375 Relating to: fishing and trolling in boats with electric motors.  

  • Date of enactment: May 18, 2010
    2009 Senate Bill 396 Date of publication*: June 1, 2010
    * Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2007-08 : 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].
    2009 WISCONSIN ACT 375
    An Act to amend 29.193 (1m) (b) of the statutes; relating to: fishing and trolling in boats with electric motors.
    The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
    Section 1 . 29.193 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
    29.193 (1m) (b) A disabled person holding who holds a current fishing license issued under this chapter or who is exempt from holding a fishing license under this chapter and who holds either a trolling permit issued under par. (a) or a Class A permit issued under sub. (2) may fish or troll in the waters of this state using an electric motor , . A person who assists the disabled person in the same boat may also fish or troll if he or she also holds a current fishing license or is exempt from holding a license. A person may use an electric motor under this subsection notwithstanding any ordinances enacted under s. 30.77 (3) that prohibit the use of motor boats on navigable waters and . The use of such motor is subject to any rules promulgated by the department regarding the use of electric motors for fishing or trolling by disabled persons.

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