SB993: Bill Text

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Beginning on March 1, 2024, this bill increases all of the following fees for nonresident hunting, trapping, and fishing approvals:

1. Nonresident elk and bear hunting licenses: $248.25 to $311.25

2. Nonresident archer and crossbow deer hunting licenses: $162.25 to $197.25.

3. Nonresident bonus deer hunting permit, outside chronic wasting disease areas: $19.25 to $30.25.

4. Nonresident wild turkey hunting license: $62.25 to $97.25.

5. Nonresident additional wild turkey hunting authorization: $14.75 to $23.75.

6. Nonresident fur-bearing animal license: $162.25 to $197.25.

7. Nonresident wolf harvesting license: $250.25 to $313.25.

8. Nonresident trapping license: $149.25 to $187.25.

9. Itinerant fur buyer license: $200 to $600.

10. Nonresident conservation patron license: $615.25 to $715.25.

11. Nonresident youth conservation patron license: $72.25 to $86.25.

12. Nonresident sports fishing license: $292.25 to $319.25.

13. Nonresident youth sports fishing license: $33.25 to $38.25.

14. Nonresident two-day sports fishing license: $9.25 to $10.25.

15. Nonresident sturgeon spearing fishing license: $64.25 to $70.25.

16. Nonresident sturgeon hook and line fishing tag: $49.75 to $54.75.

17. Nonresident outlying waters commercial fishing license fees, with or without a boat: $6,499.25 to $12,249.25.

18. Nonresident Lake Michigan, Green Bay, and Lake Superior sport trolling licenses: $400 to $2,000.

19. Nonresident fishing guide license: $99.25 to $219.25.

20. Nonresident taxidermist license: $100 to $275.

21. Nonresident wild ginseng harvest license: $30 to $60.

22. Nonresident ginseng dealer license: $1,000 to $2,000.

The bill also decreases the nonresident five-day small game hunting license fee to $55.25 from $57.25.

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:

SB993,1 Section 1. 29.563 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, is amended to read:

SB993,2,3 29.563 (2) (b) 2. Five-day small game: $57.25 $55.25.

SB993,2 Section 2. 29.563 (2) (b) 3m. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB993,2,5 29.563 (2) (b) 3m. Elk: $248.25 $311.25.

SB993,3 Section 3. 29.563 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB993,2,7 29.563 (2) (b) 4. Class A bear: $248.25 $311.25.

SB993,4 Section 4. 29.563 (2) (b) 6. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, is amended to read:

SB993,2,10 29.563 (2) (b) 6. Archer: $162.25 $197.25.

SB993,5 Section 5. 29.563 (2) (b) 6m. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, is amended to read:

SB993,3,3 29.563 (2) (b) 6m. Crossbow: $162.25 $197.25.

SB993,6 Section 6. 29.563 (2) (b) 7. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, is amended to read:

SB993,3,6 29.563 (2) (b) 7. Fur-bearing animal: $162.25 $197.25.

SB993,7 Section 7. 29.563 (2) (b) 8. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, is amended to read:

SB993,3,9 29.563 (2) (b) 8. Wild turkey: $62.25 $97.25.

SB993,8 Section 8. 29.563 (2) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB993,3,12 29.563 (2) (d) 1. Bonus deer issued for the purpose specified in s. 29.181 (2) (a) 1.: $19.25 $30.25.

SB993,9 Section 9. 29.563 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB993,3,15 29.563 (2) (g) Nonresident authorizations. Each additional wild turkey hunting authorization issued to a nonresident under s. 29.164 (4) (b): $14.75 $23.75.

SB993,10 Section 10. 29.563 (3) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB993,3,17 29.563 (3) (b) 6. Two-day sports: $9.25 $10.25.

SB993,11 Section 11. 29.563 (3) (b) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB993,3,19 29.563 (3) (b) 7. Sturgeon spearing: $64.25 $70.25.

SB993,12 Section 12. 29.563 (3) (cm) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB993,3,21 29.563 (3) (cm) 2. Sturgeon hook and line issued to nonresident: $49.75 $54.75.

SB993,13 Section 13. 29.563 (4) (b) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, is amended to read:

SB993,3,25 29.563 (4) (b) 1. Sports: $292.25 $319.25 or a greater amount at the applicant's option.

SB993,14 Section 14. 29.563 (4) (b) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB993,4,3 29.563 (4) (b) 1m. Sports issued to persons who are under 18 years of age: $33.25 $38.25 or a greater amount at the applicant's option.

SB993,15 Section 15. 29.563 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, is amended to read:

SB993,4,7 29.563 (4) (b) 2. Conservation patron: $615.25 $715.25 or a greater amount at the applicant's option.

SB993,16 Section 16. 29.563 (4) (b) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB993,4,10 29.563 (4) (b) 2m. Conservation patron issued to persons who are under 18 years of age: $72.25 $86.25 or a greater amount at the applicant's option.

SB993,17 Section 17. 29.563 (4) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB993,4,12 29.563 (4) (b) 3. Wolf harvesting: $250.25 $313.25.

SB993,18 Section 18. 29.563 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB993,4,14 29.563 (5) (b) 1. Guide: $99.25 $219.25.

SB993,19 Section 19. 29.563 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB993,4,16 29.563 (5) (b) 2. Lake Michigan and Green Bay sport trolling: $400 $2,000.

SB993,20 Section 20. 29.563 (5) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB993,4,18 29.563 (5) (b) 3. Lake Superior sport trolling: $400 $2,000.

SB993,21 Section 21. 29.563 (6) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB993,4,20 29.563 (6) (am) Nonresident license. Trapping: $149.25 $187.25.

SB993,22 Section 22. 29.563 (6) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB993,4,22 29.563 (6) (b) 1. Itinerant fur buyer: $200 $600.

SB993,23 Section 23. 29.563 (6) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB993,4,24 29.563 (6) (d) Nonresident permit. Taxidermist: $100 $275.

SB993,24 Section 24. 29.563 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB993,5,3 29.563 (7) (b) 1. Outlying waters: $6,499.25 $12,249.25 for the first boat and $6,499.25 $12,249.25 for each additional boat that is listed on a license issued under s. 29.519 (1m).

SB993,25 Section 25. 29.563 (7) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB993,5,5 29.563 (7) (b) 2. Outlying waters without boat: $6,499.25 $12,249.25.

SB993,26 Section 26. 29.563 (10) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB993,5,7 29.563 (10) (b) 2. Wild ginseng harvest issued to a nonresident: $30 $60.

SB993,27 Section 27. 29.563 (10) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB993,5,9 29.563 (10) (b) 6. Nonresident wild ginseng dealer: $1,000 $2,000.

SB993,28 Section 28. Initial applicability.

SB993,5,12 (1) This act first applies to an application for a hunting, fishing, or trapping approval submitted on the effective date of this subsection.

SB993,29 Section 29. Effective date.

SB993,5,14 (1) This act takes effect on March 1, 2024.

SB993,5,15 (End)