AB684, s. 13 5Section 13. 25.29 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9,
6is amended to read:
AB684,74,117 25.29 (1) (a) Except as provided in ss. 25.293 and 25.295, all moneys accruing
8to the state for or in behalf of the department under chs. 22, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 350,
9subchs. I and VI of ch. 77 and ss. 23.09 to 23.31, 23.325 to 23.42, 23.50 to 23.99, 30.50
10to 30.55, 70.58, 71.10 (5) and 71.30 (10), including grants received from the federal
11government or any of its agencies except as otherwise provided by law.
AB684, s. 14 12Section 14. 25.29 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB684,74,1613 25.29 (4m) Notwithstanding sub. (3), no moneys that accrue to the state for or
14in behalf of the department under ch. 22 or 29 may be expended or paid for the
15enforcement of the treaty-based, off-reservation rights to fish held by members of
16federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands domiciled in Wisconsin.
AB684, s. 15 17Section 15. 29.011 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB684,74,1918 29.011 (3) This section does not apply to wild animals that are subject to
19regulation under ch. 22.
AB684, s. 16 20Section 16. 29.024 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB684,75,321 29.024 (1) Approvals required. Except as specifically provided in ch. 22 or this
22chapter, no person may hunt or trap in this state, fish in the waters of this state or
23engage in any of the activities regulated under this chapter unless the appropriate
24approval is issued to the person. A person shall carry the required approval with him
25or her at all times while hunting, trapping or fishing or engaged in regulated

1activities unless otherwise required by this chapter or unless otherwise authorized
2or required by the department. A person shall exhibit the approval to the
3department or its wardens on demand.
AB684, s. 17 4Section 17. 29.024 (2g) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB684,75,65 29.024 (2g) (a) 2. Any permit issued under s. 29.38, 29.521, 29.525, 29.53 or
629.578
29.537, 29.733, 29.735 or 29.736.
AB684, s. 18 7Section 18. 29.024 (2r) (a) 17. of the statutes is repealed.
AB684, s. 19 8Section 19. 29.024 (2r) (a) 18. of the statutes is repealed.
AB684, s. 20 9Section 20. 29.024 (2r) (a) 19. of the statutes is repealed.
AB684, s. 21 10Section 21. 29.024 (2r) (a) 20. of the statutes is repealed.
AB684, s. 22 11Section 22. 29.024 (2r) (a) 21. of the statutes is repealed.
AB684, s. 23 12Section 23. 29.042 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB684,75,1813 29.042 (1) Beginning on January 1, 1998, the department may not enter into
14any agreement to make payments to persons holding approvals issued under s.
1529.501, 29.503, 29.506, 29.509, 29.512, 29.514, 29.519, 29.523, 29.526, 29.529,
1629.531, 29.533, 29.537, 29.607, 29.611, or 29.614, 29.865, 29.867, 29.869, 29.871 or
1729.877
in exchange for the retirement of the approval or for the temporary or
18permanent cessation of any activity authorized under the approval.
AB684, s. 24 19Section 24. 29.047 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB684,75,2120 29.047 (2) (b) The possession, transportation, delivery or receipt of farm-raised
21deer or, farm-raised fish or wild animals that are subject to regulation under ch. 22.
AB684, s. 25 22Section 25. 29.191 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB684,75,2423 29.191 (2) (a) 3. Any person hunting pheasant under s. 29.195 or on premises
24licensed under s. 29.865
is exempt from the requirements under subd. 1.
AB684, s. 26 25Section 26. 29.192 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB684,76,7
129.192 (6) The department shall permit the hunting of farm-raised deer on the
2premises on which farm-raised deer are kept by persons registered under s. 95.55.
3The department shall determine the requirements and conditions for hunting
4farm-raised deer under this subsection, and shall determine the provisions of this
5chapter that are applicable to hunting farm-raised deer under this subsection. The
6department shall cooperate with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer
7protection with respect to the hunting of farm-raised deer.
AB684, s. 27 8Section 27. 29.314 (5) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB684,76,129 29.314 (5) (b) 3. To a person who possesses a flashlight or who uses a flashlight
10while if the person is on foot and training a dog to track or hunt raccoons, foxes or
11other unprotected wild animals and if the raccoons, foxes or other unprotected wild
12animals are not subject to regulation under ch. 22
.
AB684, s. 28 13Section 28. 29.321 of the statutes is repealed.
AB684, s. 29 14Section 29. 29.334 of the statutes is renumbered 29.334 (1) and amended to
15read:
AB684,76,2016 29.334 (1) A person who hunts or traps any game animal , game bird or
17fur-bearing animal shall kill the animal it when it is taken and make it part of the
18daily bag or shall release the animal it unless authorized under s. 29.857, 29.863,
1928.867, 29.869, 29.871 or 29.877
the person has the authority to possess it under ch.
2022
.
AB684, s. 30 21Section 30. 29.347 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, is
22amended to read:
AB684,77,523 29.347 (2) Deer tags. Except as provided under sub. (5) and s. 29.324 (3), any
24person who kills a deer shall immediately attach to the ear or antler of the deer a
25current validated deer carcass tag which is authorized for use on the type of deer

1killed. Except as provided under sub. (2m) or s. 29.871 (7), (8) or (14) or s. 29.89 (6),
2no person may possess, control, store or transport a deer carcass unless it is tagged
3as required under this subsection. The carcass tag may not be removed before
4registration. The removal of a carcass tag from a deer before registration renders the
5deer untagged.
AB684, s. 31 6Section 31. 29.347 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB684,77,87 29.347 (6) Farm-raised deer Deer. This section does not apply to farm-raised
8deer or deer that are subject to regulation under ch. 22.
AB684, s. 32 9Section 32. 29.351 of the statutes is renumbered 29.351 (1), and 29.351 (1) (c),
10as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB684,77,1711 29.351 (1) (c) Possess the raw skin of any muskrat, mink, otter, fisher or pine
12marten at any time unless the person is the holder of a valid scientific collector
13permit, fur dealer license, trapping license or resident conservation patron license.
14No license is required for a person breeding, raising and producing domestic
15fur-bearing animals in captivity, as defined in s. 29.873, or
for a person authorized
16to take muskrats on a cranberry marsh under a permit issued to the person by the
17department.
AB684, s. 33 18Section 33. 29.351 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB684,77,2019 29.351 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the skins of fur-bearing animals
20that are subject to regulation under ch. 22.
AB684, s. 34 21Section 34. 29.354 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB684,78,322 29.354 (1) Approval necessary. No person, except a person who has a valid
23hunting license, sports license, conservation patron license, taxidermist permit or
24scientific collector permit and who is carrying this approval on his or her person,
may
25possess or have under his or her control any game bird, or game animal or the carcass

1of any game bird or game animal unless the person is rehabilitating the game bird
2or game animal or unless the person has a valid hunting license, sports license,
3conservation patron license, taxidermist permit or scientific collector permit
.
AB684, s. 35 4Section 35. 29.354 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 29.354 (2) (a) and
5amended to read:
AB684,78,96 29.354 (2) (a) No person, except a Except as provided in par. (b), no person who
7has a valid scientific collector permit, may take, needlessly destroy or possess or have
8under his or her control the nest or eggs of any wild bird for which a closed season
9is prescribed under this chapter.
AB684, s. 36 10Section 36. 29.354 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB684,78,1311 29.354 (2) (b) A person who has a valid scientific collector permit may take or
12possess or have under his or her control the nest of a wild bird and may destroy the
13nest if necessary for a scientific purpose.
AB684, s. 37 14Section 37. 29.354 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB684,78,1615 29.354 (5) Captive wild animals. This section does not apply to wild animals
16that are subject to regulation under ch. 22.
AB684, s. 38 17Section 38. 29.357 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB684,78,2018 29.357 (5) (b) Subsections (1) to (4) do not apply to the possession,
19transportation, delivery or receipt of farm-raised deer or , farm-raised fish or wild
20animals that are subject to regulation under ch. 22
.
AB684, s. 39 21Section 39. 29.361 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB684,78,2322 29.361 (6) This section does not apply to the transportation of farm-raised deer
23or deer that are subject to regulation under ch. 22.
AB684, s. 40 24Section 40. 29.364 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB684,79,4
129.364 (5) Exemption; taxidermists. Subsections (1) to (3) do not apply to a
2person who has a valid taxidermist permit and who is transporting, in connection
3with his or her business,
the carcass of a game bird in connection with his or her
4business
or the carcass of a wild bird that is subject to regulation under ch. 22.
AB684, s. 41 5Section 41. 29.501 (9m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB684,79,76 29.501 (9m) This section applies to raw furs and dressed furs from fur-bearing
7animals that are subject to regulation under ch. 22.
AB684, s. 42 8Section 42. 29.506 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB684,79,159 29.506 (4) Authorization. Subject to this section, a taxidermist permit
10authorizes the permit holder to possess and transport wild animals or carcasses of
11wild animals
in connection with his or her business. This authority supersedes, to
12the extent permitted under this section, restrictions on the possession and
13transportation of wild animals and carcasses of wild animals established under ch.
1422 and
this chapter. A taxidermist permit entitles the permit holder to the same
15privileges as a Class A fur dealer's license.
AB684, s. 43 16Section 43. 29.539 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB684,79,1817 29.539 (7) This section does not apply to the carcass of a wild animal that is
18subject to regulation under ch. 22.
AB684, s. 44 19Section 44. 29.541 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB684,79,2220 29.541 (3) Exemption. This section does not apply to the meat from
21farm-raised deer or from farm-raised fish or to meat that is subject to regulation
22under s. 22.13 or 22.14
.
AB684, s. 45 23Section 45. 29.563 (9) (intro.) and (a) (title) of the statutes are repealed.
AB684, s. 46 24Section 46. 29.563 (9) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 29.563 (7) (c) 5m.
AB684, s. 47
1Section 47. 29.563 (9) (a) 2. to 10. and (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1999
2Wisconsin Act 9
, are repealed.
AB684, s. 48 3Section 48. 29.563 (9) (c) of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9,
4is repealed.
AB684, s. 49 5Section 49. 29.614 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB684,80,186 29.614 (3) A scientific collector permit authorizes the permittee to collect or
7salvage, for scientific purposes only, the eggs, nest and live fish and the nests and
8carcasses of any
wild animals specified in the permit subject to the conditions and
9limitations specified in the permit and the rules of the department. The permittee
10may use the specimens for the scientific purposes for which collected or salvaged and
11may transport them or cause them to be transported by common carrier. Possession
12of these specimens may not be transferred to any other person, except that these
13specimens may be exchanged for other specimens for scientific purposes. A scientific
14collector permit may authorize the use of net guns and tranquilizer guns for activities
15related to the purposes for which the permit is issued. Any person who is convicted
16of violating this chapter shall forfeit the person's permit and the permit is thereby
17revoked, in addition to all other penalties. Any person so convicted is not eligible for
18a permit under this section for one year following the conviction.
AB684, s. 50 19Section 50. 29.741 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB684,80,20 2029.741 (title) Food in the wild for game birds.
AB684, s. 51 21Section 51. 29.741 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
AB684, s. 52 22Section 52. 29.741 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 29.741.
AB684, s. 53 23Section 53. 29.745 of the statutes is repealed.
AB684, s. 54 24Section 54. 29.853 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB684, s. 55 25Section 55. 29.853 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
AB684, s. 56
1Section 56. 29.853 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB684, s. 57 2Section 57. 29.853 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB684, s. 58 3Section 58. 29.853 (4m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB684, s. 59 4Section 59. 29.853 (5) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB684, s. 60 5Section 60. 29.853 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 29.334 (2) and amended
6to read:
AB684,81,87 29.334 (2) A person who violates this section sub. (1) shall forfeit not less than
8$100 nor more than $1,000.
AB684, s. 61 9Section 61. 29.855 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB684, s. 62 10Section 62. 29.855 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
AB684, s. 63 11Section 63. 29.855 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB684, s. 64 12Section 64. 29.855 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB684, s. 65 13Section 65. 29.855 (4) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB684, s. 66 14Section 66. 29.855 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 22.04 (2) (e) and amended
15to read:
AB684,81,2416 22.04 (2) (e) No person may operate on a live wild skunk to remove its scent
17glands unless the person who possesses holds a Class A or Class B captive wild
18animal farm license or unless the person is a veterinarian and the person bringing

19the skunk is authorized under s. 29.857 or 29.869 to the veterinarian holds such a
20license
. A veterinarian to whom a person brings a live wild skunk for removal of its
21scent glands or for other treatment shall verify whether the person holds a Class A
22or Class B captive wild animal farm license. If the person does not hold such a license,
23the veterinarian shall
notify that person that possession of a live skunk is illegal and
24shall notify the department.
AB684, s. 67 25Section 67. 29.855 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
AB684, s. 68
1Section 68. 29.855 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
AB684, s. 69 2Section 69. 29.855 (7) of the statutes is repealed.
AB684, s. 70 3Section 70. 29.857 of the statutes is repealed.
AB684, s. 71 4Section 71. 29.861 of the statutes is repealed.
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