AB144: Bill Text

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:

AB144,266,9 16.968 Groundwater survey and analysis. The department shall allocate funds for programs of groundwater survey and analysis to the department of natural resources and the geological and natural history survey following review and approval of a mutually agreed upon division of responsibilities concerning groundwater programs between the department of natural resources and the geological and natural history survey, a specific expenditure plan, and groundwater data collection standards consistent with the purposes of s. 16.967. State funds allocated under this section shall be used to match available federal funds prior to being used for solely state-funded activities.

AB144, s. 345 Section 345. Subchapter VII (title) of chapter 16 [precedes 16.97] of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,266,12 Chapter 16

AB144,266,15 Subchapter VII Information Educational Technology

AB144, s. 346 Section 346. 16.97 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 22.01 (intro.) and amended to read:

AB144,266,18 22.01 Definitions. (intro.) In this subchapter chapter:

AB144, s. 347 Section 347. 16.97 (1) to (9) of the statutes are renumbered 22.01 (1) to (9).

AB144, s. 348 Section 348. 16.97 (10) of the statutes is renumbered 16.97 and amended to read:

AB144,266,24 16.97 Definition. "Telecommunications" means the electronic movement of information in any form from one point to another In this subchapter, "telecommunications" has the meaning given in s. 22.01 (10).

AB144, s. 349 Section 349. 16.971 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 22.03 (title).

AB144, s. 350 Section 350. 16.971 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

AB144, s. 351 Section 351. 16.971 (1m) of the statutes is renumbered 22.03 (2) (a) and amended to read:

AB144,267,13 22.03 (2) (a) The department shall ensure Ensure that an adequate level of information technology services is made available to all agencies by providing systems analysis and application programming services to augment agency resources, as requested. The department shall also ensure that executive branch agencies make effective and efficient use of the information technology resources of the state. The department shall, in cooperation with agencies, establish policies, procedures and planning processes, for the administration of information technology services, which executive branch agencies shall follow. The policies, procedures and processes shall address the needs of agencies to carry out their functions. The department shall monitor adherence to these policies, procedures and processes.

AB144, s. 352 Section 352. 16.971 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 22.03 (2) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB144,267,16 22.03 (2) (intro.) The division department shall:

AB144, s. 353 Section 353. 16.971 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 22.03 (2) (ae) and amended to read:

AB144,268,2 22.03 (2) (ae) Except as provided in sub. (2m), review and approve, modify or reject all forms approved by a records and forms officer for jurisdiction, authority, standardization of design and nonduplication of existing forms. Unless the division department rejects for cause or modifies the form within 20 working days after receipt, it is considered approved. The division's department's rejection of any form is appealable to the public records board. If the head of an agency certifies to the division department that the form is needed on a temporary basis, approval by the division department is not required.

AB144, s. 354 Section 354. 16.971 (2) (am) to (k) of the statutes are renumbered 22.03 (2) (am) to (k).

AB144, s. 355 Section 355. 16.971 (2) (L) to (m) of the statutes are renumbered 22.03 (2) (L) to (m) and amended to read:

AB144,268,18 22.03 (2) (L) Require each executive branch agency to adopt, revise biennially, and submit for its approval, to the department, in a form specified by the department, no later than March 1 of each year, a strategic plan for the utilization of information technology to carry out the functions of the agency. As a part of each plan, the division shall require each executive branch agency to address the business needs of the agency and to identify all proposed information technology development projects that serve those business needs, the priority for undertaking such projects and the justification for each project, including the anticipated benefits of the project. Each plan shall identify any changes in the functioning of the agency under the plan. The division shall consult with the joint committee on information policy and technology in providing guidance for and scheduling of planning by executive branch agencies in the succeeding fiscal year for review and approval under s. 22.13.

AB144,269,2 (Lm) No later than 60 days after enactment of each biennial budget act, require each executive branch agency that receives funding under that act for an information technology development project to file with the division department an amendment to its strategic plan for the utilization of information technology under par. (L). The amendment shall identify each information technology development project for which funding is provided under that act and shall specify, in a form prescribed by the secretary chief information officer, the benefits that the agency expects to realize from undertaking the project.

AB144,269,10 (m) Assist in coordination and integration of the plans of executive branch agencies relating to information technology approved under par. (L) and, using these plans and the statewide long-range telecommunications plan under s. 16.99 22.41 (2) (a), formulate and revise biennially a consistent statewide strategic plan for the use and application of information technology. The division department shall, no later than September 15 of each even-numbered year, submit the statewide strategic plan to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on information policy and technology and the governor.