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14(2) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall
15promulgate rules for the administration of the program under this section.
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16(3) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection may not
17make grants under this section after June 30, 2004.
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92.07
(2) Standards. Each land conservation committee may develop and
20adopt standards and specifications for management practices to control erosion,
21sedimentation and nonpoint source water pollution. The standards and
22specifications for agricultural facilities and practices that are constructed or begun
23on or after October 14, 1997, and, if cost-sharing is available to the owner or operator
24under s. 92.14
, 281.16 (5) or 281.65 or from any other source, for agricultural facilities
25and practices that are constructed or begun before that date shall be consistent with
1the performance standards, prohibitions, conservation practices and technical
2standards under s. 281.16 (3). The land conservation committee shall use the rules
3promulgated under s. 281.16 (3) (e) to determine whether cost-sharing is available.
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92.10
(4) (c)
Plan assistance. The department shall assist land conservation
8committees in preparing land and water resource management plans.
The
9department may allocate funds appropriated under s. 20.115 (7) (c) to land
10conservation committees in identified priority counties to cover up to 50% of the cost
11of preparing land and water resource management plans.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1913b
12Section 1913b. 92.10 (6) (a) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB133-SSA1,981,1513
92.10
(6) (a)
Plan preparation. A land conservation committee shall prepare
14a land and water resource management plan that, at a minimum, does all of the
15following:
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1. Includes an assessment of water quality and soil erosion conditions
17throughout the county, including any assessment available from the department of
18natural resources.
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2. Specifies water quality objectives for each water basin, priority watershed,
20as defined in s. 281.65 (2) (c), and priority lake, as defined in s. 281.65 (2) (be).
AB133-SSA1,981,2221
3. Identifies the best management practices to achieve the objectives under
22subd. 2. and to achieve the tolerable erosion level under s. 92.04 (2) (i).
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4. Identifies applicable performance standards and prohibitions related to the
24control of pollution from nonpoint sources, as defined in s. 281.65 (2) (b), and to soil
1erosion control, including those under this chapter and chs. 281 and 283 and ss.
259.692 and 59.693.
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5. Includes a multiyear description of planned county activities, and priorities
4for those activities, related to land and water resources, including those designed to
5meet the objectives specified under subd. 2. and to ensure compliance with the
6standards and prohibitions identified under subd. 4.
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6. Describes a system to monitor the progress of activities described in the plan.
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7. Includes a strategy to provide information and education related to soil and
9water resource management.
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8. Describes methods for coordinating activities described in the plan with
11programs of other local, state and federal agencies.
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92.10
(8) Duties of the department of natural resources. The department
14of natural resources shall provide counties with assistance in land and water
15resource management planning, including providing available water quality data
16and information, providing training and support for water resource assessments and
17appraisals and providing related program information.
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92.105
(1) Establishment. A land conservation committee shall establish soil
20and water conservation standards. The standards
and specifications for agricultural
21facilities and practices that are constructed or begun on or after October 14, 1997,
22and, if cost-sharing is available to the farmer under s. 92.14
, 281.16 (5) or 281.65 or
23from any other source, for agricultural facilities and practices that are constructed
24or begun before that date shall be consistent with the performance standards,
1prohibitions, conservation practices and technical standards under s. 281.16 (3). It
2shall submit these standards to the board for review.
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92.14
(2) (c) Providing
statewide financial and technical assistance for land
5and water conservation activities
at the county level.
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92.14
(2) (j) Enhancing the administration and coordination of state nonpoint
8source water pollution abatement activities by the department and the department
9of natural resources
, including providing a single process for grant application,
10funding allocation, reporting and evaluation.
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92.14
(3) Basic allocations to counties. (intro.) To help counties
meet
13administrative and technical operating costs in fund their land and water
14conservation activities, the department shall award
grants an annual grant from the
15appropriation under s. 20.115 (7) (c) or (qd)
or s. 20.866 (2) (we) to any county land
16conservation committee
which that has a
workload allocation land and water
17resource management plan approved by the department under s.
92.08 (2) 92.10 (4)
18(d), and
which that, by county board action, has resolved to
match any moneys
19granted under this subsection with an equal amount of county moneys
provide any
20matching funds required under sub. (5g). The county
shall may use the grant for
21county land and water resource management planning and for any of the following
22purposes, consistent with the approved land and water resource management plan:
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23(a) County land conservation personnel to administer and implement activities
24directly related to any of the following:
AB133-SSA1, s. 1924b
1Section 1924b. 92.14 (3) (a) and (b) of the statutes are renumbered 92.14 (3)
2(a) 1. and 2.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1924d
4Section 1924d. 92.14 (3) (d) and (e) of the statutes are renumbered 92.14 (3)
5(a) 4. and 5.
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92.14
(3) (f) Training required under s. 92.18 or any other training necessary
8to prepare personnel to perform job duties related to this section or s. 281.65.
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92.14
(3) (g)
Technical assistance, education and training, ordinance
11development or administration related to this chapter or s. 281.65.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1924n
13Section 1924n. 92.14 (3m) of the statutes is renumbered 92.14 (3) (b), and
1492.14 (3) (b) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
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92.14
(3) (b) (intro.)
From the appropriation under s. 20.115 (7) (c) or (qd) or
1620.866 (2) (we), the department shall award grants to counties or
Grants to farmers
17for implementing best management practices required under a shoreland
18management ordinance enacted under s. 92.17, including reimbursement for all of
19the following:
AB133-SSA1, s. 1925e
23Section 1925e. 92.14 (4) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 92.14 (3) (e) and
24amended to read:
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192.14
(3) (e) Construction of a facility or system related to animal waste
2management by a farmer who has received a notice of discharge under ch. 283 or
3management practices required under a notice to a farmer under s. 281.20 (3).
In
4awarding grants under this paragraph, the department shall give preference to
5farmers who have received a notice of discharge under s. 281.20 (3) or ch. 283. The
6amount of a grant for management practices required under a notice to a farmer
7under s. 281.20 (3) shall be based on the cost of the method of controlling nonpoint
8source pollution
which that the department determines to be the most cost-effective
9and may not exceed 70% of the total cost of that method. The department may issue
10grants directly to farmers under this paragraph.
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92.14
(5g) Matching funds. If a grant under sub. (3) provides funding for
16salary and fringe benefits for more than one county staff person, a county shall
17provide matching funds equal to 30% of the cost of salary and fringe benefits for the
182nd staff person and 50% of the cost of salary and fringe benefits for any additional
19staff persons for whom the grant provides funding.
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(5r) Annual grant request. Every land conservation committee shall
22prepare annually a grant request that describes the land and water resource staffing
23needs and activities to be undertaken or funded by the county under this chapter and
24ss. 281.65 and 281.66 and the funding needed for those purposes. The grant request
1shall be consistent with the county's plan under s. 92.10. The land conservation
2committee shall submit the grant request to the department.
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92.14
(6) (b) The department
, in cooperation with and the department of
6natural resources
, shall prepare an annual grant allocation plan
, that is consistent
7with the spending levels approved under par. (a), identifying the amounts to be
spent
8annually for land and water resource management projects to be funded provided to
9counties under this section and
the general purposes of those projects, which it shall
10specify ss. 281.65 and 281.66. In the allocation plan, the departments shall attempt
11to provide funding under this section for an average of 3 staff persons per county with
12full funding for the first staff person, 70% funding for the 2nd staff person and 50%
13funding for any additional staff persons and to provide an average of $100,000 per
14county for cost-sharing grants. The department shall submit that plan to the board.
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92.14
(6) (d) The board shall review the annual allocation plan submitted to
18it under par. (b) and make recommendations to the department
of agriculture, trade
19and consumer protection and the department of natural resources on approval,
20modification or disapproval of the plan.
The department shall review and approve
21or disapprove the plan and shall notify the board of the department's final action on
22the plan.
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192.14
(6) (g) Every
project
grant awarded
a grant to a county under this section
2and s. 281.65 shall be consistent with the plans under s. 92.15, 1985 stats., and under
3this section and ss.
92.08, 92.10 and 281.65.
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92.14
(6) (gm) A county may not provide cost-sharing funds using funds
6provided under this section in an amount that exceeds 70% of the cost of a project,
7except in cases of economic hardship, as defined by the department by rule.
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92.14
(6) (h) 1. (intro.)
The department A county may not
make a grant under
10this section provide cost-sharing funds using funds provided under this section for
11the construction of any facility or system related to animal waste management
12unless all of the following conditions are met:
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92.14
(6) (i) 2. Conduct all land management and pollutant management
18activities in substantial accordance with the performance standards, prohibitions,
19conservation practices and technical standards under s. 281.16 and with plans
20approved under this section, under s. 92.15, 1985 stats., and under ss.
92.08, 92.10
21and 281.65, or to repay the cost-sharing funds.
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92.14
(6) (L)
The department may make a A county may provide cost-sharing
25funds from a grant under this section to replace a structure or facility at a new
1location, rather than to repair or reconstruct the structure or facility, if the relocation
2reduces water pollution and replacement is cost-effective compared to repairing or
3reconstructing the structure or facility.
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(6) (m) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection
6and the department of natural resources shall assist counties in conducting the
7activities for which grants under sub. (3) may be used.
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92.14
(10) Training. The county may use a grant under this section for training
10required under s. 92.18 or for any other training necessary to prepare personnel to
11perform job duties related to this section. The department may contract with any
12person for services to administer or implement this chapter, including information
13and education and training.
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92.14
(14) Application, allocation, reporting and evaluation forms. The
17department, jointly with the department of natural resources, shall develop a single
18set of grant application, reporting and evaluation forms for use by counties receiving
19grants under this section and
s. ss. 281.65
and 281.66. The department, jointly with
20the department of natural resources, shall implement a single process for grant
21application, funding allocation, reporting and evaluation for counties receiving
22grants under this section and ss. 281.65 and 281.66.
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(14m) Coordination. The department of agriculture, trade and
25consumer protection and the department of natural resources, jointly, shall review
1applications from counties for grants under sub. (5r) and, for projects and activities
2selected to receive funding shall determine whether to provide funding under this
3section or under s. 281.65 or 281.66.
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(4) A local governmental unit may not apply a regulation under sub. (2)
6or (3) to a livestock operation that exists on October 14, 1997, unless the local
7governmental unit determines, using the rules promulgated under s. 281.16 (3) (e),
8that cost-sharing is available to the owner or operator of the livestock operation
9under s. 92.14
, 281.16 (5) or 281.65 or from any other source.
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92.17
(2m) Authority to enforce ordinance. A county
, city, village or town 12may not enforce a shoreland management ordinance unless
the county uses funds
13have been appropriated provided under s. 92.14 (3) for grants
for the purposes under
14s. 92.14
(3m) (3) (b). A city, village or town may not enforce a shoreland management
15ordinance unless the county in which the city, village or town is located uses funds
16provided under s. 92.14 (3) for grants for the purposes under s. 92.14 (3) (b).
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92.18
(2m) If a person is certified under this section to review plans for, or
19conduct inspections of, a type of agricultural engineering practice at one of the levels
20under sub. (2) (c), the department shall allow the person to review plans for, or
21conduct inspections of, all types of agricultural engineering practices at that same
22level without requiring any additional certification.
