AB100-engrossed,1296,1310
92.04
(2) (b) (title)
Review erosion control land and water resource management
11plans. The board shall review
soil erosion control land and water resource
12management plans prepared under s. 92.10 and make recommendations to the
13department on approval or disapproval of those plans.
AB100-engrossed,1296,1815
92.05
(3) (k)
Nutrient management rules. The department shall promulgate
16rules to improve agricultural nutrient management in this state. The rules shall be
17consistent with rules promulgated under s. 281.16 (3) and shall include incentives,
18educational and outreach provisions and compliance requirements.
AB100-engrossed,1297,520
92.07
(2) Standards. Each land conservation committee may develop and
21adopt standards and specifications for management practices to control erosion,
22sedimentation and nonpoint source water pollution.
The standards and
23specifications for agricultural facilities and practices that are constructed or begun
24on or after the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], and, if
25cost-sharing is available to the owner or operator under s. 92.14, 281.16 (5) or 281.65
1or from any other source, for agricultural facilities and practices that are constructed
2or begun before that date shall be consistent with the performance standards,
3prohibitions, conservation practices and technical standards under s. 281.16 (3). The
4land conservation committee shall use the rules promulgated under s. 281.16 (3) (e)
5to determine whether cost-sharing is available.
AB100-engrossed,1297,97
92.07
(7m) Assistance to the department of transportation. Each land
8conservation committee shall cooperate with the department of transportation as
9requested under s. 85.195.
AB100-engrossed,1297,15
1192.10 (title)
Erosion control
Land and water resource management
12planning program. (1) Creation. There is created
an erosion control a land and
13water resource management planning program. The department, board and land
14conservation committees
in identified priority counties jointly shall develop and
15administer this program.
AB100-engrossed,1297,19
16(2) Purposes. The purposes of the
erosion control land and water resource
17management planning program are to conserve long-term soil productivity, protect
18the quality of related natural resources, enhance water quality and focus on severe
19soil erosion problems
in identified priority counties.
AB100-engrossed,1297,2321
92.10
(3) (a)
Identification. The department shall identify priority soil erosion
22control counties.
Identified priority counties are required to prepare soil erosion
23control plans.
AB100-engrossed,1298,4
192.10
(4) (a)
Data. The department shall develop a systematic method of
2collecting and organizing data related to soil erosion.
The department shall
3cooperate with the land information board under s. 16.967 in developing this
4methodology or any related activities related to land information collection.
AB100-engrossed,1298,116
92.10
(4) (c)
Plan assistance. The department shall assist land conservation
7committees
in identified priority counties in preparing
soil erosion control land and
8water resource management plans. The department may allocate funds
9appropriated under s. 20.115 (7) (c) to land conservation committees in identified
10priority counties to cover up to 50% of the cost of preparing
soil erosion control land
11and water resource management plans.
AB100-engrossed,1298,1713
92.10
(4) (d)
Plan review. The department shall review and approve or
14disapprove
soil erosion control land and water resource management plans
15submitted by the land conservation committees
in identified priority counties. The
16department may require land conservation committees to indicate specific projects
17to be funded under each plan and the related cost-sharing rates.
AB100-engrossed,1298,2119
92.10
(5) (a)
Plan review. The board shall review
soil erosion control land and
20water resource management plans submitted by the land conservation committees
21and make recommendations to the department.
AB100-engrossed,1298,2523
92.10
(6) (a)
Plan preparation. (intro.) A land conservation committee
in an
24identified priority county shall prepare a
soil erosion control land and water resource
25management plan which does all of the following:
AB100-engrossed,1299,32
92.10
(6) (a) 6. Identifies causes, other than soil erosion, of nonpoint source
3water pollution.
AB100-engrossed,1299,54
7. Describes all proposed county activities related to nonpoint source water
5pollution.
AB100-engrossed,1299,127
92.10
(6) (b)
Notification. A land conservation committee
in an identified
8priority county shall notify landowners and land users of the results of any
9determinations
of concerning soil erosion rates
and nonpoint source water pollution,
10and provide an opportunity for landowners and land users to present information
11relating to the accuracy of the determinations during preparation of the
soil erosion
12control land and water resource management plan.
AB100-engrossed,1299,1614
92.10
(6) (c)
Hearings. A land conservation committee
in an identified priority
15county shall hold one or more public hearings on the
soil erosion control land and
16water resource management plan.
AB100-engrossed,1299,2018
92.10
(6) (d)
Plan submission. A land conservation committee
in an identified
19priority county shall submit the
soil erosion control land and water resource
20management plan to the board and department.
AB100-engrossed,1300,724
92.105
(1) Establishment. A land conservation committee shall establish soil
25and water conservation standards.
The standards and specifications for agricultural
1facilities and practices that are constructed or begun on or after the effective date of
2this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], and, if cost-sharing is available to the
3farmer under s. 92.14, 281.16 (5) or 281.65 or from any other source, for agricultural
4facilities and practices that are constructed or begun before that date shall be
5consistent with the performance standards, prohibitions, conservation practices and
6technical standards under s. 281.16 (3). It shall submit these standards to the board
7for review.
AB100-engrossed,1300,109
92.14
(2) (c) Providing financial and technical assistance for
soil land and water
10conservation activities.
AB100-engrossed,1300,1312
92.14
(2) (d) Promoting cost-effective
soil land and water conservation
13activities.
AB100-engrossed,1300,2315
92.14
(3) Basic allocations to counties. (intro.) To help counties meet
16administrative and technical operating costs in their
soil land and water
17conservation activities, the department shall award grants from the appropriation
18under s. 20.115 (7) (c)
or (qd) to any county land conservation committee which has
19a workload allocation plan approved by the department under s. 92.08 (2), and which,
20by county board action, has resolved to match any moneys granted under this
21subsection with an equal amount of county moneys. The county shall use the grant
22for county land conservation personnel to administer and implement activities
23directly related to any of the following:
AB100-engrossed,1301,5
192.14
(3m) Shoreland management grants. (intro.) From the appropriation
2under s. 20.115 (7)
(c) or (qd), the department shall award grants to counties or
3farmers for implementing best management practices required under a shoreland
4management ordinance enacted under s. 92.17, including reimbursement for all of
5the following:
AB100-engrossed,1301,117
92.14
(4) (title)
Other soil land and water resource grants. (intro.) From
8the moneys remaining in s. 20.115 (7) (c)
and (qd) after the department has awarded
9all grants for a year under sub. (3)
or from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (7) (qd),
10the department may award grants to any eligible county, including any county which
11has received a grant under sub. (3)
or (3m), for one or more of the following:
AB100-engrossed,1301,1513
92.14
(4) (a) Implementing
soil land and water resource management projects
14to manage animal waste and conserve soil approved in plans under s. 92.10
and
15under s. 92.15, 1985 stats.
AB100-engrossed,1301,1917
92.14
(4) (b) Implementing
soil land and water resource management projects
18undertaken to comply with the requirements under ss. 92.104 and 92.105 by persons
19claiming a farmland preservation credit under subch. IX of ch. 71.
AB100-engrossed,1301,2221
92.14
(4m) Grant priority. The department shall give grants under sub. (4)
22(c) priority over other grants under sub. (4) and grants under sub. (3m).
AB100-engrossed,1302,424
92.14
(5) (title)
Animal waste management grants in a priority watershed or
25priority lake area. (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.115 (7) (km), the
1department may make a grant for the purpose specified in sub. (4) (c) if
the facility
2or system will be located in a priority watershed, as defined in s. 281.65 (2) (c), or a
3priority lake area, as defined in s. 281.65 (2) (bs), and the conditions specified in sub.
4(4) (c) are satisfied.
AB100-engrossed,1302,126
92.14
(6) (a) The department shall
establish a priority list of funding needs 7propose spending levels for
soil
land and water resource management activities
8under this section.
The department shall submit the proposed spending levels to the
9board. The board shall review the proposed spending levels and shall approve,
10approve with modifications or disapprove the spending levels. The board may modify
11the spending levels if demand for grants under sub. (4) (c) is greater than was
12anticipated when the spending levels were established.
AB100-engrossed,1302,1914
92.14
(6) (b) The department, in cooperation with the department of natural
15resources, shall prepare an annual grant allocation plan
, that is consistent with the
16spending levels approved under par. (a), identifying the amounts to be spent
17annually for
the categories of soil land and water resource management projects to
18be funded under this section and the general purposes of those projects, which it shall
19specify. The department shall submit that plan to the board.
AB100-engrossed,1302,2521
92.14
(6) (i) 2. Conduct all land management and pollutant management
22activities in substantial accordance
with the performance standards, prohibitions,
23conservation practices and technical standards under s. 281.16 and with plans
24approved
under this section, under s. 92.15, 1985 stats., and under ss. 92.08, 92.10
,
2592.14 and 281.65, or to repay the cost-sharing funds
to the grant recipient.
AB100-engrossed,1303,62
92.14
(6) (j) A grant awarded under this section may be used for technical
3assistance, educational and training assistance, ordinance development and
4administration, cost-sharing for management practices and capital improvements,
5plan preparation under s. 92.10
(4) (c), easements or other activities determined by
6the department to satisfy the requirements of this chapter.
AB100-engrossed,1303,128
92.14
(7) Maintenance of effort. The department may not make a grant to
9a county under this section in any fiscal year unless that county enters into an
10agreement with the department to maintain or increase its aggregate expenditures
11from other sources for
soil land and water conservation activities at or above the
12average level of such expenditures in its 2 fiscal years preceding August 1, 1987.
AB100-engrossed,1303,1814
92.14
(10) Training. The county may use a grant under this section for training
15required under s. 92.18 or for any other training necessary to prepare personnel to
16perform job duties related to this section. The department may contract with any
17person
from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (7) (c) for services to administer or
18implement this chapter, including information and education and training.
AB100-engrossed,1303,20
2092.15 Local regulation of livestock operations. (1) In this section:
AB100-engrossed,1303,2221
(a) "Livestock operation" means a feedlot or other facility or a pasture where
22animals are fed, confined, maintained or stabled.
AB100-engrossed,1304,223
(b) "Local governmental unit" means a political subdivision of this state, a
24special purpose district in this state, an instrumentality or corporation of such a
1political subdivision or special purpose district, a combination or subunit of any of
2the foregoing or an instrumentality of the state and any of the foregoing.
AB100-engrossed,1304,6
3(2) Notwithstanding ss. 92.11 and 92.17, a local governmental unit may enact
4regulations of livestock operations that are consistent with and do not exceed the
5performance standards, prohibitions, conservation practices and technical
6standards under s. 281.16 (3).
AB100-engrossed,1304,13
7(3) (a) Notwithstanding ss. 92.11 and 92.17, a local governmental unit may
8enact regulations of livestock operations that exceed the performance standards,
9prohibitions, conservation practices and technical standards under s. 281.16 (3) only
10if the local governmental unit demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department of
11agriculture, trade and consumer protection or the department of natural resources
12that the regulations are necessary to achieve water quality standards under s.
13281.15.
AB100-engrossed,1304,1614
(b) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection and the
15department of natural resources shall, by rule, specify procedures for review and
16approval of proposed local governmental unit regulations under par. (a).
AB100-engrossed,1304,22
17(4) A local governmental unit may not apply a regulation under sub. (2) or (3)
18to a livestock operation that exists on the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor
19inserts date], unless the local governmental unit determines, using the rules
20promulgated under s. 281.16 (3) (e), that cost-sharing is available to the owner or
21operator of the livestock operation under s. 92.14, 281.16 (5) or 281.65 or from any
22other source.
AB100-engrossed,1305,5
23(5) Any livestock operation that exists on the effective date of this subsection
24.... [revisor inserts date], and that is required to obtain a permit under s. 283.31 or
25that receives a notice of discharge under ch. 283 may continue to operate as a
1livestock operation at the same location notwithstanding s. 59.69 (10) (a) or 62.23 (7)
2(h) or any zoning ordinance enacted under s. 59.69, 60.61, 60.62, 61.35 or 62.23 (7),
3if the livestock operation is a lawful use or a legal nonconforming use under any
4zoning ordinance enacted under s. 59.69, 60.61, 60.62, 61.35 or 62.23 (7) on the
5effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date].
AB100-engrossed,1305,97
93.06
(12) Federal dairy policy reform. Provide assistance to organizations
8to seek the reform of federal milk marketing orders and other federally authorized
9dairy pricing policies for the benefit of milk producers in this state.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2493b
10Section 2493b. 93.06 (12) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act
11.... (this act), is repealed.
AB100-engrossed,1305,1513
93.07
(5) Advice to university of Wisconsin system. To give advice to the
14secretary of education state superintendent of public instruction as to the courses in
15agricultural economics to be given in the university of Wisconsin system.
AB100-engrossed,1305,2017
93.41
(3) The department shall impose annual fees upon rural electric
18cooperatives organized under ch. 185. The amount of the fees shall total the amount
19appropriated under s. 20.115 (3) (jm). The fees received under this subsection shall
20be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.115 (3) (jm).
AB100-engrossed,1306,222
93.47
(2) The department may award grants
from the appropriation accounts
23under s. 20.115 (4) (i) and (q) to individuals or organizations to fund demonstration
24projects designed to encourage the use of sustainable agriculture. The department
1shall promulgate rules to govern the sustainable agriculture grant program under
2this section.
AB100-engrossed,1306,147
93.50
(2) (title)
Board, mediators Mediators and arbitrators. (a)
Selection of
8mediators. The
board department shall select mediators who are residents of this
9state, who have the character and ability to serve as mediators and who have
10knowledge of financial or agricultural matters or of mediation processes. The
board 11department shall ensure that each mediator receives sufficient training in mediation
12processes, resolving conflicts, farm finance and management and the farm credit
13system and practices to enable the mediator to perform his or her functions under
14this section.