2011 Wisconsin Act 177

Date of enactment: April 2, 2012
2011 Assembly Bill 176 Date of publication*: April 16, 2012

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2009-10 : 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].

2011 WISCONSIN ACT 177

An Act to amend 29.519 (1m) (c) of the statutes; relating to: minimum harvesting requirements for commercial fishing in the Great Lakes.

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

177,1 Section 1. 29.519 (1m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

29.519 (1m) (c) The department may promulgate rules defining the qualifications of licensees in the reasonable exercise of this authority, giving due consideration to residency, past record including compliance with the records requirements of sub. (5), fishing and navigation ability and quantity and quality of equipment possessed. The rules may not impose any minimum harvesting requirements on applicants for licenses requiring that applicants harvested, in any previous period of time, a specified minimum amount of fish. Rules relating to licensing commercial fishers shall be based on criteria provided by the commercial fishing boards under sub. (7).