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3	3	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
4	4	2023 SENATE BILL 1006
5	5	February 7, 2024 - Introduced by Senator S TAFSHOLT, cosponsored by
6	6	Representative EDMING. Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and
7	7	Sporting Heritage.
8	8	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
9	9	AN ACT to repeal 29.889 (2) (c), 29.889 (2) (d), 29.889 (3), 29.889 (4) (a), 29.889
10	10	(6) (a), 29.889 (7) (bm) and 29.89 (3) (a); to renumber 29.889 (5) (c) and 29.889
11	11	(6) (em); to renumber and amend 29.889 (6) (f); to amend 20.370 (5) (fq),
12	12	29.885 (5) (a), 29.889 (1) (intro.), 29.889 (2) (a), 29.889 (4) (b), 29.889 (4) (c),
13	13	29.889 (5) (a), 29.889 (5) (b), 29.889 (5) (bm), 29.889 (5) (bs), 29.889 (6) (d),
14	14	29.889 (7) (a), 29.889 (7) (b) (intro.), 29.889 (7) (b) 2., 29.889 (7) (b) 3., 29.889 (7)
15	15	(b) 4., 29.889 (7) (d) 2., 29.889 (7m) (a), 29.889 (7m) (ae) 1., 29.889 (7m) (ae) 4.
16	16	(intro.), 29.889 (8g), 29.889 (8r) (a), (b) and (c) and 29.89 (5) (b) 2. c.; and to
17	17	create 29.885 (3) (bm), 29.889 (5) (c) 2., 29.889 (5) (d), 29.889 (6) (em) 2., 29.889
18	18	(6) (f) 2. and 3., 29.889 (7m) (au) and 29.889 (7m) (av) of the statutes; relating
19	19	to: the wildlife damage abatement program and the wildlife damage claim
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21	21	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
22	22	This bill makes changes to the wildlife damage abatement program and the
23	23	wildlife damage claim program.
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38	38	WILD ANIMAL REMOVAL
39	39	Under current law, the Department of Natural Resources may remove or
40	40	authorize the removal of a wild animal that is causing damage, including damage to
41	41	commercial agricultural crops. This bill prohibits DNR from issuing to a person a
42	42	bear carcass tag for the purpose of shooting a bear that is causing damage to
43	43	commercial agricultural crops.
44	44	WILDLIFE DAMAGE CLAIM PROGRAM AND WILDLIFE DAMAGE ABATEMENT PROGRAM
45	45	Current law authorizes a person who owns, leases, or controls land on which
46	46	certain wild animals cause damage to crops or livestock (wildlife damage) to apply
47	47	to the county for wildlife damage claim payments and for wildlife damage abatement
48	48	assistance (wildlife damage payments). Wildlife damage for which a person is
49	49	eligible to receive wildlife damage payments includes damage caused by deer, bears,
50	50	geese, and cougars, as well as elk and sandhill cranes if hunting those animals is
51	51	authorized. Current law requires that, to be eligible for wildlife damage payments,
52	52	the location must be in a county that participates in the administration of these
53	53	programs. A county must apply to DNR to administer these programs, including in
54	54	its application a plan of administration that meets certain requirements. Once
55	55	approved, DNR provides funding to the county for the costs incurred in
56	56	administering these programs.
57	57	Under current law and DNR rule, a county pays 75 percent of the actual costs
58	58	of providing wildlife damage abatement assistance, for which it is reimbursed by
59	59	DNR, and the person receiving the assistance pays 25 percent of the costs. DNR pays
60	60	wildlife damage claims directly.
61	61	DNR administration
62	62	Effective January 1, 2025, the bill removes counties from the administration of
63	63	the wildlife damage abatement program and the wildlife damage claim program and
64	64	requires DNR to administer the programs instead. The bill specifies that, if DNR
65	65	provides wildlife damage abatement assistance to a person, DNR must determine
66	66	the actual cost of providing that assistance and pay 75 percent of that cost, leaving
67	67	the remaining 25 percent as the responsibility of the recipient.
68	68	The bill also eliminates the requirement under current law that a county
69	69	participate in the administration of these programs in order to be eligible for
70	70	reimbursement by DNR for the costs that the county incurs in processing and
71	71	donating venison from certain deer carcasses and in processing and donating meat
72	72	from certain wild turkey carcasses.
73	73	Wildlife damage claims
74	74	The bill increases from $10,000 to $25,000 the limit under current law on the
75	75	total amount that may be paid to a claimant for each wildlife damage claim. The bill
76	76	maintains the current law requirement that DNR pay wildlife damage claimants on
77	77	a prorated basis if there is not a sufficient amount appropriated to pay all claims.
78	78	Under current law, if the amount of a wildlife damage claim exceeds $500 but
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84	84	of the amount that exceeds $5,250. The bill increases this threshold amount from
85	85	$5,250 to $5,500.
86	86	Interaction with crop insurance payments
87	87	Under the bill, generally, a person may not receive payment of a crop insurance
88	88	claim for wildlife damage and payment for a wildlife damage claim arising from the
89	89	same growing season. However, the bill provides that, with respect to crop damage
90	90	caused by a bear, a person is not eligible for a wildlife damage claim payment unless
91	91	the person has crop insurance that covers wildlife damage. Under the bill, the
92	92	amount of a wildlife damage claim payment for crop damage caused by a bear may
93	93	not be determined until an insurance claim for the damage is filed and settled.
94	94	However, under the bill, such a person is not required to submit a crop insurance
95	95	claim for crop damage caused by a bear before receiving a wildlife damage claim
96	96	payment for that damage if the cumulative crop damage is not sufficient to warrant
97	97	a crop insurance claim. Under the bill, if a person receives a payment of a crop
98	98	insurance claim for damage caused by a bear, the person is also eligible for a payment
99	99	for a wildlife damage claim arising from the same growing season for up to the
100	100	amount of the damage that was not covered by the insurance payment and subject
101	101	to the overall $25,000 cap.
102	102	Type of damage
103	103	Under current law, the type of wildlife damage that is eligible for wildlife
104	104	damage claim payments is limited to damage to commercial seedings or crops
105	105	growing on agricultural land, damage to crops that have been harvested for sale or
106	106	further use but that have not been removed from the agricultural land, damage to
107	107	orchard trees or nursery stock, and damage to apiaries or livestock. The bill adds
108	108	that damage to commercial seedings or crops growing on agricultural land caused by
109	109	operating a vehicle in a field in order to place a live bear trap under the wildlife
110	110	damage abatement program is eligible for a wildlife damage claim payment.
111	111	Hunting requirements
112	112	Under current law, with certain exceptions, a person may receive wildlife
113	113	damage payments only if the person opens the land for hunting the type of animal
114	114	that caused the wildlife damage. Under this bill, this hunting requirement does not
115	115	apply to a person who receives wildlife damage abatement assistance to acquire a live
116	116	bear trap for land the person leases.
117	117	Under the bill, when land is open to bear hunting because the landowner
118	118	received wildlife damage payments related to damage caused by a bear, the bill
119	119	requires DNR to establish and administer, without input by the landowner, an
120	120	Internet-based registration system under which, beginning at midnight, hunters
121	121	may register to hunt bear on a particular parcel of land that day. Under the bill, a
122	122	landowner may only deny a hunter access to land if the hunter has not registered
123	123	using DNR's registration system for that day, appears to be intoxicated or unruly,
124	124	causes property damage, or brings a motor vehicle onto the land without permission.
125	125	Bear traps
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130	130	monitors, including traps placed under the program prior to the effective date of the
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132	132	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
133	133	printed as an appendix to this bill.
134	134	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
135	135	enact as follows:
136	136	SECTION 1. 20.370 (5) (fq) of the statutes is amended to read:
137	137	20.370 (5) (fq) Wildlife damage claims and abatement. All moneys received
138	138	under ss. 29.181, 29.559 (1r), and 29.563 (13) and not appropriated under par. (fr)
139	139	and subs. (1) (hs), (hx), and (Ls) and (5) (fs) to provide state aid for the wildlife damage
140	140	abatement program under s. 29.889 (5) (c) and the wildlife damage claim program
141	141	under s. 29.889 (7) (d), for county administration costs under s. 29.889 (2) (d), and
142	142	for payments under s. 29.89.
143	143	SECTION 2. 29.885 (3) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
144	144	29.885 (3) (bm) Notwithstanding par. (b), the department may not issue to a
145	145	complainant under par. (a) a bear carcass tag for the purpose of shooting a bear that
146	146	is causing damage to commercial agricultural crops.
147	147	SECTION 3. 29.885 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
148	148	29.885 (5) (a) The department may refuse to investigate under sub. (3) (a) if the
149	149	person making the complaint refuses to participate in any available wildlife damage
150	150	abatement program administered under s. 29.889 or refuses to follow reasonable
151	151	abatement measures recommended by the department or by the county in which the
152	152	property is located if the county participates in a wildlife damage abatement
153	153	program.
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178	178	29.889 (1) DEFINITION. (intro.) In this section, “wildlife:
179	179	(b) “Wildlife damage" means damage caused by any of the following wild
180	180	animals that are not subject to regulation under ch. 169:
181	181	SECTION 5. 29.889 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
182	182	29.889 (2) (a) Assistance Administration. The department shall assist counties
183	183	in developing develop and administering administer the wildlife damage abatement
184	184	and wildlife damage claim programs. The department shall provide this assistance
185	185	through technical aid, program guidance, research, demonstration, funding, plan
186	186	review, audit, and evaluation services.
187	187	SECTION 6. 29.889 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
188	188	SECTION 7. 29.889 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
189	189	SECTION 8. 29.889 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
190	190	SECTION 9. 29.889 (4) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
191	191	SECTION 10. 29.889 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
192	192	29.889 (4) (b) Filing of application. In order to be eligible for wildlife damage
193	193	abatement assistance, a person is required to file an application with the
194	194	participating county department in a form acceptable to the county department. An
195	195	owner or lessee of land, a person who controls land or an owner of an apiary or
196	196	livestock may file an application.
197	197	SECTION 11. 29.889 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
198	198	29.889 (4) (c) Other eligibility requirements. In order to be eligible for wildlife
199	199	damage abatement assistance, a person is required to comply with eligibility
200	200	requirements adopted by the department under sub. (2) (b) and with eligibility
201	201	requirements specified in the plan administration under sub. (3) (c).
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229	229	SECTION 12 SENATE BILL 1006
230	230	29.889 (5) (a) Review. A participating county The department shall review
231	231	each application for wildlife damage abatement assistance to determine if wildlife
232	232	damage is occurring or likely to occur.
233	233	SECTION 13. 29.889 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
234	234	29.889 (5) (b) Assistance. A participating county The department may provide
235	235	wildlife damage assistance where for the reimbursement of costs associated with
236	236	wildlife damage abatement measures if the department determines that wildlife
237	237	damage is occurring or is likely to occur for the reimbursement of costs associated
238	238	with wildlife damage abatement measures if the measures are authorized in the plan
239	239	of administration under sub. (3) (c) 2. and the wildlife damage abatement measures
240	240	are authorized in the rules adopted by the department under sub. (2) (b) and are
241	241	carried out in full compliance with the direction of the department.
242	242	SECTION 14. 29.889 (5) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
243	243	29.889 (5) (bm) Cost-effectiveness of abatement. A participating county The
244	244	department may recommend only those wildlife damage abatement measures that
245	245	are cost-effective in relation to the wildlife damage claim payments that would be
246	246	paid if the wildlife damage abatement measures are not implemented.
247	247	SECTION 15. 29.889 (5) (bs) of the statutes is amended to read:
248	248	29.889 (5) (bs) Notwithstanding par. (bm), for damage caused by elk to crops
249	249	or grasses grown for use by a bird hunting preserve licensed under ch. 169, a
250	250	participating county the department may recommend fencing the affected property
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252	252	SECTION 16. 29.889 (5) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 29.889 (5) (c) 1.
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282	282	29.889 (5) (c) 2. If the department provides wildlife damage abatement
283	283	assistance to a person, the department shall determine the actual cost of providing
284	284	that wildlife damage abatement assistance. The department shall pay 75 percent
285	285	of the actual cost of providing wildlife damage abatement assistance and shall
286	286	require the recipient to be responsible for the remaining 25 percent of that cost.
287	287	SECTION 18. 29.889 (5) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
288	288	29.889 (5) (d) Bear traps. The department shall require that any live bear trap
289	289	acquired with wildlife damage abatement assistance be equipped with a remote
290	290	monitor.
291	291	SECTION 19. 29.889 (6) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
292	292	SECTION 20. 29.889 (6) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
293	293	29.889 (6) (d) Compliance with wildlife damage abatement measures. In order
294	294	to be eligible for wildlife damage claim payments for an occurrence of wildlife
295	295	damage, a person seeking wildlife damage claim payments shall have complied with
296	296	any wildlife damage abatement measures to abate that wildlife damage that were
297	297	recommended by the county department.
298	298	SECTION 21. 29.889 (6) (em) of the statutes is renumbered 29.889 (6) (em) 1.
299	299	SECTION 22. 29.889 (6) (em) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
300	300	29.889 (6) (em) 2. Damage to commercial seedings or crops growing on
301	301	agricultural land caused by operating a vehicle in a field in order to place a live bear
302	302	trap pursuant to the wildlife damage abatement program is eligible for wildlife
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304	304	SECTION 23. 29.889 (6) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 29.889 (6) (f) (intro.)
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332	332	29.889 (6) (f) Other eligibility requirements. (intro.) In order to be eligible for
333	333	wildlife damage claim payments, a all of the following apply:
334	334	1. A person is required to comply with eligibility requirements adopted by the
335	335	department under sub. (2) (b) and with eligibility requirements specified in the plan
336	336	of administration under sub. (3) (c).
337	337	SECTION 24. 29.889 (6) (f) 2. and 3. of the statutes are created to read:
338	338	29.889 (6) (f) 2. Except as provided in subd. 3., a person may not receive both
339	339	a payment of a crop insurance claim for wildlife damage and a payment for a wildlife
340	340	damage claim that arose from the same growing season.
341	341	3. a. A person is not eligible for a wildlife damage claim payment for crop
342	342	damage cause by a bear unless the person has crop insurance that covers wildlife
343	343	damage. Except as provided in subd. 3. b., the amount of a wildlife damage claim
344	344	payment for crop damage caused by a bear may not be determined until an insurance
345	345	claim for the damage is filed and settled. A person who receives a payment of a crop
346	346	insurance claim for damage caused by a bear may receive a payment for a wildlife
347	347	damage claim that arose from the same growing season for up to the amount of the
348	348	damage that was not covered by the insurance payment, subject to sub. (7) (b) 4.
349	349	b. A person under subd. 3. a. is not required to submit a crop insurance claim
350	350	for crop damage caused by a bear before receiving a wildlife damage claim payment
351	351	for that damage if the cumulative crop damage is not sufficient to warrant a crop
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353	353	SECTION 25. 29.889 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
354	354	29.889 (7) (a) Investigation. A participating county The department shall
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384	384	damage that occurred, regardless of the amount that may be eligible for payment
385	385	under par. (b).
386	386	SECTION 26. 29.889 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
387	387	29.889 (7) (b) Calculating amount of payment. (intro.) In calculating the
388	388	amount of the wildlife damage claim payment to be paid for a claim under par. (a),
389	389	the participating county department shall determine the amount as follows:
390	390	SECTION 27. 29.889 (7) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
391	391	29.889 (7) (b) 2. If the amount of claim is more than $500 but not more than
392	392	$5,250 $5,500, the claimant will be paid 100 percent of the amount of the claim that
393	393	exceeds $500.
394	394	SECTION 28. 29.889 (7) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
395	395	29.889 (7) (b) 3. If the amount of the claim is more than $5,250 $5,500, the
396	396	claimant will be paid the amount calculated under subd. 2., plus 80 percent of the
397	397	amount of the claim that exceeds $5,250, subject to subd. 4. $5,500.
398	398	SECTION 29. 29.889 (7) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
399	399	29.889 (7) (b) 4. The total amount paid to a claimant under this paragraph may
400	400	not exceed $10,000 $25,000 for each claim.
401	401	SECTION 30. 29.889 (7) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.
402	402	SECTION 31. 29.889 (7) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
403	403	29.889 (7) (d) 2. The department shall pay claimants under subd. 1. from the
404	404	appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (fq) after first deducting from s. 20.370 (5) (fq)
405	405	payments made for county administrative costs under sub. (2) (d) and payments
406	406	made for wildlife damage abatement assistance under sub. (5) (c). If the amount
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433	433	SECTION 31 SENATE BILL 1006
434	434	not sufficient to pay the full amount required under subd. 1., the department shall
435	435	pay claimants on a prorated basis.
436	436	SECTION 32. 29.889 (7m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
437	437	29.889 (7m) (a) Requirements. A person who receives wildlife damage
438	438	abatement assistance or wildlife damage claim payments and any other person who
439	439	owns, leases, or controls the land where the wildlife damage occurred shall permit
440	440	hunting of the type of wild animals causing the wildlife damage on that land and on
441	441	contiguous land under the same ownership, lease or control, subject to par. (ae). In
442	442	order to satisfy the requirement to permit hunting under this subsection, the land
443	443	shall be open to hunting during the appropriate open season. The county, with the
444	444	assistance of the department, shall determine the acreage of land suitable for
445	445	hunting.
446	446	SECTION 33. 29.889 (7m) (ae) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
447	447	29.889 (7m) (ae) 1. A Except as provided under par. (au), a hunter may hunt
448	448	on land covered by par. (a) only if the hunter notifies the landowner of his or her
449	449	intent to hunt on the land.
450	450	SECTION 34. 29.889 (7m) (ae) 4. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
451	451	29.889 (7m) (ae) 4. (intro.) A Except as provided under par. (au), a landowner
452	452	may deny a hunter access to land covered by par. (a) for reasonable cause, including
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454	454	SECTION 35. 29.889 (7m) (au) of the statutes is created to read:
455	455	29.889 (7m) (au) Registration system for bear hunting. When land is open to
456	456	bear hunting under this subsection, the department shall establish and administer,
457	457	without input by the landowner, an Internet-based registration system under
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486	486	SECTION 35
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488	488	parcel of land that day. A landowner may deny a hunter access to land under this
489	489	paragraph only if the hunter has not registered using the department's registration
490	490	system for that day, if the hunter brings a motor vehicle onto the land without the
491	491	landowner's permission, or for the reasons under par. (ae) 4. b. and c.
492	492	SECTION 36. 29.889 (7m) (av) of the statutes is created to read:
493	493	29.889 (7m) (av) Exemption; damage caused by bears on leased land. The
494	494	requirement under par. (a) does not apply to a person who acquires a live bear trap
495	495	with wildlife damage abatement assistance as an abatement measure for damage
496	496	caused by bears on land that the person leases.
497	497	SECTION 37. 29.889 (8g) of the statutes is amended to read:
498	498	29.889 (8g) REVIEW. A participating county's The department's determination
499	499	of the amount of wildlife damage, the amount of a wildlife damage claim, or the
500	500	amount of wildlife damage abatement assistance shall be treated as a final decisions
501	501	decision for purposes of review.
502	502	SECTION 38. 29.889 (8r) (a), (b) and (c) of the statutes are amended to read:
503	503	29.889 (8r) (a) Records. A person receiving wildlife damage abatement
504	504	assistance or wildlife damage claim payments shall retain all records as required by
505	505	the participating county or the department and make them available to the
506	506	participating county or the department for inspection at reasonable times.
507	507	(b) Entry to land. The department or a participating county may enter and
508	508	inspect, at reasonable times, any land for which a wildlife damage claim has been
509	509	filed or for which wildlife damage abatement measures have been implemented.
510	510	(c) Responsibilities. No person may refuse entry or access to or withhold
511	511	records from the department or the participating county under this subsection. No
512	512	person may obstruct or interfere with an inspection by the department or a
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540	540	participating county under this subsection. The department or participating county,
541	541	if requested, shall furnish to the person a report setting forth all of the factual
542	542	findings by the department or participating county that relate to the inspection.
543	543	SECTION 39. 29.89 (3) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
544	544	SECTION 40. 29.89 (5) (b) 2. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
545	545	29.89 (5) (b) 2. c. Moneys are available under s. 20.370 (5) (fq) after first
546	546	deducting from s. 20.370 (5) (fq) payments made for county administrative costs,
547	547	payments made for wildlife damage abatement assistance, and wildlife damage
548	548	claim payments under s. 29.889.
549	549	SECTION 41.0Nonstatutory provisions.
550	550	(1) INTERNET-BASED BEAR HUNTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM. The department of
551	551	natural resources shall request from the joint committee on finance under s. 13.10
552	552	an amount from the balance of the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (5) (fq) to
553	553	be used for the purpose of establishing the Internet-based hunter registration
554	554	system under s. 29.889 (7m) (au).
555	555	SECTION 42.0Initial applicability.
556	556	(1) REMOTE MONITORING OF LIVE BEAR TRAPS. The treatment of s. 29.889 (5) (d)
557	557	first applies to a live bear trap acquired with wildlife damage abatement assistance
558	558	on July 2, 1983.
559	559	(2) CAP ON CLAIM PAYMENTS. The treatment of s. 29.889 (7) (b) 4. first applies to
560	560	a statement of wildlife damage claim submitted on January 1, 2024.
561	561	SECTION 43.0Effective dates. This act takes effect on January 1, 2025, except
562	562	as follows:
563	563	(1) REMOTE MONITORING OF LIVE BEAR TRAPS. The treatment of s. 29.889 (5) (d)
564	564	and SECTION 42 (1) of this act take effect on June 30, 2024.
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594	594	(2) TYPES OF ELIGIBLE DAMAGE AND HUNTING LAND EXEMPTION. The treatment of
595	595	s. 29.889 (7m) (av), the renumbering of s. 29.889 (6) (em), and the creation of s. 29.889
596	596	(6) (em) 2. take effect on the day after publication.
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