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2. A bow hunting safety component providing instruction in hunting with bows
13and arrows and their associated equipment.
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(br) The bow hunting safety component need not be offered in each school
15district or county.
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16Section
8. 29.225 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
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29.225
(1) (c) A person who is enrolled in the course may take the firearm safety
18component, or, if the bow hunting safety component is offered, the bow hunting safety
19component or both components.
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20Section
9. 29.225 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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29.225
(2) Administration. The law enforcement administrator shall be the
22department's authorized agent to administer, supervise and enforce this section.
23The department shall appoint a qualified person from the law enforcement function,
24under the classified service, as the hunter education administrator and shall
25prescribe his or her duties and responsibilities. The department may appoint county
1directors, master hunter education instructors and regular hunter education
2instructors necessary for the hunter education and
firearm safety program. These
3appointees are responsible to the department and shall serve on a voluntary basis
4without compensation.
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5Section
10. 29.225 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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29.225
(3) Instruction fee. The department shall collect the instruction fee
7specified under s. 29.092 (2) (n) from each person who receives instruction under the
8hunter education and
firearm safety program. The department may authorize an
9instructor conducting a course of instruction meeting standards established by the
10department to retain 50% of this fee to defray expenses incurred locally to operate
11the program. The remaining portion of the fee or, if nothing is retained, the entire
12fee shall be deposited in the conservation fund.
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13Section
11. 29.225 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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29.225
(4) (a)
Issuance. The department shall issue a certificate of
15accomplishment to a person who successfully completes the course of instruction
16under the hunter education and
firearm safety program and who pays the
17instruction fee. The department shall prescribe the form and content of the
18certificate of accomplishment.
The certificate shall state whether the person
19successfully completed the firearm safety component, the bow hunting safety
20component or both. The certificate may be used by a resident to whom issued in place
21of a small game hunting license as required in s. 29.09.
SB263, s. 12
22Section
12. 29.226 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 29.226 (1) (a) and
23amended to read:
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129.226
(1) (a) Except as provided under subs. (2)
, (2m) and (3), no person born
2on or after January 1, 1973, may obtain any approval authorizing hunting unless the
3person is issued a certificate of accomplishment under s. 29.225.
SB263, s. 13
4Section
13. 29.226 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
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29.226
(1) (b) For a person who is issued a certificate of accomplishment under
6s. 29.225 on or after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], the
7approval issued under par. (a) shall authorize hunting only with a bow and arrow if
8the person's certificate states that the person successfully completed only the bow
9hunting safety component of the course of instruction under s. 29.225 (1) (bg) 2.
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10Section
14. 29.226 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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29.226
(2) A person who has a certificate, license or other evidence indicating
12that he or she has completed
in another state a hunter safety course
in another state 13and
if the course is recognized by the department under a reciprocity agreement
, the
14person may obtain an approval authorizing hunting regardless of whether the
15person is issued a certificate of accomplishment under s. 29.225 in this state.
SB263, s. 15
16Section
15. 29.226 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
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29.226
(2m) A person who has a certificate, license or other evidence indicating
18that he or she has completed in another state a hunter safety course that consisted
19only of bow hunting safety instruction and if the course is recognized by the
20department under a reciprocity agreement, the person may obtain an approval
21authorizing hunting only with a bow and arrow regardless of whether the person is
22issued a certificate of accomplishment under s. 29.225 in this state.
SB263, s. 16
23Section
16. 29.227 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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29.227
(1) (b)
Restrictions on possession or control of a firearm. No person
25under 12 years of age may have in his or her possession or control any firearm unless
1he or she is enrolled in a course of instruction under the hunter education and
2firearm safety program
that includes the firearm safety component and
he or she is
3carrying the firearm in a case and unloaded to or from that class under the
4supervision of a parent or guardian or is handling or operating the firearm during
5that class under the supervision of an instructor.
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6Section
17. 29.227 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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29.227
(2) (b) 2. Is enrolled in a course of instruction
that includes the firearm
8safety component under the hunter education and
firearm safety program and is
9carrying the firearm in a case and unloaded to or from that class or is handling or
10operating the firearm during that class under the supervision of an instructor.
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11Section
18. 29.227 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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29.227
(3) (a) 2. Is issued a certificate of accomplishment
that states that he
13or she completed the firearm safety component under the hunter education and
14firearm safety program or
has a similar certificate issued by another state or
15province.
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16Section
19. 29.227 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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29.227
(3) (b) 2. Is enrolled in a course of instruction
that includes the firearm
18safety component under the hunter education and
firearm safety program and is
19carrying the firearm in a case and unloaded to or from that class or is handling or
20operating the firearm during that class under the supervision of an instructor; or
SB263, s. 20
21Section
20. 29.227 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
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29.227
(3) (b) 3. Is issued a certificate of accomplishment
that states that he
23or she completed the firearm safety component under the hunter education
and
24firearm safety program or
has a similar certificate issued by another state or
25province.
SB263, s. 21
1Section
21. 938.343 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
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938.343
(7) If the violation is related to the unsafe use of firearms, order the
3juvenile to attend a course under the hunter education and
firearm safety program
4under s. 29.225
that includes the firearm safety component.
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(1)
This act takes effect on July 1, 1998.