29.972(1)(b)
(b) Fails to appear on the court date set under s.
23.72 or
23.75 unless the person makes a deposit under s.
23.66 or makes a deposit and stipulation under s.
23.67.
29.972(1)(c)
(c) Fails to appear before the court and is subject to a bench warrant under s.
968.09.
29.972(2)(a)(a) The requirement to deny or suspend an approval under sub.
(1) does not apply if the court revokes any or all of the person's hunting, fishing, or trapping approvals under s.
23.79 (4) or
23.795 (2).
29.972(2)(b)
(b) The requirement to deny or suspend an approval under sub.
(1) remains in effect until either of the following occurs:
29.972(2)(b)1.
1. The person resolves the matter under sub.
(1) that resulted in the denial or suspension.
29.972(2)(b)2.
2. The court revokes or suspends any or all of the person's hunting, fishing, or trapping approvals under s.
29.971.
29.972(3)
(3) The department shall establish procedures for the denial or suspension of approvals under subs.
(1) and
(2), including all of the following:
29.972(3)(a)
(a) The exchange of information among the department, the district attorneys, and the clerks of court.
29.972(3)(b)
(b) Notice to the person who is subject to the denial or suspension.
29.972(3)(c)
(c) The opportunity for an administrative appeal to the department which shall be limited to the issue of whether the action listed in sub.
(1) (a) to
(c) is sufficient to require the department to deny an application to issue or renew, or to suspend the approvals.
29.972 History
History: 2005 a. 282.
29.973
29.973
Commercial fish reporting system. The department shall establish and maintain a commercial fish reporting system under which the department shall establish specific reporting or record-keeping requirements that apply to all of the following:
29.973(1)
(1) Any person who has committed a certain number of violations of subch.
VI, as determined by the department.
29.973(2)
(2) Any person who holds a license issued under s.
29.519 (1m), and who is convicted of harvesting more than 1,000 pounds of fish above their annual quota, failing to report over 2,000 pounds of catch during a 12-month period, fishing during the closed season, or possessing 200 or more pounds of fish in violation of this chapter.
29.973 History
History: 2005 a. 288;
2007 a. 97 s.
50.
29.973 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ch.
NR 25, Wis. adm. code.
29.974
29.974
Penalties; repeaters. 29.974(1)(1)
If a person is convicted of any violation of this chapter, of s.
167.31 (2) or
(3) or of a rule promulgated under s.
167.31 (4m), and it is alleged in the indictment, information or complaint, and proved or admitted on trial or ascertained by the court after conviction that the person was previously convicted within a period of 5 years for a violation of this chapter, of s.
167.31 (2) or
(3) or of a rule promulgated under s.
167.31 (4m) by any court of this state, the person shall be fined not more than $100, or imprisoned not more than 6 months or both. In addition, all hunting, fishing and trapping approvals issued to the person shall be revoked and no hunting, fishing or trapping approval may be issued to the person for a period of one year after the 2nd conviction.
29.974(2)(a)(a) In this subsection, “wild animal" does not include a farm-raised deer, a farm-raised fish, a farm-raised game bird, or a wild animal subject to regulation under ch.
169.
29.974(2)(b)
(b) When any person is convicted and it is alleged in the indictment, information or complaint and proved or admitted on trial or ascertained by the court after conviction that the person had been before convicted 3 times within a period of 3 years for violations of this chapter or department order punishable under s.
29.501 (10),
29.601 (1) or
29.971 (5), or for violation of s.
29.539, or for violation of any statute or department order regulating the taking or possession of any wild animal or carcass during the closed season or any combination of those violations by any court of this state, and that the convictions remain of record and unreversed, the person shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.
29.974(3)
(3) No penalty for any violation listed in sub.
(1) or
(2) may be reduced or diminished by reason of this section.
29.974 History
History: 1975 c. 365 s.
46; Stats. 1975 s. 29.995;
1981 c. 243 s.
7;
1983 a. 27;
1985 a. 29,
272;
1993 a. 137;
1997 a. 248 s.
723; Stats. 1997 s. 29.974;
2001 a. 56.
29.974 Annotation
Criminal prosecution under this section must be commenced by a complaint under s. 968.02; prosecution must be conducted within the statutory and constitutional requirements applicable to other criminal prosecutions.
71 Atty. Gen. 136.
29.977
29.977
Civil actions for damages caused by law violations. 29.977(1)(1)
The department may bring a civil action in the name of the state for the recovery of damages against any person killing, wounding, catching, taking, trapping or possessing in violation of this chapter any of the following named protected wild animals, birds, or fish, or any part of an animal, bird or fish, and the sum assessed for damages for each wild animal, bird, or fish shall be not less than the amount stated in this section: