16.969(1)(a)
(a) "Commission" means the public service commission.
16.969(1)(b)
(b) "High-voltage transmission line" means a high-voltage transmission line, as defined in
s. 196.491 (1) (f), that is designed for operation at a nominal voltage of 345 kilovolts or more.
16.969(2)
(2) The department shall promulgate rules that require a person who is issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity by the commission under
s. 196.491 (3) for a high-voltage transmission line to pay the department the following fees:
16.969(2)(a)
(a) An annual impact fee in an amount equal to 0.3% of the cost of the high-voltage transmission line, as determined by the commission under
s. 196.491 (3) (gm).
16.969(2)(b)
(b) A one-time environmental impact fee in an amount equal to 5% of the cost of the high-voltage transmission line, as determined by the commission under
s. 196.491 (3) (gm).
16.969(3)(a)(a) The department shall distribute the fees that are paid by a person under the rules promulgated under
sub. (2) (a) to each town, village and city that is identified by the commission under
s. 196.491 (3) (gm) in proportion to the amount of investment that is allocated by the commission under
s. 196.491 (3) (gm) to each such town, village and city.
16.969(3)(b)
(b) The fee that is paid by a person under the rules promulgated under
sub. (2) (b) shall be distributed as follows:
16.969(3)(b)1.
1. The department shall pay 50% of the fee to each county that is identified by the commission under
s. 196.491 (3) (gm) in proportion to the amount of investment that is allocated by the commission under
s. 196.491 (3) (gm) to each such county.
16.969(3)(b)2.
2. The department shall pay 50% of the fee to each town, village and city that is identified by the commission under
s. 196.491 (3) (gm) in proportion to the amount of investment that is allocated by the commission under
s. 196.491 (3) (gm) to each such town, village and city.
16.969(4)
(4) A county, town, village or city that receives a distribution under
sub. (3) (b) may use the distribution only for park, conservancy, wetland or other similar environmental programs.
16.969 History
History: 1999 a. 9.
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
16.97
16.97
Definition. In this subchapter, "telecommunications" has the meaning given in
s. 22.01 (10).
16.97 History
History: 2001 a. 16.
16.974
16.974
Duties of the department. The department shall:
16.974(1)
(1) Coordinate with the technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board to provide secured correctional facilities, as defined in
s. 44.70 (3r), school districts and cooperative educational service agencies with telecommunications access under
s. 44.73 and contract with telecommunications providers to provide such access.
16.974(2)
(2) Subject to
s. 44.73 (5), coordinate with the technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board to provide private colleges, technical college districts, public library boards and public library systems with telecommunications access under
s. 44.73 and contract with telecommunications providers to provide such access.
16.974(3)
(3) Coordinate with the technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board to provide private schools with telecommunications access under
s. 44.73 and contract with telecommunications providers to provide such access.
16.974(4)
(4) Coordinate with the technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board to provide the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing with telecommunications access under
s. 44.73 and contract with telecommunications providers to provide such access.
FEDERAL RESOURCE ACQUISITION
16.98
16.98
Federal resource acquisition. 16.98(1)
(1) The department shall engage in such activities as the secretary deems necessary to ensure the maximum utilization of federal resources by state agencies and institutions and other eligible organizations and units of government, including community development corporations as defined in
s. 234.94 (2). The department shall acquire excess and surplus real and personal property at such cost to the recipient as is necessary to amortize expenditures for transportation, packing, crating, handling and program overhead, except that the department may transfer any excess or surplus personal property to the department of tourism, upon request of the department of tourism, at no cost, subject to any limitation or restriction imposed by federal law.
16.98(2)
(2) The department may, in accordance with federal law, operate warehouses and otherwise provide for the temporary storage of property being transferred.
16.98(3)
(3) All proceeds from the sale of land, buildings, supplies and equipment received under this section shall be credited to the appropriation under
s. 20.505 (1) (im) or
(ka). Such proceeds may be used for the purchase of lands and buildings or for construction or improvement of buildings for the purpose of storing and handling excess and surplus property.
16.98(4)
(4) From the appropriation under
s. 20.505 (1) (fo), the department may provide grants to any organization with which the department contracts to operate the program under
sub. (1).
16.981
16.981
Transfer of appropriations. On June 30 of each fiscal year, the department shall determine the amount within the appropriation under
s. 20.505 (1) (im) by which total expenditures for the operation of warehouses and distribution centers under the federal resource acquisition program have exceeded income attributable to that operation under that appropriation as of that date. Immediately prior to the end of the fiscal year, the department shall transfer to the appropriation under
s. 20.505 (1) (im) an amount equal to that excess from the unencumbered balances in the appropriation under
s. 20.505 (1) (a). If the excess exceeds the unencumbered balance in any fiscal year, the department shall transfer all of the unencumbered balance. If the unencumbered balance exceeds the excess in any fiscal year, the department shall transfer an amount equal to the excess.
16.981 History
History: 1987 a. 27.
