4 27.065 (10) (a) The special improvement bonds herein mentioned shall be equal
5liens against all lots, parts of lots or parcels of land against which special
6assessments have been made, without priority one over another, which liens shall
7take precedence of all other claims or liens thereon, except a lien under s. 292.31 (8)
8(i), 292.41 (6) (d) or 292.81, and when issued shall transfer to the holders thereof all
9the right, title and interest of such county in and to the assessment made on account
10of the improvement mentioned therein and the liens thereby created, with full power
11to enforce the collection thereof by foreclosure in the manner mortgages on real
12estate are foreclosed. The time of redemption therefrom shall be fixed by the court,
13and a copy of the bond foreclosed may be filed as a part of the judgment roll in said
14action in lieu of the original thereof.
15Section 960m. 29.01 (2s) of the statutes is created to read:
16 29.01 (2s) "Farm-raised fish" means a fish that is reared on a fish farm and
17that has not been introduced, stocked or planted into the wild or a fishing preserve
18or that has not escaped into the wild or a fishing preserve.
19Section 960n. 29.01 (2w) of the statutes is created to read:
20 29.01 (2w) "Fish farm" has the meaning given in s. 95.60 (1) (a), except that
21"fish farm" does not include a state or municipal fish hatchery.
22Section 960p. 29.01 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
23 29.01 (3) "Fishing" includes taking, capturing, killing, or fishing for fish of any
24variety in any manner but does not include taking, capturing, killing or fishing for

1farm-raised fish
. When the word "fish" is used as a verb, it shall have the same
2meaning as the word "fishing" as defined herein.
3Section 960q. 29.01 (3b) of the statutes is created to read:
4 29.01 (3b) "Fishing preserve" means a natural body of water that is part of a
5fish farm, that is surrounded by land that is owned or leased only by the persons
6owning the fish farm and in which fishing is permitted.
7Section 960r. 29.02 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
8 29.02 (3m) This section does not permit the seizure by the department, or
9prohibit the possession or sale, of farm-raised deer or farm-raised fish.
10Section 967m. 29.087 of the statutes is created to read:
1129.087 Agreements to retire licenses. (1) Beginning on the effective date
12of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], the department may not enter into any
13agreement to make payments to persons holding approvals issued under s. 29.134,
1429.135, 29.136, 29.137, 29.165, 29.166, 29.17, 29.33, 29.34, 29.343, 29.344, 29.36,
1529.37, 29.38, 29.52, 29.544, 29.547, 29.573, 29.574, 29.575, 29.578 or 29.585 in
16exchange for the retirement of the approval or for the temporary or permanent
17cessation of any activity authorized under the approval.
18(2) Notwithstanding sub. (1), an agreement entered into by the department
19before the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], to make
20payments to persons holding commercial fishing licenses in exchange for the
21retirement of the licenses or for the permanent or temporary cessation of commercial
22fishing shall remain valid except that no moneys may be expended from the
23conservation fund to make payments under the agreement.
24Section 967n. 29.087 (1) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act ....
25(this act), is amended to read:

129.087 (1) Beginning on the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts
2date], the department may not enter into any agreement to make payments to
3persons holding approvals issued under s. 29.134, 29.135, 29.136, 29.137, 29.165,
429.166, 29.17, 29.33, 29.34, 29.343, 29.344, 29.36, 29.37, 29.38, 29.52, 29.544, 29.547,
529.573, 29.574, 29.575, 29.578 or 29.585 in exchange for the retirement of the
6approval or for the temporary or permanent cessation of any activity authorized
7under the approval.
8Section 784. 29.09 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
9 29.09 (1m) Conditions and restrictions on licenses and other approvals. A
10hunting, trapping or fishing approval may be issued only to and obtained only by a
11natural person entitled to the approval. Except as provided under sub. (12) (a), a
12resident hunting, trapping or fishing approval may be issued only to a person who
13presents to the county clerk or issuing agent or the department definite proof of his
14or her identity and that he or she is a resident. No more than one of the same series
15of approval may be issued to the same person in any year. Except as provided under
16s. 29.33 (2) (d), no person may transfer his or her approval or permit the use of any
17approval by any other person and no person while hunting, trapping or fishing may
18use or carry any approval issued to another person. No Except as authorized by rules
19promulgated under sub. (3m) (a) 2., no
person may obtain a hunting, trapping or
20fishing approval for another person. No approval authorizing hunting may be issued
21to any person who is prohibited from obtaining this type of approval under s. 29.226
22or 29.227 (1) (c).
23Section 785. 29.09 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
24 29.09 (3) (a) Date; expiration. Each license or stamp issued under this chapter
25shall state for what period the license or stamp is effective and the date of expiration.

1Section 786. 29.09 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
2 29.09 (3m) Forms of approvals. (a) Department rules. The department shall
3promulgate rules regulating the issuance of approvals. The rules shall include all
4of the following:
5 1. The signature requirements, if any, for each type of approval.
6 2. The conditions, if any, under which a person may be issued an approval for
7another person.
8 3. The authorized forms for stamps, which may include facsimiles, and the
9methods of attaching stamps to or imprinting stamps on other approvals issued
10under this chapter.
11Section 787. 29.09 (3r) of the statutes is created to read:
12 29.09 (3r) Issuance of approvals by department and by agents. (a) In issuing
13approvals under this section, the department may do any of the following for each
14type of approval:
15 1. Directly issue the approvals.
16 2. Appoint, as an agent of the department, the clerk of one or more counties to
17issue the approvals.
18 3. Appoint persons who are not employes of the department to issue the
19approvals as agents of the department.
20 (b) The clerk of each county appointed under par. (a) 2. may accept the
21appointment.
22 (c) The department shall promulgate rules for each type of approval under this
23chapter that specify which persons appointed under par. (a) shall issue that type of
24approval.

1(d) The department may promulgate rules regulating the activities of persons
2appointed under par. (a) 2. and 3.
3Section 788. 29.09 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
4 29.09 (4) Duplicates. If any license, permit, certificate or card is lost, the
5person to whom the license, permit, certificate or card was issued may apply to the
6department for a duplicate, submitting an affidavit proving loss. The department
7may accept information in a form other than an affidavit.
The department shall
8make an inquiry and investigation as it deems necessary. If the department is
9satisfied that the facts are as stated in the affidavit loss has been proven, the
10department may issue a duplicate license, permit, certificate or card to the applicant.
11Back tags and other tags issued with a license, permit, certificate or card are parts
12of the license, permit, certificate or card and loss of any part is deemed to be loss of
13the entire license, permit, certificate or card. Upon applying for a duplicate approval
14license, permit, certificate or card, the applicant shall surrender all parts of the
15original approval remaining in his or her possession to the department. No duplicate
16stamp may be issued and if a stamp is lost, the person to whom it was issued is
17required to apply and pay the regular fee in order to receive a new stamp.
18Section 789. 29.09 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 29.09 (3m) (b) and
19amended to read:
20 29.09 (3m) (b) Blanks. The department shall prepare, procure the printing of
21and supply all necessary blanks for approvals issued under this chapter and related
22applications. Approval blanks and applications may be numbered consecutively, at
23the time of printing, in a separate series for each kind of approval. Each license blank
24shall be provided with a corresponding stub numbered with the serial number of the
25license. Each requisition for the printing of approval blanks shall specify any serial

1numbers to be printed on the blanks. The department or a county clerk may issue
2approvals only on blanks supplied by the department
for approvals.
3Section 790. 29.09 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
4Section 791. 29.09 (7) of the statutes is repealed.
5Section 792. 29.09 (7m) of the statutes is repealed.
6Section 793. 29.09 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
7 29.09 (8) Record of approvals issued. The department shall keep a complete
8record of all approvals issued. The department is accountable for all unused
9approval blanks.
10Section 794. 29.09 (8m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
11 29.09 (8m) (b) A person holding a current fishing license issued under this
12chapter
and a trolling permit or a permit issued under sub. (9) (c) 1. may fish or troll
13in the waters of this state using an electric motor with no more than 36 pounds of
14thrust, notwithstanding any ordinances enacted under s. 30.77 (3) that prohibit the
15use of motor boats on navigable waters.
17Section 795. 29.09 (9m) (a) 9. of the statutes is created to read:
18 29.09 (9m) (a) 9. Sturgeon fishing permit.
19Section 796. 29.09 (9r) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
20 29.09 (9r) (c) Any fees collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the
21conservation fund and credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (1) (Lu)
22(9) (hu).
23Section 797. 29.09 (10) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
24 29.09 (10) (a) Collection of issuing fee. A person authorized to issue Any person,
25including the department ,who issues
any license or stamp prescribed by under this

1chapter shall collect, in addition to the statutory license or stamp fee, an issuing fee
2for each license and each stamp the person issued. A person appointed under sub.
3(3r) (a) 2. or 3. may retain the amounts specified in par. (c)
to compensate for services
4in issuing the license or stamp.
5Section 798. 29.09 (10) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
6 29.09 (10) (c) (title) Nonpublic issuing Issuing agents. Deputies A person
7appointed by county clerks, other than county employes, and deputies appointed by
8the department, other than state employes, are entitled to
under sub. (3r) (a) 2. or
93. may
retain 50 cents of each issuing fee for licenses and 15 cents of each issuing fee
10for stamps.
11Section 799. 29.09 (11) of the statutes is repealed.
12Section 800. 29.09 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
13 29.09 (12) (a) Certain resident licenses may be issued to students and members
14of the armed forces.
Notwithstanding sub. (1m) and s. 29.14 (1) (a), the department
15and the county clerk of each county shall issue a resident fishing license, resident
16small game hunting license or resident deer hunting license to a qualified student
17or qualified member of the armed forces applying for the license. A qualified student
18is a person who exhibits proof that he or she is a registered full-time undergraduate
19student in residence at a public or private college or university located in this state
20and offering a bachelor's degree or that he or she is a citizen of a foreign country
21temporarily residing in this state while attending a high school located in this state
22or an agricultural short course at the university of Wisconsin system. A qualified
23member of the armed forces is a person who exhibits proof that he or she is in active
24service with the U.S. armed forces and that he or she is stationed in this state.
25Section 801. 29.09 (12) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

129.09 (12) (b) Resident armed forces fishing license. An annual fishing license
2shall be issued by the department or a county clerk to any member of the U.S. armed
3forces applying for this license who exhibits proof that he or she is in active service
4with the armed forces and that he or she is a resident on furlough or leave.
5Section 802. 29.09 (12) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
6 29.09 (12) (c) Resident armed forces small game hunting license. A small game
7hunting license shall be issued by the department or by a county clerk to any member
8of the U.S. armed forces applying for this license who exhibits proof that he or she
9is in active service with the armed forces and that he or she is a resident on furlough
10or leave.
11Section 803. 29.09 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
12 29.09 (13) Stamps; artwork. The department shall may design and produce
13waterfowl hunting stamps, pheasant hunting stamps, wild turkey hunting stamps,
14inland waters trout stamps and Great Lakes trout and salmon stamps. The
15department may select artwork for stamps through a contest or otherwise may
16acquire original artwork for stamps.
17Section 804. 29.092 (3r) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
18 29.092 (3r) (b) All moneys collected under par. (a) shall be deposited into the
19account under s. 20.370 (1) (is) (3) (is).
20Section 996m. 29.092 (8) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
21 29.092 (8) (title) Bait dealer and fish hatchery licenses.
22Section 996n. 29.092 (8) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
23Section 996p. 29.092 (8) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
24Section 996q. 29.092 (8) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
25Section 996r. 29.092 (8) (f) of the statutes is repealed.

1Section 805. 29.092 (13m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
2 29.092 (13m) (a) The processing fee for an application for a hunter's choice deer
3hunting permit, a bonus deer hunting permit, a wild turkey hunting license, a
4Canada goose hunting permit, a sharp-tailed grouse hunting permit, a bobcat
5hunting and trapping permit, an otter trapping permit or , a fisher trapping permit
6or a sturgeon fishing permit is $2.75.
7Section 806. 29.092 (16) of the statutes is amended to read:
8 29.092 (16) Fees held in trust. All fees collected under this section for
9approvals issued under this chapter that are required to be remitted to the
10department
shall be held in trust for the state. Any person who collects, possesses
11or manages fees for approvals acts in a fiduciary capacity for the state.
12Section 1000g. 29.093 (8) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
13 29.093 (8) (title) Bait dealer and fish hatchery licenses.
14Section 1000h. 29.093 (8) (a) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
15Section 1000i. 29.093 (8) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 29.093 (8).
16Section 1000j. 29.093 (8) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
17Section 807. 29.095 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
18 29.095 (2) A senior citizen recreation card entitles the holder to exercise all of
19the combined rights and privileges conferred by a resident small game hunting
20license, a wild turkey hunting license, a wild turkey hunting stamp and a resident
21fishing license, subject to all duties, conditions, limitations and restrictions
22prescribed under this chapter and by department order. The card permits any A
23person may operate any
vehicle, except a motor bus, as defined in s. 340.01 (31),
24having a card holder as an occupant to enter in any vehicle admission area under s.
2527.01 (7) without having an admission sticker receipt affixed to it the vehicle or

1otherwise displayed
and without paying a fee if the vehicle has as an occupant a card
2holder who can present the card upon demand in the vehicle admission area
. The
3card permits a card holder to enter Heritage Hill state park or a state trail without
4paying an admission fee.
5Section 808. 29.10 of the statutes is amended to read:
629.10 Resident small game hunting license. A resident small game
7hunting license shall be issued subject to s. 29.09 by the department or by a county
8clerk
to any resident applying for this license. The resident small game hunting
9license does not authorize the hunting of bear, deer or wild turkey.
10Section 809. 29.102 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
11 29.102 (1) (a) Requirement. Except as provided under par. (c), no person may
12hunt waterfowl unless he or she is issued a conservation patron license or unless he
13or she is issued a waterfowl hunting stamp which is affixed by the stamp's adhesive
14to
, in the manner required by the rule promulgated under s. 29.09 (3m) (a) 3., is
15attached to or imprinted on
the person's hunting license which authorizes the
16hunting of small game or to the person's sports license.
17Section 810. 29.102 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
18 29.102 (1) (b) Issuance. The waterfowl hunting stamp shall be issued by the
19department and its agents and by county clerks subject to s. 29.09. The waterfowl
20hunting stamp shall be designed and produced by the department as provided under
21s. 29.09 (13).
22Section 811. 29.1025 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
23 29.1025 (1) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) to (d), no person may hunt
24pheasant unless he or she has a valid conservation patron license, or has a valid
25pheasant hunting stamp affixed by the stamp's adhesive to which, in the manner

1required by the rule promulgated under s. 29.09 (3m) (a) 3., is attached to or
2imprinted on
the person's hunting license which authorizes the hunting of small
3game or to the person's sports license.
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