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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
May 2, 2023 - Introduced by Senators Testin, Cowles, Carpenter, Larson, Pfaff,
Quinn and Spreitzer, cosponsored by Representatives Krug, Shankland,
Dittrich, C. Anderson, Baldeh, Bare, Billings, Cabrera, Conley, Considine,
Doyle, Emerson, Green, Joers, Kitchens, Mursau, Ohnstad, Palmeri,
Rozar, Sinicki, Snodgrass and Spiros. Referred to Committee on Natural
Resources and Energy.
SB269,1,4 1An Act to create 20.370 (1) (fq), 20.370 (6) (dr) and 23.22 (2) (g) of the statutes;
2relating to: grants to map, control, eradicate, monitor, and minimize the
3spread of wild parsnip; funding for the Bureau of Natural Heritage
4Conservation; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Natural Resources, under its statewide
program to control invasive species, to award up to $100,000 in each fiscal year in
the 2023-25 fiscal biennium in grants to local governments or American Indian
tribes or bands that have declared wild parsnip to be a noxious weed for projects on
public or private land to map, control, eradicate, monitor, and minimize the spread
of wild parsnip. The bill allows a grant recipient to collaborate with a regional
conservation organization on a project funded by the grant. Under the bill, an
individual grant may not exceed $10,000 and a grantee may not be awarded more
than one grant per grant cycle.
The bill appropriates $50,000 in each fiscal year in the 2023-25 fiscal biennium
to the Bureau of Natural Heritage Conservation.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB269,1
1Section 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
2the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table PDF
SB269,2 3Section 2 . 20.370 (1) (fq) of the statutes is created to read:
SB269,2,54 20.370 (1) (fq) Bureau of natural heritage conservation. The amounts in the
5schedule for staff for the bureau of natural heritage conservation.
SB269,3 6Section 3 . 20.370 (6) (dr) of the statutes is created to read:
SB269,2,97 20.370 (6) (dr) Environmental aids — wild parsnip management grants. From
8the conservation fund, as a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule
9for grants under s. 23.22 (2) (g).
SB269,4 10Section 4. 23.22 (2) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB269,3,611 23.22 (2) (g) Under the program established under par. (a) and from the
12appropriation under s. 20.370 (6) (dr), the department shall award up to $100,000
13in grants to counties, cities, villages, towns, or federally recognized American
14Indians tribes or bands located in this state in each fiscal year for projects to map,
15control, eradicate, monitor, and minimize the spread of wild parsnip on public or
16private land. No individual grant may exceed $10,000 and no grantee may be

1awarded more than one grant per grant cycle. To be eligible for a grant under this
2paragraph, an applicant must have, by ordinance or resolution, declared wild
3parsnip to be a noxious weed. A weed commissioner may apply for a grant under this
4paragraph on behalf of a county, city, village, or town. The recipient of a grant may
5collaborate with a regional conservation organization on a project funded by the
6grant. The department may promulgate rules to administer this grant program.
SB269,5 7Section 5. Effective date.
SB269,3,98 (1) This act takes effect on the day after publication, or on the 2nd day after
9publication of the 2023 biennial budget act, whichever is later.
SB269,3,1010 (End)
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