SB40-SSA1, s. 712r 19Section 712r. 29.428 of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,449,2 2029.428 Catch and release muskellunge fishing. (1) The department shall
21establish a fishing season that authorizes catch and release muskellunge fishing on
22inland waters north of USH 10 other than the boundary waters between this state
23and the state of Michigan. The catch and release muskellunge fishing season
24established under this section shall begin on the first day of the general fishing

1season established by the department and shall end on the day before the first day
2of the regular muskellunge fishing season established by the department.
SB40-SSA1,449,5 3(2) No person may use any hook, bait, or lure, other than an artificial lure that
4has a barbless hook, while fishing during the catch and release muskellunge fishing
5season established by the department under sub. (1).
SB40-SSA1, s. 713 6Section 713. 29.535 of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,449,9 729.535 Shovelnose sturgeon permit. (1) The department shall issue,
8subject to s. 29.024, an annual shovelnose sturgeon permit to any resident who
9applies for the permit and who holds at least one of the following licenses:
SB40-SSA1,449,1010 (a) A net license issued under s. 29.523.
SB40-SSA1,449,1111 (b) A trammel net license issued under s. 29.529.
SB40-SSA1,449,1212 (c) A set or bank pole license issued under s. 29.531.
SB40-SSA1,449,1313 (d) A setline license issued under s. 29.533.
SB40-SSA1,449,15 14(2) An annual shovelnose sturgeon permit authorizes the permit holder to
15harvest shovelnose sturgeon and their eggs.
SB40-SSA1,449,19 16(3) A person who holds an annual shovelnose sturgeon permit shall report to
17the department, on forms provided by the department, on or before the 10th day of
18each month, the number of pounds of shovelnose sturgeon eggs harvested during the
19preceding calendar month.
SB40-SSA1,449,21 20(4) The department shall deposit receipts from the sale of permits under this
21section in the conservation fund.
SB40-SSA1, s. 713g 22Section 713g. 29.563 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,449,2423 29.563 (2) (a) 4. Small game issued to 12-year-olds to 17-year-olds persons
24who are younger than 18 years of age
: $6.25.
SB40-SSA1, s. 713m 25Section 713m. 29.563 (2) (a) 5g. of the statutes is amended to read:
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129.563 (2) (a) 5g. Deer issued to 12-year-olds to 17-year-olds persons who are
2younger than 18 years of age
: $17.25.
SB40-SSA1, s. 714m 3Section 714m. 29.563 (2) (a) 8m. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,450,54 29.563 (2) (a) 8m. Archer issued to 12-year-olds to 17-year olds persons who
5are younger than 18 years of age
: $17.25.
SB40-SSA1, s. 715d 6Section 715d. 29.563 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,450,107 29.563 (2m) Hunting approvals for certain nonresidents. The fees for
8hunting approvals for a 12 to 17 year-old person who is younger than 18 years of age,
9who is not a resident, and who exhibits proof that his or her parent is a resident shall
10be the same as the fees for hunting approvals for residents under sub. (2) (a) and (c).
SB40-SSA1, s. 715h 11Section 715h. 29.563 (4) (a) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,450,1412 29.563 (4) (a) 1m. Sports issued to 12-year-olds to 17-year-olds persons who
13are younger than 18 years of age
: $32.25 or a greater amount at the applicant's
14option.
SB40-SSA1, s. 715m 15Section 715m. 29.563 (4) (a) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,450,1816 29.563 (4) (a) 2m. Conservation patron issued to 12-year-olds to 17-year-olds
17persons who are younger than 18 years of age: $70.25 or a greater amount at the
18applicant's option.
SB40-SSA1, s. 715p 19Section 715p. 29.563 (4) (b) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,450,2220 29.563 (4) (b) 1m. Sports issued to 12-year-olds to 17-year-olds persons who
21are younger than 18 years of age
: $33.25 or a greater amount at the applicant's
22option.
SB40-SSA1, s. 715t 23Section 715t. 29.563 (4) (b) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
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129.563 (4) (b) 2m. Conservation patron issued to 12-year-olds to 17-year-olds
2persons who are younger than 18 years of age: $72.25 or a greater amount at the
3applicant's option.
SB40-SSA1, s. 716 4Section 716. 29.563 (7) (c) 5g. of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,451,55 29.563 (7) (c) 5g. Shovelnose sturgeon permit: $50.
SB40-SSA1, s. 717b 6Section 717b. 29.592 of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,451,11 729.592 Hunting mentorship program. (1) A person who is at least 12 years
8of age, or the age specified by the department by rule under sub. (5), whichever age
9is lower, may hunt in this state without obtaining a certificate of accomplishment
10under s. 29.591 and may, while hunting, possess or control a firearm if all of the
11following apply:
SB40-SSA1,451,1312 (a) At all times when hunting, the person is within arm's reach of a mentor who
13meets the qualifications under sub. (2).
SB40-SSA1,451,1414 (b) The person holds a hunting approval.
SB40-SSA1,451,16 15(2) No person may serve as a qualified mentor for a hunter unless the person
16meets all of the following requirements:
SB40-SSA1,451,1717 (a) The person is 18 years of age or older.
SB40-SSA1,451,2118 (b) The person is the parent or guardian of the person for whom he or she is
19serving as a mentor or is authorized by the parent or guardian to serve as a mentor.
20This requirement does not apply to a person serving as a mentor for a person who
21is 18 years of age or older.
SB40-SSA1,451,2322 (c) At all times when serving as a mentor, the person is within arm's reach of
23the person for whom he or she is serving as a mentor.
SB40-SSA1,452,224 (d) The person has been issued a certificate of accomplishment under s. 29.591,
25or under s. 29.595 if the person is serving as a mentor for hunting elk, unless the

1person was born before January 1, 1973, and is not required to obtain a certificate
2of accomplishment.
SB40-SSA1,452,33 (e) The person holds a current valid hunting approval.
SB40-SSA1,452,5 4(3) A mentor under this section may take only one person, for whom he or she
5is serving as a mentor, hunting at a time.
SB40-SSA1,452,10 6(4) The department shall issue to each person to whom the department issues
7a hunting approval a pamphlet, developed by the department, that contains hunter
8safety information if the person is not required to obtain a certificate of
9accomplishment under s. 29.591 and is authorized to hunt with a mentor under this
10section.
SB40-SSA1,452,12 11(5) The department may promulgate rules lowering the minimum age specified
12in sub. (1) for purposes of this section.
SB40-SSA1, s. 717d 13Section 717d. 29.593 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,452,1614 29.593 (1) (a) Except as provided under subs. (2), (2m) and (3) and s. 29.592 (1),
15no person born on or after January 1, 1973, may obtain any approval authorizing
16hunting unless the person is issued a certificate of accomplishment under s. 29.591.
SB40-SSA1, s. 717g 17Section 717g. 30.133 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,452,2418 30.133 (1) (a) Beginning on April 9, 1994, and except as provided in s. 30.1355,
19no owner of riparian land that abuts a navigable water may convey, by grant by an
20easement or by a similar conveyance, any riparian right in the land to another
21person, except for the right to cross the land in order to have access to the navigable
22water. This right to cross the land may not include the right to place any structure
23or material, including a boat docking facility, as defined in s. 30.1335 (1) (a), in the
24navigable water.
SB40-SSA1, s. 717r 25Section 717r. 30.1335 of the statutes is created to read:
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130.1335 Marina condominiums. (1) Definitions. In this section:
SB40-SSA1,453,32 (a) "Boat docking facility" means a pier, wharf, boat slip, or multi-boat-slip
3facility.
SB40-SSA1,453,44 (b) "Common element" has the meaning given in s. 703.02 (2).
SB40-SSA1,453,55 (c) "Condominium" has the meaning given in s. 703.02 (4).
SB40-SSA1,453,66 (d) "Condominium unit" has the meaning given for "unit" in s. 703.02 (15).
SB40-SSA1,453,77 (e) "Declarant" has the meaning given in s. 703.02 (7).
SB40-SSA1,453,88 (f) "Declaration" has the meaning given in s. 703.02 (8).
SB40-SSA1,453,109 (h) "Dwelling" means a structure or part of a structure that is used or intended
10to be used as a home or residence by one or more persons to the exclusion of all others.
SB40-SSA1,453,1111 (i) "Limited common element" has the meaning given in s. 703.02 (10).
SB40-SSA1,453,1412 (j) "Marina condominium" means a condominium in which the common
13elements, limited common elements, or condominium units consist of or include boat
14docking facilities and to which either or both of the following apply:
SB40-SSA1,453,1515 1. One or more of the boat docking facilities is not appurtenant to a dwelling.
SB40-SSA1,453,1616 2. None of the condominium units are dwellings.
SB40-SSA1,453,21 17(2) Prohibition. No owner of riparian land may create a marina condominium
18on the riparian land on or after June 1, 2007. Any declaration for a marina
19condominium that is recorded on or after June 1, 2007, is invalid and establishes
20ownership of the riparian land as a tenancy in common that is held by the owners
21of the marina condominium units.
SB40-SSA1,453,25 22(3) Existing marina condominiums. (a) Notwithstanding sub. (2), a declaration
23that creates or purports to create a marina condominium and that is recorded before
24June 1, 2007, shall be effective in creating the marina condominium regardless of
25subsequent activity affecting the declaration.
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1(b) If a marina condominium as described par. (a) contains more than 300 boat
2slips, the declarant shall make at least 40 percent of the total number of boat slips
3in the marina condominium available for rent or for transient use by the public.
4When the declarant conveys title to, or another interest in, a condominium unit that
5is affected by this restriction on use, the declarant shall include a statement of the
6restriction in the instrument of conveyance.
SB40-SSA1,454,19 7(4) Validity of permits. (a) For a marina that is converted into a marina
8condominium, if the owner of the marina is issued a permit or other authorization
9under this subchapter to place, maintain, or use a boat docking facility before the
10date that a declaration was recorded converting the marina into a marina
11condominium, the permit or authorization shall be deemed to satisfy the
12requirements of this subchapter and may not be rescinded or modified by the
13department or a municipality or by court or administrative order if the grounds for
14the rescission or modification are based on the fact that the marina has been
15converted to a marina condominium. The permit or authorization shall remain in
16effect regardless of any subsequent activity affecting the declaration. This
17paragraph does not apply to any permit or authorization that is issued after the date
18that the declaration was recorded converting the marina into a marina
19condominium.
SB40-SSA1,455,320 (b) For a marina condominium that was not previously a marina, if the owner
21of a marina condominium is issued a permit or other authorization under this
22subchapter to place, maintain, or use a boat docking facility, the permit or
23authorization shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this subchapter and
24may not be rescinded or modified by the department or a municipality or by court or
25administrative order if the grounds for the rescission or modification are based on

1the fact that the boat docking facility is part of a marina condominium as opposed
2to a marina. The permit or authorization shall remain in effect regardless of any
3subsequent activity affecting the declaration.
SB40-SSA1,455,6 4(5) Increase in size or number. An amendment or modification of a declaration
5as described under sub. (3) (a) may not increase the size of the boat docking facility
6or the size or the number of boat slips in a boat docking facility.
SB40-SSA1,455,8 7(6) Subsequent activity affecting a declaration . For purposes of this section,
8subsequent activity affecting the declaration consists of any of the following:
SB40-SSA1,455,109 (a) Any amendment, modification or restatement of declaration by court or
10administrative order or by agreement of all of the owners of the condominium units.
SB40-SSA1,455,1311 (b) Any determination by court or administrative order that the declaration is
12void or voidable or that the condominium units in the condominium are not intended
13for any type of independent use.
SB40-SSA1,455,17 14(7) Department enforcement. Notwithstanding sub. (4), the department
15retains the authority to enforce the terms and conditions of a permit or other
16authorization except to the extent that such terms and conditions relate to the form
17of ownership of a boat docking facility.
SB40-SSA1, s. 717v 18Section 717v. 30.203 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB40-SSA1,455,2219 30.203 (2) (d) In Lake Poygan within an area that consists of the W-1/2 of Sec.
2036, T. 20 N., R. 14 E.; the NW-1/4 of Sec. 1, T. 19 N., R. 14 E.; the E-1/2 of Sec. 33,
21all of Sec. 34, and the W-1/2 of Sec. 35, T. 20 N., R. 14 E.; and the N-1/2 of Sec. 4, T.
2219 N., R. 14 E.
SB40-SSA1, s. 718 23Section 718. 30.24 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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130.24 (4) Limit on grants. A Except as provided in s. 23.096 (2m), a grant
2awarded under this section or under s. 23.096 to protect bluffs may not exceed 50%
3of the acquisition costs.
SB40-SSA1, s. 719 4Section 719. 30.277 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,456,115 30.277 (5) Contribution by governmental unit Matching contributions. To
6Except as provided in s. 23.096 (2m) to be eligible for a grant under this section, at
7least 50% of the acquisition costs for land or of the project costs shall be funded by
8private, local or federal funding, by in-kind contributions or by state funding. For
9purposes of this subsection, state funding may not include grants under this section,
10moneys appropriated to the department under s. 20.370 or money appropriated
11under s. 20.866 (2) (ta), (tp) to (tw), (ty) or (tz).
SB40-SSA1, s. 720 12Section 720. 30.52 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,456,1413 30.52 (3) (b) Fee for boats under 16 feet. The fee for the issuance or renewal of
14a certificate of number for a boat less than 16 feet in length is $16.50 $19.
SB40-SSA1, s. 721 15Section 721. 30.52 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,456,1816 30.52 (3) (c) Fee for boats 16 feet or more but less than 26 feet. The fee for the
17issuance or renewal of a certificate of number for a boat 16 feet or more but less than
1826 feet in length is $24 $28.
SB40-SSA1, s. 722 19Section 722. 30.52 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,456,2220 30.52 (3) (d) Fee for boats 26 feet or more but less than 40 feet. The fee for the
21issuance or renewal of a certificate of number for a boat 26 feet or more but less than
2240 feet in length is $45 $52.
SB40-SSA1, s. 723 23Section 723. 30.52 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,456,2524 30.52 (3) (e) Fee for boats 40 feet or longer. The fee for the issuance or renewal
25of a certificate of number for a boat 40 feet or more in length is $75 $86.
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1Section 724. 30.52 (3) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,457,42 30.52 (3) (f) Fee for nonmotorized sailboats. Notwithstanding pars. (b) to (e),
3the fee for the issuance or renewal of a certificate of number for a sailboat which is
4not a motorboat is $15 $17.
SB40-SSA1, s. 725 5Section 725. 30.52 (3) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-SSA1,457,86 30.52 (3) (fm) Fee for voluntarily registered boats. Notwithstanding pars. (b)
7to (f), the fee for issuance or renewal of registration for a boat registered pursuant
8to sub. (1) (b) 1m. is $9.75 $11.
SB40-SSA1, s. 726 9Section 726. 30.74 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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