AB150: Bill Text

AB150, s. 1266 Section 1266. 23.0915 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,608,17 23.0915 (2m) (b) Before spending any of the moneys set aside under par. (a), the department of tourism and parks, in consultation with the city of Milwaukee and other interested parties, shall develop a plan to finance the state park.

AB150, s. 1267 Section 1267. 23.096 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,608,24 23.096 (2) The department may award grants to nonprofit conservation organizations to acquire property for the purposes described in ss. 23.09 (19), 23.092, 23.094, 23.17, 23.175, 23.27, 23.29, 23.293 27.0135, 27.0136 and 30.277 (2) (a). For grants for the purposes described in ss. 27.0135 and 27.0136, the department of tourism and parks shall determine the recipients of the grants and the amounts of the grants.

AB150, s. 1268 Section 1268. 23.096 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,609,3 23.096 (3) (intro.) In Except as provided in sub. (3m), in order to receive a grant under this section, the nonprofit conservation organization shall enter into a contract with the department that contains all of the following provisions:

AB150, s. 1269 Section 1269. 23.096 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,609,8 23.096 (3m) In order to receive a grant under this section for the purposes described in ss. 27.0135 and 27.0136, the nonprofit conservation organization shall enter into a contract with the department of tourism and parks that contains all of the provisions under sub. (3).

AB150, s. 1270 Section 1270. 23.096 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,609,11 23.096 (4) (a) 1. The department that entered into the contract under sub. (3) approves the subsequent sale or transfer.

AB150, s. 1271 Section 1271. 23.096 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,609,15 23.096 (4) (a) 2. The party to whom the property is sold or transferred enters into a new contract with the department specified in subd. 1. that contains the provisions under sub. (3).

AB150, s. 1272 Section 1272. 23.096 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,609,19 23.096 (4) (b) The nonprofit conservation organization may subsequently sell or transfer the acquired property to satisfy a debt or other obligation if the department that entered the contract under sub. (3) approves the sale or transfer.

AB150, s. 1273 Section 1273. 23.098 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 23.098 (2) (a) and amended to read:

AB150,610,2 23.098 (2) (a) The department of natural resources and the department of tourism and parks shall establish jointly administer a program to that will expend in each fiscal year up to $100,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (tz) for grants to friends groups for projects for property development activities in state parks or state forests.

AB150, s. 1274 Section 1274. 23.098 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,610,8 23.098 (2) (c) In promulgating the rules under par. (b) that will apply to state parks or southern state forests, the department of tourism and parks must approve the criteria established before the rules are promulgated. Any dispute regarding the criteria shall be resolved by the secretary of administration determining which criteria will be promulgated.

AB150, s. 1275 Section 1275. 23.098 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,610,14 23.098 (2) (d) In determining which friends group will receive a grant under this section for a state park or a southern state forest, the department of tourism and parks and the department of natural resources shall both approve each grant. Any dispute regarding which friends groups will receive a grant under this section shall be resolved by the secretary of administration.

AB150, s. 1276 Section 1276. 23.098 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 23.098 (2) (b).

AB150, s. 1277 Section 1277. 23.098 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,610,19 23.098 (4) (a) The department of tourism and parks shall periodically prepare a list of projects in state parks and state forests that are eligible for grants under this section and shall include in the list the estimated cost of each project.

AB150, s. 1278 Section 1278. 23.11 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,611,5 23.11 (1) In addition to the powers and duties heretofore conferred and imposed upon said department by this chapter it shall have and take the general care, protection and supervision of all state parks, of all state fish hatcheries and lands used therewith, of all state forests that are not southern state forests, and of all lands owned by the state or in which it has any interests, except lands the care and supervision of which are vested in some other officer, body or board; and said department is granted such further powers as may be necessary or convenient to enable it to exercise the functions and perform the duties required of it by this chapter and by other provisions of law. But it may not perform any act upon state lands held for sale that will diminish their salable value.

AB150, s. 1279 Section 1279. 23.117 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0138 (title).

AB150, s. 1280 Section 1280. 23.117 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0138 (1).

AB150, s. 1281 Section 1281. 23.117 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0138 (2).

AB150, s. 1282 Section 1282. 23.117 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,611,14 23.117 (4) Any council that is created by the natural resources board under s. 15.04 (1) (c) to advise the department on the opening of trails in state parks and in the Kettle Moraine state forest for use by bicycles shall have its recommendations regarding such use reviewed and approved by the natural resources board department before they are implemented.

****Note: This is reconciled s. 23.117 (4). This section is affected by LRB-2161 and LRB-1779.

AB150, s. 1283 Section 1283. 23.117 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 27.0138 (3).

****Note: This is reconciled s. 23.117 (4). The Section is affected by LRB-2161 and LRB-1779.

AB150, s. 1284 Section 1284. 23.12 of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 1285 Section 1285. 23.13 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,612,2 23.13 Governor to be informed. The board of commissioners of public lands and, the department of natural resources and the department of tourism and parks shall furnish to the governor upon the governor's request a copy of any paper, document or record in their respective offices and give the governor orally such information as the governor may call for.

AB150, s. 1286 Section 1286. 23.14 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,612,15 23.14 Approval required before new lands acquired. Prior to the initial acquisition of any lands by the department after July 1, 1977 by the department of natural resources or by the department of tourism and parks, for any new facility or project, the proposed initial acquisition shall be submitted to the governor for his or her approval. New facilities or projects include, without limitation because of enumeration, state parks, state forests, recreation areas, state natural resource management areas, public shooting, trapping or fishing grounds or waters, fish hatcheries, game farms, forest nurseries, experimental stations, endangered species preservation areas, picnic and camping grounds, hiking trails, cross-country ski trails, bridle trails, nature trails, bicycle trails, snowmobile trails, youth camps, land in the lower Wisconsin state riverway as defined in s. 30.40 (15), natural areas and wild rivers.

AB150, s. 1287 Section 1287. 23.15 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,612,18 23.15 (title) Sale of certain state-owned lands under the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources.

AB150, s. 1288 Section 1288. 23.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,612,25 23.15 (1) The natural resources board secretary may sell, at public or private sale, lands and structures owned by the state under the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources when the natural resources board secretary determines that said the lands are no longer necessary for the state's use for conservation purposes and, if real property, the real property is not the subject of a petition under s. 16.375 (2).

AB150, s. 1289 Section 1289. 23.15 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,613,7 23.15 (1m) The secretary of tourism and parks may sell, at public or private sale, lands and structures owned by the state under the jurisdiction of the department of tourism and parks in the state park system when the department determines that the lands are no longer necessary for the state's use for conservation purposes and, if real property, the real property is not the subject of a petition under s. 16.375 (2).

AB150, s. 1290 Section 1290. 23.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,613,17 23.15 (2) Said natural resources board The secretary shall present to the governor a full and complete report of the lands to be sold, the reason for the sale, the price for which said the lands should be sold together with and an application for the their sale of the same. The governor shall thereupon make such investigation as the governor deems necessary respecting said lands to be sold may investigate the proposed sale and approve or disapprove such the application. If the governor shall approve the same, approves the application for the sale, the governor shall issue a permit shall be issued by the governor for such for the sale on the terms set forth in the application.

AB150, s. 1291 Section 1291. 23.15 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB150,613,25 23.15 (2) The secretary of natural resources and the secretary of tourism and parks shall present to the governor a full and complete report of the lands to be sold, the reason for the sale, the price for which the lands should be sold and an application for their sale. The governor may investigate the proposed sale and approve or disapprove the application. If the governor approves the application for the sale, the governor shall issue a permit for the sale on the terms set forth in the application.

****Note: This is reconciled s. 23.15 (2). This Section is affected by LRB-2161 and LRB-1779.

AB150, s. 1292 Section 1292. 23.15 (2m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,614,5 23.15 (2m) (a) (intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the natural resources board secretary shall sell, at fair market value, land in the lower Wisconsin state riverway, as defined in s. 30.40 (15), that is not exempt under s. 30.48 (2) and that is acquired by the department after August 9, 1989, if all of the following conditions are met:

AB150, s. 1293 Section 1293. 23.15 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,614,9 23.15 (2m) (b) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the natural resources board secretary is not required to make a finding that land to be sold under par. (a) is no longer necessary for the state's use for conservation purposes.

AB150, s. 1294 Section 1294. 23.15 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,614,16 23.15 (3) Upon completion of such the sale, the chairperson and secretary of the natural resources board, or the secretary of natural resources, if the secretary is duly authorized by the natural resources board, shall execute such the instruments as that are necessary to transfer title and the natural resources board or its duly authorized agents shall deliver the same instruments to the purchaser upon payment of the amount set forth in the application.

AB150, s. 1295 Section 1295. 23.15 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB150,615,3 23.15 (3) Upon completion of the sale for lands under the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources, the secretary shall execute the necessary instruments to transfer title and shall deliver the instruments to the purchaser upon payment of the amount set forth in the application. Upon completion of the sale of lands under the jurisdiction of the department of tourism and parks, the secretary of tourism and parks shall execute the necessary instruments to transfer title and shall deliver the instruments to the purchaser upon payment of the amount set forth in the application.

****Note: This is reconciled s. 23.15 (3). This Section has been affected by LRB-2161 and LRB-1779.

AB150, s. 1296 Section 1296. 23.15 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,615,11 23.15 (4) Said natural resources board effecting the sale of any such lands and structures shall, upon receiving payment therefor, The secretary shall deposit the funds received from the sale in the conservation fund to be used exclusively for the purpose of purchasing to purchase other areas of land for the creating and establishing of public hunting and fishing grounds, wildlife and fish refuges and, state parks and for land in the lower Wisconsin state riverway as defined in s. 30.40 (15).

AB150, s. 1297 Section 1297. 23.15 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB150,615,18 23.15 (4) The secretary shall deposit the funds received from the sale in the conservation fund to be used exclusively to purchase other areas of land for public hunting and fishing grounds, wildlife and fish refuges and state natural resource management areas and for land in the lower Wisconsin state riverway as defined in s. 30.40 (15).

****Note: This is reconciled s. 23.15 (4). This Section has been affected by LRB-2161 and LRB-1779.

AB150, s. 1298 Section 1298. 23.15 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,616,2 23.15 (4m) The secretary of tourism and parks shall upon receiving payment under sub. (3), deposit the funds in the conservation fund to be used exclusively for the purpose of purchasing other areas of land for the creation and establishment of areas in the state park system.

AB150, s. 1299 Section 1299. 23.15 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,616,7 23.15 (5) (b) Biennially, beginning on January 1, 1984, the department of natural resources and the department of tourism and parks shall submit to the state building commission and the joint committee on finance an inventory of surplus land containing the description, location and fair market value of each parcel.

AB150, s. 1300 Section 1300. 23.17 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0135 (title).

AB150, s. 1301 Section 1301. 23.17 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0135 (1).

AB150, s. 1302 Section 1302. 23.17 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0135 (2) and amended to read:

AB150,616,16 27.0135 (2) Designation. The ice age national scenic trail, as provided for in 16 USC 1244 (a) (10), plus the lands adjacent to each side of that trail designated by the department of natural resources or by the department of tourism and parks, beginning on the effective date of this subsection.... [revisor inserts date], is designated a state scenic trail, to be known as the "Ice Age Trail".

AB150, s. 1303 Section 1303. 23.17 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0135 (3).

AB150, s. 1304 Section 1304. 23.17 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0135 (4) and amended to read:

AB150,616,23 27.0135 (4) Powers of the department. The department may acquire land for the ice age trail under s. 23.09 (2) (d) 10., and may develop the ice age trail on lands under its ownership or under the ownership of the department of natural resources along the trail route.

AB150, s. 1305 Section 1305. 23.17 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0135 (5).

AB150, s. 1306 Section 1306. 23.17 (5g) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0135 (5g) and amended to read:

AB150,617,5 27.0135 (5g) Permitted uses. The construction on or use of land designated by the department as part of the ice age trail under this section and s. 23.293 27.0136 is a permitted use under any zoning ordinance enacted by a municipality.

AB150, s. 1307 Section 1307. 23.17 (5r) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0135 (5r).

AB150, s. 1308 Section 1308. 23.17 (6) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0135 (6) (title).

AB150, s. 1309 Section 1309. 23.17 (6) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0135 (6) (a) and amended to read:

AB150,617,11 27.0135 (6) (a) This section does not limit the authority of the department to designate other trails under s. 23.115 27.0137.

AB150, s. 1310 Section 1310. 23.17 (6) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0135 (6) (b).

AB150, s. 1311 Section 1311. 23.175 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0134 (title).

AB150, s. 1312 Section 1312. 23.175 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0134 (1).

AB150, s. 1313 Section 1313. 23.175 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,617,20 23.175 (1) (b) "State agency" means any office, department, agency, institution of higher education, association, society or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law which is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including any authority created under ch. 231, 233 or 234 but not including the legislature or the courts.

AB150, s. 1314 Section 1314. 23.175 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0134 (2).

AB150, s. 1315 Section 1315. 23.175 (3) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 27.0134 (3) and amended to read:

AB150,617,25 27.0134 (3) Powers of the department. The department may: (a) Develop develop and construct state trails on lands under its ownership.