Amendment CA1-ASA1-AB133

AB133-ASA1-CA1,127,12 "(i) "Total bonding authority" means the total amount that may be obligated under a subprogram under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program over the entire duration of the program.".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,127,13 556. Page 432, line 7: delete "for conservation and recreational purposes".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,127,15 557. Page 432, line 9: after "acquisition" insert "for conservation and recreational".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,127,16 558. Page 432, line 10: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,127,17 "3. A subprogram for bluff protection.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,127,19 4. A subprogram for land acquisition in the Baraboo Hills for conservation purposes.".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,127,21 559. Page 432, line 11: substitute "Except as provided in sub. (5m), no" for "No".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,127,22 560. Page 433, line 8: delete that line.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,127,23 561. Page 433, line 10: delete lines 10 to 12 and substitute:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,128,3 "(dm) Except as provided in subs. (4g) (b), (4m) (k), (5) and (5m), the department may not obligate under the subprogram for land acquisition more than the following amounts:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,128,4 1. For fiscal year 2000-01, $28,500,000.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,128,6 2. For each fiscal year beginning with 2001-02 and ending with fiscal year 2009-10, $34,500,000.".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,128,7 562. Page 434, line 11: delete "$9,400,000" and substitute "$11,500,000".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,128,8 563. Page 434, line 15: delete "$1,400,000" and substitute "$3,500,000".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,128,9 564. Page 434, line 17: delete lines 17 to 19.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,128,10 565. Page 434, line 21: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,128,12 "(4g) Bluff protection. (a) The department may not obligate more than $1,000,000 under the subprogram for bluff protection.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,128,18 (b) If the total amount obligated for the subprogram for bluff protection on June 30, 2004, is less than $1,000,000, the department shall calculate the unobligated amount by subtracting the total obligated amount from $1,000,000. The department shall then adjust the available bonding authority for the subprogram for land acquisition by increasing the available bonding authority in an amount equal to the unobligated amount.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,128,20 (c) The department may not obligate moneys for the subprogram for bluff protection after June 30, 2004.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,128,21 (4m) Baraboo Hills. (a) Definitions. In this subsection:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,128,24 1. "Assigned amount" means the sum of the amounts made available for expenditure under par. (g) and the amounts set aside by the department under par. (h) 1.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,129,3 2. "Federal nontransportation moneys" means moneys received from the federal government that are not deposited in the transportation fund and that are not credited to the appropriations under ss. 20.115 (2) (m) and 20.445 (1) (ox).

AB133-ASA1-CA1,129,6 3. "Local governmental unit" means a city, village, town, county, lake sanitary district, as defined in s. 30.50 (4q), or a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,129,9 (b) Matching funding. The department shall provide funding under the subprogram for the Baraboo Hills to match the value of land acquisitions that are certified as qualifying matching land acquisitions under par. (e).

AB133-ASA1-CA1,129,11 (c) Overall requirements. 1. The department may obligate not more than $5,000,000 under the subprogram for the Baraboo Hills.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,129,15 2. The amount of moneys, other than federal moneys, that may be used by local governmental units or nonprofit conservation organizations to make land acquisitions that are certified as qualifying matching land acquisitions under par. (e) may not exceed $2,500,000.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,129,20 3. Land that is either certified as a qualifying matching land acquisition under par. (e) or (h) 2. or acquired with moneys made available for expenditure under par. (g) or (h) 2. may not be department land or land that is otherwise owned or under the jurisdiction of the state on the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date].

AB133-ASA1-CA1,129,23 (d) Matching land acquisitions; requirements. The department may only certify as a qualifying matching land acquisition in the Baraboo Hills an acquisition to which all of the following apply:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,129,24 1. The land is being acquired for conservation purposes.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,130,2 2. The land is being acquired by the federal government, by a local governmental unit or by a nonprofit conservation organization.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,130,4 3. Any federal moneys being used for the acquisition are federal nontransportation moneys.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,130,8 (e) Matching land acquisitions; certification. The department shall certify which land acquisitions qualify as matching land acquisitions for the subprogram for the Baraboo Hills and shall determine the values of these matching land acquisitions as provided in par. (f).

AB133-ASA1-CA1,130,11 (f) Matching land acquisitions; valuation. The value of a land acquisition that is certified as a qualifying matching land acquisition under par. (e), shall be calculated as follows:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,130,15 1. For land that is acquired by purchase at fair market value, the value shall equal the sum of the purchase price and the costs incurred by the federal government, local governmental unit or nonprofit conservation organization in acquiring the land.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,130,20 2. For land that is acquired by gift or bequest or by purchase at less than fair market value, the value shall equal the sum of the appraised fair market value of the land at the time of the acquisition and the costs incurred by the acquiring entity in acquiring the land. The acquiring entity shall supply the appraisal upon which the appraised fair market value is based.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,131,2 (g) Matching land acquisitions; available moneys. For each land acquisition that is certified as a qualifying matching land acquisition under par. (e), the department shall make available for expenditure moneys in an amount that equals the value of the land acquisition, as calculated under par. (f). This paragraph does not apply to a land acquisition that is acquired with moneys committed by the federal government, local governmental unit or nonprofit conservation organization under par. (h).

AB133-ASA1-CA1,131,10 (h) Matching land acquisitions; future commitments. 1. In addition to the moneys made available for expenditure under par. (g), the department shall set aside moneys in amounts that equal amounts that the federal government, local governmental units or nonprofit conservation organizations commit for the acquisition of land in the Baraboo Hills for conservation purposes. Federal moneys that are committed under this paragraph shall be federal nontransportation moneys. The department may set aside moneys under this paragraph only for commitments that are made before January 1, 2006.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,131,16 2. For each land acquisition that is made by using moneys that are committed by the federal government, a local governmental unit or a nonprofit conservation organization under this paragraph and that is certified as a qualifying matching land acquisition under par. (e), the department shall make available for expenditure moneys in an amount that equals the value of the land acquisition, as calculated under par. (f), after the acquisition is certified.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,131,20 (i) Available moneys; uses. The moneys made available for expenditure under par. (g) or (h) 2. may be used by the department to acquire land in the Baraboo Hills for conservation purposes and to award grants to local governmental units and nonprofit conservation organizations.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,132,2 (j) Available moneys; grant requirements. A local governmental unit or nonprofit conservation organization that receives a grant under par. (i) does not need to provide any matching funding. Land acquired with moneys from a grant awarded under par. (i) may not be certified by the department as a qualifying matching land acquisition under par. (e). Grants awarded under par. (i) shall be used to acquire land for conservation purposes in the Baraboo Hills.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,132,11 (k) Unassigned amount. If the assigned amount for the subprogram for the Baraboo Hills on January 1, 2006, is less than the available bonding authority, the department shall calculate the unassigned amount by subtracting the assigned amount from the available bonding authority. The department shall then adjust the annual bonding authority for the subprogram for land acquisition by increasing its annual bonding authority by an amount equal to this unassigned amount. The department shall expend any assigned amount that has not been expended before January 1, 2006, for acquisitions, by the department, of land for conservation purposes and for grants that meet the requirements under par. (j).

AB133-ASA1-CA1,132,16 (L) Highway construction required. No moneys may be obligated for the subprogram for the Baraboo Hills before the department of transportation certifies to the department of natural resources that highway construction that will result in at least 4 traffic lanes has begun on the portion of USH 12 between the city of Middleton and the village of Sauk City.".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,132,17 566. Page 436, line 9: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,132,22 "(5m) Adjustments for land acquisitions. (a) Beginning in fiscal year 1999-2000, the department, subject to the approval of the governor and the joint committee on finance under sub. (6), may obligate under the subprogram for land acquisition any amount not in excess of the total bonding authority for that subprogram for the acquisition of land.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,132,24 (b) For each land acquisition transaction under this subsection, all of the following apply:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,133,1 1. The department shall sell a portion of the acquired land.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,133,6 2. All proceeds from the sale of the land, up to the amount obligated under par. (a) as determined by the secretary of administration, shall be deposited in the general fund and credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (7) (ag). Notwithstanding s. 25.29 (1) (a), the proceeds in excess of the amount obligated under par. (a) shall be deposited in the general fund.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,133,12 3. For bonds that are retired from the proceeds of the sale of the acquired land within 3 years after the date on which the land was acquired by the department, the department shall adjust the available bonding authority for the subprogram for land acquisition by increasing the available bonding authority for the fiscal year in which the bonds are retired by an amount equal to the total amount of the bonds issued for the sale that have been retired in that fiscal year.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,133,23 4. For bonds that are not retired from the proceeds of the sale of the acquired land within 3 years after the date on which the land was acquired by the department, the department shall adjust the available bonding authority for the subprogram for land acquisition by decreasing the available bonding authority for the next fiscal year beginning after the end of that 3-year period by an amount equal to the total amount of the bonds that have not been retired from such proceeds in that fiscal year and, if necessary, shall decrease for each subsequent fiscal year the available bonding authority in an amount equal to that available bonding authority or equal to the amount still needed to equal the total amount of the bonds that have not been retired from such proceeds, whichever is less, until the available bonding authority has been decreased by an amount equal to the total of the bonds that have not been retired.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,133,25 (c) Notwithstanding sub. (2) (a) 1., land acquired under this subsection need not be for conservation or recreational purposes.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,134,3 (d) The department of administration shall monitor all transactions under this subsection to ensure compliance with federal law and to ensure that interest on the bonds is tax-exempt for the holders of the bonds.".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,134,4 567. Page 436, line 10: before "The department" insert "(a)".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,134,5 568. Page 436, line 11: delete "more".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,134,6 569. Page 436, line 12: delete "than $250,000" and substitute "any moneys".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,134,7 570. Page 436, line 19: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,134,9 "(b) Paragraph (a) applies only to an amount for a project or activity that exceeds $250,000, except as provided in par. (c).

AB133-ASA1-CA1,134,10 (c) Paragraph (a) applies to any land acquisition under sub. (5m).".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,134,11 571. Page 437, line 22: delete lines 22 to 25.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,134,12 572. Page 438, line 4: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,134,20 "(d) The department may not acquire land using moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) without the prior approval of a majority of the members-elect, as defined in s. 59.001 (2m), of the county board of supervisors of the county in which the land is located if at least 66% of the land in the county is owned or under the jurisdiction of the state, the federal government or a local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.299 (1) (a). Before determining whether to approve the acquisition, the county in which the land is located shall post notices that inform the residents of the community surrounding the land of the possible acquisitions.".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,134,21 573. Page 444, line 21: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,134,22 " Section 665rc. 23.0955 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,135,7 23.0955 (2) (a) (intro.) The From the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (aw), the department shall provide one grant of $75,000 $250,000 in each fiscal year 1996-97 , beginning with fiscal year 1999-2000, to a nonstock, nonprofit corporation that is described under section 501 (c) (3) or (4) of the internal revenue code Internal Revenue Code, in existence on the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], and organized in this state if the corporation meets all of the following requirements:

AB133-ASA1-CA1, s. 665rd Section 665rd. 23.0955 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,135,12 23.0955 (2) (a) 3. The corporation has a board of directors whose members represent, to the greatest extent practicable, all geographic areas of the state and that has a majority of members who are representatives of nonprofit conservation organizations.

AB133-ASA1-CA1, s. 665re Section 665re. 23.0955 (2) (am) of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-ASA1-CA1, s. 665rf Section 665rf. 23.0955 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,135,17 23.0955 (2) (b) (intro.) A corporation receiving a grant under this subsection shall do all of the following, but shall emphasize the activities described in subds. 1. and 2.:

AB133-ASA1-CA1, s. 665rg Section 665rg. 23.0955 (2) (b) 2m., 4. and 5. of the statutes are created to read:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,135,21 23.0955 (2) (b) 2m. Assist nonprofit conservation organizations in acquiring property for conservation purposes and in managing property acquired for conservation purposes.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,135,25 4. Acquire a property for conservation purposes where no other nonprofit conservation organization exists that is willing to assist or capable of effectively assisting in the transfer of the property or that can adequately manage the property after it is acquired.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,136,5 5. For each fiscal year, prepare a report detailing the activities for which a grant under this section was expended, describing any property acquired by the corporation and explaining how the acquisition of that property furthers the goal of conservation in the state. Copies of the report shall be submitted to the department and to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2).

AB133-ASA1-CA1, s. 665rh Section 665rh. 23.0955 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,136,11 23.0955 (3) (a) During the period beginning on January 1, 2004, and ending on July 1, 2004, the department shall submit a comprehensive report describing the cost of, and accomplishments achieved by, activities funded with grants under this section, commencing with the grants provided in the 1999-2000 fiscal year. The report shall evaluate all of the following:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,136,13 1. How grants under this section have furthered the goal of encouraging private resource conservation.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,136,15 2. The extent to which grants under this section complement the resource conservation goals of the department.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,136,17 (b) The report shall contain a recommendation to the legislature on whether the grant program under this section should be continued, eliminated or revised.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,136,19 (c) The report shall be distributed to the speaker of the assembly and the president of the senate under s. 13.172 (3).

AB133-ASA1-CA1, s. 665ri Section 665ri. 23.0956 of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,137,2 23.0956 Assistance for private conservation activities. (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (aw), the department shall provide one grant of $85,000 in each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 2000-01, to a nonstock, nonprofit corporation that is described under section 501 (c) (3) or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code and organized in this state if the corporation meets all of the following requirements:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,137,4 (a) The corporation is exempt from taxation under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,137,6 (b) The corporation was created to accept and to utilize private contributions made to protect and enhance the state's natural resources.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,137,8 (2) A corporation receiving a grant under sub. (1) shall use the grant to do all of the following:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,137,12 (a) Encourage private corporations and other private entities to undertake activities, including the contribution of money, that encourage management and restoration of the state's endangered wild animals, wild plants and natural communities.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,137,14 (b) Encourage private corporations and other private entities to engage in land management practices that protect and preserve natural resources.

AB133-ASA1-CA1,137,16 (c) Provide grants to nonprofit and other groups to encourage education, restoration and management activities to enhance the state's natural resources.".

AB133-ASA1-CA1,137,17 574. Page 447, line 12: after that line insert:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,137,18 " Section 665vm. 23.0962 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-ASA1-CA1,137,19 23.0962 (3) (a) In this subsection: