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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 35 |
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| 5 | 5 | | February 10, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives MURSAU, EDMING, ANDRACA, |
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| 6 | 6 | | BEHNKE, DONOVAN, KITCHENS, KNODL, MAGNAFICI, MAXEY, OHNSTAD, ROZAR, |
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| 7 | 7 | | SINICKI, SPIROS, SUBECK, TUSLER and JACOBSON, cosponsored by Senators |
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| 8 | 8 | | JAMES, COWLES, FELZKOWSKI, MARKLEIN and TAYLOR. Referred to Committee on |
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| 9 | 9 | | Sporting Heritage. |
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| 10 | 10 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT to amend 29.197 (3) of the statutes; relating to: modifying the |
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| 12 | 12 | | designation of a free fishing weekend in January. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 14 | 14 | | This bill requires the Department of Natural Resources to designate the full |
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| 15 | 15 | | weekend prior to the third Monday in January as a weekend on which DNR waives |
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| 16 | 16 | | license and fee requirements to fish. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Under current law, DNR issues approvals that authorize the hunting, fishing, |
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| 18 | 18 | | or trapping of specified wild animals. With limited exceptions, no person may fish |
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| 19 | 19 | | in the waters of the state without the applicable approvals issued by DNR. However, |
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| 20 | 20 | | DNR is required to designate two weekends per year during which DNR waives the |
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| 21 | 21 | | fishing approval requirement. Current law requires that one of these weekends be |
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| 22 | 22 | | the third full weekend in January. |
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| 23 | 23 | | The bill modifies this requirement to instead require DNR to waive the fishing |
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| 24 | 24 | | approval requirements during the full weekend prior to the third Monday in |
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| 25 | 25 | | January, which is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. |
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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. 29.197 (3) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 29.197 (3) WEEKEND EVENTS. In addition to any special event or program |
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| 30 | 30 | | sponsored under sub. (2), the department shall, by rule, designate 2 special event |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 35 |
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| 38 | 38 | | weekends per year during which it shall waive the requirement that persons be |
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| 39 | 39 | | issued fishing licenses and pay the applicable fees in order to fish in the waters of this |
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| 40 | 40 | | state. The department shall designate the 3rd full weekend prior to the 3rd Monday |
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| 41 | 41 | | in January as one of the special event weekends. The department shall, by rule, |
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| 42 | 42 | | designate to which inland or outlying waters these waivers shall apply. |
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