AB150,691,2417 29.1475 (2m) Authorization; nonresident hunting fishing and trapping
18privileges. A nonresident conservation patron license confers upon the licensee all
19the combined privileges conferred by a nonresident small game hunting license,
20nonresident deer hunting license, nonresident wild turkey hunting license,
21nonresident bear hunting license, nonresident archer hunting license, waterfowl
22hunting stamp, pheasant hunting stamp, a wild turkey hunting stamp, nonresident
23annual fishing license, sturgeon spearing license, an inland waters trout stamp and
24a Great Lakes trout and salmon stamp.

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129.1475 (6) Admission sticker. At the same time the department issues a
2conservation patron license, it may issue an annual resident or nonresident vehicle
3admission sticker or a special sticker for admission to state parks and similar areas.
4Alternatively or in addition, the department may issue an annual resident or
5nonresident vehicle admission sticker or a special sticker for admission to state
6parks and similar areas to a person who has a conservation patron license on location
7at the state park or similar area. A person who is issued a sticker under this
8subsection shall affix the sticker by its own adhesive to the interior surface of the
9lower left-hand corner of the windshield of the vehicle. A sticker issued under this
10section is not considered part of a conservation patron license for the purpose of
11issuing a duplicate and no duplicate sticker shall be issued unless the license holder
12provides evidence that the vehicle upon which the sticker is affixed is no longer
13usable or that the vehicle was transferred to another person and the license holder
14presents the original sticker or remnants of it to the department.

AB150,692,1916 29.149 (5) Use of moneys from fees. The department shall expend the receipts
17from the sale of inland waters trout stamps on improving and maintaining trout
18habitat in the inland trout waters of the state, conducting trout surveys in inland
19trout waters and administering this section.

AB150,693,221 29.15 (2) Requirement. No person may fish for trout or salmon in the outlying
22trout and salmon waters of the state unless the person is issued a resident or
23nonresident 2-day sports fishing license, unless the person is issued a conservation
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1and salmon stamp which is affixed by the stamp's adhesive to the person's fishing
2license or sports license.

AB150,693,64 29.155 (1m) The department shall, in cooperation with and with the assistance
5of the department of development tourism and parks, publicize the special events
6and programs sponsored or approved under sub. (1g) or (1h).

AB150,693,11 829.158 Educational fish and game activities. (1) The department may
9conduct educational hunting, fishing or trapping activities for groups of persons
10whom the department determines will benefit from learning how to hunt, fish or trap
11for recreational purposes.

AB150,693,13 12(2) The department may conduct the educational activities authorized under
13sub. (1) on any of the following:

AB150,693,1614 (a) Land under the ownership, supervision, management or control of the
15department on which the department allows, for recreational purposes, hunting,
16fishing or trapping.

AB150,693,1817 (b) Land in portions of state parks that have been designated for hunting by
18the department under s. 29.557 (3).

AB150,693,21 19(3) The department may conduct the educational activities authorized under
20sub. (1) outside of the hunting, fishing and trapping seasons established by the
21department.

AB150,694,2 22(4) The department may require that participants in a hunting, fishing or
23trapping activity under sub. (1) attend an educational workshop on hunting, fishing
24or trapping before participating in the activity. The department, by rule, may
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1under this subsection shall be deposited in the conservation fund and credited to the
2appropriation account under s. 20.370 (1) (Lt).

AB150,694,5 3(5) The department may waive the requirement that the participants in an
4activity authorized under sub. (1) be issued the applicable approvals and pay
5applicable approval fees.

AB150,694,10 6(6) In promulgating the initial rules for this section, the department may
7exercise its emergency rule-making authority under s. 227.24, without providing
8evidence of the necessity of preserving the public peace, health, safety or welfare.
9These rules shall be effective, implemented and enforced until permanent rules are
10implemented.

AB150,694,1412 29.227 (1) (c) Restrictions on obtaining hunting approval. Except as provided
13under par. pars. (d) and (dm), no person under 12 years of age may obtain any
14approval authorizing hunting.

AB150,694,1816 29.227 (1) (dm) Application for certain hunting approvals. The department
17may issue any of the following approvals to a resident who is 11 years of age and who
18applies, but the approval is not valid until that resident becomes 12 years of age:

AB150,694,1919 1. A wild turkey hunting license.

AB150,694,2020 2. A special deer hunting permit.

AB150,694,2121 3. A bonus deer hunting permit.

AB150,694,2222 4. A bear harvest permit.

AB150,694,2323 5. A Canada goose hunting permit issued under s. 29.174 (2) (c).

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129.41 (3) Possess the raw skin of any muskrat, mink, otter, fisher or pine
2marten at any time unless the person is the holder of a scientific collector permit, fur
3dealer license, trapping license or resident conservation patron license of current
4issue. No license is required for a person breeding, raising and producing domestic
5fur-bearing animals in captivity as defined in s. 29.579 or for a person authorized
6to take muskrats on a cranberry marsh under a permit issued to the person by the
7department.

AB150,695,179 29.544 (3) License required exceptions; wild rice identification card. Every
10person over the age of 16 and under the age of 65 shall obtain the appropriate wild
11rice license to harvest or deal in wild rice but no license to harvest is required of the
12members of the immediate family of a licensee or of a recipient of old-age assistance
13or general relief or members of their immediate families. The department shall issue
14a wild rice identification card to each member of a licensee's immediate family, to a
15recipient of old-age assistance or general relief and to each member of the recipient's
16family. The term "immediate family" includes husband and wife and minor children
17having their abode and domicile with the parent or legal guardian.

AB150,695,2019 29.547 (1) (a) "Dealer" means a person who buys purchases for purposes of
20resale at least 8 ounces of wild ginseng annually in a license year.

AB150,695,2322 29.547 (1) (am) "License year" means the period beginning on July 1 of a given
23year and ending on the following June 30.

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129.547 (1) (b) "Wild ginseng" means ginseng an unprocessed plant, dry root, or
2live root or seed of the species Panax quinquefolius that is not grown or nurtured by
3a person.

AB150,696,96 29.547 (4) Purchase with knowledge. (intro.) No person may purchase wild
7ginseng if the person knows the ginseng was cut, rooted up or gathered between
8November 1 and the following September 1. No person dealer may purchase wild
9ginseng if the person any of the following applies:

AB150,696,11 10(b) The dealer knows that the vendor does not have a license to harvest ginseng
11or that the vendor has violated this section or a rule promulgated under this section.

AB150,696,1413 29.547 (4) (a) The dealer fails to inspect the vendor's wild ginseng harvest
14license or wild ginseng dealer license.

AB150,696,2116 29.547 (6) (a) Requirement. No person may cut, root up, gather or destroy wild
17ginseng unless the person has a valid wild ginseng harvest license issued by the
18department. The department shall promulgate rules for issuing wild ginseng
19harvest licenses. The department may promulgate rules on the quantity of wild
20ginseng that each person may harvest, and restrictions on areas where wild ginseng
21may be harvested and on the methods which may be used to harvest wild ginseng.

AB150,696,2323 29.547 (7) (title) Wild ginseng dealer license licenses.

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129.547 (7) (a) (title) License required. (intro.) No person resident may engage
2in business act as a dealer and no dealer may purchase wild ginseng in this state
3unless he or she has a one of the following valid wild ginseng dealer license licenses
4issued by the department.:

AB150,697,6 5(c) (title) Rules. The department may establish by rule the procedure for
6issuing a wild ginseng dealer license licenses.

AB150,697,108 29.547 (7) (a) 1. A class A resident wild ginseng dealer license authorizes the
9purchase for purposes of resale of not more than 100 pounds dry weight of wild
10ginseng in a license year.

AB150,697,1412 29.547 (7) (a) 2. A class B resident wild ginseng dealer license authorizes the
13purchase for purposes of resale of not more than 1,000 pounds dry weight of wild
14ginseng in a license year.

AB150,697,1716 29.547 (7) (a) 3. A class C resident wild ginseng dealer license authorizes the
17purchase for purposes of resale of any amount of wild ginseng in a license year.

AB150,697,2119 29.547 (7) (b) Nonresident wild ginseng dealer license. A person who is not a
20resident may not act as a dealer in this state unless he or she has a valid nonresident
21wild ginseng dealer license issued by the department.

AB150,697,2323 29.547 (8) (title) Shipment and certification of origin of wild ginseng.

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129.547 (8) (a) (title) Certificate required Wild ginseng originating in this state.
2Except as provided under par. (b), no No person may ship out of this state wild
3ginseng out of that originates in this state unless the wild ginseng is accompanied
4by a valid and completed shipping certificate of origin issued under this subsection.

AB150,698,117 29.547 (8) (bn) Wild ginseng originating in another state. 1. No person may
8ship out of this state to a foreign country wild ginseng that originates in another state
9unless the wild ginseng is accompanied by a valid certificate of origin issued by that
10other state. No person may ship out of this state wild ginseng that originates in
11another state under a certificate of origin issued under this subsection.

AB150,698,1412 2. No resident may purchase for purposes of resale wild ginseng that originates
13in another state unless the wild ginseng is accompanied by a valid certificate of origin
14from the other state.

AB150,698,1815 3. If a dealer who is a resident receives wild ginseng that originated in another
16state and if a certificate of origin issued by that state does not accompany the wild
17ginseng, the dealer shall return the wild ginseng to the sender within 30 days after
18its receipt.

AB150,698,2420 29.547 (8) (c) Issuance of certificates. The department shall promulgate a rule
21establishing the procedure for issuing certificates of origin. The department may
22issue shipping certificates of origin only to a person who has a valid wild ginseng
23harvest license or a valid wild ginseng dealer license. No person except the person
24to whom the shipping certificate is issued may use or possess the shipping certificate.

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129.547 (8) (d) Effective period; cancellations; return. Unless canceled, a
2shipping certificate of origin is valid for the period indicated on the certificate's face.
3The department may cancel a shipping certificate of origin at any time. Any person
4to whom shipping certificates of origin are issued shall return all unused shipping
5certificates to the department within 10 days after the expiration of the period
6indicated on the certificates or within 10 days after the department cancels the
7certificates.

AB150,699,129 29.547 (8) (e) Validity. A shipping certificate of origin is valid only if it has not
10expired or been canceled by the department, is fully completed and contains no false
11information. A shipping certificate of origin issued under this subsection is valid
12only for wild ginseng originating from in this state.

AB150,699,2014 29.547 (8) (f) Prohibitions. No person may ship wild ginseng originating from
15another state under a shipping certificate issued under this subsection. No person
16may use an expired or canceled shipping certificate of origin, falsify information on
17a shipping certificate, use a shipping certificate without fully completing it of origin,
18maintain false records or copies of shipping of certificates of origin or fail to maintain
19records or comply with rules promulgated by the department concerning shipping
20certificates of origin.

AB150,699,2422 29.547 (9) (a) Purchases. A dealer who purchases wild ginseng shall maintain
23records of the quantity purchased, the name and wild ginseng license number of the
24vendor and other information required by the department.

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129.547 (9) (b) Sales and shipments. A dealer shall maintain records required
2under sub. (8) this section and shall keep records and reports of sales, shipments and
3transactions as required by the department.

AB150,700,135 29.598 (7) (d) 2. The department shall pay participating counties under subd.
61. from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (gb) (5) (fa) and from the appropriation
7under s. 20.370 (4) (gq) (5) (fq) after first deducting from s. 20.370 (4) (gq) (5) (fq)
8payments made for county administrative costs under sub. (2) (d) and payments
9made for wildlife damage abatement assistance under sub. (5) (c). If the amount in
10the appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (gb) (5) (fa) and the amount remaining after
11these deductions from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (gq) (5) (fq) are not
12sufficient to pay the full amount required under subd. 1., the department shall pay
13participating counties on a prorated basis.

AB150,700,2215 29.599 (4) (a) Costs reimbursed. Except as provided under par. (c), the
16department may pay each participating county or municipality up to 100% of the
17county's or municipality's actual costs that are directly attributable to providing
18additional law enforcement services during the spearfishing season. The
19department shall make any aid payments from the appropriations under s. 20.370
20(4) (ga) (5) (ea) by September 30 of the calendar year in which the county or
21municipality files an application under sub. (2) (c). The department may not make
22an aid payment unless the payment is approved by the secretary of administration.

AB150,701,224 29.599 (4) (c) Prorated payments allowed. If the total amount of reimbursable
25costs under par. (a) exceeds the amount available for payments under s. 20.370 (4)

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1(ga) (5) (ea), the department may prorate payments to participating counties and
2municipalities.

AB150,701,84 30.126 (5) (h) May not have improper toilets. No person may construct, place
5or maintain a fishing raft on authorized portions of the Wolf river if the fishing raft
6is equipped with a toilet which permits toilet waste to be disposed of in the waterway.
7A toilet on a fishing raft shall comply with rules of the department of industry, labor
8and human relations development as if the toilet were on a boat.

AB150,701,1810 30.206 (1) For activities which require a permit or approval under ss. s. 30.12
11(3) (a) and or 30.19 (1) (a), the department may issue a general permit authorizing
12a class of activities, according to rules promulgated by the department. Before
13issuing general permits, the department shall determine, after an environmental
14analysis and notice and hearing under ss. 227.17 and 227.18, that the cumulative
15adverse environmental impact of the class of activity is insignificant and that
16issuance of the general permit will not injure public rights or interest, cause
17environmental pollution, as defined in s. 144.01 (3), or result in material injury to the
18rights of any riparian owner.