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14Section
733. 29.556 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 29.556 (1m) and
15amended to read:
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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.
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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.
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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:
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31. Designate the approvals to which the fee applies
and to establish.
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42. Establish the
amounts amount of the fee.
The
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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.
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8(1b) In this
paragraph, "handling section:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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(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).
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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.
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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.
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29.563
(2) (c) 1. Bonus deer:
$12
$11.25.
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(2) (d)
Nonresident permit. Bonus deer:
$20 $19.25.
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(9) (a) 2. Pheasant and quail farm:
$20 $100.
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(9) (a) 3. Game bird and animal farm:
$10 $25.
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(9) (a) 5. Deer farm:
$25
$100.
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(9) (a) 10. Wildlife exhibit:
$10 $25.
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(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.
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(9) (c)
Surcharges. For the following licenses, the following surcharges
24in addition to the fees in pars. (a) and (b):
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1. A license for a game bird and animal farm on which there are bear: $25.
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12. A license for a game bird and animal farm on which the licensee permits an
2individual to hunt game birds for a fee: $75.
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3. A license for a game bird and animal farm on which the licensee permits an
4individual to hunt grouse for a fee: $25.
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4. A license for a game bird and animal farm on which the licensee sells game
6animals, the gross revenue from which is $10,000 or more during the 12 months
7immediately preceding the issuance of the license: $25.
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5. A license for a wildlife exhibit at which the licensee exhibits a bear or a
9cougar: $25.
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29.563
(11) (b) 1. Hunter education and firearm safety instruction fee:
$3 the
12fee as established by rule.
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13Section
777. 29.563 (14) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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29.563
(14) Processing, handling, reservation and issuing fees. (intro.) The
15fees for processing, handling
, reserving and issuing approvals are as follows:
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(14) (a) 1. The processing fee for applications for approvals under
the
18cumulative preference systems for the hunter's choice deer hunting permit, bonus
19deer hunting permit, wild turkey hunting license, Class A bear license, Canada goose
20hunting permit, sharp-tailed grouse hunting permit, bobcat hunting and trapping
21permit, otter trapping permit, fisher trapping permit or sturgeon fishing permit:
22$2.75.
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(14) (bn)
Reservation fee. Reservation fee for a deer hunting back tag
25number: $4.50.
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(14) (c) 3. Each application for a hunter's choice permit, bonus deer
3hunting permit, wild turkey hunting license, Canada goose hunting permit,
4sharp-tailed grouse hunting permit, bobcat hunting and trapping permit, otter
5trapping permit, fisher trapping permit or sturgeon fishing permit: 25 cents.
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(14) (c) 4. Each bonus deer hunting permit issued for which a fee is
8charged under s. 29.563 (2) (c) 1. or (d): 75 cents.
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(14) (c) 5. Each reservation for a deer hunting back tag number: 50
11cents.
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(3) Instruction fee. The department shall establish by rule the fee for
14the course of instruction under the hunter education program and the bow hunter
15education program. The instructor shall collect
the this instruction fee
specified
16under s. 29.563 (11) (b) 1. from each person who receives instruction under the hunter
17education program and the bow hunter education program and remit the fee to the
18department. The department may
authorize an instructor under either program to 19retain 50% determine the portion of this fee
, which may not exceed 50%, that the
20instructor may retain to defray expenses incurred by the instructor in conducting the
21course. The instructor shall remit the
remaining portion remainder of the fee or, if
22nothing is retained, the entire fee to the department.
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2429.598 Outdoors skills training. (1)
Program coordination. The
25department and the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall
1enter into an agreement with an established national organization that provides
2training to persons who are interested in learning about the outdoor skills needed
3by women to hunt, fish, camp, canoe and undertake other outdoor recreational
4activities in order to provide that type of training to interested persons.
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5(2) Match. No moneys may be transferred from the appropriation account
6under s. 20.370 (1) (mu) to pay for the costs associated with the agreement under sub.
7(1), unless the organization described in sub. (1) demonstrates that it has contributed
8an equal amount to pay for those costs. The matching contribution may be in the
9form of money or in-kind goods or services.
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(3) A person may obtain water from a natural body of water that is not
12part of a fish farm for use in a fish farm if all of the following apply:
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(a) The water is transferred directly from the natural body of water to the fish
14farm.
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(b) Any of the water that is transferred out of the fish farm after use is
16transferred directly back to the natural body from which it was obtained.
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(c) The transfer of the water between the natural body of water and the fish
18farm is achieved by use of a pipe, flume, ditch or pump or by use of any combination
19of these items.
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(d) Any pipe, flume or ditch that is used is equipped with barriers that prevent
21the passage of fish between the fish farm and the other waters of the state.
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2329.89 Venison processing grants. (1) Definitions. In this section:
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(a) "Charitable organization" means a nonprofit corporation, charitable trust
25or other nonprofit association that is described in section
501 (c) (3) of the Internal
1Revenue Code and that is exempt from taxation under section
501 (a) of the Internal
2Revenue Code.
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(b)
"Deer damage management season" means a season for hunting deer that
4is established or extended by the department in order to reduce the deer population
5because the department determines that an excess population of deer will result in
6the increase of damage to agricultural or forest lands.
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7(2) Establishment of program. The department shall establish a program to
8reimburse counties for the costs that they incur in processing venison from certain
9deer carcasses.
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10(3) Eligibility requirements. A county is eligible for reimbursement under
11this section if all of the following apply:
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(a) The county participates in the administration of both the wildlife damage
13abatement program and the wildlife damage claim program under s. 29.889.
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(b) The county accepts deer carcasses for processing and pays for the costs of
15processing.
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(c) The venison that is processed comes from deer that were killed in the county
17during a deer damage management season.
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(d) The county pays for the costs of processing the venison.
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(e) The processed venison is donated as provided under sub. (4).
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20(4) Donations authorized. A county may donate the processed venison to a
21food distribution service or a charitable organization. The county may require that
22the carcasses be field dressed before accepting them for processing.
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23(5) Grants; amounts; funding. (a) Reimbursement under this section shall
24equal the amount that it costs a county to process the venison.
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1(b) The department shall reimburse counties under this section from the
2appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (fq) after first deducting from s. 20.370 (5) (fq)
3payments made for county administrative costs, payments made for wildlife damage
4abatement assistance and wildlife damage claim payments under s. 29.889.
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(c) If the total amount of reimbursable costs under par. (a) exceeds the amount
6available after making the deductions under par. (b), the department shall establish
7a system to prorate the reimbursement payments among the eligible counties.
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8(6) Tagging exemption. The requirement under s. 29.347 (2m) (a) that the tags
9remain with the deer carcass or venison does not apply to a deer carcass or venison
10that is subject to this section.
