AB133-SSA1,982,1713
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.
AB133-SSA1,983,219
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.
AB133-SSA1,983,54
92.14
(2) (c) Providing
statewide financial and technical assistance for land
5and water conservation activities
at the county level.
AB133-SSA1,983,107
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.
AB133-SSA1,983,2212
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:
AB133-SSA1,983,24
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.
AB133-SSA1,984,87
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.
AB133-SSA1,984,1110
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:
AB133-SSA1,984,1915
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:
AB133-SSA1,985,10
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.
AB133-SSA1,985,1915
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.
AB133-SSA1,986,221
92.14
(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.
AB133-SSA1,986,145
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.
AB133-SSA1,986,2217
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.
AB133-SSA1,987,3
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.
AB133-SSA1,987,75
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.
AB133-SSA1,987,129
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:
AB133-SSA1,987,2117
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.
AB133-SSA1,988,324
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.
AB133-SSA1,988,75
92.14
(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.
AB133-SSA1,988,139
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.
AB133-SSA1,988,2216
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.
AB133-SSA1,989,324
92.14
(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.
AB133-SSA1,989,95
92.15
(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.
AB133-SSA1,989,1611
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).
AB133-SSA1,989,2218
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.
AB133-SSA1,990,3
193.06
(1n) Electronic processing. (a) Accept and process by electronic means
2applications and payments for licenses, permits, registrations and certificates that
3are issued by the department.
AB133-SSA1,990,54
(b) Accept and process by electronic means requests and payments for goods
5and services that the department is authorized to provide.
AB133-SSA1,990,86
(c) Promulgate rules specifying fees to cover the department's electronic
7processing costs under pars. (a) and (b). The fees under this paragraph are in
8addition to any other fees required to be paid to the department.
AB133-SSA1,990,1210
93.06
(12) Federal dairy policy reform. Provide assistance to organizations
11to seek the reform of federal milk marketing orders and other federally authorized
12dairy pricing policies for the benefit of milk producers in this state.
AB133-SSA1, s. 1929
13Section
1929. 93.06 (12) of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin Act ....
14(this act), is repealed.
AB133-SSA1,990,1816
93.06
(13) Plant protection agreements. Enter into cooperative agreements
17with corporations, associations, foundations and individuals to carry out plant
18protection activities under ch. 94.
AB133-SSA1,991,920
93.07
(3) Promotion of agriculture. To promote the interests of agriculture,
21dairying, horticulture, manufacturing, commercial fishing and the domestic arts and
22to advertise Wisconsin and its dairy, food and agricultural products by conducting
23campaigns of education throughout the United States and in foreign markets. Such
24campaigns shall include the distribution of educational and advertising material
25concerning Wisconsin and its plant, animal, food and dairy products. The
1department shall coordinate efforts by the state to advertise and promote
2agricultural products of this state, with the department of commerce where
3appropriate. The department shall submit its request and plan for market
4development program expenditures for each biennium with its biennial budget
5request. The plan shall include the identification and priority of expenditures for
6each market development program activity.
In each fiscal year, the department shall
7seek federal moneys for the promotion of exports of agricultural products in an
8amount at least equal to $130,000 plus the amount of federal moneys received for this
9purpose in fiscal year 1998-99.
AB133-SSA1,991,1111
93.135
(1) (b) A license under s. 94.10
(2), (3) or
(4) (3g).
AB133-SSA1,991,19
1393.32 Agriculture in the classroom program. From the appropriation
14account under s. 20.115 (4) (q), the department shall provide grants to the Wisconsin
15Farm Bureau Federation for an agriculture in the classroom program conducted in
16cooperation with the federal department of agriculture to help teachers educate
17students about agriculture. In each fiscal year, the department shall provide $3 for
18every $2 that the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation provides for the program in
19that fiscal year, up to the amount appropriated under s. 20.115 (4) (q).
AB133-SSA1,992,2
2293.70 Conservation reserve enhancement program. The department
23may expend funds from the appropriation account under s. 20.115 (7) (b) for
24participation by this state in the conservation reserve enhancement program as
1approved by the secretary of the federal department of agriculture under
16 USC
23834 (f) (4).
AB133-SSA1,992,5
494.10 Nursery stock; inspection and licensing. (1) Definitions. In this
5section:
