AB133-ASA1, s. 723 24Section 723. 29.024 (6) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
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129.024 (6) (am) In reserving deer hunting back tag numbers, the department
2may do any of the following:
AB133-ASA1,474,33 1. Directly reserve the numbers.
AB133-ASA1,474,54 2. Appoint, as an agent of the department, the clerk of one or more counties to
5reserve the numbers.
AB133-ASA1,474,76 3. Appoint, as agents of the department, persons who are not employes of the
7department to reserve the numbers.
AB133-ASA1, s. 724 8Section 724. 29.024 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,474,109 29.024 (6) (b) The clerk of each county appointed under par. (a) 2. or (am) 2. may
10accept the appointment.
AB133-ASA1, s. 725 11Section 725. 29.024 (6) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,474,1312 29.024 (6) (d) The department may promulgate rules regulating the activities
13of persons appointed under par. pars. (a) 2. and, 3. and 4. and (am) 2. and 3.
AB133-ASA1, s. 725g 14Section 725g. 29.164 (3) (ci) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,474,2315 29.164 (3) (ci) Fourth preference. The department shall create a 4th preference
16category in issuing wild turkey hunting licenses to applicants who are qualified
17nonresident landowners. For purposes of this paragraph, a qualified nonresident
18landowner is a person who is not a resident and who owns at least 50 acres in one
19parcel in an established wild turkey hunting zone and who agrees to allow other
20persons to hunt wild turkeys on that land if those persons first obtain permission to
21hunt from the landowner. If more than one individual is the landowner of a single
22parcel of land, only one individual may be considered a qualified nonresident
23landowner.
AB133-ASA1, s. 725r 24Section 725r. 29.164 (3) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
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129.164 (3) (cm) Fourth Fifth preference. The department shall create a 4th 5th
2preference category in issuing wild turkey hunting licenses to all other nonresident
3applicants who are not resident applicants.
AB133-ASA1, s. 726 4Section 726. 29.181 (2m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,475,105 29.181 (2m) Resident farm owner. (intro.) If the department determines that
6for a deer management area the number of available bonus deer hunting permits for
7a single season will exceed the number of applications submitted, the department
8may authorize by rule the issuance of one or more bonus deer hunting permits to a
9resident without the resident having to pay any fee, including any processing or
10issuing
fee, if the resident meets all of the following requirements:
AB133-ASA1, s. 726c 11Section 726c. 29.184 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 29.184 (2).
AB133-ASA1, s. 726e 12Section 726e. 29.184 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB133-ASA1, s. 726j 13Section 726j. 29.184 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,476,514 29.184 (6) (b) Cumulative preference system; random selection. If the number
15of qualified applications for Class A bear licenses exceeds the number of available
16licenses, the department shall select applicants to be issued Class A bear licenses
17based upon a cumulative preference system. This system shall establish preference
18categories for those applicants who applied for but who were not issued Class A bear
19licenses or bear harvest permits under s. 29.1085 (3) (b), 1993 stats., in the previous
20season, with higher priority given to those categories with more preference points
21than those with fewer preference points. For each season, the department shall
22allow each applicant under the system to apply for a preference point or for a license.
23The department shall give a preference point to each applicant who applies for a
24given season and preference point and to each applicant who applies for a license but
25who is not selected or who is selected but declines to pay the required fee for a Class A

1bear license
. Applicants who fail to apply for either a preference point or a license
2at least once during any 3 consecutive years shall lose all previously accumulated
3preference points. If the number of applicants within a preference category exceeds
4the number of Class A bear licenses available in the category, the department shall
5select at random the applicants to be issued licenses within the preference category.
AB133-ASA1, s. 726k 6Section 726k. 29.184 (6) (c) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,476,77 29.184 (6) (c) (title) Notification, issuance; payment fees.
AB133-ASA1, s. 726L 8Section 726L. 29.184 (6) (c) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 29.184 (6) (c) 1r.
9and amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,476,1310 29.184 (6) (c) 1r. The department shall issue a notice of approval to those
11qualified applicants selected to receive a Class A bear license. A person who receives
12a notice of approval and who pays the required fee fees required for the license shall
13be issued the license subject to s. 29.09 (11m) 29.024 (2g).
AB133-ASA1, s. 726n 14Section 726n. 29.184 (6) (c) 1g. of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,476,1615 29.184 (6) (c) 1g. A person who applies for a preference point or a license under
16par. (a) shall pay the processing fee under s. 29.553 at the time of application.
AB133-ASA1, s. 726p 17Section 726p. 29.184 (6) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,476,1918 29.184 (6) (c) 2. A Class B bear license shall be issued subject to s. 29.024 (11m)
19(2g) by the department to any resident who applies for this license.
AB133-ASA1, s. 727 20Section 727. 29.184 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,476,2321 29.184 (9) (a) The department shall issue a back tag to each person who is
22issued a Class A bear license, and the department or county clerk shall issue a back
23tag to each person who is issued
or a Class B bear license.
AB133-ASA1, s. 728 24Section 728. 29.229 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
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129.229 (4) (f) Sections 29.024 (3), (4) (b), (5) (b), (7), (8) and (9), 29.559 (2) and
2(3)
and 29.564 do not apply to any approval that may be issued under this section.
AB133-ASA1, s. 729 3Section 729. 29.2295 (4) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,477,54 29.2295 (4) (c) 1. The department shall make the payments under this
5subsection from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (9) (hk).
AB133-ASA1,477,86 2. If the amount appropriated under s. 20.370 (9) (hk) is insufficient to make
7all of the payments under this subsection, the department shall make the remaining
8payments from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (9) (ht).
AB133-ASA1, s. 730f 9Section 730f. 29.319 of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,477,11 1029.319 Falconry regulation. (1) In regulating falconry and the taking of
11raptors for use in falconry, the department may do any of the following:
AB133-ASA1,477,1312 (a) Establish by rule a fee for any approval that it issues as part of this
13regulation.
AB133-ASA1,477,1514 (b) Allow persons who are not residents to take raptors from the wild to be used
15for falconry, but only if all of the following apply:
AB133-ASA1,477,1716 1. The person holds an approval, issued by the department, that authorizes the
17taking of raptors for use in falconry.
AB133-ASA1,477,1918 2. The person holds an approval, issued by the state, province or country of
19which he or she is a resident, that authorizes the taking of raptors for use in falconry.
AB133-ASA1,477,2120 3. The state, province or country of which the person is a resident allows
21residents of this state to take raptors from the wild in that state, province or country.
AB133-ASA1,477,24 22(2) Any fees collected by the department under this section shall be deposited
23in the conservation fund to be used for department activities relating to fish and
24wildlife.
AB133-ASA1, s. 730m 25Section 730m. 29.347 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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129.347 (2) Deer tags. Except as provided under sub. (5) and s. 29.324 (3), any
2person who kills a deer shall immediately attach to the ear or antler of the deer a
3current validated deer carcass tag which is authorized for use on the type of deer
4killed. Except as provided under sub. (2m) or s. 29.871 (7), (8) or (14) or 29.89 (6), no
5person may possess, control, store or transport a deer carcass unless it is tagged as
6required under this subsection. The carcass tag may not be removed before
7registration. The removal of a carcass tag from a deer before registration renders the
8deer untagged.
AB133-ASA1, s. 732 9Section 732. 29.506 (7m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,478,1310 29.506 (7m) (a) The department shall issue a taxidermy school permit to a
11person who applies for the permit; who, on August 15, 1991, holds a valid taxidermist
12permit issued under this section; and who, on August 15, 1991, operates a taxidermy
13school approved by the educational approval board under s. 39.51 45.54.
AB133-ASA1, s. 733 14Section 733. 29.556 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 29.556 (1m) and
15amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,478,1916 29.556 (1m) In addition to any other fee imposed under s. 29.563, the
17department may collect a handling fee for the approvals that the department itself
18issues
to cover long-distance handling costs and in-person credit transaction costs
19incurred in issuing approvals
.
AB133-ASA1, s. 733d 20Section 733d. 29.556 (1b) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,478,2321 29.556 (1b) (a) "In -person credit transaction costs" means the costs associated
22with issuing approvals that are applied for and issued in person and that are paid
23for by using a credit card.
AB133-ASA1, s. 734 24Section 734. 29.556 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 29.556 (2) (a) and
25amended to read:
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129.556 (2) (a) If the department collects a handling fee under sub. (1) (1m), it
2shall promulgate rules to designate do all of the following:
AB133-ASA1,479,3 31. Designate the approvals to which the fee applies and to establish.
AB133-ASA1,479,4 42. Establish the amounts amount of the fee. The
AB133-ASA1,479,7 5(c) A handling fee may not be more than the amounts necessary to cover the
6long-distance handling costs or the in-person credit transaction costs of issuing the
7approvals.
AB133-ASA1,479,8 8(1b) In this paragraph, "handling section:
AB133-ASA1,479,12 9(b) "Long-distance handling costs" includes means the costs associated with
10paying for approvals that are requested by mail, telephone or electronic means and
11includes credit transaction fees, mailing costs and personnel costs that are necessary
12to process the a credit transaction.
AB133-ASA1, s. 735b 13Section 735b. 29.556 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,479,1614 29.556 (2) (b) 1. The department may collect long-distance handling costs and
15in-person credit transaction costs for the approvals that the department itself
16issues.
AB133-ASA1,479,1917 2. The department may allow a person with whom it has contracted under s.
1829.024 (6) (a) 4. to collect handling fees that cover long-distance handling costs. The
19department may allow the person to retain all or a portion of each handling fee.
AB133-ASA1,479,2220 3. The department may allow an agent who is appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (a)
212. or 3. to collect handling fees that cover in-person credit transaction costs. The
22department may allow the agent to retain all or a portion of each handling fee.
AB133-ASA1, s. 736 23Section 736. 29.556 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,479,2524 29.556 (3) Any fees collected under this section by the department shall be
25credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
AB133-ASA1, s. 737
1Section 737. 29.559 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,480,82 29.559 (1) Collection of issuing fee. Any person, including the department,
3who issues any license or stamp under this chapter shall collect, in addition to the
4statutory license or stamp fee, an issuing fee for each license and each stamp the
5person issued. A person appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2. or, 3. or 4. may retain
6the amounts specified in sub. (3) 50 cents of each issuing fee for each license and 15
7cents for each issuing fee of each stamp
to compensate for services in issuing the
8license or stamp.
AB133-ASA1, s. 738 9Section 738. 29.559 (1r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,480,1410 29.559 (1r) Collection of issuing fee for bonus deer hunting permits. (a)
11Any person, including the department, who issues a bonus deer hunting permit shall
12collect, in addition to the statutory permit fee, an issuing fee for each permit. A
13person appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2., 3. or 4. may retain 50 cents of each issuing
14fee for each permit to compensate for services in issuing the permit.
AB133-ASA1,480,1715 (b) The issuing fees received by the department for bonus deer hunting permits
16under this section shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (5)
17(fq).
AB133-ASA1, s. 739 18Section 739. 29.559 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB133-ASA1, s. 740 19Section 740. 29.561 of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,481,2 2029.561 Back tag number reservation fee. (1) Collection of fee. The
21department shall establish a system under which the department shall reserve a
22deer hunting back tag number for a person who pays a reservation fee. The
23department may limit the number of back tag numbers that may be reserved under
24this system. Upon payment of the fee each year, the department shall issue the same
25back tag number to that person. Any person, including the department, who reserves

1a back tag number shall collect, in addition to each reservation fee, an issuing fee of
250 cents.
AB133-ASA1,481,6 3(2) Handling and retention of fees. An issuing fee collected by any employe
4of the department under this section shall be remitted to the department. An issuing
5fee collected by a person appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (am) 2. or 3. may retain the
6issuing fee to compensate for services in making the reservation.
AB133-ASA1, s. 753 7Section 753. 29.563 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,481,88 29.563 (2) (c) 1. Bonus deer: $12 $11.25.
AB133-ASA1, s. 754 9Section 754. 29.563 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,481,1010 29.563 (2) (d) Nonresident permit. Bonus deer: $20 $19.25.
AB133-ASA1, s. 767 11Section 767. 29.563 (9) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,481,1212 29.563 (9) (a) 2. Pheasant and quail farm: $20 $100.
AB133-ASA1, s. 768 13Section 768. 29.563 (9) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,481,1414 29.563 (9) (a) 3. Game bird and animal farm: $10 $25.
AB133-ASA1, s. 769 15Section 769. 29.563 (9) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,481,1616 29.563 (9) (a) 5. Deer farm: $25 $100.
AB133-ASA1, s. 770 17Section 770. 29.563 (9) (a) 10. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,481,1818 29.563 (9) (a) 10. Wildlife exhibit: $10 $25.
AB133-ASA1, s. 771 19Section 771. 29.563 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,481,2120 29.563 (9) (b) Late fee. For a license for a pheasant and quail farm, game bird
21and animal farm or fur animal farm, in addition to the regular fee: $10 $20.
AB133-ASA1, s. 772 22Section 772. 29.563 (9) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,481,2423 29.563 (9) (c) Surcharges. For the following licenses, the following surcharges
24in addition to the fees in pars. (a) and (b):
AB133-ASA1,481,2525 1. A license for a game bird and animal farm on which there are bear: $25.
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