AB150,606,2116 23.09 (26) (am) 2. Enter into agreements with the department of natural
17resources to use for snowmobile trails, facilities or areas lands owned or leased by
18the department of natural resources or the department of tourism and parks. No
19lands of the department of natural resources or of the department of tourism and
20parks that are to be used for snowmobiling purposes within the meaning of this
21subsection may be obtained through condemnation.

AB150,607,62 23.091 (2) Master plan. The department may designate a recreational area
3only after a master plan for use and management of the area is prepared, public
4hearings on the plan are held in the county where the largest portion of land in the
5project is located, the procedures prescribed in s. 1.11 are complied with, and the plan
6is approved by the natural resources board secretary.

AB150,607,13 823.0913 Natural resource management areas. The department may
9acquire, develop, operate and maintain land that provides multiple natural resource
10values, including scenic, environmental, recreational or other natural values. The
11department shall designate the land as a state natural resource management area.
12The department may name a state natural resource management area after a
13predominant natural feature that is located in the area.

AB150,607,1815 23.0915 (1v) Agreement between departments. (a) For each fiscal year the
16department of natural resources and the department of tourism and parks shall
17enter into an agreement establishing the amount of funding from the appropriation
18under s. 20.866 (2) (tz) that will be expended for each of the following:

AB150,607,1919 1. General land acquisition under s. 23.09 (2dm) and (2p).

AB150,607,2120 2. Ice age trail under ss. 27.0135 and 27.0136 and for grants for the ice age trail
21under s. 23.096.

AB150,607,2222 3. For general property development under sub. (1) (b).

AB150,607,2423 (b) The secretary of administration shall resolve any disputes between the
24departments concerning the agreement on these funding amounts.

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123.0915 (2) (d) (intro.) In a given fiscal year, in addition to expending the
2amount designated for a purpose under sub. (1) (a) or (c) to (k), or the amount equal
3to the expenditure limit for that purpose, as adjusted under pars. (a) and (b),
4whichever amount is applicable, the department may also expend for that purpose
5up to 50% of the designated amount for that purpose for the given fiscal year for a
6project or activity if the natural resources board secretary determines all of the
7following:

AB150,608,139 23.0915 (2m) (a) From the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (tz), the
10department of natural resources shall set aside for the period of time specified in sub.
11(1) (L) $400,000 to be used spent by the department of tourism and parks only for the
12development of a state park to be located in the Menomonee valley in the city of
13Milwaukee and to be designated as the Henry Aaron State Park.

AB150,608,1715 23.0915 (2m) (b) Before spending any of the moneys set aside under par. (a),
16the department of tourism and parks, in consultation with the city of Milwaukee and
17other interested parties, shall develop a plan to finance the state park.

AB150,608,2419 23.096 (2) The department may award grants to nonprofit conservation
20organizations to acquire property for the purposes described in ss. 23.09 (19), 23.092,
2123.094, 23.17, 23.175, 23.27, 23.29, 23.293 27.0135, 27.0136 and 30.277 (2) (a). For
22grants for the purposes described in ss. 27.0135 and 27.0136, the department of
23tourism and parks shall determine the recipients of the grants and the amounts of
24the grants.

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123.096 (3) (intro.) In Except as provided in sub. (3m), in order to receive a grant
2under this section, the nonprofit conservation organization shall enter into a
3contract with the department that contains all of the following provisions:

AB150,609,85 23.096 (3m) In order to receive a grant under this section for the purposes
6described in ss. 27.0135 and 27.0136, the nonprofit conservation organization shall
7enter into a contract with the department of tourism and parks that contains all of
8the provisions under sub. (3).

AB150,609,1110 23.096 (4) (a) 1. The department that entered into the contract under sub. (3)
11approves the subsequent sale or transfer.

AB150,609,1513 23.096 (4) (a) 2. The party to whom the property is sold or transferred enters
14into a new contract with the department specified in subd. 1. that contains the
15provisions under sub. (3).

AB150,609,1917 23.096 (4) (b) The nonprofit conservation organization may subsequently sell
18or transfer the acquired property to satisfy a debt or other obligation if the
19department that entered the contract under sub. (3) approves the sale or transfer.

AB150,610,222 23.098 (2) (a) The department of natural resources and the department of
23tourism and parks shall establish jointly administer a program to that will expend
24in each fiscal year up to $100,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (tz) for

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1grants to friends groups for projects for property development activities in state
2parks or state forests.

AB150,610,84 23.098 (2) (c) In promulgating the rules under par. (b) that will apply to state
5parks or southern state forests, the department of tourism and parks must approve
6the criteria established before the rules are promulgated. Any dispute regarding the
7criteria shall be resolved by the secretary of administration determining which
8criteria will be promulgated.

AB150,610,1410 23.098 (2) (d) In determining which friends group will receive a grant under
11this section for a state park or a southern state forest, the department of tourism and
12parks and the department of natural resources shall both approve each grant. Any
13dispute regarding which friends groups will receive a grant under this section shall
14be resolved by the secretary of administration.

AB150,610,1917 23.098 (4) (a) The department of tourism and parks shall periodically prepare
18a list of projects in state parks and state forests that are eligible for grants under this
19section and shall include in the list the estimated cost of each project.

AB150,611,521 23.11 (1) In addition to the powers and duties heretofore conferred and imposed
22upon said department by this chapter it shall have and take the general care,
23protection and supervision of all state parks, of all state fish hatcheries and lands
24used therewith, of all state forests that are not southern state forests, and of all lands
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1supervision of which are vested in some other officer, body or board; and said
2department is granted such further powers as may be necessary or convenient to
3enable it to exercise the functions and perform the duties required of it by this
4chapter and by other provisions of law. But it may not perform any act upon state
5lands held for sale that will diminish their salable value.

AB150,611,1410 23.117 (4) Any council that is created by the natural resources board under s.
1115.04 (1) (c) to advise the department on the opening of trails in state parks and in
12the Kettle Moraine state forest for use by bicycles shall have its recommendations
13regarding such use reviewed and approved by the natural resources board
14department before they are implemented.

AB150,612,2 1923.13 Governor to be informed. The board of commissioners of public lands
20and, the department of natural resources and the department of tourism and parks
21shall furnish to the governor upon the governor's request a copy of any paper,

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1document or record in their respective offices and give the governor orally such
2information as the governor may call for.

AB150,612,15 423.14 Approval required before new lands acquired. Prior to the initial
5acquisition of any lands by the department after July 1, 1977 by the department of
6natural resources or by the department of tourism and parks, for any new facility or
7project, the proposed initial acquisition shall be submitted to the governor for his or
8her approval. New facilities or projects include, without limitation because of
9enumeration, state parks, state forests, recreation areas, state natural resource
10management areas, public shooting, trapping or fishing grounds or waters, fish
11hatcheries, game farms, forest nurseries, experimental stations, endangered species
12preservation areas, picnic and camping grounds, hiking trails, cross-country ski
13trails, bridle trails, nature trails, bicycle trails, snowmobile trails, youth camps, land
14in the lower Wisconsin state riverway as defined in s. 30.40 (15), natural areas and
15wild rivers.

AB150,612,18 1723.15 (title) Sale of certain state-owned lands under the jurisdiction
18of the department of natural resources.

AB150,612,2520 23.15 (1) The natural resources board secretary may sell, at public or private
21sale, lands and structures owned by the state under the jurisdiction of the
22department of natural resources when the natural resources board secretary
23determines that said the lands are no longer necessary for the state's use for
24conservation purposes and, if real property, the real property is not the subject of a
25petition under s. 16.375 (2).

AB150,613,72 23.15 (1m) The secretary of tourism and parks may sell, at public or private
3sale, lands and structures owned by the state under the jurisdiction of the
4department of tourism and parks in the state park system when the department
5determines that the lands are no longer necessary for the state's use for conservation
6purposes and, if real property, the real property is not the subject of a petition under
7s. 16.375 (2).

AB150,613,179 23.15 (2) Said natural resources board The secretary shall present to the
10governor a full and complete report of the lands to be sold, the reason for the sale,
11the price for which said the lands should be sold together with and an application for
12the their sale of the same. The governor shall thereupon make such investigation
13as the governor deems necessary respecting said lands to be sold may investigate the
14proposed sale and approve or disapprove such the application. If the governor shall
15approve the same, approves the application for the sale, the governor shall issue a
16permit shall be issued by the governor for such for the sale on the terms set forth in
17the application.

AB150,613,2520 23.15 (2) The secretary of natural resources and the secretary of tourism and
21parks shall present to the governor a full and complete report of the lands to be sold,
22the reason for the sale, the price for which the lands should be sold and an application
23for their sale. The governor may investigate the proposed sale and approve or
24disapprove the application. If the governor approves the application for the sale, the
25governor shall issue a permit for the sale on the terms set forth in the application.

AB150,614,52 23.15 (2m) (a) (intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the natural resources board
3secretary shall sell, at fair market value, land in the lower Wisconsin state riverway,
4as defined in s. 30.40 (15), that is not exempt under s. 30.48 (2) and that is acquired
5by the department after August 9, 1989, if all of the following conditions are met:

AB150,614,97 23.15 (2m) (b) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the natural resources board secretary
8is not required to make a finding that land to be sold under par. (a) is no longer
9necessary for the state's use for conservation purposes.

AB150,614,1611 23.15 (3) Upon completion of such the sale, the chairperson and secretary of
12the natural resources board, or the secretary of natural resources, if the secretary is
13duly authorized by the natural resources board, shall execute such the instruments
14as that are necessary to transfer title and the natural resources board or its duly
15authorized agents shall deliver the same instruments to the purchaser upon
16payment of the amount set forth in the application.

AB150,615,319 23.15 (3) Upon completion of the sale for lands under the jurisdiction of the
20department of natural resources, the secretary shall execute the necessary
21instruments to transfer title and shall deliver the instruments to the purchaser upon
22payment of the amount set forth in the application. Upon completion of the sale of
23lands under the jurisdiction of the department of tourism and parks, the secretary

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1of tourism and parks shall execute the necessary instruments to transfer title and
2shall deliver the instruments to the purchaser upon payment of the amount set forth
3in the application.

AB150,615,115 23.15 (4) Said natural resources board effecting the sale of any such lands and
6structures shall, upon receiving payment therefor, The secretary shall deposit the
7funds received from the sale in the conservation fund to be used exclusively for the
8purpose of purchasing to purchase other areas of land for the creating and
9establishing of public hunting and fishing grounds, wildlife and fish refuges and,
10state parks and for land in the lower Wisconsin state riverway as defined in s. 30.40
11(15).

AB150,615,1814 23.15 (4) The secretary shall deposit the funds received from the sale in the
15conservation fund to be used exclusively to purchase other areas of land for public
16hunting and fishing grounds, wildlife and fish refuges and state natural resource
17management areas and for land in the lower Wisconsin state riverway as defined in
18s. 30.40 (15).

AB150,616,220 23.15 (4m) The secretary of tourism and parks shall upon receiving payment
21under sub. (3), deposit the funds in the conservation fund to be used exclusively for

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1the purpose of purchasing other areas of land for the creation and establishment of
2areas in the state park system.

AB150,616,74 23.15 (5) (b) Biennially, beginning on January 1, 1984, the department of
5natural resources and the department of tourism and parks shall submit to the state
6building commission and the joint committee on finance an inventory of surplus land
7containing the description, location and fair market value of each parcel.

AB150,616,1612 27.0135 (2) Designation. The ice age national scenic trail, as provided for in
1316 USC 1244 (a) (10), plus the lands adjacent to each side of that trail designated by
14the department of natural resources or by the department of tourism and parks,
15beginning on the effective date of this subsection.... [revisor inserts date], is
16designated a state scenic trail, to be known as the "Ice Age Trail".