Section 29.559. Issuing fee.

 

(1)   Collection of issuing fee.

(a) Any person, including the department, who issues any license or stamp under this chapter or a conservation card under s. 23.47 (2) shall collect, in addition to the statutory license, stamp, or conservation card fee, an issuing fee for each license, each stamp, and each conservation card the person issued. Except as provided in pars. (b) , and (bm) , a person appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2. , 3. , or 4. may retain 50 cents of each issuing fee for each license and for each reprint and 15 cents of each issuing fee for each stamp to compensate for services in issuing the license or stamp.

(b) A person appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 3. may retain the entire issuing fee for each temporary disabled person fishing license the person issues in order to compensate for services in issuing the license.

(bm) A person appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2. , 3. , or 4. may retain 15 cents of each issuing fee for each conservation card.

(c) Any person, including the department, who issues a wild turkey hunting tag under s. 29.164 (4) (b) or a sturgeon hook and line tag under s. 29.2285 (3) (b) shall collect, in addition to the statutory fee, an issuing fee for each tag that the person is issued. A person appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2. , 3. , or 4. may retain 15 cents for each issuing fee of each tag to compensate for services in issuing the tag.

(1m)   Collection of issuing fee for certain approval applications. A person authorized to distribute an application under s. 29.553 shall collect, in addition to the processing fee, an issuing fee for each application.

(1r)   Collection of issuing fee for bonus deer hunting permits. Any person, including the department, who issues a bonus deer hunting permit shall collect, in addition to the statutory permit fee, an issuing fee for each permit. A person appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2. , 3. or 4. may retain 50 cents of each issuing fee for each permit to compensate for services in issuing the permit.

(2)   Department employees. An issuing fee collected by any employee of the department shall be remitted to the department together with the statutory approval fee.

1997 a. 248 ss. 152 to 156 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 17 , 108 ; 2005 a. 25 ; 2009 a. 276 ; 2015 a. 89 .