Date of enactment: December 6, 2023
2023 Senate Bill 208 Date of publication*: December 7, 2023
2023 WISCONSIN ACT 51
AN ACT to amend 114.002 (18m) (intro.) and 167.31 (2) (d); and to create 29.314 (3) (b) 5., 29.314 (4) (b) 5., 29.314
(5) (b) 5., 167.31 (4) (k) and 941.20 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes; relating to: nuisance wildlife management at airports
and modifying administrative rules of the Department of Natural Resources.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 29.314 (3) (b) 5. of the statutes is created
to read:
29.314 (3) (b) 5. To designated personnel at a public−
use airport, as defined in s. 114.002 (18m), or an airport
under the exclusive control of the national guard or U.S.
department of defense, for the purposes of nuisance
wildlife management and control when authorized by
state or federal permits. “Designated personnel”
includes any person who is acting within the scope of his
or her employment or employer and who is an employee
or contractor of the airport or the local government that
operates the airport or a federal employee or agent.
SECTION 2. 29.314 (4) (b) 5. of the statutes is created
to read:
29.314 (4) (b) 5. To designated personnel at a public−
use airport, as defined in s. 114.002 (18m), or an airport
under the exclusive control of the national guard or U.S.
department of defense, for the purposes of nuisance
wildlife management and control when authorized by
state or federal permits. “Designated personnel”
includes any person who is acting within the scope of his
or her employment or employer and who is an employee
or contractor of the airport or the local government that
operates the airport or a federal employee or agent.
SECTION 3. 29.314 (5) (b) 5. of the statutes is created
to read:
29.314 (5) (b) 5. To designated personnel at a public−
use airport, as defined in s. 114.002 (18m), or an airport
under the exclusive control of the national guard or U.S.
department of defense, for the purposes of nuisance
wildlife management and control when authorized by
state or federal permits. “Designated personnel”
includes any person who is acting within the scope of his
or her employment or employer and who is an employee
or contractor of the airport or the local government that
operates the airport or a federal employee or agent.
SECTION 3m. 114.002 (18m) (intro.) of the statutes
is amended to read:
114.002 (18m) (intro.) “Public−use airport” means
any of the following as provided in 49 USC 2202 47102
(22):
SECTION 4. 167.31 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended
to read:
167.31 (2) (d) Except as provided in sub. (4) (a), (bg),
(cg), (e), (fm), and (g), and (k), no person may discharge
a firearm or shoot a bolt or an arrow from a bow or cross-
* Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor’s
partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.” − 2 −2023 Wisconsin Act 51 2023 Senate Bill 208
bow from or across a highway or within 50 feet of the cen-
ter of a roadway.
SECTION 5. 167.31 (4) (k) of the statutes is created to
read:
167.31 (4) (k) Subsection (2) does not apply to desig-
nated personnel at a public−use airport, as defined in s.
114.002 (18m), or an airport under the exclusive control
of the national guard or U.S. department of defense, for
the purposes of nuisance wildlife management and con-
trol when authorized by state or federal permits. “Desig-
nated personnel” includes any person who is acting
within the scope of his or her employment or employer
and who is an employee or contractor of the airport or the
local government that operates the airport or a federal
employee or agent.
SECTION 6. 941.20 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is created
to read:
941.20 (3) (b) 3. Paragraph (a) does not apply to des-
ignated personnel at a public−use airport, as defined in s.
114.002 (18m), or an airport under the exclusive control
of the national guard or U.S. department of defense, for
the purposes of nuisance wildlife management and con-
trol when authorized by state or federal permits. “Desig-
nated personnel” includes any person who is acting
within the scope of his or her employment or employer
and who is an employee or contractor of the airport or the
local government that operates the airport or a federal
employee or agent.
SECTION 7m. NR 12.10 (3) (f) of the administrative
code is created to read:
NR 12.10 (3) (f) Shooting hours. The department
may exempt a permittee from shooting hours established
under s. NR 10.06 if the exemption is used to assist desig-
nated personnel at a public−use airport, as defined in s.
114.002 (18m), Stats., or an airport under the exclusive
control of the national guard or U.S. department of
defense, in conducting nuisance wildlife management
and control when authorized by state or federal permits.