AB150: Bill Text

AB150, s. 1486 Section 1486. 27.01 (10) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,660,11 27.01 (10) (d) 4. The camping fee for each night at a campsite in a state campground which is classified as a Type "B" campground by the department under par. (b) is $9 for a nonresident camping party.

AB150, s. 1487 Section 1487. 27.01 (10) (d) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,660,15 27.01 (10) (d) 5. The camping fee for each night at a campsite in a campground which is classified as a Type "C" campground by the department under par. (b) is $6 for a resident camping party.

AB150, s. 1488 Section 1488. 27.01 (10) (d) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,660,19 27.01 (10) (d) 6. The camping fee for each night at a campsite in a campground which is classified as a Type "C" campground by the department under par. (b) is $8 for a nonresident camping party.

AB150, s. 1489 Section 1489. 27.01 (10) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,661,2 27.01 (10) (e) Determination of residency. The department departments shall base its their determination of whether a camping party is a resident or nonresident camping party upon the residency of the person who applies for a reservation under sub. (11) at the time the application for reservation is made or, if no reservation is made, the residency of the person who registers for the campsite at the time of registration.

AB150, s. 1490 Section 1490. 27.01 (10) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,661,7 27.01 (10) (f) Waiver of fees; special fees. The department departments may waive camping fees, charge additional camping fees or charge special fees instead of camping fees for certain classes of persons or groups, certain areas, certain types of camping or times of the year and for admission to special events.

AB150, s. 1491 Section 1491. 27.01 (10) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,661,10 27.01 (10) (g) (intro.) Besides the additional camping fees authorized under par. (f), the department departments may charge:

AB150, s. 1492 Section 1492. 27.01 (10) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,661,18 27.01 (10) (h) Increased camping fees. In addition to its their authority under par. (f), the department departments shall determine which state campgrounds under each of their jurisdictions are located in areas where local market conditions justify the establishment of higher camping fees to be charged by the department. For these state campgrounds, the department departments. The departments shall promulgate rules for the state campgrounds under their jurisdictions to establish higher camping fees to be based on the applicable local market conditions.

AB150, s. 1493 Section 1493. 27.01 (11) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,661,25 27.01 (11) (a) Authorization. The department of tourism and parks may establish a campground reservation system at any of the state parks park campgrounds or any of the state forest campgrounds under its jurisdiction and may participate with owners of private campgrounds in a cooperative reservation system. The department of natural resources may do the same with any of the state forest campgrounds under its jurisdiction.

AB150, s. 1494 Section 1494. 27.01 (11) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,662,4 27.01 (11) (d) Reservation applications. The department may accept reservation applications from residents and nonresidents beginning on the first working day after January 1 10 of each year.

AB150, s. 1495 Section 1495. 27.01 (11) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB150,662,9 27.01 (11) (d) Reservation applications. The departments may accept reservation applications from residents and nonresidents beginning on January 10 of each year.

****Note: This is reconciled s. 27.01 (11) (d). This Section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-1018 and LRB-2161.

AB150, s. 1496 Section 1496. 27.01 (11) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,662,16 27.01 (11) (e) Early reservation applications. The department may refuse to accept reservation applications postmarked or made in person prior to the first working day after January 1 10 of each year or the department may treat these applications as if they were postmarked or made on January 7 10 and shall process these applications together with reservation applications actually postmarked or made in person on that date.

AB150, s. 1497 Section 1497. 27.01 (11) (e) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB150,662,23 27.01 (11) (e) Early reservation applications. The departments may refuse to accept reservation applications postmarked or made in person prior to January 10 of each year or the departments may treat these applications as if they were postmarked or made on January 10 and shall process these applications together with reservation applications actually postmarked or made in person on that date.

****Note: This is reconciled s. 27.01 (11) (e). This Section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-1018 and LRB-2161.

AB150, s. 1498 Section 1498. 27.01 (11) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,663,4 27.01 (11) (f) Processing; generally. The department departments may give reservations for each year until the available reservation sites in a campground under their respective reservation systems for a given date are exhausted.

AB150, s. 1499 Section 1499. 27.01 (11) (g) of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 1500 Section 1500. 27.01 (11) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,663,10 27.01 (11) (h) (title) Processing; after January 7 10. After January 7 10, reservation applications shall be processed in order according to when they are received. Reservation applications submitted by mail are considered to be received when they are actually received by the appropriate office of the department.

AB150, s. 1501 Section 1501. 27.01 (11) (h) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB150,663,16 27.01 (11) (h) Processing; after January 10. After January 10, reservation applications shall be processed in order according to when they are received. Reservation applications submitted by mail are considered to be received when they are actually received by the appropriate office of the applicable department.

****Note: This is reconciled s. 27.01 (11) (h). This Section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-1018 and LRB-2161.

AB150, s. 1502 Section 1502. 27.01 (12) of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 1503 Section 1503. 27.01 (13) of the statutes is renumbered 27.90 (3) and amended to read:

AB150,664,8 27.90 (3) Police supervision. The department shall have police supervision over all state parks park or trail areas, and its duly appointed wardens state park rangers or representatives in charge of any state park area may arrest, with or without warrant, any person within such the state park or trail area, committing who commits an offense against the laws of the state or in violation of who violates any rule or regulation of the department in force in such the state park or trail area, and deliver such person to the proper court of the county wherein such where the offense has been committed and make and execute a complaint charging such person with the offense committed. The district attorney of the county wherein such where an offense has been committed shall appear and prosecute all actions arising under this subsection.

AB150, s. 1504 Section 1504. 27.01 (14) of the statutes is renumbered 27.96 and amended to read:

AB150,664,17 27.96 (title) Penalties for destruction of property on certain properties. The penalties for the destruction of any notices, posted by the department of tourism and parks or by the department of natural resources, or for the breaking, tearing up or marring of trees, vines, shrubs or flowers, the dislocation of stones or the disfigurement of natural conditions within the boundaries of any area of the state or park system, any county parks park or any state fish hatchery grounds shall be the same as those provided in s. 26.19 (1).

AB150, s. 1505 Section 1505. 27.011 of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 1506 Section 1506. 27.013 of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 1507 Section 1507. 27.0134 (3m) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,664,21 27.0134 (3m) (title) Spending authority.

AB150, s. 1508 Section 1508. 27.0134 (3m) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,665,2 27.0134 (3m) (a) Subject to sub. (4), the department of tourism and parks shall determine how the department of natural resources shall spend moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (tz) for trails and for grants for this purpose under s. 23.096.

AB150, s. 1509 Section 1509. 27.0137 of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,665,10 27.0137 Designation of trails and areas. (1) The department shall designate trails, campgrounds, picnic areas and other special use areas for property under its ownership. These trails, campgrounds, picnic areas and other special use areas shall be designated on maps available at the nearest district office of the department of natural resources, on a sign outside the office on the property or on signs placed beside the trails, campgrounds, picnic areas or other use areas at the option of the department.

AB150,665,12 (2) The department shall inspect trail signs and designated features twice a year, once before July 1 and once after July 1.

AB150, s. 1510 Section 1510. 27.015 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,665,18 27.015 (12) Cooperation of state departments. The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the department of administration, the department of natural resources, the department of tourism and parks and the agricultural extension division of the university of Wisconsin shall cooperate with the several county rural planning committees in carrying out this section.

AB150, s. 1511 Section 1511. Subchapter III (title) of chapter 27 [precedes s. 27.40] of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,665,21 Chapter 27

AB150,665,23 Subchapter III Kickapoo valley reserve

AB150, s. 1512 Section 1512. Subchapter IV (title) of chapter 27 [precedes 27.61] of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,666,1 Chapter 27

AB150,666,3 Subchapter IV Tourism

AB150, s. 1513 Section 1513. Subchapter V (title) of chapter 27 [precedes 27.90] of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,666,6 Chapter 27

AB150,666,8 Subchapter V Enforcement AND PENALTIES

AB150, s. 1514 Section 1514. 27.90 (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,666,10 27.90 (title) Enforcement.

AB150, s. 1515 Section 1515. 27.90 (1) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,666,13 27.90 (1) Definition. In this section, "state park or trail area" means an area that is part of the state park system or the ice age trail.

AB150, s. 1516 Section 1516. 27.90 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,666,18 27.90 (2) Enforcement duties. (a) The department shall enforce all of the laws that the department is required to administer for the state park system and shall bring, or cause to be brought, actions and proceedings in the name of the state for that purpose.

AB150,666,22 (b) All sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, coroners, and other police officers are deputy state park rangers, and shall assist the department and its state park rangers in the enforcement of this chapter whenever notice of a violation of the chapter is given to them by the department or its state park rangers.

AB150, s. 1517 Section 1517. 27.92 of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,667,3 27.92 State park rangers. (1) The persons appointed by the department to enforce the laws relating to the state park system shall be known as state park rangers and shall be subject to ch. 230.

AB150,667,6 (2) The department shall provide to all state park rangers, before exercising any of their powers, a commission issued by the department under its seal, to read substantially as follows:

AB150,667,7 State of Wisconsin

AB150,667,8 Department of tourism and parks.

AB150,667,9 To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting:

AB150,667,14 Know ye, that reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity and ability of ...., of the county of ...., we do hereby appoint and constitute .... a state park ranger for the state of Wisconsin, and do authorize and empower .... to execute and fulfill the duties of that office according to law, during good behavior and the faithful performance of the duties of that office.

AB150,667,17 In testimony whereof, the secretary has hereunto affixed the secretary's signature and the official seal of the department, at its office in the city of Madison, Wisconsin, this .... day of ...., 19...

AB150,667,18 (Seal) State of Wisconsin

AB150,667,19 Department of tourism and parks.

AB150,667,20 By .... ....

AB150,667,24 (3) The department of shall furnish to each state park ranger at the time of the ranger's appointment, a pocket identification folder in the same form and substance as the folder described in s. 23.10 (5), except that the impression shall be the seal of the department.

AB150,668,4 (4) A state park ranger shall carry the identification folder on his or her person at all times that he or she is on official duty, and a state park ranger shall on demand exhibit the same to any person to whom he or she may represent himself or herself as a state park ranger.

AB150, s. 1518 Section 1518. 27.94 of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,668,8 27.94 Resisting or falsely impersonating a state park ranger. Any person who does any of the following shall be subject to the penalty specified in s. 939.51 (3) (a):

AB150,668,10 (1) Assaults or otherwise resists or obstructs any state park ranger in the performance of his or her duties.

AB150,668,12 (2) Falsely represents himself or herself to be a state park ranger or assumes to act as a state park ranger without having been first duly appointed.

AB150, s. 1519 Section 1519. 27.95 of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,668,18 27.95 Liability of vehicle owners. (1) Liability. (a) If the department finds a vehicle in a vehicle admission area, as defined in s. 27.01 (7) (a) 3., that does not have a valid sticker affixed to it and the department cannot locate the operator of the vehicle, the owner of the vehicle shall be presumed liable for a violation of s. 27.01 (7) (b).

AB150,668,22 (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), no owner of a vehicle involved in a violation of s. 27.01 (7) (b) may be convicted under this section if the person who, at the time of the violation, is operating the vehicle or who has the vehicle under his or her control has been convicted for the violation under par. (a) or s. 27.01 (7) (b).

AB150,668,24 (c) Service may be made by certified mail addressed to the vehicle owner's last-known address.

AB150,669,2 (2) Defenses. The following are defenses to the imposition of liability under sub. (1):

AB150,669,4 (a) That a report that the vehicle was stolen was given to the department before the violation occurred or within a reasonable time after the violation occurred.