 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 29.749 (2) and amended
23to read:
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129.749
(2) The department may
construct and maintain a dam
or dams in or
2near the city of Horicon, to control and regulate the flood waters on
the Rock
river 3River, and to restore the
public waters of Rock
river River on Horicon marsh to the
4natural levels existing prior to
the private drainage of the
same marsh.
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5Section
612. 29.571 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
Note: This provision directs the payment of proceeds from the fur farm at Horicon
marsh and all other income from Horicon marsh. Section 25.29 provides that all moneys
accruing to the state under ch. 29 are to be deposited in the conservation fund, so this
provision is unnecessary.
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6Section
613. 29.572 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 29.863 (title).
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29.863
(1) No person
shall may cause
, authorize or permit any lands or waters
10to be posted with signs of any kind indicating that
such the lands or waters are
11licensed under ss.
29.573 to 29.578 29.865 to 29.871 unless
such the lands and waters
12are in fact so licensed.
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13Section
615. 29.572 (2) and (3) of the statutes are renumbered 29.863 (2) and
14(3) and amended to read:
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29.863
(2) If
any such a license
under ss. 29.865 to 29.871 expires or lapses and
16is not renewed, the licensee, landowner or other person having control over
such the 17lands or waters shall remove or cause
such the signs to be removed within 45 days
18after the expiration or termination of
such the license.
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19(3) Applications for the renewal of
any a license
issued under ss.
29.573 29.865 20to
29.578 29.871 shall be filed with the department on or before the expiration date
21of the license, except that an application for renewal
of this type of license may be
22filed
not more than within 45 days after the expiration date if it is accompanied by
23the late filing fee specified under s.
29.092 (9) (i)
29.563 (9) (b) in addition to the
1regular license or renewal fee. If application for renewal of a license is not made as
2required in this subsection or if a license is terminated for any reason, all rights and
3privileges of the licensee under the license are terminated upon the expiration of the
445-day period provided in this subsection or on the date of termination
, whichever
5occurs first. Thereafter, the lands and waters which were included under the license
6shall be subject to ss.
29.573 29.865 to
29.578 29.871.
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7Section
616. 29.573 of the statutes is renumbered 29.865 and amended to
8read:
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929.865 (title)
Pheasant and quail farms
; department control; shooting
10license. (1) The department may issue
pheasant and quail farm licenses for
11shooting preserves and the releasing,
shooting hunting, possession and use of
12pheasants and quail on pheasant and quail farms if, in the judgment of the
13department, operations under these licenses will result in a net increase in the
14supply of pheasants and quail in the state and will
otherwise be in the public interest.