This bill provides that, if a parent who provides health care coverage for a child
under a court order changes employers and the parent has a court-ordered child
support obligation with respect to the child, the county child support agency must
notify both the parent and the parent's new employer of the health care coverage
order. If the employer provides health care coverage for its employes and the parent
is eligible for family coverage under the health benefit plan, the employer must enroll
the child in the health benefit plan upon receiving notice of the order. The notice to
the parent must inform the parent that coverage for the child will be in effect upon
receipt of the notice by the employer. Within 10 days after receiving the notice, the
parent may request a hearing before the court or family court commissioner on the
issue of whether the order to provide coverage of the child's health care expenses
should remain in effect. The bill also requires the employer to notify the county child
support agency when the child is covered under the health benefit plan and to
provide necessary plan identification to the child's other parent upon request.
Voluntary paternity acknowledgment information
Under current law, if a child's birth occurs in or en route to a hospital and if the
child's parents are unmarried, the hospital administrator or his or her designee must
provide the child's mother with a voluntary paternity acknowledgment form and
with a pamphlet that has information about birth certificates, including how to add
to a birth certificate the name of the father of a child whose parents were not married.
The hospital must submit any completed forms to the state registrar. (Beginning on
January 1, 1998, DWD must pay the filing party a financial incentive for correctly
filing a form within 60 days after the child's birth.) The fee for making an alteration
in a birth certificate is $10. Upon receipt of the voluntary acknowledgement form
and the fee, the state registrar must insert the name of the father on the birth
certificate.
This bill requires that trained, designated hospital staff provide to the child's
available unmarried parents oral information or an audio or video presentation and
written information about the voluntary paternity acknowledgment form and about
the significance and benefits of, and alternatives to, establishing paternity, before
the parents sign the form. The bill provides immunity from civil liability for trained,
designated hospital staff who provide this information in good faith. The staff must
also provide an opportunity to complete the form and to have the form notarized in
the hospital. DWD must provide to hospitals the written information required to be
provided to parents and must provide training to hospital staff concerning the
voluntary acknowledgment form and the significance and benefits of, and
alternatives to, establishing paternity.

Conversion of child support orders to sum certain amounts
Under current law, a child support obligation may be expressed as a sum certain
amount or as a percentage of a parent's income. Consequently, an
income-withholding order that is sent to an employer for withholding child support
from a parent's income may require a percentage of the parent's income or a sum
certain amount to be withheld. Under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act,
an employer that receives an income-withholding order from another state must
comply with the order if it satisfies certain requirements, one of which is that the
amount of support to be withheld is expressed as a sum certain amount. This bill
authorizes a county child support agency to convert a support amount in an
income-withholding order that is expressed as a percentage of income to the
equivalent sum certain amount for purposes of enforcing a support order in another
state.
Paternity presumption
Under current law, a man is presumed to be the natural father of a child if he
was married to the child's mother when the child was conceived or born or if he and
the child's mother married after the child's birth but had a relationship during the
period of time within which the child was conceived. In a paternity action, if genetic
tests show that a man alleged to be the father is not excluded as the father and that
the probability that he is the father is 99.0% or more, that man is presumed to be the
father. This bill provides that a presumption of paternity that arises on the basis of
marriage is rebutted in a legal action or proceeding by results of a genetic test that
show that a man other than the one presumed to be the father is not excluded as the
father and that the statistical probability that the man is the father is 99.0% or
higher, even if the man who is presumed to be the father on the basis of marriage is
unavailable to submit to genetic tests.
Miscellaneous paternity and support changes
Under current law, an order for child or family support or maintenance is an
automatic assignment of wages or other earnings to the clerk of court. When a
support or maintenance order is entered, the court must send notice of the
assignment by regular mail to a payer's employer or other person who owes the payer
money, requiring withholding of the amount provided in the support order. The
support and withholding orders may be expressed as a fixed sum, as a percentage of
income or as both in the alternative, requiring payment of the greater or lesser
amount. If the payer is entitled to unemployment compensation, however, the order
to withhold benefits must be for an amount certain.
This bill authorizes the court to send notice of assignment by facsimile machine
or other electronic means in addition to regular mail. Orders for the withholding of
unemployment compensation may be expressed as a fixed sum, as a percentage of
benefits payable or as both in the alternative, requiring payment of the greater or
lesser amount. Notices of assignment for withholding must include the information
that the maximum amount withheld may not exceed the maximum amount that is
subject to garnishment under federal law.
Under current law, if the petitioner in a paternity action fails to appear at a
pretrial hearing or at the trial, the court may dismiss the action. If the respondent

in a paternity action is the alleged father and he fails to appear for a court-ordered
genetic test or a hearing at which an appearance is required, the court must
adjudicate the respondent to be the father. The bill provides that, if the mother of
the child in a paternity action fails to appear for a court-ordered genetic test or a
hearing at which an appearance is required, the court may adjudicate the alleged
father, or the man who alleges that he is the father, to be the father of the child if there
is sufficient evidence for such a finding.
Under current law, tax returns are open to examination by state employes for
the purpose of administering the child and spousal support program. The purpose
of that program, which is administered by DWD, is to establish paternity and to
establish, revise if appropriate and enforce support obligations. This bill provides
that employes of county child support agencies may also examine tax returns for the
purpose of administering the child and spousal support program. The county child
support agencies administer the program at the local level.
This bill makes 3 changes to the paternity statutes. Under current law, a court
must order genetic tests in a paternity matter upon the request of a party if there is
probable cause to believe that any of the males in the action had sexual intercourse
with the child's mother at the possible time of conception. Probable cause may be
shown by a sufficient petition or affidavit of the mother. This bill adds that probable
cause may also be shown by a sufficient petition or affidavit of an alleged father or
by sworn testimony of the mother or an alleged father. Under current law, a court
may not make a temporary order for support, legal custody or physical placement in
a paternity matter unless the alleged father has been adjudicated to be the father,
or unless the alleged father is presumed to be the father because he and the child's
mother married after the birth of the child but had a relationship during the time in
which the child was conceived or because he and the child's mother were married
when the child was conceived or born but have since divorced. This bill provides that
the court must make a temporary order for child support and may make a temporary
order assigning responsibility for and directing the manner of payment of the child's
health care expenses, upon the motion of a party, if genetic tests do not exclude the
alleged father and show that the statistical probability of his parentage is 99% or
higher. The bill also provides that bills for articles or services related to the
pregnancy, childbirth or genetic testing may be admitted into evidence and are
sufficient evidence in themselves to show those expenses.
Under current law, interest of 1.5% per month accrues on child support that is
not paid on time, beginning on the first day of the 2nd month after the month in which
the payment was due. This bill changes the time at which the interest begins to
accrue to the first day of the 4th month beginning after the month in which the
payment was due.
Under current law, a person who requests a 2nd or subsequent series of genetic
tests in a paternity action may be required to pay for the tests in advance. The bill
provides that the judge or family court commissioner hearing the matter must
require the person to pay for the tests in advance unless the judge or family court
commissioner finds the person to be indigent.

The bill makes a few other minor changes to the child support statutes,
including: requiring the addition of children's social security numbers to petitions
filed in actions affecting the family (currently only the parties' social security
numbers are required), requiring child support that is received to be credited first
to the payment of support that is due within the calendar month during which it is
received (currently support received is credited first to the payment of support that
is due within the calendar month during which it is withheld from income), requiring
persons (usually employers) who withhold child support from a payer's income to
report to the clerk of court the gross amount of income from which the child support
was withheld and providing that support under an existing order for a child who is
later placed in a state institution is assigned to the state (currently the statutes
provide that a court may order that support be paid to the institution if the child is
in an institution when the support is first ordered).
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB651, s. 1 1Section 1. 13.63 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB651,18,112 13.63 (1) Licenses. An application for a license to act as a lobbyist may be
3obtained from and filed with the board. An applicant shall include his or her social
4security number on the application.
The application shall be signed, under the
5penalty for making false statements under s. 13.69 (6m), by the lobbyist. Upon
6approval of the application and payment of the applicable license fee under s. 13.75
7(1) or (1m) to the board, the board shall issue a license which entitles the licensee to
8practice lobbying on behalf of each registered principal who or which has filed an
9authorization under s. 13.65 for that lobbyist and paid the authorization fee under
10s. 13.75 (4). The license shall expire on December 31 of each even-numbered year.
11No The board shall not issue a license to an applicant who does not provide his or her
12social security number. The board shall refuse to issue a license or shall suspend any
13existing license for failure of an applicant or licensee to pay court-ordered payments
14of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other

1expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse or failure of an applicant
2or licensee to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by
3the department of workforce development or a county child support agency under s.
459.53 (5) and related to paternity or child support proceedings, as provided in a
5memorandum of understanding entered into under s. 49.857. No other
application
6may be disapproved by the board except an application for a license by a person who
7is ineligible for licensure under s. 13.69 (4) or an application by a lobbyist whose
8license has been revoked under s. 13.69 (7) and only for the period of such ineligibility
9or revocation. Denial Except with respect to a license that is denied or suspended
10pursuant to a memorandum of understanding entered into under s. 49.857, denial

11or suspension of a license may be reviewed under ch. 227.
AB651, s. 2 12Section 2. 13.64 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB651,18,1613 13.64 (1) (a) If the principal is an individual, the name and address of the
14individual's employer, if any, or the individual's principal place of business if
15self-employed, and a description of the business activity in which the individual or
16the individual's employer is engaged and the individual's social security number.
AB651, s. 3 17Section 3. 13.64 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB651,19,1018 13.64 (2) The registration shall expire on December 31 of each even-numbered
19year. The board shall refuse to accept a registration statement filed by an individual
20who does not provide his or her social security number. The board shall refuse to
21accept a registration statement filed by an individual or shall suspend any existing
22registration of an individual for failure of the individual or registrant to pay
23court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses,
24medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse
25or failure of the individual or registrant to comply, after appropriate notice, with a

1subpoena or warrant issued by the department of workforce development or a county
2child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and related to paternity or child support
3proceeding, as provided in a memorandum of understanding entered into under s.
449.857.
If all lobbying by or on behalf of the principal which is not exempt under s.
513.621 ceases, the board shall terminate the principal's registration and any
6authorizations under s. 13.65 as of the day after the principal files a statement of
7cessation and expense statements under s. 13.68 for the period covering all dates on
8which the principal was registered. Refusal to accept a registration statement or
9suspension of an existing registration pursuant to a memorandum of understanding
10under s. 49.857 is not subject to review under ch. 227.
AB651, s. 4 11Section 4. 19.36 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB651,19,2012 19.36 (7) (b) Every applicant for a position with any authority may indicate in
13writing to the authority that the applicant does not wish the authority to reveal his
14or her identity. Except with respect to an applicant whose name is certified for
15appointment to a position in the state classified service or a final candidate, if an
16applicant makes such an indication in writing, the authority shall not provide access
17to any record related to the application that may reveal the identity of the applicant.
18This paragraph does not apply to a request under s. 49.22 (2m) for access to a record
19by the department of workforce development or a county child support agency under
20s. 59.53 (5).
AB651, s. 5 21Section 5. 19.55 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB651,19,2522 19.55 (2) (intro.) The Except as requested under s. 49.22 (2m) by the
23department of workforce development or a county child support agency under s.
2459.53 (5), the
following records in the board's possession are not open for public
25inspection:
AB651, s. 6
1Section 6. 19.55 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB651,20,52 19.55 (2) (d) Records of the social security number of any individual who files
3an application for licensure as a lobbyist under s. 13.63 or who registers as a principal
4under s. 13.64, except to the department of workforce development for purposes of
5administration of s. 49.22.
AB651, s. 7 6Section 7. 20.445 (1) (L) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27,
7is amended to read:
AB651,20,118 20.445 (1) (L) (title) Fees Child support-related fees. All moneys received from
9fees charged to counties under ss. 49.22 (8) and 108.13 (4) (f) and all moneys received
10under s. 49.854 (11) (b)
for administrative costs incurred in the enforcement of child
11and spousal support obligations under 42 USC 654.
AB651, s. 8 12Section 8. 20.445 (3) (k) of the statutes is created to read:
AB651,20,1613 20.445 (3) (k) Child support transfers. All moneys transferred from the
14appropriation account under par. (r), to be distributed for the support of dependent
15children in accordance with applicable federal and state statutes, federal regulations
16and state rules.
AB651, s. 9 17Section 9. 20.445 (3) (k) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act ....
18(this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB651,20,2319 20.445 (3) (k) Child support transfers. All moneys transferred from the
20appropriation account under par. (r), to be expended under the Wisconsin works
21program under subch. III of ch. 49 and to be distributed as provided in s. 49.24 and
22for the support of dependent children in accordance with applicable federal and state
23statutes, federal regulations and state rules.
AB651, s. 10 24Section 10. 20.445 (3) (r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB651,21,7
120.445 (3) (r) Support receipt and disbursement program; payments. All
2moneys received under s. 49.854, except for moneys received under s. 49.854 (11) (b),
3by the support collections trust fund for disbursement to the persons for whom the
4payments are awarded, for returning seized funds under s. 49.854 (5) (f) and, if
5assigned under s. 46.261, 48.57 (3m) (b) 2., 49.145 (2) (s) or 49.19 (4) (h) 1. b., for
6transfer to the appropriation account under par. (k). Estimated disbursements
7under this paragraph shall not be included in the schedule under s. 20.005.
AB651, s. 11 8Section 11. 20.445 (3) (r) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act ....
9(this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB651,21,2010 20.445 (3) (r) Support receipt and disbursement program; payments. From the
11support collections trust fund, all moneys received under s. 49.854, except for moneys
12received under s. 49.854 (11) (b), all moneys received under ss. 767.265 and 767.29
13for child or family support, maintenance, spousal support, health care expenses or
14birth expenses, and all other moneys received under judgments or orders in actions
15affecting the family, as defined in s. 767.02 (1), for disbursement to the persons for
16whom the payments are awarded, for returning seized funds under s. 49.854 (5) (f)
17and, if assigned under s. 46.261, 48.57 (3m) (b) 2., 49.145 (2) (s), 49.19 (4) (h) 1. b. or
1849.775 (2) (bm), for transfer to the appropriation account under par. (k). Estimated
19disbursements under this paragraph shall not be included in the schedule under s.
2020.005.
AB651, s. 12 21Section 12 . 20.921 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB651,22,422 20.921 (2) (a) Whenever it becomes necessary in pursuance of any federal or
23state law or court-ordered assignment of income under s. 46.10 (14) (e), 767.23 (1)
24(L), 767.25 (4m) (c), 767.265 or, 767.51 (3m) (c) or 767.62 (4) (b) 3. to make deductions
25from the salaries of state officers or employes or employes of the University of

1Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the state agency or authority by which
2the officers or employes are employed is responsible for making such deductions and
3paying over the total thereof for the purposes provided by the laws or orders under
4which they were made.
AB651, s. 13 5Section 13. 25.17 (1) (tm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB651,22,66 25.17 (1) (tm) Support collections trust fund (s. 25.68);
AB651, s. 14 7Section 14. 25.68 of the statutes is created to read:
AB651,22,11 825.68 Support collections trust fund. There is created a separate
9nonlapsible trust fund designated as the support collections trust fund, to consist of
10all moneys received by the department of workforce development under s. 49.854,
11except for moneys received under s. 49.854 (11) (b).
AB651, s. 15 12Section 15. 25.68 of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this
13act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB651,22,16 1425.68 Support collections trust fund. There is created a separate
15nonlapsible trust fund designated as the support collections trust fund, to consist of
16all of the following:
AB651,22,18 17(1) All moneys received by the department of workforce development under s.
1849.854, except for moneys received under s. 49.854 (11) (b).
AB651,22,20 19(2) All moneys received under ss. 767.265 and 767.29 for child or family
20support, maintenance or spousal support, health care expenses or birth expenses.
AB651,22,23 21(3) All moneys not specified under sub. (2) that are received under a judgment
22or order in an action affecting the family, as defined in s. 767.02 (1), by the
23department of workforce development or its designee.
AB651, s. 16 24Section 16. 29.09 (11m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB651,23,4
129.09 (11m) Denial and revocation of approvals based on child support
2delinquency.
(a) Social security numbers required. The department shall require
3an applicant who is an individual to provide his or her social security number as a
4condition of applying for, or applying to renew, any of the following approvals:
AB651,23,55 1. Any license issued under this chapter.
AB651,23,66 2. Any permit issued under s. 29.38, 29.521, 29.525, 29.53 or 29.578.
AB651,23,77 3. A wild rice identification card issued under s. 29.544.
AB651,23,108 (b) Duplicates. For purposes of this section, an application for a duplicate of
9an approval specified in par. (a) shall be considered an application for the issuance
10of the approval.
AB651,23,1411 (c) Disclosure of social security numbers. The department of natural resources
12may not disclose any social security numbers received under par. (a) to any person
13except to the department of workforce development for the sole purpose of
14administering s. 49.22.
AB651,23,2415 (d) Denial of approvals. 1. As provided in the memorandum of understanding
16required under s. 49.857 (2), the department shall deny an application to issue or
17renew, suspend if already issued or otherwise withhold or restrict an approval
18specified in par. (a) 1. to 3. if the applicant for or the holder of the approval is
19delinquent in making court-ordered payments of child or family support,
20maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the
21support of a child or former spouse or if the applicant or holder fails to comply with
22a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of workforce development or a
23county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and relating to paternity or child
24support proceedings.
AB651,24,4
12. As provided in the memorandum of understanding required under s. 49.857
2(2), the department shall deny an application to issue or renew an approval specified
3in par. (a) 1. to 3. if the applicant for or the holder of the approval fails to provide his
4or her social security number as required under par. (a).
AB651, s. 17 5Section 17. 29.1085 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
61
, is amended to read:
AB651,24,107 29.1085 (3) (c) 1. The department shall issue a notice of approval to those
8qualified applicants selected to receive a Class A bear license. A person who receives
9a notice of approval and who pays the required fee shall be issued the license subject
10to s. 29.09 (11m)
.
AB651, s. 18 11Section 18. 29.1085 (3) (c) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
121
, is amended to read:
AB651,24,1513 29.1085 (3) (c) 2. A Class B bear license shall be issued subject to s. ss. 29.09
14and 29.09 (11m) by the department or by a county clerk to any resident who applies
15for this license and who pays the required fee.
AB651, s. 19 16Section 19. 29.134 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB651,24,1917 29.134 (3) Licenses shall be issued, subject to s. 29.09 (11m), by the department
18upon application. The form of application and license shall be prescribed by the
19department.
AB651, s. 20 20Section 20. 29.135 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB651,24,2421 29.135 (3) Issuance. The department shall issue a wholesale fish dealer license
22to any person 18 years of age or older who applies for this license, if that person is
23not otherwise prohibited from being issued a license under s. 29.09 (11m), 29.99 or
2429.995.
AB651, s. 21 25Section 21. 29.145 (1c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB651,25,3
129.145 (1c) Fishing license for disabled persons. (intro.) The department
2shall issue, subject to s. 29.09 (11m), an annual disabled person fishing license to any
3resident who applies for this license and who does one of the following:
AB651, s. 22 4Section 22. 29.33 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB651,25,165 29.33 (2) (d) Transfer of license. The department may, upon application, permit
6the transfer of a license to any similar boat during the time a licensed boat is disabled
7or undergoing repairs or upon the sale of a licensed boat. The department shall
8promulgate rules governing the transfer of commercial fishing licenses between
9individuals equally qualified to hold the licenses and to members of a licensee's
10immediate family provided the rules assure the wise use and conservation of the fish
11resources being harvested under the license. The rules shall relate only to those
12waters in which the number of licenses is limited. The commercial fishing boards,
13under sub. (7), shall approve or deny transfers of commercial fishing licenses in
14accordance with the rules promulgated under this section. For purposes of s. 29.09
15(11m), a transfer of a license under this section shall be considered an issuance of a
16license to the transferee.
AB651, s. 23 17Section 23. 29.521 (2) (a) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27,
18is amended to read:
AB651,25,2219 29.521 (2) (a) The department, subject to s. 29.09 (11m), shall issue a permit
20under this subsection for a natural body of water specified under sub. (1) (c) 1. if the
21department determines that no substantial public interest exists in the body of water
22and that no public or private rights in the body of water will be damaged.
AB651, s. 24 23Section 24. 29.521 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act
2427
, is amended to read:
AB651,26,5
129.521 (2) (c) 1. The department, subject to s. 29.09 (11m), shall renew a permit
2issued under this subsection unless the department determines that there has been
3a substantial change in circumstances that is related to a determination made under
4par. (a) for the natural body of water or that is related to the application of the criteria
5promulgated under par. (f) to the body of water.
AB651, s. 25 6Section 25. 29.544 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB651,26,157 29.544 (3) License required exceptions; wild rice identification card. Every
8person over the age of 16 and under the age of 65 shall obtain the appropriate wild
9rice license to harvest or deal in wild rice but no license to harvest is required of the
10members of the immediate family of a licensee or of a recipient of old-age assistance
11or members of their immediate families. The department, subject to s. 29.09 (11m),
12shall issue a wild rice identification card to each member of a licensee's immediate
13family, to a recipient of old-age assistance and to each member of the recipient's
14family. The term "immediate family" includes husband and wife and minor children
15having their abode and domicile with the parent or legal guardian.
AB651, s. 26 16Section 26. 29.573 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB651,26,1917 29.573 (2) No license shall be granted may be issued unless the applicant owns
18or has under lease the area for which the license is granted issued. Boundaries of
19the area licensed shall be defined and posted as prescribed by the department.
AB651, s. 27 20Section 27. 29.574 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB651,27,1921 29.574 (3) Upon the filing of such declaration the department shall forthwith
22investigate the same and may require the applicant to produce satisfactory evidence
23of the facts therein stated. It will be necessary for the licensee to purchase all wild
24game within the boundaries of the proposed farm of the species designated in the
25license, and to effect this purpose the department thereupon shall appoint one

1member, the applicant one member, and these 2 shall select a 3rd member, the 3 to
2act as a board to go upon the lands embraced within the proposed license and
3determine as near as possible the number of wild birds and animals of the desired
4species thereon at the time of the granting issuing of the license. The necessary
5expenses of all of the members of such board shall be paid by the licensee. Within
630 days after the date of such determination as accepted by the department the
7licensee shall pay to the department a specified sum as may be determined by the
8department for those species of wild birds or wild animals on the lands that are
9desired for propagation purposes, the title of which rests in the state. If upon such
10examination it appears that the applicant is the owner or lessee of said lands, and
11the applicant intends in good faith to establish, operate and maintain a game bird
12and animal farm, subject to s. 29.09 (11m), the department shall issue a license to
13the applicant describing such lands, and certifying that the licensee is lawfully
14entitled to use the same for the breeding, propagating, killing and selling of such
15game birds and animals thereon according to this section. When such license has
16been granted issued, the licensee shall become the owner of all such game birds or
17animals thereon of the species licensed and of all of their offspring actually produced
18thereon and remaining thereon, subject however to the jurisdiction of the
19department over all game.
AB651, s. 28 20Section 28. 29.575 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB651,28,321 29.575 (3) Upon the filing of such declaration the department shall investigate
22and may require the applicant to produce satisfactory evidence of the facts stated in
23the declaration. If it appears that the applicant is the owner or lessee of the lands,
24and that the applicant intends in good faith to establish, operate and maintain a fur
25animal farm, subject to s. 29.09 (11m), the department shall issue a license to the

1applicant. The license shall describe the lands and shall certify that the licensee is
2entitled to use the same for dealing, breeding, propagating and trapping fur animals
3on the land described in the license.
AB651, s. 29 4Section 29. 29.575 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB651,28,195 29.575 (4) Upon issuance of the license, the department shall appoint one
6person, the applicant shall appoint one person, and these 2 shall select a 3rd person
7to enter the lands and determine the number of fur animals thereon at the time of
8the granting issuing of the license. The necessary expenses of these persons shall
9be paid by the licensee. Within 10 days after the date of such determination, the
10licensee shall pay to the department $2.50 for each beaver, 50 cents for each muskrat,
11$2.50 for each mink, $2.50 for each otter, $1 for each raccoon, and 50 cents for each
12skunk so found on such lands. Only those animals to be licensed under the fur animal
13farm are to be paid for. When such payment has been made the licensee shall become
14owner of such fur animals on said lands and of all of their offspring remaining
15thereon. The licensee shall have the right to manage and control said lands and the
16licensed fur animals thereon, to take the same at any time or in any manner, subject
17to s. 29.245, which the licensee sees fit and deems to the best advantage of the
18licensee's business, and to sell and transport at any time said fur animals or the pelts
19taken from them.
AB651, s. 30 20Section 30. 29.578 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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