AB514,72,2119 29.42 (2) (b) A person who has a valid scientific collector permit may take or
20possess or have under his or her control the nest of a wild bird and may destroy the
21nest if necessary for a scientific purpose.
AB514, s. 37 22Section 37. 29.42 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB514,72,2423 29.42 (5) Captive wild animals. This section does not apply to wild animals
24that are subject to regulation under ch. 22.
AB514, s. 38 25Section 38. 29.425 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB514, s. 39
1Section 39. 29.425 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
AB514, s. 40 2Section 40. 29.425 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB514, s. 41 3Section 41. 29.425 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB514, s. 42 4Section 42. 29.425 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 29.42 (1m) and amended
5to read:
AB514,73,106 29.42 (1m) Hunting and trapping. A person who hunts or traps any game
7animal, game bird or fur-bearing animal shall kill the animal it when it is taken and
8make it part of the daily bag or shall release the animal it unless authorized the
9person has the authority to possess
under s. 29.55, 29.572, 29.574, 29.575, 29.578 or
1029.585
ch. 22.
AB514, s. 43 11Section 43. 29.425 (4m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB514, s. 44 12Section 44. 29.425 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 29.42 (5) and amended
13to read:
AB514,73,1514 29.42 (5) Penalty. A person who violates this section sub. (1m) shall forfeit not
15less than $100 nor more than $1,000.
AB514, s. 45 16Section 45. 29.427 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB514, s. 46 17Section 46. 29.427 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
AB514, s. 47 18Section 47. 29.427 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB514, s. 48 19Section 48. 29.427 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB514, s. 49 20Section 49. 29.427 (4) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB514, s. 50 21Section 50. 29.427 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 22.03 (2) (e) and amended
22to read:
AB514,74,523 22.03 (2) (e) No person may operate on a live wild skunk to remove its scent
24glands unless the person is a veterinarian and the person who possesses brings the
25skunk is authorized under s. 29.55 to the veterinarian holds a Class A or Class B

1captive wild animal farm license
. A veterinarian to whom a person brings a live wild
2skunk for removal of its scent glands or for other treatment shall verify if the person
3holds such a license. If the person does not hold such a license, the veterinarian shall

4notify that person that possession of a live skunk is illegal and shall notify the
5department.
AB514, s. 51 6Section 51. 29.427 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
AB514, s. 52 7Section 52. 29.427 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
AB514, s. 53 8Section 53. 29.427 (7) of the statutes is repealed.
AB514, s. 54 9Section 54. 29.43 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,74,1210 29.43 (5) (b) Subsections (1) to (4) do not apply to the possession,
11transportation, delivery or receipt of farm-raised deer or wild animals that are
12subject to regulation under ch. 22
.
AB514, s. 55 13Section 55. 29.44 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,74,1614 29.44 (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to the possession, transportation,
15delivery or receipt of farm-raised deer or wild animals that are subject to regulation
16under ch. 22.
AB514, s. 56 17Section 56. 29.45 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,74,1918 29.45 (6) This section does not apply to the transportation of farm-raised deer
19or wild animals that are subject to regulation under ch. 22.
AB514, s. 57 20Section 57. 29.46 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,74,2421 29.46 (5) Exemption; taxidermists. Subsections (1) to (3) do not apply to a
22person who is issued a valid taxidermist permit and who is transporting , in
23connection with his or her business,
the carcass of a game bird in connection with his
24or her business
or the carcass of a wild bird that is subject to regulation under ch. 22.
AB514, s. 58 25Section 58. 29.48 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB514,75,2
129.48 (7) This section does not apply to the carcass of a wild animal that is
2subject to regulation under ch. 22.
AB514, s. 59 3Section 59. 29.49 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,75,54 29.49 (3) Exemption. This section does not apply to the meat from farm-raised
5deer or to meat that is subject to regulation under s. 22.13 or 22.14.
AB514, s. 60 6Section 60. 29.535 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,75,7 729.535 (title) Introduction of wild animals fish.
AB514, s. 61 8Section 61. 29.535 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,75,119 29.535 (1) (a) 1. Importing into the state any fish , or spawn or any other wild
10animal
for the purpose of introducing, stocking or planting that fish, or spawn or wild
11animal
.
AB514, s. 62 12Section 62. 29.535 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,75,1413 29.535 (1) (a) 2. Introducing, stocking or planting any fish, or spawn or other
14wild animal
.
AB514, s. 63 15Section 63. 29.535 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,75,1816 29.535 (1) (c) Permits for introducing, stocking or planting under par. (a) 2.
17shall be issued by the department only after investigation and inspection of the fish,
18or spawn or other wild animals as the department determines necessary.
AB514, s. 64 19Section 64. 29.535 (1) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB514,75,2120 29.535 (1) (g) The department may promulgate rules to establish additional
21requirements for the importation, introduction, stocking or planting of fish or spawn.
AB514, s. 65 22Section 65. 29.535 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,75,2523 29.535 (2) (a) Importing into the state any fish, spawn or any other wild animal
24for the purpose of introducing, stocking or planting that fish, or spawn or wild
25animal
.
AB514, s. 66
1Section 66. 29.535 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,76,32 29.535 (2) (b) Introducing, stocking or planting any fish, or spawn or other wild
3animal
.
AB514, s. 67 4Section 67. 29.54 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,76,6 529.54 (title) State propagation of wild mammals and Food in the wild
6for game
birds.
AB514, s. 68 7Section 68. 29.54 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
AB514, s. 69 8Section 69. 29.54 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 29.54.
AB514, s. 70 9Section 70. 29.55 of the statutes is repealed.
AB514, s. 71 10Section 71. 29.565 of the statutes is repealed.
AB514, s. 72 11Section 72. 29.572 of the statutes is repealed.
AB514, s. 73 12Section 73. 29.573 of the statutes is repealed.
AB514, s. 74 13Section 74. 29.574 of the statutes is repealed.
AB514, s. 75 14Section 75. 29.575 of the statutes is repealed.
AB514, s. 76 15Section 76. 29.578 of the statutes is repealed.
AB514, s. 77 16Section 77. 29.579 of the statutes is repealed.
AB514, s. 78 17Section 78. 29.583 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,76,2218 29.583 (1) The department may seize and dispose of or may authorize the
19disposal of any deer that has escaped from land licensed under s. 29.574 or 29.578
2022.16 or owned by a person registered under s. 95.55 if the escaped deer has traveled
21more than 3 miles from the land or if the licensee or person has not had the deer
22returned to the land within 72 hours of the discovery of the escape.
AB514, s. 79 23Section 79. 29.585 of the statutes is repealed.
AB514, s. 80 24Section 80. 29.586 of the statutes is repealed.
AB514, s. 81 25Section 81. 29.59 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,77,3
129.59 (1) (f) Notwithstanding s. 29.01 (14), "wild animal" means any
2undomesticated mammal or bird, but does not include farm-raised deer or wild
3animals that are subject to regulation under ch. 22
.
AB514, s. 82 4Section 82. 29.598 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,77,85 29.598 (1) Definition. In this section, "wildlife damage" means damage caused
6by deer that live in the wild, bear or geese that are not subject to regulation under
7ch. 22 and that is done
to commercial seedings or crops on agricultural land, to
8orchard trees or nursery stock or to apiaries or livestock.
AB514, s. 83 9Section 83. 29.605 of the statutes is repealed.
AB514, s. 84 10Section 84. 29.645 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,77,15 1129.645 Larceny of game. A person who, without permission of the owner,
12molests, disturbs or appropriates any wild animal or its carcass that has been
13lawfully reduced to possession by another shall forfeit not less than $1,000 nor more
14than $2,000. This section does not apply to farm-raised deer or to wild animals that
15are subject to regulation under ch. 22
.
AB514, s. 85 16Section 85. 29.65 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,77,2317 29.65 (1) (intro.)  The department may bring a civil action in the name of the
18state for the recovery of damages against any person unlawfully killing, wounding,
19catching, taking, trapping, or having unlawfully in possession possessing in
20violation of this chapter or of any rule promulgated under this chapter
any of the
21following named protected wild animals, birds, or fish, or any part of an animal, bird
22or fish, and the sum assessed for damages for each wild animal, bird, or fish shall be
23not less than the amount stated in this section:
AB514, s. 86 24Section 86. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,78,21
159.25 (3) (f) 2. For all court imposed fines and forfeitures required by law to be
2deposited in the state treasury, the amounts required by s. 165.87 for the penalty
3assessment surcharge, the amounts required by s. 167.31 (5) for the weapons
4assessment, the amounts required by s. 973.045 for the crime victim and witness
5assistance surcharge, the amounts required by s. 973.046 for the deoxyribonucleic
6acid analysis surcharge, the amounts required by s. 961.41 (5) for the drug abuse
7program improvement surcharge, the amounts authorized by s. 971.37 (1m) (c) 1. or
8required by s. 973.055 (1) for the domestic abuse assessment, the amounts required
9by s. 346.655 (2) (a) and (b) for the driver improvement surcharge, the amounts
10required by s. 102.85 (4) for the uninsured employer assessment, the amounts
11required by s. 299.93 for the environmental assessment, the amounts required by s.
1229.9965 for the wild animal protection assessment, the amounts required by s. ss.
1322.43 (1) (d) and
29.997 for the natural resources assessment surcharge, the amounts
14required by s. 29.9967 for the fishing shelter removal assessment, the amounts
15required by s. 350.115 for the snowmobile registration restitution payment and the
16amounts required by s. ss. 22.43 (2) (d) and 29.998 for natural resources restitution
17payments, transmit to the state treasurer a statement of all moneys required by law
18to be paid on the actions entered during the preceding month on or before the first
19day of the next succeeding month, certified by the county treasurer's personal
20signature affixed or attached thereto, and at the same time pay to the state treasurer
21the amount thereof.
AB514, s. 87 22Section 87. 59.40 (2) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,79,1823 59.40 (2) (m) Pay monthly to the treasurer for the use of the state the state's
24percentage of the fees required to be paid on each civil action, criminal action and
25special proceeding filed during the preceding month and pay monthly to the

1treasurer for the use of the state the percentage of court imposed fines and forfeitures
2required by law to be deposited in the state treasury, the amounts required by s.
3165.87 (2) (b) for the penalty assessment surcharge, the amounts required by s.
4167.31 (5) for the weapons assessment, the amounts required by s. 973.045 for the
5crime victim and witness assistance surcharge, the amounts required by s. 973.046
6for the deoxyribonucleic acid analysis surcharge, the amounts required by s. 961.41
7(5) for the drug abuse program improvement surcharge, the amounts authorized by
8s. 971.37 (1m) (c) 1. or required by s. 973.055 for the domestic abuse assessment
9surcharge, the amounts required by s. 346.655 for the driver improvement
10surcharge, the amounts required by s. 102.85 (4) for the uninsured employer
11assessment, the amounts required by s. 299.93 for the environmental assessment,
12the amounts required under s. 29.9965 for the wild animal protection assessment,
13the amounts required under s. ss. 22.43 (1) (d) and 29.997 (1) (d) for the natural
14resources assessment surcharge, the amounts required by s. 29.9967 for the fishing
15shelter removal assessment, the amounts required by s. 350.115 for the snowmobile
16registration restitution payment and the amounts required under s. ss. 22.43 (2) (d)
17and
29.998 (1) (d) for the natural resources restitution payments. The payments
18shall be made by the 15th day of the month following receipt thereof.
AB514, s. 88 19Section 88. 167.31 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,79,2320 167.31 (4) (b) Subsections (2) (a), (b) and (c) and (3) (a) and (b) do not apply to
21the holder of a scientific collector permit research license under s. 29.17 22.25 who
22is using a net gun or tranquilizer gun in an activity related to the purpose for which
23the permit was issued.
AB514, s. 89 24Section 89. 814.60 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,80,2
1814.60 (2) (e) Natural resources restitution payment imposed by s. 22.43 (2) (d)
2or
29.998.
AB514, s. 90 3Section 90. 895.57 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,80,104 895.57 (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to any humane officer, local health
5officer, peace officer, employe of the department of natural resources while on any
6land licensed under s. 22.15, 22.16, 22.17, 22.18, 22.19 or 29.52, 29.573, 29.574,
729.575 or 29.578
or designated as a wildlife refuge under s. 29.57 (1) or employe of
8the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection if the officer's or
9employe's acts are in good faith and in an apparently authorized and reasonable
10fulfillment of his or her duties.
AB514, s. 91 11Section 91. 943.75 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,80,1912 943.75 (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to any humane officer, local health
13officer, peace officer, employe of the department of natural resources while on any
14land licensed under s. 22.15, 22.16, 22.17, 22.18, 22.19 or 29.52, 29.573, 29.574,
1529.575 or 29.578
or designated as a wildlife refuge under s. 29.57 (1) or employe of
16the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection if the officer's or
17employe's acts are in good faith and in an apparently authorized and reasonable
18fulfillment of his or her duties. This subsection does not limit any other person from
19claiming the defense of privilege under s. 939.45 (3).
AB514, s. 92 20Section 92. 951.01 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB514,80,2121 951.01 (1m) "Conservation warden" means a warden appointed under s. 23.10.
AB514, s. 93 22Section 93. 951.015 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB514,81,3 23951.015 Construction and application. This chapter shall not be
24interpreted as controverting any law regulating wild animals subject to regulation
25under ch. 22,
the taking of game as defined in s. 29.01 (4) to (7) and (10), the trapping

1of
wild animals under ch. 29, the use of live animals in dog trials or in the training
2of hunting dogs
or the slaughter of animals by persons acting under state or federal
3law.
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