Amendment AA5-ASA2-AB68

AB68-ASA2-AA5,137r Section 137r. 23.0917 (3) (dm) 9. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,23,23 23.0917 (3) (dm) 9. For each fiscal year beginning with 2026-27 and ending with fiscal year 2031-32, $25,000,000.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,138g Section 138g. 23.0917 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,24,5 23.0917 (4) (a) Beginning with fiscal year 2000-01 and ending with fiscal year 2021-22 2031-32, 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).

AB68-ASA2-AA5,138r Section 138r. 23.0917 (4) (c) 5. of the statutes is renumbered 23.0917 (4) (b) 5.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,139g Section 139g. 23.0917 (4) (d) 1m. f. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,24,10 23.0917 (4) (d) 1m. f. For each fiscal year beginning with 2022-23 and ending with fiscal year 2025-26, $41,000,000.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,139r Section 139r. 23.0917 (4) (d) 1m. g. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,24,13 23.0917 (4) (d) 1m. g. For each fiscal year beginning with 2026-27 and ending with fiscal year 2031-32, $42,000,000.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,140m Section 140m. 23.0917 (4) (d) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 23.0917 (4) (d) 2. a.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,141m Section 141m. 23.0917 (4) (d) 2m. b. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,24,19 23.0917 (4) (d) 2m. b. Beginning with fiscal year 2022-23 and ending with fiscal year 2031-32, the department shall obligate $18,000,000 in each fiscal year for local assistance.”.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,24,21 113. Page 268, line 21: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 269, line 6, and substitute:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,24,22 “ Section 145g. 23.0917 (4) (d) 3. c. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,24,24 23.0917 (4) (d) 3. c. Beginning with fiscal year 2022-23 and ending with fiscal year 2025-26, $22,000,000.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,145r Section 145r. 23.0917 (4) (d) 3. d. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,25,3 23.0917 (4) (d) 3. d. Beginning with fiscal year 2026-27 and ending with fiscal year 2031-32, $23,000,000.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,146m Section 146m. 23.0917 (4) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,25,9 23.0917 (4) (e) During the period beginning with fiscal year 2022-23 and ending with fiscal year 2031-32, in obligating money under the subprogram for property development and local assistance, the department shall set aside not less than a total of $1,000,000 in each fiscal year that may be obligated only for grants under s. 23.098.”.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,25,11 114. Page 269, line 17: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 270, line 13, and substitute:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,25,12 “ Section 148d. 23.0917 (5g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,25,19 23.0917 (5g) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) , (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) to (i), if for a given fiscal year, the department obligates an amount from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for a subprogram under sub. (3) or (4) that is less than the annual bonding authority under that subprogram for that given fiscal year, the department may not obligate the unobligated amount in subsequent fiscal years. This subsection applies beginning with fiscal year 2011-12 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,148h Section 148h. 23.0917 (5g) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,26,3 23.0917 (5g) (ag) 1. Except as provided in par. (b), if for each of the fiscal years 2022-23, 2024-25, 2026-27, 2028-29, and 2030-31 the department obligates an amount from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for a subprogram under sub. (3), (4), or (4j) that is less than the annual bonding authority under that subprogram for that fiscal year, the department may obligate the unobligated amount in the next fiscal year but only for the purpose for which it was authorized under that subprogram.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,26,11 2. Except as provided in par. (b), if for each of the fiscal years 2023-24, 2025-26, 2027-28, 2029-30, and 2031-32 the department obligates an amount from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for a subprogram under sub. (3), (4), or (4j) that is less than the annual bonding authority under that subprogram for that fiscal year plus any unobligated amount from the prior fiscal year under subd. 1., the department may obligate those unobligated amounts in any subsequent fiscal year ending with fiscal year 2031-32, but only for the purposes authorized in sub. (4) (c) 1. and 2.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,148p Section 148p. 23.0917 (5g) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 23.0917 (5g) (b) 1. and amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,26,21 23.0917 (5g) (b) 1. If in a given fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2013-14 and ending with fiscal year 2021-22 the amount that the department obligates from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) to provide grants to nonprofit conservation organizations under s. 23.096 is less than the amount set aside for that purpose under sub. (3) (br) in that fiscal year, the department may obligate the unobligated amount in the next fiscal year but only for the purpose of awarding a grant under s. 23.0953 to a county for the acquisition of land for a county forest under s. 28.11.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,148t Section 148t. 23.0917 (5g) (b) 2. and 3. of the statutes are created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,27,3 23.0917 (5g) (b) 2. If for any of the fiscal years 2022-23, 2024-25, 2026-27, 2028-29, and 2030-31 the amount that the department obligates from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) to provide grants to nonprofit conservation organizations under s. 23.096 is less than the amount set aside for that purpose under sub. (3) (br) in that fiscal year, the department may obligate the unobligated amount in the next fiscal year but only for local assistance under sub. (4).

AB68-ASA2-AA5,27,8 3. If in fiscal years 2023-24, 2025-26, 2027-28, 2029-30, and 2031-32 the department does not obligate the full unobligated amount from the prior fiscal year under subd. 2., the department may obligate that unobligated amount in any subsequent fiscal year ending with fiscal year 2031-32, but only for the purposes authorized in sub. (4) (c) 1. and 2.”.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,27,9 115. Page 270, line 14: delete “(j)" and substitute “(i)".

AB68-ASA2-AA5,27,10 116. Page 270, line 15: delete “(j)" and substitute “(i)".

AB68-ASA2-AA5,27,11 117. Page 270, line 23: after that line insert:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,27,12 “ Section 150m. 23.0917 (6m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,28,2 23.0917 (6m) (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. 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. An obligation of money that is approved by the joint committee on finance under this paragraph is considered to have been obligated in the fiscal year in which the department notified the joint committee on finance of the proposal.”.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,28,4 118. Page 271, line 5: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 272, line 6, and substitute:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,28,5 “ Section 153m. 23.0917 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,28,7 23.0917 (12) Expenditures after 2022 2032. No moneys may be obligated from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) after June 30, 2022 2032.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,154m Section 154m. 23.0953 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,28,11 23.0953 (2) (a) (intro.) Beginning with fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with fiscal year 2021-22 2031-32, the department shall establish a grant program under which the department may award a grant to a county for any of the following:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,157e Section 157e. 23.096 (2m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,28,17 23.096 (2m) (intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (2) (b), in each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with fiscal year 2021-22 2031-32, 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:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,157m Section 157m. 23.098 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,28,23 23.098 (2) The department shall establish a program to make grants from the appropriations under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) and (tz) to friends groups and nonprofit conservation organizations for projects for property development activities on department properties. The department may not encumber more than $250,000 $1,000,000 in each fiscal year for these grants.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,157s Section 157s. 23.098 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,29,2 23.098 (4) (b) The department may not encumber more than $20,000 $80,000 for grants under this section for a department property in each fiscal year.”.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,29,3 119. Page 272, line 6: after that line insert:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,29,4 “ Section 157m. 23.199 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,29,9 23.199 Great Lakes erosion control revolving loan program. (1) The department shall administer a revolving loan program to assist municipalities and owners of homes located on the shore of Lake Michigan or Lake Superior where the structural integrity of municipal buildings or homes is threatened by erosion of the shoreline.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,29,11 (2) The department shall make loans under this section from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (9) (pq).

AB68-ASA2-AA5,29,14 (3) The department shall promulgate rules to administer this section, including rules establishing eligibility criteria and income limitations for loans under this section.”.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,29,15 120. Page 272, line 6: after that line insert:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,29,16 “ Section 157m. 23.097 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,30,2 23.097 (2) The department shall promulgate rules establishing criteria for awarding grants under this section. Using the procedure under s. 227.24, the department may promulgate emergency rules to incorporate new priorities and categories of grants and recipients under this section and to increase the minimum amount of a grant awarded under this section. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating such an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for such an emergency rule.”.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,30,3 121. Page 275, line 5: delete lines 5 to 9 and substitute:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,30,4 “ Section 168m. 27.01 (9) (bg) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,30,5 27.01 (9) (bg) Annual 4th grade pass. 1. In this paragraph:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,30,7 a. “4th grade pupil” means a child receiving a 4th grade level of instruction in a school or a home-based private educational program, as defined in s. 115.001 (3g).

AB68-ASA2-AA5,30,8 b. “Guardian” has the meaning given in s. 48.02 (8).

AB68-ASA2-AA5,30,9 c. “Parent” has the meaning given in s. 48.02 (13).

AB68-ASA2-AA5,30,16 2. The parent or guardian of a child may apply for an annual vehicle admission receipt fee waiver by submitting an application to the department. An application may not be submitted to a regional office of the department or to a person who is subject to an appointment or a contract as authorized under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2. to 4. but must be submitted directly to the main office of the department. An application shall be submitted on a form provided by the department and shall include all of the following information:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,30,17 a. The child's name.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,30,18 b. The child's date of birth.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,30,21 c. The name of the school the child is or will be attending or a certification that the child is in a home-based private educational program, as defined in s. 115.001 (3g).

AB68-ASA2-AA5,31,2 d. A certification that the child is, was, or will be a 4th grade pupil on the 1st day of January of the calendar year for which the waiver is issued. This certification may be satisfied with any proof deemed acceptable by the department or, for a child in a home-based private educational program, any form submitted to the department of public instruction under s. 115.30 (3).

AB68-ASA2-AA5,31,5 3. Subject to subd. 4., the department shall provide to an individual whose application submitted under subd. 2. is approved an annual vehicle admission receipt fee waiver that is valid for the calendar year in which the waiver is issued.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,31,9 4. A parent or guardian may receive only one fee waiver under this paragraph in his or her lifetime. If a parent or guardian receives a fee waiver under this paragraph, the department may not issue a fee waiver under this paragraph for any other member of the parent's or guardian's household.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,31,13 5. The department shall waive the fee, including the issuing fee, imposed under sub. (7) for an annual vehicle admission receipt for a single vehicle, except a motor bus, that has Wisconsin registration plates and that is operated by a person who holds a valid fee waiver issued under this paragraph.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,169m Section 169m. 28.11 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,31,18 28.11 (8) (a) Acreage payments. As soon after April 20 of each year as feasible, the department shall pay to each town treasurer 30 63 cents per acre, based on the acreage of such lands as of the preceding June 30, as a grant out of the appropriation made by s. 20.370 (5) (bv) on each acre of county lands entered under this section.”.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,31,19 122. Page 334, line 6: after that line insert:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,31,20 “ Section 334g. 91.10 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,31,22 91.10 (title) County plan required; planning and implementation grants.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,334r Section 334r. 91.10 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,32,3 91.10 (7) (a) From the appropriations under s. 20.115 (7) (dm) and (tm), the department may award implementation grants to counties for implementing a county's certified farmland preservation plan.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,32,7 (b) The department shall enter into a contract with a county to which it awards a planning grant under par. (a) before the department distributes any grant funds to the county. In the contract, the department shall identify the costs that are eligible for reimbursement through the grant.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,32,10 (c) The department may distribute grant funds under this subsection only after the county shows that it has incurred costs that are eligible for reimbursement under par. (b).”.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,32,11 123. Page 334, line 6: after that line insert:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,32,12 “ Section 334m. 93.01 (14m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,32,18 93.01 (14m) “Regenerative agricultural practice” means an agricultural management technique designed to build soil health and crop resiliency, improve water and nutrient retention, or sequester carbon, primarily by managing the organic matter content of soil. “Regenerative agricultural practice” includes diversifying crop rotations and using no-till planting, managed grazing, cover cropping, and composting.”.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,32,19 124. Page 334, line 7: delete lines 7 to 10.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,32,20 125. Page 334, line 10: after that line insert:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,32,21 “ Section 335f. 93.525 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,33,3 93.525 Meat processing tuition grants. (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.115 (3) (f), the department shall provide grants to universities, colleges, and technical colleges located in this state that have programs in meat processing to reimburse tuition costs of students enrolled in a meat processing program. The department shall coordinate with the higher educational aids board in providing grants under this section.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,33,6 (2) Each tuition reimbursement made with a grant received under this section shall reimburse a student for not more than 80 percent of the first $9,375 of the tuition cost for enrolling in a meat processing program.”.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,33,7 126. Page 334, line 10: after that line insert:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,33,8 “ Section 335b. 93.425 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-ASA2-AA5,33,11 93.425 Wisconsin initiative for agricultural exports. (1) The department shall establish and administer an agricultural exports program to promote the export of this state's agricultural and agribusiness products.

AB68-ASA2-AA5,33,16 (2) In establishing and administering the program under this section, not more than 50 percent of the funds from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (3) (d) may be used for promoting dairy product exports and not more than 50 percent of the funds from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (3) (d) may be used for promoting meat, fish, vegetable, fruit, and other agricultural product exports.”.