LRB-1056/P2
EHS:skw
2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Vencill, BB0132 - Regeneration of non-DNR forested public lands
For 2023-2025 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Natural resources
Forestry
Public forest regeneration grants
This bill requires DNR to establish a public forest regeneration grant program. Under that program, DNR awards grants from moneys received for forestry activities for projects involving reforestation, forest regeneration, and forest management on public land. The bill provides that a project is eligible for a grant if it is located on public land owned by a local government or school district or by this state, except for land under the jurisdiction and control of DNR.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 20.370 (5) (hs) of the statutes is created to read:
20.370 (5) (hs) Public forest regeneration grants. From the moneys received by the department for forestry activities, the amounts in the schedule for the public forest regeneration grant program under s. 28.25.
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section
2. 28.25 of the statutes is created to read:
28.25 Public forest regeneration grants. The department shall establish a grant program under which it awards grants for projects involving reforestation, forest regeneration, and forest management on public land. A project is eligible for a grant under this section if it is located on public land owned by a local government or school district or by this state, except for land under the jurisdiction and control of the department.
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