LRB-4431/1
MGG:wlj:jf
1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
March 7, 2000 - Introduced by Representatives Gunderson, Suder, Johnsrud,
Musser, Gronemus, Pettis, Goetsch, Albers and Sykora, cosponsored by
Senator Plache. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.
AB842,1,3
1An Act to amend 29.184 (6) (b); and
to create 29.184 (6) (b) 1. and 29.184 (6) (b)
22. of the statutes;
relating to: certain applicants for preference points under
3the cumulative preference system for issuing Class A bear hunting licenses.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the department of natural resources (DNR) issues two types
of bear hunting licenses. A Class A bear hunting license allows the license holder
to shoot and kill bear. A Class B bear hunting license allows the license holder to
assist a Class A license holder in pursuing bear, to bait bear and to train dogs to
pursue bear, but it does not allow the license holder to actually shoot at or kill bear.
Under current law, DNR administers a cumulative preference system for
issuing Class A bear licenses if the number of applicants for the license exceeds the
number of licenses available. Under the system, an applicant may apply for a license
or may apply for only a preference point if he or she is not seeking a license for the
upcoming bear hunting season. DNR gives a preference point to each person who
applies for one and to each person who applies for a license but who is not selected.
The more preference points an applicant has, the higher priority he or she is given
in issuing the licenses. Under current law, an applicant seeking these preference
points need not be eligible to receive a hunting license. This bill requires that an
applicant seeking these preference points be at least 12 years old and be eligible for
a hunting license on the first day of the upcoming bear hunting season.
For further information see the state 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:
AB842,2,213
29.184
(6) (b)
Cumulative preference system; random selection. If the number
4of qualified applications for Class A bear licenses exceeds the number of available
5licenses, the department shall select applicants to be issued Class A bear licenses
6based upon a cumulative preference system. This system shall establish preference
7categories for those applicants who applied for but who were not issued Class A bear
8licenses or bear harvest permits under s. 29.1085 (3) (b), 1993 stats., in the previous
9season, with higher priority given to those categories with more preference points
10than those with fewer preference points. For each season, the department shall
11allow each applicant under the system to apply for a preference point or for a license.
12The department shall give a preference point to each applicant who applies for a
13preference point and to each applicant who applies for a license but who is not
14selected. Applicants who fail to apply for either a preference point or a license at least
15once during any 3 consecutive years shall lose all previously accumulated preference
16points. If the number of applicants within a preference category exceeds the number
17of Class A bear licenses available in the category, the department shall select at
18random the applicants to be issued licenses within the preference category.
19Beginning on the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], an
20applicant for a preference point must meet all of the following requirements on the
21first day of bear hunting season that immediately follows the date of application:
AB842, s. 2
1Section
2. 29.184 (6) (b) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
AB842,3,22
29.184
(6) (b) 1. The applicant is at least 12 years old.
AB842, s. 3
3Section
3. 29.184 (6) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
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29.184
(6) (b) 2. The applicant is eligible for an approval authorizing hunting.
