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AB1137,15 13Section 15. 70.375 (1) (as) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,5,1614 70.375 (1) (as) “Mine" means an excavation in or at the earth's surface made
15to extract metalliferous minerals for which a permit has been issued under s. 293.49
16or 295.58.
AB1137,16 17Section 16. 70.375 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,5,2518 70.375 (1) (bm) “Mining-related purposes" means activities which are directly
19in response to the application for a mining permit under s. 293.37 or 295.47; directly
20in response to construction, operation, curtailment of operation or cessation of
21operation of a metalliferous mine site; or directly in response to conditions at a
22metalliferous mine site which is not in operation. “Mining-related purposes" also
23includes activities which anticipate the economic and social consequences of the
24cessation of mining. “Mining-related purposes" also includes the purposes under s.
2570.395 (2) (g).
AB1137,17
1Section 17. 70.375 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,6,62 70.375 (2) (b) The secretary may promulgate any rules necessary to implement
3the tax under ss. 70.37 to 70.39 and 70.395 (1e). In respect to mines not in operation
4on November 28, 1981, ss. 71.10 (1), 71.30 (1) and (2), 71.74 (2), (3), (9), (11) and (15),
571.77, 71.78, 71.80 (6), 71.83 (1) (a) 1. and 2. and (b) 2. and (2) (a) 3. and (b) 1. and
671.85 (2) apply to the administration of this section.
AB1137,18 7Section 18. 70.375 (4) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,6,98 70.375 (4) (h) The cost of premiums for bonds required under s. 293.26 (9),
9293.51, 295.45 (5), or 295.59.
AB1137,19 10Section 19. 70.38 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,6,1411 70.38 (2) Combined reporting. If the same person extracts metalliferous
12minerals from different sites in this state, the net proceeds for each site for which a
13permit has been issued under s. 293.49 or 295.58 shall be reported separately for the
14purposes of computing the amount of the tax under s. 70.375 (5).
AB1137,20 15Section 20. 70.395 (1e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,6,2316 70.395 (1e) Distribution. Fifteen days after the collection of the tax under ss.
1770.38 to 70.39, the department of administration, upon certification of the
18department of revenue, shall transfer the amount collected in respect to mines not
19in operation on November 28, 1981, to the investment and local impact fund, except
20that, after the payments are made under sub. (2) (d) 1., 2., and 2m., the department
21of administration shall transfer 60 percent of the amount collected from each person
22extracting ferrous metallic minerals to the investment and local impact fund and 40
23percent of the amount collected from any such person to the general fund
.
AB1137,21 24Section 21. 70.395 (2) (dc) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,7,4
170.395 (2) (dc) 1. Each person intending to submit an application for a mining
2permit under s. 293.37 or 295.47 shall pay $75,000 to the department of revenue for
3deposit in the investment and local impact fund at the time that the person notifies
4the department of natural resources under s. 293.31 (1) or 295.465 of that intent.
AB1137,22 5Section 22. 70.395 (2) (dc) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,7,106 70.395 (2) (dc) 4. Six months after the signing of a local agreement under s.
7293.41 or 295.443 for the proposed mine for which the payment is made, the board
8shall refund any funds paid under this paragraph but not distributed under par. (fm)
9from the investment and local impact fund to the person making the payment under
10this paragraph.
AB1137,23 11Section 23. 70.395 (2) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,7,1912 70.395 (2) (fm) The board may distribute a payment received under par. (dc)
13to a county, town, village, city, tribal government or local impact committee
14authorized under s. 293.41 (3) or 295.443 only for legal counsel, qualified technical
15experts in the areas of transportation, utilities, economic and social impacts,
16environmental impacts and municipal services and other reasonable and necessary
17expenses incurred by the recipient that directly relate to the good faith negotiation
18of a local agreement under s. 293.41 or 295.443 for the proposed mine for which the
19payment is made.
AB1137,24 20Section 24. 70.395 (2) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,7,2421 70.395 (2) (g) (intro.) The board may distribute the revenues received under
22sub. (1e) or proceeds thereof in accordance with par. (h) for the following purposes,
23with a preference to private sector economic development projects under subd. 3., as
24the board determines necessary:
AB1137,25 25Section 25. 70.395 (2) (g) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,8,2
170.395 (2) (g) 3. Studies and projects for local private sector economic
2development.
AB1137,26 3Section 26. 70.395 (2) (h) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,8,74 70.395 (2) (h) 1. Distribution shall first be made to those municipalities in
5which metalliferous minerals are extracted or were extracted within 3 years
6previous to December 31 of the current year, or in which a permit has been issued
7under s. 293.49 or 295.58 to commence mining;
AB1137,27 8Section 27. 70.395 (2) (hg) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,8,119 70.395 (2) (hg) The board shall, by rule, establish fiscal guidelines and
10accounting procedures for the use of payments under pars. (d), (f), (fm) and (g), sub.
11(3) and ss. s. 293.65 (5) and 295.61 (9).
AB1137,28 12Section 28. 70.395 (2) (hr) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,8,1613 70.395 (2) (hr) The board shall, by rule, establish procedures to recoup
14payments made, and to withhold payments to be made, under pars. (d), (f), (fm) and
15(g), sub. (3) and ss. s. 293.65 (5) and 295.61 (9) for noncompliance with this section
16or rules adopted under this section.
AB1137,29 17Section 29. 70.395 (2) (hw) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,9,218 70.395 (2) (hw) A recipient of a discretionary payment under par. (f) or (g), sub.
19(3) or ss. s. 293.65 (5) and 295.61 (9) or any payment under par. (d) that is restricted
20to mining-related purposes who uses the payment for attorney fees may do so only
21for the purposes under par. (g) 6. and for processing mining-related permits or other
22approvals required by the municipality. The board shall recoup or withhold
23payments that are used or proposed to be used by the recipient for attorney fees
24except as authorized under this paragraph. The board may not limit the hourly rate

1of attorney fees for which the recipient uses the payment to a level below the hourly
2rate that is commonly charged for similar services.
AB1137,30 3Section 30 . 74.25 (1) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,9,74 74.25 (1) (a) 6. Pay to the county treasurer 20 percent of collections of
5occupational taxes on coal docks, 20 percent of collections of the taxes imposed under
6ss. 77.04 and 77.84 (2) (a), and (am), and (bp), and 20 percent of collections of
7payments for closed lands under s. 77.84 (2) (b) and (bm).
AB1137,31 8Section 31 . 74.30 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,9,129 74.30 (1) (f) Pay to the county treasurer 20 percent of collections of occupational
10taxes on coal docks, 20 percent of collections of the taxes imposed under ss. 77.04 and
1177.84 (2) (a), and (am), and (bp), and 20 percent of collections of payments for closed
12lands under s. 77.84 (2) (b) and (bm).
AB1137,32 13Section 32. 77.105 of the statutes is repealed.
AB1137,33 14Section 33 . 77.81 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1137,34 15Section 34 . 77.81 (5m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1137,35 16Section 35 . 77.83 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,9,1917 77.83 (2) (a) Except as provided in sub. (1) and pars. (b) and (c) and subs. (1)
18and (2m)
, each owner of managed forest land shall permit public access to the land
19for the purposes of hunting, fishing, hiking, sight-seeing, and cross-country skiing.
AB1137,36 20Section 36 . 77.83 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1137,37 21Section 37 . 77.84 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,9,2522 77.84 (2) (b) For managed forest land orders that take effect before April 28,
232004, in addition to the payment under par. (a), each owner shall pay $1 for each acre
24that is designated as closed under s. 77.83 and for each acre that is located in a
25proposed ferrous mining site and that is not open to all of the outdoor activities

1specified in s. 77.83 (2) (a) for any part of the previous calendar year
. The payment
2shall be made to each municipal treasurer on or before January 31.
AB1137,38 3Section 38 . 77.84 (2) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,10,114 77.84 (2) (bm) For managed forest land orders that take effect on or after April
528, 2004, in addition to the payment under par. (am), each owner of managed forest
6land shall pay to each municipal treasurer, on or before January 31, an amount that
7is equal to 20 percent of the average statewide property tax per acre of property
8classified under s. 70.32 (2) (a) 6., as determined under par. (cm), for each acre that
9is designated as closed under s. 77.83 and for each acre that is located in a proposed
10ferrous mining site and that is not open to all of the outdoor activities specified in s.
1177.83 (2) (a) for any part of the previous calendar year
.
AB1137,39 12Section 39 . 77.84 (2) (bp) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1137,40 13Section 40 . 77.88 (3) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1137,41 14Section 41 . 77.88 (5) (af) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,10,1715 77.88 (5) (af) 1. An amount equal to the past tax liability multiplied by the
16number of years the land was designated as managed forest land, less any amounts
17paid by the owner under s. 77.84 (2) (a), and (am), and (bp).
AB1137,42 18Section 42 . 77.88 (5) (af) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,10,2119 77.88 (5) (af) 2. Five percent of the stumpage value of the merchantable timber
20on the land, less any amounts paid by the owner under s. 77.84 (2) (a), and (am), and
21(bp)
.
AB1137,43 22Section 43 . 77.88 (9) (d) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 77.88 (9) (d) and
23amended to read:
AB1137,11,224 77.88 (9) (d) Except as provided in subd. 2., a A withdrawal order issued before
25December 15 of any year takes effect on the January 1 after the date of issuance, and

1a withdrawal order issued on or after December 15 of any year takes effect on the 2nd
2January 1 after the date of issuance.
AB1137,44 3Section 44 . 77.88 (9) (d) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB1137,45 4Section 45. 77.883 of the statutes is repealed.
AB1137,46 5Section 46 . 77.89 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,11,126 77.89 (2) (a) Each municipal treasurer shall pay 20 percent of each payment
7received under sub. (1) (a) and (b) and under ss. 77.84 (2) (a), and (am), and (bp),
877.85, and 77.876 to the county treasurer and shall deposit the remainder in the
9municipal treasury. The payment to the county treasurer for money received before
10November 1 of any year shall be made on or before the November 15 after its receipt.
11For money received on or after November 1 of any year, the payment to the county
12treasurer shall be made on or before November 15 of the following year.
AB1137,47 13Section 47. 87.30 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 87.30 (2) and amended
14to read:
AB1137,11,2315 87.30 (2) Enforcement and penalties. Except as provided in par. (b), every
16Every structure, building, fill, or development placed or maintained within any
17floodplain in violation of a zoning ordinance adopted under this section, or s. 59.69,
1861.35 or 62.23 is a public nuisance and the creation thereof may be enjoined and
19maintenance thereof may be abated by action at suit of any municipality, the state
20or any citizen thereof. Any person who places or maintains any structure, building,
21fill or development within any floodplain in violation of a zoning ordinance adopted
22under this section, or s. 59.69, 61.35 or 62.23 may be fined not more than $50 for each
23offense. Each day during which such violation exists is a separate offense.
AB1137,48 24Section 48. 87.30 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1137,49 25Section 49. 107.001 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,12,7
1107.001 (1) “Exploration mining lease" means any lease, option to lease, option
2to purchase or similar conveyance entered into for the purpose of determining the
3presence, location, quality or quantity of nonferrous metallic metalliferous minerals
4or for the purpose of mining, developing or extracting nonferrous metallic
5metalliferous minerals, or both under ch. 293. Any lease, option to lease, option to
6purchase or similar conveyance entered into by a mining company is rebuttably
7presumed to be an exploration mining lease.
AB1137,50 8Section 50. 107.001 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1137,12,109 107.001 (2) “Metalliferous minerals" means naturally occurring minerals that
10contain metal.
AB1137,51 11Section 51. 107.01 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,12,15 12107.01 Rules governing mining rights. (intro.) Where there is no contract
13between the parties or terms established by the landlord to the contrary the following
14rules and regulations shall be applied to mining contracts and leases for the digging
15of nonferrous metallic ores and minerals:
AB1137,52 16Section 52. 107.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,12,2517 107.01 (2) The discovery of a crevice or range containing nonferrous metallic
18ores or minerals shall entitle the discoverer to the nonferrous metallic ores or
19minerals pertaining thereto, subject to the rent due the discoverer's landlord, before
20as well as after the nonferrous metallic ores or minerals are separated from the
21freehold; but such miner shall not be entitled to recover any nonferrous metallic ores
22or
minerals or the value thereof from the person digging on the miner's range in good
23faith and known to be mining thereon until the miner shall have given notice of the
24miner's claim; and the miner shall be entitled to the nonferrous metallic ores or
25minerals dug after such notice.
AB1137,53
1Section 53. 107.02 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,13,21 2107.02 Mining statement; penalty. When there is no agreement between the
3parties to any mining lease, license or permit, to mine or remove nonferrous metallic
4minerals
ore from any lands in this state, regulating the method of reporting the
5amount of nonferrous metallic minerals ore taken, the person mining and removing
6the nonferrous metallic minerals ore shall keep proper and correct books, and
7therefrom to make and deliver by or before the fifteenth 15th day of each month to
8the lessor, owner or person entitled thereto, a detailed statement covering the
9operations of the preceding month. The statement shall show the total amount of
10tons or pounds of each kind of nonferrous metallic minerals ore produced; if sold, then
11to whom sold, giving the date of sale, date of delivery to any railroad company,
12naming the company, and the station where delivered or billed for shipment; the
13name and address of the purchaser; the price per ton at which sold and the total value
14of each kind of nonferrous metallic minerals ore so sold. The books shall be always
15open to any owner, lessor, licensor or stockholder, if the owner, lessor or licensor is
16a corporation, and to any person or stockholder interested in any such mining
17operations, for the purpose of inspection and taking copies thereof or abstracts
18therefrom. Any person and every officer, agent or employee of any thereof, who
19violates this section, or who makes any false or incomplete entries on any such books
20or statements, shall be fined not less than $100 or imprisoned in the county jail for
21not more than 3 months or both.
AB1137,54 22Section 54. 107.03 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,14,7 23107.03 Conflicting claims. In case of conflicting claims to a crevice or range
24bearing nonferrous metallic ores or minerals the court may continue any action to
25enforce a claim or grant any necessary time for the purpose of allowing parties to

1prove up their mines or diggings if it satisfactorily appears necessary to the ends of
2justice. In such case the court or judge may appoint a receiver and provide that the
3mines or diggings be worked under the receiver's direction, subject to the order of the
4court, in such manner as best ascertains the respective rights of the parties. The
5nonferrous metallic ores or minerals raised by either party pending the dispute shall
6be delivered to the receiver, who may, by order of the court or judge, pay any rent or
7other necessary expenses therefrom.
AB1137,55 8Section 55. 107.04 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,14,20 9107.04 Lessee's fraud; failure to work mine. Any miner who conceals or
10disposes of any nonferrous metallic ores or minerals or mines or diggings for the
11purpose of defrauding the lessor of rent or who neglects to pay any rent on nonferrous
12metallic
ores or minerals raised by the miner for 3 days after the notice thereof and
13claim of the rent, shall forfeit all right to his or her mines, diggings or range; and the
14landlord after the concealment or after 3 days have expired from the time of
15demanding rent, may proceed against the miner to recover possession of the mines
16or diggings in circuit court as in the case of a tenant holding over after the
17termination of the lease. If a miner neglects to work his or her mines or diggings
18according to the usages of miners, without reasonable excuse, he or she shall likewise
19forfeit the mines or diggings and the landlord may proceed against the miner in like
20manner to recover possession of the mines or diggings.
AB1137,56 21Section 56. 107.11 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,15,8 22107.11 Account of nonferrous metallic minerals ore received. Every
23person operating a metal recovery system and every purchaser of nonferrous
24metallic
ores and minerals shall keep a substantially bound book, ruled into suitable
25columns, in which shall be entered from day to day, as nonferrous metallic ores or

1minerals are received, the following items: the day, month and year when received;
2the name of the person from whom purchased; the name of the person by whom
3hauled and delivered; and the name of the owner of the land from which the
4nonferrous metallic ores or minerals were obtained, or if not known, the name of the
5diggings or some distinct description of the land. The bound book shall be kept at
6the furnace or at the usual place of business of such person or purchaser or his or her
7agent in this state, and shall be open to authorized representatives of the department
8of revenue at reasonable times for inspection and taking extracts.
AB1137,57 9Section 57. 107.12 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,15,16 10107.12 Penalty. If any person operating a metal recovery system or purchaser
11of nonferrous metallic ores and minerals or the agent of any such person or purchaser
12doing business fails to keep such a book or to make such entries as required under
13s. 107.11 or unreasonably refuses to show the book for inspection or taking extracts
14or makes false entries in the book he or she shall forfeit $10 for each offense, one-half
15to the use of the prosecutor; and each day such failure or refusal continues shall be
16deemed a distinct and separate offense.
AB1137,58 17Section 58. 107.20 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,16,418 107.20 (1) Any provision of an exploration mining lease entered into after April
1925, 1978, granting an option or right to determine the presence, location, quality or
20quantity of nonferrous metallic metalliferous minerals shall be limited to a term not
21exceeding 10 years from the date on which the exploration mining lease is recorded
22in the office of the register of deeds of the county where the property is located, except
23that any provision of an exploration mining lease entered into after April 25, 1978,
24granting an option or right to determine the quality and quantity of nonferrous
25metallic
metalliferous minerals under a prospecting permit shall be limited to a term

1not exceeding 10 years from the date that the lessee applies for a prospecting permit
2under s. 293.35, if the lessee applies for the prospecting permit within 10 years from
3the date on which the exploration mining lease is recorded in the office of the register
4of deeds of the county where the property is located.
AB1137,59 5Section 59. 107.20 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,16,106 107.20 (2) Any provision of an exploration mining lease entered into after April
725, 1978, granting an option or right to develop or extract nonferrous metallic
8metalliferous minerals shall be limited to a term not exceeding 50 years from the date
9on which the exploration mining lease is recorded in the office of the register of deeds
10of the county where the property is located.
AB1137,60 11Section 60. 107.30 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,16,1612 107.30 (8) “Mining" or “mining operation" means all or part of the process
13involved in the mining of metallic minerals, other than for exploration or
14prospecting, including commercial extraction, agglomeration, beneficiation,
15construction of roads, removal of overburden, and the production of refuse
has the
16meaning given in s. 293.01 (9)
.
AB1137,61 17Section 61. 107.30 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,17,518 107.30 (15) “Prospecting" means engaging in the examination of an area for the
19purpose of determining the quality and quantity of minerals, other than for
20exploration but including the obtaining of an ore sample, by such physical means as
21excavating, trenching, construction of shafts, ramps, and tunnels and other means,
22other than for exploration, which the department of natural resources, by rule,
23identifies, and the production of prospecting refuse and other associated activities.
24“Prospecting" does not include such activities when the activities are, by themselves,
25intended for and capable of commercial exploitation of the underlying ore body. The

1fact that prospecting activities and construction may have use ultimately in mining,
2if approved, does not mean that prospecting activities and construction constitute
3mining within the meaning of sub. (8), provided such activities and construction are
4reasonably related to prospecting requirements
has the meaning given in s. 293.01
5(18)
.
AB1137,62 6Section 62. 107.30 (16) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,17,97 107.30 (16) “Prospecting site" means the lands on which prospecting is actually
8conducted as well as those lands on which physical disturbance will occur as a result
9of such activity
has the meaning given in s. 293.01 (21).
AB1137,63 10Section 63. 160.19 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,17,1711 160.19 (12) The requirements in this section shall not apply to rules governing
12an activity regulated under ch. 293 or subch. III of ch. 295, or to a solid waste facility
13regulated under subch. III of ch. 289 which is part of an activity regulated under ch.
14293 or subch. III of ch. 295, except that the department may promulgate new rules
15or amend rules governing this type of activity, practice or facility if the department
16determines that the amendment or promulgation of rules is necessary to protect
17public health, safety or welfare.
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