SB563: Bill Text

SB563,15,11 95.55 (5) (a) A person hunting farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids is exempt from having any hunting approval issued under ch. 29 and is exempt from any closed season restrictions or bag limits established by the department of natural resources. In order to regulate the hunting of farm-raised deer and farm-raised game bovids, the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection may promulgate rules to establish tagging requirements or other methods for identifying dead farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids that have been legally hunted or killed and to impose other conditions or requirements regulating the hunting of farm-raised deer and farm-raised game bovids. Section 29.314 applies to the hunting of farm-raised deer and farm-raised game bovids.

SB563,56 Section 56. 95.55 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB563,15,17 95.55 (5) (b) No owner of farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids may sell, or offer to sell, the opportunity to hunt farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids unless the farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids to be hunted are confined in an area of 80 contiguous acres or more, except as provided in pars. (bg) and (br).

SB563,57 Section 57. 95.55 (5) (bn) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB563,15,20 95.55 (5) (bn) 1. Shoot or shoot at a farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovid while hunting unless the person is in physical possession of the weapon.

SB563,58 Section 58. 95.55 (5) (bn) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB563,15,24 95.55 (5) (bn) 2. Provide or operate, or offer to provide or operate, a facility that allows a person the opportunity to hunt a farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovid if the person who is hunting is in violation of subd. 1.

SB563,59 Section 59. 95.55 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB563,16,3 95.55 (5) (c) The department of natural resources and the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall cooperate with each other with respect to the hunting of farm-raised deer and farm-raised game bovids.

SB563,60 Section 60. 95.55 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB563,16,8 95.55 (6) (a) The department shall promulgate rules to regulate persons who keep farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids. The rules shall establish disease testing requirements for bovine tuberculosis and, for farm-raised deer, chronic wasting disease and may establish testing requirements for other diseases.

SB563,61 Section 61. 95.55 (6) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB563,16,11 95.55 (6) (b) 1. Standards to be followed by persons keeping farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids to prevent the spread of disease.

SB563,62 Section 62. 95.68 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB563,16,14 95.68 (1) (d) “Livestock" means bovine animals, sheep, goats, swine, farm-raised deer, farm-raised game bovids, and equine animals.

SB563,63 Section 63. 95.80 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB563,16,18 95.80 (1) (b) “Livestock" means cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats, farm-raised deer, farm-raised game bovids, and other species of animals susceptible of use in the production of meat and meat products.

SB563,64 Section 64. 97.42 (1) (bg) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB563,16,23 97.42 (1) (bg) “Captive game animal" means an animal of a normally wild type that is produced in captivity for slaughter and consumption. “Captive game animal" does not include a farm-raised deer, farm-raised game bovid, ratite, captive game bird, fish, or an animal that is kept solely for hunting purposes at a hunting preserve.

SB563,65 Section 65. 97.42 (1) (ds) of the statutes is created to read:

SB563,17,2 97.42 (1) (ds) “Farm-raised game bovid” has the meaning given in s. 95.001 (1) (aim).

SB563,66 Section 66. 97.42 (1) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB563,17,6 97.42 (1) (em) “Livestock" means cattle, sheep, swine, goats, farm-raised deer, farm-raised game bovids, alpacas, llamas, bison, ratites, rabbits, and other species that the department designates as livestock by rule.

SB563,67 Section 67. 97.42 (3) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB563,17,14 97.42 (3) (em) Slaughter of farm-raised deer and farm-raised game bovids. The requirements of pars. (a) and (b) do not apply to the slaughter of a farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovid if its meat products are not sold by an operator of a retail food establishment, as defined under s. 97.30 (1) (c). The operator of an establishment in which farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids or their meat products are examined and inspected under this subsection shall pay the department for the cost of the department's examination and inspection.

SB563,68 Section 68. 97.42 (4) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB563,17,20 97.42 (4) (em) The rate at which an operator of an establishment that slaughters farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids or processes the meat products of farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids shall pay the costs of examination and inspection under sub. (3) (em) and the manner in which the department shall collect those amounts.

SB563,69 Section 69. 97.44 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB563,17,25 97.44 (3) As used in this section, “animals" means cattle, sheep, goats, swine, equines, farm-raised deer, as defined in s. 95.001 (1) (ag), farm-raised game bovids, as defined in s. 95.001 (1) (aim), and poultry, except in the phrase “animal feed manufacturers".

SB563,70 Section 70. 100.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB563,18,4 100.04 (1) Definition. In this section, “livestock" means swine, cattle, poultry, sheep, goats or, farm-raised deer, as defined in s. 95.001 (1) (ag), or farm-raised game bovids, as defined in s. 95.001 (1) (aim).

SB563,71 Section 71. 169.01 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB563,18,8 169.01 (7) “Domestic animal" means a farm-raised deer, a farm-raised game bovid, a pet bird, a farm-raised game bird, or an animal that is listed as a domestic animal by rule by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.

SB563,72 Section 72. 169.01 (12s) of the statutes is created to read:

SB563,18,11 169.01 (12s) “Farm-raised game bovid” has the meaning given in s. 95.001 (1) (aim).

SB563,73 Section 73. 174.001 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB563,18,16 174.001 (3) “Livestock" means any horse, bovine, sheep, goat, pig, llama, alpaca, domestic rabbit, farm-raised deer, as defined in s. 95.001 (1) (ag), farm-raised game bovid, as defined in s. 95.001 (1) (aim), or domestic fowl, including any farm-raised game bird, as defined in s. 169.01 (12m).

SB563,74 Section 74. 943.76 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB563,18,21 943.76 (1) (a) “Livestock" means cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats, farm-raised deer, as defined in s. 95.001 (1) (ag), farm-raised game bovids, as defined in s. 95.001 (1) (aim), poultry, and other animals used or to be used in the production of food, fiber, or other commercial products.

SB563,75 Section 75. 951.09 (3) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB563,18,23 951.09 (3) (cm) Farm-raised game bovids, as defined in s. 95.001 (1) (aim).

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