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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
December 12, 2023 - Introduced by Senators Smith,
Agard, Hesselbein, Roys,
Spreitzer and Taylor, cosponsored by Representatives Shankland,
Considine, C. Anderson, Palmeri, Emerson, Jacobson, Ohnstad, Shelton,
Joers and Ratcliff. Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and
Sporting Heritage.
SB798,1,3
1An Act to amend 20.370 (1) (hs) (title) and 29.063 (1); and
to create 20.370 (1)
2(he) of the statutes;
relating to: funding for chronic wasting disease research
3and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under this bill, the Department of Natural Resources may research chronic
wasting disease (CWD) in cervids, in addition to managing and providing funding to
conduct testing for CWD, which DNR is authorized to do under current law. A cervid
is any species of deer or elk that is present in the wild and that is not a farm-raised
deer. The bill also appropriates $1,000,000 annually from the general fund in fiscal
years 2023-24 and 2024-25 for research on and management of CWD. Current law
appropriates no money for this purpose.
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:
SB798,1
4Section
1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
5the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
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See PDF for table 
SB798,2
1Section
2. 20.370 (1) (he) of the statutes is created to read:
SB798,2,42
20.370
(1) (he)
Chronic wasting disease management. From the general fund,
3the amounts in the schedule for research on and the management of chronic wasting
4disease under s. 29.063 (1).
SB798,3
5Section
3. 20.370 (1) (hs) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB798,2,66
20.370
(1) (hs) (title)
Chronic wasting disease management — fees.
SB798,4
7Section 4
. 29.063 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB798,2,98
29.063
(1) The department may
research, manage, and provide funding to
9conduct testing for
, chronic wasting disease in cervids.
