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11. The person has a permit issued by the department.
AB100-ASA1,523,42 2. The person is in compliance with the applicable requirements under s. 95.60
3(2) and (3) or the fish are acquired from a person who is in compliance with the
4applicable requirements.
AB100-ASA1,523,65 (b) A person applying for a permit under this section shall submit a written
6application to the department.
AB100-ASA1,523,87 (c) This subsection does not apply to introduction, stocking or planting of fish
8by the department.
AB100-ASA1,523,12 9(3) (a) The department may not introduce, stock or plant any fish in the waters
10of the state unless the department is in compliance with the health certificate
11requirements under s. 95.60 (2) and (3) or the fish are acquired from a person who
12is in compliance with the applicable requirements under s. 95.60 (2) and (3).
AB100-ASA1,523,14 13(4) For the purposes of issuing permits under this section and for introducing,
14stocking or planting of fish by the department, the department:
AB100-ASA1,523,1715 (a) Shall accept the certification performed under s. 95.60 (3) concerning the
16health of the fish and may not require that any additional testing, inspection or
17investigation be performed concerning the health of the fish.
AB100-ASA1,523,1918 (b) May regulate the species of fish, the number of fish and the sites where the
19fish will be introduced, planted or stocked.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1124g 20Section 1124g. 29.535 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,523,21 2129.535 (title) Introduction of wild animals other than fish.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1124h 22Section 1124h. 29.535 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,523,2523 29.535 (1) (a) 1. Importing into the state any fish, spawn or any other wild
24animal other than fish or their eggs for the purpose of introducing, stocking or
25planting that fish, spawn or wild animal.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1124i
1Section 1124i. 29.535 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,524,32 29.535 (1) (a) 2. Introducing, stocking or planting any fish, spawn or other wild
3animal other than fish or their eggs.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1124j 4Section 1124j. 29.535 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,524,75 29.535 (1) (c) Permits for introducing, stocking or planting under par. (a) 2.
6shall be issued by the department only after investigation and inspection of the fish,
7spawn or other
wild animals as the department determines necessary.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1124k 8Section 1124k. 29.535 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1124L 9Section 1124L. 29.535 (1) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1124m 10Section 1124m. 29.535 (1) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 29.51 (3m) and
11amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,524,1512 29.51 (3m) (title) Destruction of fish eggs or fish. The department may seize
13or destroy, or both, any fish or spawn thereof fish eggs that are in the waters of the
14state and that are
found to be infected with any disease organisms as are designated
15by the department.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1124n 16Section 1124n. 29.535 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,524,1917 29.535 (2) (a) Importing into the state any fish, spawn or any other wild animal
18other than fish or their eggs for the purpose of introducing, stocking or planting that
19fish, spawn or wild animal.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1124p 20Section 1124p. 29.535 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,524,2221 29.535 (2) (b) Introducing, stocking or planting any fish, spawn or other wild
22animal other than fish or their eggs.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1124q 23Section 1124q. 29.535 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 29.53 (5) and amended
24to read:
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129.53 (5) This The requirement of being issued a permit under this section shall
2not apply to civic organizations, organizations operating newspapers or television
3stations or promoters of sport shows when and in connection with publicly showing
4or exhibiting or giving demonstrations with brook, brown or rainbow trout for
5periods of not to exceed 10 days. Brook, brown or rainbow trout used for such
6purposes shall be obtained only from resident Class A or Class B private fish
7hatchery operators licensed under s. 29.52 (4). Such private fish hatchery operators
8persons who are in compliance with s. 95.60 (2) and (3). A person introducing,
9stocking or planting trout or their eggs under this subsection
shall keep a record of
10all brook, brown or rainbow the number and type of all trout introduced in,stocked
11or planted,
or delivered for introduction, stocking or planting, in any public waters
12of the state and shall make a report of such introduction or delivery for such
13introduction
of these records to the department on or before December 31 of each year
14on forms furnished by the department.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1124t 15Section 1124t. 29.536 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,525,1816 29.536 (5) Any fish or fish eggs brought into this state that will be stocked in
17a municipal fish hatchery are subject to the permitting and certificate requirements
18under s. 95.60 (2) and (3).
AB100-ASA1, s. 1126e 19Section 1126e. 29.55 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,525,2120 29.55 (2m) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to farm-raised deer or
21farm-raised fish
.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1126m 22Section 1126m. 29.572 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,526,223 29.572 (1) No person shall cause, authorize or permit any lands or waters to
24be posted with signs of any kind indicating that such lands or waters are licensed

1under s. 29.52 or ss. 29.573 to 29.578 unless such lands and waters are in fact so
2licensed.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1138m 3Section 1138m. 29.585 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,526,84 29.585 (2) (a) In this section, "wild animal" means any mammal, fish or bird
5of a wild nature as distinguished from domestic animals under the common law or
6under the statutes whether or not the mammal, fish or bird was bred or reared in
7captivity, but does not include deer of the genus dama, cervus or rangifer or
8farm-raised fish
.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1139e 9Section 1139e. 29.59 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,526,1210 29.59 (1) (f) Notwithstanding s. 29.01 (14), "wild animal" means any
11undomesticated mammal or bird, but does not include farm-raised deer or
12farm-raised fish
.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1139g 13Section 1139g. 29.59 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,526,2014 29.59 (5) (a) The department may refuse to investigate under sub. (3) (a) if the
15person making the complaint refuses to participate in any available accept or
16implement any
wildlife damage abatement program administered measures offered
17by the department
under s. 29.598 (4) or refuses to follow other reasonable
18abatement measures recommended by the department or by the county in which the
19property is located if the county participates in a wildlife damage abatement
20program
.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1139m 21Section 1139m. 29.59 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,527,222 29.59 (5) (b) Before taking action under sub. (3) (b) or (4), the department may
23require the person making the complaint to participate in accept or implement any
24available wildlife damage abatement program administered measures offered by the

1department
under s. 29.598 (4) or to follow other reasonable abatement measures
2recommended by the department.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1139r 3Section 1139r. 29.598 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB100-ASA1,527,7 429.598 Wildlife damage claim and abatement program. (1) Definition.
5In this section, "wildlife damage" means damage caused to crops on agricultural
6land, including seedings, orchard trees and nursery stock, to apiaries or to livestock
7by any of the following noncaptive wild animals:
AB100-ASA1,527,88 (a) Deer.
AB100-ASA1,527,99 (b) Bear.
AB100-ASA1,527,1010 (c) Geese.
AB100-ASA1,527,1111 (d) Turkey.
AB100-ASA1,527,1212 (e) Sandhill crane.
AB100-ASA1,527,1313 (f) Coyote.
AB100-ASA1,527,15 14(2) Department powers and duties. (a) Administration. The department shall
15administer the wildlife damage claim and abatement program.
AB100-ASA1,527,1916 (b) Rules. To maximize the cost-effectiveness of the wildlife damage claim and
17abatement program, the department shall promulgate rules to establish eligibility
18requirements and funding requirements. The department shall also promulgate
19rules to establish all of the following:
AB100-ASA1,527,2120 1. Authorized wildlife damage abatement measures and methods for
21implementing and paying for these abatement measures.
AB100-ASA1,527,2222 2. Claim and application forms and procedures.
AB100-ASA1,527,2323 3. Procedures and standards for damage estimates.
AB100-ASA1,527,2424 4. A methodology for proration of payments for wildlife damage claims.
AB100-ASA1,527,2525 5. Procedures for record keeping, audits and inspections.
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1(c) Rules; certification of wildlife damage estimators. The department shall
2establish and maintain a system for certifying wildlife damage estimators. The
3department shall establish training requirements and qualifications for wildlife
4damage estimators and shall provide or certify educational programs for this
5purpose.
AB100-ASA1,528,8 6(3) Wildlife damage claims. (a) Persons eligible. An owner or lessee of land,
7a person who controls land or an owner of an apiary or livestock may submit a wildlife
8damage claim.
AB100-ASA1,528,99 (b) Claim requirements. A claimant under par. (a) shall do all of the following:
AB100-ASA1,528,1010 1. Submit the claim on a claim form approved by the department.
AB100-ASA1,528,1411 2. Obtain from a wildlife damage estimator certified under sub. (2) (c) an
12estimate of the wildlife damage and a certification as to whether the damaged crops,
13apiary or livestock were managed in accordance with normal agricultural practices
14and submit the certification and estimate with the claim form.
AB100-ASA1,528,16 15(c) Eligibility requirements. The department shall approve a wildlife damage
16claim if it finds all of the following:
AB100-ASA1,528,18 171. That the wildlife damage estimator certifies that the crops, apiary or
18livestock were managed in accordance with normal agricultural practices.
AB100-ASA1,528,20 192. That the form, contents and timing of the claim comply with the
20requirements of this section and rules promulgated under this section.
AB100-ASA1,528,2221 3. That the claim was filed within 14 days after the time that the wildlife
22damage first occurred.
AB100-ASA1,528,24 234. That the claimant agrees to accept any wildlife damage abatement measures
24offered by the department under sub. (4) (c).
AB100-ASA1,529,4
1(d) Payment of claims. 1. The department shall pay wildlife damage claims
2based on the amount claimed if the claim meets all of the requirements of par. (c).
3The amount paid for a wildlife damage claim shall be 80% of the amount claimed and
4the maximum amount of any claim shall be $25,000.
AB100-ASA1,529,6 52. The department shall pay wildlife damage claims no later than June 1 of the
6calendar year after the claim is submitted.
AB100-ASA1,529,107 (e) Proration. For a given fiscal year, if the total amount remaining under the
8appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (fq) after making the payments required under sub.
9(4) is insufficient to pay the total amount payable in wildlife damage claims under
10par. (d), the department shall prorate the payments for the damage claims.
AB100-ASA1,529,13 11(4) Wildlife damage abatement. (a) Persons eligible. An owner or lessee of
12land, a person who controls land or an apiary or livestock owner is eligible for wildlife
13damage abatement assistance under this subsection.
AB100-ASA1,529,1614 (b) Abatement requests. A person who is eligible under par. (a) may request that
15the department approve wildlife damage abatement measures and may apply for
16funding for the approved measures.
AB100-ASA1,529,19 17(c) Abatement for wildlife damage claims. 1. The department may offer wildlife
18damage abatement measures to any person who is eligible under par. (a) as a
19condition for receiving a claim payment under sub. (3).
AB100-ASA1,529,2320 2. If a person refuses to accept the wildlife damage abatement measures offered
21by the department under subd. 1., the person may not receive a claim payment under
22sub. (3) for the land, apiaries or livestock that would have been subject to the
23abatement measures.
AB100-ASA1,530,324 (d) Payment. The department may offer or approve only those wildlife damage
25abatement measures that are cost-effective in relation to the wildlife damage claim

1payments that would be paid if the wildlife damage abatement measures are not
2implemented. The department shall provide funding for the entire cost of any
3wildlife damage abatement measures implemented under this subsection.
AB100-ASA1,530,15 4(5) Land required to be open to hunting; penalties. (a) Requirements. A
5person who receives wildlife damage abatement assistance or wildlife damage claim
6payments and any other person who owns, leases or controls the land where the
7wildlife damage occurred shall permit hunting of the wild animals causing the
8wildlife damage on that land and on contiguous land under the same ownership,
9lease or control. In order to satisfy the requirement to permit hunting under this
10subsection, the land shall be open to hunting during the appropriate open season.
11The department, shall determine the acreage of land suitable for hunting. This
12subsection does not prohibit a person who owns, leases or occupies land on which
13wildlife damage occurs and who does not have the authority to control entry on the
14land for the purposes of hunting from receiving wildlife damage abatement
15assistance or wildlife damage claim payments.
AB100-ASA1,530,1716 (b) Penalties. If any person who is required to permit hunting on land as
17required under par. (a) fails to do so, the person is liable for all of the following:
AB100-ASA1,530,1818 1. Repayment of any money paid for a wildlife damage claim.
AB100-ASA1,530,2019 2. Payment of the cost of any abatement funding or measures paid for by the
20department under this section.
AB100-ASA1,530,2321 3. Payment of the costs to the department for reviewing and approving the
22wildlife damage claim or abatement measure or abatement funding and the costs to
23the department in investigating the failure to permit hunting on the land.
AB100-ASA1,531,6 24(6) Amount of funding. In each fiscal year, the department shall submit to the
25joint committee on finance a proposal for the amount of funds to be expended under

1the wildlife damage claim and abatement program. The department may not expend
2any moneys in any fiscal year for the program until the joint committee on finance
3has approved the proposal for that fiscal year. The department may request the joint
4committee on finance to amend the amount of any expenditure approved under this
5subsection for a fiscal year and the committee may thereafter approve a revised
6amount for expenditure in that fiscal year.
AB100-ASA1,531,10 7(7) Review. The department's determination of the amount of wildlife damage,
8the amount of a wildlife damage claim or the requirements for and funding of wildlife
9damage abatement measures shall be treated as final decisions for purposes of
10review.
AB100-ASA1,531,14 11(8) Records; entry to land. (a) Records. A person receiving wildlife damage
12abatement assistance or wildlife damage claim payments and a wildlife damage
13estimator shall retain all records as required by the department and make them
14available to the department for inspection at reasonable times.
AB100-ASA1,531,1715 (b) Entry to land. The department may enter and inspect, at reasonable times,
16any land for which a wildlife damage claim has been submitted or for which wildlife
17damage abatement measures have been implemented.
AB100-ASA1,531,22 18(c) Responsibilities. No person may refuse entry or access to or withhold
19records from the department under this subsection. No person may obstruct or
20interfere with an inspection by the department. The department, if requested, shall
21furnish to the person a report setting forth all of the factual findings by the
22department that relate to the inspection.
AB100-ASA1,532,4 23(9) Audits. The department shall conduct random audits of claims paid and
24abatement measures offered or approved under this section. The department shall
25conduct audits of all claims submitted by and payments made under sub. (3) to

1department employes or wildlife damage estimators certified under sub. (2) (c) and
2of all abatement measures for the benefit of crops, livestock or apiaries owned or
3controlled by these employes or damage estimators for which funding was provided
4under sub. (4).
AB100-ASA1,532,11 5(10) Negligence; fraud; penalties. (a) Joint and several liability. For a given
6claim or request for wildlife damage claim payments or abatement funding under the
7wildlife damage claim and abatement program, if the person filing the claim or
8requesting the funding or the wildlife damage estimator negligently makes, or
9causes to be made, a false statement or representation of a material fact in making
10the claim or request, the person and the wildlife damage estimator are jointly and
11severally liable for all of the following:
AB100-ASA1,532,1212 1. Repayment of any money paid to the person filing the claim.
AB100-ASA1,532,1413 2. Payment of the cost of any abatement funding or measures paid for by the
14department under this section.
AB100-ASA1,532,1815 3. Payment of the costs to the department for reviewing and approving the
16wildlife damage claim or abatement measure or abatement funding and the costs to
17the department in investigating and determining whether a false statement or
18representation was made.
AB100-ASA1,532,2119 (b) Fraud. No person may knowingly make or cause to be made any false
20statement or representation of material fact under the wildlife damage claim and
21abatement program.
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