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(h) The office shall assist a county receiving a grant under this subsection in
22obtaining funding from other sources for its program.
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(i) The office shall inform any county that is applying for a grant under this
24subsection whether the county meets the requirements established under par. (c),
25regardless of whether the county receives a grant.
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1(j) The office shall enter into one or more contracts with another person for the
2purpose of evaluating the grant program established under this subsection. The
3office shall fund such contracts from moneys appropriated under s. 20.505 (6) (b) and
4(ku) with 1 percent of the amount awarded as grants under par. (b).
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(k) By December 31, 2011, the office, in collaboration with the departments of
6corrections and health and family services, shall submit a report to the chief clerk
7of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate standing
8committees under section 13.172 (3), regarding savings that have been generated
9through the implementation of the grant program. The report shall also include
10recommendations regarding how the grant program should be structured in the
11future.
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1516.966 Geographic information systems. The department may develop
16and maintain geographic information systems relating to land in this state for the
17use of governmental and nongovernmental units.
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1916.967 Land information program. (1) Definitions. In this section:
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(a) "Agency" has the meaning given in s. 16.70 (1e).
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(b) "Land information" means any physical, legal, economic, or environmental
22information or characteristics concerning land, water, groundwater, subsurface
23resources, or air in this state. "Land information" includes information relating to
24topography, soil, soil erosion, geology, minerals, vegetation, land cover, wildlife,
25associated natural resources, land ownership, land use, land use controls and
1restrictions, jurisdictional boundaries, tax assessment, land value, land survey
2records and references, geodetic control networks, aerial photographs, maps,
3planimetric data, remote sensing data, historic and prehistoric sites, and economic
4projections.
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(c) "Land information system" means an orderly method of organizing and
6managing land information and land records.
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(d) "Land records" means maps, documents, computer files, and any other
8information storage medium in which land information is recorded.
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(e) "Systems integration" means land information that is housed in one
10jurisdiction or jurisdictional subunit and is available to other jurisdictions,
11jurisdictional subunits, public utilities, and other private sector interests.
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12(3) Duties of department. The department shall direct and supervise the land
13information program and serve as the state clearinghouse for access to land
14information. In addition, the department shall:
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(a) Provide technical assistance and advice to state agencies and local
16governmental units with land information responsibilities.
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(b) Maintain and distribute an inventory of land information available for this
18state, land records available for this state, and land information systems.
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(c) Prepare guidelines to coordinate the modernization of land records and land
20information systems.
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(d) Review project applications received under sub. (7) and determine which
22projects are approved.
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(e) Review for approval a countywide plan for land records modernization
24prepared under s. 59.72 (3) (b).
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1(4) Funding report. The department shall identify and study possible program
2revenue sources or other revenue sources for the purpose of funding the operations
3of the land information program, including grants to counties under sub. (7).
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4(5) Fee revenue. From the fee revenue received by the department under s.
559.72 (5) (a), the department shall annually deposit the lessor of $2,000,000 or the
6amount received in the general fund. From any remaining revenue, the department
7shall credit the amounts appropriated under s. 20.505 (1) (ie) to that appropriation
8account and shall then credit any remaining revenue to the appropriation account
9under s. 20.505 (1) (ij).
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10(6) Reports. By March 31 of each year, the department of administration, the
11department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the department of
12commerce, the department of health and family services, the department of natural
13resources, the department of tourism, the department of revenue, the department of
14transportation, the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, the
15public service commission, and the board of curators of the historical society shall
16each submit to the department a plan to integrate land information to enable such
17information to be readily translatable, retrievable, and geographically referenced for
18use by any state, local governmental unit, or public utility. Upon receipt of this
19information, the department shall integrate the information to enable the
20information to be used to meet land information data needs. The integrated
21information shall be readily translatable, retrievable, and geographically referenced
22to enable members of the public to use the information.
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23(7) Aid to counties. (a) A county board that has established a county land
24information office under s. 59.72 (3) may apply to the department on behalf of any
1local governmental unit, as defined in s. 59.72 (1) (c), located wholly or partially
2within the county for a grant for any of the following projects:
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1. The design, development, and implementation of a land information system
4that contains and integrates, at a minimum, property and ownership records with
5boundary information, including a parcel identifier referenced to the U.S. public land
6survey; tax and assessment information; soil surveys, if available; wetlands
7identified by the department of natural resources; a modern geodetic reference
8system; current zoning restrictions; and restrictive covenants.
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2. The preparation of parcel property maps that refer boundaries to the public
10land survey system and are suitable for use by local governmental units for accurate
11land title boundary line or land survey line information.
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3. The preparation of maps that include a statement documenting accuracy if
13the maps do not refer boundaries to the public land survey system and that are
14suitable for use by local governmental units for planning purposes.
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4. Systems integration projects.
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5. To support technological developments and improvements for the purpose
17of providing Internet-accessible housing assessment and sales data.
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(b) Grants shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (ij). Except
19as authorized in this paragraph, no county that has retained total revenues under
20s. 59.72 (5) (b) exceeding $45,000 in any year may receive any grant under this
21subsection for the succeeding year. Except as authorized in this paragraph, a county
22that has retained total revenues under s. 59.72 (5) (b) of not more than $45,000 in
23any year may receive one or more grants under this subsection for the succeeding
24year in a total amount not greater than the difference between $45,000 and the
25amount retained by the county in the preceding year. In addition to any other grant
1received under this subsection, the department may award a grant to any county in
2an amount not exceeding $300 per year to be used for the training and education of
3county employees for the design, development, and implementation of a land
4information system.
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5(8) Advice; cooperation. In carrying out its duties under this section, the
6department may seek advice and assistance from the board of regents of the
7University of Wisconsin System and other agencies, local governmental units, and
8other experts involved in collecting and managing land information. Agencies shall
9cooperate with the department in the coordination of land information collection.
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10(9) Technical assistance; education. The department may provide technical
11assistance to counties and conduct educational seminars, courses, or conferences
12relating to land information. The department shall charge and collect fees sufficient
13to recover the costs of activities authorized under this subsection.
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1516.9675 Land activities. The department shall do all of the following:
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16(1) Identify state land use goals and recommend these goals to the governor.
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17(2) Identify state land use priorities to further the state's land use goals and
18recommend to the governor legislation to implement these priorities.
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19(3) Study areas of cooperation and coordination in the state's land use statutes
20and recommend to the governor legislation to harmonize these statutes to further the
21state's land use goals.
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22(4) Study areas of the state's land use statutes that conflict with each other and
23recommend to the governor legislation to resolve these conflicts to further the state's
24land use goals.
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1(5) Identify areas of the state's land use statutes that conflict with county or
2municipal land use ordinances, and areas of county or municipal land use ordinances
3that conflict with each other, and recommend to the governor legislation to resolve
4these conflicts.
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5(6) Establish a state agency resource working group that is composed of
6representatives of the departments of administration; agriculture, trade and
7consumer protection; commerce; natural resources; revenue; transportation; and
8other appropriate agencies to discuss, analyze, and address land use issues and
9related policy issues, including the following:
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(a) Gathering information about the land use plans of state agencies.
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(b) Establishing procedures for the distribution of the information gathered
12under par. (a) to other state agencies, local units of government, and private persons.
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(c) Creating a system to facilitate, and to provide training and technical
14assistance for the development of, local intergovernmental land use planning.
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15(7) Study the activities of local units of government in the land use area to
16determine how these activities impact on state land use goals, and recommend to the
17governor legislation that fosters coordination between local land use activities and
18state land use goals.
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19(8) Identify procedures for facilitating local land use planning efforts,
20including training and technical assistance for local units of government, and
21recommend to the governor legislation to implement such procedures.
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22(9) Gather and analyze information about the land use activities in this state
23of the federal government and American Indian governments and inform the
24governor of the impact of these activities on state land use goals.
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1(10) Study any other issues that are reasonably related to the state's land use
2goals, including methods for alternative dispute resolution for disputes involving
3land use issues, and recommend to the governor legislation in the areas studied by
4the department that would further the state's land use goals.
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5(11) Gather information about land use issues in any reasonable way, including
6the following:
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(a) Establishing a state-local government-private sector working group to
8study and advise the department on land use issues.
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(b) Holding public hearings or information meetings on land use issues.
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(c) Conducting surveys on land use issues.
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(d) Consulting with any person who is interested in land use issues.
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16.969
(2) (a) An annual impact fee in an amount equal to 0.3% of the
cost net
14book value of the high-voltage transmission line, as determined by the commission
15under s. 196.491 (3) (gm).
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16.971
(17) Provide educational agencies that are eligible for a rate discount
18on telecommunications services under
47 USC 254 with additional
19telecommunications access under s. 16.998 and contract with telecommunications
20providers to provide that access.
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16.972
(2) (a) Provide such telecommunications services to agencies as the
23department considers to be appropriate.
An agency may use telecommunications
24services, including data and voice over Internet services, provided to the agency by
25or through the department only for the purpose of carrying out its functions. No
1agency may offer, resell, or provide telecommunications services, including data and
2voice over Internet services, that are available from a private telecommunications
3carrier to the general public or to any other public or private entity except pursuant
4to a consortium agreement that is in effect on June 1, 2005, to provide services to
5member organizations.
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16.972
(2) (b)
Provide Except as provided in par. (a), provide such computer
8services and telecommunications services to local governmental units and the
9broadcasting corporation and provide such telecommunications services to qualified
10private schools, postsecondary institutions, museums and zoos, as the department
11considers to be appropriate and as the department can efficiently and economically
12provide. The department may exercise this power only if in doing so it maintains the
13services it provides at least at the same levels that it provides prior to exercising this
14power and it does not increase the rates chargeable to users served prior to exercise
15of this power as a result of exercising this power. The department may charge local
16governmental units, the broadcasting corporation, and qualified private schools,
17postsecondary institutions, museums and zoos, for services provided to them under
18this paragraph in accordance with a methodology determined by the department.
19Use of telecommunications services by a qualified private school or postsecondary
20institution shall be subject to the same terms and conditions that apply to a
21municipality using the same services. The department shall prescribe eligibility
22requirements for qualified museums and zoos to receive telecommunications
23services under this paragraph.
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116.995
(3m) Public debt repayment. To the extent that sufficient moneys
for
2the provision of educational telecommunications access under s. 16.997 are available
3in the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (4) (mp) after payment of the
4administrative expenses specified in s. 20.505 (4) (mp), the department shall use
5those available moneys to reimburse s. 20.505 (4) (es) and (et) for the payment of
6principal and interest costs incurred in financing educational technology
7infrastructure financial assistance under this section and to make full payment of
8the amounts determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m).
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9Section
97. 16.997 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 16.997 (2) (a) (intro.)
10and amended to read:
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16.997
(2) (a) (intro.) Allow an educational agency to make a request to the
12department for access to either one data line or one video link, except
that any as
13follows:
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141. Any educational agency may request access to additional data lines if the
15agency shows to the satisfaction of the department that the additional data lines are
16more cost-effective than a single data line
and except that a.
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172. A school district that operates more than one high school or a public library
18board that operates more than one library facility may request access to both a data
19line and a video link and access to more than one data line or video link.
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16.997
(2) (a) 3. An educational agency that is eligible for a rate discount on
22telecommunications services under
47 USC 254 may request access to additional
23data lines and video links and to increased bandwidth access as provided in s. 16.998.
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116.997
(2) (b) Establish eligibility requirements for an educational agency to
2participate in the program established under sub. (1)
and to receive additional
3telecommunications access under s. 16.998, including a requirement that a charter
4school sponsor use data lines and video links to benefit pupils attending the charter
5school and a requirement that Internet access to material that is harmful to children,
6as defined in s. 948.11 (1) (b), is blocked on the computers of secured correctional
7facilities that are served by data links and video links subsidized under this section.
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16.997
(2) (c) Establish specifications for data lines and video links for which
10access is provided to an educational agency under the program established under
11sub. (1)
or for which additional access is provided to an educational agency under s.
1216.998.
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16.997
(2) (f) Ensure that secured correctional facilities that receive access
15under this section to data lines and video links
use them or that receive additional
16access under s. 16.998 to data lines, video links, and bandwidth use those data lines
17and video links and that bandwidth only for educational purposes.
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16.997
(2g) (intro.) An educational agency that is provided access to a data line
20under the program established under sub. (1)
or to an additional data line under s.
2116.998 may not do any of the following:
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16.997
(2r) (a) A public library board that is provided access to a data line under
24the program established under sub. (1)
or to an additional data line under s. 16.998 25may enter into a shared service agreement with a political subdivision that provides
1the political subdivision with access to any excess bandwidth on the data line that
2is not used by the public library board, except that a public library board may not sell,
3resell, or transfer in consideration for money or anything of value to a political
4subdivision access to any excess bandwidth. A shared service agreement under this
5paragraph is not valid unless the agreement allows the public library board to cancel
6the agreement at any time after providing notice to the political subdivision.
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16.997
(7) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (s), the department shall
9award $25,000 annually in grants to consortia of school districts that meet all of the
10following criteria for the purpose of developing and implementing a
11technology-enhanced high school curriculum:
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(a) The curriculum is developed for and implemented through streaming video
13conferencing and online course work.
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(b) The consortium includes high schools from at least 8 school districts.
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(c) The participating school districts collectively contribute an amount equal
16to at least the amount of the grant received in the same fiscal year.
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(d) The curriculum is made available to each high school participating in the
18consortium.
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2016.998 Educational telecommunications; additional access. An
21educational agency that is eligible for a rate discount for telecommunications
22services under
47 USC 254 may request data lines, video links, and bandwidth access
23that is in addition to what is provided under the program under s. 16.997 (1). The
24department shall apply for aid under
47 USC 254 to cover the costs of the data lines,
25video links, and bandwidth access that are provided under this section and shall
1credit any aid received to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (4) (mp). To the
2extent that the aid does not fully cover those costs, the department shall require an
3educational agency to pay the department a monthly fee that is sufficient to cover
4those costs and shall credit any monthly fee received to the appropriation account
5under s. 20.505 (4) (Lm).