AB150,1233,2523
77.52
(17m) (a) A person may apply for a direct pay permit by submitting to
24the department $5
or, if the department promulgates a rule, an amount prescribed
25by the department by that rule and a completed form that the department prescribes.
AB150,1234,4
1(b) (intro.) The department shall issue a direct pay permit,
at the beginning of
2a taxpayer's taxable year which is valid until the end of the taxpayer's taxable year
3or, if the department promulgates a rule, for a period prescribed by the department
4by that rule, if the following requirements are fulfilled:
AB150, s. 3486
6Section
3486. 77.82 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1234,167
77.82
(2) Petition. (intro.)
Any owner of land may petition the department to
8designate any eligible parcel of land as managed forest land. A petition may include
9any number of eligible parcels under the same ownership in a single municipality.
10Each petition shall be submitted on a form provided by the department and shall be
11accompanied by a nonrefundable $10 application fee unless a different amount of the
12fee is established by the department by rule at an amount equal to the average
13expense to the department of recording an order issued under this subchapter
,
14which. The fee shall be
credited to
deposited in the conservation fund
and credited
15to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (1) (cr). Each petition shall include all of the
16following:
AB150, s. 3487
17Section
3487. 77.82 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1235,218
77.82
(4) Additions to managed forest land. An owner may petition the
19department to designate as managed forest land an additional parcel of land in the
20same municipality if the additional parcel is at least 3 acres in size and is contiguous
21to any of the owner's designated land. The petition shall be accompanied by a
22nonrefundable $10 application fee unless a different amount of the fee is established
23in the same manner as the fee under sub. (2)
, which. The fee shall be
credited to 24deposited in the conservation fund
and credited to the appropriation under s. 20.370
1(1) (cr). The petition shall be submitted on a department form and shall contain any
2additional information required by the department.
AB150, s. 3488
3Section
3488. 77.82 (4m) (bn) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1235,64
77.82
(4m) (bn) A petition under this subsection shall be accompanied by a
5nonrefundable $100 application fee which shall be
credited to deposited in the
6conservation fund
and credited to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (1) (cr).
AB150, s. 3489
7Section
3489. 77.85 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1235,11
877.85 State contribution. The department shall pay before June 30 annually
9the municipal treasurer, from the appropriation under s. 20.370
(4) (ar) (5) (bv), 20
10cents for each acre of land in the municipality that is designated as managed forest
11land under this subchapter.
AB150, s. 3490
12Section
3490. 77.88 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1235,1813
77.88
(2) (d) Within 10 days after a transfer of ownership, the former owner
14shall, on a form provided by the department, file with the department a report of the
15transfer signed by the former owner and the transferee. The report shall be
16accompanied by a $20 fee which shall be
credited to
deposited in the conservation
17fund
and credited to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (1) (cr). The department shall
18immediately notify each person entitled to notice under s. 77.82 (8).
AB150, s. 3491
19Section
3491. 77.89 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1235,2320
77.89
(1) Payment to municipalities. By June 30 of each year, the department,
21from the appropriation under s. 20.370
(4) (ar) (5) (bv), shall pay 50% of each payment
22received under s. 77.84 (3) (b), 77.87 (3) or 77.88 (7) to the treasurer of the
23municipality in which is located the land to which the payment applies.
AB150, s. 3492
24Section
3492. 77.91 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1236,3
177.91
(4) Expenses. The Except as provided in sub. (5), the department's
2expenses for the administration of this subchapter shall be paid from the
3appropriation under s. 20.370 (1) (mu).
AB150, s. 3493
4Section
3493. 77.91 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1236,115
77.91
(5) Recording. Each register of deeds who receives notice of an order
6under this subchapter shall record the action as provided under s. 59.51. The
7department shall pay the register of deeds the fee specified under s. 59.57 (1) (a) from
8the appropriation under s. 20.370 (1)
(mu) (cr). If the amount in the appropriation
9under s. 20.370 (1) (cr) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount
10required under this subsection in that fiscal year, the department shall pay the
11balance from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (1) (mu).
AB150, s. 3494
12Section
3494. 77.92 (4r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1236,1613
77.92
(4r) "Total receipts from all activities" means gross receipts, gross sales,
14gross dividends, gross interest income, gross rents, gross royalties, the gross sales
15price from the disposition of capital assets and business assets and all other receipts
16that are included in gross income under ch. 71.
AB150, s. 3495
17Section
3495. 77.93 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1236,2418
77.93
(1) All corporations required to file a return under subch. IV or V of ch.
1971
that have at least $4,000 in total receipts from all activities for the taxable year
20except corporations that are exempt from taxation under s. 71.26 (1) and that have
21no unrelated business income reportable under s. 71.24 (1m). The surcharge is
22imposed on the tax-option corporation, not on its shareholders, except that if a
23tax-option corporation's surcharge is delinquent, its shareholders are jointly and
24severally liable for it.
AB150, s. 3496
25Section
3496. 77.93 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1237,3
177.93
(4) All insurers that are required to file a return under subch. VII of ch.
271
and that have at least $4,000 in total receipts from all activities for the taxable
3year.
AB150, s. 3497
4Section
3497. 78.09 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1237,95
78.09
(2) To procure a license, a supplier shall file with the department an
6application prescribed and furnished by the department and verified by the owner
7of the business if the owner is an individual, partnership or unincorporated
8association or by the president and secretary if the owner is a corporation.
The
9department, by rule, may prescribe the fee for obtaining a supplier's license.
AB150, s. 3498
10Section
3498. 78.09 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1237,1611
78.09
(5) To procure an export license, an exporter shall file with the
12department an application prescribed and furnished by the department and verified
13by the owner of the business if the owner is an individual, partnership or
14unincorporated association or by the president and secretary if the owner is a
15corporation.
The department, by rule, may prescribe the fee for obtaining an
16exporter's license.
AB150, s. 3499
17Section
3499. 78.10 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1237,1918
78.10
(1m) Fee. The department, by rule, may prescribe the fee for issuing, and
19the fee for renewing, a license under this section.
AB150, s. 3500
20Section
3500. 78.10 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1237,2321
78.10
(5) Term of license. A license under this section is valid until suspended,
22revoked for cause or canceled
or, if the department promulgates a rule, for the term
23prescribed by the department by that rule.
AB150, s. 3501
24Section
3501. 78.48 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1238,2
178.48
(1m) Fee. The department, by rule, may prescribe the fee for obtaining,
2and the fee for renewing, a license under this section.
AB150, s. 3502
3Section
3502. 78.48 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1238,64
78.48
(5) Term of license. An alternate fuels license is valid until suspended,
5revoked for cause or canceled
or, if the department promulgates a rule, for the term
6prescribed by the department by that rule.
AB150, s. 3503
7Section
3503. 78.57 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1238,98
78.57
(1m) Fee. The department, by rule, may prescribe the fee for obtaining,
9and the fee for renewing, a license under this section.
AB150, s. 3504
10Section
3504. 78.57 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1238,1311
78.57
(5) Term of license. A general aviation fuel license is valid until
12suspended, revoked for cause or canceled
or, if the department promulgates a rule,
13for the term prescribed by the department by that rule.
AB150, s. 3505
14Section
3505. 79.03 (3c) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1238,1915
79.03
(3c) (c)
Payment. (intro.) Subject to
the total distribution amount limits
16in par. (f), the minimum payment under par. (d) and the maximum payment under
17par. (e), each eligible municipality is entitled to shared revenue from the
18appropriation under s. 20.835 (1) (b), in addition to its shared revenue entitlements
19under sub. (1), calculated as follows:
AB150, s. 3506
20Section
3506. 79.03 (3c) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1238,2521
79.03
(3c) (f)
Distribution amount. If the total amounts calculated under pars.
22(c) to (e) exceed the total amount to be distributed under this subsection, the amount
23paid to each eligible municipality shall be paid on a prorated basis. The total amount
24to be distributed under this subsection from s. 20.835 (1) (b) is $10,000,000 in 1994
25and, $14,000,000 in 1995 and
$0 thereafter.
AB150, s. 3507
1Section
3507. 79.04 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1239,232
79.04
(1) (a) An amount from the shared revenue account determined by
3multiplying by 3 mills in the case of a town, and 6 mills in the case of a city or village,
4the first $125,000,000 of the amount shown in the account, plus leased property, of
5each public utility
except qualified wholesale electric companies, as defined in s.
676.28 (1) (gm), on December 31 of the preceding year for either "production plant,
7exclusive of land" and "general structures", or "work in progress" for production
8plants and general structures under construction, in the case of light, heat and power
9companies, electric cooperatives or municipal electric companies, for all property
10within a municipality in accordance with the system of accounts established by the
11public service commission or rural electrification administration, less depreciation
12thereon as determined by the department of revenue and less the value of treatment
13plant and pollution abatement equipment, as defined under s. 70.11 (21) (a), as
14determined by the department of revenue
plus an amount from the shared revenue
15account determined by multiplying by 3 mills in the case of a town, and 6 mills in the
16case of a city or village, of the first $125,000,000 of the total original cost of production
17plant, general structures and work-in-progress less depreciation, land and
18approved waste treatment facilities of each qualified wholesale electric company, as
19defined in s. 76.28 (1) (gm), as reported to the department of revenue of all property
20within the municipality. The total of amounts, as depreciated, from the accounts of
21all public utilities for the same production plant is also limited to not more than
22$125,000,000. The amount distributable to a municipality in any year shall not
23exceed $300 times the population of the municipality.
AB150, s. 3508
24Section
3508. 79.04 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1240,9
179.04
(1) (c) 2. If a production plant is located in more than one municipality,
2the total payment under subd. 1. shall be apportioned according to the amounts
3shown on the preceding December 31 for the production plant in the account
4described in par. (a) for "production plant exclusive of land" within each municipality
5for all public utilities except qualified wholesale electric companies, as defined in s.
676.28 (1) (gm), or according to the value as reported to the department of revenue
7under par. (a) of the production plant within each municipality for each qualified
8wholesale electric company. The payment to each municipality under this
9subdivision shall be no less than $15,000 annually.
AB150, s. 3509
10Section
3509. 79.04 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1241,1711
79.04
(2) (a) Annually, the department of administration, upon certification by
12the department of revenue, shall distribute from the shared revenue account to any
13county having within its boundaries a production plant or a general structure,
14including production plants and general structures under construction, used by a
15light, heat or power company assessed under s. 76.28 (2), except property described
16in s. 66.069 (2) unless the production plant is owned or operated by a local
17governmental unit that is located outside of the municipality in which the production
18plant is located, or by an electric cooperative assessed under ss. 76.07 and 76.48,
19respectively, or by a municipal electric company under s. 66.073 an amount
20determined by multiplying by 6 mills
in the case of property in a town and by 3 mills
21in the case of property in a city or village the first $125,000,000 of the amount shown
22in the account, plus leased property, of each public utility
except qualified wholesale
23electric companies, as defined in s. 76.28 (1) (gm), on December 31 of the preceding
24year for either "production plant, exclusive of land" and "general structures", or
25"work in progress" for production plants and general structures under construction,
1in the case of light, heat and power companies, electric cooperatives or municipal
2electric companies, for all property within
a town
the municipality in accordance
3with the system of accounts established by the public service commission or rural
4electrification administration, less depreciation thereon as determined by the
5department of revenue and less the value of treatment plant and pollution
6abatement equipment, as defined under s. 70.11 (21) (a), as determined by the
7department of revenue
and by multiplying by 3 mills the first $125,000,000 of the
8amount as defined in this subsection for all property within a city or village plus an
9amount from the shared revenue account determined by multiplying by 6 mills in the
10case of property in a town, and 3 mills in the case of property in a city or village, of
11the total original cost of production plant, general structures and work-in-progress
12less depreciation, land and approved waste treatment facilities of each qualified
13wholesale electric company, as defined in s. 76.28 (1) (gm), as reported to the
14department of revenue of all property within the municipality. The total of amounts,
15as depreciated, from the accounts of all public utilities for the same production plant
16is also limited to not more than $125,000,000. The amount distributable to a county
17in any year shall not exceed $100 times the population of the county.
AB150, s. 3510
18Section
3510. 79.085 of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1241,21
1979.085 Counties' use of funds. (1) Counties shall use the funds that they
20receive under s. 79.02 and that are calculated under s. 79.058 in the following
21sequence:
AB150,1241,2322
(a) For the expenses of probation and parole holds in county jails that are not
23otherwise funded by state or federal aid or by any designated revenue source.
AB150,1241,2524
(b) For costs for which the county would otherwise levy a property tax, as
25reflected under s. 74.09 (3) (b) 1.
AB150,1242,2
1(2) Counties shall use the funds that they receive under s. 79.02 and that are
2calculated under ss. 79.03, 79.04 and 79.06 in the following sequence:
AB150,1242,63
(a) For expenses that are not otherwise funded by state or federal aid or by any
4designated revenue source and that are for probation and parole holds in county jails,
5for circuit courts under s. 753.19 and for youth services for which aids are paid under
6s. 46.26.
AB150,1242,87
(b) For costs for which the county would otherwise levy a property tax, as
8reflected under s. 74.09 (3) (b) 1.
AB150, s. 3511
9Section
3511. 79.14 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1242,12
1079.14 (title)
School levy tax credit. The appropriation under s. 20.835 (3)
11(b) is $319,305,000
in 1994, 1995 and 1996 and is $469,305,000 in 1997 and
12thereafter.
AB150, s. 3512
13Section
3512. 80.025 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1242,22
1480.025 (title)
Highways abutted by state park lands in the state park
15system; discontinuance or relocation. Any part of a highway lying wholly
16within
state park the boundaries of lands
in the state park system may be
17discontinued or relocated by the state agency having jurisdiction over such abutting
18lands by filing written notice of such discontinuance or relocation with the town clerk
19or county clerk and upon approval by the supervisors after holding a hearing as
20provided in s. 80.05 unless such discontinuance or relocation would deprive any other
21owner of lands access thereto from a highway. This section does not apply to state
22trunk highways or connecting highways.
AB150, s. 3513
23Section
3513. 80.05 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1243,3
180.05
(2) (b) Give notice by registered mail to the department of natural
2resources
, the department of tourism and parks and to the county land conservation
3committee in each county through which the highway may pass.
AB150, s. 3514
4Section
3514. 80.38 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1243,245
80.38
(2) If 6 or more freeholders residing within the limits of the village or
6other plat wish any streets in the plat to be so declared public highways and opened
7to public use, they may apply to the town board for that purpose in the manner
8provided in s. 80.02. Upon that application, the town board shall make and file an
9order, within 10 days, declaring the streets to be public highways or refusing so to
10do. In either case, any person considering himself or herself aggrieved by the order
11may appeal to the circuit court for the same county by filing with the town clerk a
12notice of appeal, specifying the grounds of appeal, within 20 days from the filing of
13the order, together with a written undertaking of the appellant, with one or more
14sufficient sureties, to be approved by the town clerk for the payment of all costs that
15may be awarded against the appellant, and paying to the clerk the fee prescribed in
16s. 814.61 (8)
(a) 1. or (am) 1. Within 20 days thereafter the town clerk shall deliver
17to the clerk of the circuit court all the papers in the case, together with the notice of
18appeal, with the date of service endorsed thereon, and pay the fee prescribed in s.
19814.61 (8)
(a) 1. or (am) 1.; whereupon the clerk of the circuit court shall enter an
20action in the court record in which the appellant is the plaintiff and the town is the
21defendant. The issues as shown by the papers and the appeal shall be tried without
22further pleading, the same as in personal actions in circuit court, and judgment
23rendered and enforced as in other actions in which persons and municipal
24corporations are parties.
AB150, s. 3515
25Section
3515. 80.39 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1244,8
180.39
(2) Notice. Upon such petition the county board or the commissioners
2appointed by the board shall give notice of the time and place they will meet to decide
3on the petition. The notice shall be published as a class 2 notice, under ch. 985. The
4notice shall also be given to the
department secretary of natural resources
and to the
5secretary of tourism and parks by serving a copy upon the secretary of natural
6resources either by registered mail or personally. If the board appoints a committee
7to act, the notice shall state the fact and the notice shall be signed by the
8commissioners
, or otherwise by the chairperson of the board.
AB150, s. 3516
9Section
3516. 84.01 (17) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1244,1610
84.01
(17) Improvements for next 6 years. In each odd-numbered year, the
11department
of transportation shall determine, as far as possible, what
12improvements will be made during the following 6-year period, and shall notify the
13county clerks prior to November 1 of each odd-numbered year, as to the
14improvements in their respective counties. Such notice shall also be given to the
15department of natural resources
, to the department of tourism and parks and to the
16department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.
AB150, s. 3517
17Section
3517. 84.02 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1245,1418
84.02
(3) (a) Changes may be made in the state trunk system by the
19department, if it deems that the public good is best served by making the changes.
20The department, in making the changes, may lay out new highways by the procedure
21under this subsection. Due notice shall be given to the localities concerned of the
22intention to make changes or discontinuances, and if the change proposes to lay a
23highway via a new location and the distance along such deviation from the existing
24location exceeds 2 1/2 miles, then a hearing in or near the region affected by the
25proposed change shall be held prior to making the change effective. The notice shall
1also be given to the secretary of natural resources
and to the secretary of tourism and
2parks either by registered mail or personally. Whenever the department decides to
3thus change more than 2 1/2 miles of the system the change shall not be effective until
4the decision of the department has been referred to and approved by the county board
5of each county in which any part of the proposed change is situated. A copy of the
6decision shall be filed in the office of the clerk of each county in which a change is
7made or proposed. Where the distance along the deviation from the existing location
8exceeds 5 miles the change shall constitute an addition to the state trunk highway
9system. The preexisting route shall continue to be a state trunk highway unless the
10county board of each county in which any part of the relocation lies and the
11department mutually agree to its discontinuance as a state trunk highway.
12Whenever such county board or boards and the department cannot so agree the
13department shall report the problem to the next ensuing session of the legislature
14for determination.
AB150, s. 3518
15Section
3518. 84.02 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1246,516
84.02
(4) (b) No person shall mark any other highway routes or trails unless
17the route marked shall coincide exactly with the state trunk system. No such routes
18shall be marked until exact descriptions of the routes selected for marking have been
19filed with and the routes and markings approved by the department. Every route
20laid out and marked shall be made to conform to the state trunk system, and the
21person responsible for the marking of such route shall remove or erase such marks
22from every portion of such route which does not coincide with the state trunk
23highway system. The department shall report to the
secretary of state department
24of revenue any violations of or failure to comply with the provisions of this subsection,
25and the
secretary of state department of revenue shall thereupon revoke the
1privilege, license or incorporation of the offender, and the department shall cause the
2offending marks to be erased, removed or destroyed. The expense of such erasure,
3removal or destruction shall be paid out of funds appropriated to the department,
4and may be recovered in the name of the state from the person responsible for such
5unauthorized marking.
AB150, s. 3519
6Section
3519. 84.05 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1247,7
784.05 Railroad crossing improvements. On a highway which the
8department has authority to construct and which crosses a railroad, if the
9department determines that the construction or reconstruction of a grade separation
10or the rearrangement or elimination of a grade crossing or other rearrangement of
11the highway or tracks is necessary in the interest of public safety or for convenience
12of public travel, the department shall make a plan of the construction proposed and
13an estimate of the cost thereof, including the cost of needed right-of-way; and shall
14endeavor to make an arrangement with all persons concerned as to all matters
15involved in the plan, including the portion of the cost of the contemplated work which
16the persons shall defray. If the department is unable to contract with the persons
17concerned as to the distribution and payment of the cost of the work or the
18maintenance thereof, the department shall
lay the matter before the office of the
19commissioner of railroads, and the office of the commissioner of railroads shall
20review the proceedings and hold a hearing thereon in accordance with ss. 195.28 and
21195.29, and shall fix the portion of the cost of the construction and of the maintenance
22which is to be paid by the persons or corporations concerned, and the portion of the
23cost, if any, to be paid by the public, which portion shall be paid from the
24transportation fund
, and issue an appropriate order. The
office of the commissioner
25of railroads department shall determine the benefits, if any, which will inure to other
1highways, and apportion and charge to the units of government responsible for the
2construction of such other highways a fair portion of the cost.
The department shall
3promulgate a rule establishing criteria with respect to the allocation of costs under
4this section. A person who is aggrieved by an order of the department under this
5section may, within 20 days after the date that the order is issued, request review of
6the order by the division of hearings and appeals. The division of hearings and
7appeals shall review the order in the manner provided in s. 195.325.
AB150, s. 3520
8Section
3520. 84.25 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1247,139
84.25
(11) Commercial enterprises. No commercial enterprise, except a
10vending facility which is licensed by the department of
health and social services 11industry, labor and human relations and operated by blind or visually impaired
12persons, shall be authorized or conducted within or on property acquired for or
13designated as a controlled-access highway.
AB150, s. 3521
14Section
3521. 84.28 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1248,615
84.28
(1) Moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (1) (mr) may be
16expended for the renovation, marking and maintenance of a town or county highway
17located within the boundaries of any state park, state forest or other property under
18the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources
or the department of tourism
19and parks. Moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (1) (mr) may be expended
20for the renovation, marking and maintenance of a town or county highway located
21in the lower Wisconsin state riverway as defined in s. 30.40 (15). Outside the lower
22Wisconsin state riverway as defined in s. 30.40 (15), or outside the boundaries of
23these parks, forests or property, moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (1)
24(mr) may be expended for the renovation, marking and maintenance of roads which
25the department of natural resources certifies are
certified under sub. (1m) as being
1utilized by a substantial number of visitors to state parks, state forests or other
2property under the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources
. The
3department of natural resources shall authorize expenditures under this subsection.
4The department of natural resources shall rank projects eligible for assistance under
5a priority system and funding may be restricted to those projects with highest
6priority or the department of parks and tourism.
AB150, s. 3522
7Section
3522. 84.28 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1248,108
84.28
(1m) (a) For each fiscal year, the department of natural resources and
9the department of tourism and parks shall enter into an agreement to do all of the
10following to determine the expenditures under sub. (1):
AB150,1248,1311
1. Certify which roads are being used by a substantial number of visitors to
12state parks, state forests or other properties under the jurisdiction of either
13department.
AB150,1248,1414
2. Establish a priority system to rank projects eligible for assistance.
AB150,1248,1615
3. Determine which projects are eligible for assistance and authorize the
16expenditures for those projects.
AB150,1248,1817
(b) The secretary of administration shall resolve any disputes between the
18departments concerning the agreement regarding the duties specified in par. (a).
AB150, s. 3523
19Section
3523. 84.28 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1249,1920
84.28
(2) The department
of transportation may administer a program for the
21construction, maintenance and marking of roads, including fire roads, service areas,
22trailer or vehicle parking stalls or parking areas and other facilities consistent with
23highway construction and for the marking of scenic routes in the state parks, state
24forests, the lower Wisconsin state riverway as defined under s. 30.40 (15), state fish
25hatcheries, other public used areas under the jurisdiction of the department of
1natural resources
or the department of tourism and parks and other public lands as
2defined in ch. 24, for highways or fire roads leading from the most convenient state
3trunk highways to such lands, and for the relocation and construction of state trunk
4highways in or near state parks when required in the interests of public safety.
5Within the limitations and for the purposes of this section, work may be performed
6by or under the supervision or authority or with the approval of the department
of
7transportation, upon the request for such work filed by the department
of natural
8resources having jurisdiction as to the lower Wisconsin state riverway, as defined in
9s. 30.40 (15), or as to state park or forest lands, or by the board of commissioners of
10the public lands as to other classes of public lands. Outside the lower Wisconsin state
11riverway, as defined in s. 30.40 (15), and outside the limits of the park, state forest
12and public land areas, direct connections to the most convenient state trunk highway
13may be built or maintained under this section. Roads in unincorporated areas within
145 miles of the boundaries of the Horicon national wildlife refuge or the Horicon marsh
15wildlife area may be built or maintained under this section upon request of the town
16board, if the department of transportation certifies that such roads are or will be used
17by a substantial number of visitors to such area. Costs incurred under this section
18shall be the responsibility of the department of natural resources,
department of
19tourism and parks, commissioners of public lands or town board, as appropriate.
AB150, s. 3524
20Section
3524. 85.013 (3) of the statutes is created to read: