AB40: Bill Text

AB40,531 Section 531. 25.60 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,407,12 25.60 Budget stabilization fund. There is created a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the budget stabilization fund, consisting of moneys transferred to the fund from the general fund under ss. 13.48 (14) (c), 16.518 (3), and 16.72 (4) (b).

AB40,532 Section 532. 25.61 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,407,18 25.61 VendorNet fund. There is created a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the VendorNet fund consisting of all revenues accruing to the state from fees assessed under s. 16.701 (1) and (2) and from gifts, grants, and bequests made for the purposes of s. 16.701 (1) and (2) and moneys transferred to the fund from other funds.

AB40,533 Section 533. 27.01 (7) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,407,20 27.01 (7) (a) (intro.) In this subsection:

AB40,534 Section 534. 27.01 (7) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,407,23 27.01 (7) (a) 1. In this subsection "motor "Motor bus" has the meaning specified under s. 340.01 (31).

AB40,535 Section 535. 27.01 (7) (a) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,408,2 27.01 (7) (a) 1m. "Service member" means a person who is serving on active duty in the U.S. armed forces.

AB40,536 Section 536. 27.01 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,408,6 27.01 (7) (a) 2. In this subsection "vehicle" "Vehicle" means an automobile, motor truck, motor delivery wagon, motor bus, motorcycle or other similar motor vehicle.

AB40,537 Section 537. 27.01 (7) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,408,12 27.01 (7) (a) 3. In this subsection "vehicle "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.

AB40,538 Section 538. 27.01 (7) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,408,15 27.01 (7) (c) 1. Any vehicle in an a vehicle admission area between November 1 and March 31, except as the department provides by rule.

AB40,539 Section 539. 27.01 (7) (c) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,408,20 27.01 (7) (c) 1m. Any vehicle, except a motor bus, that is in a vehicle admission area on Veterans Day or during the 3-day weekend that includes Memorial Day and that is occupied by a person who produces evidence that shows that he or she is a state resident and a service member.

AB40,540 Section 540. 27.01 (8) (bn) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,408,24 27.01 (8) (bn) 3. Any person who on Veterans Day or during the 3-day weekend that includes Memorial Day produces evidence that shows that he or she is a state resident and a service member, as defined in sub. (7) (a) 1m.

AB40,541 Section 541. 27.01 (9) of the statutes is renumbered 27.01 (9) (a).

AB40,542 Section 542. 27.01 (9) (a) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,409,2 27.01 (9) (a) (title) Generally.

AB40,543 Section 543. 27.01 (9) (bn) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,409,12 27.01 (9) (bn) Annual vehicle admission receipt fee waiver. The department shall waive the fee, including the issuing fee, imposed under sub. (7) for an annual vehicle admission receipt for any vehicle, except a motor bus, that has Wisconsin registration plates and that is owned by a person who produces evidence that he or she is the owner, is a state resident, and is a service member, as defined in sub. (7) (a) 1m. Each person who qualifies for this waiver may receive the waiver only once. For purposes of administering this paragraph, the department shall establish and maintain a list of service members, as defined in sub. (7) (a) 1m., who have received the onetime exemption.

AB40,544 Section 544. 27.01 (9) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,409,20 27.01 (9) (c) Annual trail fee waiver. The department shall waive any annual fee for admission to state trails that is established under sub. (8) (c) for any person who produces evidence that he or she is a state resident and a service member, as defined in sub. (7) (a) 1m. Each person who qualifies for this waiver may receive the waiver only once. For purposes of administering this paragraph, the department shall establish and maintain a list of service members, as defined in sub. (7) (a) 1m., who have received the onetime exemption.

AB40,545 Section 545. 28.05 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 28.05 (2) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB40,410,2 28.05 (2) Procedure. (intro.) Sales Any sale of cut products or stumpage having an estimated value of $3,000 $10,000 or more requires approval by the secretary and shall be by public sale after 2. Before the department may sell timber with an estimated value of $10,000 or more from a state forest the department shall announce the sale by one of the following methods:

AB40,410,6 (a) Two 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 $3,000 or more requires approval by the secretary.

AB40,546 Section 546. 28.05 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,410,10 28.05 (2) (b) Posting an advertisement announcing the sale on the department's Internet site. If the department posts an advertisement on its Internet site, it shall remain posted for at least 48 hours prior to the sale.

AB40,547 Section 547. 28.11 (6) (b) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 28.11 (6) (b) 1. (intro.) and amended to read:

AB40,410,18 28.11 (6) (b) 1. (intro.) Any sale of timber with an estimated value below $10,000 from a county forest may be made without prior advertising. Any sale of timber sale with an estimated value of $3,000 $10,000 or more from a county forest requires approval by the secretary and shall be by sealed bid or public sale after publication. Before a county may sell timber with an estimated value of $10,000 or more from a county forest it shall announce the sale by one of the following methods:

AB40,410,23 a. 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 $3,000 may be made without prior advertising. Any timber sale with an estimated value of $3,000 or more requires approval of the secretary.

AB40,548 Section 548. 28.11 (6) (b) 1. b. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,411,3 28.11 (6) (b) 1. b. Posting an advertisement announcing the sale on the county's Internet site. If the advertisement is posted on the county's Internet site, it shall remain posted for at least 48 hours prior to the sale.

AB40,549 Section 549. 28.22 of the statutes is renumbered 28.22 (intro.) and amended to read:

AB40,411,11 28.22 Timber sales; community forests. (intro.) 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 $3,000 $10,000 or more from a community forest shall be by public sale after 2. Before a city, village, town, or school district may sell timber with an estimated value of $10,000 or more from a community forest it shall announce the sale by one of the following methods:

AB40,411,14 (1) Two 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.

AB40,550 Section 550. 28.22 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,411,20 28.22 (2) Posting an advertisement announcing the sale on the Internet site of the city, village, town, or school district that owns the community forest land or operates the community forest. If an advertisement is posted on the city, village, town, or school district Internet site, it shall remain posted for at least 48 hours prior to the sale.

AB40,551 Section 551. 29.020 of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,412,5 29.020 Deer management assistance program. (1) The department shall establish a deer management assistance program. Under this program, the department shall provide deer management assistance to participating landowners. The department shall also provide a method for collecting information from participating landowners about deer health and the deer population in this state and for receiving suggestions from participating landowners about managing the deer population. The department shall analyze the information received and use it to improve deer health and manage the deer population in this state. The department shall promulgate rules to implement this program.

AB40,412,8 (2) The department may establish fees for participation in the deer management assistance program. The department shall credit all fees to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (1) (Lv).

AB40,552 Section 552. 29.040 of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,412,14 29.040 Deer management report rules. The department may promulgate rules to implement the recommendations contained in the 2012 final report of the assessment of this state's deer management plans and policies that was conducted under the terms of a contract between the department of administration and a recognized deer management expert.

AB40,553 Section 553. 29.181 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 29.181 (2) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB40,412,19 29.181 (2) (a) (intro.) A bonus deer hunting permit shall authorize the holder of the bonus deer hunting permit to take an additional deer of the sex or type specified by the department on the permit. do any of the following:

AB40,412,21 (c) Except as authorized by rule or as provided under par. (d), a person may not apply for or be issued more than one bonus deer hunting permit in a single season.

AB40,554 Section 554. 29.181 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,412,24 29.181 (2) (a) 1. Take an additional deer of the sex or type specified by the department on the permit.

AB40,555 Section 555. 29.181 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,413,3 29.181 (2) (a) 2. Take an additional deer in a county or deer management area in which the department has confirmed that a deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease.

AB40,556 Section 556. 29.181 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,413,8 29.181 (2) (d) A person may be issued more than one bonus deer hunting permit in a single season if each bonus deer hunting permit authorizes the person to take deer only in a county or deer management area in which a deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease.

AB40,557 Section 557. 29.181 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,413,12 29.181 (2m) (b) The resident has been issued one bonus deer hunting permit for that season and for that deer management area for which the resident has paid the fee specified under s. 29.563 (2) (c) 1. or 1m.

AB40,558 Section 558. 29.181 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,413,18 29.181 (3) Use of money from fees. From the moneys received from the sale of bonus deer hunting permits issued that authorize the taking of deer as provided under sub. (2) (a) 2., the department shall credit an amount equal to $5 times the number of those bonus deer hunting permits issued to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (1) (hx).

AB40,559 Section 559. 29.181 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,413,22 29.181 (4) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules that establish the fee for a bonus deer hunting permit issued under sub. (2) (a) 2. The fee established in the rule shall be at least $5.

AB40,560 Section 560. 29.182 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,414,3 29.182 (1m) Open season requirement. The department may not establish an open season for hunting elk that begins earlier than the Saturday nearest October 15.

AB40,561 Section 561. 29.185 (6) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,562 Section 562. 29.1945 of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,414,7 29.1945 Approvals for veterans and military members. (1) In this section, "war period" means any of the following:

AB40,414,10 (a) A period between September 11, 2001, and the ending date of Operation Enduring Freedom or an operation that is a successor to Operation Enduring Freedom, as established by the department by rule.

AB40,414,13 (b) A period between March 19, 2003, and the ending date of Operation Iraqi Freedom or an operation that is a successor to Operation Iraqi Freedom, as established by the department by rule.

AB40,415,4 (2) The department of veterans affairs shall issue a voucher for a hunting or fishing license to each person who applies for the voucher and who is a qualified veteran. The voucher entitles a qualified veteran receiving the voucher to the waiver of the fee, including the issuing fee, and any applicable surcharge imposed under s. 29.563 (13) (a) for a single hunting or fishing license. The license may be a resident small game hunting license, a resident deer hunting license, a resident archer hunting license, or a resident annual fishing license. To qualify for the fee waiver, the qualified veteran must submit the voucher to the department of natural resources within 365 days after the date on which the qualified veteran is discharged or released. A voucher may not be presented to a person who is subject to an appointment or a contract as authorized under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2. to 4. but must be submitted directly to the department. Upon receiving the voucher, the department shall waive the fees and any applicable surcharge and issue the license. On an annual basis, the department of veterans affairs shall pay to the department of natural resources an amount that equals the total of fees and surcharges that have been waived by the department of natural resources under this subsection.

AB40,415,6 (3) (a) For purposes of this section, a qualified veteran is a resident who is one of the following:

AB40,415,7 1. A veteran, as defined in s. 45.01 (12) (a) to (f), who served in a war period.

AB40,415,12 2. A member of a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces or of the national guard, as defined in 32 USC 101 (3), who has served in a war period and who has served under honorable conditions for at least one year beginning on the member's date of enlistment in a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces or in the national guard.

AB40,415,16 3. A person who served in a war period who was discharged from a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces or from the national guard, as defined in 32 USC 101 (3), if that discharge was an honorable discharge or a general discharge under honorable conditions.

AB40,415,23 (b) For purposes of this section, the department of veterans affairs shall establish a procedure for determining who qualifies as a veteran. Before issuing a license, the department of natural resources shall request the department of veterans affairs to verify whether the applicant is a qualified veteran. If the department of veterans affairs verifies that the applicant for a license is a qualified veteran, the department of natural resources shall issue the license without charging a fee.

AB40,563 Section 563. 29.506 (7m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,416,5 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 held a valid taxidermist permit issued under this section; and who, on August 15, 1991, operates operated a taxidermy school approved by the educational approval board under s. 38.50 38.51, 1991 stats.

AB40,564 Section 564. 29.563 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,416,8 29.563 (2) (c) 1. Bonus deer issued for the purpose specified in s. 29.181 (2) (a) 1.: $11.25.

AB40,565 Section 565. 29.563 (2) (c) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,416,11 29.563 (2) (c) 1m. Bonus deer issued for the purpose specified in s. 29.181 (2) (a) 2.: the amount determined by the department by rule under s. 29.181 (4).

AB40,566 Section 566. 29.563 (2) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 29.563 (2) (d) 1. and amended to read:

AB40,416,15 29.563 (2) (d) 1. Nonresident permit. Bonus deer issued for the purpose specified in s. 29.181 (2) (a) 1.: $19.25.

AB40,567 Section 567. 29.563 (2) (d) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,416,18 29.563 (2) (d) 2. Bonus deer issued for the purpose specified in s. 29.181 (2) (a) 2.: the amount determined by the department by rule under s. 29.181 (4).

AB40,568 Section 568. 29.563 (4) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,416,20 29.563 (4) (a) 3. Wolf harvesting: $99.25 $46.25.

AB40,569 Section 569. 29.563 (4) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,416,22 29.563 (4) (b) 3. Wolf harvesting: $499.25 $248.25.