LRB-3366/3
MGG/RCT/MES:kmg:aj
1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE
May 3, 1995 - Introduced by
Committee for review ofAdministrative Rules.
Referred to Committee on Environment and Energy.
SB179,1,2
1An Act to create 23.0915 (1m) of the statutes;
relating to: use of funds under
2the stewardship program for golf courses.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law authorizes the state to incur public debt for program activities
under the stewardship program, which is administered by the department of natural
resources (DNR). One of the activities authorized under the stewardship program
is land acquisition for certain purposes. Under rules for the program promulgated
by DNR, the state may incur public debt to provide moneys to local units of
government for the acquisition of land for golf courses but not for the development
of golf courses. With one exception, this bill prohibits the state from incurring public
debt under the stewardship program for the purchase of land for golf courses and also
for the development of golf courses. The exception is for an application for funding
the acquisition of land for a golf course that was made before April 1, 1995, and whose
funding was approved by DNR before April 10, 1995.
This bill is introduced as required by s. 227.26 (2) (f), stats., in support of the
action of the joint committee for review of administrative rules in suspending section
NR 50.16 (7) (g), Wis. adm. code, a rule of DNR, on March 23, 1996. The suspended
rule provided for the incurring of state public debt under the stewardship program
for the acquisition of land for golf courses.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB179, s. 1
3Section
1. 23.0915 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB179,2,7
123.0915
(1m) Prohibitions on expenditures. The department may not expend
2moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (tz) for the acquisition of land for
3golf courses or for the development of golf courses, except that this subsection does
4not apply to a project for the acquisition of land for a golf course for which an
5application for funding for all or part of the land under this section was made before
6April 1, 1995, and for which the department has approved funding for acquisition of
7all or part of the land under this section before April 10, 1995.
SB179,2,11
9(1) This act first applies to moneys encumbered or expended from the
10appropriation under section 20.866 (2) (tz) of the statutes on the effective date of this
11subsection.
