AB598: Bill Text

AB598,35 Section 35. 95.30 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,10,23 95.30 Disposal of animals infected with tuberculosis. The owner of cattle or, farm-raised deer, or farm-raised game bovids tested and found to be afflicted with bovine tuberculosis shall ship them under the direction of the department to some place designated by it for immediate slaughter under U.S. government inspection, or under the inspection approved by the department.

AB598,36 Section 36. 95.31 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,11,10 95.31 (3) In addition to the indemnities for specific animal diseases provided under ss. 95.25, 95.26 and 95.27 or under special emergency programs and subject to s. 95.36, the department shall pay indemnities on livestock condemned and slaughtered or destroyed because of other diseases if the department determines that the condemnation and slaughter or destruction is necessary to protect public health or the livestock industry. The indemnity under this subsection shall be two-thirds of the difference between net salvage value and appraised value, but may not exceed $1,500 for an animal, except as provided in sub. (3m). As used in this subsection, “livestock" means animals of species raised primarily to produce food for human consumption, including farm-raised deer and farm-raised game bovids.

AB598,37 Section 37. 95.31 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,11,23 95.31 (4) In the event of a major or serious outbreak of a contagious or infectious disease that may affect public health or the health of animals and that requires special control measures, the department may request the joint committee on finance to release funds appropriated under s. 20.115 (2) (b) as needed to conduct emergency control programs independently or in cooperation with federal or local units of government and, subject to s. 95.36, to pay indemnities on animals of species raised primarily to produce food for human consumption, including farm-raised deer and farm-raised game bovids, condemned and slaughtered or destroyed under the emergency control programs. For all indemnities paid under this subsection, the state shall pay two-thirds of the difference between the net salvage value and the appraised value of an animal, except that no payment may exceed $1,500 for an animal.

AB598,38 Section 38. 95.33 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,12,5 95.33 Tubercular animals that do not react. Whenever in the opinion of the department a bovine or, farm-raised deer, or farm-raised game bovid is afflicted with tuberculosis, although failing to react to the tubercular test, such animal shall be condemned and the appraisal and all subsequent procedure shall be the same as in the case of reactors.

AB598,39 Section 39. 95.40 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,12,10 95.40 (1) No person shall use or cause to be used tuberculin or any other agent upon cattle or, farm-raised deer, or farm-raised game bovids, by injection or otherwise, for the purpose of preventing a proper reaction when a tuberculin test is made.

AB598,40 Section 40. 95.41 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,12,15 95.41 (2) The department shall provide ear tags to be used for identifying cattle and, farm-raised deer, and farm-raised game bovids tested for purposes of disease control, and shall distribute the tags to persons authorized by the department to identify cattle and, farm-raised deer, and farm-raised game bovids.

AB598,41 Section 41. 95.42 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,12,22 95.42 Revocation of permit to test. Only veterinarians approved by the department may apply the tuberculin test to cattle and , farm-raised deer, and farm-raised game bovids, and no veterinarian applying the test may tag or brand reactors except as specifically authorized or directed by the department. Any veterinarian who fails to comply with this section and the rules and instructions furnished by the department shall forfeit all right to apply the tuberculin test.

AB598,42 Section 42. 95.51 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,13,2 95.51 (1) Definition. In this section, “livestock" means bovine animals, equine animals, goats, poultry, sheep, swine, farm-raised deer, farm-raised game bovids, and any other kind of animal that the department identifies by rule for the purposes of this section.

AB598,43 Section 43. 95.51 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,13,5 95.51 (2) (a) 1. Keep any bovine animals, equine animals, goats, sheep, swine, poultry, or farm-raised deer, or farm-raised game bovids.

AB598,44 Section 44. 95.55 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,13,7 95.55 (title) Farm-raised deer and farm-raised game bovids.

AB598,45 Section 45. 95.55 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,13,11 95.55 (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) and s. 169.04 (5m), no person may keep farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids unless the person is registered with the department under this section.

AB598,46 Section 46. 95.55 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,13,15 95.55 (1) (b) 1. Establishments licensed under s. 97.42 may keep live farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids for slaughtering purposes for up to 72 hours without being registered under this section.

AB598,47 Section 47. 95.55 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,13,19 95.55 (1) (b) 2. The department may promulgate rules to exempt groups of persons or species of farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids from the registration requirement under this section.

AB598,48 Section 48. 95.55 (1) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,13,24 95.55 (1) (c) (intro.) The department shall register a person to keep farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids in a fenced area that is located in this state and another state without having the entire area in this state enclosed with a fence if all of the following apply:

AB598,49 Section 49. 95.55 (1) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,14,2 95.55 (1) (c) 1. The person is keeping farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids in the fenced area on June 2, 2006.

AB598,50 Section 50. 95.55 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,14,8 95.55 (3) (b) 1. If the department reinspects the premises where farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids are kept because the department has found a violation of this chapter or rules promulgated under this chapter, the department shall charge the person registered under this section the reinspection fee specified under subd. 2.

AB598,51 Section 51. 95.55 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,14,14 95.55 (3) (b) 3. A reinspection fee under this paragraph is payable when the reinspection is completed, and is due upon written demand from the department. The department may issue a demand for payment when it issues a registration renewal application form to the person registered to keep farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids under this section.

AB598,52 Section 52. 95.55 (3m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,14,17 95.55 (3m) (a) Possess, propagate, purchase, sell, hunt, kill, and exhibit farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids.

AB598,53 Section 53. 95.55 (3m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,14,20 95.55 (3m) (b) Hunt or sell or offer to sell the opportunity to hunt farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids that the person owns.

AB598,54 Section 54. 95.55 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,14,25 95.55 (4) Animal handling facilities. A person required to register under this section shall provide animal handling facilities to ensure the safety of farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids during handling and of the persons handling the farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids.

AB598,55 Section 55. 95.55 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,15,11 95.55 (5) (a) A person hunting farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids is exempt from having any hunting approval issued under ch. 29 and is exempt from any closed season restrictions or bag limits established by the department of natural resources. In order to regulate the hunting of farm-raised deer and farm-raised game bovids, the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection may promulgate rules to establish tagging requirements or other methods for identifying dead farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids that have been legally hunted or killed and to impose other conditions or requirements regulating the hunting of farm-raised deer and farm-raised game bovids. Section 29.314 applies to the hunting of farm-raised deer and farm-raised game bovids.

AB598,56 Section 56. 95.55 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,15,17 95.55 (5) (b) No owner of farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids may sell, or offer to sell, the opportunity to hunt farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids unless the farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids to be hunted are confined in an area of 80 contiguous acres or more, except as provided in pars. (bg) and (br).

AB598,57 Section 57. 95.55 (5) (bn) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,15,20 95.55 (5) (bn) 1. Shoot or shoot at a farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovid while hunting unless the person is in physical possession of the weapon.

AB598,58 Section 58. 95.55 (5) (bn) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,15,24 95.55 (5) (bn) 2. Provide or operate, or offer to provide or operate, a facility that allows a person the opportunity to hunt a farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovid if the person who is hunting is in violation of subd. 1.

AB598,59 Section 59. 95.55 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,16,3 95.55 (5) (c) The department of natural resources and the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall cooperate with each other with respect to the hunting of farm-raised deer and farm-raised game bovids.

AB598,60 Section 60. 95.55 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,16,8 95.55 (6) (a) The department shall promulgate rules to regulate persons who keep farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids. The rules shall establish disease testing requirements for bovine tuberculosis and, for farm-raised deer, chronic wasting disease and may establish testing requirements for other diseases.

AB598,61 Section 61. 95.55 (6) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,16,11 95.55 (6) (b) 1. Standards to be followed by persons keeping farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids to prevent the spread of disease.

AB598,62 Section 62. 95.68 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,16,14 95.68 (1) (d) “Livestock" means bovine animals, sheep, goats, swine, farm-raised deer, farm-raised game bovids, and equine animals.

AB598,63 Section 63. 95.80 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,16,18 95.80 (1) (b) “Livestock" means cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats, farm-raised deer, farm-raised game bovids, and other species of animals susceptible of use in the production of meat and meat products.

AB598,64 Section 64. 97.42 (1) (bg) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,16,23 97.42 (1) (bg) “Captive game animal" means an animal of a normally wild type that is produced in captivity for slaughter and consumption. “Captive game animal" does not include a farm-raised deer, farm-raised game bovid, ratite, captive game bird, fish, or an animal that is kept solely for hunting purposes at a hunting preserve.

AB598,65 Section 65. 97.42 (1) (ds) of the statutes is created to read:

AB598,17,2 97.42 (1) (ds) “Farm-raised game bovid” has the meaning given in s. 95.001 (1) (aim).

AB598,66 Section 66. 97.42 (1) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,17,6 97.42 (1) (em) “Livestock" means cattle, sheep, swine, goats, farm-raised deer, farm-raised game bovids, alpacas, llamas, bison, ratites, rabbits, and other species that the department designates as livestock by rule.

AB598,67 Section 67. 97.42 (3) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,17,14 97.42 (3) (em) Slaughter of farm-raised deer and farm-raised game bovids. The requirements of pars. (a) and (b) do not apply to the slaughter of a farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovid if its meat products are not sold by an operator of a retail food establishment, as defined under s. 97.30 (1) (c). The operator of an establishment in which farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids or their meat products are examined and inspected under this subsection shall pay the department for the cost of the department's examination and inspection.

AB598,68 Section 68. 97.42 (4) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,17,20 97.42 (4) (em) The rate at which an operator of an establishment that slaughters farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids or processes the meat products of farm-raised deer or farm-raised game bovids shall pay the costs of examination and inspection under sub. (3) (em) and the manner in which the department shall collect those amounts.

AB598,69 Section 69. 97.44 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,17,25 97.44 (3) As used in this section, “animals" means cattle, sheep, goats, swine, equines, farm-raised deer, as defined in s. 95.001 (1) (ag), farm-raised game bovids, as defined in s. 95.001 (1) (aim), and poultry, except in the phrase “animal feed manufacturers".

AB598,70 Section 70. 100.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,18,4 100.04 (1) Definition. In this section, “livestock" means swine, cattle, poultry, sheep, goats or, farm-raised deer, as defined in s. 95.001 (1) (ag), or farm-raised game bovids, as defined in s. 95.001 (1) (aim).

AB598,71 Section 71. 169.01 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,18,8 169.01 (7) “Domestic animal" means a farm-raised deer, a farm-raised game bovid, a pet bird, a farm-raised game bird, or an animal that is listed as a domestic animal by rule by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.

AB598,72 Section 72. 169.01 (12s) of the statutes is created to read:

AB598,18,11 169.01 (12s) “Farm-raised game bovid” has the meaning given in s. 95.001 (1) (aim).

AB598,73 Section 73. 174.001 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,18,16 174.001 (3) “Livestock" means any horse, bovine, sheep, goat, pig, llama, alpaca, domestic rabbit, farm-raised deer, as defined in s. 95.001 (1) (ag), farm-raised game bovid, as defined in s. 95.001 (1) (aim), or domestic fowl, including any farm-raised game bird, as defined in s. 169.01 (12m).

AB598,74 Section 74. 943.76 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB598,18,21 943.76 (1) (a) “Livestock" means cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats, farm-raised deer, as defined in s. 95.001 (1) (ag), farm-raised game bovids, as defined in s. 95.001 (1) (aim), poultry, and other animals used or to be used in the production of food, fiber, or other commercial products.

AB598,75 Section 75. 951.09 (3) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB598,18,23 951.09 (3) (cm) Farm-raised game bovids, as defined in s. 95.001 (1) (aim).

AB598,18,24 (End)