Amendment ASA1-AB229

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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO 2005 ASSEMBLY BILL 229

May 6, 2005 - Offered by Representative Musser.

AB229-ASA1,1,2 An Act to amend 29.164 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes; relating to: assignment of a landowner's eligibility to apply for a turkey hunting license.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issues wild turkey hunting licenses to applicants according to a preference system. Under that system, qualified resident landowners receive first preference in obtaining a wild turkey hunting license. Under current law, an applicant is a qualified resident landowner if the applicant owns at least 50 acres in one parcel in an established wild turkey hunting zone. Currently, the qualified resident landowner may assign his or her eligibility to apply for a wild turkey hunting license to a family member, a person who is residing on the land and renting it, or to a family member of the renter.

Under this substitute amendment, a qualified resident landowner may also assign his or her eligibility to apply for a wild turkey hunting license to a minor, but the landowner cannot receive consideration for an assignment.

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

AB229-ASA1, s. 1 Section 1. 29.164 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB229-ASA1,2,10 29.164 (3) (b) 3. A qualified resident landowner may assign his or her eligibility to apply for a wild turkey hunting license under this paragraph as a qualified resident landowner to a family member, to an operator or , to a family member of the operator., or to a minor. A qualified resident landowner may not receive any consideration for the assignment of his or her eligibility under this subdivision. The department may specify the procedures and forms which are required to be followed and completed to effect this assignment. After this assignment, the assignee may apply for a wild turkey hunting license under this paragraph as a qualified resident landowner and the qualified resident landowner who assigned his or her eligibility may not so apply.

AB229-ASA1, s. 2 Section 2. Initial applicability.

AB229-ASA1,2,13 (1) This act first applies to applications for wild turkey hunting licenses submitted on the effective date of this subsection.

AB229-ASA1, s. 3 Section 3. Effective date.

AB229-ASA1,2,15 (1) This act takes effect on the first January 1 after publication.

AB229-ASA1,2,16 (End)