AB40,916,2221 85.25 (2) (c) 1m. b. It is currently performing a useful business function as
22defined in s. 560.036 490.04 (1) (h).
AB40, s. 2257 23Section 2257. 85.26 (1) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 2258 24Section 2258. 85.26 (1) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated,
25renumbered 85.26 (1) and amended to read:
AB40,917,6
185.26 (1) In this section: (a) "Intercity, "intercity bus service" means regularly
2scheduled bus service for the general public that operates with limited stops over
3fixed routes connecting 2 or more urban areas not in close proximity, that has the
4capacity for transporting baggage carried by passengers, and that makes meaningful
5connections with scheduled intercity bus service to more distant points if service to
6more distant points is available.
AB40, s. 2259 7Section 2259. 85.26 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 2260 8Section 2260. 85.26 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 2261 9Section 2261. 85.26 (2) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 2262 10Section 2262. 85.26 (2) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated,
11renumbered 85.26 (2) (a) and amended to read:
AB40,917,1612 85.26 (2) (a) The department shall develop and administer an intercity bus
13assistance program to increase the availability of intercity bus service in this state.
14Under this program, the department may do any of the following: 1. Contract
may
15contract
with private providers of intercity bus service to support intercity bus
16service routes of the provider.
AB40, s. 2263 17Section 2263. 85.26 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 2264 18Section 2264. 85.26 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,917,2319 85.26 (2) (b) (intro.) All expenditures under the program for contracts under
20par. (a)
shall be made from the appropriations appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (bq),
21(bv), and
(bx). The department may not enter into any contract under par. (a) 1., or
22award any grant under par. (a) 2., that provides funds to support any intercity bus
23service route in an amount exceeding the lesser of the following:
AB40, s. 2265 24Section 2265. 85.26 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 2266 25Section 2266. 85.26 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 2267
1Section 2267. 85.26 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 2268 2Section 2268. 86.30 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,918,63 86.30 (2) (a) 3. For each mile of road or street under the jurisdiction of a
4municipality as determined under s. 86.302, the mileage aid payment shall be $1,956
5in calendar year 2008, $2,015 in calendar year 2009,
$2,055 in calendar year 2010,
6and $2,117 in calendar year 2011, and $2,053 in calendar year 2012 and thereafter.
AB40, s. 2269 7Section 2269. 86.30 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,918,128 86.30 (2) (b) 1. Except as provided under par. (d) and s. 86.303 (5), no
9municipality whose aid is determined under par. (a) 2. may receive an increase in its
10annual transportation aid payment in excess of 15% of its last previous calendar year
11aid payment or a decrease in its annual transportation aid payment in excess of 5%
1215 percent of its last previous calendar year transportation aid payment.
AB40, s. 2270 13Section 2270. 86.30 (2) (b) 1g. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,918,1714 86.30 (2) (b) 1g. Except as provided under par. (d) and s. 86.303 (5), no
15municipality whose aid is determined under par. (a) 3. may receive a decrease in its
16annual transportation aid payment in excess of 5% 15 percent of its last previous
17calendar year transportation aid payment.
AB40, s. 2271 18Section 2271. 86.30 (2) (b) 1r. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,918,2319 86.30 (2) (b) 1r. Except as provided under s. 86.303, no county may receive an
20increase in its annual transportation aid payment in excess of 15% of its last previous
21calendar year aid payment. Except as provided under par. (dm) and s. 86.303, no
22county may receive a decrease in its annual transportation aid payment in excess of
232% 15 percent of its last previous calendar year transportation aid payment.
AB40, s. 2272 24Section 2272. 86.30 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,919,6
186.30 (9) (b) For the purpose of calculating and distributing aids under sub. (2),
2the amounts for aids to counties are $96,492,900 in calendar year 2008, $99,387,700
3in calendar year 2009,
$101,375,500 in calendar year 2010, and $104,416,800 in
4calendar year 2011, and $93,975,100 in calendar year 2012 and thereafter. These
5amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to determine the statewide county
6average cost-sharing percentage in the particular calendar year.
AB40, s. 2273 7Section 2273. 86.30 (9) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,919,148 86.30 (9) (c) For the purpose of calculating and distributing aids under sub. (2),
9the amounts for aids to municipalities are $303,578,100 in calendar year 2008,
10$312,685,400 in calendar year 2009,
$318,939,100 in calendar year 2010, and
11$328,507,300 in calendar year 2011, and $295,656,600 in calendar year 2012 and
12thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to determine the
13statewide municipal average cost-sharing percentage in the particular calendar
14year.
AB40, s. 2274 15Section 2274. 86.303 (5) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,919,2016 86.303 (5) (e) Except as provided in par. (f), if a county or municipality fails to
17submit a substantially complete and accurate financial report form by the applicable
18date under par. (c) or (d) each year, the aids payable to the county or municipality
19during the following year shall be equal to 90% 85 percent of the aids actually paid
20to the county or municipality under s. 86.30 (2) during the preceding year.
AB40, s. 2275 21Section 2275. 86.303 (5) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,919,2522 86.303 (5) (f) 2. The amount of aids payable to the county or municipality under
23s. 86.30 (2) during the following year may not be reduced to less than 90% 85 percent
24of the aids actually paid to the county or municipality under s. 86.30 (2) during the
25preceding year.
AB40, s. 2276
1Section 2276. 86.303 (5) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,920,62 86.303 (5) (h) Except as provided in par. (i), if a county or municipality under
3par. (g) fails to submit the financial reports required under par. (g) by July 31 each
4year, the aids payable to the county or municipality during the following year shall
5be equal to 90% 85 percent of the aids actually paid to the county or municipality
6under s. 86.30 (2) during the preceding year.
AB40, s. 2277 7Section 2277. 86.303 (5) (i) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,920,118 86.303 (5) (i) 2. The amount of aids payable to the county or municipality under
9s. 86.30 (2) during the following year may not be reduced to less than 90% 85 percent
10of the aids actually paid to the county or municipality under s. 86.30 (2) during the
11preceding year.
AB40, s. 2278 12Section 2278. 86.303 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,920,2113 86.303 (7) (b) If the county or municipality fails to conduct an independent
14audit when ordered to do so by the department, the aids payable during the following
15year shall be equal to 90% 85 percent of the aids actually paid during the preceding
16year. If the department has reason to believe that the 90% 85 percent payment will
17be greater than the actual payment should be, the department may itself order an
18independent audit and deduct the audit costs from the transportation aids paid to
19the county or municipality under s. 86.30 (2). Any underpayment or overpayment
20of aids resulting from financial reporting errors shall be rectified by adjusting aids
21paid in the following year.
AB40, s. 2279 22Section 2279. 91.04 (2) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,920,2523 91.04 (2) (j) Rezoning of land out of farmland preservation zoning districts
24under s. 91.48, including the amounts of conversion fees paid to political subdivisions
25under s. 91.48 (1) (b)
.
AB40, s. 2280
1Section 2280. 91.48 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,921,52 91.48 (1) (intro.) A political subdivision with a certified farmland preservation
3zoning ordinance may rezone land out of a farmland preservation zoning district
4without having the rezoning certified under s. 91.36, if all of the following apply the
5political subdivision finds all of the following, after public hearing
:
AB40, s. 2281 6Section 2281. 91.48 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 2282 7Section 2282. 91.48 (1) (a) 1. to 4. of the statutes are renumbered 91.48 (1) (a)
8to (d).
AB40, s. 2283 9Section 2283. 91.48 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 2284 10Section 2284. 91.48 (2) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated,
11renumbered 91.48 (2) and amended to read:
AB40,921,1612 91.48 (2) A political subdivision shall by March of 1 of each year provide all of
13the following
to the department: (a) A a report of the number of acres that the
14political subdivision has rezoned out of a farmland preservation zoning district
15under sub. (1) during the previous year and a map that clearly shows the location of
16those acres.
AB40, s. 2285 17Section 2285. 91.48 (2) (b) and (c) of the statutes are repealed.
AB40, s. 2286 18Section 2286. 91.48 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,921,2119 91.48 (3) A political subdivision that is not a county shall by March 1 of each
20year submit a copy of the information that it reports to the department under sub.
21(2) (a) and (b) to the county in which the political subdivision is located.
AB40, s. 2287 22Section 2287. 91.49 of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 2288 23Section 2288. 92.025 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,922,224 92.025 (4) Interim goal; state-run farms. The soil erosion rate on individual
25cropland fields of farms owned by the University of Wisconsin System , the University

1of Wisconsin–Madison,
or any other department or agency of state government does
2not exceed the tolerable soil erosion level on or after July 1, 1990.
AB40, s. 2289 3Section 2289. 92.04 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,922,74 92.04 (2) (g) Advise the University of Wisconsin System and University of
5Wisconsin–Madison
. The board shall advise the University of Wisconsin System and
6University of Wisconsin–Madison
annually on needed research and educational
7programs relating to soil and water conservation.
AB40, s. 2290 8Section 2290. 92.05 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,922,129 92.05 (3) (d) Advise University of Wisconsin System and University of
10Wisconsin–Madison
. The department shall advise the University of Wisconsin
11System and University of Wisconsin–Madison annually on developing research and
12educational programs relating to soil and water conservation.
AB40, s. 2291 13Section 2291. 92.07 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,922,1914 92.07 (5) Educational and other programs. Each land conservation
15committee may encourage research and educational, informational and public
16service programs, advise the University of Wisconsin–Madison and University of
17Wisconsin System on educational needs and assist the University of
18Wisconsin–Madison and
University of Wisconsin System and the department in
19implementing educational programs under ss. 36.25 37.25 (7), 59.56 (3) and 92.05.
AB40, s. 2292 20Section 2292. 92.07 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,922,2521 92.07 (15) Administration and enforcement of ordinances. A land
22conservation committee may, if authorized by the county board, administer and
23enforce those provisions of an ordinance enacted under s. 101.65 (1) (a) related to
24construction site erosion, a zoning ordinance enacted under s. 59.693 or an ordinance
25enacted under authority granted under s. 281.33 (3m) 101.1206.
AB40, s. 2293
1Section 2293. 93.07 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,923,132 93.07 (3) Promotion of agriculture. To promote the interests of agriculture,
3dairying, horticulture, manufacturing, commercial fishing and the domestic arts and
4to advertise Wisconsin and its dairy, food, and agricultural products by conducting
5campaigns of education throughout the United States and in foreign markets. Such
6campaigns shall include the distribution of educational and advertising material
7concerning Wisconsin and its plant, animal, food, and dairy products. The
8department shall coordinate efforts by the state to advertise and promote
9agricultural products of this state, with the department of commerce Wisconsin
10Economic Development Corporation
where appropriate. The department shall
11submit its request and plan for market development program expenditures for each
12biennium with its biennial budget request. The plan shall include the identification
13and priority of expenditures for each market development program activity.
AB40, s. 2294 14Section 2294. 93.07 (18) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,923,1815 93.07 (18) (b) (intro.) In consultation with the department of commerce
16Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, to do all of the following for each
17economic development program administered by the department of agriculture,
18trade and consumer protection:
AB40, s. 2295 19Section 2295. 93.07 (20) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,923,2120 93.07 (20) (title) Economic development assistance coordination and
21reporting.
AB40, s. 2296 22Section 2296. 93.07 (20) of the statutes is renumbered 93.07 (20) (b) and
23amended to read:
AB40,924,624 93.07 (20) (b) Annually, no later than October 1, to submit to the joint
25legislative audit committee and to the appropriate standing committees of the

1legislature under s. 13.172 (3) a comprehensive report assessing economic
2development programs, as defined in sub. (18) (a), administered by the department.
3The report shall include all of the information required under s. 560.01 (2) (am)
4238.07 (2). The department shall collaborate with the department of commerce
5Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to make readily accessible to the
6public on an Internet-based system the information required under this subsection.
AB40, s. 2297 7Section 2297. 93.07 (20) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,924,98 93.07 (20) (a) The department shall coordinate any economic development
9assistance with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
AB40, s. 2298 10Section 2298. 93.07 (26) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,924,1411 93.07 (26) Alternative fuel refueling facilities. To pursue in cooperation
12with the office of energy independence,
the establishment and maintenance of
13sufficient alternative fuel refueling facilities at public retail outlets to meet the
14traveling needs of the public.
AB40, s. 2299 15Section 2299. 93.33 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,925,316 93.33 (5) Annual report. (intro.) In September of each year, the council shall
17submit a report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature as
18determined by the speaker of the assembly and the president of the senate, under s.
1913.172 (3), the governor, the secretary of agriculture, trade and consumer protection,
20the state superintendent of public instruction, the secretary of workforce
21development, the secretary of natural resources, the secretary of commerce chief
22executive officer of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
, the president
23of the University of Wisconsin System, the director of the technical college system,
24the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Extension, the chancellor of the
25University of Wisconsin-Madison, the chancellor of the University of

1Wisconsin-Platteville, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls,
2and the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The council shall
3include all of the following in the report:
AB40, s. 2300 4Section 2300. 93.42 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,925,75 93.42 (1) (e) Cooperating with the department of commerce Wisconsin
6Economic Development Corporation
in promoting the state's products through the
7state's foreign trade offices.
AB40, s. 2301 8Section 2301. 93.42 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 2302 9Section 2302. 93.45 of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 2303 10Section 2303. 93.46 (1) (am) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 2304 11Section 2304. 93.46 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,925,1412 93.46 (2) (c) The department may not fund any project under this subsection
13if the proposed length of the project exceeds 3 years. The total funding to a single
14project under this subsection may not exceed $50,000 $100,000.
AB40, s. 2305 15Section 2305. 93.46 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 2306 16Section 2306. 93.48 of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 2307 17Section 2307. 93.73 of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 2308 18Section 2308. 93.80 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,925,22 1993.80 Arsenic in wood. The department, jointly with the department of
20commerce safety and professional services, shall review scientific evidence to
21determine whether there is a substantial likelihood that wood treated with copper,
22chromium, and arsenic is harmful to the environment or to human health.
AB40, s. 2309 23Section 2309. 96.01 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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