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1(2) On or before November 15 of each odd-numbered year, the department of
2natural resources shall submit to the joint committee on finance and to the chief clerk
3of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing
4committees under s. 13.172 (3) a report regarding the total number of acres of land
5that the department plans to acquire for any of the the purposes specified in s. 23.09
6(2) (d).
AB40-ASA1, s. 822u 7Section 822u. 23.0915 (2c) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,396,118 23.0915 (2c) (b) If the amount of moneys available for expenditure for a purpose
9under sub. (1) (a) to (n) on July 1, 2000, is greater than zero, the department may
10expend for that purpose any portion of or all of the moneys available for expenditure
11in one or more subsequent fiscal years, subject to par. (d).
AB40-ASA1, s. 822v 12Section 822v. 23.0915 (2c) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,396,1813 23.0915 (2c) (c) If the amount of moneys available for expenditure for a purpose
14under sub. (1) (a) to (k) is not sufficient for a given project or activity and if the project
15or activity is uniquely valuable in conserving the natural resources of the state, the
16department may expend for that project or activity moneys that are designated for
17any of the purposes under sub. (1) (a) to (k) in one or more subsequent years, subject
18to par. (d)
.
AB40-ASA1, s. 822w 19Section 822w. 23.0915 (2c) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,396,2120 23.0915 (2c) (d) No moneys may be committed for expenditure from the
21appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (tz) after June 30, 2020.
AB40-ASA1, s. 825 22Section 825. 23.0916 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,397,223 23.0916 (2) (a) Earlier acquisitions. Except as provided in par. (b) and sub. (4),
24any person receiving a stewardship grant on or after October 27, 2007 , and before the
25effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date]
, that will be used to acquire

1land in fee simple or to acquire an easement on former managed forest land shall
2permit public access to the land for nature-based outdoor activities.
AB40-ASA1, s. 826 3Section 826. 23.0916 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,397,84 23.0916 (2) (am) Later acquisitions. Except as provided in par. (b) or (c) and
5sub. (4), any person receiving a stewardship grant on or after the effective date of this
6paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], that will be used to acquire land in fee simple or
7to acquire an easement on former managed forest land shall permit public access to
8the land for nature-based outdoor activities.
AB40-ASA1, s. 827 9Section 827. 23.0916 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,397,1410 23.0916 (2) (b) Authority to prohibit access; earlier acquisitions; trails. (intro.)
11The Except as provided in par. (c), the person receiving the a stewardship grant
12subject to par. (a) or (am) may prohibit public access for one or more nature-based
13outdoor activities, only if the natural resources board determines that it is necessary
14to do so in order to do any of the following:
AB40-ASA1, s. 828 15Section 828. 23.0916 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,397,2016 23.0916 (2) (c) Authority to prohibit access; later acquisitions. For acquisitions
17of land or easements that are not for state trails or the ice age trail the person
18receiving a stewardship grant subject to par. (am) may prohibit public access for one
19or more nature-based outdoor activities only if the natural resources board
20determines that it is necessary to do so in order to do any of the following:
AB40-ASA1,397,2121 1. Protect public safety.
AB40-ASA1,397,2222 2. Protect a unique animal or plant community.
AB40-ASA1, s. 829 23Section 829. 23.0916 (3) (a) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,397,2424 23.0916 (3) (a) (title) All acquisitions.
AB40-ASA1, s. 830
1Section 830. 23.0916 (3) (b) (intro.), 1., 2. and 3. of the statutes are
2consolidated, renumbered 23.0916 (3) (b) and amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,398,143 23.0916 (3) (b) Authority to prohibit access; earlier acquisitions; trails. The
4department may prohibit public access on land or an easement subject to par. (a) for
5one or more nature-based outdoor activities if the natural resources board
6determines that it is necessary to do so in order to do any of the following: 1. Protect
7protect public safety. 2. Protect, protect a unique animal or plant community. 3.
8Accommodate
, or accommodate usership patterns, as defined by rule by the
9department. This paragraph applies to all acquisitions of land in fee simple and
10easements on former managed forest land that occur on former managed forest land
11before the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], and to the
12acquisition of easements on former managed forest land for state trails and the ice
13age trail that occur on or after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts
14date].
AB40-ASA1, s. 831 15Section 831. 23.0916 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,398,2316 23.0916 (3) (c) Authority to prohibit access; later acquisitions. The department
17may prohibit public access on land or an easement subject to par. (a) for one or more
18nature-based outdoor activities only if the natural resources board determines that
19it is necessary to do so to protect public safety or to protect a unique animal or plant
20community. This paragraph applies to acquisitions of land in fee simple and
21easements on former managed forest land for purposes other than for state trails and
22the ice age trail that occur on or after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB
23inserts date].
AB40-ASA1, s. 832 24Section 832. 23.0916 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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123.0916 (4) Fish and game refuges. The department or an owner of land that
2is in a fish or game refuge and that is subject to sub. (2) (a) or (am) or (3) (a) may
3prohibit hunting, fishing, or trapping, or any combination thereof.
AB40-ASA1, s. 833 4Section 833. 23.0916 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,399,85 23.0916 (5) (a) Provisions relating to public access for nature-based outdoor
6activities for all lands other than those subject to sub. (2) (a) or (am) or (3) (a) that
7are acquired in whole or in part with funding from the stewardship programs under
8ss. 23.0915 and 23.0917.
AB40-ASA1, s. 834 9Section 834. 23.0916 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,399,1110 23.0916 (5) (b) A process for the review of determinations made under subs. (2)
11(b) or (c) and (3) (b) or (c).
AB40-ASA1, s. 835f 12Section 835f. 23.0917 (3) (dm) 3m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,399,1413 23.0917 (3) (dm) 3m. For fiscal years 2008-09 and 2009-10, $42,500,000 for
14each fiscal year
.
AB40-ASA1, s. 835j 15Section 835j. 23.0917 (3) (dm) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,399,1716 23.0917 (3) (dm) 4. For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2010-11 and
17ending with fiscal year 2019-20
, $62,000,000.
AB40-ASA1, s. 835m 18Section 835m. 23.0917 (3) (dm) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,399,1919 23.0917 (3) (dm) 5. For fiscal year 2011-12, $37,500,000.
AB40-ASA1, s. 835p 20Section 835p. 23.0917 (3) (dm) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,399,2121 23.0917 (3) (dm) 6. For fiscal year 2012-13, $36,500,000.
AB40-ASA1, s. 835s 22Section 835s. 23.0917 (3) (dm) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,399,2423 23.0917 (3) (dm) 7. For each fiscal year beginning with 2013-14 and ending
24with fiscal year 2019-20, $42,500,000.
AB40-ASA1, s. 836c 25Section 836c. 23.0917 (4) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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123.0917 (4) (d) 1. The department may obligate not more than $11,500,000 in
2fiscal year 2000-01 and not more than $11,500,000 in fiscal year 2001-02 under the
3subprogram except as provided in sub. (5). For each fiscal year beginning with
42002-03 and ending with fiscal year 2009-10, the department may obligate not more
5than $15,000,000 under the subprogram except as provided in sub. (5). For each
6fiscal year beginning with
fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20,
7the department may obligate not more than $21,500,000 under the subprogram
8except as provided in sub. (5).
AB40-ASA1, s. 836f 9Section 836f. 23.0917 (4) (d) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,400,1110 23.0917 (4) (d) 1m. Except as provided in sub. (5), the department may not
11obligate under the subprogram more than the following amounts:
AB40-ASA1,400,1212 a. For fiscal year, 2011-12, $20,000,000.
AB40-ASA1,400,1313 b. For fiscal year 2012-13, $21,000,000.
AB40-ASA1,400,1514 c. For each fiscal year beginning with 2013-14 and ending with fiscal year
152019-20, $15,000,000.
AB40-ASA1, s. 836j 16Section 836j. 23.0917 (4) (d) 2n. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,400,1917 23.0917 (4) (d) 2n. Beginning with For fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with
18fiscal year 2019-20
, the department may obligate not more than $11,500,000 in each
19fiscal year
for local assistance.
AB40-ASA1, s. 836m 20Section 836m. 23.0917 (4) (d) 2p. of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,400,2321 23.0917 (4) (d) 2p. Beginning with fiscal year 2011-2012 and ending with fiscal
22year 2019-20, the department may obligate not more than $8,000,000 in each fiscal
23year for local assistance.
AB40-ASA1, s. 836p 24Section 836p. 23.0917 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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123.0917 (5) (a) If for a given fiscal year the department obligates an amount
2from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for a subprogram under sub.
3(3) or (4) that is less than the annual bonding authority for that subprogram for that
4given fiscal year, the department shall adjust the annual bonding authority for that
5subprogram by raising the annual bonding authority, as it may have been previously
6adjusted under this paragraph and par. (b), for the next fiscal year by the amount
7that equals the difference between the amount authorized for that subprogram and
8the obligated amount for that subprogram in that given fiscal year. This paragraph
9does not apply after fiscal year 2010-11.
AB40-ASA1, s. 836s 10Section 836s. 23.0917 (5g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,401,1611 23.0917 (5g) Unused bonding authority. If for a given fiscal year, the
12department obligates an amount from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2)
13(ta) for a subprogram under sub. (3) or (4) that is less than the annual bonding
14authority under that subprogram for that given fiscal year, the department may not
15obligate the unobligated amount in subsequent fiscal years. This subsection applies
16beginning with fiscal year 2011-12 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20.
AB40-ASA1, s. 837 17Section 837. 23.0917 (5t) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,402,418 23.0917 (5t) Local governmental resolutions. Each city, village, town, or
19county may adopt a nonbinding resolution that supports or opposes the proposed
20acquisition of land to be funded by moneys obligated from the appropriation under
21s. 20.866 (2) (ta) if all or a portion of the land is located in the city, village, town, or
22county. The department shall provide written notification of the proposed
23acquisition to each city, village, town, or county in which the land is located. A city,
24village, town, or county that adopts a resolution shall provide the department with
25a copy of the resolution. If the department receives the copy within 30 days after the

1date that the city, village, town, or county received the notification of the proposed
2acquisition, the department shall take the resolution into consideration before
3approving or denying the obligation of moneys for the acquisition from the
4appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta).
AB40-ASA1, s. 837m 5Section 837m. 23.0917 (6m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,402,206 23.0917 (6m) (a) The department may not obligate from the appropriation
7under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for a given project or activity any moneys unless it first
8notifies the joint committee on finance in writing of the proposal. The committee may
9schedule a meeting to review the department's proposal only if at least 5 members
10of the committee, one of whom is a cochairperson, object to the proposal in writing.
11 If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department within 14
12working days after the date of the department's notification that the committee has
13scheduled a meeting to review the proposal, the department may obligate the
14moneys. If, within 14 working days after the date of the notification by the
15department, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the
16committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposal, the department may
17obligate the moneys only upon approval of the committee unless par. (b) applies. A
18proposal as submitted by the department is approved unless a majority of the
19members of the committee who attend the meeting to review the proposal vote to
20modify or deny the proposal
.
AB40-ASA1, s. 837r 21Section 837r. 23.0917 (6m) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40-ASA1, s. 837t 22Section 837t. 23.0917 (6m) (bg) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40-ASA1, s. 838 23Section 838. 23.0917 (6m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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123.0917 (6m) (c) The procedures under pars. par. (a) and (b) apply only to an
2amount for a project or activity that exceeds $750,000 $250,000, except as provided
3in pars. (d) and (dm).
AB40-ASA1, s. 839 4Section 839. 23.0917 (6m) (dm) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,403,75 23.0917 (6m) (dm) (intro.) The procedures under pars. par. (a) and (b) apply to
6an amount for a project or activity that is less than or equal to $750,000 $250,000 if
7all of the following apply:
AB40-ASA1, s. 840 8Section 840. 23.0917 (6m) (dm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,403,139 23.0917 (6m) (dm) 1. The project or activity is so closely related to one or more
10other department projects or activities for which the department has proposed to
11obligate or has obligated moneys under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) that the projects or
12activities, if combined, would constitute a larger project or activity that exceeds
13$750,000 $250,000.
AB40-ASA1, s. 840m 14Section 840m. 23.0917 (6m) (dm) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,403,1715 23.0917 (6m) (dm) 2. The project or activity was separated from a larger project
16or activity by the department primarily to avoid the procedures under pars. par. (a)
17and (b).
AB40-ASA1, s. 840p 18Section 840p. 23.0917 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,403,2419 23.0917 (7) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), for purposes of
20calculating the acquisition costs for acquisition of land under ss. 23.09 (19), (20) and
21(20m), 23.092 (4), 23.094 (3g), 23.0953, 23.096, 30.24 (4) and 30.277 from the
22appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta), the acquisition costs buyer's acquisition price
23shall equal the sum of the land's current fair market value and other acquisition costs
24of the buyer, as determined by rule by the department.
AB40-ASA1, s. 841b 25Section 841b. 23.0917 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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123.0917 (7) (b) For land that has been owned by the current owner for less than
2one year, the acquisition costs buyer's acquisition price of the land shall equal the
3sum of the land's current fair market value and other acquisition costs of the buyer,
4as determined by rule by the department, or the current
owner's acquisition price,
5whichever is lower
.
AB40-ASA1, s. 842b 6Section 842b. 23.0917 (7) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 23.0917 (7) (c)
7(intro.) and amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,404,108 23.0917 (7) (c) (intro.) For land that has been owned by the current owner for
9one year or more but for less than 3 years, the acquisition costs of the land buyer's
10acquisition price
shall equal the lower of the following:
AB40-ASA1,404,12 112. The sum of the current owner's acquisition price and the annual adjustment
12increase.
AB40-ASA1, s. 843b 13Section 843b. 23.0917 (7) (c) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,404,1514 23.0917 (7) (c) 1. The land's current fair market value and other acquisition
15costs of the buyer as determined by rule by the department.
AB40-ASA1, s. 844 16Section 844. 23.0917 (7) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,404,1917 23.0917 (7) (d) (intro.) For purposes of par. (c) 2., the annual adjustment
18increase shall be calculated by multiplying the current owner's acquisition price by
195% and by then multiplying that product by one of the following numbers:
AB40-ASA1, s. 845 20Section 845. 23.0917 (7) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,405,1021 23.0917 (7) (e) 1. For any land for which moneys are proposed to be obligated
22from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) in order to provide a grant or, state
23aid, or other funding to a governmental unit or nonprofit conservation organization
24under s. 23.09 (19), (20), or (20m), 23.092 (4), 23.094 (3g), 23.0953, 23.096, 30.24 (2),
25or 30.277 or to a nonprofit conservation organization under s. 23.096, the department

1shall use at least 2 appraisals to determine the current fair market value of the land.
2The governmental unit or nonprofit conservation organization shall submit to the
3department one appraisal that is paid for by the governmental unit or nonprofit
4conservation organization. The department shall obtain its own independent
5appraisal. The department may also require that the governmental unit or nonprofit
6conservation organization submit a 3rd independent appraisal. The department
7shall reimburse the governmental unit or nonprofit conservation organization up to
850% of the costs of the 3rd appraisal as part of the acquisition costs of the land if the
9land is acquired by the governmental unit or nonprofit conservation organization
10with moneys obligated from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta).
AB40-ASA1, s. 846 11Section 846. 23.0917 (7) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,405,1312 23.0917 (7) (e) 2. Subdivision 1. does not apply if the current fair market value
13of the land is estimated by the department to be $350,000 or less.
AB40-ASA1, s. 847 14Section 847. 23.0917 (7) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,405,2215 23.0917 (7) (f) 2. For any acquisition of any land that is funded with moneys
16obligated from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta), the department, within 30
17days after the moneys are obligated, shall submit to the clerk and the assessor of each
18taxation district in which the land is located a copy of every appraisal in the
19department's possession that was prepared in order to determine the current fair
20market value of the land involved. An assessor who receives a copy of an appraisal
21under this subdivision shall consider the appraisal in valuing the land as provided
22under s. 70.32 (1).
AB40-ASA1, s. 848m 23Section 848m. 23.0917 (12) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB40-ASA1,405,2524 23.0917 (12) Expenditures after 2020. No moneys may be obligated from the
25appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) after June 30, 2020.
AB40-ASA1, s. 856
1Section 856. 23.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,406,72 23.15 (1) The natural resources board may sell, at public or private sale, lands
3and structures owned by the state under the jurisdiction of the department of natural
4resources, except central or district office facilities, when the natural resources board
5determines that said the lands are no longer necessary for the state's use for
6conservation purposes and, if real property, the real property is not the subject of a
7petition under s. 560.9810 16.310 (2).
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