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WI Stat § 29.533 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants.|29.533 - Setline licenses; inland waters.

29.533  Setline licenses; inland waters. (1) A setline license authorizing the use of setlines and hooks in inland waters in the manner determined by the department for taking, catching or killing fish shall be issued subject to s. 29.024 by the department to any resident applying for this license. (3) (a) No person may operate any setline unless he or she has a setline license. No person may use a setline unless it is properly tagged. In order to be properly tagged a setline is required to be securely attached to a buoy or stake at one end, the buoy or stake is required to have attached to it a tag stamped to designate the serial number of the setline license covering it and the buoy or stake is required to be placed and the tag attached in a manner so the tag is visible above the surface of the water.(b) The department shall issue setline tags to the licensee at the time of issuing the setline license. (4) All fishers licensed under this section shall file such reports on the amounts and kinds of fish taken as may be requested by the department. (5) No person who holds a setline license issued under this section may operate a fish farm that contains a kind of fish that the holder of the license is authorized to catch under this section.History:  1977 c. 29; 1983 a. 27; 1983 a. 192 s. 303 (6); 1985 a. 332; 1997 a. 27; 1997 a. 248 ss. 495 to 500; Stats. 1997 s. 29.533.
WI Stat § 29.535 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants.|29.535 - Shovelnose sturgeon permit.

29.535  Shovelnose sturgeon permit. (1) The department shall issue, subject to s. 29.024, an annual shovelnose sturgeon permit to any resident who applies for the permit and who holds at least one of the following licenses:(a) A net license issued under s. 29.523.(b) A trammel net license issued under s. 29.529.(c) A set or bank pole license issued under s. 29.531.(d) A setline license issued under s. 29.533. (2) No person may take shovelnose sturgeon or shovelnose sturgeon eggs unless the person holds a permit from the department under this section. (3) A person who is required to hold an annual shovelnose sturgeon permit shall report to the department, on forms available from the department, on or before the 10th day of each month, the number of pounds of shovelnose sturgeon eggs harvested during the preceding calendar month. (4) The department shall deposit receipts from the sale of permits under this section in the conservation fund.History:  2007 a. 20.
WI Stat § 29.541 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants.|29.541 - Serving of game to guests.

29.541  Serving of game to guests. (1) Prohibition. (a) Except as authorized under s. 29.934 (2) or 97.305, no innkeeper, manager or steward of any restaurant, club, hotel, boarding house, tavern, logging camp or mining camp may sell, barter, serve or give, or cause to be sold, bartered, served or given, to its guests or boarders any of the following:1. The meat of any deer, elk, bear, squirrel, game bird, or game fish taken from inland waters at any time.2. The meat of any wild animal not listed in subd. 1., during the closed season for the wild animal, whether the meat is of a wild animal lawfully or unlawfully taken within or without the state.(b) The department may issue permits authorizing the serving of lawfully taken and possessed wild animals at any time. (2)  Free lunch. The giving, offering, or affording opportunity to take free lunch in any of the places named in sub. (1) is embraced within the prohibitions of sub. (1). (3)  Exemption. This section does not apply to the meat from farm-raised deer, farm-raised fish, or farm-raised game birds or to meat that is subject to regulation under s. 169.14.History:  1975 c. 360; 1991 a. 269; 1995 a. 79; 1997 a. 27; 1997 a. 248 ss. 546 to 553; Stats. 1997 s. 29.541; 2001 a. 56, 109; 2005 a. 394; 2007 a. 20; 2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 29.553 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants.|29.553 - Processing fee.

29.553  Processing fee. (1) Except as provided in sub. (3), if the department issues any of the following approvals, a nonrefundable processing fee, in addition to any other fee imposed under s. 29.563, shall be collected for each approval:(a) Hunter's choice deer hunting permit.(am) Bonus deer hunting permit.(b) Bobcat hunting and trapping permit.(c) Otter trapping permit.(d) Fisher trapping permit.(e) Canada goose hunting permit.(f) Wild turkey hunting license.(g) Sharp-tailed grouse hunting permit.(h) Class A bear license.(hm) Elk hunting license.(hr) Wolf harvesting license. (i) Sturgeon fishing permit. (2) If a person applies jointly for a hunter's choice deer hunting permit and a bonus deer hunting permit, the person shall pay a single processing fee. A person who applies for a bonus deer hunting permit is exempt from paying an additional processing fee if the person has already applied for a hunter's choice deer hunting permit for the same season. If the department authorizes the issuing of more than one bonus deer hunting permit to a person in a single season under s. 29.181 (2) or (2m), the person is exempt from paying an additional processing fee for an application for the 2nd or subsequent bonus deer hunting permit. (3) The department may waive the processing fee for the approvals specified in sub. (1) (a), (am) and (c) to (g) for persons who apply for or are holders of resident conservation patron licenses and nonresident conservation patron licenses.History:  1997 a. 248 ss. 143 to 149; 2001 a. 109; 2011 a. 169.
WI Stat § 29.555 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants.|29.555 - Reprint fee.

29.555  Reprint fee. The department may and an agent appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2. or 3. who issues a reprint of an approval shall collect a fee for the reprint.History:  2015 a. 89.
WI Stat § 29.556 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants.|29.556 - Handling fee.

29.556  Handling fee. (1b) In this section:(a) “In-person credit transaction costs" means the costs associated with issuing approvals that are applied for and issued in person and that are paid for by using a credit card.(b) “Long-distance handling costs" means the costs associated with paying for approvals that are requested by mail, telephone or electronic means and includes credit transaction fees, mailing costs and personnel costs that are necessary to process a credit transaction. (1m) In addition to any other fee imposed under s. 29.563, the department may collect a handling fee to cover long-distance handling costs and in-person credit transaction costs incurred in issuing approvals.  (2) (a) If the department collects a handling fee under sub. (1m), it shall promulgate rules to do all of the following:1. Designate the approvals to which the fee applies.2. Establish the amount of the fee.(b)1. The department may collect long-distance handling costs and in-person credit transaction costs for the approvals that the department itself issues.2. The department may allow a person with whom it has contracted under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 4. to collect handling fees that cover long-distance handling costs. The department may allow the person to retain all or a portion of each handling fee.3. The department may allow an agent who is appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2. or 3. to collect handling fees that cover in-person credit transaction costs. The department may allow the agent to retain all or a portion of each handling fee.(c) A handling fee may not be more than the amounts necessary to cover the long-distance handling costs or the in-person credit transaction costs of issuing the approvals. (3) Any fees collected under this section by the department shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu). History:  1997 a. 248 ss. 150, 151; 1999 a. 9.
WI Stat § 29.559 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants.|29.559 - Issuing fee.

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 authorization 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 authorization or 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 authorization or tag to compensate for services in issuing the authorization or 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.History:  1997 a. 248 ss. 152 to 156; 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 17, 108; 2005 a. 25; 2009 a. 276; 2015 a. 89; 2017 a. 59.
WI Stat § 29.564 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants.|29.564 - Voluntary contributions; invasive species grants.

29.564  Voluntary contributions; invasive species grants. (1) Any applicant for a fishing license under s. 29.563 (3) (a) to (c) may, in addition to paying any fee charged for the license, elect to make a voluntary contribution of at least $2 to be used for research by the department concerning invasive species that are aquatic species and for grants under s. 23.22 (2) (c) to control invasive species that are aquatic species. (1m) If a person appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2., 3., or 4., collects a voluntary contribution under sub. (1) from an applicant for a fishing license, the person collecting the voluntary contribution may retain 50 cents of the voluntary contribution to compensate for the person's services in collecting the voluntary contribution. (2) All moneys collected under sub. (1), less the amount retained as authorized under sub. (1m), shall be deposited into the account under s. 20.370 (9) (ks) [s. 20.370 (4) (ks)].NOTE:  The correct cross-reference is shown in brackets. Corrective legislation is pending.History:  1997 a. 248 ss. 163 to 165; 2009 a. 28; 2017 a. 59.
WI Stat § 29.565 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants.|29.565 - Voluntary contributions; venison and wild turkey processing and donation program.

29.565  Voluntary contributions; venison and wild turkey processing and donation program. (1) Any applicant for a hunting license listed under s. 29.563 (2) (a) or (b) may, in addition to paying any fee charged for the license, elect to make a voluntary contribution of at least $1 to be used for the venison and wild turkey processing and donation program under s. 29.89. (2) All moneys collected under sub. (1) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (5) (ft).History:  2001 a. 16; 2015 a. 31.
WI Stat § 29.566 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants.|29.566 - Collection, retention, and deposit of fees.

29.566  Collection, retention, and deposit of fees. (1) Use of wildlife damage surcharge fees. The wildlife damage surcharge shall be collected as are other approval fees and the surcharge fees shall be deposited in the conservation fund to be used for the wildlife damage abatement and claim program, for wildlife abatement and control grants under s. 29.887 and for removal activities by the department under s. 29.885. (1m)  Transaction payments. The department shall establish a system under which the department pays each agent appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2. or 3. a payment of 50 cents for each time that the agent processes a transaction through the statewide automated system contracted for under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 4. This payment is in addition to any issuing fee, processing fee, or handling fee retained by the agent. The department shall make these payments by allowing the agent to retain an amount equal to the payments from the amounts that are collected by the agent and that would otherwise be remitted to the department. (1r)  Issuing payment for special deer hunting permits. The department shall establish a system under which the department pays each agent appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2. or 3. a payment of 50 cents each time that the agent uses the statewide automated system contracted for under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 4. to issue to an individual one or more deer hunting permits as authorized under s. 29.177. The department shall make these payments by allowing the agent to retain an amount equal to the payments from the amounts that are collected by the agent and that would otherwise be remitted to the department. (2)  Fees held in trust. All fees collected for approvals issued under this chapter that are required to be remitted to the department shall be held in trust for the state. Any person who collects, possesses or manages fees for these approvals acts in a fiduciary capacity for the state.History:  1997 a. 248 ss. 167, 169, 607; 2001 a. 16.
WI Stat § 29.567 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants.|29.567 - Voluntary contributions; elk research.

29.567  Voluntary contributions; elk research. (1) Any applicant for an elk hunting license under s. 29.182 may, in addition to paying any fee charged for the license, elect to make a voluntary contribution of at least $1 to be used for elk research. (2) All moneys collected under sub. (1) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (1) (hq).History:  2001 a. 109.
WI Stat § 29.569 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants.|29.569 - Effective periods.

29.569  Effective periods. (1) Specification of effective periods; restrictions. Unless an approval issued under this chapter is suspended or revoked or unless another section of this chapter specifically provides otherwise, the approval is valid for the period or season specified on the face of the approval or on an attachment to the approval. In addition to any other restriction under this chapter, no license may be issued if that issuance is restricted under sub. (3). (3)  Fishing. (a)  Resident senior citizen fishing license. A permanent fishing license issued to a resident senior citizen under s. 29.145 (1a), 1989 stats., is valid from the date of issuance and remains valid if the licensee is a resident.(b)  Restrictions on issuance of sturgeon spearing licenses during the open season. Except as provided in par. (bm), no sturgeon spearing license may be issued during a period beginning on November 1 and ending on the last day of the open season for the spearing of lake sturgeon that follows that November 1.(bm)  Exceptions. A sturgeon spearing license may be issued during a period beginning on November 1 and ending on the last day of the open season for the spearing of lake sturgeon that follows that November 1 to any of the following:1. A person who is a member of the U.S. armed forces and who exhibits proof that he or she is a resident, is in active service with the armed forces outside this state, and is on furlough or leave.2. A person who is a resident and who has attained the age of 12 during that period. 3. A person selected to receive a sturgeon spearing permit under s. 29.192 (4) (b). (4)  Senior citizen recreation card. A senior citizen recreation card is valid from the date of issuance and shall remain valid as long as the person is a resident. (5)  Reprints; duplicates. A reprint or duplicate of an approval is valid from the date of issuance until the expiration of the original approval.History:  1997 a. 248 ss. 170, 171, 173, 176, 177, 178, 180, 182, 187; 2001 a. 77, 109; 2003 a. 313; 2009 a. 385; 2013 a. 69; 2015 a. 89.
WI Stat § 29.592 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants.|29.592 - Hunting mentorship program.

29.592  Hunting mentorship program. (1) A person may hunt in this state without obtaining a certificate of accomplishment under s. 29.591 and may, while hunting, possess or control a firearm if all of the following apply:(a) At all times when hunting, the person is within arm's reach of a mentor who meets the qualifications under sub. (2).(b) The person holds a hunting approval. (2) No person may serve as a qualified mentor for a hunter unless the person meets all of the following requirements:(a) The person is 18 years of age or older.(b) The person is the parent or guardian of the person for whom he or she is serving as a mentor or is authorized by the parent or guardian to serve as a mentor. This requirement does not apply to a person serving as a mentor for a person who is 18 years of age or older.(c) At all times when serving as a mentor, the person is within arm's reach of the person for whom he or she is serving as a mentor.(d) The person has been issued a certificate of accomplishment under s. 29.591 or, if serving as a mentor for hunting elk, under s. 29.595 unless the person was born before January 1, 1973, and is not required to obtain a certificate of accomplishment.(e) The person holds a current valid hunting approval. (4) A mentor under this section may take only one person hunting at a time for whom he or she is serving as a mentor. (5) The requirements under subs. (1) (b) and (2) (e) do not apply to a person who is authorized to hunt without a hunting approval under s. 29.337 (1), 95.55 (5), or 169.19 (5). History:  2009 a. 39; 2013 a. 61; 2017 a. 62.
WI Stat § 29.593 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants.|29.593 - Requirement for certificate of accomplishment to obtain hunting approval.

29.593  Requirement for certificate of accomplishment to obtain hunting approval. (1) (a) Except as provided under subs. (2), (2m) and (3), and s. 29.592 (1), no person born on or after January 1, 1973, may obtain any approval authorizing hunting unless the person is issued a certificate of accomplishment under s. 29.591.(b) A certificate of accomplishment issued to a person for successfully completing the course under the bow hunter education program only authorizes the person to obtain a resident archer hunting license, a nonresident archer hunting license, a resident crossbow hunting license, or a nonresident crossbow hunting license.  (2) A person who has a certificate, license, or other evidence that is satisfactory to the department indicating that he or she has successfully completed in another state, country, or province a hunter education course recognized by the department may obtain an approval authorizing hunting.  (2m) A person who has a certificate, license, or other evidence that is satisfactory to the department indicating that he or she has successfully completed in another state, country, or province a bow hunter education course recognized by the department may obtain an archer hunting license or crossbow hunting license.  (3) A person who successfully completes basic training in the U.S. armed forces, reserves or national guard may obtain an approval authorizing hunting. (4) A person who is subject to sub. (1) may prove compliance with sub. (1) when submitting an application for an approval authorizing hunting by presenting any of the following:(a) His or her certificate of accomplishment issued under s. 29.591.(b) An approval authorizing hunting that was issued to him or her under this chapter within 365 days before submitting the application.(c) An approval authorizing hunting that was issued to him or her under this chapter for a hunting season that ended within 365 days before submitting the application.History:  1983 a. 420; 1991 a. 254; 1997 a. 27, 197; 1997 a. 248 ss. 427 to 430; Stats. 1997 s. 29.593; 1999 a. 32; 2005 a. 289; 2009 a. 39; 2013 a. 61.
WI Stat § 29.595 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants.|29.595 - Elk hunter education program.

29.595  Elk hunter education program. (1) Establishment. The department shall establish and conduct an elk hunter education program. (2)  Instruction. The elk hunter education program shall provide a course of instruction that includes all of the following:(a) History and recovery of elk in this state and the eastern United States.(b) Elk census and population estimation methods used in this state.(c) Elk biology and disease prevention.(d) Elk hunting techniques and hunter ethics.(e) Elk hunting zones.(f) Rules promulgated by the department concerning elk hunting.(g) Native American hunting. (3)  Certificate of accomplishment.  (a) The department shall issue a certificate of accomplishment to a person who successfully completes the course of instruction under the elk hunter education program.(b) Except as provided in par. (c), no person may be issued an elk hunting license unless he or she holds a valid certificate of accomplishment issued under this subsection.(c) A person who has a certificate, license, or other evidence that is satisfactory to the department indicating that he or she has successfully completed in another state, country, or province an elk hunter education course recognized by the department may obtain an elk hunting license. (4)  Fee prohibited. The department may not charge a fee for the course of instruction or the certificate of accomplishment.History:  2001 a. 109; 2005 a. 289.
WI Stat § 29.598 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants.|29.598 - Outdoors skills training.

29.598  Outdoors skills training. (1) Program coordination. The department and the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall enter into an agreement with an established national organization that provides training to persons who are interested in learning about the outdoor skills needed by women to hunt, fish, camp, canoe and undertake other outdoor recreational activities in order to provide that type of training to interested persons. (2)  Match. No moneys may be paid from the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (1) (mu) for the costs associated with the agreement under sub. (1), unless the organization described in sub. (1) demonstrates that it has contributed an equal amount to pay for those costs. The matching contribution may be in the form of money or in-kind goods or services. History:  1999 a. 9; 2011 a. 32.