29.889(7m)(a)(a) Requirements. A person who receives wildlife damage abatement assistance or wildlife damage claim payments and any other person who owns, leases or controls the land where the wildlife damage occurred shall permit hunting of the type of wild animals causing the wildlife damage on that land and on contiguous land under the same ownership, lease or control, subject to
par. (ae). In order to satisfy the requirement to permit hunting under this subsection, the land shall be open to hunting during the appropriate open season. The county, with the assistance of the department, shall determine the acreage of land suitable for hunting.
29.889(7m)(ae)1.1. A hunter may hunt on land covered by
par. (a) only if the hunter notifies the landowner of his or her intent to hunt on the land.
29.889(7m)(ae)2.
2. A hunter may not bring a motor vehicle onto land covered by
par. (a) without the permission of the landowner.
29.889(7m)(ae)3.
3. A hunter may not use a stand located on land covered by
par. (a) without the permission of the landowner.
29.889(7m)(ae)4.
4. A landowner may deny a hunter access to land covered by
par. (a) for reasonable cause, including any of the following:
29.889(7m)(ae)4.a.
a. The presence of at least 2 hunters per 40 acres of eligible land when the hunter notifies the landowner that he or she intends to hunt on the land.
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. 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)(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)(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)(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: