AB598: Bill Text

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)