AB684: Bill Text

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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE

2005 Assembly BILL 684

September 22, 2005 - Introduced by Representatives Gronemus, Huebsch, Musser and Shilling, cosponsored by Senators Brown, Kapanke and Schultz. Referred to Committee on Rules.

AB684,1,2 An Act to create 27.01 (16) of the statutes; relating to: procedure for the altering of any park entrance at Perrot State Park.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), before altering a park entrance to Perrot State Park, to obtain approval for that alteration from the town that has jurisdiction over the road on which the entrance is located. The town board, after receiving a written notice from DNR, is required to issue a notice of a public hearing on the request. Interested persons and DNR may testify at the hearing under the bill. The public hearing must take place within 60 days after receipt of the DNR notice of its intent to alter the entrance and the board must provide DNR with a written decision within 30 days after the public hearing.

For further information see the state 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:

AB684, s. 1 Section 1. 27.01 (16) of the statutes is created to read:

AB684,2,3 27.01 (16) Procedure required for alteration of a Perrot State Park entrance. (a) The department may not alter any entrance to Perrot State Park after January 1, 2005, that will result in any change in the access to or egress from that state park unless the department receives approval under par. (b) from the town that has jurisdiction over the road on which the entrance is located.

AB684,2,18 (b) The department shall request approval for the alteration of an entrance to Perrot State Park from the town that has jurisdiction over the road on which the entrance is located. The department shall file written notice with the clerk of the town of the department's intent to alter the entrance. The notice shall include a request for the town's approval of the alteration and the reasons for the proposed alteration. The town board shall hold a public hearing within 60 days after receipt of the department's notice. The town board shall provide a class 3 notice of the time and place that the board will consider the department's request. The town's notice shall contain a statement of the entrance that is being considered for alteration, the reasons provided by the department for that alteration, and a scale map of the area around that park entrance. The town board shall hold a public hearing at the time and place stated in the notice before taking any action on the department's request. The department and other interested parties may testify at the hearing. Within 30 days after the hearing, the town board shall provide the department with written notification of the board's decision regarding the alteration.

AB684,2,19 (End)