23.0917(4)(cm)
(cm) Notwithstanding the purposes for which the department is authorized to obligate moneys under pars.
(a),
(b), and
(c), the department may obligate moneys under the subprogram for property development and local assistance for any of the following purposes:
23.0917(4)(cm)4.
4. Infrastructure improvements to the Kettle Moraine Springs fish hatchery. This subdivision does not apply after June 30, 2018.
23.0917(4)(cm)5.
5. Repair or replacement of the Little Falls Dam at Willow River State Park in St. Croix County.
23.0917(4)(cm)6.
6. Restoration of an area on the exposed bed of the former flowage on the Prairie River.
23.0917(4)(d)
(d) In obligating moneys under the subprogram for property development and local assistance, all of the following shall apply:
23.0917(4)(d)1.
1. The department may obligate not more than $11,500,000 in fiscal year 2000-01 and not more than $11,500,000 in fiscal year 2001-02 under the subprogram except as provided in sub.
(5). For each fiscal year beginning with 2002-03 and ending with fiscal year 2009-10, the department may obligate not more than $15,000,000 under the subprogram except as provided in sub.
(5). For fiscal year 2010-11 the department may obligate not more than $21,500,000 under the subprogram except as provided in sub.
(5).
23.0917(4)(d)1m.
1m. Except as provided in sub.
(5), the department may not obligate under the subprogram more than the following amounts:
23.0917(4)(d)1m.e.
e. For each fiscal year beginning with 2015-16 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, $9,750,000.
23.0917(4)(d)2.
2. Beginning with fiscal year 2000-01 and ending with fiscal year 2009-10, the department may obligate not more than $8,000,000 in each fiscal year for local assistance.
23.0917(4)(d)2n.
2n. For fiscal year 2010-11, the department may obligate not more than $11,500,000 for local assistance.
23.0917(4)(d)2p.
2p. In fiscal years 2011-2012 and 2012-13, the department may obligate not more than $8,000,000 in each fiscal year for local assistance.
23.0917(4)(d)2r.
2r. Beginning with fiscal year 2013-14 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, the department shall obligate $6,000,000 in each fiscal year for local assistance.
23.0917(4)(d)3.
3. The department shall obligate the following amounts for property development:
23.0917(4)(d)3.a.
a. Beginning with fiscal year 2013-14 and ending with fiscal year 2014-15, $7,000,000.
23.0917(4)(d)3.b.
b. Beginning with fiscal year 2015-16 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, $3,750,000.
23.0917(4)(f)
(f) For purposes of this subsection, the department by rule shall define “nature-based outdoor recreation".
23.0917(4g)(a)
(a) The department may not obligate more than $1,000,000 under the subprogram for bluff protection.
23.0917(4g)(b)
(b) If the total amount obligated for the subprogram for bluff protection on June 30, 2004, is less than $1,000,000, the department shall calculate the unobligated amount by subtracting the total obligated amount from $1,000,000. The department shall then adjust the available bonding authority for the subprogram for land acquisition by increasing the available bonding authority in an amount equal to the unobligated amount.
23.0917(4g)(c)
(c) The department may not obligate moneys for the subprogram for bluff protection after June 30, 2004.
23.0917(4j)(a)
(a) In this subsection “local governmental unit" means a city, village, town, or county, a lake sanitary district, as defined in s.
30.50 (4q), a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district organized under ch.
33, or any other local governmental unit, as defined in s.
66.0131 (1) (a), that is established for the purpose of lake management.
23.0917(4j)(b)
(b) For fiscal year 2007-08, the department may not obligate more than $1,500,000 for cost-sharing with local governmental units for recreational boating projects under s.
30.92. For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2008-09 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, the department may not obligate more than $2,500,000 for cost-sharing with local governmental units for recreational boating projects under s.
30.92.
23.0917(4m)(a)1.
1. “Assigned amount" means the sum of the amounts made available for expenditure under par.
(g) and the amounts set aside by the department under par.
(h) 1. 23.0917(4m)(a)2.
2. “Federal nontransportation moneys" means moneys received from the federal government that are not deposited in the transportation fund and that are not credited to the appropriation under s.
20.115 (2) (m).
23.0917(4m)(a)3.
3. “Local governmental unit" means a city, village, town, county, lake sanitary district, as defined in s.
30.50 (4q), or a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district.
23.0917(4m)(b)
(b)
Matching funding. The department shall provide funding under the subprogram for the Baraboo Hills to match the value of land acquisitions that are certified as qualifying matching land acquisitions under par.
(e).
23.0917(4m)(c)1.1. The department may obligate not more than $5,000,000 under the subprogram for the Baraboo Hills.
23.0917(4m)(c)2.
2. The amount of moneys, other than federal moneys, that may be used by local governmental units or nonprofit conservation organizations to make land acquisitions that are certified as qualifying matching land acquisitions under par.
(e) may not exceed $2,500,000.
23.0917(4m)(c)3.
3. Land that is either certified as a qualifying matching land acquisition under par.
(e) or
(h) 2. or acquired with moneys made available for expenditure under par.
(g) or
(h) 2. may not be department land or land that is otherwise owned or under the jurisdiction of the state on October 29, 1999.
23.0917(4m)(d)
(d)
Matching land acquisitions; requirements. The department may only certify as a qualifying matching land acquisition in the Baraboo Hills an acquisition to which all of the following apply:
23.0917(4m)(d)2.
2. The land is being acquired by the federal government, by a local governmental unit or by a nonprofit conservation organization.
23.0917(4m)(d)3.
3. Any federal moneys being used for the acquisition are federal nontransportation moneys.
23.0917(4m)(e)
(e)
Matching land acquisitions; certification. The department shall certify which land acquisitions qualify as matching land acquisitions for the subprogram for the Baraboo Hills and shall determine the values of these matching land acquisitions as provided in par.
(f).
23.0917(4m)(f)
(f)
Matching land acquisitions; valuation. The value of a land acquisition that is certified as a qualifying matching land acquisition under par.
(e), shall be calculated as follows:
23.0917(4m)(f)1.
1. For land that is acquired by purchase at fair market value, the value shall equal the sum of the purchase price and the costs incurred by the federal government, local governmental unit or nonprofit conservation organization in acquiring the land.
23.0917(4m)(f)2.
2. For land that is acquired by gift or bequest or by purchase at less than fair market value, the value shall equal the sum of the appraised fair market value of the land at the time of the acquisition and the costs incurred by the acquiring entity in acquiring the land. The acquiring entity shall supply the appraisal upon which the appraised fair market value is based.
23.0917(4m)(g)
(g)
Matching land acquisitions; available moneys. For each land acquisition that is certified as a qualifying matching land acquisition under par.
(e), the department shall make available for expenditure moneys in an amount that equals the value of the land acquisition, as calculated under par.
(f). This paragraph does not apply to a land acquisition that is acquired with moneys committed by the federal government, local governmental unit or nonprofit conservation organization under par.
(h).
23.0917(4m)(h)1.
1. In addition to the moneys made available for expenditure under par.
(g), the department shall set aside moneys in amounts that equal amounts that the federal government, local governmental units or nonprofit conservation organizations commit for the acquisition of land in the Baraboo Hills for conservation purposes. Federal moneys that are committed under this paragraph shall be federal nontransportation moneys. The department may set aside moneys under this paragraph only for commitments that are made before January 1, 2006.
23.0917(4m)(h)2.
2. For each land acquisition that is made by using moneys that are committed by the federal government, a local governmental unit or a nonprofit conservation organization under this paragraph and that is certified as a qualifying matching land acquisition under par.
(e), the department shall make available for expenditure moneys in an amount that equals the value of the land acquisition, as calculated under par.
(f), after the acquisition is certified.
23.0917(4m)(i)
(i)
Available moneys; uses. The moneys made available for expenditure under par.
(g) or
(h) 2. may be used by the department to acquire land in the Baraboo Hills for conservation purposes and to award grants to local governmental units and nonprofit conservation organizations.
23.0917(4m)(j)
(j)
Available moneys; grant requirements. A local governmental unit or nonprofit conservation organization that receives a grant under par.
(i) does not need to provide any matching funding. Land acquired with moneys from a grant awarded under par.
(i) may not be certified by the department as a qualifying matching land acquisition under par.
(e). Grants awarded under par.
(i) shall be used to acquire land for conservation purposes in the Baraboo Hills.
23.0917(4m)(k)
(k)
Unassigned amount. If the assigned amount for the subprogram for the Baraboo Hills on January 1, 2006, is less than the available bonding authority, the department shall calculate the unassigned amount by subtracting the assigned amount from the available bonding authority. The department shall then adjust the annual bonding authority for the subprogram for land acquisition by increasing its annual bonding authority by an amount equal to this unassigned amount. The department shall expend any assigned amount that has not been expended before January 1, 2006, for acquisitions, by the department, of land for conservation purposes and for grants that meet the requirements under par.
(j).
23.0917(4m)(L)
(L)
Highway construction required. No moneys may be obligated for the subprogram for the Baraboo Hills before the department of transportation certifies to the department of natural resources that highway construction that will result in at least 4 traffic lanes has begun on the portion of USH 12 between the city of Middleton and the village of Sauk City.
23.0917(5)
(5) Adjustments for subsequent fiscal years. 23.0917(5)(a)(a) If for a given fiscal year the department obligates an amount from the moneys appropriated under s.
20.866 (2) (ta) for a subprogram under sub.
(3) or
(4) that is less than the annual bonding authority for that subprogram for that given fiscal year, the department shall adjust the annual bonding authority for that subprogram by raising the annual bonding authority, as it may have been previously adjusted under this paragraph and par.
(b), for the next fiscal year by the amount that equals the difference between the amount authorized for that subprogram and the obligated amount for that subprogram in that given fiscal year. This paragraph does not apply after fiscal year 2010-11.
23.0917(5)(b)
(b) If for a given fiscal year the department obligates an amount from the moneys appropriated under s.
20.866 (2) (ta) for a subprogram under sub.
(3) or
(4) that is more than the annual bonding authority for that subprogram for that given fiscal year, the department shall adjust the annual bonding authority for that subprogram by lowering the annual bonding authority, as it may have been previously adjusted under this paragraph and par.
(a), for the next fiscal year by an amount equal to the remainder calculated by subtracting the amount authorized for that subprogram from the obligated amount, as it may be affected under par.
(c) or
(d), for that subprogram in that given fiscal year.
23.0917(5)(c)
(c) The department may not obligate for a fiscal year an amount from the moneys appropriated under s.
20.866 (2) (ta) for a subprogram under sub.
(3) or
(4) that exceeds the amount equal to the annual bonding authority for that subprogram as it may have been previously adjusted under pars.
(a) and
(b), except as provided in par.
(d).
23.0917(5)(d)
(d) For a given fiscal year, in addition to obligating the amount of the annual bonding authority for a subprogram under sub.
(3) or
(4), or the amount equal to the annual bonding authority for that subprogram, as adjusted under pars.
(a) and
(b), whichever amount is applicable, the department may also obligate for that subprogram up to 100 percent of the annual bonding authority for that subprogram for that given fiscal year for a project or activity if the natural resources board determines that all of the following conditions apply:
23.0917(5)(d)1.
1. That moneys appropriated for that subprogram to the department under s.
20.370 and the moneys appropriated for that subprogram under s.
20.866 (2) (ta),
(tp) to
(tw),
(ty) and
(tz) do not provide sufficient funding for the project or activity.
23.0917(5)(d)2.
2. That any land involved in the project or activity covers a large area or the land is uniquely valuable in conserving the natural resources of the state.
23.0917(5)(d)3.
3. That delaying or deferring all or part of the cost to a subsequent fiscal year is not reasonably possible.
23.0917(5g)(a)
(a) Except as provided in pars.
(b),
(c),
(d), and
(e), if for a given fiscal year, the department obligates an amount from the moneys appropriated under s.
20.866 (2) (ta) for a subprogram under sub.
(3) or
(4) that is less than the annual bonding authority under that subprogram for that given fiscal year, the department may not obligate the unobligated amount in subsequent fiscal years. This subsection applies beginning with fiscal year 2011-12 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20.
23.0917(5g)(b)
(b) If in a given fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2013-14 the amount that the department obligates from the moneys appropriated under s.
20.866 (2) (ta) to provide grants to nonprofit conservation organizations under s.
23.096 is less than the amount set aside for that purpose under sub.
(3) (br) in that fiscal year, the department may obligate the unobligated amount in the next fiscal year but only for the purpose of awarding a grant under s.
23.0953 to a county for the acquisition of land for a county forest under s.
28.11.
23.0917(5g)(c)1.1. In this paragraph, “
unobligated amount" means the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the subprograms under subs.
(3),
(4), and
(4j) in fiscal years 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, and 2015-16 exceeded the amounts that the department obligated from the moneys appropriated under s.
20.866 (2) (ta) for those subprograms for those fiscal years, but not including the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the purpose under sub.
(3) (br) in fiscal years 2013-14, 2014-15, and 2015-16 exceeded the amount obligated for that purpose in that fiscal year.
23.0917(5g)(c)2.
2. The department shall obligate the unobligated amount as follows:
23.0917(5g)(c)2.c.
c. Subject to the limitation under s.
31.385 (7), the amount necessary for county dam safety grants under s.
31.385 (7) but not more than the difference between the amounts obligated under subds.
2. a. and
b. and the unobligated amount.
23.0917(5g)(d)1.1. In this paragraph, “
unobligated amount" means the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the subprograms under subs.
(3),
(4), and
(4j) in fiscal years 2014-15 and 2015-16 exceeded the amounts that the department obligated from the moneys appropriated under s.
20.866 (2) (ta) for those subprograms for those fiscal years, but not including the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the purpose under sub.
(3) (br) in fiscal years 2014-15 and 2015-16 exceeded the amount obligated for that purpose in that fiscal year.
23.0917(5g)(d)2.
2. The department shall obligate the unobligated amount as follows:
23.0917(5g)(d)2.a.
a. The amount necessary for a grant to Iron County to rebuild the Saxon Harbor campground and marina but not more than $1,000,000.
23.0917(5g)(d)2.c.
c. The amount necessary for no more than 50 percent of the cost of reconstructing Eagle Tower in Peninsula State Park but not more than $750,000.
23.0917(5g)(d)2.d.
d. The amount necessary to enhance a shelter located near the Palmatory scenic overlook on the south side of the Horicon Marsh Wildlife Area but not more than $500,000.
23.0917(5g)(d)2.e.
e. The amount necessary for a grant to the cities of Neenah and Menasha for no more than 50 percent of the cost of constructing 2 pedestrian bridges across the Fox River and pedestrian trails to connect the bridges to existing pedestrian trails but not more than $415,300 and subject to the limitation that the total amount obligated under this subd.
2. e. and s.
23.197 (16) may not exceed $2,015,300.
23.0917(5g)(e)1.1. In this paragraph, “
unobligated amount" means the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the subprograms under subs.
(3),
(4), and
(4j) in fiscal years 2014-15, 2015-16, and 2016-17 exceeded the amounts that the department obligated from the moneys appropriated under s.
20.866 (2) (ta) for those subprograms for those fiscal years, but not including the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the purpose under sub.
(3) (br) in fiscal years 2014-15, 2015-16, and 2016-17 exceeded the amount obligated for that purpose in that fiscal year.
23.0917(5g)(e)2.
2. Of the unobligated amount, the department shall obligate an amount necessary for the purpose under s.
281.665 (4) (c), but not more than $14,600,000.
23.0917(5g)(f)1.1. In this paragraph, “
unobligated amount" means the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the subprograms under subs.
(3),
(4), and
(4j) in fiscal year 2016-17 exceeded the amounts that the department obligated from the moneys appropriated under s.
20.866 (2) (ta) for those subprograms for that fiscal year, but not including the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the purpose under sub.
(3) (br) in fiscal year 2016-17 exceeded the amount obligated for that purpose in that fiscal year.
