2014 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
29. Wild animals and plants.
29.605 Sporting heritage grants.
29.605 Sporting heritage grants.
29.605(1) (1)
29.605(1)(a)(a) The department shall provide one grant during each fiscal biennium to a nonprofit organization to provide education to persons who engage in hunting, fishing, and trapping, to establish and operate programs to recruit persons to engage in these activities, and to encourage continued engagement in these activities.
29.605(1)(b) (b) During fiscal biennium 2013-15, the department shall provide a grant under par. (a) in the amount of $500,000. The department shall provide $200,000 of the grant in fiscal year 2013-14 from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (1) (ma). The department shall provide the remaining $300,000 of the grant in fiscal year 2014-15.
29.605(1)(c) (c) During fiscal biennium 2015-17, and during each fiscal biennium thereafter, the department shall provide a grant under par. (a) in the amount of $450,000.
29.605(2) (2) A nonprofit organization is eligible to receive a grant under sub. (1) if it meets all of the following requirements:
29.605(2)(a) (a) It has a principal place of business in this state.
29.605(2)(am) (am) It has a relationship with a nationally recognized organization that provides proven and successful firearms safety education and is able to use that relationship to host shooting events.
29.605(2)(b) (b) It teaches courses on firearm safety and training, shooting skills, and outdoor education and uses a nationally recognized curriculum to teach those courses.
29.605(2)(c) (c) It has a relationship with a nationally recognized shooting expert.
29.605(2)(d) (d) It is able to provide mentors for new hunters by recruiting volunteers and maintaining a database of volunteers.
29.605(2)(e) (e) It is not an affiliate of a national federation or organization.
29.605(2)(f) (f) It is able to ensure the maintenance or improvement of this state's position among all of the states in the areas of outdoor sporting heritage and recruitment by providing sporting education and programming to persons throughout this state.
29.605(2)(g) (g) Beginning with grants awarded during fiscal biennium 2015-17, it contributes $150,000 in funds to be used with a grant awarded under this section.
29.605(3) (3) A nonprofit organization that receives a grant under sub. (1) shall use the grant to provide programs and education designed to preserve and protect this state's hunting, fishing, trapping, and shooting traditions.
29.605(4) (4) During fiscal biennium 2015-17, and during each fiscal biennium thereafter, the department shall award a grant under this section not later than 30 days after the biennial budget bill for that fiscal biennium is enacted.
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