AB40,546 Section 546. 28.05 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,410,10 28.05 (2) (b) Posting an advertisement announcing the sale on the department's Internet site. If the department posts an advertisement on its Internet site, it shall remain posted for at least 48 hours prior to the sale.

AB40,547 Section 547. 28.11 (6) (b) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 28.11 (6) (b) 1. (intro.) and amended to read:

AB40,410,18 28.11 (6) (b) 1. (intro.) Any sale of timber with an estimated value below $10,000 from a county forest may be made without prior advertising. Any sale of timber sale with an estimated value of $3,000 $10,000 or more from a county forest requires approval by the secretary and shall be by sealed bid or public sale after publication. Before a county may sell timber with an estimated value of $10,000 or more from a county forest it shall announce the sale by one of the following methods:

AB40,410,23 a. Publication of a classified advertisement announcing the sale in a newspaper having general circulation in the county in which the timber to be sold is located. Any timber sale with an estimated value below $3,000 may be made without prior advertising. Any timber sale with an estimated value of $3,000 or more requires approval of the secretary.

AB40,548 Section 548. 28.11 (6) (b) 1. b. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,411,3 28.11 (6) (b) 1. b. Posting an advertisement announcing the sale on the county's Internet site. If the advertisement is posted on the county's Internet site, it shall remain posted for at least 48 hours prior to the sale.

AB40,549 Section 549. 28.22 of the statutes is renumbered 28.22 (intro.) and amended to read:

AB40,411,11 28.22 Timber sales; community forests. (intro.) Any timber sale from a community forest shall be based on the scale, measure, or count of the cut products. Any timber sale with an estimated value of $3,000 $10,000 or more from a community forest shall be by public sale after 2. Before a city, village, town, or school district may sell timber with an estimated value of $10,000 or more from a community forest it shall announce the sale by one of the following methods:

AB40,411,14 (1) Two publications of a classified advertisement announcing the sale in a newspaper having general circulation in the county in which the timber to be sold is located.

AB40,550 Section 550. 28.22 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,411,20 28.22 (2) Posting an advertisement announcing the sale on the Internet site of the city, village, town, or school district that owns the community forest land or operates the community forest. If an advertisement is posted on the city, village, town, or school district Internet site, it shall remain posted for at least 48 hours prior to the sale.

AB40,551 Section 551. 29.020 of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,412,5 29.020 Deer management assistance program. (1) The department shall establish a deer management assistance program. Under this program, the department shall provide deer management assistance to participating landowners. The department shall also provide a method for collecting information from participating landowners about deer health and the deer population in this state and for receiving suggestions from participating landowners about managing the deer population. The department shall analyze the information received and use it to improve deer health and manage the deer population in this state. The department shall promulgate rules to implement this program.

AB40,412,8 (2) The department may establish fees for participation in the deer management assistance program. The department shall credit all fees to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (1) (Lv).

AB40,552 Section 552. 29.040 of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,412,14 29.040 Deer management report rules. The department may promulgate rules to implement the recommendations contained in the 2012 final report of the assessment of this state's deer management plans and policies that was conducted under the terms of a contract between the department of administration and a recognized deer management expert.

AB40,553 Section 553. 29.181 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 29.181 (2) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB40,412,19 29.181 (2) (a) (intro.) A bonus deer hunting permit shall authorize the holder of the bonus deer hunting permit to take an additional deer of the sex or type specified by the department on the permit. do any of the following:

AB40,412,21 (c) Except as authorized by rule or as provided under par. (d), a person may not apply for or be issued more than one bonus deer hunting permit in a single season.

AB40,554 Section 554. 29.181 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,412,24 29.181 (2) (a) 1. Take an additional deer of the sex or type specified by the department on the permit.

AB40,555 Section 555. 29.181 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,413,3 29.181 (2) (a) 2. Take an additional deer in a county or deer management area in which the department has confirmed that a deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease.

AB40,556 Section 556. 29.181 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,413,8 29.181 (2) (d) A person may be issued more than one bonus deer hunting permit in a single season if each bonus deer hunting permit authorizes the person to take deer only in a county or deer management area in which a deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease.

AB40,557 Section 557. 29.181 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,413,12 29.181 (2m) (b) The resident has been issued one bonus deer hunting permit for that season and for that deer management area for which the resident has paid the fee specified under s. 29.563 (2) (c) 1. or 1m.

AB40,558 Section 558. 29.181 (3) of the statutes is created to read: