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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 34 |
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| 5 | 5 | | February 10, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives MAGNAFICI, CALLAHAN, BROOKS, |
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| 6 | 6 | | BODDEN, EDMING, GREEN, MAXEY, MURSAU, MOSES, ZIMMERMAN and SAPIK, |
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| 7 | 7 | | cosponsored by Senators QUINN and TOMCZYK. Referred to Committee on |
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| 8 | 8 | | Sporting Heritage. |
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| 9 | 9 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT to amend 29.336 (2) (b) and 29.336 (2) (c) of the statutes; relating to: |
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| 11 | 11 | | restrictions on baiting deer in counties based on chronic wasting disease or |
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| 12 | 12 | | bovine tuberculosis. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 14 | 14 | | This bill provides that rules promulgated by the Department of Natural |
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| 15 | 15 | | Resources that ban baiting deer in counties on the basis of confirmed positive tests |
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| 16 | 16 | | for chronic wasting disease (CWD) or bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) must be based |
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| 17 | 17 | | on CWD or bovine TB confirmed in free-roaming animals. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Under current law, DNR must promulgate rules that prohibit baiting deer in |
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| 19 | 19 | | any county that has a confirmed positive test for CWD or bovine TB in any captive |
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| 20 | 20 | | or free-roaming animal. The rule may not prohibit feeding deer for longer than three |
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| 21 | 21 | | years after the positive test. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Under current law, DNR must promulgate rules that prohibit baiting deer in |
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| 23 | 23 | | any county that is within 10 miles of the location of a confirmed positive test for CWD |
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| 24 | 24 | | or bovine TB in any captive or free-roaming animal. The rule may not prohibit |
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| 25 | 25 | | feeding deer for longer than two years after the positive test. |
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| 26 | 26 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 27 | 27 | | enact as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 1. 29.336 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 34 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 29.336 (2) (b) A county in which a positive test for chronic wasting disease or |
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| 36 | 36 | | bovine tuberculosis has been confirmed in any captive or free-roaming domestic or |
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| 37 | 37 | | wild animal after December 31, 1997. A rule promulgated under this paragraph may |
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| 38 | 38 | | not prohibit feeding deer for longer than 36 months after any positive test for chronic |
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| 39 | 39 | | wasting disease or bovine tuberculosis has been confirmed. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 2. 29.336 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 41 | 41 | | 29.336 (2) (c) A county in which the county or a portion of the county is within |
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| 42 | 42 | | a 10-mile radius of the known location of a captive or free-roaming domestic or wild |
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| 43 | 43 | | animal that has been tested and confirmed to be positive for chronic wasting disease |
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| 44 | 44 | | or bovine tuberculosis after December 31, 1997. A rule promulgated under this |
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| 45 | 45 | | paragraph may not prohibit feeding deer for longer than 24 months after any positive |
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| 46 | 46 | | test for chronic wasting disease or bovine tuberculosis has been confirmed. |
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