23 Relating to: issuing hunting approvals to members of the Wisconsin national guard.

Date of enactment: November 9, 2007
2007 Assembly Bill 130 Date of publication*: November 23, 2007

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2005-06 : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

2007 WISCONSIN ACT 23

An Act to amend 29.194 (title), 29.194 (1) (title) and 29.194 (1) (b) of the statutes; relating to: issuing fish and game approvals to members of the Wisconsin national guard and to members of reserve units of the U.S. armed forces.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1 . 29.194 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

29.194 (title) Approvals for students and members of the armed forces , reserves, or national guard .

Section 2 . 29.194 (1) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

29.194 (1) (title) Certain resident licenses may be issued to students and members of the armed forces , reserves, or national guard .

Section 3 . 29.194 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

29.194 (1) (b) The department shall treat a qualified member of the armed forces , a qualified member of a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces, or a qualified member of the national guard as a resident for purposes of determining the member's eligibility for and cost of obtaining a hunting, trapping, or fishing approval under this subchapter. A qualified member of the armed forces is a person who exhibits proof that he or she is in active service in the U.S. armed forces or in forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces and that he or she is stationed in this state. A qualified member of a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces is a person who exhibits proof that he or she is a member of a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces located in this state. A qualified member of the national guard is a person who exhibits proof that he or she is a member of the Wisconsin national guard.