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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO 2003 SENATE BILL 63
May 21, 2003 - Offered by Senator
Zien.
SB63-SSA1,1,7
1An Act to renumber 29.501 (1) (a);
to renumber and amend 29.501 (1) (f) and
229.501 (1) (g);
to amend 29.501 (2), 29.501 (3), 29.501 (5), 29.501 (6), 29.501
3(6m) (a), 29.506 (4), 29.563 (6) (a) 2., 29.563 (6) (a) 3. and 169.01 (8);
to repeal
4and recreate 29.501 (title); and
to create 29.501 (1) (af) 2., 29.501 (1) (ag) 2.,
529.501 (1) (dm), 29.501 (1) (h), 29.501 (2m) and 29.501 (9g) of the statutes;
6relating to: the buying, selling, bartering, and trading of nonedible parts from
7upland game birds.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB63-SSA1, s. 1
8Section
1. 29.501 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB63-SSA1,1,9
929.501 (title)
Regulation of dealers in furs and nonedible bird parts.
SB63-SSA1, s. 2
10Section
2. 29.501 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 29.501 (1) (am).
SB63-SSA1, s. 3
11Section
3. 29.501 (1) (af) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB63-SSA1,2,2
129.501
(1) (af) 2. Buying, selling, bartering, or trading nonedible parts of
2upland game birds.
SB63-SSA1, s. 4
3Section
4. 29.501 (1) (ag) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
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29.501
(1) (ag) 2. Buying, selling, bartering, or trading nonedible parts of
5upland game birds.
SB63-SSA1, s. 5
6Section
5. 29.501 (1) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:
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29.501
(1) (dm) "Nonedible part" means a part of an animal that is not bought,
8sold, bartered, or traded for the purpose of being eaten.
SB63-SSA1, s. 6
9Section
6. 29.501 (1) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 29.501 (1) (af) (intro.)
10and amended to read:
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29.501
(1) (af) (intro.)
"Resident fur dealer, Class A" "Class A resident fur and
12feather dealer" means
persons a person having an established post or place of
13business in the state where
they carry the person carries on
the a business
of buying,
14to the amount of $2,000 or more each year, doing any combination of the following:
SB63-SSA1,2,16
151. Buying, bartering, trading
and, or otherwise obtaining raw or dressed furs
,
16to the amount of $2,000 or more each year.
SB63-SSA1, s. 7
17Section
7. 29.501 (1) (g) of the statutes is renumbered 29.501 (1) (ag) (intro.)
18and amended to read:
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29.501
(1) (ag) (intro.)
"Resident fur dealer, Class B" "Class B resident fur and
20feather dealer" means
persons a person having an established post or place of
21business in the state where
they carry the person carries on
the a business
of buying,
22to the amount of less than $2,000, doing any combination of the following:
SB63-SSA1,2,24
231. Buying, bartering,
bargaining, trading
and, or otherwise obtaining raw or
24dressed furs
, to the amount of less than $2,000 each year.
SB63-SSA1, s. 8
25Section
8. 29.501 (1) (h) of the statutes is created to read:
SB63-SSA1,3,3
129.501
(1) (h) "Upland game bird" means a grouse, partridge, pheasant, quail,
2or wild turkey that is present in the wild and that does not have a leg band or other
3mark identifying it as being held in captivity.
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29.501
(2) No person may engage in the business of buying, bartering,
6bargaining, trading
, or otherwise obtaining raw furs
until unless he or she has a
7license issued under this section.
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29.501
(2m) No person may engage in the business of buying, selling,
10bartering, or trading nonedible parts of upland game birds unless he or she is a Class
11A resident fur and feather dealer or a Class B resident fur and feather dealer and he
12or she holds a license issued under this section. A resident fur dealer, Class A, as
13defined in s. 29.501 (1) (f), 2001 stats., or a resident fur dealer, Class B, as defined
14in s. 29.501 (1) (g), 2001 stats., may engage in the business of buying, selling,
15bartering, and trading nonedible parts of upland game birds under the authority of
16a license issued before the effective date of the subsection .... [revisor inserts date],
17and may continue to do so until the expiration date of the license. The exemption
18under sub. (9g) applies to a transaction under which a nonedible part of an upland
19game bird is bought or otherwise acquired by a holder of such a fur dealer license or
20a taxidermist permit issued under s. 29.506. A holder of such a fur dealer license shall
21be subject all of the other applicable provisions under this section until the expiration
22date of the license.
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29.501
(3) Licenses shall be issued, subject to s. 29.024 (2g) and (2r), by the
25department upon application. Upon application, the department shall issue, subject
1to s. 29.024 (2g) and (2r), licenses to fur auctioneers, fur dressers or dyers, itinerant
2fur buyers, and Class A resident fur and feather dealers and Class B resident fur and
3feather dealers. The form of application and license shall be prescribed by the
4department.
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29.501
(5) Persons
who apply for a license under this section in order to buy,
7barter, trade, or otherwise obtain furs and who have not had a place of business in
8the state for at least one year immediately preceding the date of application for
such 9the license, shall be issued itinerant fur buyers' licenses only.
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29.501
(6) Each
resident fur dealer, Class A; resident fur dealer, Class B; fur
12dresser or dyer; itinerant fur dealer or fur auctioneer license
issued under this
13section shall bear upon its face the date of issuance. The license shall be shown to
14the department upon request.
SB63-SSA1, s. 14
15Section
14. 29.501 (6m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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29.501
(6m) (a) Every person licensed under this section shall keep records of
17all transactions in the buying, selling, dressing, dyeing
, or tanning of raw furs by the
18person
. This record and of all transactions in the buying, selling, bartering, or
19trading of nonedible parts of upland game birds by the person. These records shall
20show the name and address of each person from whom
the furs
or nonedible parts 21were
purchased bought and to whom sold, together with the date of receipt and
22shipment, and a detailed account as to the number and kinds of raw furs
or nonedible
23parts in each shipment received or sold.
This record The records shall be open to the
24inspection of the department at all reasonable hours. The records shall be kept intact
1for a period of 2 years after the expiration of any license issued under this section,
2as to all transactions carried on while the license was effective.
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29.501
(9g) This section does not apply to a transaction under which a person
5sells, barters, or trades a nonedible part of upland game bird that he or she has
6lawfully killed under this chapter.
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29.506
(4) Authorization. Subject to this section, a taxidermist permit
9authorizes the permit holder to possess and transport carcasses of wild animals in
10connection with his or her business. This authority supersedes, to the extent
11permitted under this section, restrictions on the possession and transportation of
12carcasses of wild animals established under this chapter and ch. 169. A taxidermist
13permit entitles the permit holder to the same privileges as a Class A
or Class B 14resident fur
and feather dealer's license.
SB63-SSA1, s. 17
15Section
17. 29.563 (6) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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29.563
(6) (a) 2. Class A
resident fur
and feather dealer: $25.
SB63-SSA1, s. 18
17Section
18. 29.563 (6) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
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29.563
(6) (a) 3. Class B
resident fur
and feather dealer: $10.
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169.01
(8) "Dressed fur" has the meaning given in s. 29.501 (1)
(a) (am).
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(1) This act first applies to nonedible parts of upland game birds that are killed
23on the effective date of this subsection.
