Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB306 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 306
5	5	June 9, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives BILLINGS, MURSAU, C. ANDERSON,
6	6	ANDRACA, BARE, BEHNKE, CABRERA, CONLEY, CONSIDINE, DITTRICH, GUSTAFSON,
7	7	JACOBSON, JOERS, MOSES, OHNSTAD, ORTIZ-VELEZ, PALMERI, RATCLIFF,
8	8	SHANKLAND, SHELTON, SINICKI, SUBECK and TITTL, cosponsored by Senators
9	9	JAGLER, SPREITZER, BALLWEG, CABRAL-GUEVARA, HESSELBEIN, PFAFF and ROYS.
10	10	Referred to Committee on Transportation.
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12	12	AN ACT to amend 29.001 (69); and to create 343.50 (8) (c) 4m. of the statutes;
13	13	relating to: access to Department of Transportation records to establish
14	14	residency for approvals issued by the Department of Natural Resources.
15	15	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
16	16	This bill provides that a person may use an identification card issued by the
17	17	Department of Transportation to establish residency for approvals issued by the
18	18	Department of Natural Resources and requires DOT to provide DNR with access to
19	19	DOT records for this purpose.
20	20	Under current law, DNR issues approvals that authorize the holder of the
21	21	approval to engage in certain activities, such as hunting wild animals. In general,
22	22	residents of the state are issued a different approval, for a lower fee, than
23	23	nonresidents of the state. Current law provides that a resident is anyone who has
24	24	maintained a permanent abode in the state for at least 30 days prior to applying for
25	25	an approval, which must be established by demonstrating domiciliary intent. Under
26	26	current law, evidence of domiciliary intent includes voting, paying personal income
27	27	taxes, or obtaining a driver's license at a location in the state.
28	28	The bill provides that domiciliary intent may also be satisfied by obtaining an
29	29	identification card issued by DOT. Under current law, an identification card issued
30	30	by DOT is required to contain the same information that is required for an operator's
31	31	license, including the license holder's name, address, and photograph, but must be
32	32	clearly labeled as providing only identification of the card's holder.
33	33	Current law requires DOT to maintain current records of all identification card
34	34	holders and generally prohibits DOT from disclosing the records to any person.
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40	40	There are numerous exceptions to this prohibition, including disclosing information
41	41	to the driver licensing agencies of other jurisdictions and to other state agencies for
42	42	specified purposes. The bill requires DOT to provide DNR electronic access to
43	43	identification card records for the purpose of verifying the residency of applicants for
44	44	DNR approvals.
45	45	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
46	46	an appendix to this bill.
47	47	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
48	48	enact as follows:
49	49	SECTION 1. 29.001 (69) of the statutes is amended to read:
50	50	29.001 (69) “Resident" means a person who has maintained his or her place of
51	51	permanent abode in this state for a period of 30 days immediately preceding his or
52	52	her application for an approval. Domiciliary intent is required to establish that a
53	53	person is maintaining his or her place of permanent abode in this state. Mere
54	54	ownership of property is not sufficient to establish domiciliary intent. Evidence of
55	55	domiciliary intent includes, without limitation, the location where the person votes,
56	56	pays personal income taxes, or obtains a driver's license or an identification card
57	57	issued under s. 343.50.
58	58	SECTION 2. 343.50 (8) (c) 4m. of the statutes is created to read:
59	59	343.50 (8) (c) 4m. Notwithstanding par. (b) and s. 343.14 (2j), the department
60	60	shall, upon request, provide to the department of natural resources any applicant
61	61	information maintained by the department of transportation and identified in s.
62	62	343.14 (2), including providing electronic access to the information, for the sole
63	63	purpose of verification by the department of natural resources that the applicant is
64	64	a resident of this state for the purpose of qualifying for approvals, as defined in s.
65	65	29.001 (12), issued by the department of natural resources.
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89	89	(1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 6th month beginning after
90	90	publication.
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