Date of enactment: August 15, 2005
2005 Assembly Bill 179 Date of publication*: August 29, 2005
* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2003-04 : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].
2005 WISCONSIN ACT 35
An Act to create 95.55 (5) (bn) and 169.09 (1m) of the statutes; relating to: being physically in possession of a firearm, bow, or crossbow while hunting captive deer or other captive wild animals.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
35,1 Section 1. 95.55 (5) (bn) of the statutes is created to read:
95.55 (5) (bn) Notwithstanding any authorization for hunting under this section, no person may do any of the following:
1. Shoot or shoot at a farm-raised deer while hunting unless the person is in physical possession of the weapon.
2. Provide or operate, or offer to provide or operate, a facility that allows a person the opportunity to hunt a farm-raised deer if the person who is hunting is in violation of subd. 1.
35,2 Section 2. 169.09 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
169.09 (1m) Possession of weapon while hunting. Notwithstanding any authorization for hunting under this section, no person may do any of the following:
(a) Shoot or shoot at any wild animal that is or has been captive while hunting unless the person is in physical possession of the weapon.
(b) Provide or operate, or offer to provide or operate, a facility that allows a person the opportunity to hunt any wild animal that is or has been captive if the person who is hunting is in violation of par. (a).
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