AB144: Bill Text

AB144,255,14 16.957 (2) (a) Low-income programs. (intro.) After holding a hearing, establish programs to be administered by the department for awarding grants from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (10) (3) (r) to provide low-income assistance. In each fiscal year, the amount awarded under this paragraph shall be sufficient to ensure that an amount equal to 47% of the sum of the following is spent for weatherization and other energy conservation services:

AB144, s. 325 Section 325. 16.957 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,255,18 16.957 (2) (b) 1. Subject to subd. 2., after holding a hearing, establish programs for awarding grants from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (10) (3) (s) for each of the following:

AB144,255,25 a. Proposals for providing energy conservation or efficiency services. In awarding grants under this subd. 1. a., the department shall give priority to proposals directed at the sectors of energy conservation or efficiency markets that are least competitive and at promoting environmental protection, electric system reliability, or rural economic development. In each fiscal year, 1.75% of the appropriation under s. 20.505 (10) (3) (s) shall be awarded in grants for research and development proposals regarding the environmental impacts of the electric industry.

AB144,256,6 b. Proposals for encouraging the development or use of customer applications of renewable resources, including educating customers or members about renewable resources or encouraging uses of renewable resources by customers or members or encouraging research technology transfers. In each fiscal year, the department shall ensure that 4.5% of the appropriation under s. 20.505 (10) (3) (s) is awarded in grants under this subd. 1. b.

AB144, s. 326 Section 326. 16.963 of the statutes is created to read:

AB144,256,9 16.963 Education evaluation and accountability. (1) Definition. In this section, "board" means the board on education evaluation and accountability.

AB144,256,10 (2) Duties. The board shall do all of the following:

AB144,256,12 (a) Appoint an executive director outside the classified service to serve at its pleasure.

AB144,256,14 (b) Administer the pupil assessment program under s. 118.30 and develop a standardized reading test for use under s. 121.02 (1) (r).

AB144,256,16 (c) Arrange for an evaluation of the student achievement guarantee program under s. 118.43 (7).

AB144,256,18 (d) Administer the school performance and educational program review program under s. 115.38.

AB144,256,22 (3) Powers. The board may conduct a longitudinal study of the Milwaukee parental choice program under s. 119.23 if the board receives sufficient funds from private sources to do so. If the board conducts a study, it shall report the results to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) and to the governor.

AB144, s. 327 Section 327. 16.964 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 16.964 (1g).

AB144, s. 328 Section 328. 16.964 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,257,4 16.964 (2) All persons in charge of law enforcement agencies and other criminal and juvenile justice system agencies shall supply the office with the information described in sub. (1) (1g) (g) on the basis of the forms or instructions or both to be supplied by the office under sub. (1) (1g) (g).

AB144, s. 329 Section 329. 16.964 (6) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 16.964 (1d) and amended to read:

AB144,257,8 16.964 (1d) In this subsection section, "tribe" means a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state.

AB144, s. 330 Section 330. 16.964 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,257,17 16.964 (6) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (6) (ks) (kq), the office shall provide grants to tribes to fund tribal law enforcement operations. To be eligible for a grant under this subsection, a tribe must submit an application for a grant to the office that includes a proposed plan for expenditure of the grant moneys. The office shall review any application and plan submitted to determine whether that application and plan meet the criteria established under par. (c). The office shall review the use of grant money provided under this subsection to ensure that the money is used according to the approved plan.

AB144, s. 331 Section 331. 16.964 (7) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB144,258,4 16.964 (7) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (6) (kq), the office of justice assistance shall provide grants for cooperative county-tribal law enforcement services to counties that have one or more federally recognized American Indian reservations within or partially within their boundaries or that border on one or more federally recognized American Indian reservations. In order to receive aid under this subsection, a county must enter into an agreement in accordance with s. 59.54 (12) with an Indian tribe that is located in or borders on the county, to establish a cooperative county-tribal law enforcement program. The office shall consider a request for aid under this subsection from any county that meets the eligibility criteria established under this paragraph and that submits to the office a proposal for expenditure of grant moneys.

AB144,258,6 (b) The office may require that a county include the following in its proposal for aid under this subsection:

AB144,258,8 1. A description of any cooperative county-tribal law enforcement program or law enforcement service for which the county requests funding.

AB144,258,10 2. A description of the population and geographic area that the county proposes to serve.

AB144,258,12 3. The county's need for funding under this subsection and the amount of funding requested.

AB144,258,15 4. Identification of the county governmental unit that shall administer any aid received under this subsection and a description of how that governmental unit shall disburse any aid received under this subsection.

AB144,258,17 5. Any information, other than that in subds. 1. to 4., that is required by the office or considered relevant by the county submitting the application.

AB144,258,20 (c) The office shall develop criteria and procedures for use in administering this subsection. Notwithstanding s. 227.10 (1), the criteria and procedures need not be promulgated as rules under ch. 227.

AB144, s. 332 Section 332. 16.965 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,259,14 16.965 (2) From the appropriation appropriations under s. ss. 20.505 (1) (cm) and (if), the department may provide grants to local governmental units to be used to finance the cost of planning activities, including contracting for planning consultant services, public planning sessions and other planning outreach and educational activities, or for the purchase of computerized planning data, planning software or the hardware required to utilize that data or software. The department shall require any local governmental unit that receives a grant under this section to finance a percentage of the cost of the product or service to be funded by the grant from the resources of the local governmental unit. The department shall determine the percentage of the cost to be funded by a local governmental unit based on the number of applications for grants and the availability of funding to finance grants for the fiscal year in which grants are to be provided. A local governmental unit that desires to receive a grant under this subsection shall file an application with the department. The application shall contain a complete statement of the expenditures proposed to be made for the purposes of the grant. No local governmental unit is eligible to receive a grant under this subsection unless the local governmental unit agrees to utilize the grant to finance planning for all of the purposes specified in s. 66.0295 66.1001 (2).

AB144, s. 333 Section 333. 16.965 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, section 110p, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB144,259,20 16.965 (3) Prior to awarding a grant to a local governmental unit under sub. (2), the department shall forward a statement of the expenditures proposed to be made under the grant to the Wisconsin land council for its recommendation concerning approval.

AB144, s. 334 Section 334. 16.965 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, section 110t, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB144,259,25 16.965 (5) The department may promulgate rules specifying the methodology whereby precedence will be accorded to applications in awarding grants under sub. (2).

AB144, s. 335 Section 335. 16.9651 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 16.9651 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB144,260,3 16.9651 (1) (intro.) In this section, "local:

AB144,260,6 (b) "Local governmental unit" means a county, city, village, town or, regional planning commission, or metropolitan planning organization, as defined in s. 85.243 (1) (c).

AB144, s. 336 Section 336. 16.9651 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

AB144,260,12 16.9651 (1) (a) "Highway corridor" means the area up to 10 miles on either side of a state trunk highway that is identified in a transportation planning process by the department of transportation to need additional capacity for vehicular traffic or to have possible safety or operational problems resulting from pressure for development adjacent to the highway.

AB144, s. 337 Section 337. 16.9651 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 16.9651 (2) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB144,260,17 16.9651 (2) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (z), the department may provide grants to local governmental units to be used to for any of the following:

AB144,260,23 (a) To finance the cost of planning activities related to the transportation element, as described in s. 66.0295 66.1001 (2) (c), of a comprehensive plan, as defined in s. 66.0295 66.1001 (1) (a), including contracting for planning consultant services, public planning sessions, and other planning outreach and educational activities, or for the purchase of computerized planning data, planning software, or the hardware required to utilize that data or software.

AB144,261,7 (4) The department may require any local governmental unit that receives a grant under this section to finance not more than 25% of the cost of the product or service to be funded by the grant from the resources of the local governmental unit. Prior to awarding a grant under this section, the department shall forward a detailed statement of the expenditures to be made under the grant to the Wisconsin land council for its recommendation concerning approval. The department shall also forward a detailed statement of the proposed expenditures to be made under the grant to the secretary of transportation and obtain his or her written approval of the proposed expenditures.

AB144, s. 338 Section 338. 16.9651 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB144,261,12 16.9651 (2) (b) To assist local governmental units in the integrated transportation and land-use planning for highway corridors. All highway corridor planning activities shall be coordinated with any adopted state, regional, or local plan. Activities under this subsection may include any of the following:

AB144,261,13 1. Identifying existing zoning and land-use issues.

AB144,261,14 2. Identifying existing and planned transportation facilities and services.

AB144,261,15 3. Analyzing future transportation needs.

AB144,261,16 4. Identifying areas for future development.

AB144,261,18 5. Identifying specific strategies to ensure better coordination of future development and transportation needs in the corridor.

AB144, s. 339 Section 339. 16.9651 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB144,261,21 16.9651 (3) In awarding grants under this section, the department shall give priority in each fiscal year in the following order:

AB144,261,22 (a) To a grant for the purposes specified in sub. (2) (a) and (b).

AB144,261,23 (b) To a grant for the purpose specified in sub. (2) (a).

AB144,261,24 (c) To a grant for the purpose specified in sub. (2) (b).

AB144, s. 340 Section 340. 16.9651 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

AB144,262,3 16.9651 (5) In consultation with the department of transportation, the department of administration shall promulgate rules necessary to administer this section.

AB144, s. 341 Section 341. 16.966 (1) and (2) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, section 133b, are repealed and recreated to read:

AB144,262,7 16.966 (1) In this section, "state agency" has the meaning given for "agency" under s. 16.045 (1) (a).

AB144,262,13 (2) The department may assess any state agency for any amount that it determines to be required for the functions of the Wisconsin land council under s. 16.023. For this purpose, the department may assess state agencies on a premium basis and pay costs incurred on an actual basis. The department shall credit all moneys received from state agencies under this subsection to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (kt).

AB144, s. 342 Section 342. 16.966 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, section 133d, is repealed.

AB144, s. 343 Section 343. 16.967 of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, section 141am, and 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, section 114n, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB144,262,19 16.967 Land information program. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB144,263,3 (b) "Land information" means any physical, legal, economic, or environmental information or characteristics concerning land, water, groundwater, subsurface resources, or air in this state. "Land information" includes information relating to topography, soil, soil erosion, geology, minerals, vegetation, land cover, wildlife, associated natural resources, land ownership, land use, land use controls and restrictions, jurisdictional boundaries, tax assessment, land value, land survey records and references, geodetic control networks, aerial photographs, maps, planimetric data, remote sensing data, historic and prehistoric sites, and economic projections.

AB144,263,5 (c) "Land information system" means an orderly method of organizing and managing land information and land records.

AB144,263,7 (d) "Land records" means maps, documents, computer files, and any other information storage medium in which land information is recorded.

AB144,263,10 (e) "Systems integration" means land information that is housed in one jurisdiction or jurisdictional subunit and is available to other jurisdictions, jurisdictional subunits, public utilities, and other private sector interests.

AB144,263,13 (3) Duties of the department. The department shall direct and supervise the land information program and serve as the state clearinghouse for access to land information. In addition, the department shall:

AB144,263,15 (a) Provide technical assistance and advice to state agencies and local governmental units with land information responsibilities.

AB144,263,17 (b) Maintain and distribute an inventory of land information available for this state, land records available for this state, and land information systems.

AB144,263,19 (c) Prepare guidelines to coordinate the modernization of land records and land information systems.

AB144,263,21 (d) Review project applications received under sub. (7) and determine which projects are approved.

AB144,263,23 (e) Review for approval a countywide plan for land records modernization prepared under s. 59.72 (3) (b).

AB144,264,2 (f) Prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, provide to the Wisconsin land council a statement of the department's proposed expenditures under s. 20.505 (1) (ie) relating to the land information program and aids to counties for land information projects for that fiscal year.

AB144,264,5 (4) Funding report. The department shall identify and study possible program revenue sources or other revenue sources for the purpose of funding the operations of the department under this section, including grants to counties under sub. (7).

AB144,264,16 (6) Reports. By March 31, 1990, and biennially thereafter, the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the department of commerce, the department of health and family services, the department of natural resources, the department of tourism, the department of revenue, the department of transportation, the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, the public service commission, and the board of curators of the historical society shall each submit to the department a plan to integrate land information to enable such information to be readily translatable, retrievable, and geographically referenced for use by any state, local governmental unit, or public utility, except that beginning with the plan that is due on March 31, 2002, the department of revenue is not required to submit a plan under this subsection.

AB144,264,20 (7) Aid to counties. (a) A county board that has established a county land information office under s. 59.72 (3) may apply to the department on behalf of any local governmental unit, as defined in s. 59.72 (1) (c), located wholly or partially within the county for a grant for any of the following projects:

AB144,265,2 1. The design, development, and implementation of a land information system that contains and integrates, at a minimum, property and ownership records with boundary information, including a parcel identifier referenced to the U.S. public land survey; tax and assessment information; soil surveys, if available; wetlands identified by the department of natural resources; a modern geodetic reference system; current zoning restrictions; and restrictive covenants.

AB144,265,5 2. The preparation of parcel property maps that refer boundaries to the public land survey system and are suitable for use by local governmental units for accurate land title boundary line or land survey line information.

AB144,265,8 3. The preparation of maps that include a statement documenting accuracy if the maps do not refer boundaries to the public land survey system and that are suitable for use by local governmental units for planning purposes.

AB144,265,9 4. Systems integration projects.

AB144,265,12 (b) Grants shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (ie). A grant under this subsection may not exceed $100,000. The department may award more than one grant to a county board.

AB144,265,17 (8) Advice; cooperation. In carrying out its duties under this section, the department may seek advice and assistance from the University of Wisconsin System, state agencies, local governmental units, and other experts involved in collecting and managing land information. State agencies shall cooperate with the department in the coordination of land information collection.

AB144,265,20 (9) Technical assistance; education. The department may provide technical assistance to counties and conduct educational seminars, courses, or conferences relating to land information.

AB144,265,22 (10) Soil surveys and mapping. The department may conduct soil surveys and soil mapping activities.

AB144, s. 344 Section 344. 16.968 of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, section 142am, is repealed and recreated to read: