(5) Removal and retention. A carcass tag attached as required in this section may be removed from the carcass at the time of butchering or when prepared by a taxidermist, but the person who killed or obtained the animal shall retain all tags a portion of the validated tag which bears a legible tag number until the meat is consumed. The A portion of the validated carcass tag which bears a legible tag number shall be retained by the person who possesses the carcass until it is consumed.
Section 3. NR 10.085 (5) (Note), as affected by EmR 1613, is created to read:
NR 10.085 (5) Note: Historically a registration tag or registration validation number was required to be kept with the meat until consumed in order to show proof that the animal had been registered. With the current statewide automated license system a conservation warden only needs the number origninally printed on the tag by the department in order to electronically verify if an animal was registered.
Section 4. NR 10.085 (6) (b), as affected by EmR 1613, is repealed.
Section 5. NR 10.125 (1) (d) as affected by EmR 1613, is repealed.
Section 6. NR 10.25 (2) (a) 1., as affected by EmR 1613, is amended to read:
NR 10.25 (2)NR 10.25(2)(a)1. (a) 1. Validate the license and carcass tag by separating a designated portion of the tag or by marking it in the manner indicated by the department on the tag. Failure to follow the validation procedure in this manner invalidates the license and carcass tag. Section 7. NR 20.07 (1v), as affected by EmR 1613, is amended to read:
NR 20.07 (1v) Fail to keep a validated lake sturgeon carcass tag intact and in good, legible condition so as to permit meaningful inspection by the department. Carcass tags shall remain intact except that part of a tag may be separated as designated by the department on the tag as a means of validation.
Section 8. NR 20.10 (7m) is created to read:
NR 20.10 (7m) Fail to keep a validated lake sturgeon carcass tag intact and in good, legible condition so as to permit meaningful inspection by the department. Carcass tags shall remain intact except that part of a tag may be separated as designated by the department on the tag as a means of validation.
Section 9. Finding of emergency. Nonstatutory provisions of 2015 Act 89 establish that the department may enact these rules using the process for emergency rules without finding that promulgating a rule is necessary for the preservation of public peace, health, safety, or welfare. The emergency rule may remain in effect until July 1, 2018 or until the permanent rule is promulgated. Section 10. Effective Date. This rule shall take effect upon publication in the Wisconsin state paper pursuant to s. 227.24 (1) (c). Section 11. Board adoption. This rule was approved and adopted by the State of Wisconsin Natural Resources Board on March 1, 2017.
Dated at Madison, Wisconsin __________4/18/17___________________.
