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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 SENATE BILL 265 |
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| 5 | 5 | | May 2, 2023 - Introduced by Senators STROEBEL, COWLES, FEYEN, MARKLEIN, QUINN |
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| 6 | 6 | | and TOMCZYK, cosponsored by Representatives BODDEN, BORN, C. ANDERSON, |
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| 7 | 7 | | ANDRACA, BEHNKE, BINSFELD, DITTRICH, GREEN, GUNDRUM, GUSTAFSON, S. |
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| 8 | 8 | | JOHNSON, KITCHENS, KNODL, MOSES, MURPHY, MURSAU, NOVAK, PALMERI, |
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| 9 | 9 | | PENTERMAN, PLUMER, SAPIK, SCHRAA and TITTL. Referred to Committee on |
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| 10 | 10 | | Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage. |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT to create 29.591 (1) (e) of the statutes; relating to: hunter education |
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| 12 | 12 | | requirements for persons under the age of 18 and granting rule-making |
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| 13 | 13 | | authority. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 15 | 15 | | This bill requires the Department of Natural Resources to offer in-person and |
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| 16 | 16 | | online hunter education for persons under the age of 18. The bill also requires |
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| 17 | 17 | | persons under the age of 18 to attend an in-person field training session and |
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| 18 | 18 | | complete a certification exam following completion of the in-person or online course |
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| 19 | 19 | | of instruction. The bill also requires DNR to promulgate rules establishing the |
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| 20 | 20 | | curriculum, length, and fee for the courses. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Under current law, DNR must establish a hunter education program and bow |
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| 22 | 22 | | hunter education program that provide instruction in the responsibilities of hunters, |
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| 23 | 23 | | how to recognize threatened and endangered species, and principles of wildlife |
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| 24 | 24 | | management and conservation. DNR is required to offer an online course of |
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| 25 | 25 | | instruction for persons age 18 and older. |
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| 26 | 26 | | For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as |
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| 27 | 27 | | an appendix to this bill. |
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| 28 | 28 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 29 | 29 | | enact as follows: |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 265 |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 1. 29.591 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 36 | 36 | | 29.591 (1) (e) The department shall offer an in-person and online course of |
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| 37 | 37 | | instruction under the hunter education program to persons under the age of 18. The |
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| 38 | 38 | | department shall require persons under the age of 18 to attend an in-person field |
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| 39 | 39 | | training session and complete a certification exam following completion of the |
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| 40 | 40 | | in-person or online course of instruction. The department shall promulgate rules |
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| 41 | 41 | | establishing the curriculum, length, and fee for the courses of instruction offered |
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| 42 | 42 | | under this paragraph. |
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