2007 WISCONSIN ACT
65
An Act
to repeal
29.184 (1) (b) and 29.184 (6m) (title);
to renumber and amend
29.184 (6m) (a), 29.184 (6m) (b), 29.184 (6m) (c) and 29.184 (6m) (d);
to consolidate, renumber and amend
29.184 (1) (intro.) and (a);
to amend
29.024 (2) (d) and 29.180 (title); and
to create
29.179 (title) and (1), 29.179 (3) (title), 29.179 (4) (title) and 29.179 (5) of the statutes;
relating to:
the transfer of certain fish and game licenses and permits to minors.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1
.
29.024 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.024
(2)
(d) Except as provided under s.
29.179,
29.180, 29.182 (4),
29.184 (6m),
or 29.519 (2) (d) or by rule, no person may transfer his or her approval or permit the use of any approval by any other person.
Section
2
.
29.179 (title) and (1) of the statutes are created to read:
29.179
(title)
Transfer of approvals to minors.
(1)
Definitions.
In this section:
(a) "Approval" means any of the following that the department issues to a resident or a nonresident under a random or preference selection system:
1. A hunter's choice deer hunting permit.
2. A bonus deer hunting permit.
3. A bobcat hunting and trapping permit.
4. An otter trapping permit.
5. A fisher trapping permit.
6. A Canada goose hunting permit.
7. A wild turkey hunting license.
8. A sharp-tailed grouse hunting permit.
9. A Class A bear license.
10. An elk hunting license.
11. A sturgeon spearing license.
(b) "Minor" means a person who is under 18 years of age.
Section
3
.
29.179 (3) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
29.179
(3)
(title)
Payment of fee.
Section
4
.
29.179 (4) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
29.179
(4)
(title)
Retention of preference points.
Section
5
.
29.179 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
29.179
(5)
Applicability.
This section does not apply to transfers of approvals to minors that are subject to s. 29.180 (3).
Section
6
.
29.180 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.180
(title)
Transfers
of approvals
upon death.
Section
7
.
29.184 (1) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 29.184 (1) and amended to read:
29.184
(1)
Definitions
Definition
.
(intro.)
In this section
: (a) Notwithstanding
, notwithstanding
s. 29.001 (42), "hunt bear" means to shoot, shoot at, take, catch, or kill a bear or pursue, with or without the use of dogs, a bear for the purpose of shooting, shooting at, taking, catching, or killing the bear.
Section
8
.
29.184 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
Section
9
.
29.184 (6m) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
Section
10
.
29.184 (6m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 29.179 (2) and amended to read:
29.179
(2)
Application.
Upon application by a holder of
a Class A bear license
an approval
to transfer the
license
approval
to a minor, and upon the payment of any fee required under
par. (b)
sub. (3)
, the department shall transfer the
license
approval
to the minor if the application is made no later than the
August 1st
15 days
immediately preceding the
first day of the applicable
open season
for the hunting of bear to which the license applies
and if the minor has not been previously transferred
a license
that type of approval
under this
subsection
section and if the minor is otherwise eligible to use the approval. The department may transfer a sturgeon spearing license under this subsection only during the period beginning on the November 1st of each year and ending on the day that is the 15th day preceding the first day of the open season for the spearing of lake sturgeon that follows that November 1st
.
Section
11
.
29.184 (6m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 29.179 (3) (a) and amended to read:
29.179
(3)
(a) If the holder of
a Class A bear license
an approval
is a resident and the holder applies to transfer the
license
approval
to a nonresident
and if there is a fee for the issuance of the approval
, the holder shall pay, at the time of application,
the
any
difference between the fee for
a Class A license
issuing the approval
to a resident and the fee for
a Class A license
the approval
to a nonresident.
Section
12
.
29.184 (6m) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 29.179 (3) (b) and amended to read:
29.179
(3)
(b) A holder of
a Class A bear license
an approval being transferred under this section
may not receive any consideration for the transfer of the
license
approval
.
Section
13
.
29.184 (6m) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 29.179 (4) and amended to read:
29.179
(4)
Notwithstanding
sub.
ss. 29.164 (3) (cr), 29.177 (5) (b), 29.184
(6) (b),
29.192 (4)
a minor who is transferred
a Class A bear license
an approval
under this
subsection
section
shall retain all preference points that he or she has previously accumulated
for that type of approval
.
