SB356, s. 25 18Section 25. 29.55 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB356,8,1919 29.55 (2m) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to farm-raised deer.
SB356, s. 26 20Section 26. 29.574 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356,8,2221 29.574 (1m) This section does not apply to commercially raised farm-raised
22deer, as defined in s. 95.25 (5m).
SB356, s. 27 23Section 27. 29.578 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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129.578 (1m) This section does not apply to commercially raised deer, as defined
2in s. 95.25 (5m), or to commercial deer farms licensed under s. 29.58
of the genus
3dama, cervus or rangifer
.
SB356, s. 28 4Section 28. 29.58 of the statutes is repealed.
SB356, s. 29 5Section 29. 29.581 of the statutes is repealed.
SB356, s. 30 6Section 30. 29.583 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356,9,107 29.583 (1) The department may seize and dispose of or may authorize the
8disposal of any deer that has escaped from land licensed under s. 29.574, or 29.578
9or 29.58 if the licensee has not had the deer returned to the land within 72 hours of
10the discovery of the escape.
SB356, s. 31 11Section 31. 29.583 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB356,9,1212 29.583 (3) This section does not apply to farm-raised deer.
SB356, s. 32 13Section 32. 29.585 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356,9,1814 29.585 (2) (a) The term In this section, "wild animal" as used in this section
15means any mammal, fish or bird of a wild nature as distinguished from domestic
16animals under the common law or under the Wisconsin statutes whether or not the
17mammal, fish or bird was bred or reared in captivity, but does not include deer of the
18genus dama, cervus or rangifer
.
SB356, s. 33 19Section 33. 29.586 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
SB356,9,2020 29.586 (4) This section does not apply to farm-raised deer.
SB356, s. 34 21Section 34. 29.59 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356,9,2322 29.59 (1) (f) Notwithstanding s. 29.01 (14), "wild animal" means any
23undomesticated mammal or bird, but does not include farm-raised deer.
SB356, s. 35 24Section 35. 29.598 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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129.598 (1) Definition. As used in In this section, "wildlife damage" means
2damage caused by wild deer that live in the wild, bear or geese to commercial
3seedings or crops on agricultural land, to orchard trees or nursery stock or to apiaries
4or livestock.
SB356, s. 36 5Section 36. 29.645 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356,10,9 629.645 Larceny of game. A person who, without permission of the owner,
7molests, disturbs or appropriates any wild animal or its carcass that has been
8lawfully reduced to possession by another shall forfeit not less than $1,000 nor more
9than $2,000. This section does not apply to farm-raised deer.
SB356, s. 37 10Section 37. 29.99 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356,10,1911 29.99 (15) In any prosecution under this section it is not necessary for the state
12to allege or prove that the animals were not commercially raised farm-raised deer
13or domesticated animals; that they were not taken for scientific purposes, or that
14they were taken or in possession or under control without a required approval. The
15person claiming that these animals were commercially raised farm-raised deer or
16domesticated animals, that they were taken for scientific purposes or that they were
17taken or in possession or under control under the required approval, has the burden
18of proving these facts. In this subsection, "commercially raised deer" has the
19meaning given in s. 95.25 (5m).
SB356, s. 38 20Section 38. 93.07 (10) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27,
21is renumbered 93.07 (10) (b) and amended to read:
SB356,11,522 93.07 (10) (b) To protect the health of domestic animals of the state; to
23determine and employ the most efficient and practical means for the prevention,
24suppression, control and eradication of communicable diseases among domestic
25animals, and for these purposes it may establish, maintain, enforce and regulate

1such quarantine and such other measures relating to the importation, movement
2and care of animals and their products, the disinfection of suspected localities and
3articles, and the disposition of animals, as the department may deem necessary. The
4definition of "communicable disease" in s. 990.01 (5g) does not apply to this
5subsection paragraph.
SB356, s. 39 6Section 39. 93.07 (10) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
SB356,11,87 93.07 (10) (a) In this subsection, "domestic animals" includes farm-raised deer,
8as defined in s. 29.01 (2r).
SB356, s. 40 9Section 40. 95.05 of the statutes is created to read:
SB356,11,13 1095.05 Fencing of farm-raised deer. Any person who keeps farm-raised
11deer, as defined in s. 29.01 (2r), shall keep the farm-raised deer enclosed by a fence
12not less than 7 feet 10 inches high, except that animals of the genus rangifer shall
13be kept enclosed by a fence not less than 5 feet high.
SB356, s. 41 14Section 41. 97.42 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356,11,1615 97.42 (1) (a) "Animal" means cattle, sheep, swine, goats, commercially raised
16farm-raised deer, horses, mules, and other equines.
SB356, s. 42 17Section 42. 97.42 (1) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.
SB356, s. 43 18Section 43. 97.42 (1) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB356,11,1919 97.42 (1) (dm) "Farm-raised deer" has the meaning given in s. 29.01 (2r).
SB356, s. 44 20Section 44. 97.42 (3) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356,12,321 97.42 (3) (em) (title) Slaughter of commercially raised farm-raised deer. The
22requirements of pars. (a) and (b) do not apply to the slaughter of a commercially
23raised
farm-raised deer if its meat food products are not sold by a person holding a
24restaurant permit under s. 254.64 or by an operator of a retail food establishment,
25as defined under s. 97.30 (1) (c). The operator of an establishment in which

1commercially raised farm-raised deer, their carcasses or their meat food products
2are examined and inspected under this subsection shall pay the department for the
3cost of the department's examination and inspection.
SB356, s. 45 4Section 45. 97.42 (4) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356,12,95 97.42 (4) (em) The rate at which an operator of an establishment that
6slaughters commercially raised farm-raised deer or processes the meat products of
7commercially raised farm-raised deer shall pay the costs of examination and
8inspection under sub. (3) (em) and the manner in which the department shall collect
9those amounts.
SB356, s. 46 10Section 46. 97.42 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356,12,1711 97.42 (5) (b) No county or municipality may collect any fees or charges for meat
12or poultry inspection or enforcement from any licensee under this section, except for
13overtime inspection work and the inspection of commercially raised farm-raised
14deer. Charges for overtime or for the inspection of commercially raised farm-raised
15deer shall be on the same basis as and shall not exceed charges for overtime work or
16for the inspection of commercially raised farm-raised deer prescribed by this section
17or by the rules of the department.
SB356, s. 47 18Section 47. 174.001 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356,12,2119 174.001 (3) "Livestock" means any horse, bovine, sheep, goat, pig, domestic
20rabbit, farm-raised deer, as defined in s. 29.01 (2r), or domestic fowl, including game
21fowl raised in captivity.
SB356, s. 48 22Section 48. 895.57 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356,13,323 895.57 (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to any humane officer, local health
24officer, peace officer, employe of the department of natural resources while on any
25land licensed under s. 29.52, 29.573, 29.574, 29.575, or 29.578 or 29.58 or designated

1as a wildlife refuge under s. 29.57 (1) or employe of the department of agriculture,
2trade and consumer protection if the officer's or employe's acts are in good faith and
3in an apparently authorized and reasonable fulfillment of his or her duties.
SB356, s. 49 4Section 49. 943.75 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356,13,125 943.75 (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to any humane officer, local health
6officer, peace officer, employe of the department of natural resources while on any
7land licensed under s. 29.52, 29.573, 29.574, 29.575, or 29.578 or 29.58 or designated
8as a wildlife refuge under s. 29.57 (1) or employe of the department of agriculture,
9trade and consumer protection if the officer's or employe's acts are in good faith and
10in an apparently authorized and reasonable fulfillment of his or her duties. This
11subsection does not limit any other person from claiming the defense of privilege
12under s. 939.45 (3).
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