1997 WISCONSIN ACT 313
An Act to renumber and amend 23.098 (1); to amend 23.098 (title), 23.098 (2), 23.098 (4), 23.098 (6) and 27.016 (1) (b); and to create 23.09 (2) (d) 15. and 23.098 (1) (ag) of the statutes; relating to: grants to friends groups for property development on certain properties owned by the department of natural resources.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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Section 1
. 23.09 (2) (d) 15. of the statutes is created to read:
23.09 (2) (d) 15. State wildlife areas.
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Section 2
. 23.098 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.098 (title) Grants for state park and forest property development on properties owned by the department.
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Section 3
. 23.098 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 23.098 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:
23.098 (1) (intro.) In this section, “friends:
(b) “Friends group" means a nonstock, nonprofit corporation described under section 501 (c) (3) or (4) of the internal revenue code Internal Revenue Code and exempt from taxation under section 501 (a) of the internal revenue code Internal Revenue Code that is organized to raise funds for state parks or state forests a department property.
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Section 4
. 23.098 (1) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
23.098 (1) (ag) “Department property" means an area of real property that is owned by the state, that is under the jurisdiction of the department and that is used for one of the purposes specified in s. 23.09 (2) (d).
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Section 5
. 23.098 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.098 (2) The department shall establish a program to expend in each fiscal year up to $100,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (tz) moneys for grants to friends groups for projects for property development activities in state parks or state forests on department properties. The department may not encumber more than $200,000 in each fiscal year for these grants.
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Section 6
. 23.098 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.098 (4) (a) The department shall periodically prepare a list of projects in state parks and state forests on department properties that are eligible for grants under this section and shall include in the list the estimated cost of each project.
(b) The department may not expend encumber more than $10,000 as $20,000 for grants under this section for a state park or a state forest department property in each fiscal year.
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Section 7
. 23.098 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.098 (6) For purposes of s. 23.0915 (1), moneys
encumbered or expended as for grants under this section shall be treated as moneys encumbered or expended for general property development.
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Section
8. 27.016 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.016 (1) (b) “Friends group" has the meaning given in s. 23.098 (1) means a nonstock, nonprofit corporation described under section 501 (c) (3) or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code and exempt from taxation under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code that is organized to raise funds for state parks, state forests or state recreation areas.
