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EHS:amn
2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO ASSEMBLY BILL 416
October 31, 2017 - Offered by Representatives Edming and Kleefisch.
AB416-ASA1,1,3
1An Act to amend 29.983 (1) (b) 5.; and
to create 29.983 (1) (b) 5m. of the statutes;
2relating to: a higher wild animal protection surcharge for the unlawful taking
3of deer.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This substitute amendment increases the wild animal protection surcharge
that a court may impose when a person unlawfully kills, wounds, catches, takes,
traps, or possesses a deer.
Under current law, if a court imposes a fine or forfeiture for the unlawful killing,
wounding, catching, taking, trapping, or possession of certain wild animals, the
court may impose a wild animal protection surcharge. The statute specifies the
amount of the surcharge allowed for each type of wild animal. Under current law,
the surcharge specified for deer is $43.75. Under this substitute amendment, the
surcharge specified for deer is an amount in the court's discretion that is not less than
$43.75 and not more than $5,000.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB416-ASA1,1
4Section 1
. 29.983 (1) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB416-ASA1,2,1
129.983
(1) (b) 5. For any
deer, coyote, raccoon
, or mink, $43.75.
AB416-ASA1,2
2Section 2
. 29.983 (1) (b) 5m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB416-ASA1,2,43
29.983
(1) (b) 5m. For any deer, an amount in the court's discretion that is not
4less than $43.75 and not more than $5,000.
AB416-ASA1,2,76
(1)
This act first applies to violations that occur on the effective date of this
7subsection.
