- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRBa0166/1LRB-0397/1 EHS:kjfEHS:amn SENATE AMENDMENT 1, TO SENATE BILL 85 AprilMarch 23,7, 2019 - OfferedIntroduced by SenatoOWLES.Senators OWLES , LSEN and L.TAYLOR, cosponsored by Representatives H ORLACHER , B ROOKS, C ROWLEY, E DMING, K UGLITSCH, M ILROY, MURSAU , RONSCHINSKE , RAMTHUN , SKOWRONSKI , TITT, TUSLER and W ICHGERS .

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Effectiveissuance date.of conservation patron licenses to certain veterans with disabilities.

(1)Analysis Thisby actthe takesLegislative effectReference onBureau MarchUnder 1,current 2020.”.law, the Department of Natural Resources issues various hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses, permits, and tags (approvals).

DNR also issues certain combination licenses, including resident and nonresident conservation patron licenses.

A conservation patron license confers upon the licensee the combined privileges of certain approvals, including a small game hunting license, a deer hunting license, an archer hunting license, and an annual fishing license.

A conservation patron license also confers certain other privileges, including the authority to take a motor vehicle into state parks and certain other areas without a vehicle admission receipt.

This bill requires that a veteran who is a state resident be issued a conservation patron license at a lower fee than the regular license fee if he or she produces evidence showing that he or she has a service-connected disability rating of 50 percent or greater, as determined by the U.S.

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), or is receiving disability benefits from the VA due to being unemployable based on his or her education and skills as well as his or her medical condition.

- 2020 Legislature - 2 - LRB-0397/1 EHS:amn SENATE BILL 85 For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

29.235 (3r) of the statutes is created to read:

29.235 (3r) VETERANS WITH DISABILITIES.

The department shall issue a conservation patron license at the reduced fee under s.

29.563 (4) (a) 2w.

to any resident if the resident produces evidence that shows that he or she is a veteran, as defined in 38 USC 101, and is receiving disability compensation benefits under 38 USC 1101 to 1163 for disabilities that result in a disability rating that is 50 percent or greater under 38 USC 1114 or 1134, or is receiving disability compensation benefits due to being individually unemployable under 38 CFR 4.16 as authorized under 38 USC 501.

SECTION 2.

29.563 (4) (a) 2w.

of the statutes is created to read:

29.563 (4) (a) 2w.

Conservation patron issued to a veteran with a disability under s.

29.235 (3r):

$60.25.

SECTION 3.

29.563 (13) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

29.563 (13) (b) Surcharge for conservation patron license.

The surcharge for licenses listed under sub.

(4) (a) 2.

andand 2w.

and (b) 2.

and 2m.

is $4 and shall be added to the fee specified for these approvals under sub.

(4).