Wisconsin Statutes 29.319 – Falconry regulation
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 29.319
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
(1) The department may regulate falconry and the taking of raptors for use in falconry. In so doing, the department may do any of the following:
(a) Establish by rule a fee for any approval that it issues as part of this regulation.
(b) Allow persons who are not residents to take raptors from the wild to be used for falconry, but only if all of the following apply:
1. The person holds an approval, issued by the department, that authorizes the taking of raptors for use in falconry.
2. The person holds an approval, issued by the state, province or country of which he or she is a resident, that authorizes the taking of raptors for use in falconry.
3. The state, province or country of which the person is a resident allows residents of this state to take raptors from the wild in that state, province or country.
(2) Any fees collected by the department under this section shall be deposited in the conservation fund and credited to the appropriation for the endangered resources program under s. 20.370 (1) (fs).