Wis. Stat. § 29.231
This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 29.231, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.
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Sports licenses.
Official statutory text
(1) A resident sports license shall be issued subject to ss. 29.024 and 54.25 (2) (c) 1. d. by the department to any resident who applies for this license, and a nonresident sports license shall be issued subject to s. 29.024 by the department to any person who is not a resident and who applies for the license.
(2) A resident sports license confers upon the licensee all of the combined privileges conferred by a resident small game hunting license, resident fishing license and resident deer hunting license subject to all of the duties, conditions, limitations and restrictions of those licenses.
(3) A nonresident sports license confers upon the licensee all of the combined privileges conferred by a nonresident small game hunting license, nonresident fishing license and nonresident deer hunting license subject to all of the duties, conditions, limitations and restrictions of those licenses.
History: 1973 c. 90 ss. 166 , 538 ; 1973 c. 145 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 248 ss. 333 to 337 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.231; 2005 a. 387 ; 2015 a. 89 , 222 ; 2017 a. 59 .
(2) A resident sports license confers upon the licensee all of the combined privileges conferred by a resident small game hunting license, resident fishing license and resident deer hunting license subject to all of the duties, conditions, limitations and restrictions of those licenses.
(3) A nonresident sports license confers upon the licensee all of the combined privileges conferred by a nonresident small game hunting license, nonresident fishing license and nonresident deer hunting license subject to all of the duties, conditions, limitations and restrictions of those licenses.
History: 1973 c. 90 ss. 166 , 538 ; 1973 c. 145 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 248 ss. 333 to 337 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.231; 2005 a. 387 ; 2015 a. 89 , 222 ; 2017 a. 59 .
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