Wisconsin Legislature: Natural Resources, Department of -- Administration

Wild ginseng license fees deposited in the conservation fund [Sec. 620] - SB21

Wisconsin conservation corps (WCC) program established and WCC Board created in DOA, finance and project criteria provisions; National and Community Service Board duties, public works exceptions, and annual report required - AB548

Wisconsin conservation corps (WCC) program established and WCC Board created in DOA, finance and project criteria provisions; National and Community Service Board duties, public works exceptions, and annual report required - SB632

Aids in lieu of taxes re DNR land revised [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 636c-e, 9432 (1d)] - SB21

ATV landowner incentive program sunsetted [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 635m, 990m, 997m, 2123m, 2241m, 2361m] - SB21

BCPL's authority to purchase land eliminated; DNR may not acquire land under the Stewardship Program without prior approval of the governing body and DNR will not make certain payments to municipalities for land purchased before a certain date - AB71

BCPL to make annual payments to municipalities for land it purchases from DNR which is not subject to property taxes [Sec. 1006, 2038-2045] - AB21

BCPL to make annual payments to municipalities for land it purchases from DNR which is not subject to property taxes [Sec. 1006, 2038-2045; original bill only] - SB21

Culvert replacement provisions revised, fee exemption created; local governments to retain records of culverts they replace [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1061b-i] - SB21

DNR appropriation title change [Sec. 623] - AB21

DNR appropriation title change [Sec. 623] - SB21

DNR property development funding from the conservation fund [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 640b] - SB21

DNR: various grant and financial assistance programs eliminated [Sec. 560, 630-633, 635-637, 639, 948, 950, 958, 959, 964, 967-970, 974, 992, 997, 1032, 1036, 1049, 1057, 1065, 2531, 3949, 3950, 4190-4198] - AB21

DNR: various grant and financial assistance programs eliminated [Sec. 560, 630-633, 635-637, 639, 948, 950, 958, 959, 964, 967-970, 974, 992, 997, 1032, 1036, 1049, 1057, 1065, 2531, 3949, 3950, 4190-4198; S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 635d, 1032c-e, 9132 (4c), 9432 (1c), deletes 560, 630-633, 636, 637, 639, 948, 950, 958, 959, 964, 967-970, 974, 992, 997, 1032, 1036, 1049, 1065, 2531, 4190-4198] - SB21

Financial Institutions and Professional Services, Department of (DFIPS), created; all DFI functions transferred to; DOA administration of disabled veteran, women, and minority owned business certifications transferred to; Small Business Regulatory Review Board and Office of Business Development transferred to; EAB eliminated and functions transferred to DFIPS and DATCP; tattooing, body piercing, and tanning oversight transferred to; DSPS eliminated and all functions transferred to, except private on-site wastewater treatment systems to DNR [for section numbers, see entry under ``Financial Institutions and Professional Services, Department of"] - AB21

Financial Institutions and Professional Services, Department of (DFIPS), created; all DFI functions transferred to; DOA administration of disabled veteran, women, and minority owned business certifications transferred to; Small Business Regulatory Review Board and Office of Business Development transferred to; EAB eliminated and functions transferred to DFIPS and DATCP; tattooing, body piercing, and tanning oversight transferred to; DSPS eliminated and all functions transferred to, except private on-site wastewater treatment systems to DNR and Veterinary Examining Board to DATCP - AB163

Financial Institutions and Professional Services, Department of (DFIPS), created; all DFI functions transferred to; DOA administration of disabled veteran, women, and minority owned business certifications transferred to; Small Business Regulatory Review Board and Office of Business Development transferred to; EAB eliminated and functions transferred to DFIPS and DATCP; DSPS eliminated and all functions transferred to, except private on-site wastewater treatment systems to DNR [for section numbers, see entry under ``Financial Institutions and Professional Services, Department of"] - SB21

Financial Institutions and Professional Services, Department of (DFIPS), created; all DFI functions transferred to; DOA administration of disabled veteran, women, and minority owned business certifications transferred to; Small Business Regulatory Review Board and Office of Business Development transferred to; EAB eliminated and functions transferred to DFIPS and DATCP; tattooing, body piercing, and tanning oversight transferred to; DSPS eliminated and all functions transferred to, except private on-site wastewater treatment systems to DNR and Veterinary Examining Board to DATCP - SB119

Florence Wild Rivers Interpretive Center: appropriation for DNR grant - AB422

Florence Wild Rivers Interpretive Center: appropriation for DNR grant - SB354

Florence Wild Rivers Interpretive Center: DNR grants eliminated [Sec. 629, 1062] - AB21

Florence Wild Rivers Interpretive Center: DNR grants eliminated [Sec. 629, 1062; original bill only] - SB21

Forestry, Division of, headquarters: DNR to develop plan to relocate from City of Madison to a northern Wisconsin location [Sec. 9132 (1)] - AB21

Forestry, Division of, headquarters: DNR to develop plan to relocate from City of Madison to a northern Wisconsin location [Sec. 9132 (1)] - SB21

Horicon Marsh education and visitor center: program fees [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 640t, 997s] - SB21

Kickapoo Reserve Management Board attached to DNR from Tour.Dept [Sec. 105, 218, 363, 642-648, 806, 965, 998-1003, 1059, 1423, 1424, 3581, 4215, 4216, 9144 (1)] - AB21

Kickapoo Reserve Management Board attached to DNR from Tour.Dept [Sec. 105, 218, 363, 642-648, 806, 965, 998-1003, 1059, 1423, 1424, 3581, 4215, 4216, 9144 (1); S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, transfer deleted, Kickapoo Reserve Management Board established, Tour.Dept duties, 648m, n, 924m, 1064m, 1424m, deletes 105, 218, 363, 965, 998-1003, 1059, 1423, 1424, 3581, 4215, 4216, 9144 (1)] - SB21

Land information program: requirement that certain departments and agencies submit a plan to enable information to be readily translatable, retrievable, and geographically referenced eliminated - AB728

Land information program: requirement that certain departments and agencies submit a plan to enable information to be readily translatable, retrievable, and geographically referenced eliminated - SB570

Layoff procedure for certain DNR employees [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9132 (3d)] - SB21

Lower Wisconsin State Riverway Board attached to DNR from Tour.Dept [Sec. 104, 219, 1064, 9144 (2)] - AB21

Lower Wisconsin State Riverway Board attached to DNR from Tour.Dept [Sec. 104, 219, 1064, 9144 (2)] - SB21

NRB and Board of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection: policy-making authority transferred to secretary of DNR and DATCP respectively; changed from a board to a council [Sec. 101-103, 109, 127, 129, 132, 149-159, 162, 163, 248, 947, 949, 951-957, 961, 963, 966, 971, 975-986, 993-996, 1051-1053, 1060, 1063, 1066, 2600, 2605, 2681, 4112, 4116, 4188, 4202, 4204, 4206, 4209, 4352, 4358-4360, 9102 (1), 9132 (2)] - AB21

NRB and Board of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection: policy-making authority transferred to secretary of DNR and DATCP respectively; changed from a board to a council [Sec. 101-103, 109, 127, 129, 132, 149-159, 162, 163, 248, 947, 949, 951-957, 961, 963, 966, 971, 975-986, 993-996, 1051-1053, 1060, 1063, 1066, 2600, 2605, 2681, 4112, 4116, 4188, 4202, 4204, 4206, 4209, 4352, 4358-4360, 9102 (1), 9132 (2); original bill only] - SB21

NRB nominates DNR Secretary with advice and consent of the Senate, term of office provisions; filling an NRB member vacancy modified - SB48

Property rights regulation revisions re local government restrictions on sale, purchase, development, or occupancy of real property and individual notice requirements; vested rights; shoreland zoning; resolution of challenge to zoning restrictions; supermajority vote to down zone a property; property tax treatment of undeveloped land; and contested case hearings [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, adds provisions re content of economic impact analysis of proposed administrative rules, standard for judicial review of certain state agency actions or decisions, and DNR and DATCP contested hearings specified; S.Amdt.1: undeveloped land provision removed] - AB582

Sale of certain DNR lands: use of proceeds [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 639m, 640d, 980b, bm] - SB21

State park and forest roads and roads along LWSR funding [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 640g, r, 2569m] - SB21

Blue lights displayed on boats: DNR prohibition revised [Admin.Code NR 5.17] - AB811

Blue lights displayed on boats: DNR prohibition revised [Admin.Code NR 5.17] - SB602

DNR rule re construction permit requirements for stationary sources that emit greenhouse gases eliminated [Admin.Code NR 405.07] - AB204

DNR rule re construction permit requirements for stationary sources that emit greenhouse gases eliminated [Admin.Code NR 405.07] - SB144

Point source pollution abatement projects: administrative rule authority eliminated re DNR financial assistance [Admin.Code NR 128] - AB158

Point source pollution abatement projects: administrative rule authority eliminated re DNR financial assistance [Admin.Code NR 128] - SB128

Approved high capacity well: additional approval not required for replacement, reconstruction, or transfer; notifying DNR required - AB874

Approved high capacity well: additional approval not required for replacement, reconstruction, or transfer; notifying DNR required - SB239

Aquaculture and fish farm regulations revised re wetland permits, natural bodies of water used for fish farms, dams on navigable streams, WPDES permits, water quality standard variances, water withdrawal re Great Lakes Compact, nonpoint performance standards cost-sharing exemption, LWSR agricultural use, WHEDA loan guarantees, navigable water permits, and transportation of agricultural products; DNR and DOT duties - AB640

Aquaculture and fish farm regulations revised re wetland permits, natural bodies of water used for fish farms, dams on navigable streams, WPDES permits, water quality standard variances, water withdrawal re Great Lakes Compact, nonpoint performance standards cost-sharing exemption, LWSR agricultural use, WHEDA loan guarantees, navigable water permits, and transportation of agricultural products; DNR and DOT duties - SB493

Assembly Organization, Committee on, required to appoint a special committee on water issues; report required by December 31, 2016; DNR and PSC provisions - AR25

Ballast water discharge permit: sunset date eliminated [Sec. 4203] - AB21

Ballast water discharge permit: sunset date eliminated [Sec. 4203] - SB21

Car kill deer on highways: appropriations for removal and disposal repealed [Sec. 624, 625] - AB21

Car kill deer on highways: appropriations for removal and disposal repealed [Sec. 624, 625; S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, appropriation revised, possession of car-killed deer and notifying DNR provisions added, report required, 625b, 1053r-z, 9132 (1q), deletes 625] - SB21

Contaminated sediment: DNR to pay portion of costs for removal from any waters of the state; Clean Water Act provision and general obligation bonding authority increased [Sec. 872, 4200, 4201] - AB21

Contaminated sediment: DNR to pay portion of costs for removal from any waters of the state; Clean Water Act provision and general obligation bonding authority increased [Sec. 872, 4200, 4201; original bill only] - SB21

Contaminated well grant program: family income and grant award limits increased - AB822

Continuous disinfection of municipal water supply required - AB977

Continuous disinfection of municipal water supply required - SB781

Dam safety projects: DNR bonding authority increased [Sec. 873] - AB21

Dam safety projects: DNR bonding authority increased [Sec. 873] - SB21

Discharge of dredged or fill material into artificial wetlands: exemption from DNR permitting requirements; definition provision - AB1014

DNR permits re high-voltage transmission construction and relocation of utility facility as condition of certain general permits; one-call system requirements, violations, complaints, and enforcement, PSC duties; sulfur dioxide compliance plan, certain DNR determinations, and certain PSC variance eliminated; PSC assessment authority; funding for energy efficiency and renewable resource programs; PSC approval of public utility contracts with affiliated interests; PSC authority re local access and transport areas for telephone service and complaints re railroad telecommunications service [A.Amdt.2: exempting construction of certain electric transmission lines from PSC certification added; A.Amdt.5: deletes one-call system violations and rule-making authority provisions] - AB804

DNR permits re high-voltage transmission construction and relocation of utility facility as condition of certain general permits; one-call system requirements, violations, complaints, and enforcement, PSC duties; sulfur dioxide compliance plan, certain DNR determinations, and certain PSC variance eliminated; PSC assessment authority; funding for energy efficiency and renewable resource programs; PSC approval of public utility contracts with affiliated interests; PSC authority re local access and transport areas for telephone service and complaints re railroad telecommunications service - SB654

DNR to issue a general permit authorizing DOT to discharge storm water from the site of a transportation activity, individual permit provisions; effluent limitations for new and modified point sources of pollution revisions - AB755

DNR to issue a general permit authorizing DOT to discharge storm water from the site of a transportation activity, individual permit provisions; effluent limitations for new and modified point sources of pollution revisions - SB588

Drainage district revisions re jurisdiction, board membership, regulation of district access corridors, land in newly organized or annexed to districts, and discharge of dredged material into wetland permit exemption - AB653

Drainage district revisions re jurisdiction, board membership, regulation of district access corridors, land in newly organized or annexed to districts, and discharge of dredged material into wetland permit exemption - SB572

Electronic waste recycling program changes - SB621

Emission standard for residential or commercial wood stoves: DNR prohibited from promulgating a rule or enforcing a federal regulation more stringent than standard currently in effect - AB25

Emission standard for residential or commercial wood stoves: DNR prohibited from promulgating a rule or enforcing a federal regulation more stringent than standard currently in effect - SB23

Environmental fund: certain enforcement and administration funds combined [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 626q, r] - SB21

Environmental improvement fund: revisions to programs funded by; bonding authority for the safe drinking water loan program increased; biennial finance plan provisions [Sec. 869, 1023, 3918, 4118-4137, 4139-4183] - AB21

Environmental improvement fund: revisions to programs funded by; bonding authority for the safe drinking water loan program increased; biennial finance plan provisions [Sec. 53, 869, 1023, 3918, 4118-4137, 4139-4183; S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, clean water fund program and safe drinking water loan program modified, ``nonprofit noncommunity water system" replaced with ``serves a local governmental unit", 868q, 4132m, 4133m, 4152m, 4165m, deletes 4118, 4132, 4133, 4162] - SB21

Ferrous metallic mining regulations returned to pre-2013 WisAct 1 provisions; MFL program as it relates to ferrous mining activities returned to pre-2013 WisAct 81 provisions - AB436

Forest fire suppression and prevention grants changed to biennial appropriation [Sec. 634] - AB21

Forest fire suppression and prevention grants changed to biennial appropriation [Sec. 634] - SB21

Frac sand exploration: county authority to issue licenses; bond, notification, and DNR provisions - AB149

Frac sand exploration: county authority to issue licenses; bond, notification, and DNR provisions - SB99

Groundwater management area standards and designation process established, DNR and Groundwater Coordinating Council duties specified; high capacity well approval revisions, DNR duties and fee provisions - AB105

Groundwater management area standards and designation process established, DNR and Groundwater Coordinating Council duties specified; high capacity well approval revisions, DNR duties and fee provisions - SB72

High capacity well approval procedure revised; designation of sensitive resource areas, special environmental review, and minimum water levels provisions; DNR and JCF duties - AB477

High capacity well approval procedure revised; designation of sensitive resource areas, special environmental review, and minimum water levels provisions; DNR and JCF duties - SB291

Industrial sand mining and processing operations monitoring: FTE positions in DNR and funding authorized - AB635

Industrial sand mining and processing operations monitoring: FTE positions in DNR and funding authorized - SB576

Industrial sand mining or processing facility owner or operator required to monitor the ambient air for small crystalline silica particles and other particulate matter; reports and DNR duties - AB634

Industrial sand mining or processing facility owner or operator required to monitor the ambient air for small crystalline silica particles and other particulate matter; reports and DNR duties - SB577