Amendment SA1-SSA1-AB133

AB133-SSA1-SA1,221,2 " Section 1856rq. 86.30 (2) (a) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1-SA1,221,5 86.30 (2) (a) 3. (intro.) For each mile of road or street highway under the jurisdiction of a municipality as determined under s. 86.302, the mileage aid payment shall be an amount equal to the following:".

AB133-SSA1-SA1,221,6 816. Page 975, line 13: delete "$1,709" and substitute "$1,726".

AB133-SSA1-SA1,221,7 817. Page 975, line 18: delete "$84,303,700" and substitute "$85,138,400".

AB133-SSA1-SA1,221,8 818. Page 975, line 25: delete "$265,229,400" and substitute "$267,855,500".

AB133-SSA1-SA1,221,9 819. Page 980, line 1: before that line insert:

AB133-SSA1-SA1,221,10 " Section 1875cd. 86.31 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1-SA1,221,11 86.31 (1) (f) "Street" has the meaning given in s. 340.01 (64).

AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 1875ce Section 1875ce. 86.31 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1-SA1,221,20 86.31 (2) (a) The department shall administer a local roads improvement program to accelerate the improvement of seriously deteriorating local roads by reimbursing political subdivisions for improvements. The selection of improvements that may be funded under the program shall be performed by officials of each political subdivision, consistent with the requirements of subs. (3), (3g) and, (3m) and (3r). The department shall notify each county highway commissioner of any deadline that affects eligibility for reimbursement under the program no later than 15 days before such deadline.

AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 1875di Section 1875di. 86.31 (3) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1-SA1,221,24 86.31 (3) (b) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (fr), after first deducting the funds allocated under subs. (3g) and, (3m) and (3r), the department shall allocate funds for entitlement as follows:".

AB133-SSA1-SA1,222,1 820. Page 980, line 3: delete "$1,500,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and".

AB133-SSA1-SA1,222,3 821. Page 980, line 4: delete "$500,000 in each following" and substitute "$500,000 $1,500,000 in each".

AB133-SSA1-SA1,222,4 822. Page 980, line 6: after that line insert:

AB133-SSA1-SA1,222,5 " Section 1876e. 87.30 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1-SA1,222,9 87.30 (1) (d) For an amendment to a floodplain zoning ordinance that affects an activity that meets all of the requirements under s. 281.165 (1) to (5), the department may not proceed under this subsection, or otherwise review the amendment, to determine whether the ordinance, as amended, is insufficient.".

AB133-SSA1-SA1,222,10 823. Page 980, line 6: after that line insert:

AB133-SSA1-SA1,222,11 " Section 1875fd. 86.31 (3r) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1-SA1,222,17 86.31 (3r) Municipal street improvements. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (fr), the department shall allocate $1,500,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000, and $2,500,000 in each fiscal year thereafter, to fund street improvement projects having total estimated costs of $250,000 or more. The funding of improvements under this subsection is in addition to the allocation of funds for entitlements under sub. (3).

AB133-SSA1-SA1, s. 1875gc Section 1875gc. 86.31 (6) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1-SA1,222,21 86.31 (6) (d) Procedures for reimbursements for county trunk highway improvements under sub. (3g) and, for town road improvements under sub. (3m) and for municipal street improvements under sub. (3r).".

AB133-SSA1-SA1,222,22 824. Page 989, line 22: after that line insert:

AB133-SSA1-SA1,222,23 " Section 1926yu. 93.01 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1-SA1,223,9 93.01 (1m) "Business" includes any business, except that of banks, savings banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations and insurance companies. "Business" includes public utilities and telecommunications carriers to the extent that their activities, beyond registration, notice and reporting activities, are not regulated by the public service commission and includes public utility and telecommunications carrier methods of competition or trade and advertising practices that are exempt from regulation by the public service commission under s. 196.195, 196.196, 196.202, 196.203, 196.219 or 196.499 or by other action of the commission.".

AB133-SSA1-SA1,223,10 825. Page 990, line 6: delete lines 6 to 8.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,223,11 826. Page 991, line 9: after that line insert:

AB133-SSA1-SA1,223,12 " Section 1930r. 93.07 (7) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1-SA1,223,16 93.07 (7) (e) On September 1 of each year, to submit a consumer telecommunication services report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3). The report shall contain all of the following information for the preceding 12 months:

AB133-SSA1-SA1,223,18 1. The types of consumer complaints received by the department regarding telecommunication services, by category.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,223,21 2. The number of consumer complaints in each category reported under subd. 1. and the aggregate number of consumer complaints for all categories reported under subd. 1.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,223,24 3. The number of consumer complaints reported under subd. 1. that the department referred to the department of justice for prosecution and the result of those prosecutions.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,224,3 4. A description of the department's efforts to coordinate with the department of justice and the public service commission to respond to and address consumer complaints regarding telecommunication services and the results of those efforts.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,224,6 5. A description of how the services offered by the department to respond to and address consumer complaints regarding telecommunication services differ from those offered by the department of justice and the public service commission.".

AB133-SSA1-SA1,224,7 827. Page 991, line 12: delete lines 12 to 19.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,224,9 828. Page 991, line 21: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 992, line 2, and substitute:

AB133-SSA1-SA1,224,10 " Section 1933gm. 93.70 of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1-SA1,224,12 93.70 Conservation reserve enhancement program. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB133-SSA1-SA1,224,13 (a) "Conservation easement" has the meaning given in s. 700.40 (1) (a).

AB133-SSA1-SA1,224,15 (b) "Nonprofit conservation organization" has the meaning given in s. 23.0955 (1).

AB133-SSA1-SA1,224,21 (2) State participation. Subject to subs. (3) to (6), the department may expend funds from the appropriation account under s. 20.866 (2) (wf) to improve water quality, erosion control and wildlife habitat through participation by this state in the conservation reserve enhancement program as approved by the secretary of the federal department of agriculture under 16 USC 3834 (f) (4). The department shall administer the program in cooperation with the department of natural resources.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,225,4 (3) Forms of participation. (a) Land enrolled in the conservation reserve enhancement program may either be subject to a permanent conservation easement or to a contract under which the owner of the land agrees to remove the land from agricultural production. The department shall provide greater financial incentives for landowners to grant permanent easements than to enter into contracts. The department shall provide a financial bonus to landowners who allow public access to enrolled land.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,225,13 (b) The department shall administer the conservation reserve enhancement program so that at least 50% of the acreage of land enrolled in the program is covered by permanent conservation easements under par. (a). If, after 50,000 acres of land have been enrolled in the program, less than 50% of the acreage of land enrolled in the program is covered by permanent conservation easements, the department and the department of natural resources shall review the effectiveness of the program to determine whether the program is meeting its water quality and wildlife habitat objectives and shall report the results of the review to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2).

AB133-SSA1-SA1,225,16 (c) On behalf of this state, the department and the department of natural resources shall jointly hold conservation easements entered into for land enrolled in the conservation reserve enhancement program.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,225,19 (d) The department may provide funding from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (wf) for a contract under par. (a) only if the contract has a term of 20 years or longer.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,226,5 (4) Grassland component. (a) If the plan approved by the secretary of the federal department of agriculture authorizes this state to enroll 100,000 or more acres in the conservation resource enhancement program, the department shall administer the program so that at least 30,000 acres are designated for grassland wildlife habitat. If the secretary of the federal department of agriculture authorizes this state to enroll fewer than 100,000 acres, the department shall administer the program so that at least 30% of the acreage of land enrolled in the program is designated for grassland wildlife habitat. The department shall designate for grassland wildlife habitat areas that include the Blue Mounds area in Iowa, Dane and Green counties, the prairie chicken range in Portage, Clark, Taylor and Marathon counties and the western prairie area in Polk and St. Croix counties.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,226,7 (b) The department may not require that land designated for grassland wildlife habitat be riparian land.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,226,13 (c) The department shall provide a financial bonus to landowners who enroll land that is designated for grassland habitat if the land is adjacent to land that is owned by another person and that is enrolled and designated for grassland habitat. The department shall also provide a financial bonus to a landowner who enrolls land that is designated for grassland habitat if the landowner agrees to implement a conservation practice that requires restoration of native prairie vegetation.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,226,17 (5) Participation requirements. The department may not impose more restrictive requirements for participation in the conservation reserve enhancement program with respect to production and land ownership than are required by the secretary of the federal department of agriculture under 16 USC 3834 (f) (4).

AB133-SSA1-SA1,226,24 (6) State, local and nonprofit organization involvement. A nonprofit conservation organization may negotiate contracts or easements under sub. (3) (a) with landowners with the assistance of the department and the department of natural resources. A county may negotiate contracts or easements under sub. (3) (a) with landowners with the assistance of the department and the department of natural resources. In counties that do not choose to participate, the department and the department of natural resources shall negotiate the contracts or easements.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,227,4 (7) Prohibition. No person may use land enrolled in the conservation reserve enhancement program as a pheasant and quail farm licensed under s. 29.865, a game bird and animal farm licensed under s. 29.867, a fur animal farm licensed under s. 29.869 or a deer farm licensed under s. 29.871.".

AB133-SSA1-SA1,227,5 829. Page 1012, line 14: after that line insert:

AB133-SSA1-SA1,227,6 " Section 1945s. 95.197 of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1-SA1,227,11 95.197 Financial assistance for paratuberculosis testing. (1) The department shall provide financial assistance to owners of livestock herds for conducting testing for paratuberculosis. The department may only provide financial assistance under this section for the first time that the owner of a livestock herd tests the herd.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,227,13 (2) The department shall promulgate rules for providing financial assistance under sub. (1).".

AB133-SSA1-SA1,227,14 830. Page 1012, line 20: after that line insert:

AB133-SSA1-SA1,227,15 " Section 3947m. 95.53 of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1-SA1,227,16 95.53 Poultry disease control. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB133-SSA1-SA1,227,22 (a) "Affected party" means a person that keeps a total of 10,000 or more of any species of poultry within 6.2 miles of a covered facility that is required to comply with sub. (3) or within 2 miles of a location at which a person spreads or composts chicken or turkey manure, transports live or dead chickens or turkeys or stores or composts dead chickens or turkeys or chicken or turkey by-products any of which originate at a covered facility that is required to comply with sub. (3).

AB133-SSA1-SA1,227,23 (b) "Animal unit" means 100 layer chickens, 200 broiler chickens or 55 turkeys.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,228,2 (c) "Covered facility" means a poultry facility at which 1,000 or more animal units are kept.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,228,3 (d) "Covered operator" means a person who operates a covered facility.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,228,4 (e) "Poultry facility" means a facility at which chickens or turkeys are kept.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,228,6 (f) "Sample population" means one or more birds chosen randomly for every 100 animal units kept at a facility.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,228,8 (2) Prohibitions. A covered operator may not do any of the following unless the covered operator complies with sub. (3):

AB133-SSA1-SA1,228,13 (a) Operate a covered facility if the covered facility is within 6.2 miles of one or more places, owned or operated by another person, at which a total of 10,000 or more of any species of poultry are kept and at which a total of 10,000 or more of any species of poultry were kept before the number of animal units at the covered facility reached 1,000.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,228,20 (b) Spread or compost chicken or turkey manure, transport live or dead chickens or turkeys or store or compost dead chickens or turkeys or chicken or turkey by-products, any of which originate at a covered facility, within 2 miles of a place at which poultry are kept by another person that keeps a total of 10,000 or more of any species of poultry if that person kept poultry at that place, and kept a total of 10,000 or more of any species of poultry, before the number of animal units at the covered facility reached 1,000.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,228,22 (3) Requirements. A covered operator complies with this subsection with respect to a covered facility if all of the following apply:

AB133-SSA1-SA1,228,25 (a) The covered operator populates the covered facility only with chickens or turkeys that have been designated mycoplasma gallisepticum clean started and mycoplasma synoviae clean started under 9 CFR 145.24 (f) and (g).

AB133-SSA1-SA1,229,4 (b) The covered operator obtains blood samples from a sample population at the covered facility at least once every 180 days and has a poultry diagnostic laboratory, certified under s. 93.12, conduct a serological test that is approved by the department to detect the presence of mycoplasma gallisepticum and mycoplasma synoviae.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,229,8 (c) The covered operator has a poultry diagnostic laboratory, certified by the department under s. 93.12, conduct a confirmatory test within 10 days of receipt of the results of a test performed under par. (b) if those results indicate the presence of mycoplasma gallisepticum or mycoplasma synoviae.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,229,11 (d) The covered operator transmits the results of tests conducted under pars. (b) and (c) to the department and to any affected party by 1st class mail within 5 days of receipt.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,229,15 (e) Upon the order of the department under sub. (4) (a), the covered operator slaughters all poultry kept at the covered facility, disinfects all areas where the poultry have been kept and keeps those areas vacant of poultry for not less than 14 days after the date of disinfection.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,229,17 (f) The covered operator prepares and submits to the department a plan to prevent the spread of poultry disease that includes all of the following:

AB133-SSA1-SA1,229,18 1. Clothing policies for employes.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,229,19 2. Showering policies for employes.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,229,20 3. Policies for disinfection of equipment.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,229,21 4. Policies for the daily disposal of dead poultry.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,229,23 5. Policies relating to vendors from whom the covered operator obtains products or services.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,229,24 6. Policies for fencing and signs at the covered facility.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,229,25 7. Isolation and sanitation procedures.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,230,1 8. Policies for disinfecting structures in which poultry are kept.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,230,2 9. Policies concerning vaccination and medication of poultry.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,230,3 10. Manure handling policies.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,230,4 11. Policies concerning the transportation of poultry.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,230,5 12. Policies for employe training and accountability of employes.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,230,7 (g) The covered operator obtains the approval of the department for the plan under par. (f).

AB133-SSA1-SA1,230,9 (h) The covered operator maintains records of the results of each test under pars. (b) and (c) for 5 years after the test is conducted.

AB133-SSA1-SA1,230,13 (4) Duties of the department. (a) If the department determines that the results of a test under sub. (3) (c) indicate the presence of mycoplasma gallisepticum or mycoplasma synoviae, the department shall immediately order the slaughter of all poultry kept at the covered facility and supervise the disposal of the carcasses.