7. Any vehicle, except a motor bus, occupied by a person holding a conservation patron license issued under s. 29.1475 29.235;
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Section 32
. 27.01 (7) (f) 1. and (g) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, are amended to read:
27.01 (7) (f) 1. Except as provided in par. (gm), the fee for an annual vehicle admission receipt is $17.50 for each vehicle which has Wisconsin registration plates, except that no fee is charged for a receipt issued under s. 29.1475 29.235 (6).
(g) 1. Except as provided in par. (gm), the fee for an annual vehicle admission receipt is $24.50 for any vehicle which has a registration plate or plates from another state, except that no fee is charged for a receipt issued under s. 29.1475 29.235 (6).
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Section 33
. 27.01 (7) (gm) 3. of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (gm) 3. Notwithstanding par. (f) 1., the fee for an annual vehicle admission receipt for a vehicle that has Wisconsin registration plates and that is owned by a resident senior citizen, as defined in s. 29.01 (12m) 29.001 (72), is $8.50.
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Section 34
. 27.01 (7) (gm) 4. of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (gm) 4. Notwithstanding par. (f) 2., the fee for a daily vehicle admission receipt for a vehicle that has Wisconsin registration plates and that is owned by a resident senior citizen, as defined in s. 29.01 (12m)
29.001 (72), is $2.85.
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Section 35
. 27.01 (8) (b) 2. and 3. of the statutes are amended to read:
27.01 (8) (b) 2. Any person holding a senior citizen recreation card issued under s. 29.095 29.624; or
3. Any person holding a conservation patron license issued under s. 29.1475 29.235.
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Section
36. 28.11 (3) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
28.11 (3) (k) Establish energy conservation projects which permit individual members of the public to remove up to 10 standard cords of wood without charge from county forest lands for individual home heating purposes. The county board shall limit removal of wood for energy conservation projects to wood that is unsuitable for commercial sale. The county board may require a permit to remove wood for energy conservation projects and may charge a fee for the permit to administer projects established under this paragraph. A county board shall restrict participation in projects established under this paragraph to residents, as defined under s. 29.01 (12) 29.001 (69), but may not restrict participation to residents of the county.
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Section 37
. Chapter 29 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
chapter 29
wild animals and plants
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Section 38
. Subchapter I (title) of chapter 29 [precedes 29.001] of the statutes is created to read:
Chapter 29
Subchapter I
Definitions
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Section 39
. 29.001 (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
29.001 Definitions. (intro.) In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
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Section 40
. 29.001 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
29.001 (3) “Address" means a street name and number or post-office box number, the name of the city, village or town, the state and the zip code.
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Section 41
. 29.001 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
29.001 (6) “Aircraft" means any contrivance invented, used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air.
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Section 42
. 29.001 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
29.001 (9) “All-terrain vehicle" has the meaning given in s. 340.01 (2g).
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Section 43
. 29.001 (16) of the statutes is created to read:
29.001 (16) “Boat" means any device capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.
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Section 44
. 29.001 (54) of the statutes is created to read:
29.001 (54) “Minnow" includes a sucker not listed as endangered or threatened under s. 29.604 (3), central mudminnow, tadpole madtom, stonecat, banded killifish, blackstripe topminnow, brook silverside, brook stickleback, ninespine stickleback, trout-perch, darter, log perch, sculpin. “Minnow" includes any minnow family cyprinid that is not listed as endangered or threatened under s. 29.604 (3) and that is not a goldfish, grass carp, common carp or rudd. “Minnow" does not include any sucker, darter, sculpin or minnow species that is designated as detrimental under s. 29.424.
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Section 45
. 29.001 (57) of the statutes is created to read:
29.001 (57) “Motor vehicle" means a self-propelled vehicle, including a combination of 2 or more vehicles or an articulated vehicle. “Motor vehicle" includes a snowmobile or an all-terrain vehicle. “Motor vehicle" does not include an aircraft or a vehicle operated exclusively on rails.
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Section 46
. 29.001 (78) of the statutes is created to read:
29.001 (78) “Snowmobile" has the meaning given in s. 340.01 (58a).
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Section 47
. 29.001 (87) of the statutes is created to read:
29.001 (87) “Vehicle" means any device for moving persons or property or pulling implements from one place to another on land or rails or in the air.
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Section 48
. 29.01 (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 49
. 29.01 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 29.001 (12) and amended to read:
29.001 (12) “Approval" means any type of approval or authorization issued by the department or a county clerk under this chapter including any license, permit, certificate, card, stamp or tag unless the context requires a different meaning.
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Section 50
. 29.01 (1m) of the statutes is renumbered 29.001 (15) and amended to read:
29.001 (15) “Attending boat" means an open boat used to transport equipment, crew or catch of a licensed boat, provide assistance in the operation of fishing gear by the licensed boat or provide other assistance in the commercial fishing operations of a boat licensed under s. 29.33 29.519.
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Section 51
. 29.01 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 29.001 (18) and amended to read:
29.001 (18) “Carcass" means the dead body of any wild animal to which it refers, including the head, hair, skin, plumage, skeleton, or any other part
thereof of the wild animal or the eggs of the wild animal.
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Section 52
. 29.01 (2m) of the statutes is renumbered 29.001 (21).
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Section 53
. 29.01 (2r) of the statutes is renumbered 29.001 (24).
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Section 54
. 29.01 (2s) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is renumbered 29.001 (25).
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Section 55
. 29.01 (2w) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is renumbered 29.001 (26).
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Section 56
. 29.01 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is renumbered 29.001 (27) and amended to read:
29.001 (27) “Fishing" includes taking, capturing, or killing, or fishing for fish of any variety in any manner but does not include taking, capturing, killing or fishing for farm-raised fish, other than farm-raised fish, or attempting to take, capture or kill fish, other than farm-raised fish. When the word “fish" is used as a verb, it shall have has the same meaning as the word “fishing" as defined herein.
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Section 57
. 29.01 (3m) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is renumbered 29.001 (29).
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Section 58
. 29.01 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 29.001 (30) and amended to read:
29.001 (30) “Fur-bearing animals" includes otter, beaver, mink, muskrat, marten, fisher, skunk, raccoon, fox, weasel, opossum, badger, wolf, coyote, wildcat
bobcat, cougar and lynx.
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Section 59
. 29.01 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 29.001 (33) and amended to read:
29.001 (33) “Game" includes all varieties of wild mammals or birds; “game.
(41) “Game fish" includes all varieties of fish except rough fish and minnows; “rough.
(74) “Rough fish" includes
dace, suckers, not listed as endangered or threatened under s. 29.604 (3), common carp, goldfish, redhorse, freshwater drum, burbot, bowfin, garfish, buffalo fish, sea lamprey, alewife, gizzard shad, rainbow smelt, goldeye,
and mooneye, carpsucker and quill back, in all waters and chub in inland waters only; “minnows" includes suckers, mud minnows, madtom, stonecat, killifish, stickleback, trout-perch, darters, sculpin and all minnow family cyprinids except goldfish and carp.
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Section 60
. 29.01 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 29.001 (36).
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Section 61
. 29.01 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 29.001 (39) and amended to read:
29.001 (39) “Game birds" includes the following aquatic birds: Wild wild geese, brant, wild ducks, wild swan, rails, coots, gallinules, jacksnipe snipe, woodcock, plovers and, sandpipers; the following upland birds:, ruffed grouse (partridge), pinnated grouse (, prairie chicken), sharp-tailed grouse, pheasants, Hungarian partridge, Chukar partridge, bobwhite, quail, California quail crows and wild turkey.
Note: The DNR has established open and closed seasons for crows and classified crows as game birds. The addition of crows to the definition of game bird recognizes this. “Snipe" substitutes the correct name for this bird. “California quail" is repealed because this bird does not occur in Wisconsin.
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Section 62
. 29.01 (8) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 1, is renumbered 29.001 (42) and amended to read:
29.001 (42) “Hunt" or “hunting" includes shooting, shooting at, pursuing, taking, catching capturing or killing or attempting to capture or kill any wild animal
or animals.
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Section 63
. 29.01 (9) of the statutes is renumbered 29.001 (45).
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Section 64
. 29.01 (9m) of the statutes is renumbered 29.001 (51).
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Section 65
. 29.01 (10) of the statutes is renumbered 29.001 (60).
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Section 66
. 29.01 (11) of the statutes is renumbered 29.001 (63).
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Section 67
. 29.01 (11c) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is renumbered 29.001 (64).
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Section 68
. 29.01 (11d) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is renumbered 29.001 (65).
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Section 69
. 29.01 (11m) of the statutes is renumbered 29.001 (66).
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Section 70
. 29.01 (12) of the statutes is renumbered 29.001 (69).
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Section 71
. 29.01 (12m) of the statutes is renumbered 29.001 (72).
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Section 72
. 29.01 (12p) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is renumbered 29.001 (75).
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Section 73
. 29.01 (12r) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is renumbered 29.001 (76), and 29.001 (76) (b), as renumbered, is amended to read:
29.001 (76) (b) A freeze-out pond for which a permit is issued under s. 29.521 29.733 (2).
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Section 74
. 29.01 (13) of the statutes is renumbered 29.001 (84) and amended to read:
29.001 (84) “Trapping" includes the taking, or the attempting to take, of any wild animal by means of setting or operating any device, mechanism or contraption that is designed, built or made to close upon, hold fast, or otherwise capture a wild animal or animals. When
the word “trap" is used as a verb, it shall have
has the same meaning as the word “trapping" as defined herein.
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Section 75
. 29.01 (14) of the statutes is renumbered 29.001 (90).
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Section 76
. Subchapter II (title) of chapter 29 [precedes 29.011] of the statutes is created to read:
Chapter 29
Subchapter II
General Fish and Game Regulation
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Section 77
. 29.014 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
29.014 (title) Rule-making for this chapter.
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Section 78c. 29.014 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
29.014 (2) (c) Any reference to this chapter includes any rules promulgated under this chapter and any reference to any provision of this chapter includes any rules promulgated under that provision.
Note: Under s. 227.11 (2), state agencies are authorized to “promulgate rules interpreting the provisions of any statute enforced or administered by it...". The DNR therefore clearly has authority to promulgate rules under all provisions of ch. 29, subject only to the specific limitations on its rule-making authority set forth in ch. 29, and to the general requirement under s. 227.11 that a rule is not valid if it exceeds the bounds of correction interpretation.
However, ch. 29 now contains many examples of permissive rule-making authority. (For example, see s. 29.1085, related to bear harvest permits, which provides in sub. (6): “The department may promulgate rules to administer and interpret this section.".) This bill eliminates some, but not all, of those instances of permissive rule-making authority.
Note: One of the disadvantages, for the purposes of statutory interpretation, of individual examples of permissive rule-making authority, is the potential for an implication that by granting permissive rule-making authority for some provisions of ch. 29, the legislature did not intend to grant rule-making authority for other provisions of the chapter. This is clearly not the case, and such an implication would in fact be contrary to the legislature's broad grant of authority to the DNR under ch. 29 to regulate fish and game.
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Section 79
. 29.014 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
