(e) Within 48 months after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], the department shall provide a list of all stewardship land that was acquired before the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], and for which public access has been restricted or prohibited and the reasons for that action.
(f) If an owner of any stewardship land fails to comply with the requirements of par. (a), that person is not eligible for any subprogram or grant or other state aid under the stewardship programs until the department determines that the person is in compliance with par. (a).
(g) If the department is notified that a sign required under par. (a) or (b) needs replacing, within 28 days after receiving that notification the department shall determine if the sign needs to be replaced. The department shall replace any sign required under par. (b) within 28 days after determining that the sign needs to be replaced. Within 7 days after determining that a sign required under par. (a) needs to be replaced, the department shall notify the owner of that determination. The owner of stewardship land that placed signs as required under par. (a) shall be ineligible for any subprogram or grant or other state aid under the stewardship programs if the sign is not replaced within 3 months after receiving the notice.
(h) If the department authorizes a nonprofit conservation organization to charge a fee for hunting on stewardship land, the fee for the hunting season may not exceed the sum of the fee for a daily resident vehicle admission receipt under s. 27.01 (7) (f) 2. and the issuing fee for a daily vehicle admission receipt under s. 27.01 (7) (gr).
(4) Contact information. An owner of stewardship land shall provide information requested by the department that will enable the department to contact that owner.
(5) Applicability. This section does not apply to the following stewardship land:
(a) Easements used for trails.
(b) Easements for which the primary purpose of the easement is not public access.
(c) Land acquired or managed under s. 23.17.
20,638r
Section 638r. 23.0917 (2) (a) 3m. of the statutes is created to read:
23.0917 (2) (a) 3m. A subprogram for recreational boating aids.
20,639
Section
639. 23.0917 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (3) (a) Beginning with fiscal year 2000-01 and ending with fiscal year 2009-10 2019-20, the department may obligate moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition to acquire land for the purposes specified in s. 23.09 (2) (d) and grants for these purposes under s. 23.096, except as provided under ss. 23.197 (2m), (3m) (b), (7m), and (8) and 23.198 (1) (a).
20,640
Section
640. 23.0917 (3) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917
(3) (bm) During the period beginning with fiscal year 2001-02 and ending with fiscal year
2009-10 2019-20, in obligating money under the subprogram for land acquisition, the department shall set aside not less than a total of $ 2,000,000 that may be obligated only to provide matching funds for grants awarded to the department for the purchase of land or easements under
16 USC 2103c.
20,641
Section
641. 23.0917 (3) (br) of the statutes is created to read:
23.0917 (3) (br) Beginning with fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, in obligating moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition, the department shall set aside in each fiscal year not less than $12,000,000 that may be obligated only to provide for grants awarded to nonprofit conservation organizations under s. 23.096.
20,642c
Section 642c. 23.0917 (3) (dm) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (3) (dm) 2. For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2002-03 and ending with fiscal year 2009-10 2006-07, $45,000,000.
20,642d
Section 642d. 23.0917 (3) (dm) 3. and 3m. of the statutes are created to read:
23.0917 (3) (dm) 3. For fiscal year 2007-08, $43,500,000.
3m. For fiscal years 2008-09 and 2009-10, $42,500,000.
20,642e
Section 642e. 23.0917 (3) (dm) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
23.0917 (3) (dm) 4. For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, $62,000,000.
20,643
Section
643. 23.0917 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (4) (a) Beginning with fiscal year 2000-01 and ending with fiscal year 2009-10 2019-20, the department may obligate moneys under the subprogram for property development and local assistance. Moneys obligated under this subprogram may be only used for nature-based outdoor recreation, except as provided under par. (cm).
20,644d
Section 644d. 23.0917 (4) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (4) (d) 1. The department may obligate not more than $11,500,000 in fiscal year 2000-01 and not more than $11,500,000 in fiscal year 2001-02 under the subprogram except as provided in sub. (5). For each fiscal year beginning with 2002-03 and ending with fiscal year 2009-10, the department may obligate not more than $15,000,000 under the subprogram except as provided in sub. (5). For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, the department may obligate not more than $21,500,000 under the subprogram except as provided in sub. (5).
20,645b
Section 645b. 23.0917 (4) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (4) (d) 2. The Beginning with fiscal year 2000-01 and ending with fiscal year 2009-10, the department may obligate not more than $8,000,000 in each fiscal year for local assistance.
20,646b
Section 646b. 23.0917 (4) (d) 2n. of the statutes is created to read:
23.0917 (4) (d) 2n. Beginning with fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, the department may obligate not more than $11,500,000 in each fiscal year for local assistance.
20,646m
Section 646m. 23.0917 (4j) of the statutes is created to read:
23.0917 (4j) Recreational boating aids. (a) In this subsection "local governmental unit" means a city, village, town, or county, a lake sanitary district, as defined in s. 30.50 (4q), a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district organized under ch. 33, or any other local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.0131 (1) (a), that is established for the purpose of lake management.
(b) For fiscal year 2007-08, the department may not obligate more than $1,500,000 for cost-sharing with local governmental units for recreational boating projects under s. 30.92. For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2008-09 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, the department may not obligate more than $2,500,000 for cost-sharing with local governmental units for recreational boating projects under s. 30.92.
20,646r
Section 646r. 23.0917 (5m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (5m) (a) Beginning in fiscal year 1999-2000, the department, subject to the approval of the governor and the joint committee on finance under sub. (6) (6m), may obligate under the subprogram for land acquisition any amount not in excess of the total bonding authority for that subprogram for the acquisition of land.
20,646t
Section 646t. 23.0917 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:
23.0917 (6m) Review by joint committee on finance. (a) The department may not obligate from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for a given project or activity any moneys unless it first notifies the joint committee on finance in writing of the proposal. The committee may schedule a meeting to review the department's proposal only if at least 5 members of the committee, one of whom is a cochairperson, object to the proposal in writing. 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 proposal, the department may obligate the moneys. If, within 14 working days after the date of the notification by the department, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposal, the department may obligate the moneys only upon approval of the committee unless par. (b) applies.
(b) If the committee does not hold the meeting to review the department's proposal within the time specified in par. (bg), the department may obligate the moneys.
(bg) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., the committee shall hold a meeting to review the department's proposal within 16 working days after the cochairpersons notify the department that a meeting has been scheduled.
2. The committee shall hold a meeting to review the department's proposal within 31 working days after the cochairpersons notify the department that a meeting has been scheduled if the notification is made after the last day of the legislature's final general-business floorperiod but before the convening of the next legislature on the day specified under s. 13.02 (1).
(c) The procedures under pars. (a) and (b) apply only to an amount for a project or activity that exceeds $750,000, except as provided in pars. (d) and (dm).
(d) The procedures under pars. (a) and (b) apply to any land acquisition under sub. (5m).
(dm) The procedures under pars. (a) and (b) apply to an amount for a project or activity that is less than or equal to $750,000 if all of the following apply:
1. The project or activity is so closely related to one or more other department projects or activities for which the department has proposed to obligate or has obligated moneys under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) that the projects or activities, if combined, would constitute a larger project or activity that exceeds $750,000.
2. The project or activity was separated from a larger project or activity by the department primarily to avoid the procedures under pars. (a) and (b).
(e) This subsection does not apply to moneys obligated for the purpose of property development as described under sub. (4) or to moneys obligated for land acquired by the department under s. 24.59 (1).
20,647
Section
647. 23.0917 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (7) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), for purposes of calculating the acquisition costs for acquisition of land under ss. 23.09 (19), (20) and (20m), 23.092 (4), 23.094 (3g), 23.0953, 23.096, 30.24 (4) and 30.277 from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta), the acquisition costs shall equal the sum of the land's current fair market value and other acquisition costs, as determined by rule by the department.
20,647m
Section 647m. 23.0917 (7) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 23.0917 (7) (e) 1. and amended to read:
23.0917 (7) (e) 1. For any land for which moneys are proposed to be obligated from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) in order to provide a grant or state aid to a governmental unit under s. 23.09 (19), (20), or (20m) or 30.277 or to a nonprofit conservation organization under s. 23.096, the department shall use at least 2 appraisals to determine the fair market value of the land. The governmental unit or nonprofit conservation organization shall submit to the department one appraisal that is paid for by the governmental unit or nonprofit conservation organization. The department shall obtain its own independent appraisal. The department may also require that the governmental unit or nonprofit conservation organization submit a 3rd independent appraisal. The department shall reimburse the governmental unit or nonprofit conservation organization up to 50% of the costs of the 3rd appraisal as part of the acquisition costs of the land if the land is acquired by the governmental unit or nonprofit conservation organization with moneys obligated from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta). This paragraph
2. Subdivision 1. does not apply if the fair market value of the land is estimated by the department to be $200,000 $350,000 or less.
20,647r
Section 647r. 23.0917 (8) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
23.0917 (8) (e) Beginning with fiscal year 2007-08, the department may not obligate from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) more than 20 percent of the available bonding authority in a fiscal year for the acquisition of parcels of lands that are less than 10 acres in size.
20,648b
Section 648b. 23.0917 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (12) Expenditures after June 30,
2010 2020. If the remaining bonding authority for a subprogram under sub. (3) or, (4), or (4j) on June 30, 2010 2020, is an amount greater than zero, the department may expend any portion of this remaining bonding authority for that subprogram in one or more subsequent fiscal years.
20,649b
Section 649b. 23.092 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 23.092 (1m).
20,650b
Section 650b. 23.092 (1b) of the statutes is created to read:
23.092 (1b) In this section, "nonprofit conservation organization" has the meaning given in s. 23.0955 (1).
20,651b
Section 651b. 23.092 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.092 (2) For each area designated under sub. (1) (1m), the department shall prepare a plan, based upon the specific qualities of the area designated, that is designed to protect, enhance or restore the habitat in the designated area. After preparation of a plan for a designated area, the department shall encourage landowners to use specific management practices that are designed to implement the plan.
20,652b
Section 652b. 23.092 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.092 (4) The department may share the costs of implementing land management practices with landowners, or with nonprofit conservation organizations that are qualified to enhance wildlife-based recreation if these organizations have the landowner's permission to implement the practices. The department may share the costs of acquiring easements for habitat areas with landowners or with these nonprofit conservation organizations. If the funding for cost-sharing under this subsection will be expended from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta), the amount expended for the cost-sharing may not exceed 50% of the cost of the management practices or of the acquisition costs for the easement except as provided in s. 23.096 (2m).
20,653b
Section 653b. 23.094 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.094 (3m) Limits. A Except as provided in s. 23.096 (2m), a grant under sub. (3g) may not exceed 50% of the acquisition costs for the land or the easement.
20,654b
Section 654b. 23.0953 of the statutes is created to read:
23.0953 Grants to counties for land acquisition. (1) In this section, "nature-based outdoor recreation" has the meaning given by the department by rule under s. 23.0917 (4) (f).
(2) (a) Beginning with fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, the department shall establish a grant program under which the department may award a grant to a county for any of the following:
1. Acquisition of land for a county forest under s. 28.11.
2. Acquisition of land for a project that promotes nature-based outdoor recreation or conservation and for which the department is requesting the county's assistance.
(b) Grants under this section shall be awarded from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta), and, for purposes of s. 23.0917, shall be treated as moneys obligated from the subprogram under s. 23.0917 (3).
(3) Each county receiving a grant under this section shall provide matching funds that equal at least 50 percent of the acquisition costs.
(4) A county may not convert the land, or any rights in the land, acquired with grant moneys awarded under sub. (2) (a) 2. to a use that is inconsistent with the type of nature-based outdoor recreation or conservation activity for which the grant was awarded unless the natural resources board approves the conversion.
20,655b
Section 655b. 23.096 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.096 (2) (b) A Except as provided in sub. (2m), a grant awarded under this section may not exceed 50% of the acquisition costs of the property.
20,656b
Section 656b. 23.096 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
23.096 (2m) Notwithstanding sub. (2) (b), in each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, the department may award grants under this section that equal up to 75 percent of the acquisition costs of the property if the natural resources board determines that all of the following apply:
(a) That the property is uniquely valuable in conserving the natural resources of the state.
(b) That delaying or deferring the acquisition until 50 percent of the acquisition costs are procured by the nonprofit conservation organization is not reasonably possible.
(c) That sufficient bonding authority remains in the amount set aside under s. 23.0917 (3) (br) for that fiscal year after awarding grants to nonprofit conservation organizations that meet the matching requirement under sub. (2) (b).
20,657
Section
657. 23.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.15 (1) The natural resources board may sell, at public or private sale, lands and structures owned by the state under the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources, except central or district office facilities, when the natural resources board determines that said lands are no longer necessary for the state's use for conservation purposes and, if real property, the real property is not the subject of a petition under s. 560.9810 (2).
20,658
Section
658. 23.197 (10) of the statutes is created to read:
23.197 (10) Mirror Lake; boating access. From the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta), the department shall provide funding in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 to improve navigability for recreational boating in Mirror Lake in Sauk County and in the streams flowing into the lake. For the purposes of s. 23.0917, moneys provided under this subsection from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) shall be treated as moneys obligated under either or both of the subprograms under s. 23.0917 (3) and (4).
20,658g
Section 658g. 23.197 (11) of the statutes is created to read:
23.197 (11) Jersey Valley Lake. From the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta), the department shall provide funding in an amount not to exceed $500,000 to Vernon County to restore Jersey Valley Lake. The funding authorized under this subsection shall be in a manner that, for every $1 expended by Vernon County for the repairs and installation, the department shall provide $3. For purposes of s. 23.0917, moneys provided from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) shall be treated as moneys obligated from either or both of the subprograms under s. 23.0917 (3) and (4).
20,658m
Section 658m. 23.197 (12) of the statutes is created to read:
23.197 (12) Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District; flood management. From the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta), the department shall provide funding in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 to a nationwide nonprofit conservation organization dedicated to land and water resource preservation to acquire land for a flood management program conducted by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District and for habitat restoration on the acquired land. The funding authorized under this subsection shall be in a manner that, for every $1 expended by the nationwide nonprofit conservation organization for the land acquisition, the department shall provide $3. For purposes of s. 23.0917, moneys provided from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) shall be treated as moneys obligated from either or both of the subprograms under s. 23.0917 (3) and (4).
