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23.0915
(1) (Lg) Henry Aaron State Park Trail, a total of $290,000, to be
17expended beginning in fiscal year 1997-98 and ending in fiscal year 1999-2000.
SB77-SSA1,426,2019
23.0915
(1) (Lr) Flambeau Mine Trail, a total of $100,000, to be expended
20beginning in fiscal year 1997-98 and ending in fiscal year 1999-2000.
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23.0915
(1) (n) Crex Meadows Wildlife Area education center, a total of
23$250,000, to be expended beginning in fiscal year 1997-98 and ending in fiscal year
241999-2000.
SB77-SSA1, s. 766m
1Section 766m. 23.0915 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 23.0915 (2) (a) 1.
2and amended to read:
SB77-SSA1,427,113
23.0915
(2) (a) 1. Beginning with fiscal year 1990-91, if the department
4expends in a given fiscal year an amount from the moneys appropriated under s.
520.866 (2) (tz) for a purpose under sub. (1) (a) or (c) to (k) that is less than the amount
6designated for that purpose for that given fiscal year under sub. (1) (a) or (c) to (k),
7the department may adjust the expenditure limit under the stewardship program for
8that purpose by raising the expenditure limit, as it may have been previously
9adjusted under this paragraph and par. (b)
1., for the next fiscal year by the amount
10that equals the difference between the amount designated for that purpose and the
11amount expended for that purpose in that given fiscal year.
SB77-SSA1,427,2113
23.0915
(2) (a) 2. Beginning with fiscal year 1997-98, if the department
14expends in a given fiscal year an amount from the moneys appropriated under s.
1520.866 (2) (tz) for a purpose under sub. (1) (kg) or (kr) that is less than the amount
16designated for that purpose for that given fiscal year under sub. (1) (kg) or (kr), the
17department may adjust the expenditure limit under the stewardship program for
18that purpose by raising the expenditure limit, as it may have been previously
19adjusted under this paragraph and par. (b) 2., for the next fiscal year by the amount
20that equals the difference between the amount designated for that purpose and the
21amount expended for that purpose in that given fiscal year.
SB77-SSA1, s. 766p
22Section 766p. 23.0915 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 23.0915 (2) (b) 1.
23and amended to read:
SB77-SSA1,428,824
23.0915
(2) (b) 1. Beginning with fiscal year 1990-91, if the department
25expends in a given fiscal year an amount from the moneys appropriated under s.
120.866 (2) (tz) for a purpose under sub. (1) (a) or (c) to (k) that is more than the amount
2designated for that purpose for that given fiscal year under sub. (1) (a) or (c) to (k),
3the department shall adjust the expenditure limit under the stewardship program
4for that purpose by lowering the expenditure limit, as it may have been previously
5adjusted under this paragraph and par. (a)
1., for the next fiscal year by an amount
6equal to the remainder calculated by subtracting the amount designated for that
7purpose from the amount expended, as it may be affected under par. (c) or (d), for that
8purpose in that given fiscal year.
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23.0915
(2) (b) 2. Beginning with fiscal year 1997-98, if the department
11expends in a given fiscal year an amount from the moneys appropriated under s.
1220.866 (2) (tz) for a purpose under sub. (1) (kg) or (kr) that is more than the amount
13designated for that purpose for that given fiscal year under sub. (1) (kg) or (kr), the
14department shall adjust the expenditure limit under the stewardship program for
15that purpose by lowering the expenditure limit, as it may have been previously
16adjusted under this paragraph and par. (a) 2., for the next fiscal year by an amount
17equal to the remainder calculated by subtracting the amount designated for that
18purpose from the amount expended, as it may be affected under par. (c) or (d), for that
19purpose in that given fiscal year.
SB77-SSA1,428,2521
23.0915
(2) (c) The department may not expend in a fiscal year an amount from
22the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (tz) for a purpose under sub. (1) (a) or
23(c) to
(k) (kr) that exceeds the amount equal to the expenditure limit for that purpose
24as it may have been previously adjusted under pars. (a) and (b), except as provided
25in par. (d).
SB77-SSA1, s. 766s
1Section 766s. 23.0915 (2) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB77-SSA1,429,72
23.0915
(2) (d) (intro.) In a given fiscal year, in addition to expending the
3amount designated for a purpose under sub. (1) (a) or (c) to
(k) (kr), or the amount
4equal to the expenditure limit for that purpose, as adjusted under pars. (a) and (b),
5whichever amount is applicable, the department may also expend for that purpose
6up to 50% of the designated amount for that purpose for the given fiscal year for a
7project or activity if the natural resources board determines all of the following:
SB77-SSA1,429,119
23.0915
(2j) Flambeau Mine Trail. (a) From the moneys appropriated under
10s. 20.866 (2) (tz), before June 30, 2000, the department shall expend $100,000 for the
11Flambeau Mine Trail and Rusk County visitor center.
SB77-SSA1,429,1312
(b) For purposes of sub. (1) and s. 23.17, moneys expended under this
13subsection shall be treated as moneys expended for trails.
SB77-SSA1, s. 766u
14Section 766u. 23.0915 (2m) (e) and (em) of the statutes are created to read:
SB77-SSA1,429,1715
23.0915
(2m) (e) From the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (tz), the
16department shall set aside for the period of time specified in sub. (1) (Lg) $290,000
17for the Henry Aaron State Park Trail in the Henry Aaron State Park.
SB77-SSA1,429,1918
(em) For purposes of sub. (1), moneys expended under par. (e) shall be treated
19as moneys expended for wildlife habitat restoration under s. 23.092.
SB77-SSA1,429,2421
23.0915
(2r) Acquisition of Grandfather Falls Recreation Area. (a) Subject
22to par. (b), from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (tz), the department shall
23expend the moneys necessary to purchase approximately 1,485 acres of land in
24Lincoln County that is commonly known as the Grandfather Falls Recreation Area.
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1(b) The department may not expend more than $2,138,000 for the land specified
2under par. (a).
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(c) For purposes of sub. (1), moneys expended under par. (a) may be treated as
4moneys expended for any of the purposes specified under sub. (1) (a) to (k) or any
5combination of those purposes.
SB77-SSA1,430,137
23.0915
(3m) Crex Meadows Wildlife Area education center. (a) From the
8moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (tz), the department shall set aside during
9fiscal year 1997-98 for the period of time specified in sub. (1) (n) $250,000 for a project
10to construct and equip a wildlife education center for Crex Meadows Wildlife Area.
11Expenditures under this paragraph shall be made in a manner that, for every $3
12received by the department from private grants, gifts or bequests for the project, $1
13will be expended from the moneys under this paragraph.
SB77-SSA1,430,1514
(b) The department shall expedite the planning, design and development of the
15education center.
SB77-SSA1,430,1716
(c) For purposes of sub. (1), moneys set aside by the department under this
17subsection shall be treated as moneys for general property development.
SB77-SSA1,430,20
1923.0925 Open space protection program. (1) Definition. In this section,
20"local governmental unit" means a city, village, town or county.
SB77-SSA1,430,24
21(2) Grants. (a) The department shall establish a program, beginning in fiscal
22year 1997-98, to expend from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (tz) moneys for
23grants to local governmental units and to nonprofit conservation organizations
24under s. 23.096 to acquire conservation easements for the protection of open space.
SB77-SSA1,431,5
1(b) A conservation easement acquired with an open space protection grant
2awarded under this section or under s. 23.096 shall run with the land and shall bind
3all subsequent purchasers and any other successors to an interest in the land. An
4open space protection grant awarded under this section or s. 23.096 may be used to
5acquire a conservation easement in agricultural or forest land.
SB77-SSA1,431,8
6(3) Amount of grant. An open space protection grant awarded under this
7section or under s. 23.096 may not exceed 75% of the cost of acquiring the
8conservation easement.
SB77-SSA1,431,12
9(4) Limit on spending. Except as provided in s. 23.0915 (2), the department in
10each fiscal year may not expend from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (tz) more
11than $2,000,000 for open space protection grants awarded under this section or
12under s. 23.096.
SB77-SSA1,431,1514
23.094
(2) (c) 2. The
erosion control
land and resource management planning
15program under s. 92.10.
SB77-SSA1,431,18
1723.0945 Bluff protection program. (1) Definition. In this section, "local
18governmental unit" means a city, village, town or county.
SB77-SSA1,431,23
19(2) Grants. The department shall establish a program, beginning in fiscal year
201997-98, to expend from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (tz) moneys for grants
21to local governmental units and to nonprofit conservation organizations under s.
2223.096 to acquire bluff land for the purposes of environmental protection and
23environmental management.
SB77-SSA1,431,25
24(3) Amount of grant. A bluff protection grant awarded under this section or
25s. 23.096 may not exceed 50% of the cost of acquiring the bluff land.
SB77-SSA1,432,4
1(4) Limit on spending. Except as provided in s. 23.0915 (2), the department in
2each fiscal year may not expend from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (tz) more
3than $500,000 for bluff protection grants awarded under this section or under s.
423.096.
SB77-SSA1,432,8
5(5) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules to administer and
6implement this section, including standards for awarding bluff land protection
7grants under this section and under s. 23.096. The department by rule shall define
8"bluff land" for purposes of this section.
SB77-SSA1,432,1810
23.0955
(3) From the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (tz), the department
11may expend $100,000 to provide one grant to a nonprofit corporation that is
12organized in this state, that is described under section
501 (c) (3) or (4) of the Internal
13Revenue Code and that is exempt from taxation under section 501 (a) of the the
14Internal Revenue Code to provide training and technical assistance to local
15governmental units to assist them in the establishment of projects for the acquisition
16of conservation easements to protect open space. For purposes of s. 23.0915 (1) and
17this section, the moneys expended under this subsection shall be treated as moneys
18for open space protection.
SB77-SSA1,432,2420
23.096
(2) The department may award grants to nonprofit conservation
21organizations to acquire property for the purposes described in ss. 23.09 (19)
and
22(20), 23.092, 23.094,
23.0945, 23.17, 23.175, 23.27, 23.29, 23.293 and 30.277 (2) (a).
23The department may award grants to nonprofit conservation organizations to
24acquire conservation easements under s. 23.0925.
SB77-SSA1,433,8
123.0962 Grant to a nonprofit conservation organization for Black
2Point Estate. (1) If the department of administration acquires as a gift the
3property, known as Black Point Estate, that is located on Lake Geneva in the county
4of Walworth, town of Linn, in fractional Sec. 8, T. 1 N., R. 17 E., and if the joint
5committee on finance approves the gift under s. 20.907 (1), the department of natural
6resources shall make a grant of $1,800,000, from the appropriation under s. 20.370
7(5) (cq), to a nonprofit conservation organization that meets all of the following
8requirements:
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(a) The nonprofit conservation organization is a nonprofit corporation, a
10charitable trust or other nonprofit association that is described in section
501 (c) (3)
11of the Internal Revenue Code and is exempt from federal tax under section
501 (a)
12of the Internal Revenue Code.
SB77-SSA1,433,1413
(b) The nonprofit conservation organization has, as its primary purpose, the
14preservation of the property known as Black Point Estate.
SB77-SSA1,433,1815
(c) The nonprofit conservation organization has a board of directors that
16consists of representatives of the state, of the family who donated Black Point Estate
17to the state, of local units of government that have an interest in Black Point Estate
18and of civic organizations that have an interest in Black Point Estate.
SB77-SSA1,433,2219
(d) The nonprofit conservation organization acquires a conservation easement
20in the property, the terms of which are subject to approval of the department of
21natural resources, to be held by the organization for the purpose of preserving Black
22Point Estate.
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(e) The nonprofit conservation organization makes a commitment, with
24guarantees determined to be adequate by the department of natural resources, to use
1the grant under this section and any additional funds donated to the organization
2to fund an endowment for the operation and maintenance of Black Point Estate.
SB77-SSA1,434,5
3(2) If the nonprofit conservation organization does not use the grant under this
4section in the manner required under sub. (1) (e), the nonprofit conservation
5organization shall reimburse the department in an amount equal to the grant.
SB77-SSA1,434,97
23.175
(4m) Priority for brownfields. In awarding grants for trails under s.
823.096, the department shall give higher priority for projects related to brownfields
9redevelopment, as defined in s. 23.09 (19) (a) 1.
SB77-SSA1,434,1511
23.196
(2) (b) For the purpose of establishing the Willow flowage project, the
12department may expend up to an amount equal to the total amount available for the
13purchase of land. For purposes of ss. 23.09
(2r) (a)
(2q) and 23.0915 (1), moneys
14expended under this paragraph shall be treated as moneys expended for the lower
15Wisconsin state riverway acquisition.
SB77-SSA1,435,517
23.27
(3) (a)
Duties. The department, with the advice of the council, shall
18conduct a natural heritage inventory program. The department shall cooperate with
19the land information board under s. 16.967 in conducting this program. This
20program shall establish a system for determining the existence and location of
21natural areas, the degree of endangerment of natural areas, an evaluation of the
22importance of natural areas, information related to the associated natural values of
23natural areas and other information and data related to natural areas. This program
24shall establish a system for determining the existence and location of native plant
25and animal communities and endangered, threatened and critical species, the
1degree of endangerment of these communities and species, the existence and location
2of habitat areas associated with these communities and species and other
3information and data related to these communities and species. This program shall
4establish and coordinate standards for the collection, storage
, recall and display of 5and management of information and data related to the natural heritage inventory.
SB77-SSA1, s. 769ad
6Section 769ad. 23.27 (3) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
7.... (this act), is amended to read:
SB77-SSA1,435,218
23.27
(3) (a)
Duties. The department, with the advice of the council, shall
9conduct a natural heritage inventory program.
The department shall cooperate with
10the land information board under s. 16.967 in conducting this program. This
11program shall establish a system for determining the existence and location of
12natural areas, the degree of endangerment of natural areas, an evaluation of the
13importance of natural areas, information related to the associated natural values of
14natural areas and other information and data related to natural areas. This program
15shall establish a system for determining the existence and location of native plant
16and animal communities and endangered, threatened and critical species, the
17degree of endangerment of these communities and species, the existence and location
18of habitat areas associated with these communities and species and other
19information and data related to these communities and species. This program shall
20establish and coordinate standards for the collection, storage and management of
21information and data related to the natural heritage inventory.
SB77-SSA1,436,823
23.27
(3) (b)
Access to information; fees. The department shall make
24information
and data from the natural heritage inventory program available to any
25individual or public or private agency for research, educational, environmental, land
1management or similar authorized purposes. The department may establish a fee
2to be
charged collected to recover the actual cost of
collecting, storing, managing, 3compiling and providing this information
and data. The department may reduce or
4waive the fee established under this paragraph if the department determines that
5a waiver or reduction of the fee is in the public interest. The natural heritage
6inventory and related
information and data are not subject to s. 19.35 and the
7department may refuse to release information
or data for any purpose which is not
8authorized.
SB77-SSA1,436,1810
23.27
(4) Natural areas land acquisition; continuing commitment. It is the
11intent of the legislature to continue natural areas land acquisition activities from
12moneys available from the appropriation under ss. 20.370
(1) (kb) (7) (fa) and 20.866
13(2) (ts) and (tz). This commitment is separate from and in addition to the
14commitment to acquire natural areas under the Wisconsin natural areas heritage
15program. Except as provided in s. 23.0915 (2), the department may not expend under
16s. 20.866 (2) (tz) more than $1,500,000 in each fiscal year for natural areas land
17acquisition activities under this subsection and for grants for this purpose under s.
1823.096.
SB77-SSA1,436,2220
23.27
(7) Sale of resources. Moneys received from the sale or lease of
21resources derived from the land in the state natural areas system shall be credited
22to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (1) (fs).
SB77-SSA1,437,924
23.293
(4) Contributions and gifts; state match. The department may accept
25contributions and gifts for the ice age trail program. The department may convert
1gifts of land which it determines are not appropriate for the ice age trail program into
2cash. The department may convert other noncash contributions and gifts into cash.
3These moneys shall be deposited in the general fund and credited to the
4appropriation under s. 20.370
(1) (gg) (7) (gg). An amount equal to the value of all
5contributions and gifts shall be released from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2)
6(tw) or (tz) or both to be used for land acquisition and development activities under
7s. 23.17. The department shall determine how the moneys being released are to be
8allocated from these appropriations. No moneys may be released under s. 20.866 (2)
9(tz) before July 1, 1990.
SB77-SSA1,437,1512
23.325
(1) (a) Shall consult with the
land information board, the department
13of transportation and the state cartographer, and may consult with other potential
14users of the photographic products resulting from the survey, to determine the scope
15and character of the survey.
SB77-SSA1,437,1817
23.33
(1) (id) "Lac du Flambeau band" means the Lac du Flambeau band of
18Lake Superior Chippewa.
SB77-SSA1,437,2220
23.33
(1) (ie) "Lac du Flambeau reservation" means the territory within the
21boundaries of the Lac du Flambeau reservation that were in existence on April 10,
221996.
SB77-SSA1,438,824
23.33
(2) (a)
Requirement. No person may operate and no owner may give
25permission for the operation of an all-terrain vehicle within this state unless the
1all-terrain vehicle is registered for public use or for private use
with the department 2under this
section subsection or sub. (2g), is exempt from registration or is operated
3with a reflectorized plate attached in the manner specified under par. (dm) 3. No
4person may operate and no owner may give permission for the operation of an
5all-terrain vehicle on a public all-terrain vehicle route or trail unless the all-terrain
6vehicle is registered for public use
with the department under this
section subsection
7or sub. (2g), is exempt from registration or is operated with a reflectorized plate
8attached in the manner specified under par. (dm) 3.
SB77-SSA1,438,1610
23.33
(2g) Lac du Flambeau band registration program. (a)
Authorization for
11issuance. The Lac du Flambeau band may issue registration certificates for public
12use or private use for all-terrain vehicles that are equivalent to the registration
13certificates for public use or private use that are issued by the department. The Lac
14du Flambeau band may renew and transfer a registration certificate that it or the
15department has issued. The Lac du Flambeau band may issue duplicates of only
16those registration certificates that it issues under this subsection.
SB77-SSA1,438,2317
(b)
Requirements for issuance; fees; effective periods. 1. For issuing or renewing
18a registration certificate under this subsection, the Lac du Flambeau band shall
19collect the same fee that would be collected for the equivalent registration certificate
20under sub. (2) (c) and (d). For transferring a registration certificate or issuing a
21duplicate registration certificate under this subsection, the Lac du Flambeau band
22shall collect the same fee that would be collected for the equivalent service under sub.
23(2) (e).
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12. The Lac du Flambeau band may not issue, renew or otherwise process
2registration certificates under this subsection in conjunction with discount coupons
3or as part of a promotion or other merchandising offer.
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3. For a registration certificate issued, transferred or renewed under this
5subsection, the effective period shall be the same as it would be for the equivalent
6registration certificate under sub. (2) (f) 1. or (g) or under a rule promulgated under
7sub. (2) (f) 2.
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4. The Lac du Flambeau band may issue, renew or otherwise process
9registration certificates under this subsection only to applicants who appear in
10person on the Lac du Flambeau reservation.