AB436,11,1715 77.88 (5) (b) 1. An amount equal to the past tax liability multiplied by the
16number of years since the renewal, less any amounts paid by the owner under ss.
1777.84 (2) (a), and (am), and (bp) and 77.87.
AB436,45 18Section 45. 77.88 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,11,2119 77.88 (5) (b) 2. Five percent of the stumpage value of the merchantable timber
20on the land, less any amounts paid by the owner under ss. 77.84 (2) (a), and (am), and
21(bp)
and 77.87.
AB436,46 22Section 46. 77.88 (9) (d) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 77.88 (9) (d) and
23amended to read:
AB436,12,224 77.88 (9) (d) Except as provided in subd. 2., a A withdrawal order issued before
25December 15 of any year takes effect on the January 1 after the date of issuance, and

1a withdrawal order issued on or after December 15 of any year takes effect on the 2nd
2January 1 after the date of issuance.
AB436,47 3Section 47. 77.88 (9) (d) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB436,48 4Section 48. 77.883 of the statutes is repealed.
AB436,49 5Section 49. 77.89 (2) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
6is amended to read:
AB436,12,137 77.89 (2) (a) Each municipal treasurer shall pay 20% of each payment received
8under sub. (1) (a) and (b) and under ss. 77.84 (2) (a), and (am), and (bp), 77.85, and
977.876 to the county treasurer and shall deposit the remainder in the municipal
10treasury. The payment to the county treasurer for money received before November
111 of any year shall be made on or before the November 15 after its receipt. For money
12received on or after November 1 of any year, the payment to the county treasurer
13shall be made on or before November 15 of the following year.
AB436,50 14Section 50. 87.30 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 87.30 (2) and amended
15to read:
AB436,12,2416 87.30 (2) Except as provided in par. (b), every Every structure, building, fill,
17or development placed or maintained within any floodplain in violation of a zoning
18ordinance adopted under this section, or s. 59.69, 61.35 or 62.23 is a public nuisance
19and the creation thereof may be enjoined and maintenance thereof may be abated by
20action at suit of any municipality, the state or any citizen thereof. Any person who
21places or maintains any structure, building, fill or development within any
22floodplain in violation of a zoning ordinance adopted under this section, or s. 59.69,
2361.35 or 62.23 may be fined not more than $50 for each offense. Each day during
24which such violation exists is a separate offense.
AB436,51 25Section 51. 87.30 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB436,52
1Section 52. 107.001 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,13,82 107.001 (1) "Exploration mining lease" means any lease, option to lease, option
3to purchase or similar conveyance entered into for the purpose of determining the
4presence, location, quality or quantity of nonferrous metallic metalliferous minerals
5or for the purpose of mining, developing or extracting nonferrous metallic
6metalliferous minerals, or both under ch. 293. Any lease, option to lease, option to
7purchase or similar conveyance entered into by a mining company is rebuttably
8presumed to be an exploration mining lease.
AB436,53 9Section 53. 107.001 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB436,13,1110 107.001 (2) "Metalliferous minerals" means naturally occurring minerals that
11contain metal.
AB436,54 12Section 54. 107.01 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,13,16 13107.01 Rules governing mining rights. (intro.) Where there is no contract
14between the parties or terms established by the landlord to the contrary the following
15rules and regulations shall be applied to mining contracts and leases for the digging
16of nonferrous metallic ores and minerals:
AB436,55 17Section 55. 107.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,14,218 107.01 (2) The discovery of a crevice or range containing nonferrous metallic
19ores or minerals shall entitle the discoverer to the nonferrous metallic ores or
20minerals pertaining thereto, subject to the rent due the discoverer's landlord, before
21as well as after the nonferrous metallic ores or minerals are separated from the
22freehold; but such miner shall not be entitled to recover any nonferrous metallic ores
23or
minerals or the value thereof from the person digging on the miner's range in good
24faith and known to be mining thereon until the miner shall have given notice of the

1miner's claim; and the miner shall be entitled to the nonferrous metallic ores or
2minerals dug after such notice.
AB436,56 3Section 56. 107.02 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,14,22 4107.02 Mining statement; penalty. When there is no agreement between the
5parties to any mining lease, license or permit, to mine or remove nonferrous metallic
6minerals
ore from any lands in this state, regulating the method of reporting the
7amount of nonferrous metallic minerals ore taken, the person mining and removing
8the nonferrous metallic minerals ore or ores shall keep proper and correct books, and
9therefrom to make and deliver by or before the fifteenth day of each month to the
10lessor, owner or person entitled thereto, a detailed statement covering the operations
11of the preceding month. The statement shall show the total amount of tons or pounds
12of each kind of nonferrous metallic minerals ore produced; if sold, then to whom sold,
13giving the date of sale, date of delivery to any railroad company, naming the company,
14and the station where delivered or billed for shipment; the name and address of the
15purchaser; the price per ton at which sold and the total value of each kind of
16nonferrous metallic minerals ore so sold. The books shall be always open to any
17owner, lessor, licensor or stockholder, if the owner, lessor or licensor is a corporation,
18and to any person or stockholder interested in any such mining operations, for the
19purpose of inspection and taking copies thereof or abstracts therefrom. Any person
20and every officer, agent or employee of any thereof, who violates this section, or who
21makes any false or incomplete entries on any such books or statements, shall be fined
22not less than $100 or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 3 months or both.
AB436,57 23Section 57. 107.03 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,15,8 24107.03 Conflicting claims. In case of conflicting claims to a crevice or range
25bearing nonferrous metallic ores or minerals the court may continue any action to

1enforce a claim or grant any necessary time for the purpose of allowing parties to
2prove up their mines or diggings if it satisfactorily appears necessary to the ends of
3justice. In such case the court or judge may appoint a receiver and provide that the
4mines or diggings be worked under the receiver's direction, subject to the order of the
5court, in such manner as best ascertains the respective rights of the parties. The
6nonferrous metallic ores or minerals raised by either party pending the dispute shall
7be delivered to the receiver, who may, by order of the court or judge, pay any rent or
8other necessary expenses therefrom.
AB436,58 9Section 58. 107.04 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,15,21 10107.04 Lessee's fraud; failure to work mine. Any miner who conceals or
11disposes of any nonferrous metallic ores or minerals or mines or diggings for the
12purpose of defrauding the lessor of rent or who neglects to pay any rent on nonferrous
13metallic
ores or minerals raised by the miner for 3 days after the notice thereof and
14claim of the rent, shall forfeit all right to his or her mines, diggings or range; and the
15landlord after the concealment or after 3 days have expired from the time of
16demanding rent, may proceed against the miner to recover possession of the mines
17or diggings in circuit court as in the case of a tenant holding over after the
18termination of the lease. If a miner neglects to work his or her mines or diggings
19according to the usages of miners, without reasonable excuse, he or she shall likewise
20forfeit the mines or diggings and the landlord may proceed against the miner in like
21manner to recover possession of the mines or diggings.
AB436,59 22Section 59. 107.11 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,16,9 23107.11 Account of nonferrous metallic minerals ore received. Every
24person operating a metal recovery system and every purchaser of nonferrous
25metallic
ores and minerals shall keep a substantially bound book, ruled into suitable

1columns, in which shall be entered from day to day, as nonferrous metallic ores or
2minerals are received, the following items: the day, month and year when received;
3the name of the person from whom purchased; the name of the person by whom
4hauled and delivered; name of the owner of the land from which the nonferrous
5metallic
ores or minerals were obtained, or if not known, the name of the diggings
6or some distinct description of the land. The bound book shall be kept at the furnace
7or at the usual place of business of such person or purchaser or his or her agent in
8this state, and shall be open to authorized representatives of the department of
9revenue at reasonable times for inspection and taking extracts.
AB436,60 10Section 60. 107.12 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,16,17 11107.12 Penalty. If any person operating a metal recovery system or purchaser
12of nonferrous metallic ores and minerals or the agent of any such person or purchaser
13doing business fails to keep such a book or to make such entries as required under
14s. 107.11 or unreasonably refuses to show the book for inspection or taking extracts
15or makes false entries in the book he or she shall forfeit $10 for each offense, one-half
16to the use of the prosecutor; and each day such failure or refusal continues shall be
17deemed a distinct and separate offense.
AB436,61 18Section 61. 107.20 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,17,519 107.20 (1) Any provision of an exploration mining lease entered into after April
2025, 1978, granting an option or right to determine the presence, location, quality or
21quantity of nonferrous metallic metalliferous minerals shall be limited to a term not
22exceeding 10 years from the date on which the exploration mining lease is recorded
23in the office of the register of deeds of the county where the property is located, except
24that any provision of an exploration mining lease entered into after April 25, 1978,
25granting an option or right to determine the quality and quantity of nonferrous

1metallic
metalliferous minerals under a prospecting permit shall be limited to a term
2not exceeding 10 years from the date that the lessee applies for a prospecting permit
3under s. 293.35, if the lessee applies for the prospecting permit within 10 years from
4the date on which the exploration mining lease is recorded in the office of the register
5of deeds of the county where the property is located.
AB436,62 6Section 62. 107.20 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,17,117 107.20 (2) Any provision of an exploration mining lease entered into after April
825, 1978, granting an option or right to develop or extract nonferrous metallic
9metalliferous minerals shall be limited to a term not exceeding 50 years from the date
10on which the exploration mining lease is recorded in the office of the register of deeds
11of the county where the property is located.
AB436,63 12Section 63. 107.30 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,17,1713 107.30 (8) "Mining" or "mining operation" means all or part of the process
14involved in the mining of metallic minerals, other than for exploration or
15prospecting, including commercial extraction, agglomeration, beneficiation,
16construction of roads, removal of overburden, and the production of refuse
has the
17meaning given in s. 293.01 (9)
.
AB436,64 18Section 64. 107.30 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,18,619 107.30 (15) "Prospecting" means engaging in the examination of an area for the
20purpose of determining the quality and quantity of minerals, other than for
21exploration but including the obtaining of an ore sample, by such physical means as
22excavating, trenching, construction of shafts, ramps, and tunnels and other means,
23other than for exploration, which the department of natural resources, by rule,
24identifies, and the production of prospecting refuse and other associated activities.
25"Prospecting" does not include such activities when the activities are, by themselves,

1intended for and capable of commercial exploitation of the underlying ore body. The
2fact that prospecting activities and construction may have use ultimately in mining,
3if approved, does not mean that prospecting activities and construction constitute
4mining within the meaning of sub. (8), provided such activities and construction are
5reasonably related to prospecting requirements
has the meaning given in s. 293.01
6(18)
.
AB436,65 7Section 65. 107.30 (16) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,18,108 107.30 (16) "Prospecting site" means the lands on which prospecting is actually
9conducted as well as those lands on which physical disturbance will occur as a result
10of such activity
has the meaning given in s. 293.01 (21).
AB436,66 11Section 66. 160.19 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,18,1812 160.19 (12) The requirements in this section shall not apply to rules governing
13an activity regulated under ch. 293 or subch. III of ch. 295, or to a solid waste facility
14regulated under subch. III of ch. 289 which is part of an activity regulated under ch.
15293 or subch. III of ch. 295, except that the department may promulgate new rules
16or amend rules governing this type of activity, practice or facility if the department
17determines that the amendment or promulgation of rules is necessary to protect
18public health, safety or welfare.
AB436,67 19Section 67. 196.491 (3) (a) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,19,920 196.491 (3) (a) 3. b. Except as provided under subd. 3. c., within Within 20 days
21after the department provides a listing specified in subd. 3. a. to a person, the person
22shall apply for the permits and approvals identified in the listing. The department
23shall determine whether an application under this subd. 3. b. is complete and, no
24later than 30 days after the application is filed, notify the applicant about the
25determination. If the department determines that the application is incomplete, the

1notice shall state the reason for the determination. An applicant may supplement
2and refile an application that the department has determined to be incomplete.
3There is no limit on the number of times that an applicant may refile an application
4under this subd. 3. b. If the department fails to determine whether an application
5is complete within 30 days after the application is filed, the application shall be
6considered to be complete. Except as provided in s. 30.025 (4), the department shall
7complete action on an application under this subd. 3. b. for any permit or approval
8that is required prior to construction of a facility within 120 days after the date on
9which the application is determined or considered to be complete.
AB436,68 10Section 68. 196.491 (3) (a) 3. c. of the statutes is repealed.
AB436,69 11Section 69. 196.491 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,19,1912 196.491 (4) (b) 2. The person shows to the satisfaction of the commission that
13the person reasonably anticipates, at the time that construction of the equipment or
14facilities commences, that on each day that the equipment and facilities are in
15operation the person will consume no less than 70% of the aggregate kilowatt hours
16output from the equipment and facilities in manufacturing processes at the site
17where the equipment and facilities are located or in ferrous mineral mining and
18processing activities governed by subch. III of ch. 295 at the site where the equipment
19and facilities are located
.
AB436,70 20Section 70. 227.483 (3) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB436,71 21Section 71. 281.36 (3g) (h) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,20,322 281.36 (3g) (h) 2. If, within 30 days after an application under subd. 1. is
23received by the department, the department does not either request additional
24information or inform the applicant that a wetland individual permit will be required
25as provided in par. (i), the discharge shall be considered to be authorized under the

1wetland general permit and the applicant may proceed without further notice,
2hearing, permit, or approval if the discharge is carried out in compliance with all of
3the conditions of the general permit, except as provided in s. 295.60 (3) (b).
AB436,72 4Section 72. 281.65 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,20,175 281.65 (2) (a) "Best management practices" means practices, techniques or
6measures, except for dredging, identified in areawide water quality management
7plans, which are determined to be effective means of preventing or reducing
8pollutants generated from nonpoint sources, or from the sediments of inland lakes
9polluted by nonpoint sources, to a level compatible with water quality objectives
10established under this section and which do not have an adverse impact on fish and
11wildlife habitat. The practices, techniques or measures include land acquisition,
12storm sewer rerouting and the removal of structures necessary to install structural
13urban best management practices, facilities for the handling and treatment of
14milkhouse wastewater, repair of fences built using grants under this section and
15measures to prevent or reduce pollutants generated from mine tailings disposal sites
16for which the department has not approved a plan of operation under s. 289.30 or s.
17295.51
.
AB436,73 18Section 73. 281.75 (17) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,20,2019 281.75 (17) (b) This section does not apply to contamination which is
20compensable under subch. II of ch. 107 or s. 293.65 (4) or 295.61 (8).
AB436,74 21Section 74. 283.84 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,20,2522 283.84 (3m) A person engaged in mining, as defined in s. 293.01 (9) or 295.41
23(26)
, prospecting, as defined in s. 293.01 (18), bulk sampling, as defined in s. 295.41
24(7),
or nonmetallic mining, as defined in s. 295.11 (3), may not enter into an
25agreement under sub. (1).
AB436,75
1Section 75. 287.13 (5) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,21,72 287.13 (5) (e) Solid waste produced by a commercial business or industry which
3is disposed of or held for disposal in an approved facility, as defined under s. 289.01
4(3), or a mining waste site, as defined in s. 295.41 (31), covered by a mining permit
5under s. 295.58,
owned or leased by the generator or on which the generator holds
6an easement
and designed and constructed for the purpose of accepting that type of
7solid waste.
AB436,76 8Section 76. 289.62 (2) (g) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,21,109 289.62 (2) (g) 2. For nonhazardous tailing solids or for nonacid producing
10taconite tailing solids
, 0.2 cent per ton.
AB436,77 11Section 77. 289.62 (2) (g) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,21,1312 289.62 (2) (g) 6. For nonhazardous waste rock or for nonacid producing taconite
13waste rock
, 0.1 cent per ton.
AB436,78 14Section 78. 292.01 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,21,1615 292.01 (1m) "Approved mining facility" has the meaning given in s. 289.01 (4)
16and includes a mining waste site, as defined in s. 295.41 (31).
AB436,79 17Section 79. Chapter 293 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,21,1818 CHAPTER 293
AB436,21,19 19NONFERROUS METALLIC MINING
AB436,80 20Section 80. 293.01 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,22,221 293.01 (5) "Mineral exploration" or "exploration", unless the context requires
22otherwise, means the on-site geologic examination from the surface of an area by
23core, rotary, percussion or other drilling, where the diameter of the hole does not
24exceed 18 inches, for the purpose of searching for nonferrous metallic minerals or
25establishing the nature of a known nonferrous metallic mineral deposit, and includes

1associated activities such as clearing and preparing sites or constructing roads for
2drilling.
AB436,81 3Section 81. 293.01 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,22,134 293.01 (7) "Merchantable by-product" means all waste soil, rock, mineral,
5liquid, vegetation and other material directly resulting from or displaced by the
6mining, cleaning or preparation of nonferrous metallic minerals during mining
7operations which are determined by the department to be marketable upon a
8showing of marketability made by the operator, accompanied by a verified statement
9by the operator of his or her intent to sell such material within 3 years from the time
10it results from or is displaced by mining. If after 3 years from the time merchantable
11by-product results from or is displaced by mining such material has not been
12transported off the mining site, it shall be considered and regulated as refuse unless
13removal is continuing at a rate of more than 12,000 cubic yards per year.
AB436,82 14Section 82. 293.01 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
AB436,22,1615 293.01 (8) "Minerals" mean unbeneficiated metallic ore but does not include
16mineral aggregates such as stone, sand, and gravel.
AB436,83 17Section 83. 293.01 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,22,2118 293.01 (9) "Mining" or "mining operation" means all or part of the process
19involved in the mining of nonferrous metallic minerals, other than for exploration or
20prospecting, including commercial extraction, agglomeration, beneficiation,
21construction of roads, removal of overburden and the production of refuse.
AB436,84 22Section 84. 293.01 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,23,323 293.01 (12) "Mining site" means the surface area disturbed by a mining
24operation, including the surface area from which the nonferrous metallic minerals
25or refuse or both have been removed, the surface area covered by refuse, all lands

1disturbed by the construction or improvement of haulageways, and any surface areas
2in which structures, equipment, materials and any other things used in the mining
3operation are situated.
AB436,85 4Section 85. 293.01 (12m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB436,86 5Section 86. 293.01 (18) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,23,186 293.01 (18) "Prospecting" means engaging in the examination of an area for the
7purpose of determining the quality and quantity of nonferrous metallic minerals,
8other than for exploration but including the obtaining of a nonferrous metallic
9mineral an ore sample, by such physical means as excavating, trenching,
10construction of shafts, ramps and tunnels and other means, other than for
11exploration, which the department, by rule, identifies, and the production of
12prospecting refuse and other associated activities. "Prospecting" shall not include
13such activities when the activities are, by themselves, intended for and capable of
14commercial exploitation of the underlying nonferrous ore body. However, the fact
15that prospecting activities and construction may have use ultimately in mining, if
16approved, shall not mean that prospecting activities and construction constitute
17mining within the meaning of sub. (9), provided such activities and construction are
18reasonably related to prospecting requirements.
AB436,87 19Section 87. 293.01 (25) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,23,2520 293.01 (25) "Refuse" means all waste soil, rock, mineral, liquid, vegetation and
21other material, except merchantable by-products, directly resulting from or
22displaced by the prospecting or mining and from the cleaning or preparation of
23nonferrous metallic minerals during prospecting or mining operations, and shall
24include all waste materials deposited on or in the prospecting or mining site from
25other sources.
AB436,88
1Section 88. 293.21 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,24,32 293.21 (1) (a) "Driller" means a person who performs core, rotary, percussion
3or other drilling involved in exploration for nonferrous metallic minerals.
AB436,89 4Section 89. 293.25 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,24,125 293.25 (2) (a) Applicability. Except as provided under par. (b), ss. 293.21 and
6293.81 and rules promulgated under those sections apply to radioactive waste site
7exploration, to activities related to radioactive waste site exploration and to persons
8engaging in or intending to engage in radioactive waste site exploration or related
9activities in the same manner as those sections and rules are applicable to
10nonferrous metallic mineral exploration, to activities related to nonferrous metallic
11mineral exploration and to persons engaging in or intending to engage in nonferrous
12metallic
mineral exploration or related activities.
AB436,90 13Section 90. 293.25 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB436,24,2214 293.25 (4) Regulation of exploration and related provisions. Sections
15293.13, 293.15 (1) to (12), 293.85, 293.87 and 293.89 and rules promulgated under
16those sections apply to radioactive waste site exploration, to activities related to
17radioactive waste site exploration and to persons engaging in or intending to engage
18in radioactive waste site exploration or related activities in the same manner as
19those sections and rules are applicable to nonferrous metallic mineral exploration,
20to activities related to nonferrous metallic mineral exploration and to persons
21engaging in or intending to engage in nonferrous metallic mineral exploration or
22related activities.
AB436,91 23Section 91. 293.37 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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