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31.19
(6) Review by department. (a) Each professional engineering firm
17conducting an inspection under this chapter shall prepare a report of the inspection,
18and the owner of the dam shall submit the report to the department within 6 months
19after the inspection is completed. The department shall review the report and if the
20department finds that the inspection is adequate to determine the strength and
21safety of the dam and if the dam has potential to endanger life or property, the
22department shall certify that the inspection is complete. If the department
23determines that the inspection was not adequate to make these determinations, the
24department shall reject the inspection. The department shall give written
1notification of the reasons for the rejection to the owner of the dam and the
2professional engineering firm.
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(b) The department may conduct its own inspection of a dam for which an
4inadequate report was submitted under par. (a) if any of the following apply:
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1. The owner or professional engineering firm fails to inform the department
6within 90 days of the date after receipt of the written notification from the
7department as to the steps that will be taken for the inspection to be completed.
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2. The owner fails to submit a report containing an adequate inspection, as
9determined by the department, within 200 days of the date of the receipt of the
10written notification from the department.
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31.19
(7) List of engineering firms. The department shall maintain a list of
13professional engineering firms suitable for the purpose of conducting inspections
14under this chapter. The department shall make the list available to dam owners
15upon request.
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31.19
(8) Internet bidding process. The department of natural resources shall
18post requests by dam owners for inspections under this chapter on an Internet site
19maintained by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection. The
20department of natural resources shall ensure that the Internet site provides a means
21by which professional engineering firms may electronically post bids in response to
22the posted requests for inspections under this chapter and by which professional
23engineering firms may view the bids posted by other professional engineering firms.
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131.385
(2) (c) 1. The department conducts an investigation
of a dam or
conducts
2or causes an inspection of
the a dam under this chapter and the owner of the dam
3requests financial assistance under this section within 6 months after having
4received department directives, based on the
department's investigation or
5inspection of the dam, for the repair, modification or abandonment and removal of
6the dam or for another activity to increase the safety of the dam.".
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32.02
(16) The department of
natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and
10forestry with the approval of the appropriate standing committees of each house of
11the legislature as determined by the presiding officer thereof and as authorized by
12law, for acquisition of lands.
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32.035
(3) Procedure. The condemnor shall notify the department of any
15project involving the actual or potential exercise of the powers of eminent domain
16affecting a farm operation. If the condemnor is the department of
natural resources 17fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry, the notice required by this subsection shall be given
18at the time that permission of the senate and assembly committees on natural
19resources is sought under s. 23.09 (2) (d) or 27.01 (2) (a). To prepare an agricultural
20impact statement under this section, the department may require the condemnor to
21compile and submit information about an affected farm operation. The department
22shall charge the condemnor a fee approximating the actual costs of preparing the
23statement. The department may not publish the statement if the fee is not paid.
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133.01
(2) "Department" means the department of
natural resources 2environmental management.
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433.265 Notice, filing and recording requirements. If a district is created
5or its boundaries altered, the board of commissioners shall record the authorizing
6document, including a legal description of the boundary, with the register of deeds
7in each county where the district is situated, and file the document and legal
8description with the department of
natural resources
environmental management 9and the department of revenue.
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33.457
(4) (intro.) Within 3 months after the implementation plan is developed
12and submitted under sub. (1), the department
of environmental management, the
13department of fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry, and the designated planning agency
14under s. 281.51 that covers the county shall evaluate the implementation plan to
15determine whether it is consistent with the criteria for water quality planning under
16s. 281.51 and whether the plan is adequate to:
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33.55
(1) (o) One nonvoting representative from the department of
natural
19resources environmental management, who shall be appointed by the secretary of
20natural resources environmental management.
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33.55
(1) (p) One nonvoting representative from the department of fish,
23wildlife, parks, and forestry, who shall be appointed by the secretary of fish, wildlife,
24parks, and forestry.
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133.59
(1) The board of commissioners shall develop an implementation plan by
2April 1, 1998, and shall submit the plan to the department of
natural resources 3environmental management, fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry, the county planning
4agency, the chairperson of the county board and the county executive of the county
5by April 1, 1998.
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33.59
(3) (intro.) Within 3 months after the implementation plan is developed
8and submitted under sub. (1), the department
of environmental management, the
9department of fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry and the designated planning
10agencies under s. 281.51 that cover each county shall evaluate the implementation
11plan to determine whether it is consistent with the criteria for water quality
12planning under s. 281.51 and whether the plan is adequate to:".
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32.72
(1) Sections 32.50 to 32.71 do not take effect in any city until the following
16question is submitted to the electors of the city at a
special election referendum called
17in accordance with s. 8.065 and adopted by a majority vote of the electors voting:
18"Shall subchapter II of chapter 32, Wisconsin Statutes, be effective in the city of
19................, thus allowing the city to acquire and condemn property for street
20widening and similar purposes, financed through assessments of benefits and
21damages?". The question shall be filed as provided in s. 8.37.".
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131.387 Dam rehabilitation projects. The department shall establish and
2administer a grant program under which the department shall provide grants to
3counties to rehabilitate dams located in those counties. The department may only
4provide a grant for a project under this section to match federal funds provided for
5the project under the federal Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act of 1953
6(Public Law 83-566). The department shall promulgate rules necessary to
7implement this section.".
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36.11
(27) Condition on financial assistance. The board may not provide any
11state financial assistance under this chapter to any person during the period that the
12person is required to register with the selective service system under 50 USC,
13Appendix, sections 451 to 473 if the person has not so registered.".
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36.11
(1) (cg) The board shall ensure that each institution and college campus
17establishes a written policy regarding the use of classrooms and facilities by local
18organizations and businesses for employment-related training. The policy may
19condition access on payment of a reasonable fee, the availability of space, and the
20appropriateness of the training. The policy may limit access to activities that are
21consistent with the mission of the institution or college campus.".
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136.11
(46) Undergraduate degree programs. The board shall ensure that at
2least 70% of undergraduate degree programs may be completed with no more than
3124 credits.".
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36.11
(47m) Transfer of credit. (a) The board shall ensure that all
7institutions and college campuses accept credits transferred from the technical
8college system and from within the system for general education courses and for
9courses included in the plan required by
1999 Wisconsin Act 9, section
9154 (4g).
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(b) Notwithstanding par. (a), the board may, on a case-by-case basis, request
11that the standing committees on higher education in the senate and assembly block
12the transfer of credits. A majority vote of each committee is required to block the
13transfer.".
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36.11
(48m) Domestic abuse training. The board shall ensure that training
17for medical students and nursing students in dealing with the emotional and
18psychological impact of domestic abuse on victims is increased.".
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36.11
(54) Wildlife biologist. The board shall ensure that the job description
22for the wildlife biologist at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point requires the
23person in that position to devote a significant portion of time to bear hunting research
24and data collection.".
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36.11
(50) Notice regarding sex offenders. If the board of regents receives
4information under s. 301.46 (2s) regarding a sex offender whom it employs or who
5attends an institution within the University of Wisconsin System, the board of
6regents shall provide the information that it receives, upon request, to any of the
7following:
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(a) A student attending an institution at which the sex offender works, if the
9sex offender is an employee.
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(b) A student attending the institution that the sex offender attends, if the sex
11offender is a student.
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(c) A parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a person entitled to receive the
13information under par. (a) or (b).".
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36.11
(49) Special education study. The board shall direct the University of
17Wisconsin-Madison School of Education and the Department of Neurology of the
18University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School to study methods of identifying
19special education pupils with dyslexia and irlen syndrome and methods of
20remediation.".
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36.25
(8) Water resources research. Funds made available to the various
24state agencies for joint water resources research and data collection programs shall
1be administered and coordinated by the director of the water resources center of the
2University of Wisconsin-Madison. Such funds shall be made available, on
3application from the state agencies concerned, when the director, after seeking the
4advice of the department of
natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry and
5the department of environmental management, finds the proposed projects to be
6consistent with other state projects and the needs of the state. The director shall
7make biennial reports to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for
8distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), at the convening of the legislature.
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36.25
(11) (c) The laboratory shall provide analytical support to the appropriate
11state agencies charged with water system evaluation. The support service shall
12include an evaluation from a public health standpoint and analytical support to
13ascertain the water's suitability for manufacturing, commercial and recreational
14purposes as determined by the rules promulgated by the department of health and
15family services, the department of
natural resources
environmental management 16and the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.
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36.25
(11) (d) The laboratory shall be operated to furnish a complete laboratory
19service to the department of health and family services
, the department of
20environmental management, and the department of
natural resources fish, wildlife,
21parks, and forestry in the areas of water quality, air quality, public health and
22contagious diseases and to make available to the system, the department of health
23and family services
, the department of environmental management, and the
24department of
natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry such facilities for
1teaching in the fields of public health and environmental protection as may be
2derived from such a laboratory.
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36.25
(12m) (f) Assist the department of
natural resources fish, wildlife, parks,
5and forestry in its work as the state representative of the U.S. geographic board and
6its other functions under s. 23.25.".
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36.25
(11) (f)
The Subject to par. (fm), the laboratory of hygiene board may
10impose a fee for each test conducted by the laboratory. Any test conducted for a local
11unit of government is exempt from the fee unless the test is outside the state public
12health care mission or is required under
42 USC 300f to
300j, as determined by the
13laboratory of hygiene board. The laboratory may charge state agencies through
14contractual arrangements for the actual services rendered.
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36.25
(11) (fm) No fee imposed by the laboratory of hygiene board for a water
17quality test conducted by the laboratory may be less than the average fee charged
18for the water quality test by private laboratories that are certified under s. 93.12 or
19299.11. Annually, the laboratory of hygiene board shall consult with at least 3
20private laboratories to determine the average fee charged for each type of water
21quality test. Prior to conducting a water quality test, the laboratory shall notify the
22person seeking the water quality test whether state or federal law permits a private
23laboratory to conduct the test.".
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36.25
(30) Pollution prevention. The board shall maintain in the extension
5a solid and hazardous waste education center to promote pollution prevention, as
6defined in s. 299.13 (1) (dm). In cooperation with the department of
natural resources 7environmental management and the department of commerce, the center shall
8conduct an education and technical assistance program to promote pollution
9prevention in this state.".
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36.27
(1) (a) Subject to pars.
(am), (b) and (c), the board may establish for
14different classes of students differing tuition and fees incidental to enrollment in
15educational programs or use of facilities in the system. Except as otherwise provided
16in this section, the board may charge any student who is not exempted by this section
17a nonresident tuition. The board may establish special rates of tuition and fees for
18the extension and summer sessions and such other studies or courses of instruction
19as the board deems advisable.
