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92.04
(2) (e)
Review joint evaluation plan. The board shall review the
18evaluation plan prepared under s. 92.14 (13). After its review, the board shall make
19recommendations on the plan to the department and to the department of
natural
20resources environmental management.
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92.05
(1) Central agency. The department is the central agency of this state
23responsible for setting and implementing statewide soil and water conservation
24policies and administering the state's soil and water conservation programs. The
25department shall coordinate its soil and water conservation program with the
1nonpoint source water pollution abatement program established under s. 281.65, the
2inland lake protection and rehabilitation program established under ch. 33 and other
3programs with objectives related to soil and water conservation administered by the
4department of
natural resources environmental management or by other state or
5federal agencies.
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92.10
(6) (a) 1. Includes an assessment of water quality and soil erosion
8conditions throughout the county, including any assessment available from the
9department of
natural resources environmental management.
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92.10
(8) Duties of the department of
natural resources environmental
12management. The department of
natural resources environmental management 13shall provide counties with assistance in land and water resource management
14planning, including providing available water quality data and information,
15providing training and support for water resource assessments and appraisals and
16providing related program information.
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92.14
(2) (j) Enhancing the administration and coordination of state nonpoint
19source water pollution abatement activities by the department and the department
20of
natural resources environmental management, including providing a single
21process for grant application, funding allocation, reporting and evaluation.".
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93.06
(8) Prescribe conditions of licenses. Except as provided in s. 93.135,
4issue any permit, certificate, registration or license on a temporary or conditional
5basis, contingent upon pertinent circumstances or acts. If the temporary or
6conditional permit, certificate, registration or license is conditioned upon compliance
7with chs. 93 to 100, ch.
127 126, a rule promulgated by the department or a regulation
8adopted under s. 97.41 (7) within a specified period of time and the condition is not
9met within the specified period, the permit, certificate, registration or license shall
10be void.".
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92.14
(6) (b) The department and the department of
natural resources 14environmental management shall prepare an annual grant allocation plan
15identifying the amounts to be provided to counties under this section and ss. 281.65
16and 281.66. In the allocation plan, the departments shall attempt to provide funding
17under this section for an average of 3 staff persons per county with full funding for
18the first staff person, 70% funding for the 2nd staff person and 50% funding for any
19additional staff persons and to provide an average of $100,000 per county for
20cost-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
23it under par. (b) and make recommendations to the department of agriculture, trade
1and consumer protection and the department of
natural resources environmental
2management on approval, modification or disapproval of the plan.
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92.14
(6) (h) 3. Nothing in this paragraph affects the authority of the
5department of
natural resources environmental management to act under ch. 283.
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92.14
(6) (m) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection
8and the department of
natural resources environmental management shall assist
9counties in conducting the activities for which grants under sub. (3) may be used.
SB55-ASA1-AA1,723,1311
92.14
(8) Rules. In consultation with the department of
natural resources 12environmental management, the department shall promulgate rules to administer
13this section and the department's duties under s. 281.65.
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92.14
(12) Annual report. Annually, the department, in cooperation with the
16department of
natural resources environmental management, shall submit a report
17on the progress of the program under this section and s. 281.65 to the board.
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92.14
(13) Evaluation plan. The department, jointly with the department of
20natural resources environmental management, shall prepare a plan, which includes
21water quality monitoring and analysis, for evaluating the program administered
22under this section and s. 281.65 and submit the plan to the board. The board shall
23make recommendations to the department and the department of
natural resources 24environmental management on the plan. The department shall review and approve
25or disapprove the plan and shall notify the board of its final action on the plan. The
1department shall implement any part of the plan for which the plan gives it
2responsibility.
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92.14
(14) Application, allocation, reporting and evaluation. The
5department, jointly with the department of
natural resources environmental
6management, shall develop a single set of grant application, reporting and
7evaluation forms for use by counties receiving grants under this section and ss.
8281.65 and 281.66. The department, jointly with the department of
natural
9resources environmental management, shall implement a single process for grant
10application, funding allocation, reporting and evaluation for counties receiving
11grants under this section and ss. 281.65 and 281.66.
SB55-ASA1-AA1,724,1713
92.14
(14m) Coordination. The department of agriculture, trade and
14consumer protection and the department of
natural resources environmental
15management, jointly, shall review applications from counties for grants under sub.
16(5r) and, for projects and activities selected to receive funding shall determine
17whether to provide funding under this section or under s. 281.65 or 281.66.
SB55-ASA1-AA1,724,2119
92.14
(15) Financial information. The department shall consult with the
20department of
natural resources environmental management when it prepares the
21information which it submits to the department of administration under s. 16.42.
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92.15
(3) (a) Notwithstanding ss. 92.11 and 92.17, a local governmental unit
24may enact regulations of livestock operations that exceed the performance
25standards, prohibitions, conservation practices and technical standards under s.
1281.16 (3) only if the local governmental unit demonstrates to the satisfaction of the
2department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection or the department of
3natural resources environmental management that the regulations are necessary to
4achieve water quality standards under s. 281.15.
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(b) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection and the
6department of
natural resources environmental management shall, by rule, specify
7procedures for review and approval of proposed local governmental unit regulations
8under par. (a).
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92.18
(4) The department shall promulgate rules under this section in
11consultation with the department of
natural resources
environmental management.
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92.18
(5) Any training required under this section may be conducted by the
14department or the department of
natural resources
environmental management or
15by another person with the approval of the department.".
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93.01
(1m) "Business" includes any business, except that of banks, savings
19banks,
credit unions, savings and loan associations
, and insurance companies.
20"Business" includes public utilities and telecommunications carriers to the extent
21that their activities, beyond registration, notice
, and reporting activities, are not
22regulated by the public service commission and includes public utility and
23telecommunications carrier methods of competition or trade and advertising
24practices that are exempt from regulation by the public service commission under s.
1196.195, 196.196, 196.202, 196.203, 196.219
, or 196.499 or by other action of the
2commission.".
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93.135
(1) (rm) A
registration certificate license under s.
100.03 (2) 126.56.
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93.135
(1) (s) A license under s.
127.02 (1) 126.26.
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93.135
(1) (sm) A license under s.
127.03 (1) 126.11.
SB55-ASA1-AA1,726,1513
93.20
(1) Definition. In this section, "action" means an action that is
14commenced in court by, or on behalf of, the department of agriculture, trade and
15consumer protection to enforce chs. 88, 91 to 100 or
127 126.
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93.21
(5) (a) In this subsection, "license" means a permit, certificate,
18registration or license issued by the department under chs. 91 to 100 or ch.
127 126.".
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93.12
(5) The department shall establish uniform minimum standards to be
22used in the evaluation and certification of laboratory examinations. The department
23shall submit any rules proposed under this subsection which affect the laboratory
24certification program under s. 299.11 to the department of
natural resources
1environmental management and to the state laboratory of hygiene for review and
2comment. These rules may not take effect unless they are approved by the
3department of
natural resources environmental management within 6 months after
4submission.
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93.12
(8) The department shall enter into a memorandum of understanding
7with the department of
natural resources environmental management setting forth
8the responsibilities of each department in administering the laboratory certification
9programs under sub. (5) and s. 299.11. The memorandum of understanding shall
10include measures to be taken by each department to avoid duplication of application
11and compliance procedures for laboratory certification.
SB55-ASA1-AA1,727,1613
93.12
(9) The department shall recognize the certification or registration of a
14laboratory by the department of
natural resources
environmental management 15under s. 299.11 and shall accept the results of any test conducted by a laboratory
16certified or registered to conduct that category of test under that section.".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,727,23
1993.32 Agriculture in the classroom program. From the appropriation
20account under s. 20.115 (4) (q), the department shall provide grants to the
21organization that conducts an agriculture in the classroom program in cooperation
22with the federal department of agriculture to help teachers educate students about
23agriculture.".
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293.45 Wisconsin agricultural research and development initiative. (1) 3From the appropriation account under s. 20.115 (4) (am), the department shall
4provide funds to a nonprofit corporation for grants for agricultural research and
5development projects and administrative costs associated with making those grants
6if all of the following apply:
SB55-ASA1-AA1,728,97(a) The nonprofit corporation is described in section
501 (c) of the Internal
8Revenue Code, as defined in s. 71.22 (4), and is exempt from federal taxation under
9section
501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
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(b) The nonprofit corporation has as its primary purpose the promotion and
11funding of agricultural research and development projects to benefit agricultural
12producers in this state.
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(c) The board of directors of the nonprofit corporation consists of persons
14selected by organizations that represent agricultural production in this state.
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(d) The board of directors of the nonprofit corporation selects agricultural
16research and development projects for funding based on research priorities
17identified by the board of directors and recommendations by technical advisory
18groups established by the board of directors.
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19(1m) A nonprofit corporation that receives funds under this section may make
20a grant only pursuant to an agreement with the recipient. The nonprofit corporation
21shall submit a final draft of any proposed agreement between the nonprofit
22corporation and a grant recipient to the department for review. The department
23shall either approve or disapprove the proposed agreement within 30 days after
24receiving it. The decision of the department approving or disapproving a proposed
25agreement is final and is not subject to judicial review under ch. 227. A proposed
1agreement, a final agreement between the nonprofit corporation and a grant
2recipient, and any amendments to an agreement are public records.
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3(2) A nonprofit corporation that receives funds under this section shall do all
4of the following:
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(a) Require each recipient of a grant to submit a final research report to the
6nonprofit corporation and require an annual report for each project funded for more
7than 12 months.
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(b) Require each recipient of a grant to convey research findings to potential
9users of those findings.
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(c) Submit an annual report to the legislature, under s. 13.172 (2), and to the
11governor describing expenditures of funds received under this section and the
12progress and results of research and development projects funded under this section.
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13(3) A nonprofit corporation that receives funds under this section may do any
14of the following:
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(a) Require a person receiving a grant for an agricultural research and
16development project to obtain a portion of the funds needed for the project from other
17sources.
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(b) Use funds received under this section to purchase administrative services
19from any public or private entity.
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20(4) The department shall promulgate rules for the implementation of this
21section.".
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193.46
(1m) (a) 2. Coordinating the aquaculture activities of the department
2with the aquaculture activities of the department of
natural resources fish, wildlife,
3parks, and forestry and the University of Wisconsin System.
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93.46
(1m) (a) 3. Conducting meetings on a quarterly basis between
6representatives of the department, the department of
natural resources fish,
7wildlife, parks, and forestry and the University of Wisconsin System to exchange
8information regarding the progress of their efforts to promote commercial
9aquaculture in this state.
