9,2531
Section
2531. 281.68 (2) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
281.68 (2) (title) Amount of grants.
9,2532
Section
2532. 281.68 (3) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
281.68 (3) (title) Rules for grants.
9,2533
Section
2533. 281.68 (3) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 281.68 (3) (b) (intro.) and amended to read:
281.68 (3) (b) (intro.) Eligible activities, which shall include data all of the following for lakes and natural lake ecosystems:
1. Data collection, water quality assessment and nonpoint.
4. Nonpoint source pollution evaluation.
9,2534
Section
2534. 281.68 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
281.68 (3) (b) 2. Assessments of water quality and of fish and aquatic life and their habitat.
9,2535
Section
2535. 281.68 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
281.68 (3) (b) 3. Assessments of the uses of a lake and the uses of the land surrounding the lake.
9,2536
Section
2536. 281.68 (3) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
281.68 (3) (b) 5. Informational or educational programs and materials.
9,2537
Section
2537. 281.68 (4) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
281.68 (4) (title) Eligibility for lake management planning grants.
9,2538
Section
2538. 281.69 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.69 (title) Lake management and classification grants and contracts.
9,2539
Section
2539. 281.69 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 281.69 (1m) (intro.) and amended to read:
281.69 (1m) Types of projects. (intro.) The department shall develop and administer a financial assistance program to provide grants for the following 3 2 types of projects:
9,2540
Section
2540. 281.69 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 281.69 (1m) (a) and amended to read:
281.69 (1m) (a) Lake management projects that will improve or protect the quality of water in lakes or the quality of natural lake ecosystems
of lakes.
9,2541
Section
2541. 281.69 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 281.69 (1m) (b).
9,2542
Section
2542. 281.69 (1) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 281.69 (1r) and amended to read:
281.69 (1r) Contracts. Lake The department may award contracts for lake classification technical assistance projects to be conducted by nonprofit corporations that will provide educational and technical assistance.
9,2543
Section
2543. 281.69 (1b) of the statutes is created to read:
281.69 (1b) Definition. In this section, "lake" includes a flowage.
9,2544
Section
2544. 281.69 (2) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.69 (2) (title) Amounts of grants
and contracts.
9,2545
Section
2545. 281.69 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.69 (2) (c) A grant contract for a lake classification technical assistance project may not exceed $200,000.
9,2546
Section
2546. 281.69 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.69 (3) (a) A designation of eligible recipients, which shall include nonprofit conservation organizations, as defined in s. 23.0955 (1), counties, cities, towns, villages, qualified lake associations, as defined in s. 281.68 (1) (b), town sanitary districts, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts and other local governmental units, as defined in s. 66.299 (1) (a), that are established for the purpose of lake management.
9,2547
Section
2547. 281.69 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
281.69 (3) (b) 1. The purchase of land or of a conservation easement, as defined in s. 700.40 (1) (a), if the eligible recipient enters into a contract under sub. (4) s. 281.71 and if the purchase will substantially contribute to the protection or improvement of a lake's water quality or its natural ecosystem.
9,2548
Section
2548. 281.69 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 281.71, and 281.71 (title), (1) (intro.) and (d), (2) (intro.) and (b), (3) and (5), as renumbered, are amended to read:
281.71 (title) Lake management project grants; river protection grants; purchases. (1) (intro.) In order to receive a grant for a purchase under sub. s. 281.69 (3) (b) 1. or 281.70 (5) (c) 1., the recipient shall enter into a contract with the department that contains all of the following provisions:
(d) A clause that any subsequent sale or transfer of the property to be acquired is subject to pars. (b) and (c) subs. (2) and (3).
(2) (intro.) The recipient of the grant used for a purchase under sub. s. 281.69 (3) (b) 1. or 281.70 (5) (c) 1. may subsequently sell or transfer the acquired property to a 3rd party other than a creditor of the recipient if all of the following apply:
(b) The party to whom the property is sold or transferred enters into a new contract with the department that contains the provisions under par. (a) sub. (1).
(3) The recipient of the grant used for a purchase under sub. s. 281.69 (3) (b) 1.
or 281.70 (5) (c) 1. may subsequently sell or transfer the acquired property to satisfy a debt or other obligation if the department approves the sale or transfer.
(5) The instrument conveying the property to the recipient shall state the interest of the state under par. (d) sub. (4). The contract entered into under par. (a) sub. (1) and the instrument of conveyance shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of each county in which the property is located.
9,2549
Section
2549. 281.69 (6) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
9,2550
Section
2550. 281.69 (6) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 281.69 (6) and amended to read:
281.69 (6) Lake classification technical assistance grants contracts. A nonprofit corporation receiving a lake classification technical assistance grant contract shall provide educational and technical assistance to local units of government and lake management organizations that will participate in a lake classification project.
9,2551
Section
2551. 281.70 of the statutes is created to read:
281.70 River protection grants. (1) Definition. In this section, "river" includes a stream or a flowage.
(2) Types of projects. The department shall develop and administer a financial assistance program to provide grants for planning projects and management projects.
(3) Amounts of grants. (a) A grant for a planning project may be made for up to 75% of the cost of the project but may not exceed $10,000 per grant.
(b) A grant for a management project may be made for up to 75% of the cost of the project but may not exceed $50,000 per grant.
(4) Eligible recipients. (a) All of the following shall be eligible for grants under this section:
1. Local governmental units, as defined in s. 66.299 (1) (a).
2. River management organizations that meet the qualifications under par. (b).
3. Nonprofit conservation organizations, as defined in s. 23.0955 (1).
(b) The department shall promulgate rules to establish the qualifications that a river management organization must meet to qualify for a grant under this section.
(5) Eligible activities. The department shall promulgate rules to do all of the following:
(a) Designate activities that are eligible for grants for planning projects. Eligible activities under the rules for these grants shall include all of the following:
1. Data collection.
2. Assessments of water quality and of fish and aquatic life and their habitat.
3. Assessments of the uses of a river and the uses of the land surrounding the river.
4. Nonpoint source pollution evaluation.
5. Informational or educational programs and materials as specified in par. (b).
6. Programs and materials to assist persons in forming river management organizations or other groups to protect or improve rivers and natural riverine ecosystems.
(b) For purposes of par. (a) 5., specify informational or educational materials that may be provided on any of the following:
1. Protecting or improving the ways in which rivers are used.
2. Protecting or improving the quality of water in rivers.
3. Protecting or improving the quality of natural riverine ecosystems.
4. Protecting or improving fish populations, aquatic life or fish habitat in rivers.
(c) Designate activities that are eligible for grants for management projects. Eligible activities under the rules for these grants shall include all of the following:
1. The purchase of land or of a conservation easement, as defined in s. 700.40 (1) (a) if the recipient enters into a contract under s. 281.71 and if the purchase will substantially contribute to the protection or improvement of the river's water quality or its natural ecosystem.
2. The restoration of in-stream or shoreline habitat.
3. The development of local regulations or ordinances that will protect or improve the river's water quality or its natural ecosystem.
4. An activity that is approved by the department and that is needed to implement a recommendation made as a result of a plan to protect or improve the river's water quality or its natural ecosystem.
5. Installation of pollution control practices.
(6) Eligibility; types of rivers. The department shall promulgate rules establishing the types of natural riverine ecosystems that are eligible for grants under this section.
(7) Eligibility; other. At the completion of a planning project, upon request of the recipient of the grant for the planning project, the department may approve as eligible activities for a management project grant the recommendations that were made as a result of the project.
9,2551m
Section 2551m. 281.72 of the statutes is created to read:
281.72 River protection; contracts with nonprofit organizations. (1) Definition. In this section, "nonprofit conservation organization" means a river management organization that meets the qualifications under s. 281.70 (4) (b) or a nonprofit corporation, a charitable trust or other nonprofit association whose purposes include the protection of rivers and that is described in section
501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is exempt from federal income tax under section
501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(2) Requirements to receive contracts. The department shall provide contracts to nonstock, nonprofit corporations that are described under section
501 (c) (3) or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code and that are organized in this state. For a nonstock, profit corporation to qualify for a contract, the corporation shall meet all of the following requirements:
(a) The corporation is exempt from taxation under section
501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(b) The corporation provides support to nonprofit conservation organizations.
(c) The corporation has a board of directors that has a majority of members who are representatives of nonprofit conservation organizations.
(d) The corporation contributes, to be used with the contract, $1 for every $3 it receives under the contract.
(3) Requirements under contracts. A corporation receiving a contract under this subsection shall do all of the following:
(a) Assist in the establishment of nonprofit conservation organizations.
(b). Provide technical assistance to nonprofit conservation organizations.
(c) Conduct conferences on topics for which technical assistance is provided under par. (b).
9,2554
Section
2554. 285.01 (40) of the statutes is amended to read:
285.01 (40) "Solid waste" means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility and other discarded or salvageable materials, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous materials resulting from industrial, commercial, mining and agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include solids or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits under ch. 283, or source material, as defined in s. 254.31 (10), special nuclear material, as defined in s. 254.31 (11), or by-product material, as defined in s. 254.31 (3) (1).
