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1Section 12. 71.613 (2e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB54,5,152 71.613 (2e) Indexing for inflation. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), in
3August 2022, and every August thereafter, the department, in consultation with the
4department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, shall increase the dollar
5amounts in sub. (2) (am), (bm), (cm), and (d) by a percentage equal to the percentage
6change over the previous 12 months of an index of prices paid by farmers, as
7determined by the the national agricultural statistics service of the U.S. department
8of agriculture. The adjustment may occur only if the resulting dollar amounts are
9greater than the corresponding amounts that were calculated for the previous year.
10If an adjustment is not made in a previous year due to a negative change in the index,
11any subsequent adjustment shall be based on the percentage change in the index
12since August of the year that an adjustment under this paragraph last occurred,
13except that following a negative change in the index, no adjustment may occur under
14this paragraph until the current level of the index exceeds the highest level that the
15index had previously reached.
AB54,5,2416 (b) In August 2022, and every August thereafter, if the department is unable
17to make the adjustment described in par. (a) for a reason other than the resulting
18dollar amounts not being greater than the corresponding amounts calculated for the
19previous year, the department shall increase the dollar amounts in sub. (2) (am),
20(bm), (cm), and (d) by a percentage equal to the percentage change over the previous
2112 months of the consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average,
22as determined by the U.S. department of labor. The adjustment may occur only if the
23resulting dollar amounts are greater than the corresponding amounts that were
24calculated for the previous year.
AB54,13 25Section 13 . 91.04 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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191.04 Department to report. (intro.) At least once every 2 years, beginning
2not later than December 31, 2011, the department shall submit a farmland
3preservation report to the joint committee on finance, the standing committees of the
4legislature with jurisdiction over agriculture under s. 13.172 (3), and
the board of
5agriculture, trade and consumer protection and provide copies of the report to the
6department of revenue and the department of administration. The department shall
7prepare the report in cooperation with the department of revenue and shall include
8all of the following in the report:
AB54,14 9Section 14. 91.04 (2) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB54,6,1110 91.04 (2) (bm) The amount of the tax credits per qualifying acre, and the
11recommendations of the department for the tax credit amounts.
AB54,15 12Section 15 . 91.10 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB54,6,1713 91.10 (7) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.115 (7) (dm) or (tm), the
14department may award a grant to a city, village, town, county, regional planning
15commission, or tribal government for implementing a county's certified farmland
16preservation plan. In determining priorities for awarding grants under this
17subsection, the department shall first consider requests for grants under sub. (6) (a).
AB54,6,2018 (b) The department may award an implementation grant under par. (a) for the
19costs of any of the following activities in an area that is planned for farmland
20preservation in a county's certified farmland preservation plan:
AB54,6,2221 1. Certifying a farmland preservation zoning ordinance under s. 91.36 for the
22first time.
AB54,6,2323 2. Entering into farmland preservation agreements under s. 91.60.
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13. Designating an agricultural enterprise area under s. 91.84 or developing a
2project to facilitate agricultural preservation and development consistent with s.
391.84 (1) (a) 1.
AB54,7,44 4. Monitoring compliance under s. 91.82.
AB54,7,55 5. Targeted farmland preservation program outreach.
AB54,7,116 (c) The department shall enter into a contract with a city, village, town, county,
7regional planning commission, or tribal government to which it awards an
8implementation grant under par. (a) before the department distributes any grant
9funds to the recipient. In the contract, the department shall identify the costs for the
10activities under par. (b) that are eligible for reimbursement through the grant and
11a benchmark for distributing at least 50 percent of the grant funds.
AB54,7,1712 (d) The department may distribute grant funds under this subsection only after
13the city, village, town, county, regional planning commission, or tribal government
14shows that it has incurred costs that are eligible for reimbursement under par. (c).
15The department may not distribute more than 50 percent of the amount of a grant
16under par. (a) for an implementation project before the recipient completes the
17benchmark identified in the contract under par (c).
AB54,7,1918 (e) The department may require a recipient of an implementation grant under
19par. (a) to contribute matching funds up to 50 percent of the amount of the grant.
AB54,7,2120 (f) The department may consider the following factors when awarding grants
21under par. (a):
AB54,7,2422 1. The recipient's demonstrated commitment to implementing the county's
23certified farmland preservation plan, and the strength of documentation supporting
24the plan.
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12. The recipient's demonstrated commitment and capacity to implement and
2maintain farm conservation practices promulgated by the department under ss.
392.05 (3) (c) and (k), 92.14 (8), and 281.16 (3) (b) and (c).
AB54,8,64 3. The likelihood that activities funded by the grant address goals in the
5county's certified farmland preservation plan or grow participation in a local
6farmland preservation program.
AB54,8,87 4. The relative cost-effectiveness of activities funded by the grant in locally
8implementing the farmland preservation program.
AB54,8,99 5. The timeliness and completeness of plans and applications.
AB54,8,1110 6. The recipient's demonstrated cooperation and commitment to manage and
11implement funded projects.
AB54,8,1412 7. A county's annual financial contribution for soil and water resource
13management programs or funding awarded to county land conservation committees
14as a part of an annual grant under s. 92.14.
AB54,8,1515 8. Any other factor relevant to administering this chapter.
AB54,16 16Section 16. 91.62 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB54,8,1717 91.62 (1) (a) Specifies a term of at least 15 10 years.
AB54,8,1818 (End)
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