Amendment SSA1-AB133

AB133-SSA1,977,12 86.302 (1g) Except as provided in sub. (1m), beginning on January 1, 2001, the board of every town, village and county, and the governing body of every city, shall file with the department and with the county clerk not later than December 15 of every odd-numbered year, a certified plat of such town, village, city the municipality or county showing the roads and streets highways under their its jurisdiction and the mileage thereof to be open and used for travel as of the succeeding January 1, which may be used by the. The department may use the plats in making computations of transportation aids. One-half of the mileage of roads or streets highways on boundary lines shall be considered as lying in each town, village, city municipality or county.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1866 Section 1866. 86.302 (1d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,977,14 86.302 (1d) (a) "Highway" has the meaning given in s. 340.01 (22).

AB133-SSA1,977,15 (b) "Municipality" means a city, village or town.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1867 Section 1867. 86.302 (1m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 86.302 (1m) (a) 1. and amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,977,23 86.302 (1m) (a) 1. The board of a town, village or county and the governing body of a city need not file a certified plat under sub. (1) if the town, village, In lieu of filing a certified plat under sub. (1g), if a municipality or county or city has not added or deleted jurisdictional mileage since filing its last preceding certified plat under sub. (1) (1g), its board or governing body may file a certified statement to that effect with the department.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1868 Section 1868. 86.302 (1m) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,978,3 86.302 (1m) (a) 2. Notwithstanding subd. 1., the department may require every municipality and county to file a certified plat under sub. (1g) with the department in the year after the year in which a federal decennial census is conducted.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1869 Section 1869. 86.302 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,978,11 86.302 (1m) (b) Upon incorporation of a village or city, the board of the village and the governing body of the city shall file with the department and with the county clerk a certified plat of the village or city showing the roads and streets highways under its jurisdiction and the mileage thereof to be open and used for travel as of the date of incorporation, which may be used by the department in making computations of transportation aids. One-half of the mileage of roads or streets highways on boundary lines shall be considered as lying in the village or city.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1870 Section 1870. 86.302 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,978,19 86.302 (2) The department shall assess the accuracy of mileage reported by municipalities and counties and may use field investigations to verify a portion of the mileage constituting a valid random sample or such specialized sample as the department considers appropriate. The department shall cooperate with and provide assistance to local units of government in their jurisdictional mileage determination efforts. The department shall inventory and verify all road mileage in a county or municipality once every 10 years.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1871 Section 1871. 86.302 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,979,2 86.302 (3) For the purposes of transportation aid determinations under s. 86.30, the department shall use changes in the road highway mileage of a city, municipality or county, town or village indicated on the certified plat filed under sub. (1) shall be used by the department (1g) in making computations of transportation aids to be paid beginning in the next odd-numbered 2nd year following the odd-numbered year in which the certified plat is filed. The department shall consider the following factors shall be considered by the department:

AB133-SSA1,979,3 (a) New roads highways.

AB133-SSA1,979,4 (b) Abandoned roads highways.

AB133-SSA1,979,6 (c) Changes in jurisdictional mileage responsibilities for existing roads highways.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1872 Section 1872. 86.303 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,979,15 86.303 (4) (b) In the case of municipalities formed within the previous 6 years, the information needed for the determinations under this section shall be calculated as follows: for those years for which the necessary data does not exist, the data for the new municipality and the municipality from which it was formed shall be combined and the sum shall be apportioned to each municipality in proportion to the total mileage of roads and streets highways under their respective jurisdictions. In making these calculations, the department shall use the certified plats filed under s. 86.302 (1) (1g).

AB133-SSA1, s. 1873 Section 1873. 86.303 (6) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,979,18 86.303 (6) (c) (intro.) The following other costs to the extent to which they are highway related are reportable:

AB133-SSA1, s. 1874 Section 1874. 86.303 (6) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,979,20 86.303 (6) (c) 4. Traffic police and street Street lighting costs.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1875 Section 1875. 86.303 (6) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,979,25 86.303 (6) (cm) Some portion of law enforcement costs determined by the department, in consultation with the representatives appointed under sub. (5) (am), may be reported as eligible cost items. The department may establish different portions under this paragraph for different classes of counties or municipalities.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1875f Section 1875f. 86.31 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,980,6 86.31 (3m) Town road improvements. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (fr), the department shall allocate $1,500,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $500,000 in each following fiscal year to fund town road improvements with eligible costs totaling $100,000 or more. The funding of improvements under this subsection is in addition to the allocation of funds for entitlements under sub. (3).

AB133-SSA1, s. 1877 Section 1877. 88.15 of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,980,13 88.15 Drainage board grants. (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.115 (7) (d), the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall make grants to boards to assist boards to comply with this chapter and rules promulgated under this chapter. A grant under this section may not exceed 40% of the costs incurred by the board to comply with this chapter and rules promulgated under this chapter.

AB133-SSA1,980,15 (2) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall promulgate rules for the administration of the program under this section.

AB133-SSA1,980,17 (3) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection may not make grants under this section after June 30, 2004.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1909p Section 1909p. 92.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,981,3 92.07 (2) Standards. Each land conservation committee may develop and adopt standards and specifications for management practices to control erosion, sedimentation and nonpoint source water pollution. The standards and specifications for agricultural facilities and practices that are constructed or begun on or after October 14, 1997, and, if cost-sharing is available to the owner or operator under s. 92.14, 281.16 (5) or 281.65 or from any other source, for agricultural facilities and practices that are constructed or begun before that date shall be consistent with the performance standards, prohibitions, conservation practices and technical standards under s. 281.16 (3). The land conservation committee shall use the rules promulgated under s. 281.16 (3) (e) to determine whether cost-sharing is available.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1909w Section 1909w. 92.08 of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1910e Section 1910e. 92.10 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1910h Section 1910h. 92.10 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,981,11 92.10 (4) (c) Plan assistance. The department shall assist land conservation committees in preparing land and water resource management plans. The department may allocate funds appropriated under s. 20.115 (7) (c) to land conservation committees in identified priority counties to cover up to 50% of the cost of preparing land and water resource management plans.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1913b Section 1913b. 92.10 (6) (a) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB133-SSA1,981,15 92.10 (6) (a) Plan preparation. A land conservation committee shall prepare a land and water resource management plan that, at a minimum, does all of the following:

AB133-SSA1,981,18 1. Includes an assessment of water quality and soil erosion conditions throughout the county, including any assessment available from the department of natural resources.

AB133-SSA1,981,20 2. Specifies water quality objectives for each water basin, priority watershed, as defined in s. 281.65 (2) (c), and priority lake, as defined in s. 281.65 (2) (be).

AB133-SSA1,981,22 3. Identifies the best management practices to achieve the objectives under subd. 2. and to achieve the tolerable erosion level under s. 92.04 (2) (i).

AB133-SSA1,982,2 4. Identifies applicable performance standards and prohibitions related to the control of pollution from nonpoint sources, as defined in s. 281.65 (2) (b), and to soil erosion control, including those under this chapter and chs. 281 and 283 and ss. 59.692 and 59.693.

AB133-SSA1,982,6 5. Includes a multiyear description of planned county activities, and priorities for those activities, related to land and water resources, including those designed to meet the objectives specified under subd. 2. and to ensure compliance with the standards and prohibitions identified under subd. 4.

AB133-SSA1,982,7 6. Describes a system to monitor the progress of activities described in the plan.

AB133-SSA1,982,9 7. Includes a strategy to provide information and education related to soil and water resource management.

AB133-SSA1,982,11 8. Describes methods for coordinating activities described in the plan with programs of other local, state and federal agencies.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1913m Section 1913m. 92.10 (8) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,982,17 92.10 (8) Duties of the department of natural resources. The department of natural resources shall provide counties with assistance in land and water resource management planning, including providing available water quality data and information, providing training and support for water resource assessments and appraisals and providing related program information.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1915b Section 1915b. 92.105 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,983,2 92.105 (1) Establishment. A land conservation committee shall establish soil and water conservation standards. The standards and specifications for agricultural facilities and practices that are constructed or begun on or after October 14, 1997, and, if cost-sharing is available to the farmer under s. 92.14, 281.16 (5) or 281.65 or from any other source, for agricultural facilities and practices that are constructed or begun before that date shall be consistent with the performance standards, prohibitions, conservation practices and technical standards under s. 281.16 (3). It shall submit these standards to the board for review.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1922w Section 1922w. 92.14 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,983,5 92.14 (2) (c) Providing statewide financial and technical assistance for land and water conservation activities at the county level.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1922y Section 1922y. 92.14 (2) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,983,10 92.14 (2) (j) Enhancing the administration and coordination of state nonpoint source water pollution abatement activities by the department and the department of natural resources, including providing a single process for grant application, funding allocation, reporting and evaluation.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1923w Section 1923w. 92.14 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,983,22 92.14 (3) Basic allocations to counties. (intro.) To help counties meet administrative and technical operating costs in fund their land and water conservation activities, the department shall award grants an annual grant from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (7) (c) or (qd) or s. 20.866 (2) (we) to any county land conservation committee which that has a workload allocation land and water resource management plan approved by the department under s. 92.08 (2) 92.10 (4) (d), and which that, by county board action, has resolved to match any moneys granted under this subsection with an equal amount of county moneys provide any matching funds required under sub. (5g). The county shall may use the grant for county land and water resource management planning and for any of the following purposes, consistent with the approved land and water resource management plan:

AB133-SSA1,983,24 (a) County land conservation personnel to administer and implement activities directly related to any of the following:

AB133-SSA1, s. 1924b Section 1924b. 92.14 (3) (a) and (b) of the statutes are renumbered 92.14 (3) (a) 1. and 2.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1924c Section 1924c. 92.14 (3) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1924d Section 1924d. 92.14 (3) (d) and (e) of the statutes are renumbered 92.14 (3) (a) 4. and 5.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1924f Section 1924f. 92.14 (3) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,984,8 92.14 (3) (f) Training required under s. 92.18 or any other training necessary to prepare personnel to perform job duties related to this section or s. 281.65.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1924h Section 1924h. 92.14 (3) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,984,11 92.14 (3) (g) Technical assistance, education and training, ordinance development or administration related to this chapter or s. 281.65.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1924m Section 1924m. 92.14 (3m) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1924n Section 1924n. 92.14 (3m) of the statutes is renumbered 92.14 (3) (b), and 92.14 (3) (b) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,984,19 92.14 (3) (b) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.115 (7) (c) or (qd) or 20.866 (2) (we), the department shall award grants to counties or Grants to farmers for implementing best management practices required under a shoreland management ordinance enacted under s. 92.17, including reimbursement for all of the following:

AB133-SSA1, s. 1924q Section 1924q. 92.14 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1924s Section 1924s. 92.14 (4) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 92.14 (3) (c).

AB133-SSA1, s. 1925b Section 1925b. 92.14 (4) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 92.14 (3) (d).

AB133-SSA1, s. 1925e Section 1925e. 92.14 (4) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 92.14 (3) (e) and amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,985,10 92.14 (3) (e) Construction of a facility or system related to animal waste management by a farmer who has received a notice of discharge under ch. 283 or management practices required under a notice to a farmer under s. 281.20 (3). In awarding grants under this paragraph, the department shall give preference to farmers who have received a notice of discharge under s. 281.20 (3) or ch. 283. The amount of a grant for management practices required under a notice to a farmer under s. 281.20 (3) shall be based on the cost of the method of controlling nonpoint source pollution which that the department determines to be the most cost-effective and may not exceed 70% of the total cost of that method. The department may issue grants directly to farmers under this paragraph.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1925g Section 1925g. 92.14 (4m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1925i Section 1925i. 92.14 (4r) of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1925k Section 1925k. 92.14 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1925m Section 1925m. 92.14 (5g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,985,19 92.14 (5g) Matching funds. If a grant under sub. (3) provides funding for salary and fringe benefits for more than one county staff person, a county shall provide matching funds equal to 30% of the cost of salary and fringe benefits for the 2nd staff person and 50% of the cost of salary and fringe benefits for any additional staff persons for whom the grant provides funding.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1925p Section 1925p. 92.14 (5r) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,986,2 92.14 (5r) Annual grant request. Every land conservation committee shall prepare annually a grant request that describes the land and water resource staffing needs and activities to be undertaken or funded by the county under this chapter and ss. 281.65 and 281.66 and the funding needed for those purposes. The grant request shall be consistent with the county's plan under s. 92.10. The land conservation committee shall submit the grant request to the department.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1925r Section 1925r. 92.14 (6) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1925t Section 1925t. 92.14 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,986,14 92.14 (6) (b) The department, in cooperation with and the department of natural resources, shall prepare an annual grant allocation plan, that is consistent with the spending levels approved under par. (a), identifying the amounts to be spent annually for land and water resource management projects to be funded provided to counties under this section and the general purposes of those projects, which it shall specify ss. 281.65 and 281.66. In the allocation plan, the departments shall attempt to provide funding under this section for an average of 3 staff persons per county with full funding for the first staff person, 70% funding for the 2nd staff person and 50% funding for any additional staff persons and to provide an average of $100,000 per county for cost-sharing grants. The department shall submit that plan to the board.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1926b Section 1926b. 92.14 (6) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1926c Section 1926c. 92.14 (6) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,986,22 92.14 (6) (d) The board shall review the annual allocation plan submitted to it under par. (b) and make recommendations to the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection and the department of natural resources on approval, modification or disapproval of the plan. The department shall review and approve or disapprove the plan and shall notify the board of the department's final action on the plan.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1926e Section 1926e. 92.14 (6) (e) of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1926f Section 1926f. 92.14 (6) (f) of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1926g Section 1926g. 92.14 (6) (g) of the statutes is amended to read: