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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE
SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
To 1995 SENATE BILL 356
October 3, 1995 - Offered by Committee on Transportation, Agriculture and
Local Affairs
.
SB356-SSA1,2,2 1An Act to repeal 29.092 (9) (hg), 29.092 (9) (hr), 29.093 (9) (gm), 29.093 (9) (gr),
229.58, 29.581, 95.25 (5m) and 97.42 (1) (cm); to renumber 95.001 (1) (a); to
3renumber and amend
93.07 (10); to amend 20.115 (2) (ha), 29.02 (3m), 29.03
4(8), 29.05 (5), 29.05 (6), 29.05 (6m), 29.05 (8) (b), 29.06 (1), 29.06 (2), 29.06 (3),
529.40 (6), 29.42 (4), 29.425 (4m), 29.427 (6), 29.43 (5) (b), 29.44 (3), 29.45 (6),
629.48 (1m), 29.49 (1) (a) (intro.), 29.574 (1m), 29.578 (1m), 29.583 (1), 29.585 (2)
7(a), 29.59 (1) (f), 29.598 (1), 29.645, 29.99 (15), 95.25 (1) and (2), 95.30, 95.31 (3),
895.33, 95.40 (title) and (1), 95.41 (2), 95.42, 95.68 (1) (d), 95.80 (1) (b), 97.42 (1)
9(a), 97.42 (3) (em), 97.42 (4) (em), 97.42 (5) (b), 97.44 (3), 174.001 (3), 895.57 (3)
10and 943.75 (3); and to create 29.01 (2r), 29.49 (3), 29.55 (2m), 29.583 (3), 29.586
11(4), 90.20, 93.07 (10) (a), 95.001 (1) (a), 95.25 (2m), 95.25 (4m), 95.55 and 97.42
12(1) (dm) of the statutes; relating to: the exemption of certain farm-raised deer
13and venison from regulation by the department of natural resources, fencing of
14farm-raised deer, liability for damages caused by dogs, licensing of
15establishments that slaughter certain deer, the duties and authority of the
16department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection concerning domestic

1animals, animal health and farm-raised deer, granting rule-making authority
2and making an appropriation.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB356-SSA1, s. 1 3Section 1. 20.115 (2) (ha) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,2,64 20.115 (2) (ha) Inspection, testing and enforcement. All moneys received under
5ss. 93.06 (1f) and (1g), 95.55, 95.68, 95.69, 95.71 and 95.715, to be used for animal
6health inspection and testing and for enforcement of animal health laws.
SB356-SSA1, s. 2 7Section 2. 29.01 (2r) of the statutes is created to read:
SB356-SSA1,2,88 29.01 (2r) "Farm-raised deer" has the meaning given in s. 95.001 (1) (a).
SB356-SSA1, s. 3 9Section 3. 29.02 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,2,1210 29.02 (3m) This section does not permit the seizure by the department, or
11prohibit the possession or sale, of commercially raised farm-raised deer, as defined
12in s. 95.25 (5m), that are kept in compliance with this chapter
.
SB356-SSA1, s. 4 13Section 4. 29.03 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,2,1514 29.03 (8) Any dog found running deer, except farm-raised deer, at any time,
15or used in violation of this chapter.
SB356-SSA1, s. 5 16Section 5. 29.05 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,2,2317 29.05 (5) Opening packages. The department and its wardens may examine
18and open any package in the possession of a common carrier which they have
19probable cause to believe contains contraband wild animals in violation of this
20chapter
, or carcasses or parts thereof, or is falsely labeled in violation of this chapter;
21and every such common carrier, and every agent, servant, or employe thereof, shall
22permit any such officer to examine and open any such package. Any package so
23opened shall be restored to its original condition.
SB356-SSA1, s. 6
1Section 6. 29.05 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,3,92 29.05 (6) Access to storage places. They For purposes of enforcing this
3chapter, the department and its wardens
shall be permitted by the owner or occupant
4of any cold storage warehouse or building used for the storage or retention of wild
5animals, or carcasses or parts thereof, to enter and examine said premises subject
6to ss. 66.122 and 66.123; and the owner or occupant, or the agent, servant, or employe
7of the owner, shall deliver to any such officer any wild animal, or carcass or part
8thereof, in his or her possession during the closed season therefor, whether taken
9within or without the state.
SB356-SSA1, s. 7 10Section 7. 29.05 (6m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,3,1511 29.05 (6m) Access to private land. Agents of For purposes of enforcing this
12chapter,
the department may, after making reasonable efforts to notify the owner or
13occupant, enter upon private lands to retrieve, diagnose or otherwise determine if
14there are dead or diseased wild animals upon those lands, and take actions
15reasonably necessary to prevent the spread of contagious disease in the wild animals.
SB356-SSA1, s. 8 16Section 8. 29.05 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,3,2417 29.05 (8) (b) Any perishable property seized by the department or its wardens
18may be sold at the highest available price, and the proceeds of the sale turned into
19court to await disposition of the proceeds as the court directs. A conservation warden
20or other officers charged with the enforcement of the laws dealing with the
21conservation of the natural resources of the state may kill a dog found running,
22injuring, causing injury to, or killing any deer, other than farm-raised deer, or
23destroying game birds, their eggs or nests, if immediate action is necessary to protect
24the deer or game birds, their nests or eggs, from injury or death.
SB356-SSA1, s. 9 25Section 9. 29.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,5,14
129.06 (1) All confiscated wild animals, or carcasses or parts thereof, that are
2confiscated by the department
and all confiscated apparatus, appliances,
3equipment, vehicles or devices shall, if not destroyed as authorized by law, be sold
4at the highest price obtainable, by the department or its wardens, or by an agent on
5commission under the written authority and supervision of the department. The net
6proceeds of such the sales, after deducting the expense of seizure and sale and any
7such commissions, shall be promptly remitted by the warden by whom or under
8whose authority and supervision the sales are made, to the department; the
9remittance to be accompanied by a complete and certified report of such the sales,
10supported by proper vouchers covering all deductions made for expenses and
11commissions, to be filed with the department. Of the remittance from such the sales
12of confiscated apparatus, appliances, equipment, vehicles or devices, 18% shall be
13paid into the conservation fund to reimburse it for expenses incurred in seizure and
14sale, and the remaining 82% shall be paid into the common school fund. In the case
15of the proceeds from the sale of a confiscated motor vehicle if the holder of a security
16interest perfected by filing with such the motor vehicle as security, satisfies (and the
17burden of proof shall be upon the holder of a security interest)
proves to the court,
18or after judgment of confiscation, to the department, that the violation that led to
19such the confiscation was not with his or her knowledge, consent or connivance or
20with that of some person employed or trusted by the holder of a security interest,
21there shall also be deducted the amount due under the security agreement from the
22proceeds of such the sale and the amount due shall be paid to the one entitled; in case
23a sufficient amount does not remain for such purpose after the other deductions then
24the amount remaining shall be paid. The department shall make a reasonable effort
25within 10 days after seizure to ascertain if a security interest in the seized motor

1vehicle exists, and shall within 10 days after obtaining actual or constructive notice
2of such any security interest give the secured party notice of the time and place when
3there is to be any proceeding before the court or the judge pertaining to such the
4confiscation and shall also give such the secured party at least 10 days' notice of the
5time and place of sale. Constructive notice shall be limited to security interests
6perfected by filing. In all such cases the time of sale of the confiscated motor vehicle
7shall be within 20 days after judgment of confiscation provided in s. 29.05 (8). The
8provisions of s. 973.075 (1) (b) 1. to 3. and (5) apply to vehicles other than motor
9vehicles under this subsection. This subsection shall not apply to a deer killed, or
10so injured that it must be killed, by a collision with a motor vehicle on a highway.
11Such deer carcass shall be released free of charge to the motor vehicle operator under
12s. 29.40 (5) by the department or its agent, but shall be retained by the department
13or its agent if the motor vehicle operator declines to accept the carcass. For purposes
14of this subsection, "deer" does not include farm-raised deer.
SB356-SSA1, s. 10 15Section 10. 29.06 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,5,2216 29.06 (2) On any such sales under this section of wild animals, or carcasses or
17parts thereof, the warden or agent selling them shall issue to each purchaser a
18certificate, on forms to be prepared and furnished by the department, covering such
19sales. The wild animals, or carcasses or parts thereof, so purchased shall be
20consumed or otherwise disposed of by the purchaser within a period to be set by the
21department, but shall not be resold, bartered, or exchanged, in whole or in part, to
22any other person, except as provided in sub. (3).
SB356-SSA1, s. 11 23Section 11. 29.06 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,6,524 29.06 (3) Confiscated fish or game sold under this section to the keeper,
25manager, or steward of any restaurant, club, hotel, or boarding house may be served

1to the guests thereof; but in such case the certificate covering the purchase shall be
2hung in public view in the place where the fish or game is served, and such fish or
3game shall at the time of sale be tagged by the warden or agent selling it, such tag
4to show the date of sale and be returned to said warden or agent within 5 days
5thereafter.
SB356-SSA1, s. 12 6Section 12. 29.092 (9) (hg) of the statutes is repealed.
SB356-SSA1, s. 13 7Section 13. 29.092 (9) (hr) of the statutes is repealed.
SB356-SSA1, s. 14 8Section 14. 29.093 (9) (gm) of the statutes is repealed.
SB356-SSA1, s. 15 9Section 15. 29.093 (9) (gr) of the statutes is repealed.
SB356-SSA1, s. 16 10Section 16. 29.40 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,6,1211 29.40 (6) (title) Commercially raised Farm-raised deer. This section does not
12apply to commercially raised farm-raised deer, as defined in s. 95.25 (5m).
SB356-SSA1, s. 17 13Section 17. 29.42 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,6,1714 29.42 (4) (title) Commercially raised Farm-raised deer. This section does not
15permit the seizure by the department, or prohibit the possession or sale, of
16commercially raised farm-raised deer, as defined in s. 95.25 (5m), that are kept in
17compliance with this chapter
.
SB356-SSA1, s. 18 18Section 18. 29.425 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,6,2019 29.425 (4m) Applicability. This section does not apply to commercially raised
20farm-raised deer, as defined in s. 95.25 (5m).
SB356-SSA1, s. 19 21Section 19. 29.427 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,6,2522 29.427 (6) Destruction. A person may kill at any time a wild skunk which is
23a nuisance to activities authorized under s. 29.55, 29.572, 29.574, 29.575, 29.578,
2429.58
or 29.585. A person who kills an adult wild skunk with young shall attempt
25to kill the young skunks.
SB356-SSA1, s. 20
1Section 20. 29.43 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,7,42 29.43 (5) (b) Subsections (1) to (4) do not apply to the possession,
3transportation, delivery or receipt of commercially raised farm-raised deer, as
4defined in s. 95.25 (5m)
.
SB356-SSA1, s. 21 5Section 21. 29.44 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,7,86 29.44 (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to the possession, transportation,
7delivery or receipt of commercially raised farm-raised deer, as defined in s. 95.25
8(5m)
.
SB356-SSA1, s. 22 9Section 22. 29.45 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,7,1110 29.45 (6) This section does not apply to the transportation of commercially
11raised
farm-raised deer, as defined in s. 95.25 (5m).
SB356-SSA1, s. 23 12Section 23. 29.48 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,7,1413 29.48 (1m) Subsection (1) does not apply to commercially raised farm-raised
14deer, as defined in s. 95.25 (5m).
SB356-SSA1, s. 24 15Section 24. 29.49 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,7,1916 29.49 (1) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in ss. s. 29.52 and 29.581, no innkeeper,
17manager or steward of any restaurant, club, hotel, boarding house, tavern, logging
18camp or mining camp may sell, barter, serve or give, or cause to be sold, bartered,
19served or given to the guests or boarders thereof:
SB356-SSA1, s. 25 20Section 25. 29.49 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB356-SSA1,7,2221 29.49 (3) Exemption. This section does not apply to the meat from farm-raised
22deer.
SB356-SSA1, s. 26 23Section 26. 29.55 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB356-SSA1,7,2424 29.55 (2m) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to farm-raised deer.
SB356-SSA1, s. 27 25Section 27. 29.574 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,8,2
129.574 (1m) This section does not apply to commercially raised farm-raised
2deer, as defined in s. 95.25 (5m).
SB356-SSA1, s. 28 3Section 28. 29.578 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,8,64 29.578 (1m) This section does not apply to commercially raised deer, as defined
5in s. 95.25 (5m), or to commercial deer farms licensed under s. 29.58
of the genus
6dama, cervus or rangifer
.
SB356-SSA1, s. 29 7Section 29. 29.58 of the statutes is repealed.
SB356-SSA1, s. 30 8Section 30. 29.581 of the statutes is repealed.
SB356-SSA1, s. 31 9Section 31. 29.583 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,8,1310 29.583 (1) The department may seize and dispose of or may authorize the
11disposal of any deer that has escaped from land licensed under s. 29.574, or 29.578
12or 29.58 if the licensee has not had the deer returned to the land within 72 hours of
13the discovery of the escape.
SB356-SSA1, s. 32 14Section 32. 29.583 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB356-SSA1,8,1515 29.583 (3) This section does not apply to farm-raised deer.
SB356-SSA1, s. 33 16Section 33. 29.585 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,8,2117 29.585 (2) (a) The term In this section, "wild animal" as used in this section
18means any mammal, fish or bird of a wild nature as distinguished from domestic
19animals under the common law or under the Wisconsin statutes whether or not the
20mammal, fish or bird was bred or reared in captivity, but does not include deer of the
21genus dama, cervus or rangifer
.
SB356-SSA1, s. 34 22Section 34. 29.586 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
SB356-SSA1,8,2323 29.586 (4) This section does not apply to farm-raised deer.
SB356-SSA1, s. 35 24Section 35. 29.59 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,9,2
129.59 (1) (f) Notwithstanding s. 29.01 (14), "wild animal" means any
2undomesticated mammal or bird, but does not include farm-raised deer.
SB356-SSA1, s. 36 3Section 36. 29.598 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,9,74 29.598 (1) Definition. As used in In this section, "wildlife damage" means
5damage caused by wild deer that live in the wild, bear or geese to commercial
6seedings or crops on agricultural land, to orchard trees or nursery stock or to apiaries
7or livestock.
SB356-SSA1, s. 37 8Section 37. 29.645 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,9,12 929.645 Larceny of game. A person who, without permission of the owner,
10molests, disturbs or appropriates any wild animal or its carcass that has been
11lawfully reduced to possession by another shall forfeit not less than $1,000 nor more
12than $2,000. This section does not apply to farm-raised deer.
SB356-SSA1, s. 38 13Section 38. 29.99 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,9,2214 29.99 (15) In any prosecution under this section it is not necessary for the state
15to allege or prove that the animals were not commercially raised farm-raised deer
16or domesticated animals; that they were not taken for scientific purposes, or that
17they were taken or in possession or under control without a required approval. The
18person claiming that these animals were commercially raised farm-raised deer or
19domesticated animals, that they were taken for scientific purposes or that they were
20taken or in possession or under control under the required approval, has the burden
21of proving these facts. In this subsection, "commercially raised deer" has the
22meaning given in s. 95.25 (5m).
SB356-SSA1, s. 39 23Section 39. 90.20 of the statutes is created to read:
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