AB667: Bill Text

AB667,10 Section 10. 29.563 (13) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB667,5,18 29.563 (13) (am) Surcharge for sandhill crane permit. The surcharge for a sandhill crane hunting permit shall be $2. This surcharge shall be paid together with the processing fee specified in sub. (14) (a) 4.

AB667,11 Section 11 . 29.563 (14) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

AB667,5,21 29.563 (14) (a) 4. The processing fee for applications for sandhill crane hunting permits: $7.75.

AB667,12 Section 12. 29.563 (14) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB667,6,3 29.563 (14) (c) 3. Each application for a hunter's choice permit, bonus deer hunting permit, elk hunting license, wild turkey hunting license, Class A bear license, wolf harvesting license, Canada goose hunting permit, sandhill crane hunting permit, sharp-tailed grouse hunting permit, bobcat hunting and trapping permit, otter trapping permit, fisher trapping permit, or sturgeon fishing permit: 25 cents.

AB667,13 Section 13. 29.563 (14) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB667,6,6 29.563 (14) (c) 4. Each bonus deer hunting permit issued for which a fee is charged under sub. (2) (c) 1. or 1m. or (d) 1. or 2.: 75 cents.

AB667,14 Section 14 . 29.596 of the statutes is created to read:

AB667,6,10 29.596 Sandhill crane hunter education program. (1) The department shall establish and conduct a sandhill crane hunter education program. The program shall provide a course of instruction that includes all of the following:

AB667,6,12 (a) History and recovery of the sandhill crane in this state and in the eastern United States.

AB667,6,13 (b) Methods used to distinguish sandhill cranes from other birds.

AB667,6,14 (c) Methods used to estimate the population of sandhill cranes in the state.

AB667,6,15 (d) Areas covered by sandhill crane hunting zones.

AB667,6,17 (e) Any rules promulgated by the department concerning the hunting of sandhill cranes.

AB667,6,19 (2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), no person may hunt sandhill cranes unless he or she has successfully completed the course established under sub. (1).

AB667,6,23 (b) A person who has a certificate, license, or other evidence that is satisfactory to the department indicating that he or she has successfully completed in another state, country, or province a sandhill crane hunter education program recognized by the department may obtain a sandhill crane hunting permit.

AB667,6,25 (3) The department may not charge a fee for the course of instruction under sub. (1).

AB667,15 Section 15 . 29.596 of the statutes, as created by 2021 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

AB667,16 Section 16. 29.889 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB667,7,5 29.889 (1) (e) Sandhill crane if hunting of sandhill cranes is authorized by the department.

AB667,17 Section 17. 29.938 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB667,7,11 29.938 Use by the department of unclaimed, seized, or confiscated property. (intro.) The department may receive, retain, and use for the hunter education programs under ss. 29.591 and, 29.595, and 29.596, the trapper education program under s. 29.597, or other educational hunting, fishing, trapping, or conservation activities the department conducts any of the following property:

AB667,18 Section 18 . 29.938 (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB667,7,18 29.938 Use by the department of unclaimed, seized, or confiscated property. (intro.) The department may receive, retain, and use for the hunter education programs under ss. 29.591, and 29.595, and 29.596, the trapper education program under s. 29.597, or other educational hunting, fishing, trapping, or conservation activities the department conducts any of the following property:

AB667,19 Section 19. 29.977 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB667,7,21 29.977 (1) (b) Any moose, fisher, prairie chicken, or sand hill sandhill crane, $262.50.

AB667,20 Section 20. 29.983 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB667,7,24 29.983 (1) (b) 2. For any moose, fisher, prairie chicken, or sand hill sandhill crane, $262.50.

AB667,21 Section 21. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:

AB667,8,5 (1) The treatment of ss. 20.370 (1) (hy) (by Section 2 ), 29.596 (by Section 15 ), and 29.938 (intro.) (by Section 18 ) takes effect on the first day of the 25th month beginning after publication.

AB667,8,6 (End)