1997 Wisconsin Act 151

  Date of enactment: April 20, 1998
1997 Senate Bill 394   Date of publication*: May 4, 1998

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1995-96: 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].

1997 WISCONSIN ACT 151

An Act to renumber and amend 29.22 (1); and to create 29.22 (1) (a) of the statutes; relating to: hunting near certain schools.

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

151,1 Section 1 . 29.22 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 29.22 (1) (b) and amended to read:

29.22 (1) (b) No person shall hunt within 1700 feet of any hospital, school grounds or sanatorium or the grounds of any school. The department may furnish signs designating the restricted area. No conviction shall be had for a violation of this subsection paragraph unless the restricted area is designated by such signs.

151,2 Section 2 . 29.22 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

29.22 (1) (a) In this subsection, “school" means a public or private elementary or secondary school, including a charter school, or a technical college.