b. Description of reporting and bookkeeping procedures required: No new procedures
c. Description of professional skills required: No new skills.
Environmental Assessment
Notice is hereby further given that the Department has made a preliminary determination that this action does not involve significant adverse environmental effects and does not need an environmental analysis under ch. NR 150, Wis. Adm. Code. However, based on the comments received, the Department may prepare an environmental analysis before proceeding with the proposal. This environmental review document would summarize the Department's consideration of the impacts of the proposal and reasonable alternatives.
Hearing Information
May 11, 2000 Council Chambers
Thursday Wausau City Hall
at 11:00 a.m. 407 Grant Street
Wausau
Notice is hereby further given that pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations, including the provision of informational material in an alternative format, will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities upon request, Please call Ken Hujanen at (608) 266-3545 with specific information on your request at least 10 days before the date of the scheduled hearing.
Written Comments and Contact Information
Written comments on the proposed rule may be submitted to Mr. Ken Hujanen, Bureau of Forestry, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707 no later than May 15, 2000. Written comments will have the same weight and effect as oral statements presented at the hearing. A copy of the proposed rule and fiscal estimate may be obtained from Mr. Hujanen.
Fiscal Estimate
The proposed 2001 stumpage rate schedule includes an average 1.17% increase in sawtimber prices and a 3.86% average net change in cordwood prices. The severance and yield tax collections in CY'99 was $1,257,842. Of this, about 20% of the gross revenue is from sawtimber harvests. Eighty percent of the revenue was related to cordwood harvests. As a result, a 1.17% increase in sawtimber prices will produce an increase in gross revenue of about $2,943. A 3.86% increse in cordwood values will generate about $38,842 in additional revenue. The gross receipts are shared, the towns receiving roughly 50% and the state 50% of the revenue.
The other aspects of the rule change, the requirement for new applications when ownership changes take place, and the establishment of deadlines for submission of transfers, open/closed changes and withdrawals has no fiscal effect on state or local costs or revenues that can be directly estimated.
The net fiscal effect of the rule change will be about a $20,893 increase in state revenue and a $20,893 increase in local revenue.
Notice of Hearings
Natural Resources
(Environmental Protection-
General, Chs. NR 100-)
Notice is hereby given the pursuant to ss. 227.11(2)(a) and 281.68, Stats., interpreting s. 281.68, Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold public hearings on the repeal and recreation of ch. NR 190, Wis. Adm. Code, relating to lake planning grants. The main component of the proposed rule is the creation of two subcategories of grants to address the varying size and complexity of the state's lakes and the corresponding planning project needs. A subcategory of small-scale projects is proposed with a per project grant maximum of $3,000. These grants will be used to obtain and disseminate basic lake information and develop management goals for smaller lakes and lakes in relatively good condition where a detailed plan is unwarranted. Schools will be allowed to co-sponsor small-scale grants with lake organizations.
The second subcategory of large-scale projects will retain many of the features of the current program with an emphasis on developing more detailed lake management plans for larger lakes or lakes where the management challenges are more complex and technical. Separate priorities are proposed for each subcategory so that small-scale projects do not compete against large-scale projects for funding. In addition, several housekeeping items have been included to clarify policy and streamline the code.
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Notice is hereby further given that pursuant to s. 227.114, Stats., it is not anticipated that the proposed rule will have an economic impact on small businesses.
Environmental Assessment
Notice is hereby further given that the Department has made a preliminary determination that this action does not involve significant adverse environmental effects and does not need an environmental analysis under ch. NR 150, Wis. Adm. Code. However, based on the comments received, the Department may prepare an environmental analysis before proceeding with the proposal. This environmental review document would summarize the Department's consideration of the impacts of the proposal and reasonable alternatives.
Hearing Information
May 18, 2000 Room 137
Thursday DOT Building
at 1:30 p.m. 141 NW Barstow Street
Waukesha
May 23, 2000 Basement Conference Room
Tuesday DNR Headquarters
at 3:30 p.m. 810 W. Maple
Spooner
May 24, 2000 Conference Room 1
Wednesday DNR Headquarters
at 2:30 p.m. 107 Sutliff Avenue
Rhinelander
Notice is hereby further given that pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations, including the provision of informational material in an alternative format, will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities upon request, Please call Carroll Schaal at (608) 261-6423 with specific information on your request at least 10 days before the date of the scheduled hearing.
Written Comments and Contact Information
Written comments on the proposed rule may be submitted to Mr. Carroll Schaal, Bureau of Fisheries Management and Habitat Protection, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707 no later than June 2, 2000. Written comments will have the same weight and effect as oral statements presented at the hearing. A copy of the proposed rule and fiscal estimate may be obtained from Mr. Schaal.
Fiscal Estimate
There is no fiscal effect.
Notice of Hearing
Revenue
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to ss. 227.11(2)(a) and 565.10(14)(b)3m., Stats., and interpreting ss. 565.02(4)(g) and 565.10(14)(b)3m., Stats., the Department of Revenue will hold a public hearing at the time and place indicated below to consider both the emergency rule and the proposed permanent rule order revising ch. WGC 61, relating to the Wisconsin Lottery's retailer performance program.
Hearing Information
The hearing will be at 11:00 am on
Wednesday May 31st, 2000, and will be held at the Wisconsin Lottery Milwaukee Facility located at 4353 North Richardson Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Handicap access is available at the main front entrance of the building.
Comments on the Rule
Interested persons are invited to appear at the hearing and may make an oral presentation. It is requested that written comments reflecting the oral presentation be given to the department at the hearing. Written comments may also be submitted to the contact person shown below no later than Wednesday, June 7th, 2000, which is no less than 7 days after the hearing date. Written comments will be given the same consideration as testimony presented at the hearing.
Contact Person
James Amberson
Department of Revenue
1802 W. Beltline Highway
P.O. Box 8941
Madison, WI 53708-8941
Telephone (608) 267-4840
Analysis by the Department of Revenue
Statutory authority: ss. 227.11(2)(a) and 565.10(14)(b)3m.
Statutes interpreted: ss. 565.02(4)(g) and 565.10(14)(b)3m., Stats., as created by 1999 Wis. Act 9.
SECTION 1. WGC 61.02(5), (6) and (7) are renumbered WGC 61.02(6), (7) and (9), consistent with Legislative Council Rules Clearinghouse standards to insert, in alphabetical order, the definitions in Section 2.
SECTION 2. WGC 61.02(5) and (8) are created, to provide additional definitions relating to the Wisconsin lottery.
SECTIONS 3, 4 AND 5. WGC 61.04(1)(d) and 61.08(11)(c) and (21)(c) are amended and WGC 61.085 is created, to address the implementation and maintenance of the retailer performance program, or “RPP." The RPP was implemented effective January 1, 2000.
Text of Rule
SECTION 1. WGC 61.02(5), (6) and (7) are renumbered WGC 61.02(6), (7) and (9).
SECTION 2. WGC 61.02(5) and (8) are created to read:
WGC 61.02(5) “Retailer performance program" or “RPP" means a program that is designed to provide additional compensation, above the compensation provided under s. 565.10(14)(b)1. or 2., Stats., to retailers who meet certain performance goals identified by the Wisconsin lottery.
(8) “Winning lottery ticket" or “winning lottery share" means either of the following:
(a) For instant scratch tickets under s.565.01(6m)(a)1.,Stats., the terms mean any ticket that has been validated by the Wisconsin lottery as a ticket that entitles a player to a prize.
(b) For on-line tickets under s.565.01(6m)(a)2., Stats., the terms mean any ticket that has been identified by a secure method by the Wisconsin lottery as a ticket that entitles a player to a prize.
SECTION 3. WGC 61.04(1)(d) is amended to read:
WGC 61.04(1)(d) The applicant is expected to sell a minimum of 500 tickets a500 tickets a month $400 worth of instant scratch tickets each month, under s.565.01(6m)(a)1., Stats., which shall be represented in any retailer contract or addenda. The executive director executive director administrator may deny a contract to an applicant whose anticipated monthly sales will not meet a minimum of 500 tickets500 tickets
$400 worth of instant scratch tickets each month or whose historical monthly sales are less than 500 tickets 500 $400 worth of instant scratch tickets each month.
SECTION 4. WGC 61.08(11)(c) and (21)(c) are amended to read:
WGC 61.08(11)(c) The retailer shall sell at least 500 tickets a500 tickets a month.$400 worth of instant scratch tickets each month, under WGC61.04(1)(d).
(21)(c) The retailer failed to sell a monthly minimum of 500 lottery tickets 500 lottery tickets$400 worth of instant scratch tickets each month, under WGC61.04(1)(d);
SECTION 5. WGC 61.085 is created to read:
