XX04 Arts Board.
XX05 Board for People with Developmental Disabilities.
XX06 Building Commission.
XX07 Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board.
XX08 Children and Families.
XX09 Circuit Courts.
XX10 Commerce.
XX11 Corrections.
XX12 Court of Appeals.
XX13 District Attorneys.
XX14 Educational Communications Board.
XX15 Employee Trust Funds.
XX16 Employment Relations Commission.
XX17 Financial Institutions.
XX18 Fox River Navigational System Authority.
XX19 Government Accountability Board.
XX20 Governor.
XX21 Health and Educational Facilities Authority.
XX22 Health Services.
XX23 Higher Educational Aids Board.
XX24 Historical Society.
XX25 Housing and Economic Development Authority.
XX26 Insurance.
XX27 Investment Board.
XX28 Joint Committee on Finance.
XX29 Judicial Commission.
XX30 Justice.
XX31 Legislature.
XX32 Lieutenant Governor.
XX33 Local Government.
XX34 Lower Wisconsin State Riverway Board.
XX35 Medical College of Wisconsin.
XX36 Military Affairs.
XX37 Natural Resources.
XX38 Public Defender Board.
XX39 Public Instruction.
XX40 Public Lands, Board of Commissioners of.
XX41 Public Service Commission.
XX42 Regulation and Licensing.
XX43 Revenue.
XX44 Secretary of State.
XX45 State Employment Relations, Office of.
XX46 State Fair Park Board.
XX47 Supreme Court.
XX48 Technical College System.
XX49 Tourism.
XX50 Transportation.
XX51 Treasurer.
XX52 University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.
XX53 University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board.
XX54 University of Wisconsin System.
XX55 Veterans Affairs.
XX56 Workforce Development.
XX57 Other.
For example, for general nonstatutory provisions relating to the State
Historical Society, see Section 9124. For any agency that is not assigned a two-digit
identification number and that is attached to another agency, see the number of the
latter agency. For any other agency not assigned a two-digit identification number
or any provision that does not relate to the functions of a particular agency, see
number "57" (Other) within each type of provision.
In order to facilitate amendment drafting and the enrolling process, separate
section numbers and headings appear for each type of provision and for each state
agency, even if there are no provisions included in that section number and heading.
Section numbers and headings for which there are no provisions will be deleted in
enrolling and will not appear in the published act.
Following is a list of the most commonly used abbreviations appearing in the
analysis.
DATCPDepartment of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
DCFDepartment of Children and Families
DETFDepartment of Employee Trust Funds
DFIDepartment of Financial Institutions
DHSDepartment of Health Services
DMADepartment of Military Affairs
DNRDepartment of Natural Resources
DOADepartment of Administration
DOCDepartment of Corrections
DOJDepartment of Justice
DORDepartment of Revenue
DOTDepartment of Transportation
DPIDepartment of Public Instruction
DRLDepartment of Regulation and Licensing
DVADepartment of Veterans Affairs
DWDDepartment of Workforce Development
JCFJoint Committee on Finance
OCIOffice of the Commissioner of Insurance
PSCPublic Service Commission
UWUniversity of Wisconsin
WHEDAWisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority
WHEFAWisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority
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Agriculture
Farmland Preservation Program
General
This bill makes numerous changes in the Farmland Preservation Program,
which includes farmland preservation planning, zoning, and agreements, and soil
and water conservation requirements.
Under current law, for a farmer to qualify for the farmland preservation tax
credit, the farm must be in a district zoned exclusively for agriculture under an
ordinance certified by the Land and Water Conservation Board (LWCB) or be covered
by a farmland preservation agreement with DATCP, or both. For DATCP to enter
into a farmland preservation agreement, the county in which the farmer lives must
have a farmland preservation plan that is certified by LWCB. Under this bill,
DATCP certifies farmland preservation plans and zoning ordinances.
Farmland preservation planning
Under the bill, certifications of current farmland preservation plans expire
between December 31, 2011, and December 31, 2015. The higher the increase in
population per square mile of a county from 2000 to 2007, the sooner the certification
of its farmland preservation plan expires. A county must submit an updated
farmland preservation plan that meets the requirements in the bill and have the
plan certified by DATCP to enable farmers in the county to continue to claim the
farmland preservation tax credit. Counties must submit their plans for
recertification every ten years.
The bill requires a county to include in its farmland preservation plan a
description of the county's policy and goals related to farmland preservation and
agricultural development and of the actions that the county will take to preserve
farmland and promote agricultural development. The county must also identify
farmland preservation areas, which are areas that the county plans to preserve for
agricultural use and for related uses.
The bill requires a county seeking to have DATCP certify its farmland
preservation plan to submit the plan and related information to DATCP and to
certify that the plan complies with the requirements in the bill. DATCP may certify
the plan based on the county's certification or may review the plan and determine
whether to certify it based on DATCP's own determination of whether it complies
with those requirements.
