29.889(7m)(ae)4.b.b. The hunter appears to be intoxicated or unruly.
29.889(7m)(ae)4.c.c. The hunter causes property damage.
29.889(7m)(ae)4.d.d. The hunter fails to notify the landowner of his or her intent to hunt on the land or brings a motor vehicle onto the land without the permission of the landowner.
29.889(7m)(am)(am) Exemption, apiaries. The requirements to allow hunting under par. (a) do not apply to a person seeking wildlife damage abatement assistance if the person does not have authority to control entry on the land that is subject to those requirements and if the damage on the land is damage to apiaries.
29.889(7m)(ar)(ar) Exemption; land not required to be open to hunting. The requirement under par. (a) does not apply to a person to whom the department grants a shooting permit for deer causing damage that is issued as an abatement measure recommended under this section if all of the following apply:
29.889(7m)(ar)1.1. The permit is the only abatement measure the person receives for wildlife damage caused by deer.
29.889(7m)(ar)2.2. The person waives any eligibility to receive a wildlife damage claim payment under sub. (7) for wildlife damage caused by deer.
29.889(7m)(at)(at) Exemption; damage caused by cougar. The requirements to allow hunting under par. (a) do not apply to a person seeking wildlife damage abatement assistance or wildlife damage claim payments for damage caused by cougar.
29.889(7m)(b)(b) Penalties. If any person who is required to permit hunting on land as required under par. (a) fails to do so, the person is liable for all of the following:
29.889(7m)(b)1.1. Repayment of any money paid for the wildlife damage claim.
29.889(7m)(b)2.2. Payment of the cost of any wildlife damage abatement assistance paid for under this section.
29.889(7m)(b)3.3. Payment of the costs for reviewing and approving the wildlife damage claim or wildlife damage abatement assistance and the costs of investigating the failure to permit hunting on the land.
29.889(8)(8)Hunting rights. Nothing in this section prohibits a person who owns, leases or occupies land on which wildlife damage occurs and who does not have the authority to control entry on the land for the purposes of hunting from seeking wildlife damage abatement assistance or wildlife damage claim payments.
29.889(8g)(8g)Review. A participating county’s determination of the amount of wildlife damage, the amount of a wildlife damage claim or the amount of wildlife damage abatement assistance shall be treated as final decisions for purposes of review.
29.889(8r)(8r)Records; entry to land.
29.889(8r)(a)(a) Records. A person receiving wildlife damage abatement assistance or wildlife damage claim payments shall retain all records as required by the participating county or the department and make them available to the participating county or the department for inspection at reasonable times.
29.889(8r)(b)(b) Entry to land. The department or a participating county may enter and inspect, at reasonable times, any land for which a wildlife damage claim has been filed or for which wildlife damage abatement measures have been implemented.
29.889(8r)(c)(c) Responsibilities. No person may refuse entry or access to or withhold records from the department or the participating county under this subsection. No person may obstruct or interfere with an inspection by the department or a participating county under this subsection. The department or participating county if requested, shall furnish to the person a report setting forth all of the factual findings by the department or participating county that relate to the inspection.
29.889(9)(9)Audits. The department shall conduct random audits of wildlife damage abatement claims paid, wildlife damage abatement measures recommended and wildlife damage assistance paid for under this section. The department shall conduct audits of all claims filed by, and payments made to, department employees and of all wildlife damage abatement measures for the benefit of crops, livestock or apiaries owned or controlled by these employees for which assistance was provided under sub. (5).
29.889(10)(10)Negligence; fraud; penalties.
29.889(10)(a)(a) Liability. For a given wildlife damage statement of claim or application for wildlife damage abatement assistance, if the person filing the claim or applying for the assistance negligently makes, or causes to be made, a false statement or representation of a material fact in making the claim or application, the person is liable for all of the following:
29.889(10)(a)1.1. Repayment of any money paid for the wildlife damage claim.
29.889(10)(a)2.2. Payment of the cost of any wildlife damage abatement assistance paid for under this section.
29.889(10)(a)3.3. Payment of the costs for reviewing and approving the wildlife damage claim or wildlife damage abatement assistance and the costs in investigating and determining whether a false statement or representation was made.
29.889(10)(b)(b) Fraud. No person may knowingly make or cause to be made any false statement or representation of material fact under the wildlife damage abatement program or the wildlife damage claim program.
29.889(10)(c)(c) Fraud; penalties. A court finding a person to be in violation of par. (b) may order any of the following:
29.889(10)(c)1.1. That the person make any of the payments under par. (a) 1. to 3.
29.889(10)(c)2.2. That the person pay a forfeiture equal to 2 times the total amount of wildlife damage claim payments received and the value of any wildlife damage abatement measures implemented, plus an amount not to exceed $1,000.
29.889(10)(c)3.3. The revocation of the person’s privileges or approvals under s. 29.971 (12) if the person violating par. (b) owns, leases or controls land, or owns livestock or apiaries, to which the false statement or representation relates.