29.539(4)
(4) The tails and skin of any squirrel lawfully killed, when severed from the rest of the carcass are exempted from this section.
29.539(5)(a)(a) The hide of any bear which is lawfully killed is exempt from
sub. (1) if the hide includes the claws, head and teeth of the bear.
29.539(5)(b)
(b) No person may sell, buy, barter or trade or offer to sell, buy, barter or trade or possess or control for the purpose of sale or barter any bear claws or bear teeth which are not part of a bear hide.
29.539(6)
(6) The sale of a species of fish specified under
s. 29.506 (7m) (b) or of the carcass of any of these fish is exempt under this section if the sale is authorized by a permit issued under
s. 29.506 (7m).
29.541
29.541
Serving of game to guests. 29.541(1)(a)(a) 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:
29.541(1)(a)1.
1. The meat of any deer, bear, squirrel, game bird or game fish taken from inland waters at any time.
29.541(1)(a)2.
2. The meat of any wild animal not listed in
subd. 1., during the closed season for the wild animal, whether the meat is of a wild animal lawfully or unlawfully taken within or without the state.
29.541(1)(b)
(b) The department may issue permits authorizing the serving of lawfully taken and possessed wild animals at any time.
29.541(2)
(2) Free lunch. The giving, offering, or affording opportunity to take free lunch in any of the places named in
sub. (1) is embraced within the prohibitions of
sub. (1).
29.541(3)
(3) Exemption. This section does not apply to the meat from farm-raised deer or from farm-raised fish.
29.541 History
History: 1975 c. 360;
1991 a. 269;
1995 a. 79;
1997 a. 27;
1997 a. 248 ss.
546 to
553; Stats. 1997 s. 29.541.
APPROVAL FEES AND EFFECTIVE PERIODS
29.553(1)(1) Except as provided in
sub. (3), if the department issues any of the following approvals, a nonrefundable processing fee, in addition to any other fee imposed under
s. 29.563, shall be collected for each approval:
29.553(2)
(2) If a person applies jointly for a hunter's choice deer hunting permit and a bonus deer hunting permit, the person shall pay a single processing fee. A person who applies for a bonus deer hunting permit is exempt from paying an additional processing fee if the person has already applied for a hunter's choice deer hunting permit for the same season. If the department authorizes the issuing of more than one bonus deer hunting permit to a person in a single season under
s. 29.181 (2) or
(2m), the person is exempt from paying an additional processing fee for an application for the 2nd or subsequent bonus deer hunting permit.
29.553(3)
(3) The department may waive the processing fee for the approvals specified in
sub. (1) (a),
(am) and
(c) to
(g) for persons who apply for or are holders of resident conservation patron licenses and nonresident conservation patron licenses.
29.553 History
History: 1997 a. 248 ss.
143 to
149.
29.556(1)(1) In addition to any other fee imposed under
s. 29.563, the department may collect a handling fee for the approvals that the department itself issues.
29.556(2)
(2) If the department collects a handling fee under
sub. (1), it shall promulgate rules to designate the approvals to which the fee applies and to establish the amounts of the fee. The fee may not be more than the amounts necessary to cover the handling costs of issuing the approvals. In this paragraph, "handling costs" includes the costs associated with paying for approvals that are requested by mail, telephone or electronic means and includes credit transaction fees, mailing costs and personnel costs that are necessary to process the credit transaction.
29.556(3)
(3) Any fees collected under this section shall be credited to the appropriation account under
s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
29.556 History
History: 1997 a. 248 ss.
150,
151.
29.559(1)(1)
Collection of issuing fee. Any person, including the department, who issues any license or stamp under this chapter shall collect, in addition to the statutory license or stamp fee, an issuing fee for each license and each stamp the person issued. A person appointed under
s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2. or
3. may retain the amounts specified in
sub. (3) to compensate for services in issuing the license or stamp.
29.559(1m)
(1m) Collection of issuing fee for certain approval applications. A person authorized to distribute an application under
s. 29.553 shall collect, in addition to the processing fee, an issuing fee for each application.
29.559(2)
(2) Department employes. An issuing fee collected by any employe of the department shall be remitted to the department together with the statutory approval fee.
29.559(3)
(3) Issuing agents. A person appointed under
s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2. or
3. may retain 50 cents of each issuing fee for licenses and 15 cents of each issuing fee for stamps.
29.559 History
History: 1997 a. 248 ss.
152 to
156.
29.563(1)(1)
General. Unless specifically provided otherwise in this chapter, a person who applies for an approval shall pay the applicable fees specified in
subs. (2) to
(14).
29.563(2)
(2) Hunting approvals. The fees for hunting approvals are as follows:
29.563(2)(a)2.
2. Small game issued to a resident senior citizen: $5.25.
29.563(2)(a)4.
4. Small game issued to 12-year-olds to 17-year-olds: $6.25.
29.563(3)
(3) Fishing approvals. The fees for fishing approvals are as follows:
29.563(3)(a)2.
2. Annual fishing issued to a resident senior citizen: $6.25.
29.563(3)(a)4.
4. Annual fishing license issued to 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds: $6.25.
29.563(3)(a)7.
7. Annual fishing issued to a disabled person under 29.193 (3): $6.25.
29.563(3)(a)8.
8. Annual fishing issued to a resident at Wisconsin Veterans Home at King: $0.
