AB40,474,119 25.50 (3m) Notwithstanding sub. (3) (a), each day, the authority created under
10s. 37.02 (1) shall transfer to the state treasurer for deposit into the fund the collected
11net cash balance from all sources except gifts, grants, and donations.
AB40, s. 898 12Section 898. 25.50 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,474,1613 25.50 (4) Period of investments; withdrawal of funds. Subject to the right of
14the local government to specify the period in which its funds may be held in the fund,
15the state treasurer department of administration shall prescribe the mechanisms
16and procedures for deposits and withdrawals.
AB40, s. 899 17Section 899. 25.50 (5m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,475,218 25.50 (5m) (a) The board, in cooperation with the department of
19administration, shall provide information necessary for the state treasurer to
20provide
a monthly report to each local government having an investment in the fund.
21The board shall use all reasonable efforts to provide the information to the state
22treasurer in time to allow the treasurer to mail or electronically transmit
the report
23to the local government no later than 6 business days after the end of the month
24covered by the report. The report shall include information on the fund's earnings

1for the month, with comparison to appropriate indexes or benchmarks in the private
2sector.
AB40, s. 900 3Section 900. 25.50 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,475,104 25.50 (7) Reimbursement of expenses. The state treasurer department of
5administration
shall deduct monthly from the earnings of the fund during the
6preceding calendar month an amount sufficient to cover all actual and necessary
7expenses incurred by the state in administering the fund in the preceding calendar
8month, except that in no fiscal year may the state treasurer department of
9administration
deduct an amount exceeding the amount appropriated under s.
1020.585 20.505 (1) (g) (gc) for that fiscal year.
AB40, s. 901 11Section 901. 25.50 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,475,1412 25.50 (8) (b) The state treasurer department of administration shall report
13monthly to each local official the deposits and withdrawals of the preceding month
14and any other activity within the account.
AB40, s. 902 15Section 902. 25.50 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,475,1716 25.50 (9) Rules. The state treasurer department of administration may
17promulgate rules to carry out the purposes of this section.
AB40, s. 903 18Section 903. 25.50 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,475,2119 25.50 (10) Insurance of principal. The state treasurer department of
20administration
may obtain insurance for the safety of the principal investments of
21the fund. The insurance is a reimbursable expense under sub. (7).
AB40, s. 904 22Section 904. 25.80 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,475,25 2325.80 Tuition trust fund. There is established a separate nonlapsible trust
24fund designated as the tuition trust fund, consisting of all revenue from enrollment
25fees and the sale of tuition units under s. 14.63 16.64.
AB40, s. 905
1Section 905. 25.85 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,476,8 225.85 College savings program trust fund. There is established a separate
3nonlapsible trust fund designated as the college savings program trust fund,
4consisting of all revenue from enrollment fees for and contributions to college savings
5accounts under s. 14.64 16.641 and from distributions and fees paid by the vendor
6under s. 16.255 (3) other than revenue from those sources that is deposited in the
7college savings program bank deposit trust fund or the college savings program
8credit union deposit trust fund.
AB40, s. 906 9Section 906. 25.853 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,476,19 1025.853 College savings program bank deposit trust fund. There is
11established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the college savings
12program bank deposit trust fund, consisting of all revenue from enrollment fees for
13and contributions to college savings accounts under s. 14.64 16.641 in which the
14investment instrument is an account held by a state or national bank, a state or
15federal savings bank, a state or federal savings and loan association, or a savings and
16trust company that has its main office or home office or a branch office in this state
17and that is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and all revenue
18from distributions and fees paid by the vendors of those investment instruments
19under s. 16.255 (3).
AB40, s. 907 20Section 907. 25.855 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,477,4 2125.855 College savings program credit union deposit trust fund. There
22is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the college savings
23program credit union deposit trust fund, consisting of all revenue from enrollment
24fees for and contributions to college savings accounts under s. 14.64 16.641 in which
25the investment instrument is an account held by a state or federal credit union,

1including a corporate central credit union organized under s. 186.32, that has its
2main office or home office or a branch office located in this state and that is insured
3by the National Credit Union Administration, and all revenue from distributions
4and fees paid by the vendors of those investment instruments under s. 16.255 (3).
AB40, s. 908 5Section 908. 26.02 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,477,96 26.02 (1) Duties. (intro.) The council on forestry shall advise the governor, the
7legislature, the department of natural resources, the department of commerce, and
8other state agencies, as determined to be appropriate by the council, on all of the
9following topics as they affect forests located in this state:
AB40, s. 909 10Section 909. 26.37 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,477,1511 26.37 (1) (intro.) The department of natural resources and the department of
12commerce
shall jointly develop a plan to establish a lake states wood utilization
13consortium to provide research, development, and demonstration grants to enhance
14the forest products industry in Wisconsin and other states. The plan shall do all of
15the following:
AB40, s. 910 16Section 910. 26.37 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,477,2017 26.37 (1) (b) Establish an implementation committee for the consortium.
18Members of the committee may include one or more representatives from the
19department of natural resources, the department of commerce Wisconsin Economic
20Development Corporation,
and the forest products industry.
AB40, s. 911 21Section 911. 26.37 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,478,922 26.37 (2) The department of natural resources may not expend moneys from
23the appropriations under s. 20.370 (5) (ax) or (6) (bt), 1997 stats., unless the
24department of natural resources and the department of commerce Wisconsin
25Economic Development Corporation
first submit to the joint committee on finance

1the plan required under sub. (1). If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on
2finance do not notify the department of natural resources within 14 working days
3after the date of the departments' submittal of the plan that the committee has
4scheduled a meeting to review the plan, the plan may be implemented and moneys
5may be expended as proposed by the department of natural resources. If, within 14
6days after the date of the departments' submittal of the plan, the cochairpersons of
7the committee notify the department of natural resources that the committee has
8scheduled a meeting to review the plan, moneys may be expended only after the plan
9has been approved by the committee.
AB40, s. 912 10Section 912. 26.39 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,478,1611 26.39 (6) Forestry internships. The department shall use the moneys
12allocated under s. 28.085 to provide internships to University of Wisconsin System
13students and University of Wisconsin-Madison students who are enrolled in a course
14of study that will result in a bachelor's or higher degree in forestry. The department
15shall promulgate rules establishing the application process and the criteria for
16receipt of an internship under this subsection.
AB40, s. 913 17Section 913. 28.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,478,2518 28.02 (2) Acquisition. The Subject to the limitations under s. 23.0917 (8m), the
19department may acquire lands or interest in lands by grant, devise, gift,
20condemnation or purchase within the boundaries of established state forests or
21purchase areas; and outside of such boundaries for forest nurseries, tracts for
22forestry research or demonstration and for forest protection structures, or for access
23to such properties. In the case of condemnation the department shall first obtain
24approval from the appropriate standing committees of each house of the legislature
25as determined by the presiding officer thereof.
AB40, s. 914
1Section 914. 28.07 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,479,7 228.07 Cooperation. The department may cooperate with the University of
3Wisconsin System, with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with departments
4and agencies of this or other states, with federal agencies and with counties, towns,
5corporations and individuals, to promote the best interest of the people and the state
6in forest surveys, research in forestry and related subjects, forest protection and in
7assistance to landowners to secure adoption of better forestry practice.
AB40, s. 915 8Section 915. 30.121 (3w) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,479,129 30.121 (3w) (b) The boathouse is located on land zoned exclusively for
10commercial or industrial purposes or the boathouse is located on a brownfield, as
11defined in s. 560.13 238.13 (1) (a), or in a blighted area, as defined in s. 66.1331 (3)
12(a).
AB40, s. 916 13Section 916. 30.126 (5) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,479,1814 30.126 (5) (h) May not have improper toilets. No person may construct, place
15or maintain a fishing raft on authorized portions of the Wolf River if the fishing raft
16is equipped with a toilet which permits toilet waste to be disposed of in the waterway.
17A toilet on a fishing raft shall comply with rules of the department of commerce safety
18and professional services
as if the toilet were on a boat.
AB40, s. 917 19Section 917. 30.443 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,479,2320 30.443 (1) (a) Promulgate rules establishing standards for erosion prevention
21or control at sites in the riverway that are not subject to the standards established
22under s. 101.1206 (1) or 101.653 (2) or 281.33 (3m) (a) and that have a natural slope
23of 20% or less.
AB40, s. 918 24Section 918. 30.443 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,480,4
130.443 (1) (b) Promulgate rules establishing standards for erosion prevention
2or control that are in addition to standards established under ss. 101.1206 (1) and
3101.653 (2) and 281.33 (3m) (a) for sites in the riverway that are subject to those
4standards and that have a natural slope of 12% or more but 20% or less.
AB40, s. 919 5Section 919. 30.443 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,480,96 30.443 (2) The board may impose any of the applicable standards established
7under sub. (1) (a) or (b) or ss. 101.1206 (1) or 101.653 (2) or 281.33 (3m) (a) as a
8condition for receiving a permit under s. 30.44 (1), and the board may promulgate
9rules to enforce these standards in the riverway.
AB40, s. 920 10Section 920. 30.71 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,480,1311 30.71 (4) Any rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this section shall be
12promulgated jointly by the department of commerce safety and professional services
13and the department of natural resources.
AB40, s. 921 14Section 921. 31.385 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,480,2015 31.385 (2) (c) 1. The department conducts an investigation or inspection of the
16dam under this chapter and the owner of the dam requests financial assistance under
17this section within 6 months after having received department directives, based on
18the department's investigation or inspection of the dam, for the repair, modification
19or abandonment and removal of the dam or for another activity to increase the safety
20of the dam.
AB40, s. 922 21Section 922. 32.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,481,922 32.02 (1) Any county, town, village, city, including villages and cities
23incorporated under general or special acts, school district, the department of health
24services, the department of corrections, the board of regents Board of Regents of the
25University of Wisconsin System, the Board of Trustees of the University of

1Wisconsin-Madison,
the building commission, a commission created by contract
2under s. 66.0301, with the approval of the municipality in which condemnation is
3proposed, a commission created by contract under s. 66.0303 that is acting under s.
466.0304, if the condemnation occurs within the boundaries of a member of the
5commission, or any public board or commission, for any lawful purpose, but in the
6case of city and village boards or commissions approval of that action is required to
7be granted by the governing body. A mosquito control commission, created under s.
859.70 (12), and a local professional football stadium district board, created under
9subch. IV of ch. 229, may not acquire property by condemnation.
AB40, s. 923 10Section 923. 32.19 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,481,2011 32.19 (2) (b) "Comparable dwelling" means one which, when compared with the
12dwelling being taken, is substantially equal concerning all major characteristics and
13functionally equivalent with respect to: the number and size of rooms and closets,
14area of living space, type of construction, age, state of repair, size and utility of any
15garage or other outbuilding, type of neighborhood and accessibility to public services
16and places of employment. "Comparable dwelling" shall meet all of the standard
17building requirements and other code requirements of the local governmental body
18and shall also be decent, safe and sanitary and within the financial means of the
19displaced person, as defined by the department of commerce safety and professional
20services
.
AB40, s. 924 21Section 924. 32.19 (2) (e) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,481,2522 32.19 (2) (e) 1. b. As a result of rehabilitation, demolition or other displacing
23activity, as determined by the department of commerce safety and professional
24services
, if the person is a tenant-occupant of a dwelling, business or farm operation
25and the displacement is permanent.
AB40, s. 925
1Section 925. 32.19 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,482,62 32.19 (3) (b) 1. `Dwellings.' Any displaced person who moves from a dwelling
3and who elects to accept the payments authorized by this paragraph in lieu of the
4payments authorized by par. (a) may receive an expense and dislocation allowance,
5determined according to a schedule established by the department of commerce
6safety and professional services.
AB40, s. 926 7Section 926. 32.19 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,482,178 32.19 (3) (b) 2. `Business and farm operations.' Any displaced person who
9moves or discontinues his or her business or farm operation, is eligible under criteria
10established by the department of commerce safety and professional services by rule
11and elects to accept payment authorized under this paragraph in lieu of the payment
12authorized under par. (a), may receive a fixed payment in an amount determined
13according to criteria established by the department of commerce safety and
14professional services
by rule, except that such payment shall not be less than $1,000
15nor more than $20,000. A person whose sole business at the displacement dwelling
16is the rental of such property to others is not eligible for a payment under this
17subdivision.
AB40, s. 927 18Section 927. 32.19 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,483,219 32.19 (3) (c) Optional payment for businesses. Any displaced person who moves
20his or her business, and elects to accept the payment authorized in par. (a), may, if
21otherwise qualified under par. (b) 2., elect to receive the payment authorized under
22par. (b) 2., minus whatever payment the displaced person received under par. (a), if
23the displaced person discontinues the business within 2 years of the date of receipt
24of payment under par. (a), provided that the displaced person meets eligibility
25criteria established by the department of commerce safety and professional services

1by rule. In no event may the total combined payment be less than $1,000 nor more
2than $20,000.
AB40, s. 928 3Section 928. 32.19 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,483,124 32.19 (4) (a) 2. The amount of increased interest expenses and other debt
5service costs incurred by the owner to finance the purchase of another property
6substantially similar to the property taken, if at the time of the taking the land
7acquired was subject to a bona fide mortgage or was held under a vendee's interest
8in a bona fide land contract, and such mortgage or land contract had been executed
9in good faith not less than 180 days prior to the initiation of negotiations for the
10acquisition of such property. The computation of the increased interest costs shall
11be determined according to rules promulgated by the department of commerce safety
12and professional services
.
AB40, s. 929 13Section 929. 32.19 (4) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,483,2314 32.19 (4) (b) Tenants and certain others. (intro.) In addition to amounts
15otherwise authorized by this subchapter, the condemnor shall make a payment to
16any individual or family displaced from any dwelling which was actually and
17lawfully occupied by such individual or family for not less than 90 days prior to the
18initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of such property or, if displacement is not
19a direct result of acquisition, such other event as determined by the department of
20commerce safety and professional services by rule. For purposes of this paragraph,
21a corporation organized under ch. 181 that is a nonprofit corporation, as defined in
22s. 181.0103 (17), may, if otherwise eligible, be considered a displaced tenant. Subject
23to the limitations under par. (bm), such payment shall be either:
AB40, s. 930 24Section 930. 32.19 (4m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,484,8
132.19 (4m) (a) 2. The amount, if any, which will compensate such owner
2displaced person for any increased interest and other debt service costs which such
3person is required to pay for financing the acquisition of any replacement property,
4if the property acquired was encumbered by a bona fide mortgage or land contract
5which was a valid lien on the property for at least one year prior to the initiation of
6negotiations for its acquisition. The amount under this subdivision shall be
7determined according to rules promulgated by the department of commerce safety
8and professional services
.
AB40, s. 931 9Section 931. 32.19 (4m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,484,2010 32.19 (4m) (b) Tenant-occupied business or farm operation. (intro.) In addition
11to amounts otherwise authorized by this subchapter, the condemnor shall make a
12payment to any tenant displaced person who has owned and occupied the business
13operation, or owned the farm operation, for not less than one year prior to initiation
14of negotiations for the acquisition of the real property on which the business or farm
15operation lies or, if displacement is not a direct result of acquisition, such other event
16as determined by the department of commerce safety and professional services, and
17who actually rents or purchases a comparable replacement business or farm
18operation for the displaced business or farm operation within 2 years after the date
19the person vacates the acquired property. At the option of the tenant displaced
20person, such payment shall be either:
AB40, s. 932 21Section 932. 32.19 (4m) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,485,422 32.19 (4m) (b) 1. The amount, not to exceed $30,000, which is necessary to lease
23or rent a comparable replacement business or farm operation for a period of 4 years.
24The payment shall be computed by determining the average monthly rent paid for
25the property from which the person was displaced for the 12 months prior to the

1initiation of negotiations or, if displacement is not a direct result of acquisition, such
2other event as determined by the department of commerce safety and professional
3services
and the monthly rent of a comparable replacement business or farm
4operation, and multiplying the difference by 48; or
AB40, s. 933 5Section 933. 32.197 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,485,16 632.197 Waiver of relocation assistance. An owner-occupant of property
7being acquired may waive his or her right to receive any relocation payments or
8services under this subchapter if the property being acquired is not contiguous to any
9property which may be acquired by the condemnor and is not part of a previously
10identified or proposed project where it is reasonable to conclude that acquisition by
11the condemnor may occur in the foreseeable future. Prior to the execution of any
12waiver under this section, the condemnor shall provide to the owner-occupant, in
13writing, full information about the specific payments and services being waived by
14the owner-occupant. The department of commerce safety and professional services
15shall by rule establish procedures for relocation assistance waivers under this
16section to ensure that the waivers are voluntarily and knowledgeably executed.
AB40, s. 934 17Section 934. 32.20 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,486,9 1832.20 Procedure for collection of itemized items of compensation.
19Claims for damages itemized in ss. 32.19 and 32.195 shall be filed with the
20condemnor carrying on the project through which condemnee's or claimant's claims
21arise. All such claims must be filed after the damages upon which they are based
22have fully materialized but not later than 2 years after the condemnor takes physical
23possession of the entire property acquired or such other event as determined by the
24department of commerce safety and professional services by rule. If such claim is not
25allowed within 90 days after the filing thereof, the claimant has a right of action

1against the condemnor carrying on the project through which the claim arises. Such
2action shall be commenced in a court of record in the county wherein the damages
3occurred. In causes of action, involving any state commission, board or other agency,
4excluding counties, the sum recovered by the claimant shall be paid out of any funds
5appropriated to such condemning agency. Any judgment shall be appealable by
6either party and any amount recovered by the body against which the claim was filed,
7arising from costs, counterclaims, punitive damages or otherwise may be used as an
8offset to any amount owed by it to the claimant, or may be collected in the same
9manner and form as any other judgment.
AB40, s. 935 10Section 935. 32.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,486,1611 32.25 (1) Except as provided under sub. (3) and s. 85.09 (4m), no condemnor
12may proceed with any activity that may involve the displacement of persons,
13business concerns or farm operations until the condemnor has filed in writing a
14relocation payment plan and relocation assistance service plan and has had both
15plans approved in writing by the department of commerce safety and professional
16services
.
AB40, s. 936 17Section 936. 32.25 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,487,218 32.25 (2) (h) Assure that, within a reasonable time prior to displacement, there
19will be available, to the extent that may reasonably be accomplished, housing
20meeting the standards established by the department of commerce safety and
21professional services
for decent, safe and sanitary dwellings. The housing, so far as
22practicable, shall be in areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities,
23public and commercial facilities and at rents or prices within the financial means of
24the families and individuals displaced and equal in number to the number of such

1displaced families or individuals and reasonably accessible to their places of
2employment.
AB40, s. 937 3Section 937. 32.26 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,487,5 432.26 (title) Authority of the department of commerce safety and
5professional services
.
AB40, s. 938 6Section 938. 32.26 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,487,97 32.26 (1) In addition to all other powers granted in this subchapter, the
8department of commerce safety and professional services shall formulate local
9standards for decent, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations.
AB40, s. 939 10Section 939. 32.26 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,487,1211 32.26 (2) (a) The department of commerce safety and professional services shall
12promulgate rules to implement and administer ss. 32.19 to 32.27.
AB40, s. 940 13Section 940. 32.26 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,487,1814 32.26 (2) (b) The department of commerce safety and professional services and
15the department of transportation shall establish interdepartmental liaison
16procedures for the purpose of cooperating and exchanging information to assist the
17department of commerce safety and professional services in promulgating rules
18under par. (a).
AB40, s. 941 19Section 941. 32.26 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,487,2520 32.26 (3) The department of commerce safety and professional services may
21make investigations to determine if the condemnor is complying with ss. 32.19 to
2232.27. The department may seek an order from the circuit court requiring a
23condemnor to comply with ss. 32.19 to 32.27 or to discontinue work on that part of
24the project which is not in substantial compliance with ss. 32.19 to 32.27. The court
25shall give hearings on these actions precedence on the court's calendar.
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