AB851: Bill Text

AB851,5,12 29.171 (4) (b) 6. Shall be used with bolts or arrows that have broadhead tips when hunting bear or deer.

AB851, s. 5 Section 5. 29.171 (4) (b) 7. of the statutes is created to read:

AB851,5,15 29.171 (4) (b) 7. Shall be used with bolts or arrows that have broadhead tips or blunt tips when hunting game other than bear or deer.

AB851, s. 6 Section 6. 29.194 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

AB851,5,18 29.194 (4) Resident small game hunting licenses for nonresident minors. (a) In this subsection:

AB851,5,20 1. "Hunting license" means a license or permit that authorizes the hunting of small game with a firearm.

AB851,5,22 2. "Minor" means a person who is at least 12 years of age but less than 16 years of age.

AB851,5,24 (b) A small game hunting license shall be issued by the department to a person who resides in another state and who applies for this license if all of following apply:

AB851,5,25 1. The applicant is a minor.

AB851,6,4 2. The state in which the applicant resides issues hunting licenses to minors who are residents of this state and collects a fee for those hunting licenses that is the same as the fee collected from minors residing in that state for those hunting licenses.

AB851, s. 7 Section 7. 29.304 (1) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB851,6,6 29.304 (1) (title) Persons Hunting by persons under 12 years of age.

AB851, s. 8 Section 8. 29.304 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB851, s. 9 Section 9. 29.304 (2) (a) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB851, s. 10 Section 10. 29.304 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 29.304 (2) and amended to read:

AB851,6,14 29.304 (2) Persons 12 to 14 Hunting by persons 12 and 13 years of age. No person 12 years of age or older but under 14 years of age may hunt unless he or she is accompanied by a his or her parent or guardian or by a person at least 18 years of age who is designated by the parent or guardian.

AB851, s. 11 Section 11. 29.304 (2) (b) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB851, s. 12 Section 12. 29.304 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 29.304 (3m) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB851,6,20 29.304 (3m) Possession by persons under 14 years of age. (intro.) No person 12 years of age or older but under 14 years of age may have in his or her possession or control any firearm unless he or she:

AB851, s. 13 Section 13. 29.304 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 29.304 (3m) (a) and amended to read:

AB851,6,24 29.304 (3m) (a) Is accompanied by a his or her parent or guardian or by a person at least 18 years of age who is designated by the parent or guardian; or

AB851, s. 14 Section 14. 29.304 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 29.304 (3m) (b).

AB851, s. 15 Section 15. 29.304 (3) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB851,7,2 29.304 (3) (title) Persons 14 to 16 Hunting by persons 14 and 15 years of age.

AB851, s. 16 Section 16. 29.304 (3) (a) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB851, s. 17 Section 17. 29.304 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 29.304 (3) (intro.).

AB851, s. 18 Section 18. 29.304 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 29.304 (3) (a) and amended to read:

AB851,7,9 29.304 (3) (a) Is accompanied by a his or her parent or guardian or by a person at least 18 years of age who is designated by the parent or guardian; or

AB851, s. 19 Section 19. 29.304 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 29.304 (3) (b) amended to read:

AB851,7,16 29.304 (3) (b) Is issued a certificate of accomplishment that states that he or she successfully completed the course of instruction under the hunter education program or has a similar certificate issued by another state or, province or country that has a hunter safety course that is recognized by the department under a reciprocity agreement.

AB851, s. 20 Section 20. 29.304 (3) (b) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB851, s. 21 Section 21. 29.304 (3) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 29.304 (3r) (intro.).

AB851, s. 22 Section 22. 29.304 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 29.304 (3r) (a) and amended to read:

AB851,7,23 29.304 (3r) (a) Is accompanied by a his or her parent or guardian or by a person at least 18 years of age who is designated by the parent or guardian.

AB851, s. 23 Section 23. 29.304 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 29.304 (3r) (b).

AB851, s. 24 Section 24. 29.304 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 29.304 (3r) (c) and amended to read:

AB851,8,6 29.304 (3r) (c) Is issued a certificate of accomplishment that states that he or she completed the course of instruction under the hunter education program or has a similar certificate issued by another state or, province or country that has a hunter safety course that is recognized by the department under a reciprocity agreement.

AB851, s. 25 Section 25. 29.304 (3r) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB851,8,8 29.304 (3r) (title) Possession by persons 14 to 16 years of age.

AB851, s. 26 Section 26. 29.304 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB851,8,13 29.304 (5) Exception. Notwithstanding subs. (1) to (3) (2) to (3r), a person 12 years of age or older may possess or control a firearm and may hunt with a firearm or bow and arrow on land under the ownership of the person or the person's family if no license is required and if the firing of firearms is permitted on that land.

AB851, s. 27 Section 27. 29.541 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB851,8,18 29.541 (1) (a) (intro.) No Except as provided in s. 29.934 (2) (b), no innkeeper, manager or steward of any restaurant, club, hotel, boarding house, tavern, logging camp or mining camp may sell, barter, serve or give, or cause to be sold, bartered, served or given, to its guests or boarders any of the following:

AB851, s. 28 Section 28. 29.563 (11) (b) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, is amended to read:

AB851,8,22 29.563 (11) (b) 1. Hunter education and firearm safety instruction fee: the fee as established by rule.

AB851, s. 29 Section 29. 29.563 (12) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB851,8,25 29.563 (12) (c) 2. Hunter education and firearm safety course certificate of accomplishment: $2.

AB851, s. 30 Section 30. 29.591 (4) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB851,9,8 29.591 (4) (am) Authorization for antlerless deer. The department may authorize a person to whom it issues a certificate of accomplishment for successfully completing the course of instruction under the hunter education program under s. 29.591 for the first time to use the certificate in place of a permit issued under s. 29.177 or 29.181 to take one antlerless deer in specific areas identified by the department. The authorization for group deer hunting under s. 29.324 shall not apply to a person hunting an antlerless deer as authorized under this paragraph.

AB851, s. 31 Section 31. 29.591 (4) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB851,9,15 29.591 (4) (ar) Period for hunting antlerless deer. A certificate of accomplishment issued under this section that the department has authorized to be used in place of a permit under s. par. (am) is valid for the hunting of one antlerless deer during the deer hunting season immediately following the date of issuance of the certificate on which the person holding the certificate is first eligible to apply for a deer hunting license.

AB851, s. 32 Section 32. 29.593 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB851,9,21 29.593 (2) A If a person who has evidence that is satisfactory to the department indicating that he or she has completed in another state, province or country a hunter safety course, and if the course is recognized by the department under a reciprocity agreement, the person may obtain an approval authorizing hunting. for successfully completing the course of instruction the hunter education program

AB851, s. 33 Section 33. 29.597 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

AB851,9,25 29.597 (7) Proceeds from the sale of skins. The department may sell, either directly or by an agent under supervision by the department, skins that are prepared as a part of the course of instruction under the trapper education program. Any proceeds that the department receives from the sale of these skins shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (1) (Lq).

AB851, s. 34 Section 34. 29.934 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB851,10,4 29.934 (title) Sale of confiscated game wild animals and objects.

AB851, s. 35 Section 35. 29.934 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 29.934 (1) and amended to read:

AB851,10,16 29.934 (1) Sales in general. All wild animals, carcasses or plants that are confiscated by the department and all confiscated vehicles, boats or objects shall, if not destroyed as authorized by law, be sold, except as provided in ss. 29.936 and 29.938, at the highest price obtainable, by the department, or by an agent on commission under supervision of the department. The net proceeds of sales under this subsection, after deducting the expense of seizure and sale and any commissions and any amounts owing to holders of security interests under par. (c) or (d) subs. (1m) and (1r), shall be remitted to the department. The remittance shall be accompanied by a report of the sales, supported by vouchers for expenses and commissions, and shall be filed with the department.

AB851, s. 36 Section 36. 29.934 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 29.934 (1g) and amended to read:

AB851,10,22 29.934 (1g) Distribution of sale proceeds. Of the remittance from the sales under sub. (1) of confiscated vehicles, boats or objects, 18% shall be paid into the conservation fund to reimburse it for expenses incurred in seizure and sale, and the remaining 82% shall be paid into the common school fund.

AB851, s. 37 Section 37. 29.934 (1) (c) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 29.934 (1m) (a) and amended to read:

AB851,11,8 29.934 (1m) (a) In the case of the sale of a confiscated motor vehicle under sub. (1), the department shall make a reasonable effort, within 10 days after seizure, to ascertain if a security interest in the seized motor vehicle exists. The department shall, within 10 days after obtaining actual or constructive notice of any security interest in the seized motor vehicle, give the secured party notice of the time and place when there is to be any proceeding before a court pertaining to the confiscation of the motor vehicle. Constructive notice shall be limited to security interests perfected by filing.

AB851, s. 38 Section 38. 29.934 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 29.934 (1m) (b) and amended to read:

AB851,11,14 29.934 (1m) (b) The time of sale of the confiscated motor vehicle shall be within 20 days after judgment of confiscation as provided in s. 29.931 (2). The department shall give each secured party discovered in accordance with subd. 1. par. (a) at least 10 days' notice of the time and place of sale of the motor vehicle.

AB851, s. 39 Section 39. 29.934 (1) (c) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 29.934 (1m) (c) and amended to read:

AB851,12,2 29.934 (1m) (c) If the holder of a security interest in the confiscated motor vehicle, perfected by filing, proves to the court, or after judgment of confiscation, to the department, that the violation that led to the confiscation was not with the knowledge, consent or connivance of the holder of the security interest or with that of some person employed or trusted by the holder of the security interest, the amount due under the security agreement, together with any other deductions authorized under par. (a) sub. (1), shall be deducted from the proceeds of the sale of the confiscated motor vehicle and the amount due shall be paid to the one entitled. If a sufficient amount does not remain for the full payment of the amount due under the security agreement after making the other deductions authorized under par. (a) sub. (1), the amount remaining shall be paid to the one entitled.

AB851, s. 40 Section 40. 29.934 (1) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 29.934 (1r) and amended to read:

AB851,12,7 29.934 (1r) Boats and certain vehicles. The provisions of s. 973.075 (1) (b) 2m. and (5) apply to boats and vehicles, other than motor vehicles, under that are subject to this subsection section.

AB851, s. 41 Section 41. 29.934 (1) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 29.934 (1u) and amended to read:

AB851,12,12 29.934 (1u) Car kill deer. This subsection Subsection (1) does not apply to a deer killed, or so injured that it must be killed, by a collision with a motor vehicle on a highway. For purposes of this subsection, "deer" does not include farm-raised deer.

AB851, s. 42 Section 42. 29.934 (1m) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB851,12,14 29.934 (1m) (title) Sale of motor vehicles.

AB851, s. 43 Section 43. 29.934 (2) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB851,12,16 29.934 (2) (title) Sale of wild animals.

AB851, s. 44 Section 44. 29.934 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 29.934 (2) (a) and amended to read:

AB851,12,25 29.934 (2) (a) On any sales under this section of wild animals or carcasses that are seized or confiscated under s. 29.931 (1), the department or the agent selling them shall issue to each purchaser a certificate, on forms prepared and furnished by the department, covering the sales. The wild animals or carcasses so purchased shall be consumed, resold or otherwise disposed of by the purchaser within a period to be set by the department, but may not be resold or exchanged, in whole or in part, to any other person, except as provided in sub. (3) pars. (b) and (c).

AB851, s. 45 Section 45. 29.934 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB851,13,6 29.934 (2) (c) The department may sell wild animals seized or confiscated under s. 29.931 (1), or their carcasses, to fur dealers licensed under s. 29.501, wholesale fish dealers licensed under s. 29.503, taxidermists having permits under s. 29.506, bait dealers licensed under s. 29.509 and licensees under ss. 29.865, 29.867, 29.869, 29.871 and 29.877.

AB851, s. 46 Section 46. 29.934 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 29.934 (2) (b) and amended to read:

AB851,13,16 29.934 (2) (b) Confiscated The department may sell fish or game sold under this section, or their carcasses, that are seized or confiscated under s. 29.931 (1) to the owner or operator of a restaurant may to be served to the restaurant's customers. The department shall issue a certificate covering the purchase sale, which shall be hung in public view in the place where the fish or game is served, and the fish or game shall at the time of sale be tagged by the department or the agent selling it. The tag shall show the date of sale and shall be returned to the department or agent within 5 days after the sale consumption or other disposal of the fish or game.

AB851, s. 47 Section 47. 29.938 of the statutes is created to read:

AB851,13,22 29.938 Use by the department of unclaimed, seized or confiscated property. The department may retain and use any of the following property for the education program under s. 29.591, the trapper education program under s. 29.597 or other educational hunting, fishing, trapping or conservation activities conducted by the department:

AB851,13,23 (1) Property seized or confiscated under this chapter.

AB851,13,24 (2) Property turned over to the department under s. 968.20 (3).

AB851,13,25 (3) Unclaimed personal property, as defined in s. 29.939 (1).

AB851, s. 48 Section 48. 29.939 of the statutes is created to read:

AB851,14,6 29.939 Disposal of unclaimed property. (1) Definition. In this section, "unclaimed personal property" means personal property that is lost, abandoned or not claimed by its owner and that is in the possession of the department, but does not include personal property seized under ss. 29.043 (1) and (2), 29.331 (1), 29.404 (1), 29.526 (4), 29.529 (4), 29.604 (5), 29.705 (4) (a), 29.875 (1) and 29.931.

AB851,14,13 (2) Timing and methods of disposal. The department may dispose of any unclaimed personal property that has remained unclaimed by the owner for a period of 30 days after the taking of possession of the property by the department or its wardens. The department may dispose of the unclaimed personal property by any means that the department determines to be in its best interest, except that the department may not use an auction open to the public to dispose of the unclaimed personal property specified in sub. (4) or (5).