AB100: Bill Text Engrossed

AB100-engrossed,512,22 (2) Eligibility. (a) Cities, villages, towns, counties and fire suppression organizations shall be eligible for grants under this section.

AB100-engrossed,513,2 (b) The department may not award a grant under this section unless the recipient of the grant enters into a written agreement with the department under which the recipient agrees to assist the department in the suppression of forest fires at the department's request.

AB100-engrossed,513,5 (3) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules establishing criteria and procedures for awarding grants under this section. For purposes of this section, the rules shall include a definition of "fire suppression organizations".

AB100-engrossed,513,6 (4) Sunset. This section does not apply after June 30, 1999.

AB100-engrossed, s. 918 Section 918. 26.38 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-engrossed,513,8 26.38 Private forest grants. (1) In this section:

AB100-engrossed,513,9 (a) "Community" has the meaning given in s. 28.04 (1) (b).

AB100-engrossed,513,12 (ag) "Forest stewardship management plan" means a plan describing forest stewardship measures to be used on a particular site to achieve multiple natural resource goals.

AB100-engrossed,513,14 (ar) "Nonindustrial private forest land" means rural land that has existing tree cover or that is suitable for growing trees.

AB100-engrossed,513,15 (b) "Sustainable forestry" has the meaning given in s. 28.04 (1) (e).

AB100-engrossed,513,19 (2m) (a) The department shall establish a program to award grants for developing and implementing forest stewardship management plans by owners of nonindustrial private forest land. The department shall award the grants only to persons owning 500 acres or less of nonindustrial private forest land in this state.

AB100-engrossed,513,23 (b) Each owner receiving a grant under this section shall provide a matching contribution in an amount to be determined by the department for that particular grant based on criteria promulgated by rule under sub. (3). The matching contribution may be in the form of money or in-kind goods or services or both.

AB100-engrossed,514,2 (c) A forest stewardship management plan developed or implemented with a grant under this section shall meet minimum standards that are promulgated by rule under sub. (3) and shall contain practices that protect and enhance all of the following:

AB100-engrossed,514,3 1. Soil and water quality.

AB100-engrossed,514,4 2. Endangered, threatened or rare forest communities.

AB100-engrossed,514,5 3m. Sustainable forestry.

AB100-engrossed,514,6 4. Habitat for fish and wildlife.

AB100-engrossed,514,8 5. The recreational, aesthetic and environmental benefits that the forest land provides.

AB100-engrossed,514,12 (3) The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this program, including the criteria for determining the amount of a matching contribution under sub. (2m) (b) and the minimum standards required under sub. (2m) (c).

AB100-engrossed, s. 918m Section 918m. 27.01 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,514,22 27.01 (2) (d) Enter into agreements with the federal government, the government of neighboring states, state departments, counties, towns, scientific societies, organizations, individuals or others on any subject considered of concern and benefit to the state parks. Operation of historic buildings, restorations, museums or remains within the boundaries of a state park or parks may be vested by such agreements in the historical society, which may, in accordance with s. 44.02 (5), charge a resident an admission fee and shall charge a nonresident an admission fee to such buildings, restorations, museums or remains in accordance with s. 44.02 (5) in order to defray in whole or in part the costs of operation of such sites.

AB100-engrossed, s. 919 Section 919. 27.01 (7) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,514,24 27.01 (7) (title) Vehicle admission; sticker receipt; requirement; fees.

AB100-engrossed, s. 920 Section 920. 27.01 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,515,4 27.01 (7) (b) (title) Vehicle admission sticker receipt; requirement. Except as provided under par. (c), no person may operate a vehicle in a vehicle admission area unless the vehicle has a vehicle admission sticker receipt affixed to it or otherwise displayed as provided under par. (e).

AB100-engrossed, s. 921 Section 921. 27.01 (7) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,515,7 27.01 (7) (c) (title) Vehicle admission sticker receipt; exemptions. (intro.) No vehicle admission sticker receipt is required for:

AB100-engrossed, s. 922 Section 922. 27.01 (7) (c) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,515,12 27.01 (7) (c) 8. Any vehicle towed behind or carried on another vehicle. The department may issue a special permit for a towed or carried vehicle in order to determine compliance with and facilitate enforcement of the vehicle admission sticker receipt requirement; or

AB100-engrossed, s. 923 Section 923. 27.01 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,515,19 27.01 (7) (d) (title) Issuance of vehicle admission stickers receipts . An annual vehicle admission sticker receipt shall be issued by the department and is valid for the calendar year for which it is issued. An annual vehicle admission sticker receipt may not be issued by the department for a motor bus. A daily vehicle admission sticker receipt shall be issued by the department, shall state the date for which it is issued and is effective only for the date issued.

AB100-engrossed, s. 924 Section 924. 27.01 (7) (e) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,515,21 27.01 (7) (e) (title) Affixing Displaying the vehicle admission sticker receipt.

AB100-engrossed, s. 925 Section 925. 27.01 (7) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 27.01 (7) (e) 1. and amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,516,2 27.01 (7) (e) 1. The annual vehicle admission sticker receipt and the daily vehicle admission sticker receipt shall be affixed by its own adhesive to the interior surface of the lower left-hand corner of the windshield of the vehicle or shall be displayed as authorized under a rule promulgated under subd. 2.

AB100-engrossed, s. 926 Section 926. 27.01 (7) (e) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-engrossed,516,6 27.01 (7) (e) 2. The department may promulgate a rule that authorizes different methods of displaying a vehicle admission receipt, other than the method specified in subd. 1.

AB100-engrossed, s. 927 Section 927. 27.01 (7) (f) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,516,8 27.01 (7) (f) (title) Resident vehicle admission stickers receipts ; fees.

AB100-engrossed, s. 928 Section 928. 27.01 (7) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,516,13 27.01 (7) (f) 1. Except as provided in par. (gm), the fee for an annual vehicle admission sticker receipt is $18 $17.50 for each vehicle which has Wisconsin registration plates, except that no fee is charged for a sticker receipt issued under s. 29.1475 (6).

AB100-engrossed, s. 929 Section 929. 27.01 (7) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,516,17 27.01 (7) (f) 2. Except as provided in subds. 3. and 4. and par. (gm) 4., the fee for a daily vehicle admission sticker receipt is $5 $4.85 for any vehicle which has Wisconsin registration plates.

AB100-engrossed, s. 930 Section 930. 27.01 (7) (f) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,516,21 27.01 (7) (f) 3. The fee for a daily vehicle admission sticker receipt for a motor bus that has Wisconsin registration plates is twice the amount of the fee specified in subd. 2. $9.85.

AB100-engrossed, s. 931 Section 931. 27.01 (7) (f) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,517,2 27.01 (7) (f) 4. Notwithstanding subd. 3., the fee for a daily vehicle admission sticker receipt for a motor bus which primarily transports residents from nursing homes located in this state is $3.50 $3.35, for any motor bus which has Wisconsin registration plates.

AB100-engrossed, s. 932 Section 932. 27.01 (7) (g) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,517,4 27.01 (7) (g) (title) Nonresident vehicle admission stickers receipts ; fees.

AB100-engrossed, s. 933 Section 933. 27.01 (7) (g) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,517,9 27.01 (7) (g) 1. Except as provided in par. (gm), the fee for an annual vehicle admission sticker receipt is $25 $24.50 for any vehicle which has a registration plate or plates from another state, except that no fee is charged for a sticker receipt issued under s. 29.1475 (6).

AB100-engrossed, s. 934 Section 934. 27.01 (7) (g) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,517,13 27.01 (7) (g) 2. Except as provided in subds. 3. and 4., the fee for a daily vehicle admission sticker receipt for any vehicle which has a registration plate or plates from another state is $7 $6.85.

AB100-engrossed, s. 935 Section 935. 27.01 (7) (g) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,517,17 27.01 (7) (g) 3. The fee for a daily vehicle admission sticker receipt for a motor bus that has a registration plate or plates from another state is twice the amount specified in subd. 2. $13.85.

AB100-engrossed, s. 936 Section 936. 27.01 (7) (g) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,517,22 27.01 (7) (g) 4. Notwithstanding subd. 3., the fee for a daily vehicle admission sticker receipt for a motor bus which primarily transports residents from nursing homes located in this state is $6 $5.85, for any motor bus which has a registration plate or plates from another state.

AB100-engrossed, s. 937 Section 937. 27.01 (7) (gm) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,517,24 27.01 (7) (gm) (title) Reduced fee vehicle admission stickers receipts .

AB100-engrossed, s. 938 Section 938. 27.01 (7) (gm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,518,6 27.01 (7) (gm) 1. Notwithstanding Instead of the fees under pars. (f) 1. and (g) 1., the department shall charge an individual 50% of the applicable fee under par. (f) 1. or (g) 1. $8.50 or $12, respectively, for an annual vehicle admission sticker receipt if the individual applying for the sticker receipt or a member of his or her household owns a vehicle for which a current annual vehicle admission sticker receipt has been issued for the applicable fee under par. (f) 1. or (g) 1.

AB100-engrossed, s. 939 Section 939. 27.01 (7) (gm) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB100-engrossed, s. 940 Section 940. 27.01 (7) (gm) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,518,11 27.01 (7) (gm) 3. Notwithstanding par. (f) 1., the fee for an annual vehicle admission sticker receipt for a vehicle that has Wisconsin registration plates and that is owned by a resident senior citizen, as defined in s. 29.01 (12m), is $9 $8.50.

AB100-engrossed, s. 941 Section 941. 27.01 (7) (gm) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,518,15 27.01 (7) (gm) 4. Notwithstanding par. (f) 2., the fee for a daily vehicle admission sticker receipt for a vehicle that has Wisconsin registration plates and that is owned by a resident senior citizen, as defined in s. 29.01 (12m), is $3 $2.85.

AB100-engrossed, s. 942 Section 942. 27.01 (7) (gr) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-engrossed,518,19 27.01 (7) (gr) Issuing fees. The department shall collect an issuing fee of 50 cents for each annual vehicle admission receipt issued and an issuing fee of 15 cents for each daily vehicle admission receipt issued.

AB100-engrossed, s. 943 Section 943. 27.01 (7) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,519,2 27.01 (7) (h) (title) Use of vehicle admission sticker receipt and issuing fees. All moneys collected from the sale of annual vehicle admission stickers and daily vehicle admission stickers as fees under pars. (g) to (gr) and sub. (7m) (b) that are not retained by agents appointed under sub. (7m) (a) shall be paid within one week into the state treasury, credited to the conservation fund and used for state parks, state recreation areas, recreation areas in state forests and the Bong area lands.

AB100-engrossed, s. 944 Section 944. 27.01 (7m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-engrossed,519,6 27.01 (7m) Collection; agents; vehicle admission and issuing fees. (a) The department may appoint agents who are not employes of the department to issue vehicle admission receipts and collect the vehicle admission fees under sub. (7).

AB100-engrossed,519,9 (b) An agent appointed under par. (a) shall collect the applicable issuing fee specified in sub. (7) (gr). The agent may retain the issuing fees to compensate the agent for the agent's services in issuing the receipts.

AB100-engrossed,519,11 (c) The department may promulgate rules regulating the activities of persons who are authorized as agents under this subsection.

AB100-engrossed, s. 945 Section 945. 27.01 (8m) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,519,13 27.01 (8m) (title) Collection; agents ; Heritage Hill State Park; state trails.

AB100-engrossed, s. 946 Section 946. 27.01 (8m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,519,16 27.01 (8m) (c) The department shall regulate may promulgate rules regulating the activities of agents under this subsection in a manner similar to s. 29.09.

AB100-engrossed, s. 947 Section 947. 27.01 (11) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,519,22 27.01 (11) (a) Authorization. The department may establish and operate a campground reservation system at any of the state parks or for state forest campgrounds and in state parks, state forests and other lands under the department's supervision and control. The department may participate with owners of private campgrounds in a cooperative reservation system.

AB100-engrossed, s. 948 Section 948. 27.01 (11) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-engrossed,519,25 27.01 (11) (b) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules for the operation of the campground reservation system. The rules shall include all of the following:

AB100-engrossed,520,3 1. The authority to refuse to accept campground reservation applications before a certain date or to treat applications received before that date as if they had been made on that date.

AB100-engrossed,520,5 2. The authority to give reservations for each year until all of the available sites in a campground that are open for reservations for a given date have been reserved.

AB100-engrossed, s. 948m Section 948m. 27.01 (11) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-engrossed,520,17 27.01 (11) (cm) Contracts. 1. The department may enter into a contract with another party to operate the campground reservation system that the department establishes under par. (a). Before entering into such a contract, the department shall first notify the joint committee on finance in writing of the proposed contract. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department within 14 working days after the date of the department's notification that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposed contract, the department may enter into the proposed contract. If, within 14 working days after the date of the department's notification, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposed contract, the department may enter into the proposed contract only upon approval of the committee.

AB100-engrossed,520,19 2. A contract entered into under this paragraph shall require that the department retain $1 of each reservation fee collected.

AB100-engrossed, s. 949 Section 949. 27.01 (11) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100-engrossed, s. 950 Section 950. 27.01 (11) (e) of the statutes is repealed.