SECTION 707. 25.43 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
25.43 (3) Except for the purpose of investment as provided in s. 25.17 (2) (d), the environmental improvement fund may be used only for the purposes authorized under ss. 20.320 (1) (r), (s), (sm), (t), (x) and (y) and, (2) (s) and (x) and (3) (q), 20.370 (4) (mt), (mx) and (nz), (8) (mr) and (9) (mt), (mx) and (ny), 20.505 (1) (v), (x) and (y), 281.58, 281.59, 281.60, 281.61 and 281.62.
SECTION 708. 25.46 (1r) of the statutes is created to read:
25.46 (1r) The moneys transferred from the Wisconsin development reserve fund under 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9225 (1).
SECTION 709. 25.46 (5c) of the statutes is amended to read:
25.46 (5c) The moneys collected under s. 145.19 (6) (9) for environmental management.
SECTION 710. 25.46 (11) of the statutes is created to read:
25.46 (11) The moneys collected under s. 292.75 (8).
SECTION 711. 25.46 (12) of the statutes is created to read:
25.46 (12) The funds transferred under s. 292.65 (11).
SECTION 712. 25.465 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
25.465 (8) The fees collected under s. 94.72 (5) (b) and (6) (a) 1. and 2. and (i).
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 25.465 (8). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -0061/3 and -0095/1.
SECTION 713. 25.47 of the statutes is renumbered 25.47 (intro.) and amended to read:
25.47 Petroleum inspection fund. (intro.) There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the petroleum inspection fund, to consist of the:
(1) The fees imposed under s. 168.12 (1), the.
(2) The payments under s. 101.143 (4) (h) 1m., the
(3) The payments under s. 101.143 (5) (a) and the.
(4) The net recoveries under s. 101.143 (5) (c).
SECTION 714. 25.47 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
25.47 (1m) Any fees imposed under s. 101.143 (2) (i).
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 25.47 (1m). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-1668 and LRB-1432.
SECTION 715. 25.47 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
25.47 (5) The moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.143 (3) (s).
SECTION 716. 25.48 of the statutes is amended to read:
25.48 Dry cleaner environmental response fund. There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the dry cleaner environmental response fund, to consist of the moneys required under s. 77.9964 (3) to be deposited in the fund and moneys collected under ss. 292.65 (9) (c) and (9m).
SECTION 717. 25.50 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
25.50 (1) (d) "Local government" means any county, town, village, city, power district, sewerage district, drainage district, town sanitary district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229, family care district under s. 46.2895, public library system, school district or technical college district in this state, any commission, committee, board or officer of any governmental subdivision of this state, any court of this state, other than the court of appeals or the supreme court, or any authority created under s. 231.02, 233.02 or 234.02.
SECTION 718. 25.80 of the statutes is amended to read:
25.80 Tuition trust fund. There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the tuition trust fund, consisting of all revenue from enrollment fees and the sale of tuition units under s. 16.24 14.63.
SECTION 719. 26.145 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 720. 27.01 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (2) (a) Acquire by purchase, lease or agreement lands or waters suitable for state park purposes and may acquire such lands and waters by condemnation after obtaining approval of the senate and assembly committees on natural resources.
SECTION 721. 28.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
28.02 (2) ACQUISITION. The department may acquire lands or interest in lands by grant, devise, gift, condemnation or purchase within the boundaries of established state forests or purchase areas; and outside of such boundaries for forest nurseries, tracts for forestry research or demonstration and for forest protection structures, or for access to such properties. In the case of condemnation the department shall first obtain approval from the appropriate standing committees of each house of the legislature as determined by the presiding officer thereof.
SECTION 722. 28.05 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
28.05 (1) LIMITATIONS. Cutting shall be limited to trees marked or designated for cutting by a forester in the professional series of the state classified civil service or by a department-designated employe equally qualified by reason of long, practical experience. The department may sell products removed in cultural or salvage cuttings and standing timber designated in timber sale contracts, but all sales shall be based on tree scale or on the scale, measure or count of the cut products. The department may require that a person purchasing products or standing timber under a timber sale contract provide surety for the proper performance of the contract either directly or through a bond furnished by a surety company authorized to do business in this state.
SECTION 723. 29.024 (6) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
29.024 (6) (am) In reserving deer hunting back tag numbers, the department may do any of the following:
1. Directly reserve the numbers.
2. Appoint, as an agent of the department, the clerk of one or more counties to reserve the numbers.
3. Appoint, as agents of the department, persons who are not employes of the department to reserve the numbers.
SECTION 724. 29.024 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.024 (6) (b) The clerk of each county appointed under par. (a) 2. or (am) 2. may accept the appointment.
SECTION 725. 29.024 (6) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.024 (6) (d) The department may promulgate rules regulating the activities of persons appointed under par. pars. (a) 2. and 3. and (am) 2. and 3.
SECTION 726. 29.181 (2m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.181 (2m) RESIDENT FARM OWNER. (intro.) If the department determines that for a deer management area the number of available bonus deer hunting permits for a single season will exceed the number of applications submitted, the department may authorize by rule the issuance of one or more bonus deer hunting permits to a resident without the resident having to pay any fee, including any processing or issuing fee, if the resident meets all of the following requirements:
SECTION 727. 29.184 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.184 (9) (a) The department shall issue a back tag to each person who is issued a Class A bear license, and the department or county clerk shall issue a back tag to each person who is issued or a Class B bear license.
SECTION 728. 29.229 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.229 (4) (f) Sections 29.024 (3), (4) (b), (5) (b), (7), (8) and (9), 29.559 (2) and (3) and 29.564 do not apply to any approval that may be issued under this section.
SECTION 729. 29.2295 (4) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
29.2295 (4) (c) 1. The department shall make the payments under this subsection from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (9) (hk).
2. If the amount appropriated under s. 20.370 (9) (hk) is insufficient to make all of the payments under this subsection, the department shall make the remaining payments from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (9) (ht).
****NOTE: The creation of s. 29.2295 (4) (c) is based on the creation of s. 20.505 (8) (hm) in LRB-0757. If LRB-0757 is not included in the budget bill, then this paragraph will have to be redrafted.
SECTION 730. 29.242 of the statutes is created to read:
29.242 Release of information regarding license holders; sale of approval lists. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section:
(a) "Approval holder" means a person who has been issued an approval under this chapter.
(b) "Demographic information" includes age and gender.
(c) "Other identifying information" means information collected by the department for issuing approvals under this chapter and includes a person's telephone number, driver's license number and identification number given by the department to that person for the purpose issuing approvals.
(2) NAMES; ADDRESSES; APPROVAL LISTS. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the department may reveal the names and addresses and demographic information of approval holders. The department may produce and charge a fee for lists of the names, addresses and demographic information of these approval holders.
(b) Notwithstanding s. 19.35, the department may not reveal any of the following:
1. The name, address or demographic information of an approval holder upon the request of the approval holder.
2. The name, address or demographic information of a person under the age of 18.
(3) OTHER IDENTIFYING INFORMATION. Notwithstanding s. 19.35, the department may not reveal other identifying information of any approval holder.
(4) FEES. Notwithstanding ss. 20.908 and 35.78 (2), any fee charged by the department under sub. (2) shall be at least equal to the amount necessary to cover the actual costs of producing, collecting, storing, handling and distributing the lists.
(5) DISCLAIMERS. No person who obtains or uses information provided by the department under sub. (2) may refer to the department as the source of the information unless the person clearly states that the provision of, or the permission to use, the information in no way indicates any of the following:
(a) The department's involvement or connection with the person or the person's activities.
(b) The department's knowledge, approval or authorization of the person's activities.
(6) USE OF MONEYS. Any fees collected under sub. (4) shall be deposited in the conservation fund and credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
(7) REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. The department shall annually submit a report concerning the activities, receipts and disbursements under this section for fiscal year 1999-2000, and each fiscal year thereafter, to the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3).
SECTION 731. 29.354 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.354 (1) APPROVAL NECESSARY. No person, except a person who has a valid hunting license, sports license, conservation patron license, taxidermist permit or scientific collector permit and who is carrying this approval on his or her person, may possess or have under his or her control any game bird, animal or the carcass of any game bird or animal unless the person is authorized to do so under s. 29.615 or unless the person has a valid hunting license, sports license, conservation patron license, taxidermist permit, or scientific collector permit.
SECTION 732. 29.506 (7m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.506 (7m) (a) The department shall issue a taxidermy school permit to a person who applies for the permit; who, on August 15, 1991, holds a valid taxidermist permit issued under this section; and who, on August 15, 1991, operates a taxidermy school approved by the educational approval higher educational aids board under s. 39.51.
SECTION 733. 29.556 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 29.556 (1m) and amended to read:
29.556 (1m) In addition to any other fee imposed under s. 29.563, the department may collect a handling fee for the approvals that the department itself issues to cover the handling costs incurred in issuing approvals.
SECTION 734. 29.556 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 29.556 (2) (a) and amended to read:
29.556 (2) (a) If the department collects a handling fee under sub. (1) (1m), it shall promulgate rules to designate do all of the following:
1. Designate the approvals to which the fee applies and to establish.
2. Establish the amounts amount of the fee.
(c) The handling fee may not be more than the amounts necessary to cover the handling costs of issuing the approvals.
(1b) In this paragraph section, "handling costs" includes the costs associated with paying for approvals that are requested by mail, telephone or electronic means and includes credit transaction fees, mailing costs and personnel costs that are necessary to process the credit transaction.
SECTION 735. 29.556 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
29.556 (2) (b) The department may allow any agent who is appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2. or 3. to collect the handling fee and retain all or a portion of the handling fee.
SECTION 736. 29.556 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.556 (3) Any fees collected under this section by the department shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
SECTION 737. 29.559 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.559 (1) COLLECTION OF ISSUING FEE. Any person, including the department, who issues any license or stamp under this chapter shall collect, in addition to the statutory license or stamp fee, an issuing fee for each license and each stamp the person issued. A person appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2. or 3. may retain the amounts specified in sub. (3) 50 cents of each issuing fee for each license and 15 cents for each issuing fee of each stamp to compensate for services in issuing the license or stamp.
SECTION 738. 29.559 (1r) of the statutes is created to read:
29.559 (1r) COLLECTION OF ISSUING FEE FOR BONUS DEER HUNTING PERMITS. (a) Any person, including the department, who issues a bonus deer hunting permit shall collect, in addition to the statutory permit fee, an issuing fee for each permit. A person appointed under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2. or 3. may retain 50 cents of each issuing fee for each permit to compensate for services in issuing the permit.