(g) The department of natural resources, in consultation with the department of transportation and with the counties and municipalities participating in the pilot program, shall evaluate the effect of using lightweight utility vehicles on roadways and on all-terrain vehicle routes and trails upon conclusion of the pilot program. The department may make grants from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (cu) to each participating county and municipality, for the purpose of assisting the department of natural resources in the evaluation. The department of natural resources shall make grants in such a manner that the total amount of grants for a given county, including the grants to municipalities located wholly or partially in that county, does not exceed $2,000. The department of natural resources shall report the results of its evaluation to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) no later than January 1, 2010.
(h) The pilot program under this subsection does not apply after September 30, 2009.
20,674d
Section 674d. 24.61 (3) (a) 12. of the statutes is created to read:
24.61 (3) (a) 12. A drainage district created under ch. 88.
20,674g
Section 674g. 24.61 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
24.61 (3) (b) Terms; conditions. A municipality, cooperative educational service agency, drainage district created under ch. 88, or federated public library system may obtain a state trust fund loan for the sum of money, for the time and upon the conditions as may be agreed upon between the board and the borrower, subject to the limitations, restrictions, and conditions set forth in this subchapter.
20,674k
Section 674k. 24.66 (3r) of the statutes is created to read:
24.66 (3r) For a drainage district. An application for a loan by a drainage district created under ch. 88 shall be accompanied by a certified copy of a resolution of the board of the drainage district approving the loan.
20,674p
Section 674p. 24.67 (1) (n) of the statutes is created to read:
24.67 (1) (n) For a drainage district created under ch. 88, by the president of the drainage district board.
20,674s
Section 674s. 24.67 (2) (i) of the statutes is created to read:
24.67 (2) (i) For a drainage district created under ch. 88, by the secretary of the drainage district board.
20,674v
Section 674v. 24.67 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
24.67 (3) If a municipality has acted under subs. (1) and (2), it shall certify that fact to the department of administration. Upon receiving a certification from a municipality, or upon direction of the board if a loan is made to a cooperative educational service agency, drainage district created under ch. 88, or a federated public library system, the secretary of administration shall draw a warrant for the amount of the loan, payable to the treasurer of the municipality, cooperative educational service agency, drainage district, or federated public library system making the loan or as the treasurer of the municipality, cooperative educational service agency, drainage district, or federated public library system directs. The certificate of indebtedness shall then be conclusive evidence of the validity of the indebtedness and that all the requirements of law concerning the application for the making and acceptance of the loan have been complied with.
20,674vm
Section 674vm. 24.70 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
24.70 (1) Applicability. This section applies to all outstanding state trust fund loans to borrowers other than school districts, drainage districts created under ch. 88, and federated public library systems.
20,674w
Section 674w. 24.716 of the statutes is created to read:
24.716 Collections from drainage districts. (1) Applicability. This section applies to all outstanding trust fund loans to drainage districts created under ch. 88.
(2) Certified statement. If a drainage district has a state trust fund loan, the board shall transmit to the district board a certified statement of the amount due on or before October 1 of each year until the loan is paid. The board shall furnish a copy of each certified statement to the department of administration.
(3) Payment to secretary of administration. The district board shall transmit to the secretary of administration on its own order the full amount levied for state trust fund loans within 15 days after March 15. The secretary of administration shall notify the board when he or she receives payment. Any payment not made by March 30 is delinquent and is subject to a penalty of 1 percent per month or fraction thereof, to be paid to the secretary of administration with the delinquent payment.
(4) Failure to make payment. If the district board fails to remit the amounts due under sub. (3), the secretary of administration, upon certification of delinquency by the board of commissioners of public lands, shall deduct the amount due, including any penalty, from any state aid payments due the district, shall remit such amount to the secretary of administration, and, no later than June 15, shall notify the district board and the board to that effect.
20,675
Section
675. 25.14 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
25.14 (1) (a) (intro.) There is created a state investment fund under the jurisdiction and management of the board to be operated as an investment trust for the purpose of managing the securities of all funds that are required by law to be invested in the state investment fund and all of the state's funds consisting of the funds specified in s. 25.17 (1), except all of the following:
20,678n
Section 678n. 25.17 (1) (nm) of the statutes is amended to read:
25.17 (1) (nm) Recycling and renewable energy fund (s. 25.49);
20,678t
Section 678t. 25.17 (1) (yn) of the statutes is created to read:
25.17 (1) (yn) Wholesale drug distributor bonding fund (s. 25.315);
20,679
Section
679. 25.17 (63) of the statutes is created to read:
25.17 (63) If requested by the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority, invest funds of the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority in the state investment fund.
20,683
Section
683. 25.187 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
25.187 (2) (a) Subject to pars. (b) and par. (c), on July 1 and January September 1 of each year, the investment board shall estimate the amounts required for its operating expenditures for the next 6-month period and shall assess each fund for which the board has management responsibility for its share of the estimated board's operating expenditures for the current fiscal year in an equitable manner. The board shall pay the assessment from the current income of each fund, unless an appropriation is made for payment of the assessment, in which case the assessment shall be paid from that appropriation account.
20,684
Section
684. 25.187 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
20,685
Section
685. 25.187 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
25.187 (2) (c) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., the total amount that the board may assess the funds for which the board has management responsibility for any fiscal year may not exceed the greater of $20,352,800 or 0.0275% the amount that the board could have assessed the funds in the 2nd year of the prior fiscal biennium or 0.0325% of the average market value of the assets of the funds at the end of each month between November 30 and April 30 of the preceding fiscal year.
20,686
Section
686. 25.187 (2) (c) 3. c. of the statutes is created to read:
25.187 (2) (c) 3. c. Annually, no later than June 15, certify to the department of administration and to the joint committee on finance the maximum amount that the board may assess the funds for which the board has management responsibility in the next fiscal year.
20,686r
Section 686r. 25.315 of the statutes is created to read:
25.315 Wholesale drug distributor bonding fund. There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the wholesale drug distributor bonding fund to consist of moneys paid to the state under s. 450.071 (5) to secure payment of fees or costs that relate to the issuance of a license to engage in the wholesale distribution of prescription drugs.
20,687f
Section 687f. 25.40 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
25.40 (3) (c) No executive biennial budget bill introduced under s. 16.47 (1m) may include any provision that amends or repeals any provision of this subsection or that applies notwithstanding any provision of this subsection.
20,690
Section
690. 25.46 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
25.46 (7) The fees imposed under s. 289.67 (1) for environmental management, except that for each ton of waste for which the fee is $1.60 per ton, 75 cents is for nonpoint source water pollution abatement.
20,690t
Section 690t. 25.49 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
25.49 Recycling and renewable energy fund. (intro.) There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the recycling and renewable energy fund, to consist of:
20,692
Section
692. 25.50 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
25.50 (1) (d) "Local government" means any county, town, village, city, power district, sewerage district, drainage district, town sanitary district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229, family long-term care district under s. 46.2895, local professional football stadium district created under subch. IV of ch. 229, local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, public library system, school district or technical college district in this state, any commission, committee, board or officer of any governmental subdivision of this state, any court of this state, other than the court of appeals or the supreme court, or any authority created under s. 114.61, 149.41, 231.02, 233.02 or 234.02.
20,694
Section
694. 25.60 of the statutes is amended to read:
25.60 Budget stabilization fund. There is created a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the budget stabilization fund, consisting of moneys transferred to the fund from the general fund under ss. 13.48 (14) (c), 16.518 (3), and 16.72 (4) (b), and 16.848.
20,695
Section
695. 25.68 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
25.68 (1) All moneys received by the department of workforce development children and families under s. 49.854, except for moneys received under s. 49.854 (11) (b).
20,696
Section
696. 25.68 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
25.68 (3) All moneys not specified under sub. (2) that are received under a judgment or order in an action affecting the family, as defined in s. 767.001 (1), by the department of workforce development children and families or its designee.
20,697
Section
697. 25.69 of the statutes is amended to read:
25.69 Permanent endowment fund. There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the permanent endowment fund, consisting of all of the proceeds from the sale of the state's right to receive payments under the Attorneys General Master Tobacco Settlement Agreement of November 23, 1998, and all investment earnings on the proceeds. There is transferred from the permanent endowment fund to the Medical Assistance trust fund $50,000,000 in each fiscal year.
20,697d
Section 697d. 25.77 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
25.77
(2) All public funds that are related to payments under s. 49.45 and that are transferred or certified under
42 CFR 433.51 (b) and used as the nonfederal and federal share of Medical Assistance funding
, except funds that are deposited into the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (h), (kx), or (ky).
20,697m
Section 697m. 25.77 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
25.77 (8) All moneys transferred from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (iz).
20,697n
Section 697n. 25.77 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
25.77 (9) All moneys transferred from the permanent endowment fund.
20,697p
Section 697p. 25.77 (10) of the statutes is created to read:
25.77 (10) All moneys transferred under 2007 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9225 (2).
25.96 Utility public benefits fund. There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the utility public benefits fund, consisting of low-income assistance fees received under s. 16.957 (4) (a) and (5) (b) 2. and all moneys received under s. 196.374 (3) (b) 4.
20,699c
Section 699c. 26.38 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
26.38 (title) Private forest grants Forest grant program.
20,699g
Section 699g. 26.38 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
26.38 (2m) (a) The department shall establish a program to award grants for developing and implementing forest stewardship management plans by owners of nonindustrial private forest land and to award grants to groups of interested parties for projects to control invasive plants in weed management areas. The department shall award the grants only to persons owning 500 acres or less of nonindustrial private forest land in this state or to groups in which each person participating owns 500 acres or less of nonindustrial private forest land in this state.
20,699m
Section 699m. 26.38 (2m) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
26.38 (2m) (am) Beginning with fiscal year 2008-09, from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (av), the department shall allocate for each fiscal year at least $60,000 for grants for projects to control invasive plants in weed management areas. From the amount allocated, the department shall award grants to all eligible applicants for grants for such projects before awarding any balance of the allocated amount for grants for stewardship management plans.
20,699r
Section 699r. 26.38 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
26.38 (2m) (b) Each owner receiving
recipient of a grant under this section shall provide a matching contribution in an amount to be determined by the department for that particular grant based on criteria promulgated by rule under sub. (3). The matching contribution may be in the form of money or in-kind goods or services or both.
20,699v
Section 699v. 26.38 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 26.38 (3) (intro.) and amended to read:
26.38 (3) (intro.) The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this program, including the all of the following:
(a) The criteria for determining the amount of a matching contribution under sub. (2m) (b) and the.
(b) The minimum standards required under sub. (2m) (c).
20,699x
Section 699x. 26.38 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
26.38 (3) (c) Eligibility requirements for groups receiving grants for weed management areas, requirements for the grants, and requirements for establishing weed management areas.
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Section
700. 26.385 of the statutes is repealed.
20,700e
Section 700e. 27.01 (7) (c) 10. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (c) 10. Any motor vehicle operated for the purpose of transporting pupils to or from curricular or extracurricular activities of a public or private school or home-based private educational program under s. 118.15 (4) or for the purpose of transporting students to or from an outdoor academic class given by an accredited college or university in this state. The operator of a motor vehicle transporting pupils or students under this subdivision shall possess and exhibit for inspection a written authorization from an administrator of the school or, home-based private educational program, or college or university indicating that admission to the vehicle admission area is part of an official school or, home-based private educational program, or college or university function and indicating the date for which the authorization is applicable. A separate authorization is required for each date on which the motor vehicle is admitted to the vehicle admission area under this subdivision.
20,701
Section
701. 28.05 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
28.05 (3) (c) Of the amount received by the department from each timber sale for which the department used the services of a cooperating forester under this subsection, the department shall credit to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (1) (cy) an amount equal to the portion of the sale proceeds that the department is required to pay to the cooperating forester.
20,702
Section
702. 28.085 of the statutes is amended to read:
28.085 Timber. The department shall allocate for private forest grants under s. 26.38, for forestry research and development grants under s. 26.385, for the forestry education grant program under s. 26.40, for school forest transportation funding under s. 26.39 (5), for transfer to the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (km) for master logger apprenticeship grants under s. 38.04 (29), or for forestry internships under s. 26.39.
20,702d
Section 702d. 28.11 (5m) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
28.11 (5m) (title) Grants for county County forest administrators administration grants.
20,702e
Section 702e. 28.11 (5m) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
28.11 (5m) (am) The department may make grants, from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (bw), to counties having lands entered under sub. (4) to fund up to 50 percent of the costs of a county's annual dues to a nonprofit organization that provides leadership and counsel to that county's forest administrator and that functions as an organizational liaison to the department. The total amount that the department may award in grants under this paragraph in any fiscal year may not exceed $50,000.
