Amendment ASA1-AB26

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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO 2003 ASSEMBLY BILL 26

February 25, 2003 - Offered by Representative Gunderson.

AB26-ASA1,1,2 An Act to amend 29.324 (1) (b) and 29.324 (2) (intro.) of the statutes; relating to: qualifications for group deer hunting.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a member of a group deer hunting party may kill a deer for another member of the party if the person who kills the deer is in contact with the person for whom the deer is killed and if the person for whom the deer is killed possesses a current unused deer carcass tag. Under current law, in order to qualify as a group deer hunting party, the party must consist of two or more persons hunting in a group, each of whom is using a firearm and each of whom holds a deer hunting license. This substitute amendment specifies that the members of the group must be hunting during the open season for hunting deer with firearms and eliminates the requirement that all of the members of the group must be using a firearm to qualify as a group deer hunting party.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB26-ASA1, s. 1 Section 1. 29.324 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB26-ASA1,2,3 29.324 (1) (b) "Group deer hunting party" means 2 or more hunters hunting in a group all using firearms during an open season for hunting deer with a firearm, each of whom holds an individual license to hunt deer.

AB26-ASA1, s. 2 Section 2. 29.324 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB26-ASA1,2,7 29.324 (2) (intro.) Any member of a group deer hunting party may kill a deer with a firearm for another member of the group deer hunting party if both of the following conditions exist:

AB26-ASA1,2,8 (End)