2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
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2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 171
April 10, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives TUSLER, MURPHY, BROOKS,
WICHGERS and MICHALSKI, cosponsored by Senators COWLES and
CABRAL-GUEVARA. Referred to Committee on Environment.
1 AN ACT to amend 29.887 (1) of the statutes; relating to: eligibility for local
2 wildlife control grants.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the Department of Natural Resources administers a
program to provide grants of up to $5,000 to urban communities to cover up to 50
percent of the costs of wildlife abatement or control projects.
This bill eliminates the undefined term “urban communities” and provides that
DNR may provide grants under the program to any city, village, or town with a
population density of not less than 125 persons per square mile.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
3 SECTION 1. 29.887 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
4 29.887 (1) The department shall establish a program to award matching grants
5 to urban communities any city, village, or town with a population density of not less
6 than 125 persons per square mile for up to 50 percent of the costs for projects to plan
7 wildlife abatement measures or to engage in wildlife control efforts or both.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text: 29.887(1), 29.887