AB917: Bill Text

AB917,34 Section 34 . 59.692 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,13,2 59.692 (4) (b) Variances and appeals regarding shorelands within a county are for the board of adjustment for that county under s. 59.694, and the procedures of that section apply. Notwithstanding s. 59.694 (4), the department may not appeal a decision of the county to grant or deny a variance under this section but may, upon the request of a county board of adjustment, issue an opinion on whether a variance should be granted or denied.

AB917,35 Section 35 . 59.692 (5m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB917,36 Section 36 . 61.353 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,13,7 61.353 (3) (intro.) A village ordinance enacted under this section shall accord and be consistent with the requirements and limitations under s. 59.692 (1d), (1f), and (1k) and shall include at least all of the following provisions:

AB917,37 Section 37 . 61.353 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB917,13,12 61.353 (3) (c) 1. A provision requiring a person who owns shoreland property that contains vegetation to maintain that vegetation in a vegetative buffer zone along the entire shoreline of the property and extending 35 feet inland from the ordinary high-water mark of the navigable water, except as provided in subd. 2.

AB917,13,16 2. If the vegetation in a vegetative buffer zone contains invasive species or dead or diseased vegetation, the owner of the shoreland property may remove the vegetation, except that if the owner removes all of the vegetation in the vegetative buffer zone, the owner shall establish a vegetative buffer zone with new vegetation.

AB917,38 Section 38 . 61.353 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB917,13,22 61.353 (3) (d) A provision allowing a person who is required to maintain or establish a vegetative buffer zone under par. (c) to remove all of the vegetation in a part of that zone in order to establish a viewing or access corridor that is no greater than 30 feet wide for every 100 feet of shoreline frontage and that extends no more than 35 feet inland from the ordinary high-water mark.

AB917,39 Section 39 . 62.233 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,14,3 62.233 (3) (intro.) A city ordinance enacted under this section shall accord and be consistent with the requirements and limitations under s. 59.692 (1d), (1f), and (1k) and shall include at least all of the following provisions:

AB917,40 Section 40 . 62.233 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB917,14,8 62.233 (3) (c) 1. A provision requiring a person who owns shoreland property that contains vegetation to maintain that vegetation in a vegetative buffer zone along the entire shoreline of the property and extending 35 feet inland from the ordinary high-water mark of the navigable water, except as provided in subd. 2.

AB917,14,12 2. If the vegetation in a vegetative buffer zone contains invasive species or dead or diseased vegetation, the owner of the shoreland property may remove the vegetation, except that if the owner removes all of the vegetation in the vegetative buffer zone, the owner shall establish a vegetative buffer zone with new vegetation.

AB917,41 Section 41 . 62.233 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB917,14,18 62.233 (3) (d) A provision allowing a person who is required to maintain or establish a vegetative buffer zone under par. (c) to remove all of the vegetation in a part of that zone in order to establish a viewing or access corridor that is no greater than 30 feet wide for every 100 feet of shoreline frontage and that extends no more than 35 feet inland from the ordinary high-water mark.

AB917,42 Section 42. 66.1036 of the statutes is repealed.

AB917,43 Section 43 . 70.375 (1) (as) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,14,23 70.375 (1) (as) “Mine" means an excavation in or at the earth's surface made to extract metalliferous minerals for which a permit has been issued under s. 293.49 or 295.58.

AB917,44 Section 44 . 70.375 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,15,8 70.375 (1) (bm) “Mining-related purposes" means activities which are directly in response to the application for a mining permit under s. 293.37 or 295.47; directly in response to construction, operation, curtailment of operation or cessation of operation of a metalliferous mine site; or directly in response to conditions at a metalliferous mine site which is not in operation. “Mining-related purposes" also includes activities which anticipate the economic and social consequences of the cessation of mining. “Mining-related purposes" also includes the purposes under s. 70.395 (2) (g).

AB917,45 Section 45 . 70.375 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,15,14 70.375 (2) (b) The secretary may promulgate any rules necessary to implement the tax under ss. 70.37 to 70.39 and 70.395 (1e). In respect to mines not in operation on November 28, 1981, ss. 71.10 (1), 71.30 (1) and (2), 71.74 (2), (3), (9), (11) and (15), 71.77, 71.78, 71.80 (6), 71.83 (1) (a) 1. and 2. and (b) 2. and (2) (a) 3. and (b) 1. and 71.85 (2) apply to the administration of this section.

AB917,46 Section 46 . 70.375 (4) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,15,17 70.375 (4) (h) The cost of premiums for bonds required under s. 293.26 (9), 293.51, 295.45 (5), or 295.59.

AB917,47 Section 47 . 70.38 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,15,22 70.38 (2) Combined reporting. If the same person extracts metalliferous minerals from different sites in this state, the net proceeds for each site for which a permit has been issued under s. 293.49 or 295.58 shall be reported separately for the purposes of computing the amount of the tax under s. 70.375 (5).

AB917,48 Section 48 . 70.395 (1e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,16,6 70.395 (1e) Distribution. Fifteen days after the collection of the tax under ss. 70.38 to 70.39, the department of administration, upon certification of the department of revenue, shall transfer the amount collected in respect to mines not in operation on November 28, 1981, to the investment and local impact fund, except that, after the payments are made under sub. (2) (d) 1., 2., and 2m., the department of administration shall transfer 60 percent of the amount collected from each person extracting ferrous metallic minerals to the investment and local impact fund and 40 percent of the amount collected from any such person to the general fund.

AB917,49 Section 49 . 70.395 (2) (dc) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,16,11 70.395 (2) (dc) 1. Each person intending to submit an application for a mining permit under s. 293.37 or 295.47 shall pay $75,000 to the department of revenue for deposit in the investment and local impact fund at the time that the person notifies the department of natural resources under s. 293.31 (1) or 295.465 of that intent.

AB917,50 Section 50 . 70.395 (2) (dc) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,16,17 70.395 (2) (dc) 4. Six months after the signing of a local agreement under s. 293.41 or 295.443 for the proposed mine for which the payment is made, the board shall refund any funds paid under this paragraph but not distributed under par. (fm) from the investment and local impact fund to the person making the payment under this paragraph.

AB917,51 Section 51 . 70.395 (2) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,17,2 70.395 (2) (fm) The board may distribute a payment received under par. (dc) to a county, town, village, city, tribal government or local impact committee authorized under s. 293.41 (3) or 295.443 only for legal counsel, qualified technical experts in the areas of transportation, utilities, economic and social impacts, environmental impacts and municipal services and other reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by the recipient that directly relate to the good faith negotiation of a local agreement under s. 293.41 or 295.443 for the proposed mine for which the payment is made.

AB917,52 Section 52 . 70.395 (2) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,17,7 70.395 (2) (g) (intro.) The board may distribute the revenues received under sub. (1e) or proceeds thereof in accordance with par. (h) for the following purposes, with a preference to private sector economic development projects under subd. 3., as the board determines necessary:

AB917,53 Section 53 . 70.395 (2) (g) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,17,10 70.395 (2) (g) 3. Studies and projects for local private sector economic development.

AB917,54 Section 54 . 70.395 (2) (h) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,17,15 70.395 (2) (h) 1. Distribution shall first be made to those municipalities in which metalliferous minerals are extracted or were extracted within 3 years previous to December 31 of the current year, or in which a permit has been issued under s. 293.49 or 295.58 to commence mining;

AB917,55 Section 55 . 70.395 (2) (hg) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,17,19 70.395 (2) (hg) The board shall, by rule, establish fiscal guidelines and accounting procedures for the use of payments under pars. (d), (f), (fm) and (g), sub. (3) and ss. s. 293.65 (5) and 295.61 (9).

AB917,56 Section 56 . 70.395 (2) (hr) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,17,24 70.395 (2) (hr) The board shall, by rule, establish procedures to recoup payments made, and to withhold payments to be made, under pars. (d), (f), (fm) and (g), sub. (3) and ss. s. 293.65 (5) and 295.61 (9) for noncompliance with this section or rules adopted under this section.

AB917,57 Section 57 . 70.395 (2) (hw) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,18,9 70.395 (2) (hw) A recipient of a discretionary payment under par. (f) or (g), sub. (3) or ss. s. 293.65 (5) and 295.61 (9) or any payment under par. (d) that is restricted to mining-related purposes who uses the payment for attorney fees may do so only for the purposes under par. (g) 6. and for processing mining-related permits or other approvals required by the municipality. The board shall recoup or withhold payments that are used or proposed to be used by the recipient for attorney fees except as authorized under this paragraph. The board may not limit the hourly rate of attorney fees for which the recipient uses the payment to a level below the hourly rate that is commonly charged for similar services.

AB917,58 Section 58 . 74.25 (1) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,18,14 74.25 (1) (a) 6. Pay to the county treasurer 20 percent of collections of occupational taxes on coal docks, 20 percent of collections of the taxes imposed under ss. 77.04 and 77.84 (2) (a), and (am), and (bp), and 20 percent of collections of payments for closed lands under s. 77.84 (2) (b) and (bm).

AB917,59 Section 59 . 74.30 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,18,19 74.30 (1) (f) Pay to the county treasurer 20 percent of collections of occupational taxes on coal docks, 20 percent of collections of the taxes imposed under ss. 77.04 and 77.84 (2) (a), and (am) , and (bp), and 20 percent of collections of payments for closed lands under s. 77.84 (2) (b) and (bm).

AB917,60 Section 60 . 77.105 of the statutes is repealed.

AB917,61 Section 61 . 77.81 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB917,62 Section 62 . 77.81 (5m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB917,63 Section 63 . 77.83 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,19,3 77.83 (2) (a) Except as provided in sub. (1) and pars. (b) and (c) and subs. (1) and (2m), each owner of managed forest land shall permit public access to the land for the purposes of hunting, fishing, hiking, sight-seeing, and cross-country skiing.

AB917,64 Section 64 . 77.83 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB917,65 Section 65 . 77.84 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,19,11 77.84 (2) (b) For managed forest land orders that take effect before April 28, 2004, in addition to the payment under par. (a), each owner shall pay $1 for each acre that is designated as closed under s. 77.83 and for each acre that is located in a proposed ferrous mining site and that is not open to all of the outdoor activities specified in s. 77.83 (2) (a) for any part of the previous calendar year. The payment shall be made to each municipal treasurer on or before January 31.

AB917,66 Section 66 . 77.84 (2) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,19,20 77.84 (2) (bm) For managed forest land orders that take effect on or after April 28, 2004, in addition to the payment under par. (am), each owner of managed forest land shall pay to each municipal treasurer, on or before January 31, an amount that is equal to 20 percent of the average statewide property tax per acre of property classified under s. 70.32 (2) (a) 6., as determined under par. (cm), for each acre that is designated as closed under s. 77.83 and for each acre that is located in a proposed ferrous mining site and that is not open to all of the outdoor activities specified in s. 77.83 (2) (a) for any part of the previous calendar year.

AB917,67 Section 67 . 77.84 (2) (bp) of the statutes is repealed.

AB917,68 Section 68 . 77.88 (3) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

AB917,69 Section 69 . 77.88 (5) (af) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,20,3 77.88 (5) (af) 1. An amount equal to the past tax liability multiplied by the number of years the land was designated as managed forest land, less any amounts paid by the owner under s. 77.84 (2) (a), and (am), and (bp).

AB917,70 Section 70 . 77.88 (5) (af) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,20,7 77.88 (5) (af) 2. Five percent of the stumpage value of the merchantable timber on the land, less any amounts paid by the owner under s. 77.84 (2) (a), and (am), and (bp).

AB917,71 Section 71 . 77.88 (9) (d) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 77.88 (9) (d) and amended to read:

AB917,20,13 77.88 (9) (d) Except as provided in subd. 2., a A withdrawal order issued before December 15 of any year takes effect on the January 1 after the date of issuance, and a withdrawal order issued on or after December 15 of any year takes effect on the 2nd January 1 after the date of issuance.

AB917,72 Section 72 . 77.88 (9) (d) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB917,73 Section 73 . 77.883 of the statutes is repealed.

AB917,74 Section 74 . 77.89 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,20,23 77.89 (2) (a) Each municipal treasurer shall pay 20 percent of each payment received under sub. (1) (a) and (b) and under ss. 77.84 (2) (a) , and (am), and (bp), 77.85, and 77.876 to the county treasurer and shall deposit the remainder in the municipal treasury. The payment to the county treasurer for money received before November 1 of any year shall be made on or before the November 15 after its receipt. For money received on or after November 1 of any year, the payment to the county treasurer shall be made on or before November 15 of the following year.

AB917,75 Section 75 . 87.30 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 87.30 (2) and amended to read:

AB917,21,9 87.30 (2) Enforcement and penalties. Except as provided in par. (b), every Every structure, building, fill, or development placed or maintained within any floodplain in violation of a zoning ordinance adopted under this section, or s. 59.69, 61.35 or 62.23 is a public nuisance and the creation thereof may be enjoined and maintenance thereof may be abated by action at suit of any municipality, the state or any citizen thereof. Any person who places or maintains any structure, building, fill or development within any floodplain in violation of a zoning ordinance adopted under this section, or s. 59.69, 61.35 or 62.23 may be fined not more than $50 for each offense. Each day during which such violation exists is a separate offense.

AB917,76 Section 76 . 87.30 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB917,77 Section 77 . 107.001 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,21,18 107.001 (1) “Exploration mining lease" means any lease, option to lease, option to purchase or similar conveyance entered into for the purpose of determining the presence, location, quality or quantity of nonferrous metallic metalliferous minerals or for the purpose of mining, developing or extracting nonferrous metallic metalliferous minerals, or both under ch. 293. Any lease, option to lease, option to purchase or similar conveyance entered into by a mining company is rebuttably presumed to be an exploration mining lease.

AB917,78 Section 78 . 107.001 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB917,21,21 107.001 (2) “Metalliferous minerals" means naturally occurring minerals that contain metal.

AB917,79 Section 79 . 107.01 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,22,2 107.01 Rules governing mining rights. (intro.) Where there is no contract between the parties or terms established by the landlord to the contrary the following rules and regulations shall be applied to mining contracts and leases for the digging of nonferrous metallic ores and minerals:

AB917,80 Section 80 . 107.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,22,12 107.01 (2) The discovery of a crevice or range containing nonferrous metallic ores or minerals shall entitle the discoverer to the nonferrous metallic ores or minerals pertaining thereto, subject to the rent due the discoverer's landlord, before as well as after the nonferrous metallic ores or minerals are separated from the freehold; but such miner shall not be entitled to recover any nonferrous metallic ores or minerals or the value thereof from the person digging on the miner's range in good faith and known to be mining thereon until the miner shall have given notice of the miner's claim; and the miner shall be entitled to the nonferrous metallic ores or minerals dug after such notice.

AB917,81 Section 81 . 107.02 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,23,7 107.02 Mining statement; penalty. When there is no agreement between the parties to any mining lease, license or permit, to mine or remove nonferrous metallic minerals ore from any lands in this state, regulating the method of reporting the amount of nonferrous metallic minerals ore taken, the person mining and removing the nonferrous metallic minerals ore or ores shall keep proper and correct books, and therefrom to make and deliver by or before the fifteenth day of each month to the lessor, owner or person entitled thereto, a detailed statement covering the operations of the preceding month. The statement shall show the total amount of tons or pounds of each kind of nonferrous metallic minerals ore produced; if sold, then to whom sold, giving the date of sale, date of delivery to any railroad company, naming the company, and the station where delivered or billed for shipment; the name and address of the purchaser; the price per ton at which sold and the total value of each kind of nonferrous metallic minerals ore so sold. The books shall be always open to any owner, lessor, licensor or stockholder, if the owner, lessor or licensor is a corporation, and to any person or stockholder interested in any such mining operations, for the purpose of inspection and taking copies thereof or abstracts therefrom. Any person and every officer, agent or employee of any thereof, who violates this section, or who makes any false or incomplete entries on any such books or statements, shall be fined not less than $100 or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 3 months or both.

AB917,82 Section 82 . 107.03 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB917,23,18 107.03 Conflicting claims. In case of conflicting claims to a crevice or range bearing nonferrous metallic ores or minerals the court may continue any action to enforce a claim or grant any necessary time for the purpose of allowing parties to prove up their mines or diggings if it satisfactorily appears necessary to the ends of justice. In such case the court or judge may appoint a receiver and provide that the mines or diggings be worked under the receiver's direction, subject to the order of the court, in such manner as best ascertains the respective rights of the parties. The nonferrous metallic ores or minerals raised by either party pending the dispute shall be delivered to the receiver, who may, by order of the court or judge, pay any rent or other necessary expenses therefrom.