Date of enactment: March 1, 2016
2015 Senate Bill 436   Date of publication*: March 2, 2016
* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication."
2015 WISCONSIN ACT 250
An Act to amend 20.370 (6) (as), 20.370 (6) (av), 281.68 (title), 281.68 (1t) (title), 281.68 (1t) (a), 281.68 (1t) (c), 281.68 (1t) (d), 281.68 (2) (b) and 281.68 (3) (bg) of the statutes; relating to: lake monitoring and protection grants and contracts and making an appropriation.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
250,1 Section 1. 20.370 (6) (as) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.370 (6) (as) Environmental aids — invasive aquatic species and lake monitoring and protection . Biennially, from the conservation fund, the amounts in the schedule for grants under s. 23.22 (2) (c) to control invasive species that are aquatic species and for lake monitoring and protection contracts under s. 281.68 (1t).
250,2 Section 2. 20.370 (6) (av) of the statutes, as affected by 2105 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:
20.370 (6) (av) Environmental aids — river protection; lake monitoring and protection contracts; conservation fund. Biennially, from the conservation fund, the amounts in the schedule for river protection grants and contracts under s. 281.70 and for lake monitoring and protection contracts under s. 281.68 (1t).
250,3 Section 3. 281.68 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.68 (title) Lake management planning grants and lake monitoring and protection contracts.
250,4 Section 4. 281.68 (1t) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.68 (1t) (title) Lake monitoring and protection contracts.
250,5 Section 5. 281.68 (1t) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.68 (1t) (a) Training, equipment, and supplies necessary for water quality sample collection, lake surveys, and watercraft inspection.
250,6 Section 6. 281.68 (1t) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.68 (1t) (c) Developing, maintaining, and managing a statewide database system for entering, tracking, evaluating, and reporting water quality and lake survey results.
250,7 Section 7. 281.68 (1t) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.68 (1t) (d) Producing and distributing water quality and lake survey results and reports.
250,8 Section 8. 281.68 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.68 (2) (b) The total amount of lake monitoring and protection contracts for each fiscal year may not exceed 10 25 percent of the total amount appropriated under s. 20.370 (6) (ar) and, (as) , and (av).
250,9 Section 9. 281.68 (3) (bg) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.68 (3) (bg) The department shall promulgate rules for the administration of the lake monitoring and protection contracts program, which shall specify the eligible activities and qualifications for participation in the statewide lake monitoring and protection network. Eligible activities shall include providing technical assistance to public or private entities that apply for, or have received, a grant under s. 23.22 (2) (c). Qualified participants shall include counties and public or private entities that manage aquatic invasive species under a management plan approved by the department.
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