16,1153r
Section 1153r. 28.08 of the statutes is amended to read:
28.08 Income. All income from state forest lands shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the conservation forestry fund.
16,1153rm
Section 1153rm. 28.11 (5m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
28.11 (5m) (a) (intro.) The department may make grants, from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (bw) 20.375 (2) (w), to counties having lands entered under sub. (4) to fund all of the following for one professional forester in the position of county forest administrator or assistant county forest administrator:
16,1153s
Section 1153s. 28.11 (5r) of the statutes is created to read:
28.11 (5r) Sustainable forestry grants. (a) In this subsection, "sustainable forestry" has the meaning given in s. 28.04 (1) (e).
(b) The department may make grants, from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (bw), to counties having lands entered under sub. (4) to fund the cost of activities designed to improve sustainable forestry on the lands.
(c) The department shall promulgate rules for establishing criteria and procedures for awarding grants under this subsection that include all of the following:
1. Criteria for determining which counties are eligible to receive a grant.
2. The maximum grant amount that the department may award to an eligible county.
3. The activities for which a county is eligible to receive a grant.
4. Amounts by which a county must match a grant award.
5. A method for establishing priorities for awarding grants or a method for prorating amounts available for awarding grants, if the total amount that eligible counties request under this subsection exceeds the funds available to the department for awarding grants.
16,1153sc
Section 1153sc. 28.11 (5r) (b) of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
28.11 (5r)(b) The department may make grants, from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (bw) 20.375 (2) (w), to counties having lands entered under sub. (4) to fund the cost of activities designed to improve sustainable forestry on the lands.
16,1153t
Section 1153t. 28.11 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
28.11 (8) (a) Acreage payments. As soon after April 20 of each year as feasible, the department shall pay to each town treasurer 30 cents per acre, based on the acreage of such lands as of the preceding June 30, as a grant out of the appropriation made by s. 20.370 (5) (bv) 20.375 (2) (vm) on each acre of county lands entered under this section.
16,1153u
Section 1153u. 28.11 (8) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
28.11 (8) (b) 1. A county having established and maintaining a county forest under this section is eligible to receive from the state from the appropriations under s. 20.370 (5) (bq) 20.375 (2) (t) and
(bs) (u) an annual payment as a noninterest bearing loan to be used for the purchase, development, preservation and maintenance of the county forest lands and the payment shall be credited to a county account to be known as the county forestry aid fund. A county board may, by a resolution adopted during the year and transmitted to the department by December 31, request to receive a payment of not more than 50 cents for each acre of land entered and designated as "county forest land". The department shall review the request and approve the request if the request is found to be consistent with the comprehensive county forest land use plan. If any lands purchased from the fund are sold, the county shall restore the purchase price to the county forestry aid fund. The department shall pay to the county the amount due to it on or before March 31 of each year, based on the acreage of the lands as of the preceding June 30. If the amounts in the appropriations under s. 20.370 (5) (bq) 20.375 (2) (t) and (bs)
(u) are not sufficient to pay all of the amounts approved by the department under this subdivision, the department shall pay eligible counties on a prorated basis.
16,1153v
Section 1153v. 28.11 (8) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
28.11 (8) (b) 2. The department may allot additional interest free forestry aid loans on a project basis to individual counties to permit the counties to undertake meritorious and economically productive forestry operations, including land acquisitions. These additional aids may not be used for the construction of recreational facilities or for fish and game management projects. Application shall be made in the manner and on forms prescribed by the department and specify the purpose for which the additional aids will be used. The department shall make an investigation as it deems necessary to satisfy itself that the project is feasible, desirable and consistent with the comprehensive plan. If the department so finds, it may make allotments in such amounts as it determines to be reasonable and proper and charge the allotments to the forestry fund account of the county. These allotments shall be credited by the county to the county forestry aid fund. After determining the loans as required under subd. 1., the department shall make the remainder of the amounts appropriated under s. 20.370 (5) (bq) 20.375 (2) (t) and
(bs) (u) for that fiscal year available for loans under this subdivision. The department shall also make loans under this subdivision from the appropriations under s. 20.370 (5) (bt)
20.375 (2) (um) and (bu) (v).
16,1153w
Section 1153w. 28.11 (9) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
28.11 (9) (am) The acreage loan severance share payments shall be deposited in the conservation forestry fund and credited to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (bq) 20.375 (2) (t), and the project loan severance share payments shall be deposited in the conservation forestry fund and credited to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (bu) 20.375 (2) (v).
16,1153x
Section 1153x. 28.11 (9) (ar) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
28.11 (9) (ar) 1. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (c), if the sum of the unencumbered balances in the appropriations under s. 20.370 (5) (bq), (bt) 20.375 (2) (t), (um), and (bu) (v) exceeds $400,000 on June 30 of any fiscal year, the amount in excess of $400,000 shall lapse from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (bq) 20.375 (2) (t) to the conservation forestry fund, except as provided in subd. 2.
16,1153y
Section 1153y. 28.11 (9) (ar) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
28.11 (9) (ar) 2. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (c), if the amount in the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (bq) 20.375 (2) (t) is insufficient for the amount that must lapse under subd. 1., the remainder that is necessary for the lapse shall lapse from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (bu) 20.375 (2) (v).
16,1153yc
Section 1153yc. 28.90 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
28.90 (title) Enforcement.
16,1153yf
Section 1153yf. 28.90 (1) of the statutes is created to read:
28.90 (1) Enforcement duties. (a) The department shall enforce all of the laws that the department is required to administer for the state forests and shall bring, or cause to be brought, actions and proceedings in the name of the state for that purpose.
(b) All sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, coroners, and other police officers are deputy state forest rangers, and shall assist the department and its rangers in the enforcement
of this chapter whenever notice of a violation of this chapter is given to them by the department or its rangers.
16,1153yg
Section 1153yg. 28.92 of the statutes is created to read:
28.92 State forest rangers. (1) The persons appointed by the department to enforce the laws relating to state forests shall be known as state forest rangers and shall be subject to ch. 230.
(2) The department shall provide to all state forest rangers, before exercising any of their powers, a commission issued by the department under its seal, to read substantially as follows:
State of Wisconsin
Department of forestry
To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting:
Know ye, that reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity and ability of ...., of the county of ...., we do hereby appoint and constitute .... a state forest ranger for the state of Wisconsin, and do authorize and empower .... to execute and fulfill the duties of that office according to law, during good behavior and the faithful performance of the duties of that office.
In testimony whereof, the secretary has hereunto affixed the secretary's signature and the official seal of the department, at its office in the city of Madison, Wisconsin, this .... day of ...., .....
(Seal) State of Wisconsin
Department of forestry
By .... ....
(3) The department shall furnish to each state forest ranger at the time of the ranger's appointment, a pocket identification folder in the same form and substance as the folder described in s. 23.10 (5), except that the impression shall be the seal of the department.
(4) A state forest ranger shall carry the identification folder on his or her person at all times that he or she is on official duty, and a state forest ranger shall, on demand, exhibit the same to any person to whom he or she may represent himself or herself as a state forest ranger.
16,1153yj
Section 1153yj. 28.94 of the statutes is created to read:
28.94 Resisting or falsely impersonating a state forest ranger. Any person who does any of the following may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both:
(1) Assaults or otherwise resists or obstructs any state forest ranger in the performance of his or her duties.
(2) Falsely represents himself or herself to be a state forest ranger or assumes to act as a state forest ranger without having been first appointed.
16,1153ym
Section 1153ym. 28.98 of the statutes is created to read:
28.98 General penalty provision. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule promulgated or order issued under this chapter for which no other penalty is prescribed is subject to a forfeiture of not more than $100.
16,1158m
Section 1158m. 29.032 of the statutes is created to read:
29.032 Internet bidding process. The department of natural resources shall post its specifications for the operation of a statewide automated system for issuing approvals on an Internet site maintained by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection. The department of natural resources shall ensure that the Internet site provides a means by which contractors may electronically post bids to provide the statewide automated system and by which contractors may view the bids posted by other contractors.
16,1159
Section
1159. 29.037 of the statutes is amended to read:
29.037 Fish and wildlife restoration. This state assents to the provisions of the acts of congress entitled "An act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in wildlife-restoration projects, and for other purposes," approved September 2, 1937 (Public Law No. 415, 75th Congress), and "An act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in fish restoration management projects, and for other purposes," approved August 9, 1950 (Public Law No. 681, 81st Congress) 16 USC 669 to 669i and 777 to 777L. The department is authorized and directed to perform any acts necessary to establish cooperative-wildlife cooperative wildlife restoration projects and cooperative fish restoration
and management projects, as defined in the acts of congress, in compliance with the acts these federal provisions and with regulations promulgated by the secretary of the interior. No funds accruing to this state from license fees paid by hunters and from sport and recreation fishing license fees may be diverted for any other purpose than those provided by the department the administration of the department when it is exercising its responsibilities that are specific to the management of the fish and wildlife resources of this state.
16,1160
Section
1160. 29.038 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.038 (1) (a) "Local governmental unit" has the meaning given in s. 16.97 22.01 (7).
16,1162h
Section 1162h. 29.089 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.089 (1) Except as provided in sub.
subs. (3) and (4), no person may hunt or trap on land located in state parks or state fish hatcheries.
16,1162p
Section 1162p. 29.089 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.089 (2) Except as provided in sub.
subs. (3) and (4), no person may have in his or her possession or under his or her control a firearm on land located in state parks or state fish hatcheries unless the firearm is unloaded and enclosed within a carrying case.
16,1162t
Section 1162t. 29.089 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.089 (3) A person may hunt deer, wild turkeys or small game in a state park, or in a portion of a state park, if the state park is open for the purpose of hunting under sub. (4) or if the department has authorized by rule the hunting of that type of game in the state park, or in the portion of the state park, and if the person holds the approvals required under this chapter for hunting that type of game.
16,1162w
Section 1162w. 29.089 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
29.089 (4) All land located in a state park shall be open for the purpose of hunting during the appropriate open season to the maximum extent possible if the state park in which the land is located has received any funding from the fish and wildlife account of the conservation fund at any time during the preceding 10 years. The natural resources board may exempt a state park from this requirement.
16,1162wm
Section 1162wm. 29.09 of the statutes is created to read:
29.09 Fishing on land in state parks. The department may not prohibit fishing on land located in a state park during the appropriate open season and shall allow fishing to the maximum extent possible if the state park in which the land is located has received any funding from the fish and wildlife account of the conservation fund at any time during the preceding 10 years. The natural resources board may exempt a state park from this requirement.
16,1171gb
Section 1171gb. 29.324 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.324 (1) (b) "Group deer hunting party" means 2 or more hunters hunting in a group all using firearms or all using bows and arrows, each of whom holds an individual license to hunt deer.
16,1171gd
Section 1171gd. 29.324 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.324 (2) (intro.) Any member of a group deer hunting party, the members of which are all using firearms, may kill a deer for another member of the group deer hunting party if both of the following conditions exist:
16,1171gf
Section 1171gf. 29.324 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
29.324 (2m) (a) In this subsection, "regular gun deer season" means the deer hunting season established by the department that begins on the Saturday preceding Thanksgiving and that authorizes hunting with firearms.
(b) Any member of a group deer hunting party, the members of which are all using bows and arrows, may kill an antlerless deer for another member of the group deer hunting party if all of the following conditions exist:
1. At the time and place of the kill, the person who kills the antlerless deer is in contact with the person for whom the antlerless deer is killed.
2. The person for whom the antlerless deer is killed possesses a current unused deer carcass tag that is authorized for use on the antlerless deer killed.
3. The antlerless deer is killed after the close of the regular gun deer season.
16,1171gh
Section 1171gh. 29.324 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.324 (3) A person who kills a deer under sub. (2) or (2m) shall ensure that a member of his or her group deer hunting party without delay attaches a current validated deer carcass tag to the deer in the manner specified under s. 29.347 (2). The person who kills the deer may not leave the deer unattended until after it is tagged.
16,1177g
Section 1177g. 29.347 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.347 (5) (a) Any person who while operating a motor vehicle on a highway accidentally collides with and kills a deer may retain take possession of the carcass. If the motor vehicle operator does not want to retain
take the carcass, the carcass may be retained taken by any other person who is present at the scene of the accident at the time the collision occurs or at any time after the collision occurs.
16,1177r
Section 1177r. 29.347 (5) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.347 (5) (b) (intro.) No person may retain take possession of the carcass of a deer killed in the manner specified in par. (a) and remove the carcass from the scene of the accident unless one of the following apply:
16,1184m
Section 1184m. 29.519 (2) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
29.519 (2) (e) Retention of licenses. 1. A commercial fishing licensee who is authorized under the license to conduct commercial fishing operations in the waters of Green Bay may retain the license without conducting any commercial fishing operations as authorized under the license for one period of up to 7 consecutive years. During this period, the commercial fishing licensee may not be required to transfer the license, may not be required to invest in any fishing gear or equipment, and is exempt from paying the applicable fees for the license under s. 29.563.
2. A commercial fishing licensee who conducts commercial fishing operations as authorized under the license in the waters of Green Bay may choose for one period of up to 7 consecutive years to be exempt from any minimum requirement on the amount of fish harvested that is established by the department and that applies to the licensee.
16,1190
Section
1190. 29.563 (4) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
29.563 (4) (b) 1. Sports: $248.25
$238.25 or a greater amount at the applicant's option.
16,1196
Section
1196. 29.565 of the statutes is created to read:
29.565 Voluntary contributions; venison processing and grant program. (1) Any applicant for a hunting license listed under s. 29.563 (2) (a) or (b) may, in addition to paying any fee charged for the license, elect to make a voluntary contribution of at least $1 to be used for the venison processing and donation program under s. 29.89.
