AB514: Bill Text

AB514,28,11 22.16 Deer farm licenses. (1) Issuance. The department shall issue a deer farm license to any qualified person who files a proper application for the license and who pays the applicable fee. The applicant shall specify the locations of the enclosures for the deer on the application.

AB514,28,14 (2) Authorization. (a) A Class A deer farm license authorizes the holder of the license to possess, propagate, purchase, sell and exhibit live nonnative captive wild animals that are members of the cervidae family.

AB514,28,16 (b) A Class B deer farm license authorizes the holder of the license to do any of the following:

AB514,28,17 1. Possess, propagate, purchase, sell and exhibit live captive white-tailed deer.

AB514,28,19 2. Sell or offer to sell the opportunity to hunt live white-tailed deer within the boundaries of the deer farm.

AB514,28,21 (c) A person holding a Class B deer farm license shall attach a deer shipping tag to any live white-tailed deer before selling the deer to be processed for venison.

AB514,28,25 (3) Exemption from hunting restrictions. A person hunting white-tailed deer on a Class B deer farm is exempt from having any hunting approval issued under ch. 29 and is exempt from any closed season restrictions, bag limits or other conditions or restrictions established by the department under s. 29.174.

AB514,29,3 (4) Control of deer. (a) A person holding a deer farm license shall control the deer at all times in the manner required by the department and shall keep the deer at the locations specified on the application for the license.

AB514,29,6 (b) If any deer escapes from its enclosure or fenced area on a deer farm, the person holding the deer farm license shall notify the department within 24 hours after the escape.

AB514,29,9 (5) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to establish additional standards, limitations and requirements for deer farm licenses and for deer farms, including fencing of the farms.

AB514,29,12 22.17 White-tailed deer venison sales license. (1) Application. The department shall issue a white-tailed deer venison sales license to any qualified person who files a proper application for the license and who pays the applicable fee.

AB514,29,15 (2) Authorization. (a) A white-tailed deer venison sales license authorizes the holder of the license to sell, purchase and process venison from white-tailed deer that originates from a Class B deer farm.

AB514,29,18 (3) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to establish additional standards, limitations and requirements for white-tailed venison sales licenses and for the premises at which venison from white-tailed deer is processed.

AB514,29,21 22.18 Wild fur farm license. (1) Issuance. The department shall issue a wild fur farm license to any qualified person who files a proper application and who pays the applicable fee.

AB514,29,23 (2) Authorization; limitations. (a) A wild fur farm license authorizes all of the following:

AB514,29,25 1. The holder of the license to possess and propagate live muskrat, beaver, raccoon, otter and mink on the land subject to the license.

AB514,30,3 2. The holder of the license and other persons authorized by the holder to take the live fur-bearing wild animals specified in subd. 1. or kill by trapping the fur-bearing wild animals specified in subd. 1.

AB514,30,5 3. The holder of the license to sell the live fur-bearing wild animals specified in subd. 1. to persons authorized to possess the fur-bearing wild animals.

AB514,30,7 (b) Section 29.134 shall apply to the possession and selling of the raw furs and dressed furs of the fur-bearing wild animals specified in par. (a) 1.

AB514,30,9 (c) The number of otter that are taken or killed may not exceed the quota established by rule by the department under sub. (5) (a).

AB514,30,11 (3) Eligible land. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a wild fur farm licensed under this section shall be in a single parcel and may not exceed 640 acres.

AB514,30,15 (b) Upon the request of the applicant for a license under this section, the department shall issue a single license for a wild fur farm that does not meet all of the requirements of par. (a) if the wild fur farm is licensed as a fur animal farm under s. 29.575, 1995 stats., on the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date].

AB514,30,20 (4) Exemption from trapping restrictions. Except as provided in sub. (2) (c), a person trapping fur-bearing wild animals on a wild fur farm is exempt from having any trapping approval issued under ch. 29 and is exempt from any closed season restrictions, bag limits or other conditions or restrictions established by the department under s. 29.174.

AB514,30,22 (5) Rules. (a) The department shall promulgate by rule a quota for taking, or killing by trapping, otter for purposes of this section.

AB514,30,24 (b) The department shall promulgate rules for the purpose of determining whether a piece of land qualifies as a single parcel under sub. (3).

AB514,31,2 (c) The department may promulgate rules to establish additional standards, limitations and requirements for wild fur farm licenses and for wild fur farms.

AB514,31,5 22.19 Bird hunting preserve licenses. (1) Issuance. The department shall issue a Class A or a Class B bird hunting preserve license to any qualified person who files a proper application and who pays the applicable fee.

AB514,31,7 (2) Authorization. (a) A Class A or a Class B bird hunting preserve license authorizes all of the following:

AB514,31,10 1. Possessing, stocking, propagating, releasing into the wild, selling and purchasing of live wild birds of the species authorized under par. (b) by the holder of the license.

AB514,31,12 2. Hunting of released wild birds of those species that have been stocked in the preserve by the holder of the license and other persons authorized by the holder.

AB514,31,14 (b) The department may authorize only one or more of the following species of live wild birds under a Class A or a Class B bird hunting preserve license:

AB514,31,16 1. Pheasants of the species Phasianus colchicus or the species Syrmaticus reevesii.

AB514,31,17 2. Quail that are of the subfamily Odontophorinae.

AB514,31,18 3. Gray partridge.

AB514,31,19 4. Chukar partridge.

AB514,31,20 5. Red-legged partridge.

AB514,31,21 6. Mallard ducks that are bred in captivity.

AB514,31,23 7. Wild turkeys, if the wild turkeys are located outside a wild turkey hunting zone established under s. 29.103 (6).

AB514,31,25 (c) The department shall specify on the license the types of wild birds that the department authorizes under the license.

AB514,32,4 (3) Regulation of number of birds. (a) A person holding a bird hunting preserve license may not allow the number of wild birds of a given species in the preserve that are killed in a given year to exceed the number of captive wild birds of that species that have been stocked in the preserve for that license year.

AB514,32,8 (b) A Class A bird hunting preserve license authorizes the person holding the license to possess any number of the species specified in sub. (2) (b) 2. to 7. and requires the person to stock at least 1,001 adult pheasants in the preserve during the license year.

AB514,32,14 (c) A Class B bird hunting preserve license authorizes the person holding the license to possess any number of the species specified in sub. (2) (b) 2. to 7. and prohibits the person from stocking more than 1,000 adult pheasants in the preserve. A holder of a Class B bird hunting preserve license possessing pheasants under the license shall stock a minimum of one adult pheasant per 4 huntable acres that are within the boundaries of the licensed preserve during the license year.

AB514,32,20 (4) Requirements for mallard ducks. A person possessing mallard ducks under the authority of a bird hunting preserve license may possess only mallard ducks that are bred in captivity and shall identify them as required under 50 CFR 21.13 (b). The person shall house the mallard ducks in pens that are covered and maintained to prevent free-roaming wild waterfowl from being attracted to the pens with the mallard ducks that are being bred.

AB514,32,23 (5) Exemption from hunting restrictions. (a) A person hunting wild birds on a bird hunting preserve that have been stocked on the preserve is exempt from having any hunting approval issued under ch. 29.

AB514,33,2 (b) Except as provided in par. (c), a person hunting wild birds on a bird hunting preserve that have been stocked on the preserve is exempt from any closed season restrictions, bag limits or other conditions or restrictions established by the department under s. 29.174.

AB514,33,4 (c) A person hunting mallard ducks shall comply with rules promulgated by the department under s. 29.174 governing the hunting of waterfowl.

AB514,33,7 (6) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to establish additional standards, limitations and requirements for bird hunting preserve licenses and for bird hunting preserves.

AB514,33,11 22.20 Dog training licenses. (1) Bird dog training license. (a) The department shall issue a bird dog training license to any qualified individual who is at least 12 years of age who files a proper application and who pays the applicable fee.

AB514,33,15 (b) Except as provided in par. (c), a bird dog training license authorizes the holder of the license to purchase, possess, release into the wild and hunt any of the live captive wild birds specified in s. 22.19 (2) (b) 1. to 6. solely for the purposes of training a dog to retrieve, point, flush and track game.

AB514,33,19 (c) The department may restrict the possessing, releasing and hunting of a species of wild birds specified in par. (b) by persons holding dog training licenses in zones or areas for which the department has by rule imposed special hunting restrictions for that species.

AB514,33,24 (d) A person training a bird dog in a bird hunting preserve for which the hunting of pheasant, quail, mallard ducks bred in captivity or partridge has been authorized under a bird hunting preserve license is exempt from holding a bird dog training license to possess, release into the wild and hunt live captive wild birds for the purposes of training the dog to retrieve, point, flush and track wild birds.

AB514,34,3 (2) Hound dog training license. (a) The department shall issue a hound dog training license to any qualified individual who is at least 12 years of age who files a proper application and who pays the applicable fee.

AB514,34,6 (b) A hound dog training license authorizes the holder of the license to purchase, possess, release into the wild and hunt any of the following live captive wild animals for the purpose of teaching hound dogs to track game:

AB514,34,8 1. Live captive rabbit purchased or otherwise acquired from a person holding a captive wild animal farm license.

AB514,34,9 2. Live captive raccoon.

AB514,34,10 3. Live captive bear of the species Ursus americanus.

AB514,34,15 (3) Dog club training license. (a) The department shall issue a dog club training license to a club that is a nonstock, nonprofit corporation that is described under section 501 (c) (3) or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code, that is exempt from taxation under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code and that files a proper application and pays the applicable fee.

AB514,34,19 (b) A dog club training license authorizes the club or its members to purchase, possess, release into the wild and hunt species of live captive wild animals that are authorized by the department on property owned or leased by the club for the purpose of teaching a bird dog or hound dog to retrieve, point, flush or track game.

AB514,34,23 (4) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to establish additional standards, limitations and requirements for licenses issued under this section. The rules may include standards that provide adequate protection for the wild animals that are authorized under a dog training license.

AB514,35,3 (5) Restrictions. (a) No person may sell wild animals under a license issued under this section, but a person holding a bird dog training license who has been contracted to train a dog may charge for the wild birds used in the training.

AB514,35,5 (b) A license under this section does not authorize organized competitive field events.

AB514,35,8 22.21 Dog trial licenses. (1) Bird dog trial license. (a) The department shall issue a bird dog trial license to any qualified person who files a proper application and who pays the applicable fee.

AB514,35,12 (b) A bird dog trial license authorizes the holder of the license to purchase, possess, release into the wild and hunt any live captive wild bird for any organized competitive field event that involves sporting dog breeds and that is sanctioned, licensed or recognized by a local, state, regional or national dog organization.

AB514,35,14 (2) Hound dog trial license. (a) The department shall issue a hound dog trial license to any person who files a proper application and who pays the applicable fee.

AB514,35,19 (b) A hound dog trial license authorizes the holder of the license to purchase, possess, release into the wild and hunt live captive raccoon, live captive rabbit and live captive bear of the species Ursus americanus for any organized competitive field event that involves sporting dog breeds and that is sanctioned, licensed or recognized by a local, state, regional or national dog organization.

AB514,35,23 (3) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to establish additional standards, limitations and requirements for licenses issued under this section. The rules may include standards that provide adequate protection for the wild animals that are authorized under a dog trial license.

AB514,36,2 22.22 Falconry license. (1) Issuance. (a) The department shall issue a falconry license to any qualified individual who is at least 18 years of age, who has a federal falconry license, who files a proper application and who pays the applicable fee.

AB514,36,5 (b) The department shall issue a youth falconry license to any individual who is a resident of this state, who is at least 14 years of age but less than 18 years of age and who qualifies as a falconry apprentice under 50 CFR 21.29 (e) (1).

AB514,36,7 (2) Authorization; possession. A falconry license authorizes the holder of the license to possess and release raptors for falconry purposes.

AB514,36,9 (3) Authorization; exhibiting; hunting. A falconry license authorizes the holder of the license to do all of the following:

AB514,36,11 (a) Exhibit live captive raptors if specifically authorized to do so by the department.

AB514,36,13 (b) Hunt small game of the type authorized for hunters holding small game hunting licenses under s. 29.10 by engaging in falconry.

AB514,36,19 (4) Authorization; takings. A falconry license authorizes a resident of this state to take raptors from the wild. A falconry license authorizes a nonresident to take raptors from the wild only if the person has a falconry license or other similar approval from the state, province or country of which he or she is a resident and if that state, province or country allows residents of this state to take raptors from the wild in that state, province or country.

AB514,36,22 (5) Authorization; other. A falconry license authorizes the person holding the license to do any of the following if the person also has a federal propagation permit issued under 50 CFR 21.30.

AB514,36,23 (a) Propagate and purchase raptors.

AB514,36,24 (b) Sell raptors that are bred in captivity.

AB514,37,2 (6) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to establish all of the following:

AB514,37,3 (a) Additional standards, limitations and requirements for falconry licenses.

AB514,37,5 (b) Bag limits, closed areas and other conditions or restrictions on hunting by engaging in falconry subject to sub. (3) (b).

AB514,37,9 22.23 Stocking license. (1) Issuance. The department may issue stocking licenses. If the department issues stocking licenses, it shall issue a stocking license to any qualified person who files a proper application and who pays the applicable fee.

AB514,37,11 (2) authorization. A stocking license authorizes the holder of the license to purchase, possess, introduce or stock wild animals.

AB514,37,15 (3) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to establish additional standards, limitations and requirements for stocking licenses. The rules may include the species of wild animals that may be introduced or stocked and the locations at which those species of wild animals may be introduced or stocked.

AB514,37,18 22.24 Rehabilitation license. (1) Issuance. The department shall issue a rehabilitation license to any qualified individual who is at least 18 years of age, who meets the qualifications under sub. (2) and who files a proper application.

AB514,37,22 (2) Qualifications. (a) The department may issue a license under this section only to an individual who demonstrates sufficient knowledge in the identification, care and biology of each type of wild animal that the individual is authorized to rehabilitate under the license.

AB514,38,4 (b) Except as provided in par. (c), an individual applying for a license under this section shall demonstrate the degree of knowledge required under par. (a) by successfully completing testing as required by the department and by having training in the handling, care and treatment of the types of wild animals that the individual will be authorized to rehabilitate under the license. The individual shall be trained by a rehabilitator who is authorized by the department to rehabilitate wild animals on the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date].

AB514,38,8 (c) An individual who is authorized by the department to rehabilitate wild animals on the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date] shall demonstrate the degree of knowledge required under par. (a) by successfully completing testing as required by the department.

AB514,38,10 (3) Authorization. A rehabilitation license authorizes the holder of the license to do any of the following:

AB514,38,12 (a) Take a wild animal from the wild for the purpose of providing medical treatment.

AB514,38,13 (b) Possess, rehabilitate or release into the wild a live wild animal.