26.08 (2) (a) Except as provided under pars. (b) and (c) to (d), the department may lease state park land or state forest land for terms not exceeding 15 years.
SECTION 718r. 26.08 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
26.08 (2) (d) The department may lease Northern Highland American Legion State Forest land on Statehouse Lake in the town of Manitowish Waters for the North Lakeland Discovery Center for a term not exceeding 30 years.
SECTION 719. 26.145 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 720d. 27.01 (7) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (a) 3. In this subsection "vehicle admission area" means the Bong area lands acquired under s. 23.09 (13), the Wisconsin Dells natural area, the Point Beach state forest, recreational areas in other state forests designated as such by the department, designated use zones within recreation areas established under s. 23.091 (3), and any state park or roadside park except those specified in par. (c) 5.
SECTION 720g. 27.01 (15) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
27.01 (15) (title) CERTAIN TYPES OF CAMPSITES.
SECTION 720m. 27.01 (15) of the statutes is renumbered 27.01 (15) (b) and amended to read:
27.01 (15) (b) The department shall maintain a ratio of number of state park campsites with an electric receptacle to receptacles shall be maintained by the department so that not more than 25% of all state park campsites that is equal to or less than the ratio which exists on April 26, 1988 have electric receptacles and not less than 25% of all state park campsites are rustic state park campsites.
SECTION 720r. 27.01 (15) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
27.01 (15) (a) In this subsection:
1. "Rustic state park campsite" means a state park campsite in a campground that meets all of the requirements that are promulgated by rule by the department for campgrounds that do not provide modern facilities such as electrical receptacles, flush-type toilets and showers.
2. "State park campsite" means a campsite that is located in a state park.
SECTION 722. 28.05 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
28.05 (1) LIMITATIONS. Cutting shall be limited to trees marked or designated for cutting by a forester in the professional series of the state classified civil service or by a department-designated employe equally qualified by reason of long, practical experience. The department may sell products removed in cultural or salvage cuttings and standing timber designated in timber sale contracts, but all sales shall be based on tree scale or on the scale, measure or count of the cut products. The department may require that a person purchasing products or standing timber under a timber sale contract provide surety for the proper performance of the contract either directly or through a bond furnished by a surety company authorized to do business in this state.
SECTION 722e. 28.05 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
28.05 (2) PROCEDURE. Sales of cut products or stumpage having an estimated value of $1,000 $3,000 or more shall be by public sale after 2 publications of a classified advertisement announcing the sale in a newspaper having general circulation in the county in which the timber to be sold is located. Sales with an estimated value of $2,500 $3,000 or more requires approval by the secretary.
SECTION 722m. 28.11 (6) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
28.11 (6) (b) 1. Any timber sale with an estimated value of $1,000 $3,000 or more shall be by sealed bid or public sale after publication of a classified advertisement announcing the sale in a newspaper having general circulation in the county in which the timber to be sold is located. Any timber sale with an estimated value below $1,000 $3,000 may be made without prior advertising. Any timber sale with an estimated value of $2,500 $3,000 or more requires approval of the secretary.
SECTION 722s. 28.22 of the statutes is amended to read:
28.22 Timber sales; community forests. Any timber sale from a community forest shall be based on the scale, measure or count of the cut products. Any timber sale with an estimated value of $1,000 $3,000 or more shall be by public sale after 2 publications of a classified advertisement announcing the sale in a newspaper having general circulation in the county in which the timber to be sold is located.
SECTION 722t. 29.001 (28) of the statutes is created to read:
29.001 (28) "Food distribution service" means a program that provides food or serves meals directly to individuals with low incomes or to elderly individuals, or that collects and distributes food to persons who provide food or serve meals directly to these individuals.
SECTION 722u. 29.024 (2g) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
29.024 (2g) (e) Alternative to providing social security numbers. If the federal government allows a method under the system under s. 49.857 (2) for purposes of administering this subsection that does not require the use of social security numbers of individuals applying for or holding approvals, the department shall request that the legislative reference bureau prepare legislation that allows compliance with that method and that eliminates the requirement that individuals provide their social security numbers under the system. The secretary shall submit the proposed legislation to the standing committee of each house of the legislature that has jurisdiction over fish and wildlife matters under s. 13.172 (3).
SECTION 722v. 29.024 (6) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
29.024 (6) (a) 4. Contract with persons who are not employes of the department to operate a statewide automated system for issuing approvals.
SECTION 723. 29.024 (6) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
29.024 (6) (am) In reserving deer hunting back tag numbers, the department may do any of the following:
1. Directly reserve the numbers.
2. Appoint, as an agent of the department, the clerk of one or more counties to reserve the numbers.
3. Appoint, as agents of the department, persons who are not employes of the department to reserve the numbers.
SECTION 724. 29.024 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.024 (6) (b) The clerk of each county appointed under par. (a) 2. or (am) 2. may accept the appointment.
SECTION 725. 29.024 (6) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.024 (6) (d) The department may promulgate rules regulating the activities of persons appointed under par. pars. (a) 2. and, 3. and 4. and (am) 2. and 3.
SECTION 725g. 29.164 (3) (ci) of the statutes is created to read:
29.164 (3) (ci) Fourth preference. The department shall create a 4th preference category in issuing wild turkey hunting licenses to applicants who are qualified nonresident landowners. For purposes of this paragraph, a qualified nonresident landowner is a person who is not a resident and who owns at least 50 acres in one parcel in an established wild turkey hunting zone and who agrees to allow other persons to hunt wild turkeys on that land if those persons first obtain permission to hunt from the landowner. If more than one individual is the landowner of a single parcel of land, only one individual may be considered a qualified nonresident landowner.
SECTION 725r. 29.164 (3) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.164 (3) (cm) Fourth Fifth preference. The department shall create a 4th 5th preference category in issuing wild turkey hunting licenses to all other nonresident applicants who are not resident applicants.
SECTION 726. 29.181 (2m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.181 (2m) RESIDENT FARM OWNER. (intro.) If the department determines that for a deer management area the number of available bonus deer hunting permits for a single season will exceed the number of applications submitted, the department may authorize by rule the issuance of one or more bonus deer hunting permits to a resident without the resident having to pay any fee, including any processing or issuing fee, if the resident meets all of the following requirements:
SECTION 726c. 29.184 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 29.184 (2).
SECTION 726e. 29.184 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 726j. 29.184 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.184 (6) (b) Cumulative preference system; random selection. If the number of qualified applications for Class A bear licenses exceeds the number of available licenses, the department shall select applicants to be issued Class A bear licenses based upon a cumulative preference system. This system shall establish preference categories for those applicants who applied for but who were not issued Class A bear licenses or bear harvest permits under s. 29.1085 (3) (b), 1993 stats., in the previous season, with higher priority given to those categories with more preference points than those with fewer preference points. For each season, the department shall allow each applicant under the system to apply for a preference point or for a license. The department shall give a preference point to each applicant who applies for a given season and preference point and to each applicant who applies for a license but who is not selected or who is selected but declines to pay the required fee for a Class A bear license. Applicants who fail to apply for either a preference point or a license at least once during any 3 consecutive years shall lose all previously accumulated preference points. If the number of applicants within a preference category exceeds the number of Class A bear licenses available in the category, the department shall select at random the applicants to be issued licenses within the preference category.
SECTION 726k. 29.184 (6) (c) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.184 (6) (c) (title) Notification, issuance; payment fees.
SECTION 726L. 29.184 (6) (c) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 29.184 (6) (c) 1r. and amended to read:
29.184 (6) (c) 1r. The department shall issue a notice of approval to those qualified applicants selected to receive a Class A bear license. A person who receives a notice of approval and who pays the required fee fees required for the license shall be issued the license subject to s. 29.09 (11m) 29.024 (2g).
SECTION 726n. 29.184 (6) (c) 1g. of the statutes is created to read:
29.184 (6) (c) 1g. A person who applies for a preference point or a license under par. (a) shall pay the processing fee under s. 29.553 at the time of application.
SECTION 726p. 29.184 (6) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
29.184 (6) (c) 2. A Class B bear license shall be issued subject to s. 29.024 (11m) (2g) by the department to any resident who applies for this license.
SECTION 727. 29.184 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.184 (9) (a) The department shall issue a back tag to each person who is issued a Class A bear license, and the department or county clerk shall issue a back tag to each person who is issued or a Class B bear license.
SECTION 728. 29.229 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.229 (4) (f) Sections 29.024 (3), (4) (b), (5) (b), (7), (8) and (9), 29.559 (2) and (3) and 29.564 do not apply to any approval that may be issued under this section.
SECTION 729. 29.2295 (4) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
29.2295 (4) (c) 1. The department shall make the payments under this subsection from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (9) (hk).
2. If the amount appropriated under s. 20.370 (9) (hk) is insufficient to make all of the payments under this subsection, the department shall make the remaining payments from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (9) (ht).
SECTION 730f. 29.319 of the statutes is created to read:
29.319 Falconry regulation. (1) In regulating falconry and the taking of raptors for use in falconry, the department may do any of the following:
(a) Establish by rule a fee for any approval that it issues as part of this regulation.
(b) Allow persons who are not residents to take raptors from the wild to be used for falconry, but only if all of the following apply:
1. The person holds an approval, issued by the department, that authorizes the taking of raptors for use in falconry.
2. The person holds an approval, issued by the state, province or country of which he or she is a resident, that authorizes the taking of raptors for use in falconry.
3. The state, province or country of which the person is a resident allows residents of this state to take raptors from the wild in that state, province or country.
(2) Any fees collected by the department under this section shall be deposited in the conservation fund to be used for department activities relating to fish and wildlife.
SECTION 730m. 29.347 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.347 (2) DEER TAGS. Except as provided under sub. (5) and s. 29.324 (3), any person who kills a deer shall immediately attach to the ear or antler of the deer a current validated deer carcass tag which is authorized for use on the type of deer killed. Except as provided under sub. (2m) or s. 29.871 (7), (8) or (14) or 29.89 (6), no person may possess, control, store or transport a deer carcass unless it is tagged as required under this subsection. The carcass tag may not be removed before registration. The removal of a carcass tag from a deer before registration renders the deer untagged.
SECTION 732. 29.506 (7m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.506 (7m) (a) The department shall issue a taxidermy school permit to a person who applies for the permit; who, on August 15, 1991, holds a valid taxidermist permit issued under this section; and who, on August 15, 1991, operates a taxidermy school approved by the educational approval board under s. 39.51 45.54.
SECTION 733. 29.556 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 29.556 (1m) and amended to read:
29.556 (1m) In addition to any other fee imposed under s. 29.563, the department may collect a handling fee for the approvals that the department itself issues to cover long-distance handling costs and in-person credit transaction costs incurred in issuing approvals.
SECTION 733d. 29.556 (1b) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
29.556 (1b) (a) "In -person credit transaction costs" means the costs associated with issuing approvals that are applied for and issued in person and that are paid for by using a credit card.
SECTION 734. 29.556 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 29.556 (2) (a) and amended to read:
29.556 (2) (a) If the department collects a handling fee under sub. (1) (1m), it shall promulgate rules to designate do all of the following:
1. Designate the approvals to which the fee applies and to establish.
2. Establish the amounts amount of the fee. The
(c) A handling fee may not be more than the amounts necessary to cover the long-distance handling costs or the in-person credit transaction costs of issuing the approvals.
(1b) In this paragraph, "handling section:
(b) "Long-distance handling costs" includes means the costs associated with paying for approvals that are requested by mail, telephone or electronic means and includes credit transaction fees, mailing costs and personnel costs that are necessary to process the a credit transaction.
SECTION 735b. 29.556 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
29.556 (2) (b) 1. The department may collect long-distance handling costs and in-person credit transaction costs for the approvals that the department itself issues.
2. The department may allow a person with whom it has contracted under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 4. to collect handling fees that cover long-distance handling costs. The department may allow the person to retain all or a portion of each handling fee.
3. The department may allow an agent who is appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2. or 3. to collect handling fees that cover in-person credit transaction costs. The department may allow the agent to retain all or a portion of each handling fee.
