29.539(1m)(g)
(g) Any claws, head, or teeth that are part of the hide of a bear that is lawfully taken.
29.539(1m)(i)
(i) The tail, claws, skull, or skin of any squirrel that is lawfully taken and that is severed from the rest of the carcass.
29.539(2)
(2) Except as provided in
subs. (3) and
(3m), no fish taken by hook and line from outlying waters, except rough fish, may be sold, bartered or traded in any manner.
29.539(3)
(3) The eggs from trout and salmon that are not farm-raised fish and that are lawfully taken and possessed under this chapter are exempted from this section if removed from the fish as provided under
sub. (3m).
29.539(3m)
(3m) The eggs from trout and salmon that are not farm-raised fish may not be sold or purchased unless the eggs are first removed from the whole fish in the presence of the buyer. The fish carcass shall be legally disposed of. Eggs that are removed in accordance with this subsection may subsequently be sold or purchased without the fish subject to any licensing requirement under
s. 29.503.
29.539(6)
(6) The sale and purchase 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 and purchase are authorized by a permit issued under
s. 29.506 (7m).
29.541
29.541
Serving of game to guests. 29.541(1)(a)(a) Except as authorized under
s. 29.934 (2) or
254.715, 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, elk, 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, farm-raised fish, or farm-raised game birds or to meat that is subject to regulation under
s. 169.14.
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.
29.556(1b)(a)
(a) "In-person credit transaction costs" means the costs associated with issuing approvals that are applied for and issued in person and that are paid for by using a credit card.
29.556(1b)(b)
(b) "Long-distance handling costs" means 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 a credit transaction.
29.556(1m)
(1m) In addition to any other fee imposed under
s. 29.563, the department may collect a handling fee to cover long-distance handling costs and in-person credit transaction costs incurred in issuing approvals.
29.556(2)(a)(a) If the department collects a handling fee under
sub. (1m), it shall promulgate rules to do all of the following:
29.556(2)(b)1.1. The department may collect long-distance handling costs and in-person credit transaction costs for the approvals that the department itself issues.
29.556(2)(b)2.
2. The department may allow a person with whom it has contracted under
s. 29.024 (6) (a) 4. to collect handling fees that cover long-distance handling costs. The department may allow the person to retain all or a portion of each handling fee.
29.556(2)(b)3.
3. The department may allow an agent who is appointed under
s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2. or
3. to collect handling fees that cover in-person credit transaction costs. The department may allow the agent to retain all or a portion of each handling fee.
29.556(2)(c)
(c) A handling fee may not be more than the amounts necessary to cover the long-distance handling costs or the in-person credit transaction costs of issuing the approvals.
29.556(3)
(3) Any fees collected under this section by the department shall be credited to the appropriation account under
s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
29.556 History
History: 1997 a. 248 ss.
150,
151;
1999 a. 9.
29.559(1)(a)(a) 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. Except as provided in
par. (b), a person appointed under
s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2.,
3., or
4. may retain 50 cents of each issuing fee for each license and 15 cents for each issuing fee of each stamp to compensate for services in issuing the license or stamp.
29.559(1)(b)
(b) A person appointed under
s. 29.024 (6) (a) 3. may retain the entire issuing fee for each temporary disabled person fishing license the person issues in order to compensate for services in issuing the license.
29.559(1)(c)
(c) Any person, including the department, who issues a wild turkey hunting tag under
s. 29.164 (4) (b) or a sturgeon hook and line tag under
s. 29.2285 (3) (b) shall collect, in addition to the statutory fee, an issuing fee for each tag that the person is issued. A person appointed under
s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2.,
3., or
4. may retain 15 cents for each issuing fee of each tag to compensate for services in issuing the tag.
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(1r)
(1r) Collection of issuing fee for bonus deer hunting permits. Any person, including the department, who issues a bonus deer hunting permit shall collect, in addition to the statutory permit fee, an issuing fee for each permit. A person appointed under
s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2.,
3. or
4. may retain 50 cents of each issuing fee for each permit to compensate for services in issuing the permit.
29.559(2)
(2) Department employees. An issuing fee collected by any employee of the department shall be remitted to the department together with the statutory approval fee.
29.561
29.561
Back tag number reservation fee. 29.561(1)
(1)
Collection of fee. The department shall establish a system under which the department shall reserve a deer hunting back tag number for a person who pays a reservation fee. The department may limit the number of back tag numbers that may be reserved under this system. Upon payment of the fee each year, the department shall issue the same back tag number to that person. Any person, including the department, who reserves a back tag number shall collect, in addition to each reservation fee, an issuing fee of 50 cents.
29.561(2)
(2) Handling and retention of fees. An issuing fee collected by any employee of the department under this section shall be remitted to the department. An issuing fee collected by a person appointed under
s. 29.024 (6) (am) 2. or
3. may retain the issuing fee to compensate for services in making the reservation.
29.561 History
History: 1999 a. 9.
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. Except as provided in
sub. (2m),
(2r), and
(6m), the fees for hunting approvals are as follows:
29.563(2)(a)2.
2. Small game issued to a resident senior citizen: $6.25.
29.563(2)(a)4.
4. Small game issued to persons who are under 18 years of age: $6.25.
29.563(2)(a)5g.
5g. Deer issued to persons who are under 18 years of age: $17.25.
29.563(2)(a)8m.
8m. Archer issued to persons who are under 18 years of age: $17.25.
