Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB1091 Compare Versions

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3	3	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 1091
5	5	February 16, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives NOVAK, SHANKLAND, C.
6	6	ANDERSON, J. ANDERSON, ANDRACA, BARE, BILLINGS, CABRERA, CLANCY, CONLEY,
7	7	CONSIDINE, DITTRICH, JOERS, MADISON, MURPHY, MURSAU, O'CONNOR, OHNSTAD,
8	8	PALMERI, PETRYK, SHELTON, SINICKI, STUBBS and SUBECK. Referred to
9	9	Committee on Sporting Heritage.
10	10	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
11	11	AN ACT to renumber and amend 29.193 (3m); to amend 29.559 (1) (b); and to
12	12	create 29.193 (3g), 29.193 (3m) (b) and 29.563 (14) (c) 9. of the statutes;
13	13	relating to: a fishing license for a child with a disability.
14	14	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
15	15	This bill allows a resident or nonresident child with a disability to obtain an
16	16	annual fishing license for no fee.
17	17	Under current law, a resident who produces evidence of a disability, including
18	18	a certificate from certain health care providers that the person's sight is impaired or
19	19	evidence that he or she is receiving federal benefits on the basis of a determination
20	20	that he or she is disabled, is eligible to obtain an annual disabled person fishing
21	21	license at a lower fee than an annual resident fishing license ($6.25 compared to
22	22	$19.25). Current law requires that, if a person applies for such a license from a
23	23	nongovernmental issuing agent of the Department of Natural Resources, the agent
24	24	must forward the application and evidence provided to DNR and must issue to the
25	25	person a temporary disabled person fishing license, which is valid for 14 days. DNR
26	26	then has 30 days to either issue or deny the annual disabled person fishing license.
27	27	Under current law, generally an issuing fee of $0.75 is charged for each fishing
28	28	license issued. Generally, an issuing agent may retain $0.50 of each issuing fee for
29	29	a license it issues, but current law allows a nongovernmental issuing agent to retain
30	30	all of the issuing fee charged for a temporary disabled person fishing license in order
31	31	to compensate for services in issuing the license. Under current law, an annual
32	32	nonresident fishing license has a fee of $49.25.
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38	38	The bill requires DNR or a county clerk appointed as an issuing agent of DNR,
39	39	after investigation, to issue an annual fishing license, without charging a fee, to any
40	40	person who is a resident or nonresident child with a disability at the time the person
41	41	applies for this license if he or she produces a certificate of the disability from a
42	42	licensed physician or psychologist who has personally examined the child and who
43	43	has expertise concerning the type of physical or mental disability evidenced by the
44	44	child. Under the bill, if a person submits an application for an annual fishing license
45	45	for a child with a disability and evidence of a disability to a nongovernmental issuing
46	46	agent, the agent must follow the same procedure as for an annual disabled person
47	47	fishing license: issue a temporary disabled person fishing license and submit the
48	48	application and evidence to DNR, subject to the same timelines. However, the bill
49	49	provides that no issuing fee may be charged for an annual or temporary fishing
50	50	license for a child with a disability.
51	51	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
52	52	an appendix to this bill.
53	53	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
54	54	enact as follows:
55	55	SECTION 1. 29.193 (3g) of the statutes is created to read:
56	56	29.193 (3g) ANNUAL FISHING LICENSE FOR A CHILD WITH A DISABILITY. (a) In this
57	57	subsection, “disability" has the meaning given in s. 106.50 (1m) (g).
58	58	(b) The department or a county clerk appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2. shall,
59	59	after investigation and without charging a fee, issue, subject to s. 29.024 (2g), an
60	60	annual fishing license to any person who is a resident or nonresident child with a
61	61	disability at the time the person applies for this license if he or she produces a
62	62	certificate of the disability from a licensed physician or psychologist who has
63	63	personally examined the child and who has expertise concerning the type of physical
64	64	or mental disability evidenced by the child.
65	65	SECTION 2. 29.193 (3m) of the statutes is renumbered 29.193 (3m) (a) and
66	66	amended to read:
67	67	29.193 (3m) (a) If a person submits an application to a nongovernmental
68	68	issuing agent for an annual disabled person fishing license that includes the
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87	87	evidence specified in sub. (3) (a), (b), or (c) and the applicable license fee and issuing
88	88	fee, the nongovernmental issuing agent shall issue, subject to s. 29.024 (2g), a
89	89	temporary disabled person fishing license to the applicant.
90	90	(c) The nongovernmental issuing agent shall promptly forward all of the
91	91	application materials for the annual fishing license under par. (a) or (b) to the
92	92	department for the department's review. A temporary fishing license issued under
93	93	this subsection is valid for 14 days after the date of issuance. If the department
94	94	denies the application for an annual fishing license, the department shall notify the
95	95	applicant within 30 days after the date the temporary fishing license is issued. If the
96	96	department approves the application, the department shall issue, subject to s. 29.024
97	97	(2g), the annual fishing license and mail it to the applicant within 30 days after the
98	98	date the temporary fishing license is issued. The department may not charge any
99	99	type of fee for issuing the annual fishing license, and the department may not refund
100	100	the applicable fees for the temporary fishing license if the department denies the
101	101	application for the temporary fishing license.
102	102	SECTION 3. 29.193 (3m) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
103	103	29.193 (3m) (b) If a person submits an application to a nongovernmental
104	104	issuing agent for an annual fishing license for a child with a disability that includes
105	105	the evidence specified in sub. (3g), the nongovernmental issuing agent shall issue,
106	106	subject to s. 29.024 (2g), a temporary disabled person fishing license to the applicant.
107	107	SECTION 4. 29.559 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
108	108	29.559 (1) (b) A person appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 3. may, subject to s.
109	109	29.563 (14) (c) 9., retain the entire issuing fee for each temporary disabled person
110	110	fishing license the person issues in order to compensate for services in issuing the
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138	138	SECTION 5 ASSEMBLY BILL 1091
139	139	SECTION 5. 29.563 (14) (c) 9. of the statutes is created to read:
140	140	29.563 (14) (c) 9. There is no issuing fee for an annual or temporary fishing
141	141	license issued to a child with a disability under s. 29.193 (3g) or (3m).
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