Section 6. NR 8.02 is amended to read:
NR 8.02 Authorization to issue approvals. All license agents shall issue all department approvals or federal approvals designated by the department to be issued through the statewide automated licensing system, except for approvals designated by the department to be issued only by the department or by specified license agents.
Section 7. NR 8.03 (2) (b) is repealed.
Section 8. NR 8.03 (2) (c) (Intro.) is amended to read:
NR 8.03 (2) (c) All license agent applicants not included in par. (a) or (b) shall be considered for approval by the department. Factors which may be considered for approval of an application include, but are not limited to the following:
Section 9. NR 8.03 (3) (b) is repealed.
Section 10. NR 8.04 (1) (a) and (b) are amended to read:
NR 8.04 (1) (a) An applicant shall provide appropriate identification and update all personal information as indicated by the department's license issuance manual when applying for an approval. In addition, an applicant shall sign the purchase receipt attesting to his or her residency and that his or her privileges for all approvals issued have not been suspended or revoked by a court of law.
(b) An applicant shall sign the issued approval, if required by the department on the approval form, before exercising any privileges authorized by the approval and carry the signed approval on their person when exercising privileges authorized by the approval.
Section 11. NR 8.045 is created to read:
NR 8.045 (Title) Forms of proof; reprints.
NR 8.045 (1) Pursuant to s. 23.47 (1) Stats., this subsection establishes that only the following, issued or authenticated through the statewide automated system, may be used in lieu of the original approval document to provide proof of authorization to engage in the activities in paragraphs (a) to (d): (a) For any of the following: hunting licenses, hunting stamps, goose permits, wild turkey harvest authorizations, deer carcass tags, and trapping licenses, authorized under subch. III of ch. 29, Stats., as published on January 5, 2017, except licenses and stamps authorized by s. 29.2297, Stats.; fishing licenses and fishing stamps, authorized under subch. III of ch. 29, Stats., as published on January 5, 2017, only while fishing on inland waters that are not boundary waters; disabled trolling, hunting and fishing permits issued under s. 29.193, Stats.; guide licenses authorized under s. 29.512, Stats.; certificates of accomplishment authorized under ss. 29.591, 29.595, and 29. 597, Stats.; and wild rice harvest licenses authorized under 29.607 (3): 1. A reprint, as designated under sub. (3), of the original approval document issued by the department or agent appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (a), Stats. 2. A conservation card issued under s. 23.47(2), Stats. 3. An authenticated, current, non-expired Wisconsin operator’s license issued by the department of transportation, of the type required under s. 343.18(1), Stats. 4. A discernible and easily viewable image produced by a digital file issued by the department, displayed on any electronic device, including a cellular telephone, in a manner that permits a law enforcement officer to complete a meaningful inspection of such image for purposes of establishing compliance with s. 29.024(1), Stats. (b) For fishing licenses and fishing stamps, authorized under subch. III of ch. 29, Stats., as published on January 5, 2017, while fishing on the waters that are boundary waters or while fishing on the waters that are outlying waters, a reprint, as designated under sub. (3), of the original approval document issued by the department or agent appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (a), Stats. 1. A reprint, as designated under sub. (3), of the original approval document issued by the department or agent appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (a), Stats. 2. A discernible and easily viewable image produced by a digital file issued by the department, displayed on any electronic device, including a cellular telephone, in a manner that permits a law enforcement officer to complete a meaningful inspection of such image for purposes of establishing compliance with the requirement to exhibit proof of the certificate.
(d) For an approval issued as a unique carcass tag for bear, goose, grouse, or sturgeon that has not been validated or used to harvest an animal, a reprint, as designated under sub. (3), of the original approval document issued by the department or agent appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (a), Stats. NOTE: Once an individual has harvested a bear, goose, grouse, or sturgeon under the authority of a unique carcass tag, the tag is no longer eligible to be reprinted.
NR 8.045 (2) For any approval not specifically enumerated in sub. (1), no alternative forms of proof are permitted.
NR 8.045 (3) Pursuant to s. 23.47 (3), Stats., for a license, stamp, certificate, or tag for which a reprint is authorized as proof of authorization under sub (1)., an approval holder may cause their original approval document to be reprinted by doing any of the following: (a) Utilizing a digital file issued by the department to produce a high-quality printed hard-copy that facilitates meaningful inspection by a law enforcement officer.
(b) Requesting the department to produce a printed hard-copy at a service center.
(c) Requesting an agent appointed under ss. 29.024 (6) (a) 2. or 3.Stats. to produce a printed hard-copy, if the approval is of the type the agent is authorized to issue. NR 8.045 (4) Any tag that is identified by a unique number is a unique carcass tag that remains as a singular harvest approval regardless of the number of reprints generated. Every reprint that bears an identical unique number collectively represent one authorization to harvest an animal; once an animal has been harvested under the authority of the harvest approval, all of the reprints are considered filled and the tag is no longer valid.
Section 12. NR 8.05 is repealed.
Section 13. NR 8.07 is amended to read:
NR 8.07 Variances. The department may approve a variance from nonstatutory requirements of this chapter upon request when the department determines that the variance is essential to accomplish the objectives of the statewide automated license issuance system and where special circumstances make the variances in the best interest of the program. Before granting a variance, the department shall take into account factors such as good cause and circumstances beyond the control of the requester.
Section 14. NR 8.52 (1) (b) 2., (c) 2. and (d) 2. are amended to read:
NR 8.52 (1) (b) 2. Update the department's Automated License Issuance System statewide automated system with a violator's revocation status, including the starting date and the ending date when known.
(c) 2. Update the department's Automated License Issuance System statewide automated system with a violator's revocation status, including the starting date and the ending date when known.
(d) 2. Update the department's Automated License Issuance System statewide automated system with any change in the violator's hunting, fishing and trapping revocation status.
Section 15. NR 8.54 (1) (a) 2. and (b) are amended to read:
NR 8.54 (1) (a) 2. Enter the violator's identifying information and revocation status into the department's Automated License Issuance System statewide automated system if not already entered into the system.
(b) In addition to the requirements under par. (a), the department, through the Automated License Issuance System statewide automated system, shall deny applications for any hunting, fishing and trapping privileges, approvals and preference points subject to the revocation for the term of the revocation.
Section 16. NR 10.08 (title) and 6 are amended to read:
NR 10.08 Possession and transportation of game.
(6) Field dressing. No person may completely dress any pheasant game bird while in the field or during transportation from the field. The head, or one fully feathered wing, or entire leg shall remain attached to the all game birds dressed carcass while in the field or during transportation from the field to the person's permanent abode or a preservation facility.
Section 17. NR 10.08 (7) and (Note) are created to read:
NR 10.08 (7) Carcass tags. No person may:
(a) Hunt or trap any of the species enumerated in s. NR 10.085(1) unless in possession of a valid, unique carcass tag that has not already been used to harvest an animal. A tag is not valid when hunting or trapping in a zone, management unit, or land type that is not authorized by the tag, or if the tag is expired. A tag is not valid when hunting with a weapon that is not authorized for use with the tag. (b) Upon harvesting any of the species enumerated in s. NR 10.085(1), fail to immediately validate the carcass tag that authorized the harvest. (c) Possess or transport the carcass of any of the species enumerated in s. NR 10.085(1) unless also in possession of the validated carcass tag that authorized the harvest. (d) Fail to keep a validated carcass tag in good, legible condition so as to permit meaningful inspection by the department. Carcass tags shall remain intact except that part of a tag may be separated as designated by the department on the tag as a means of validation.
(e) Transport or possess an unskinned bobcat, fisher, otter, or wolf carcass, or a raw pelt of these species unless it has been tagged in accordance with s. NR 10.085. (f) While afield, possess or transport the carcass of any of the species enumerated in s. NR 10.085(1) that is tagged with or possessed under the authority of a validated carcass tag of another person unless accompanied by the person issued the carcass tag. After the animal is registered it may be transported by vehicle on a public roadway or possessed at a dwelling or business establishment by a person who is not hunting without the need to be accompanied by the person who tagged and registered it. A dwelling for the purposes of this subsection includes permanent residences as well as temporary residences, such as an established hunting cabin or camp site. (g) While afield, hunting, or trapping, possess a validated carcass tag, or any copy of a unique carcass tag already used to harvest an animal, for any of the species enumerated in s. NR 10.085(1) unless the person is also in possession of the legally killed animal corresponding to that carcass tag. (h) Validate or attach a carcass tag to an animal trapped, killed, or harvested by another, or an animal killed by unlawful or unknown means.
(i) Possess more than one copy of a unique carcass tag while afield or hunting or trapping.
(j) Possess a raw bobcat, fisher, otter or wolf pelt after the 5th day of the month following closure of the open season for each species and the respective opening date of the next trapping or hunting season without a registration tag attached and locked to the head of the animal.
(k) Transfer, give, trade, sell or purchase a raw pelt or unskinned carcass of any bobcat, fisher, otter or wolf without a registration tag being attached and locked to the head portion of the pelt by the department in accordance with s. NR 10.085 (6) (c). (l) Transport or possess a bobcat, fisher, otter or wolf pelt without a registration tag being attached and locked to the head portion of the pelt by the department in accordance with s. NR 10.085 (6) (c). This paragraph does not apply to the authorized harvester of the animal. Note: Additional requirements for the transportation of deer species from chronic wasting disease affected areas in this state and from other states and countries where CWD has been identified are established in s. NR 10.105.
