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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
August 26, 2003 - Introduced by Representatives LeMahieu, D. Meyer, Suder,
Musser, Nischke, F. Lasee, Seratti, J. Fitzgerald, Gundrum, Ainsworth,
Albers, Van Roy, Owens, Lothian and Bies, cosponsored by Senator Kanavas.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.
AB480,1,6
1An Act to renumber 23.0917 (5m) (b) 3., 23.0917 (5m) (b) 4. and 23.197 (1);
to
2amend 20.866 (2) (ta), 23.0917 (3) (b), 23.0917 (3) (dm) 2. and 23.0917 (4) (d)
33.;
to repeal and recreate 23.0917 (4) (d) 1.; and
to create 23.0917 (3) (dm)
41r., 23.0917 (3) (dm) 1t., 23.0917 (3) (dm) 1v., 23.0917 (5m) (bn) 1., 23.0917 (5m)
5(br), 23.197 (1b) and 23.197 (10) of the statutes;
relating to: bonding authority
6for the stewardship program.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law authorizes the state to incur pubic debt for certain conservation
activities under the stewardship program, which is administered by the Department
of Natural Resources (DNR). The state may incur this debt to acquire land for the
state for conservation purposes and may award grants or state aid to certain local
governmental units, including the Kickapoo Reserve Management Board, and
nonprofit conservation organizations to acquire lands for these purposes
(stewardship acquisitions).
This bill reduces the bonding authority under the stewardship program by
$245,000,000, from $572,000,000 to $327,000,000. The bill specifies that, of the
available bonding authority, $15,000,000 would be provided to DNR for land
acquisition in fiscal year 2003-04 and $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2004-05. Of the
$15,000,000 in fiscal year 2003-04, $5,000,000 would be used to complete the
acquisition of the Peshtigo River State Forest. Under the bill, from fiscal year
2005-06 to fiscal year 2009-10, bonding authority of $30,000,000 would be provided
to DNR for land acquisitions, property development, and local assistance. The bill
would permit DNR to postpone its allocation of bonding authority for forward
bonding associated with the Peshtigo River State Forest through fiscal year
2005-06.
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:
AB480, s. 1
1Section
1. 20.866 (2) (ta) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB480,2,132
20.866
(2) (ta)
Natural resources; Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson
3stewardship 2000 program. From the capital improvement fund a sum sufficient for
4the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program under s. 23.0917.
5The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed
$572,000,000 6$327,000,000 for this program. Except as provided in s. 23.0917 (4g) (b), (4m) (k), (5)
7and (5m), the amounts obligated, as defined in s. 23.0917 (1) (e), under this
8paragraph may not exceed $46,000,000 in fiscal year 2000-01, may not exceed
9$46,000,000 in fiscal year 2001-02,
and may not exceed $60,000,000
in fiscal year
102002-03, may not exceed $15,000,000 in fiscal year 2003-04, may not exceed
11$10,000,000 in fiscal year 2004-05, and may not exceed $30,000,000 in each fiscal
12year beginning with fiscal year
2002-03 2005-06 and ending with fiscal year
132009-10.
AB480, s. 2
14Section
2. 23.0917 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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23.0917
(3) (b) In obligating moneys under the subprogram for land
16acquisition, the department shall set aside in each fiscal year
, except in fiscal years
172003-04 and 2004-05, $3,000,000 that may be obligated only for state trails and the
18ice age trail and for grants for the state trails and the ice age trails under s. 23.096.
1The period of time during which the moneys shall be set aside in each fiscal year shall
2begin on the July 1 of the fiscal year and end on the June 30 of the same fiscal year.
AB480, s. 3
3Section
3. 23.0917 (3) (dm) 1r. of the statutes is created to read:
AB480,3,44
23.0917
(3) (dm) 1r. For fiscal year 2002-03, $45,000,000.
AB480, s. 4
5Section
4. 23.0917 (3) (dm) 1t. of the statutes is created to read:
AB480,3,66
23.0917
(3) (dm) 1t. For fiscal year 2003-04, $10,000,000.
AB480, s. 5
7Section
5. 23.0917 (3) (dm) 1v. of the statutes is created to read:
AB480,3,88
23.0917
(3) (dm) 1v. For fiscal year 2004-05, $5,000,000.
AB480, s. 6
9Section
6. 23.0917 (3) (dm) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB480,3,1110
23.0917
(3) (dm) 2. For each fiscal year beginning with
2002-03 2005-06 and
11ending with fiscal year 2009-10,
$45,000,000 $22,500,000.
AB480, s. 7
12Section
7. 23.0917 (4) (d) 1. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB480,3,1413
23.0917
(4) (d) 1. Except as provided in sub. (5), the department may not
14obligate under this subprogram more than the following amounts:
AB480,3,1515
a. For fiscal year 2000-01, $11,500,000.
AB480,3,1616
b. For fiscal year 2001-02, $11,500,000.
AB480,3,1717
c. For fiscal year 2002-03, $15,000,000.
AB480,3,1918
d. For each of fiscal years 2003-04 and 2004-05, $2,000,000 for property
19development.
AB480,3,2020
e. For each of fiscal years 2003-04 and 2004-05, $3,000,000 for local assistance.
AB480,3,2221
f. For each fiscal year beginning with 2005-06 and ending with fiscal year
222009-10, $7,500,000.
AB480, s. 8
23Section
8. 23.0917 (4) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB480,3,2524
23.0917
(4) (d) 3.
The Except as provided in par. (d) 1. d. and e., the department
25shall obligate at least $3,500,000 in each fiscal year for property development.
AB480, s. 9
1Section
9. 23.0917 (5m) (b) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 23.0917 (5m) (bn)
22.
AB480, s. 10
3Section
10. 23.0917 (5m) (b) 4. of the statutes is renumbered 23.0917 (5m) (bn)
43.
AB480, s. 11
5Section
11. 23.0917 (5m) (bn) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
AB480,4,76
23.0917
(5m) (bn) 1. Subdivisions 2. and 3. apply to land acquired by the
7department on or after the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date].
AB480, s. 12
8Section
12. 23.0917 (5m) (br) of the statutes is created to read:
AB480,4,109
23.0917
(5m) (br) 1. Subdivisions 2. and 3. apply to land acquired by the
10department before the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date].
AB480,4,1611
2. For bonds that are retired from the proceeds of the sale of the acquired land
12within 5 years after the date on which the land was acquired by the department, the
13department shall adjust the available bonding authority for the subprogram for land
14acquisition by increasing the available bonding authority for the fiscal year in which
15the bonds are retired by an amount equal to the total amount of the bonds issued for
16the sale that have been retired in that fiscal year.
AB480,5,217
3. For bonds that are not retired from the proceeds of the sale of the acquired
18land within 5 years after the date on which the land was acquired by the department,
19the department shall adjust the available bonding authority for the subprogram for
20land acquisition by decreasing the available bonding authority for the next fiscal
21year beginning after the end of that 5-year period by an amount equal to the total
22amount of the bonds that have not been retired from such proceeds in that fiscal year
23and, if necessary, shall decrease for each subsequent fiscal year the available bonding
24authority in an amount equal to that available bonding authority or equal to the
25amount still needed to equal the total amount of the bonds that have not been retired
1from such proceeds, whichever is less, until the available bonding authority has been
2decreased by an amount equal to the total of the bonds that have not been retired.
AB480, s. 13
3Section
13. 23.197 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 23.197 (1m).
AB480, s. 14
4Section
14. 23.197 (1b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB480,5,65
23.197
(1b) Definition. In this section, "obligate" has the meaning given in s.
623.0917 (1) (e).
AB480, s. 15
7Section
15. 23.197 (10) of the statutes is created to read:
AB480,5,128
23.197
(10) Peshtigo River State Forest. From the appropriation under s.
920.866 (2) (ta), during fiscal year 2003-04, the department shall obligate $5,000,000
10to acquire land for the Peshtigo River State Forest. For purposes of s. 23.0917,
11moneys provided from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) shall be treated as
12moneys obligated under the subprogram for land acquisition.
