(3) Forestry education for the public. Using the moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (1) (cv) 20.375 (2) (rv), the department shall develop a program to educate the public on the value of sustainable forestry. The program shall include support for educational efforts conducted by school districts at school forests or conducted by other entities that provide education on the topic of sustainable forestry.
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Section 1149rx. 27.01 (7) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (a) 3. In this subsection, "vehicle admission area" means the Bong area lands acquired under s. 23.09 (13), the Wisconsin Dells natural area, the Point Beach state forest, recreational areas in other state forests designated as such by the department of natural resources or by the department of forestry, designated use zones within other recreation areas established under s. 23.091 (3), and any state park or roadside park except those areas specified in par. (c) 5.
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1150. 27.01 (7) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (f) 1. Except as provided in par. (gm), the fee for an annual vehicle admission receipt is $17.50 $19.50 for each vehicle which that has Wisconsin registration plates, except that no fee is charged for a receipt issued under s. 29.235 (6).
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1151. 27.01 (7) (g) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (g) 1. Except as provided in par. (gm), the fee for an annual vehicle admission receipt is $24.50 $29.50 for any vehicle which that has a registration plate or plates from another state, except that no fee is charged for a receipt issued under s. 29.235 (6).
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1152. 27.01 (7) (g) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (g) 2. Except as provided in subds. 3. and 4., the fee for a daily vehicle admission receipt for any vehicle which that has a registration plate or plates from another state is $6.85 $9.85.
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1153. 27.01 (7) (gm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (gm) 1. Instead of the fees under pars. (f) 1. and (g) 1., the department shall charge an individual $8.50 $9.50 or $12
$14.50, respectively, for an annual vehicle admission receipt if the individual applying for the receipt or a member of his or her household owns a vehicle for which a current annual vehicle admission receipt has been issued for the applicable fee under par. (f) 1. or (g) 1.
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Section 1153c. 27.01 (7) (gm) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (gm) 3. Notwithstanding par. (f) 1., the fee for an annual vehicle admission receipt for a vehicle that has Wisconsin registration plates and that is owned by a resident senior citizen, as defined in s. 29.001 (72), is $8.50 $9.50.
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Section 1153g. 27.01 (7) (gu) of the statutes is created to read:
27.01 (7) (gu) Transaction payments. The department shall establish a system under which the department pays each agent appointed under sub. (7m) (a) a payment of 50 cents for each time that the agent processes a transaction through the statewide automated system contracted for under sub. (7m) (d). This payment is in addition to any issuing fee retained by the agent. The department shall make these payments by allowing the agent to retain an amount equal to the payments from the amounts that are collected by the agent and that would otherwise be remitted to the department.
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Section 1153h. 27.01 (7) (gu) of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (gu) Transaction payments. The department shall establish a system under which the department pays each agent appointed under sub. (7m) (a) a payment of 1. is paid 50 cents for each time that the agent processes a transaction through the statewide automated system contracted for under sub. (7m) (d). This payment is in addition to any issuing fee retained by the agent. The department shall make these These payments shall be made by allowing the agent to retain an amount equal to the payments from the amounts that are collected by the agent and that would otherwise be remitted to the department.
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Section 1153i. 27.01 (7) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (h) Use of vehicle admission receipt and issuing fees. All moneys collected as fees under pars. (g) (f) to (gr) and sub. (7m) (b) that are not retained by agents appointed under par. (gu) or sub. (7m) (a) (b) shall be paid within one week into the state treasury, credited to the conservation fund and used for state parks, state recreation areas, recreation areas in state forests, and the Bong area lands.
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Section 1153ic. 27.01 (7) (h) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 27.01 (7) (h) 1.
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Section 1153iL. 27.01 (7) (h) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
27.01 (7) (h) 2. The department of forestry and the department of natural resources shall enter into an agreement to determine how the moneys credited to the conservation fund under subd. 1. will be allocated for use between the departments, how the payments made under par. (gu) will be allocated for payment between the departments, and how the fees collected for conservation patron licenses will be allocated between the departments. The secretary of administration shall resolve any disputes between the departments concerning the agreement entered into under this subdivision.
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Section 1153iq. 27.01 (7m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 27.01 (7m) (a) 1.
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Section 1153ir. 27.01 (7m) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
27.01 (7m) (a) 2. The department of forestry, as an agent of the department, shall issue vehicle admission receipts and collect the vehicle admission fees under sub. (7). The vehicle admission fees collected by the department of forestry shall be deposited in the conservation fund.
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Section 1153is. 27.01 (7m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 27.01 (7m) (b) 1. and amended to read:
27.01 (7m) (b) 1. An agent appointed under par. (a) 1. shall collect the applicable issuing fee specified in sub. (7) (gr). The agent may retain the issuing fees to compensate the agent for the agent's services in issuing the receipts.
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Section 1153it. 27.01 (7m) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
27.01 (7m) (b) 2. The department of forestry shall collect the applicable issuing fee specified in sub. (7) (gr) for the vehicle admission receipts that it issues and shall deposit the issuing fees into the forestry fund.
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Section 1153L. 27.01 (7m) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
27.01 (7m) (d) The department may contract with persons who are not employees of the department to operate a statewide automated system for issuing vehicle admission receipts and collecting vehicle admission fees under sub. (7).
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Section 1153Lb. 27.01 (10) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (10) (b) Establishment, operation and categories of campgrounds. The department of forestry and the department of natural resources may each establish and operate state campgrounds in state parks, state forests and other on lands under its their respective supervision and management. The Each department may classify, by rule, its state campgrounds into separate categories.
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Section 1153Lc. 27.01 (10) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (10) (d) 1. The camping fee for each night at a campsite in a campground which is classified as a Type "A" campground by the department under par. (b) is $8 for a resident camping party.
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Section 1153Ld. 27.01 (10) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (10) (d) 2. The camping fee for each night at a campsite in a campground which is classified as a Type "A" campground by the department under par. (b) is $10 for a nonresident camping party.
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Section 1153Le. 27.01 (10) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (10) (d) 3. The camping fee for each night at a campsite in a state campground which is classified as a Type "B" campground by the department under par. (b) is $7 for a resident camping party.
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Section 1153Lf. 27.01 (10) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (10) (d) 4. The camping fee for each night at a campsite in a state campground which is classified as a Type "B" campground by the department under par. (b) is $9 for a nonresident camping party.
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Section 1153Lg. 27.01 (10) (d) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (10) (d) 5. The camping fee for each night at a campsite in a campground which is classified as a Type "C" campground by the department under par. (b) is $6 for a resident camping party.
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Section 1153Lh. 27.01 (10) (d) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (10) (d) 6. The camping fee for each night at a campsite in a campground which is classified as a Type "C" campground by the department under par. (b) is $8 for a nonresident camping party.
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Section 1153Lj. 27.01 (10) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (10) (e) Determination of residency. The department departments shall base
its their determination of whether a camping party is a resident or nonresident camping party upon the residency of the person who applies for a reservation under sub. (11) at the time the application for reservation is made or, if no reservation is made, the residency of the person who registers for the campsite at the time of registration.
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Section 1153Lm. 27.01 (10) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (10) (f) Waiver of fees; special fees. The department departments may waive camping fees, charge additional camping fees or charge special fees instead of camping fees for certain classes of persons or
groups, certain areas, certain types of camping or times of the year and for admission to special events.
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Section 1153Ln. 27.01 (10) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (10) (g) Additional camping fees. (intro.) Besides the additional camping fees authorized under par. (f), the department departments may charge:
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Section 1153Lp. 27.01 (10) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (10) (h) Increased camping fees. In addition to its their authority under par. (f), the department departments shall determine which state campgrounds under their supervision and management are located in areas where local market conditions justify the establishment of higher camping fees to be charged by the department. For these state campgrounds, the department departments. The departments shall promulgate rules for state campgrounds under their supervision and management to establish higher camping fees to be based on the applicable local market conditions.
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Section 1153Lq. 27.01 (11) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (11) (a) Authorization. The department of natural resources and the department of forestry may establish and jointly operate a campground reservation system for state campgrounds in state parks, state forests and on other lands under the either department's supervision and control. The department management and may participate with owners of private campgrounds in a cooperative reservation system.
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Section 1153Ls. 27.01 (11) (cm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (11) (cm) 1. The department may enter into a contract with another party to operate the campground reservation system that the department establishes under par. (a).
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Section 1153Lt. 27.01 (11) (cm) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (11) (cm) 2. A contract entered into under this paragraph shall require that the department retain $1 of each reservation fee collected shall be retained by the department of natural resources or the department of forestry. The departments shall enter an agreement to determine how these moneys will be allocated for use between the departments. The secretary of administration shall resolve any disputes between the departments concerning this agreement.
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Section 1153Lu. 27.01 (11) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (11) (i) Cooperation with tourism. The department of natural resources, the department of forestry, and the department of tourism shall work jointly to establish an on any automated campground reservation system operated under par. (a).
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Section 1153m. 27.012 of the statutes is created to read:
27.012 Access to Mountain-Bay State Trail. The department shall allow the town of Weston in Marathon County to provide a public access site that crosses the Mountain-Bay State Trail and that is in addition to any public access site that is in existence on the effective date of this section .... [revisor inserts date]. The department may not require the town of Weston in Marathon County to close any public access to the Mountain-Bay State Trail that exists on the effective date of this section .... [revisor inserts date].
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Section 1153nc. 27.016 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 1153np. 27.019 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.019 (12) Cooperation of state departments. The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the department of administration, the department of natural resources, the department of forestry, and the agricultural extension division of the University of Wisconsin shall cooperate with the several county rural planning committees in carrying out this section.
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Section 1153nx. 28.005 of the statutes is amended to read:
28.005 Definition. "Department" when used in this chapter without other words of description or qualification means the department of natural resources forestry.
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Section 1153nxb. 28.01 of the statutes is amended to read:
28.01 Forestry supervision. The department shall execute all matters pertaining to forestry within the jurisdiction of the state, direct the management of state forests, other than southern state forests, collect data relative to forest use and conditions and advance the cause of forestry within the state.
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Section 1153nxc. 28.012 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
28.012 (title) Powers of department.
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Section 1153nxd. 28.012 (1) of the statutes is created to read:
28.012 (1) For the state forests, other than southern state forests, the department may accept and administer, in the name of the state, any gifts, grants, bequests, and devises, including land, interests in land and funds made available to the department by the federal government under any act of congress relating to any of the functions of the department.
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Section 1153nxf. 28.012 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
28.012 (2) The department may extend or consolidate lands or waters suitable for the state forests, other than the southern state forests, by the exchange of other lands or waters under its supervision.
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Section 1153nxg. 28.012 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
28.012 (3) The department may accept donations of buildings, facilities, and structures to be constructed upon lands owned by this state in the state forests, other than the southern state forests.
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Section 1153nxh. 28.012 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
28.012 (4) The department may grant easements to parts or parcels of areas in the state forests, other than the southern state forests.
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Section 1153nxj. 28.012 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
28.012 (5) All funds included in the gifts, grants, bequests, and devises received or expected to be received by the department for the state forests under its jurisdiction in a biennium shall be included in the statement of its actual and estimated receipts and disbursements for such biennium required to be contained in the biennial state budget report under s. 16.46. Those funds shall be considered to be, and shall be treated the same as, other actual and estimated receipts and disbursements of the department. The department may acknowledge the receipt of any funding from a particular person or group in any department pamphlet, bulletin, or other publication.
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Section 1153nxk. 28.012 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
28.012 (6) The donor of any building, facility, or structure under sub. (3) may contract for this construction according to plans and specifications provided by the department or may enter into a contract for professional architectural and engineering services to develop plans and specifications for the building, facility, or structure and contract for their construction. Upon the completion of construction satisfactory to the department, title to the building, facility, or structure shall vest in the state. No person may construct any building, facility, or structure under this subsection without the prior approval of the department regarding plans and specifications, materials, suitability, design, capacity, or location. The plans and specifications for any building, structure, or facility donated under sub. (2) (eg) shall also be subject to the approval of the building commission.
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Section 1153nxp. 28.012 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
28.012 (7) Any easements granted under sub. (4) or s. 28.02 (5) and any leases under s. 23.305 or 26.08 by the department shall have the restrictions necessary to preserve and protect the land subject to the lease or easement for the purposes for which it was acquired or made part of the state forests.
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Section 1153nxq. 28.012 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
28.012 (8) (a) In this subsection, "easement" includes a negative easement, a restrictive covenant, a covenant running with the land, and any other right for a lawful use of the property together with the right to acquire all negative easements, restrictive covenants, covenants running with the land, and all rights for use of property.
(b) The department may acquire any easement for the benefit of any area in the state forests, other than southern state forests.
