AB609: Bill Text

AB609,4,6 (c) Meat that has been deboned.

AB609,4,7 (d) Hides with no heads attached.

AB609,4,8 (e) Finished taxidermy heads.

AB609,4,9 (f) Antlers with no meat or tissue attached.

AB609,4,10 (g) Skulls with antlers attached and with no meat or tissue attached.

AB609,4,11 (h) Upper canine teeth.

AB609, s. 8 Section 8. 29.063 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

AB609,4,16 29.063 (4) The department may promulgate rules prohibiting the transportation of the carcass of a cervid from another state or country in which chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in a cervid, except that the rules may not apply to any of the following:

AB609,4,17 (a) Meat that is cut and wrapped, either commercially or privately.

AB609,4,19 (b) Quarters or other portions of meat to which no part of the spinal column or head is attached.

AB609,4,20 (c) Meat that has been deboned.

AB609,4,21 (d) Hides with no heads attached.

AB609,4,22 (e) Finished taxidermy heads.

AB609,4,23 (f) Antlers with no meat or tissue attached.

AB609,4,24 (g) Skulls with antlers attached and with no meat or tissue attached.

AB609,4,25 (h) Upper canine teeth.

AB609, s. 9 Section 9. 29.063 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

AB609,5,10 29.063 (5) The department may exempt deer hunters from obtaining a license under this chapter for the hunting of deer in an area that the department has designated by rule as a chronic wasting disease control zone. Deer hunters that are exempted under this subsection shall be at least 12 years of age, except that a person born on or after January 1, 1973, may not hunt deer under this subsection unless he or she complies with ss. 29.304 and 29.593. The department shall by rule establish eligibility criteria and application procedures for receipt of an exemption under this subsection, including a method for obtaining a permit to hunt deer without a license under this subsection.

AB609, s. 10 Section 10. 29.063 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

AB609,5,12 29.063 (6) (a) In this subsection:

AB609,5,14 1. "Landfill" means a solid waste facility, as defined in s. 289.01 (35), for solid waste disposal, as defined in s. 289.01 (34), licensed under s. 289.31.

AB609,5,17 2. "Meat processing facility" means a plant or premises where animals are slaughtered for human consumption, or where meat or meat products are processed, but does not include rendering plants.

AB609,5,20 3. "Wastewater treatment facility" means a plant or premises used to treat industrial wastewater or domestic wastewater or any combination of industrial wastewater and domestic wastewater and permitted pursuant to ch. 283.

AB609,6,2 (b) Subject to par. (c), the department or the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection may enter into agreements with persons who own or operate landfills, meat processing facilities, or wastewater treatment facilities in which this state agrees to indemnify those persons and their employees, officers, and agents against liability for damage to persons, property, or the environment resulting from the processing or disposal of carcasses of cervids and farm-raised deer that have chronic wasting disease.

AB609,6,5 (c) The department or the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection may enter into an agreement under par. (b) only if all of the following apply:

AB609,6,6 1. The governor approves the agreement.

AB609,6,9 2. The agreement specifies a method for determining whether the landfill, meat processing facility, or wastewater treatment facility is liable for damage described in par. (b).

AB609,6,12 3. The agreement requires the landfill, meat processing facility, or wastewater treatment facility to notify the department that entered into the agreement and the attorney general when a claim or lawsuit to which the agreement may apply is filed.

AB609,6,15 4. The agreement authorizes the attorney general to intervene on behalf of the landfill, meat processing facility, or wastewater treatment facility and this state in any lawsuit to which the agreement may apply.

AB609,6,19 5. The agreement requires the owner or operator of the landfill, meat processing facility, or wastewater treatment facility to minimize risks related to processing or disposal of carcasses of cervids and farm-raised deer that have chronic wasting disease.

AB609,6,24 6. The agreement authorizes the department that entered into the agreement to require the owner or operator of the landfill, meat processing facility, or wastewater treatment facility to operate in a manner specified in writing by that department to minimize risks related to processing or disposal of carcasses of cervids and farm-raised deer that have chronic wasting disease.

AB609,7,2 (d) This subsection and any agreement entered into under par. (b) may not be construed as consent to sue this state.

AB609,7,5 (e) If a claim is filed under an agreement under par. (b), the department that entered into the agreement shall review the claim to determine whether it is valid. A valid claim shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (1) (hc).

AB609, s. 11 Section 11. 29.089 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB609,7,11 29.089 (3) A person may hunt deer, elk, wild turkeys, or small game in a state park, or in a portion of a state park, if the department has authorized by rule the hunting of that type of game in the state park, or in the portion of the state park, and, except as provided in s. 29.063 (5), if the person holds the approvals required under this chapter for hunting that type of game.

AB609, s. 12 Section 12. 29.177 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB609,7,17 29.177 (1) Issuance. The department may issue a hunter's choice deer hunting permit, a deer hunting party permit or other special deer hunting permit to a person with a valid deer hunting license who applies for the permit and to a person who is exempt from obtaining a deer hunting license under s. 29.063 (5) who applies for a permit.

AB609, s. 13 Section 13. 29.347 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB609,8,7 29.347 (2) Deer or elk carcass tags. Except as provided under sub. (5) and s. 29.324 (3), any person who kills a deer shall immediately attach to the ear or antler of the deer a current validated deer carcass tag which is authorized for use on the type of deer killed. Any person who kills an elk shall immediately attach to the ear or antler of the elk a current validated elk carcass tag. Except as provided under sub. (2m) or s. 29.89 (6), no person may possess, control, store, or transport a deer carcass unless it is tagged as required under this subsection. Except as provided under sub. (2m), no person may possess, control, store, or transport an elk carcass unless it is tagged as required under this subsection. A person who kills a deer or an elk shall register the deer or elk in the manner required by the department. A person who kills a deer or an elk shall possess, control, store, or transport the deer or elk carcass in compliance with rules promulgated by the department under s. 29.063 (3). The carcass tag may not be removed before registration. The removal of a carcass tag from a deer or an elk before registration renders the deer or elk untagged.

AB609, s. 14 Section 14. 29.347 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB609,8,11 29.347 (2m) (b) Any Subject to sub. (6), any person who retains a tag under par. (a) may give deer or elk meat to another person. The person who receives the gift of deer or elk meat is not required to possess a tag.

AB609, s. 15 Section 15. 29.347 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB609,8,15 29.347 (3) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) and sub. (6), the control or possession of the head or skin of any deer or elk lawfully killed, when severed from the rest of the carcass, are not subject to this chapter.

AB609, s. 16 Section 16. 29.347 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB609,8,22 29.347 (5) (a) Any Subject to sub. (6), any person who while operating a motor vehicle on a highway accidentally collides with and kills a deer may take possession of the carcass. If Subject to sub. (6), if the motor vehicle operator does not want to take the carcass, the carcass may be taken by any other person who is present at the scene of the accident at the time the collision occurs or at any time after the collision occurs.

AB609, s. 17 Section 17. 29.347 (5) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB609,9,2 29.347 (5) (b) (intro.) No person may take possession of the carcass of a deer killed in the manner specified in par. (a) and remove the carcass from the scene of the accident unless the person has complied with rules promulgated by the department under s. 29.063 (3) and one of the following apply:

AB609, s. 18 Section 18. 29.347 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

AB609,9,6 29.347 (6) Control of carcasses. No person may transport, possess, store, butcher, or control the carcass of a cervid in violation of rules promulgated by the department under s. 29.063 (3) or (4).

AB609, s. 19 Section 19. 29.357 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB609,9,11 29.357 (4m) Control of cervid carcasses. No person may transport, cause to be transported, deliver, receive, offer to deliver or receive, or control the carcass of a cervid in violation of rules promulgated by the department under s. 29.063 (3) or (4).

AB609, s. 20 Section 20. 29.357 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB609,9,15 29.357 (5) (b) Subsections (1) to (4) (4m) do not apply to the possession, transportation, delivery, or receipt of farm-raised deer, farm-raised fish, farm-raised game birds, or wild animals that are subject to regulation under ch. 169.

AB609, s. 21 Section 21. 29.361 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB609,9,19 29.361 (3m) Notwithstanding subs. (1), (2), (2m), (3), and (5), no person may receive for transportation, transport, or attempt to transport the carcass of a cervid in violation of rules promulgated by the department under s. 29.063 (3).

AB609, s. 22 Section 22. 29.506 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB609,9,23 29.506 (5m) Control of cervid carcasses. No taxidermist may possess, transport, or control the carcass of a cervid in violation of rules promulgated by the department under s. 29.063 (3) or (4).

AB609, s. 23 Section 23. 167.31 (4) (bg) 1m. of the statutes is repealed.

AB609, s. 24 Section 24. 167.31 (4) (bg) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB609,10,2 (End)