AB1-ASA1,26 4Section 26. 31.23 (3) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1,6,75 31.23 (3) (e) This subsection does not apply to a bridge that is constructed,
6maintained, or operated in association with mining or bulk sampling that is subject
7to subch. III of ch. 295.
AB1-ASA1,27 8Section 27. 32.02 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,6,129 32.02 (12) Any person operating a plant which creates waste material which,
10if released without treatment would cause stream pollution, for the location of
11treatment facilities. This subsection does not apply to a person licensed with a
12permit
under ch. 293 or subch. III of ch. 295.
AB1-ASA1,27g 13Section 27g. 70.375 (1) (ar) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB1-ASA1,6,1614 70.375 (1) (ar) "Internal Revenue Code" means the federal Internal Revenue
15Code, as amended, and applicable federal regulations adopted by the federal
16department of the treasury.
AB1-ASA1,28 17Section 28. 70.375 (1) (as) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,6,2018 70.375 (1) (as) "Mine" means an excavation in or at the earth's surface made
19to extract metalliferous minerals for which a permit has been issued under s. 293.49
20or 295.58.
AB1-ASA1,29 21Section 29. 70.375 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,7,422 70.375 (1) (bm) "Mining-related purposes" means activities which are directly
23in response to the application for a mining permit under s. 293.37 or 295.47; directly
24in response to construction, operation, curtailment of operation or cessation of
25operation of a metalliferous mine site; or directly in response to conditions at a

1metalliferous mine site which is not in operation. "Mining-related purposes" also
2includes activities which anticipate the economic and social consequences of the
3cessation of mining. "Mining-related purposes" also includes the purposes under s.
470.395 (2) (g).
AB1-ASA1,30 5Section 30. 70.375 (4) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,7,76 70.375 (4) (h) The cost of premiums for bonds required under s. 293.51, 295.45
7(5), or 295.59
.
AB1-ASA1,30d 8Section 30d. 70.375 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1,7,129 70.375 (4m) Generally accepted accounting principles. Except as otherwise
10provided under this section, a person subject to the tax imposed under sub. (2), shall
11use generally accepted accounting principles to determine the person's net proceeds
12occupation tax liability under this section.
AB1-ASA1,31 13Section 31. 70.38 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,7,1714 70.38 (2) Combined reporting. If the same person extracts metalliferous
15minerals from different sites in this state, the net proceeds for each site for which a
16permit has been issued under s. 293.49 or 295.58 shall be reported separately for the
17purposes of computing the amount of the tax under s. 70.375 (5).
AB1-ASA1,32 18Section 32. 70.395 (1e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,8,219 70.395 (1e) Distribution. Fifteen days after the collection of the tax under ss.
2070.38 to 70.39, the department of administration, upon certification of the
21department of revenue, shall transfer the amount collected in respect to mines not
22in operation on November 28, 1981, to the investment and local impact fund, except
23that, after the payments are made under sub. (2) (d) 1., 2., and 2m., the department
24of administration shall transfer 60 percent of the amount collected from each person

1extracting ferrous metallic minerals to the investment and local impact fund and 40
2percent of the amount collected from any such person to the general fund
.
AB1-ASA1,33 3Section 33. 70.395 (2) (dc) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,8,84 70.395 (2) (dc) 1. Each person intending to submit an application for a mining
5permit under s. 293.37 or 295.47 shall pay $50,000 $75,000 to the department of
6revenue for deposit in the investment and local impact fund at the time that the
7person notifies the department of natural resources under s. 293.31 (1) or 295.465
8of that intent.
AB1-ASA1,34 9Section 34. 70.395 (2) (dc) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,8,1210 70.395 (2) (dc) 2. A person making a payment under subd. 1. shall pay an
11additional $50,000 $75,000 upon notification by the board that the board has
12distributed 50% of the payment under subd. 1.
AB1-ASA1,35 13Section 35. 70.395 (2) (dc) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,8,1714 70.395 (2) (dc) 3. A person making a payment under subd. 2. shall pay an
15additional $50,000 $75,000 upon notification by the board that the board has
16distributed all of the payment under subd. 1. and 50% of the payment under subd.
172.
AB1-ASA1,36 18Section 36. 70.395 (2) (dc) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,8,2319 70.395 (2) (dc) 4. Six months after the signing of a local agreement under s.
20293.41 or 295.443 for the proposed mine for which the payment is made, the board
21shall refund any funds paid under this paragraph but not distributed under par. (fm)
22from the investment and local impact fund to the person making the payment under
23this paragraph.
AB1-ASA1,37 24Section 37. 70.395 (2) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,9,8
170.395 (2) (fm) The board may distribute a payment received under par. (dc)
2to a county, town, village, city, tribal government or local impact committee
3authorized under s. 293.41 (3) or 295.443 only for legal counsel, qualified technical
4experts in the areas of transportation, utilities, economic and social impacts,
5environmental impacts and municipal services and other reasonable and necessary
6expenses incurred by the recipient that directly relate to the good faith negotiation
7of a local agreement under s. 293.41 or 295.443 for the proposed mine for which the
8payment is made.
AB1-ASA1,37d 9Section 37d. 70.395 (2) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,9,1310 70.395 (2) (g) (intro.) The board may distribute the revenues received under
11sub. (1e) or proceeds thereof in accordance with par. (h) for the following purposes,
12with a preference to private sector economic development projects under subd. 3., as
13the board determines necessary:
AB1-ASA1,37e 14Section 37e. 70.395 (2) (g) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,9,1615 70.395 (2) (g) 3. Studies and projects for local private sector economic
16development.
AB1-ASA1,38 17Section 38. 70.395 (2) (h) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,9,2118 70.395 (2) (h) 1. Distribution shall first be made to those municipalities in
19which metalliferous minerals are extracted or were extracted within 3 years
20previous to December 31 of the current year, or in which a permit has been issued
21under s. 293.49 or 295.58 to commence mining;
AB1-ASA1,39 22Section 39. 70.395 (2) (hg) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,9,2523 70.395 (2) (hg) The board shall, by rule, establish fiscal guidelines and
24accounting procedures for the use of payments under pars. (d), (f), (fm) and (g), sub.
25(3) and s. ss. 293.65 (5) and 295.61 (9).
AB1-ASA1,40
1Section 40. 70.395 (2) (hr) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,10,52 70.395 (2) (hr) The board shall, by rule, establish procedures to recoup
3payments made, and to withhold payments to be made, under pars. (d), (f), (fm) and
4(g), sub. (3) and s. ss. 293.65 (5) and 295.61 (9) for noncompliance with this section
5or rules adopted under this section.
AB1-ASA1,41 6Section 41. 70.395 (2) (hw) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,10,157 70.395 (2) (hw) A recipient of a discretionary payment under par. (f) or (g), sub.
8(3) or s. ss. 293.65 (5) and 295.61 (9) or any payment under par. (d) that is restricted
9to mining-related purposes who uses the payment for attorney fees may do so only
10for the purposes under par. (g) 6. and for processing mining-related permits or other
11approvals required by the municipality. The board shall recoup or withhold
12payments that are used or proposed to be used by the recipient for attorney fees
13except as authorized under this paragraph. The board may not limit the hourly rate
14of attorney fees for which the recipient uses the payment to a level below the hourly
15rate that is commonly charged for similar services.
AB1-ASA1,41m 16Section 41m. 77.105 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1,10,19 1777.105 Ferrous mining. (1) The department may not issue an order of
18withdrawal under s. 77.10 (1) based on the cutting of timber or other forest crops or
19other activities on forest cropland if all of the following requirements are met:
AB1-ASA1,10,2120 (a) The cutting or activity is necessary to engage in bulk sampling, as defined
21in s. 295.41 (7).
AB1-ASA1,10,2322 (b) The area that will be affected by the cutting or the activity does not exceed
235 acres.
AB1-ASA1,11,3
1(c) A bulk sampling plan has been filed with the department under s. 295.45
2and all approvals that are required for bulk sampling have been issued by the
3department.
AB1-ASA1,11,74 (d) The revegetation plan that is part of the bulk sampling plan described under
5par. (c) includes forestry practices that will ensure that the timber, forest crops, and
6other vegetation that will be cut or otherwise affected will be restored to the greatest
7extent possible.
AB1-ASA1,11,10 8(2) The requirement under sub. (1) (d) does not apply to forest cropland that
9is within a mining site described in a preapplication notification under s. 295.465 or
10in an application for a ferrous mining permit under s. 295.58.
AB1-ASA1,41q 11Section 41q. 77.883 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1,11,14 1277.883 Ferrous mining. (1) The department may not issue an order of
13withdrawal under s. 77.88 (1) based on the cutting of timber or other activities on
14managed forest land if all of the following requirements are met:
AB1-ASA1,11,1615 (a) The cutting or activity is necessary to engage in bulk sampling, as defined
16in s. 295.41 (7).
AB1-ASA1,11,1817 (b) The area that will be affected by the cutting or the activity does not exceed
185 acres.
AB1-ASA1,11,2119 (c) A bulk sampling plan has been filed with the department under s. 295.45
20and all approvals that are required for bulk sampling have been issued by the
21department.
AB1-ASA1,11,2522 (d) The revegetation plan that is part of the bulk sampling plan described under
23par. (c) includes forestry practices that will ensure that the merchantable timber and
24other vegetation that will be cut or otherwise affected will be restored to the greatest
25extent possible.
AB1-ASA1,12,3
1(2) The requirement under sub. (1) (d) does not apply to managed forest land
2that is within a mining site described in a preapplication notification under s.
3295.465 or in an application for a mining permit under s. 295.58.
AB1-ASA1,12,5 4(3) Section 77.86 (1) (c) and (d) do not apply to cutting of timber or another
5activity on managed forest land if all of the requirements in sub. (1) (a) to (d) are met.
AB1-ASA1,42 6Section 42. 87.30 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 87.30 (2) (a) and amended
7to read:
AB1-ASA1,12,168 87.30 (2) (a) Every Except as provided in par. (b), every structure, building, fill,
9or development placed or maintained within any floodplain in violation of a zoning
10ordinance adopted under this section, or s. 59.69, 61.35 or 62.23 is a public nuisance
11and the creation thereof may be enjoined and maintenance thereof may be abated by
12action at suit of any municipality, the state or any citizen thereof. Any person who
13places or maintains any structure, building, fill or development within any
14floodplain in violation of a zoning ordinance adopted under this section, or s. 59.69,
1561.35 or 62.23 may be fined not more than $50 for each offense. Each day during
16which such violation exists is a separate offense.
AB1-ASA1,43 17Section 43. 87.30 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1,12,2218 87.30 (2) (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a structure, building, fill, or
19development placed or maintained as part of a mining operation covered by a mining
20permit under s. 295.58 except to the extent that regulation of the placement or
21maintenance of the structure, building, fill, or development is required for
22compliance with a floodplain zoning ordinance as provided under s. 295.607 (3).
AB1-ASA1,44 23Section 44. 107.001 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,13,524 107.001 (1) "Exploration mining lease" means any lease, option to lease, option
25to purchase or similar conveyance entered into for the purpose of determining the

1presence, location, quality or quantity of metalliferous nonferrous metallic minerals
2or for the purpose of mining, developing or extracting metalliferous nonferrous
3metallic
minerals, or both under ch. 293. Any lease, option to lease, option to
4purchase or similar conveyance entered into by a mining company is rebuttably
5presumed to be an exploration mining lease.
AB1-ASA1,45 6Section 45. 107.001 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1-ASA1,46 7Section 46. 107.01 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,13,11 8107.01 Rules governing mining rights. (intro.) Where there is no contract
9between the parties or terms established by the landlord to the contrary the following
10rules and regulations shall be applied to mining contracts and leases for the digging
11of ores and nonferrous metallic minerals:
AB1-ASA1,47 12Section 47. 107.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,13,2113 107.01 (2) The discovery of a crevice or range containing ores or minerals
14nonferrous metallic minerals shall entitle the discoverer to the ores or minerals
15nonferrous metallic minerals pertaining thereto, subject to the rent due the
16discoverer's landlord, before as well as after the ores or minerals nonferrous metallic
17minerals
are separated from the freehold; but such miner shall not be entitled to
18recover any ores or minerals nonferrous metallic minerals or the value thereof from
19the person digging on the miner's range in good faith and known to be mining thereon
20until the miner shall have given notice of the miner's claim; and the miner shall be
21entitled to the ores or minerals nonferrous metallic minerals dug after such notice.
AB1-ASA1,48 22Section 48. 107.02 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,14,17 23107.02 Mining statement; penalty. When there is no agreement between the
24parties to any mining lease, license or permit, to mine or remove ore nonferrous
25metallic minerals
from any lands in this state, regulating the method of reporting

1the amount of ore nonferrous metallic minerals taken, the person mining and
2removing the ore or ores nonferrous metallic minerals shall keep proper and correct
3books, and therefrom to make and deliver by or before the fifteenth day of each month
4to the lessor, owner or person entitled thereto, a detailed statement covering the
5operations of the preceding month. The statement shall show the total amount of
6tons or pounds of each kind of ore nonferrous metallic minerals produced; if sold, then
7to whom sold, giving the date of sale, date of delivery to any railroad company,
8naming the company, and the station where delivered or billed for shipment; the
9name and address of the purchaser; the price per ton at which sold and the total value
10of each kind of ore nonferrous metallic minerals so sold. The books shall be always
11open to any owner, lessor, licensor or stockholder, if the owner, lessor or licensor is
12a corporation, and to any person or stockholder interested in any such mining
13operations, for the purpose of inspection and taking copies thereof or abstracts
14therefrom. Any person and every officer, agent or employee of any thereof, who
15violates this section, or who makes any false or incomplete entries on any such books
16or statements, shall be fined not less than $100 or imprisoned in the county jail for
17not more than 3 months or both.
AB1-ASA1,49 18Section 49. 107.03 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,15,3 19107.03 Conflicting claims. In case of conflicting claims to a crevice or range
20bearing ores or nonferrous metallic minerals the court may continue any action to
21enforce a claim or grant any necessary time for the purpose of allowing parties to
22prove up their mines or diggings if it satisfactorily appears necessary to the ends of
23justice. In such case the court or judge may appoint a receiver and provide that the
24mines or diggings be worked under the receiver's direction, subject to the order of the
25court, in such manner as best ascertains the respective rights of the parties. The ores

1or
nonferrous metallic minerals raised by either party pending the dispute shall be
2delivered to the receiver, who may, by order of the court or judge, pay any rent or other
3necessary expenses therefrom.
AB1-ASA1,50 4Section 50. 107.04 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,15,16 5107.04 Lessee's fraud; failure to work mine. Any miner who conceals or
6disposes of any ores or nonferrous metallic minerals or mines or diggings for the
7purpose of defrauding the lessor of rent or who neglects to pay any rent on ores or
8nonferrous metallic minerals raised by the miner for 3 days after the notice thereof
9and claim of the rent, shall forfeit all right to his or her mines, diggings or range; and
10the landlord after the concealment or after 3 days have expired from the time of
11demanding rent, may proceed against the miner to recover possession of the mines
12or diggings in circuit court as in the case of a tenant holding over after the
13termination of the lease. If a miner neglects to work his or her mines or diggings
14according to the usages of miners, without reasonable excuse, he or she shall likewise
15forfeit the mines or diggings and the landlord may proceed against the miner in like
16manner to recover possession of the mines or diggings.
AB1-ASA1,51 17Section 51. 107.11 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,16,4 18107.11 Account of ore nonferrous metallic minerals received. Every
19person operating a metal recovery system and every purchaser of ores and
20nonferrous metallic minerals shall keep a substantially bound book, ruled into
21suitable columns, in which shall be entered from day to day, as ores or nonferrous
22metallic
minerals are received, the following items: the day, month and year when
23received; the name of the person from whom purchased; the name of the person by
24whom hauled and delivered; name of the owner of the land from which the ores or
25nonferrous metallic minerals were obtained, or if not known, the name of the

1diggings or some distinct description of the land. The bound book shall be kept at the
2furnace or at the usual place of business of such person or purchaser or his or her
3agent in this state, and shall be open to authorized representatives of the department
4of revenue at reasonable times for inspection and taking extracts.
AB1-ASA1,52 5Section 52. 107.12 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,16,12 6107.12 Penalty. If any person operating a metal recovery system or purchaser
7of ores and nonferrous metallic minerals or the agent of any such person or purchaser
8doing business fails to keep such a book or to make such entries as required under
9s. 107.11 or unreasonably refuses to show the book for inspection or taking extracts
10or makes false entries in the book he or she shall forfeit $10 for each offense, one-half
11to the use of the prosecutor; and each day such failure or refusal continues shall be
12deemed a distinct and separate offense.
AB1-ASA1,53 13Section 53. 107.20 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,16,2514 107.20 (1) Any provision of an exploration mining lease entered into after April
1525, 1978, granting an option or right to determine the presence, location, quality or
16quantity of metalliferous nonferrous metallic minerals shall be limited to a term not
17exceeding 10 years from the date on which the exploration mining lease is recorded
18in the office of the register of deeds of the county where the property is located, except
19that any provision of an exploration mining lease entered into after April 25, 1978,
20granting an option or right to determine the quality and quantity of metalliferous
21nonferrous metallic minerals under a prospecting permit shall be limited to a term
22not exceeding 10 years from the date that the lessee applies for a prospecting permit
23under s. 293.35, if the lessee applies for the prospecting permit within 10 years from
24the date on which the exploration mining lease is recorded in the office of the register
25of deeds of the county where the property is located.
AB1-ASA1,54
1Section 54. 107.20 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,17,62 107.20 (2) Any provision of an exploration mining lease entered into after April
325, 1978, granting an option or right to develop or extract metalliferous nonferrous
4metallic
minerals shall be limited to a term not exceeding 50 years from the date on
5which the exploration mining lease is recorded in the office of the register of deeds
6of the county where the property is located.
AB1-ASA1,55 7Section 55. 107.30 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,17,128 107.30 (8) "Mining" or "mining operation" has the meaning set forth in s. 293.01
9(9)
means all or part of the process involved in the mining of metallic minerals, other
10than for exploration or prospecting, including commercial extraction,
11agglomeration, beneficiation, construction of roads, removal of overburden, and the
12production of refuse
.
AB1-ASA1,56 13Section 56. 107.30 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,18,214 107.30 (15) "Prospecting" has the meaning set forth in s. 293.01 (18) means
15engaging in the examination of an area for the purpose of determining the quality
16and quantity of minerals, other than for exploration but including the obtaining of
17an ore sample, by such physical means as excavating, trenching, construction of
18shafts, ramps, and tunnels and other means, other than for exploration, which the
19department of natural resources, by rule, identifies, and the production of
20prospecting refuse and other associated activities. "Prospecting" does not include
21such activities when the activities are, by themselves, intended for and capable of
22commercial exploitation of the underlying ore body. The fact that prospecting
23activities and construction may have use ultimately in mining, if approved, does not
24mean that prospecting activities and construction constitute mining within the

1meaning of sub. (8), provided such activities and construction are reasonably related
2to prospecting requirements
.
AB1-ASA1,57 3Section 57. 107.30 (16) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,18,64 107.30 (16) "Prospecting site" has the meaning set forth in s. 293.01 (21) means
5the lands on which prospecting is actually conducted as well as those lands on which
6physical disturbance will occur as a result of such activity
.
AB1-ASA1,58 7Section 58. 160.19 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,18,148 160.19 (12) The requirements in this section shall not apply to rules governing
9an activity regulated under ch. 293 or subch. III of ch. 295, or to a solid waste facility
10regulated under subch. III of ch. 289 which is part of an activity regulated under ch.
11293 or subch. III of ch. 295, except that the department may promulgate new rules
12or amend rules governing this type of activity, practice or facility if the department
13determines that the amendment or promulgation of rules is necessary to protect
14public health, safety or welfare.
AB1-ASA1,59 15Section 59. 196.491 (3) (a) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
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