29.03(4)(b)
(b) Upon receipt of a report of conviction from the licensing authority of the issuing state, the licensing authority of the home state shall enter the conviction in its records and shall treat the conviction as though it occurred in the home state for the purposes of the suspension of license privileges.
29.03(4)(c)
(c) The licensing authority of the home state shall maintain a record of actions taken and shall make reports to issuing states as provided in the compact manual.
29.03(5)
(5) Article V — Reciprocal recognition of suspension. 29.03(5)(a)(a) Each participating state shall recognize the suspension of license privileges of any violator by any participating state as though the violation resulting in the suspension had occurred in its own state and could have been the basis for suspension of license privileges in its own state.
29.03(5)(b)
(b) Each participating state shall communicate suspension information to other participating states in form and content as contained in the compact manual.
29.03(6)
(6) Article VI — Applicability of other laws. Except as expressly required by provisions of this compact, nothing in this compact shall be construed to affect the right of any participating state to apply any of its laws relating to license privileges to any person or circumstance or to invalidate or prevent any agreement or other cooperative arrangement between a participating state and a nonparticipating state concerning wildlife resource law enforcement.
29.03(7)
(7) Article VII — Compact administrator procedures. 29.03(7)(a)(a) For the purpose of administering the provisions of this compact and to serve as a governing body for the resolution of all matters relating to the operation of this compact, a board of compact administrators is established. The board shall be composed of one representative from each of the participating states. The head of the licensing authority of each participating state shall appoint the compact administrator. The compact administrator shall serve and be subject to removal in accordance with the laws of the state that he or she represents. A compact administrator may provide an alternate for the discharge of his or her duties and functions as a board member. An alternate may not serve unless written notification of his or her identity has been given to the board.
29.03(7)(b)
(b) Each member of the board of compact administrators shall be entitled to one vote. No action of the board shall be binding unless taken at a meeting at which a majority of the total number of the board's votes are cast in favor of the action. Board action shall occur only at a meeting at which a majority of the participating states are represented.
29.03(7)(c)
(c) The board shall elect annually from its membership a chairperson and vice chairperson.
29.03(7)(d)
(d) The board shall adopt bylaws consistent with the provisions of this compact or the laws of a participating state for the conduct of its business and shall have the power to amend and rescind its bylaws.
29.03(7)(e)
(e) The board may accept for any of its purposes and functions under this compact any and all donations and grants of moneys, equipment, supplies, materials, and services from any state, the United States, or any governmental agency, and may receive, utilize, and dispose of those donations and grants.
29.03(7)(f)
(f) The board may contract with, or accept services or personnel from, any governmental or intergovernmental agency, individual, firm, or corporation, or any private nonprofit organization or institution.
29.03(7)(g)
(g) The board shall formulate necessary procedures and develop uniform forms and documents for administering the provisions of this compact. All procedures and forms adopted by board action shall be contained in a compact manual.
29.03(8)
(8) Article VIII — Entry into compact and withdrawal. 29.03(8)(a)(a) This compact shall become effective when it is adopted in a substantially similar form by 2 or more states.
29.03(8)(b)
(b) Entry into the compact shall be made by resolution of ratification executed by the authorized officials of the applying state and submitted to the chairperson of the board. The resolution shall be substantially in the form and content as provided in the compact manual and shall include all of the following:
29.03(8)(b)1.
1. A citation of the authority from which the state is empowered to become a party to this compact.
29.03(8)(b)2.
2. An agreement of compliance with the terms and provisions of this compact.
29.03(8)(b)3.
3. An agreement that compact entry is with all states participating in the compact and with all additional states legally becoming a party to the compact.
29.03(8)(c)
(c) The effective date of entry shall be specified by the applying state but shall not be less than 60 days after notice has been given by one of the following:
29.03(8)(c)1.
1. The chairperson of the board of the compact administrators.
29.03(8)(c)2.
2. The secretary of the board to each participating state that the resolution from the applying state has been received.
29.03(8)(d)
(d) A participating state may withdraw from participation in this compact by official written notice to each participating state, but withdrawal shall not become effective until 90 days after the notice of withdrawal is given. The notice shall be directed to the compact administrator of each member state. No withdrawal of any state shall affect the validity of this compact as to the remaining participating states.
29.03(9)
(9) Article IX — Amendments to the compact. 29.03(9)(a)(a) This compact may be amended from time to time. Amendments shall be presented in resolution form to the chairperson of the board of compact administrators and shall be initiated by one or more participating states.
29.03(9)(b)
(b) Adoption of an amendment shall require endorsement by all participating states and shall become effective 30 days after the date of the last endorsement.
29.03(9)(c)
(c) A participating state shall respond to the compact chairperson within 120 days after receipt of a proposed amendment. Amendments proposed to change local law by the compact administrators shall be reviewed and approved by the legislature.
29.03 History
History: 2005 a. 282.
29.035
29.035
Report of department. On or before March 15 of each even-numbered year, the department shall submit to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under
s. 13.172 (3), to the governor and to the Wisconsin conservation congress a report identifying the accomplishments of the department under this chapter that relate to fish and wildlife in the previous biennium and identifying the department's use and expenditure of all fishing, hunting and trapping approval fees collected under this chapter in the previous biennium.
29.035 History
History: 1997 a. 248 ss.
94,
404.
29.037
29.037
Fish and wildlife restoration. This state assents to the provisions of
16 USC 669 to
669i and
777 to
777L. The department is authorized and directed to perform any acts necessary to establish cooperative wildlife restoration projects and cooperative fish restoration and management projects in compliance with these federal provisions and with regulations promulgated by the secretary of the interior. No funds accruing to this state from license fees paid by hunters and from sport and recreation fishing license fees may be diverted for any other purpose than the administration of the department when it is exercising its responsibilities that are specific to the management of the fish and wildlife resources of this state.
29.037 History
History: 1997 a. 248 s.
402;
2001 a. 16.
29.038
29.038
Local regulation of wild animals. 29.038(1)(b)
(b) "Political subdivision" means a city, village, town or county.
29.038(2)
(2) No local governmental unit may enact any ordinance or adopt any regulation, resolution or other restriction for the purpose of regulating the hunting, fishing, trapping or management of wild animals, except as follows:
29.038(2)(a)
(a) A local governmental unit may enact an ordinance or adopt any regulation, resolution or other restriction that is authorized under this chapter.
29.038(2)(b)
(b) A local governmental unit may enact an ordinance or adopt any regulation, resolution or other restriction that restricts or prohibits access for hunting, fishing or trapping in any portion of land that it owns or leases.
29.038(3)
(3) A local governmental unit may enact an ordinance or adopt a regulation, resolution or other restriction that has an incidental effect on hunting, fishing or trapping, but only if the primary purpose is to further public health or safety.
29.038(4)
(4) If the department determines that an ordinance, regulation, resolution or other restriction enacted or adopted by a local governmental unit exceeds the authority granted to local governmental units in this section, the department may issue a notice to the local governmental unit of the department's intent to issue an order under this subsection. The department shall hold an informal hearing on the matter if a hearing is requested by the local governmental unit within 30 days after it receives the notice. The informal hearing is not a contested case under
ch. 227. Following the hearing or following the failure of the local governmental unit to request a hearing within 30 days after it receives the notice, the department may issue an order declaring the ordinance, regulation, resolution or other restriction void.
29.038 History
History: 1997 a. 170;
1999 a. 32 s.
42; Stats. 1997 s. 29.038;
2001 a. 16;
2003 a. 33.
29.038 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also s.
NR 19.40, Wis. adm. code.
29.039
29.039
Nongame species. 29.039(1)(1) The department may conduct investigations of nongame species to develop scientific information relating to population, distribution, habitat needs, and other biological data to determine necessary conservation measures. The department may develop conservation programs to ensure the perpetuation of nongame species. The department may require harvest information and may establish limitations relating to taking, possession, transportation, processing and sale or offer for sale, of nongame species.
29.039(2)
(2) Any rules promulgated or programs developed under this section may not impede, hinder or prohibit the utilization of lands for the construction, operation or maintenance of utility facilities otherwise authorized or permitted.
29.039 History
History: 1977 c. 370;
1979 c. 154;
1985 a. 332 s.
251 (1);
1997 a. 248 s.
405; Stats. 1997 s. 29.039.
29.039 Annotation
"Taking," as used in this section, includes those activities delineated under the definition of "hunting" in s. 29.001 (42), such as killing, shooting, shooting at, trapping, and pursuing. Wisconsin Citizens Concerned for Cranes and Doves v. DNR, 2004 WI 40,
270 Wis. 2d 318,
677 N.W.2d 612,
02-1166.
29.041
29.041
Department to regulate hunting and fishing in interstate waters. The department may regulate hunting and fishing on and in all interstate boundary waters, and outlying waters.
29.041 History
History: 1983 a. 27 s.
2202 (38);
1997 a. 248 s.
118; Stats. 1997 s. 29.041.
29.041 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also chs.
NR 20,
24, and
25 and s.
NR 26.32, Wis. adm. code.
29.042
29.042
Agreements to retire licenses. 29.042(1)
(1) Beginning on January 1, 1998, the department may not enter into any agreement to make payments to persons holding approvals issued under
s. 29.501,
29.503,
29.506,
29.509,
29.512,
29.514,
29.519,
29.523,
29.526,
29.529,
29.531,
29.533,
29.537,
29.607,
29.611, or
29.614 in exchange for the retirement of the approval or for the temporary or permanent cessation of any activity authorized under the approval.
29.042(2)
(2) Notwithstanding
sub. (1), an agreement entered into by the department before October 14, 1997, to make payments to persons holding commercial fishing licenses in exchange for the retirement of the licenses or for the permanent or temporary cessation of commercial fishing shall remain valid except that no moneys may be expended from the conservation fund to make payments under the agreement.
29.042 History
History: 1997 a. 27;
1997 a. 248 ss.
119,
120; Stats. 1997 s. 29.042;
2001 a. 56.
29.043
29.043
Interstate comity. 29.043(1)(1) Whenever any other state confers upon the officers of this state reciprocal powers, any officer of the other state, who is authorized to enforce the laws of that state relating to the protection of wild animals, is designated an agent of that state within this state. The officer may follow any wild animal or carcass unlawfully shipped or taken from the officer's state into this state, and seize and convey it back to the officer's state. The laws of the state concerning the wild animal or carcass from which the wild animal or carcass was brought into this state are adopted as the laws of this state. Transportation companies shall deliver to the officer, upon submission of proper proof of the officer's official capacity, any wild animal or carcass that is seized by the officer. The officer may dispose of a wild animal or carcass within this state, in accordance with the laws of the officer's state, under the supervision of the department. Expenses for the department's assistance shall be a lien upon the wild animal or carcass, or proceeds of the sale.
29.043(2)
(2) Except as provided in
sub. (1), the department may seize, hold and dispose, according to the laws of this state, of any wild animal or carcass brought or shipped into or through this state, or attempted to be carried through this state, in violation of the laws of any other state.
29.043(3)
(3) The officers of every other state charged with enforcing the laws of another state relating to wild animals are designated agents of this state for the taking possession, seizing, holding and disposing, within the other state, of any wild animal or carcass protected by the laws of this state.
29.043(4)
(4) If any other state confers upon the officers of this state reciprocal powers, the department may appoint persons who are charged with enforcing the laws of the other state relating to wild animals to act as wardens of this state, but without compensation from this state.
29.043 History
History: 1971 c. 164;
1991 a. 316;
1997 a. 248 s.
117; Stats. 1997 s. 29.043.
29.045
29.045
Interstate license privileges. 29.045(1)
(1)
Fishing privileges. If the state of Michigan, Minnesota or Iowa confers upon the fishing licensees of this state reciprocal rights, privileges and immunities, a fishing license issued by the other state entitles the licensee to the rights, privileges and immunities, in and upon the boundary waters between the states, of the holder of an equivalent license issued by this state, but subject to the duties, responsibilities and liabilities imposed on its own licensees by this state.
29.045(2)
(2) Commercial clamming privileges. If the state of Michigan, Minnesota or Iowa confers upon the commercial clamming licensees of this state reciprocal rights, privileges and immunities, any commercial clamming license issued by the other state entitles the licensee to the rights, privileges and immunities, in and upon the boundary waters between Michigan, Minnesota and Iowa and this state, of the holder of an equivalent license issued by this state, but subject to the duties, responsibilities and liabilities imposed on licensees by this state.
29.045 History
History: 1985 a. 289;
1997 a. 248 s.
377; Stats. 1997 s. 29.045.
29.045 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also chs.
NR 21,
22, and
23 and ss.
NR 20.38 and
24.05, Wis. adm. code.
29.047
29.047
Interstate transportation of game. 29.047(1)(a)1.
1. "Transport" includes to cause to be transported, to deliver or offer to deliver for transportation and to receive or offer to receive for transportation.
29.047(1)(a)2.
2. "Game" means any wild animal, wild bird or game fish.
29.047(1)(b)
(b) No person in this state may transport into or through this state any game, or its carcass, from any other state in violation of any law of the other state.
29.047(1)(c)
(c) No person in this state may transport, possess or control in this state any game, or its carcass, that was taken in another state in violation of any restriction on open and closed seasons established under this chapter or of any bag, possession or size limit established under this chapter unless all of the following apply:
29.047(1)(c)1.
1. The game was lawfully taken in and lawfully transported from the other state.
29.047(1)(c)2.
2. The person holds a license issued by the other state that authorized the person to transport, possess or control the game or its carcass.
29.047(1)(c)3.
3. If the game is a cervid the person transports, possesses, delivers, receives, or controls the carcass of the cervid in compliance with rules promulgated by the department.
29.047(1m)
(1m) Unless prohibited by the laws of an adjoining state or a rule promulgated by the department under
s. 29.063 (3) or
(4), any person who has lawfully killed a cervid in this state may take the cervid or its carcass into the adjoining state and ship the cervid or carcass from any point in the adjoining state to any point in this state.
29.047(2)
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following:
29.047(2)(a)
(a) A person who has a valid taxidermist permit and who, in compliance with rules promulgated by the department under
s. 29.063 (3) or
(4), possesses, transports, causes to be transported, delivers or receives, or offers to deliver or receive, a wild animal carcass in connection with his or her business.
29.047(2)(b)
(b) The possession, transportation, delivery or receipt of farm-raised deer, farm-raised game birds, farm-raised fish, or wild animals that are subject to regulation under
ch. 169.
29.053
29.053
Specific open and closed seasons. 29.053(1)
(1) All fishing seasons on inland waters shall open on a Saturday.
29.053(2)
(2) The department may exercise its authority under
s. 29.014 with reference to the state as a whole, or for any specified county or part of a county, or for any lake or stream or part of a lake or stream.
29.053(2)(a)
(a) The department may establish a fishing season on specified bodies of water in certain urban areas, as determined by rule by the department, that allows fishing only by persons who are under 16 years old or who are disabled and can produce the evidence specified in
s. 29.193 (3) (a),
(b) or
(c), subject to all of the following conditions:
29.053(2)(a)1.
1. The department may not designate a body of water under this subsection that is 25 acres or greater in area.
29.053(2)(a)2.
2. The department may not designate a body of water under this subsection without the written agreement of each private owner of shoreline and of each city, village, town, county, federal agency or other state agency that owns shoreline.
