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SECTION 11. 29.089 (2) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 35, is amended to read:
29.089 (2) (intro.) [Strikethru/deleted:] Except as provided in sub. (3), no No person may have in his or her possession or under his or her control a firearm on land located in [Strikethru/deleted:] state parks or state fish hatcheries unless the firearm is unloaded and enclosed within a carrying case. This subsection does not apply to any of the following:
29.089 Hunting, fishing, and trapping on land in state parks and state fish hatcheries.
(1) No person may hunt or trap on land located in state fish hatcheries.
(1m) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), state parks shall be open to hunting, fishing, and trapping by persons who hold the appropriate approvals required under this chapter.
(b) The department may prohibit hunting, fishing, or trapping in a state park or a portion of a state park if any of the following applies:
1. The department prohibits hunting, fishing, or trapping within 100 yards of a designated use area.
2. The natural resources board determines that prohibiting hunting, fishing, or trapping is necessary to protect public safety or to protect a unique animal or plant community. A determination to prohibit hunting, fishing, or trapping in a state park or a portion of a state park under this subdivision requires 4 or more members of the natural resources board to concur in that determination.
(2) No person may have in his or her possession or under his or her control a firearm on land located in state fish hatcheries unless the firearm is unloaded and enclosed within a carrying case. This subsection does not apply to any of the following:
(a) A person who is employed in this state by a public agency as a law enforcement officer and to whom s. 941.23 (1) (g) 2. to 5. and (2) (b) 1. to 3. applies.
(b) A qualified out-of-state law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 941.23 (1) (g), to whom s. 941.23 (2) (b) 1. to 3. applies.
(c) A former officer, as defined in s. 941.23 (1) (c), to whom s. 941.23 (2) (c) 1. to 7. applies.
(d) A licensee, as defined in s. 175.60 (1) (d), or an out-of-state licensee, as defined in s. 175.60 (1) (g), if the firearm is a handgun, as defined in s. 175.60 (1) (bm).
NOTE: This section is shown as affected eff. 1-1-13 by 2011 Wis. Act 168.
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Prior to 1-1-13 it reads:
29.089 Hunting on land in state parks and state fish hatcheries.
(1) Except as provided in sub. (3), no person may hunt or trap on land located in state parks or state fish hatcheries.
(2) Except as provided in sub. (3), no person may have in his or her possession or under his or her control a firearm on land located in state parks or state fish hatcheries unless the firearm is unloaded and enclosed within a carrying case. This subsection does not apply to any of the following:
(a) A person who is employed in this state by a public agency as a law enforcement officer and to whom s. 941.23 (1) (g) 2. to 5. and (2) (b) 1. to 3. applies.
(b) A qualified out-of-state law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 941.23(1) (g), to whom s. 941.23 (2) (b) 1. to 3. applies.
(c) A former officer, as defined in s. 941.23 (1) (c), to whom s. 941.23 (2) (c) 1. to 7. applies.
(d) A licensee, as defined in s. 175.60 (1) (d), or an out-of-state licensee, as defined in s. 175.60 (1) (g), if the firearm is a handgun, as defined in s. 175.60 (1)(bm).
(3) A person may hunt deer, elk, wild turkeys, or small game in a state park, or in a portion of a state park, if the department has authorized by rule the hunting of that type of game in the state park, or in the portion of the state park, and, except as provided in s. 29.063 (5), if the person holds the approvals required under this chapter for hunting that type of game.
History: 1989 a. 214; 1997 a. 237; 1997 a. 248 s. 599; Stats. 1997 s. 29.089; 2001 a. 109; 2005 a. 286; 2011 a. 35, 168.
Cross-reference: See also ss. NR 10.001 and 10.28, Wis. adm. code.
I wonder if this will apply to everything in the park, so that the buildings will no longer be posted, & only require a license to go in buildings. Maybe that's why they need so long to implement what seems like a very simple change - they have to take down all those signs.
29.089(2) Except as provided in sub. (3), no person may have in his or her possession or under his or her control a firearm on land located in state parks or state fish hatcheries unless the firearm is unloaded and enclosed within a carrying case. This subsection does not apply to any of the following:
Or, just use a Sharpie and write VOID across them. Cheap and to the point.