1995 Wisconsin Act 59

  Date of enactment: October 24, 1995
1995 Assembly Bill 247   Date of publication*: November 7, 1995

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1993-94: 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].

1995 WISCONSIN ACT 59

An Act to amend 29.99 (3m) of the statutes; relating to: the hunting of elk and providing a penalty.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

59,1 Section 1 . 29.99 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:

29.99 (3m) For unlawfully hunting a moose or an elk, by a forfeiture of not less than $1,000 nor more than $2,000 and the mandatory revocation of all hunting approvals issued to the person. In addition, no hunting approval may be issued to the person for the time period specified by the court. The time period specified shall be not less than 3 years nor more than 5 years following the date of conviction under this subsection.

59,2 Section 2 . Initial applicability.

(1)  This act first applies to offenses committed on the effective date of this subsection.