AB150, s. 1266 14Section 1266. 23.0915 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,608,1715 23.0915 (2m) (b) Before spending any of the moneys set aside under par. (a),
16the department of tourism and parks, in consultation with the city of Milwaukee and
17other interested parties, shall develop a plan to finance the state park.
AB150, s. 1267 18Section 1267. 23.096 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,608,2419 23.096 (2) The department may award grants to nonprofit conservation
20organizations to acquire property for the purposes described in ss. 23.09 (19), 23.092,
2123.094, 23.17, 23.175, 23.27, 23.29, 23.293 27.0135, 27.0136 and 30.277 (2) (a). For
22grants for the purposes described in ss. 27.0135 and 27.0136, the department of
23tourism and parks shall determine the recipients of the grants and the amounts of
24the grants.
AB150, s. 1268 25Section 1268. 23.096 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,609,3
123.096 (3) (intro.) In Except as provided in sub. (3m), in order to receive a grant
2under this section, the nonprofit conservation organization shall enter into a
3contract with the department that contains all of the following provisions:
AB150, s. 1269 4Section 1269. 23.096 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,609,85 23.096 (3m) In order to receive a grant under this section for the purposes
6described in ss. 27.0135 and 27.0136, the nonprofit conservation organization shall
7enter into a contract with the department of tourism and parks that contains all of
8the provisions under sub. (3).
AB150, s. 1270 9Section 1270. 23.096 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,609,1110 23.096 (4) (a) 1. The department that entered into the contract under sub. (3)
11approves the subsequent sale or transfer.
AB150, s. 1271 12Section 1271. 23.096 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,609,1513 23.096 (4) (a) 2. The party to whom the property is sold or transferred enters
14into a new contract with the department specified in subd. 1. that contains the
15provisions under sub. (3).
AB150, s. 1272 16Section 1272. 23.096 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,609,1917 23.096 (4) (b) The nonprofit conservation organization may subsequently sell
18or transfer the acquired property to satisfy a debt or other obligation if the
19department that entered the contract under sub. (3) approves the sale or transfer.
AB150, s. 1273 20Section 1273. 23.098 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 23.098 (2) (a) and
21amended to read:
AB150,610,222 23.098 (2) (a) The department of natural resources and the department of
23tourism and parks
shall establish jointly administer a program to that will expend
24in each fiscal year up to $100,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (tz) for

1grants to friends groups for projects for property development activities in state
2parks or state forests.
AB150, s. 1274 3Section 1274. 23.098 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,610,84 23.098 (2) (c) In promulgating the rules under par. (b) that will apply to state
5parks or southern state forests, the department of tourism and parks must approve
6the criteria established before the rules are promulgated. Any dispute regarding the
7criteria shall be resolved by the secretary of administration determining which
8criteria will be promulgated.
AB150, s. 1275 9Section 1275. 23.098 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,610,1410 23.098 (2) (d) In determining which friends group will receive a grant under
11this section for a state park or a southern state forest, the department of tourism and
12parks and the department of natural resources shall both approve each grant. Any
13dispute regarding which friends groups will receive a grant under this section shall
14be resolved by the secretary of administration.
AB150, s. 1276 15Section 1276. 23.098 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 23.098 (2) (b).
AB150, s. 1277 16Section 1277. 23.098 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,610,1917 23.098 (4) (a) The department of tourism and parks shall periodically prepare
18a list of projects in state parks and state forests that are eligible for grants under this
19section and shall include in the list the estimated cost of each project.
AB150, s. 1278 20Section 1278. 23.11 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,611,521 23.11 (1) In addition to the powers and duties heretofore conferred and imposed
22upon said department by this chapter it shall have and take the general care,
23protection and supervision of all state parks, of all state fish hatcheries and lands
24used therewith, of all state forests that are not southern state forests, and of all lands
25owned by the state or in which it has any interests, except lands the care and

1supervision of which are vested in some other officer, body or board; and said
2department is granted such further powers as may be necessary or convenient to
3enable it to exercise the functions and perform the duties required of it by this
4chapter and by other provisions of law. But it may not perform any act upon state
5lands held for sale that will diminish their salable value.
AB150, s. 1279 6Section 1279. 23.117 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0138 (title).
AB150, s. 1280 7Section 1280. 23.117 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0138 (1).
AB150, s. 1281 8Section 1281. 23.117 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0138 (2).
AB150, s. 1282 9Section 1282. 23.117 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,611,1410 23.117 (4) Any council that is created by the natural resources board under s.
1115.04 (1) (c) to advise the department on the opening of trails in state parks and in
12the Kettle Moraine state forest for use by bicycles shall have its recommendations
13regarding such use reviewed and approved by the natural resources board
14department 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 15Section 1283. 23.117 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act ....
16(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 17Section 1284. 23.12 of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 1285 18Section 1285. 23.13 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,612,2 1923.13 Governor to be informed. The board of commissioners of public lands
20and, the department of natural resources and the department of tourism and parks
21shall furnish to the governor upon the governor's request a copy of any paper,

1document or record in their respective offices and give the governor orally such
2information as the governor may call for.
AB150, s. 1286 3Section 1286. 23.14 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,612,15 423.14 Approval required before new lands acquired. Prior to the initial
5acquisition of any lands by the department after July 1, 1977 by the department of
6natural resources or by the department of tourism and parks
, for any new facility or
7project, the proposed initial acquisition shall be submitted to the governor for his or
8her approval. New facilities or projects include, without limitation because of
9enumeration, state parks, state forests, recreation areas, state natural resource
10management areas,
public shooting, trapping or fishing grounds or waters, fish
11hatcheries, game farms, forest nurseries, experimental stations, endangered species
12preservation areas, picnic and camping grounds, hiking trails, cross-country ski
13trails, bridle trails, nature trails, bicycle trails, snowmobile trails, youth camps, land
14in the lower Wisconsin state riverway as defined in s. 30.40 (15), natural areas and
15wild rivers.
AB150, s. 1287 16Section 1287. 23.15 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,612,18 1723.15 (title) Sale of certain state-owned lands under the jurisdiction
18of the department of natural resources
.
AB150, s. 1288 19Section 1288. 23.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,612,2520 23.15 (1) The natural resources board secretary may sell, at public or private
21sale, lands and structures owned by the state under the jurisdiction of the
22department of natural resources when the natural resources board secretary
23determines that said the lands are no longer necessary for the state's use for
24conservation purposes and, if real property, the real property is not the subject of a
25petition under s. 16.375 (2).
AB150, s. 1289
1Section 1289. 23.15 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,613,72 23.15 (1m) The secretary of tourism and parks may sell, at public or private
3sale, lands and structures owned by the state under the jurisdiction of the
4department of tourism and parks in the state park system when the department
5determines that the lands are no longer necessary for the state's use for conservation
6purposes and, if real property, the real property is not the subject of a petition under
7s. 16.375 (2).
AB150, s. 1290 8Section 1290. 23.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,613,179 23.15 (2) Said natural resources board The secretary shall present to the
10governor a full and complete report of the lands to be sold, the reason for the sale,
11the price for which said the lands should be sold together with and an application for
12the their sale of the same. The governor shall thereupon make such investigation
13as the governor deems necessary respecting said lands to be sold
may investigate the
14proposed sale
and approve or disapprove such the application. If the governor shall
15approve the same,
approves the application for the sale, the governor shall issue a
16permit shall be issued by the governor for such for the sale on the terms set forth in
17the application.
AB150, s. 1291 18Section 1291. 23.15 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act ....
19(this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB150,613,2520 23.15 (2) The secretary of natural resources and the secretary of tourism and
21parks shall present to the governor a full and complete report of the lands to be sold,
22the reason for the sale, the price for which the lands should be sold and an application
23for their sale. The governor may investigate the proposed sale and approve or
24disapprove the application. If the governor approves the application for the sale, the
25governor 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 1Section 1292. 23.15 (2m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,614,52 23.15 (2m) (a) (intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the natural resources board
3secretary shall sell, at fair market value, land in the lower Wisconsin state riverway,
4as defined in s. 30.40 (15), that is not exempt under s. 30.48 (2) and that is acquired
5by the department after August 9, 1989, if all of the following conditions are met:
AB150, s. 1293 6Section 1293. 23.15 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,614,97 23.15 (2m) (b) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the natural resources board secretary
8is not required to make a finding that land to be sold under par. (a) is no longer
9necessary for the state's use for conservation purposes.
AB150, s. 1294 10Section 1294. 23.15 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,614,1611 23.15 (3) Upon completion of such the sale, the chairperson and secretary of
12the natural resources board, or
the secretary of natural resources, if the secretary is
13duly authorized by the natural resources board,
shall execute such the instruments
14as that are necessary to transfer title and the natural resources board or its duly
15authorized agents
shall deliver the same instruments to the purchaser upon
16payment of the amount set forth in the application.
AB150, s. 1295 17Section 1295. 23.15 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act ....
18(this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB150,615,319 23.15 (3) Upon completion of the sale for lands under the jurisdiction of the
20department of natural resources, the secretary shall execute the necessary
21instruments to transfer title and shall deliver the instruments to the purchaser upon
22payment of the amount set forth in the application. Upon completion of the sale of
23lands under the jurisdiction of the department of tourism and parks, the secretary

1of tourism and parks shall execute the necessary instruments to transfer title and
2shall deliver the instruments to the purchaser upon payment of the amount set forth
3in the application.
****Note: This is reconciled s. 23.15 (3). This Section has been affected by
LRB-2161 and LRB-1779.
AB150, s. 1296 4Section 1296. 23.15 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,615,115 23.15 (4) Said natural resources board effecting the sale of any such lands and
6structures shall, upon receiving payment therefor,
The secretary shall deposit the
7funds received from the sale in the conservation fund to be used exclusively for the
8purpose of purchasing
to purchase other areas of land for the creating and
9establishing of
public hunting and fishing grounds, wildlife and fish refuges and,
10state parks and for land in the lower Wisconsin state riverway as defined in s. 30.40
11(15).
AB150, s. 1297 12Section 1297. 23.15 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act ....
13(this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB150,615,1814 23.15 (4) The secretary shall deposit the funds received from the sale in the
15conservation fund to be used exclusively to purchase other areas of land for public
16hunting and fishing grounds, wildlife and fish refuges and state natural resource
17management areas and for land in the lower Wisconsin state riverway as defined in
18s. 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 19Section 1298. 23.15 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,616,220 23.15 (4m) The secretary of tourism and parks shall upon receiving payment
21under sub. (3), deposit the funds in the conservation fund to be used exclusively for

1the purpose of purchasing other areas of land for the creation and establishment of
2areas in the state park system.
AB150, s. 1299 3Section 1299. 23.15 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,616,74 23.15 (5) (b) Biennially, beginning on January 1, 1984, the department of
5natural resources and the department of tourism and parks
shall submit to the state
6building commission and the joint committee on finance an inventory of surplus land
7containing the description, location and fair market value of each parcel.
AB150, s. 1300 8Section 1300. 23.17 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0135 (title).
AB150, s. 1301 9Section 1301. 23.17 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0135 (1).
AB150, s. 1302 10Section 1302. 23.17 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0135 (2) and amended
11to read:
AB150,616,1612 27.0135 (2) Designation. The ice age national scenic trail, as provided for in
1316 USC 1244 (a) (10), plus the lands adjacent to each side of that trail designated by
14the department of natural resources or by the department of tourism and parks,
15beginning on the effective date of this subsection.... [revisor inserts date]
, is
16designated a state scenic trail, to be known as the "Ice Age Trail".
AB150, s. 1303 17Section 1303. 23.17 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0135 (3).
AB150, s. 1304 18Section 1304. 23.17 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0135 (4) and amended
19to read:
AB150,616,2320 27.0135 (4) Powers of the department. The department may acquire land for
21the ice age trail under s. 23.09 (2) (d) 10., and may develop the ice age trail on lands
22under its ownership or under the ownership of the department of natural resources
23along the trail route.
AB150, s. 1305 24Section 1305. 23.17 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0135 (5).
AB150, s. 1306
1Section 1306. 23.17 (5g) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0135 (5g) and
2amended to read:
AB150,617,53 27.0135 (5g) Permitted uses. The construction on or use of land designated by
4the department
as part of the ice age trail under this section and s. 23.293 27.0136
5is a permitted use under any zoning ordinance enacted by a municipality.
AB150, s. 1307 6Section 1307. 23.17 (5r) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0135 (5r).
AB150, s. 1308 7Section 1308. 23.17 (6) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0135 (6) (title).
AB150, s. 1309 8Section 1309. 23.17 (6) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0135 (6) (a) and
9amended to read:
AB150,617,1110 27.0135 (6) (a) This section does not limit the authority of the department to
11designate other trails under s. 23.115 27.0137.
AB150, s. 1310 12Section 1310. 23.17 (6) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0135 (6) (b).
AB150, s. 1311 13Section 1311. 23.175 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0134 (title).
AB150, s. 1312 14Section 1312. 23.175 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0134 (1).
AB150, s. 1313 15Section 1313. 23.175 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,617,2016 23.175 (1) (b) "State agency" means any office, department, agency, institution
17of higher education, association, society or other body in state government created
18or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law which is entitled to expend
19moneys appropriated by law, including any authority created under ch. 231, 233 or
20234 but not including the legislature or the courts.
AB150, s. 1314 21Section 1314. 23.175 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 27.0134 (2).
AB150, s. 1315 22Section 1315. 23.175 (3) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated,
23renumbered 27.0134 (3) and amended to read:
AB150,617,2524 27.0134 (3)Powers of the department. The department may: (a) Develop
25develop and construct state trails on lands under its ownership.
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