Amendment SSA1-SB373

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1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE

SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO 1997 SENATE BILL 373

February 3, 1998 - Offered by Committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources.

SB373-SSA1,1,2 An Act to create 23.0945 of the statutes; relating to: a bluff protection program and granting rule-making authority.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SB373-SSA1, s. 1 Section 1. 23.0945 of the statutes is created to read:

SB373-SSA1,1,5 23.0945 Bluff protection program. (1) In this section, "municipality" means a city, village, town or county.

SB373-SSA1,1,7 (2) The department may establish a program for bluff protection. If the department establishes the program, the department shall do all of the following:

SB373-SSA1,1,8 (a) By rule, define "bluff" for purposes of the program.

SB373-SSA1,1,11 (b) Study natural forces that cause erosion, recession or destruction of bluffs and identify bluffs where those natural forces threaten public or private property or limit the potential for development of public or private property.

SB373-SSA1,2,3 (c) Study the attributes of bluffs, including biological diversity, recreational potential and aesthetic values, that warrant special protection and identify bluffs that exhibit those attributes.

SB373-SSA1,2,5 (d) Study the factors that lead to the loss of aesthetic values of bluffs and identify bluffs where those factors threaten the loss of aesthetic values.

SB373-SSA1,2,10 (e) Provide information to municipalities and the public regarding the location of bluffs where erosion, recession or destruction threaten public or private property or limit the potential for development of public or private property, where the attributes warranting special protection are exhibited or where development or other factors threaten the loss of aesthetic values.

SB373-SSA1,2,15 (f) Assist municipalities in developing programs to direct development away from bluffs where erosion, recession or destruction threaten public or private property or limit the potential for development of public or private property, where attributes warranting special protection are exhibited or where development or other factors threaten the loss of aesthetic values.

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