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AB68-ASA2,269,168 23.0917 (4j) (b) For fiscal year 2007-08, the department may not obligate more
9than $1,500,000 for cost-sharing with local governmental units for recreational
10boating projects under s. 30.92. For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year
112008-09 and ending with fiscal year 2021-22, the department may not obligate more
12than $2,500,000 for cost-sharing with local governmental units for recreational
13boating projects under s. 30.92. For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year
142022-23 and ending with fiscal year 2025-26, the department may not obligate more
15than $3,000,000 for cost-sharing with local governmental units for recreational
16boating projects under s. 30.92.
AB68-ASA2,148 17Section 148. 23.0917 (5g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,269,2418 23.0917 (5g) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) , (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) to (j), if
19for a given fiscal year, the department obligates an amount from the moneys
20appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for a subprogram under sub. (3) or (4) that is less
21than the annual bonding authority under that subprogram for that given fiscal year,
22the department may not obligate the unobligated amount in subsequent fiscal years.
23This subsection applies beginning with fiscal year 2011-12 and ending with fiscal
24year 2019-20 2025-26.
AB68-ASA2,149 25Section 149. 23.0917 (5g) (i) of the statutes is created to read:
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123.0917 (5g) (i) 1. In this paragraph, “unobligated amount" means the amount
2by which the bonding authority under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) beginning in fiscal year
31999-2000 and ending in fiscal year 2021-22 exceeded the amounts that the
4department expended, obligated, or otherwise encumbered from the moneys
5appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for those fiscal years, but not including the
6amount by which the annual bonding authority for the purpose under sub. (3) (br)
7beginning in fiscal year 2019-20 and ending in fiscal year 2021-22 exceeded the
8amounts obligated for that purpose in that fiscal year.
AB68-ASA2,270,139 2. Of the unobligated amount beginning in fiscal year 2022-23, the department
10may obligate amounts necessary for the purposes of the subprograms under subs. (3),
11(4), and (4j), but, for each subprogram, not more than the fiscal year 2022-23
12obligation limit for that subprogram, and not more than a total of $25,250,000 in each
13fiscal year.
AB68-ASA2,150 14Section 150. 23.0917 (5g) (j) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,270,2115 23.0917 (5g) (j) 1. In this paragraph, “unobligated amount" means the amount
16by which the annual bonding authority for the subprograms under subs. (3), (4), and
17(4j) in fiscal year 2019-20 exceeded the amounts that the department obligated from
18the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for those subprograms for that fiscal
19year, but not including the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the
20purpose under sub. (3) (br) in fiscal year 2019-20 exceeded the amount obligated for
21that purpose in that fiscal year.
AB68-ASA2,270,2322 2. Of the unobligated amount, the department shall obligate $3,000,000 to fund
23the Pierce County Islands Wildlife Area restoration project.
AB68-ASA2,151 24Section 151. 23.0917 (8) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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123.0917 (8) (f) 2. Beginning with fiscal year 2013-14 and ending with fiscal
2year 2021-22
, of the amount set aside for a given fiscal year under sub. (3) (bt), not
3more than one-third of that amount may be obligated for the purpose of the
4acquisition of land by the department.
AB68-ASA2,152 5Section 152. 23.0917 (8) (f) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,271,96 23.0917 (8) (f) 3. Beginning with fiscal year 2022-23, of the sum of the amount
7set aside for a given fiscal year under sub. (3) (b) and the amount in the appropriation
8under s. 20.370 (2) (mx) in that fiscal year, not more than one-third of that amount
9may be obligated for the purpose of land acquisition by the department.
AB68-ASA2,153 10Section 153. 23.0917 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,271,1211 23.0917 (12) Expenditures after 2022 2026. No moneys may be obligated from
12the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) after June 30, 2022 2026.
AB68-ASA2,154 13Section 154. 23.0953 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,271,1614 23.0953 (2) (a) (intro.) Beginning with fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with
15fiscal year 2021-22 2025-26, the department shall establish a grant program under
16which the department may award a grant to a county for any of the following:
AB68-ASA2,155 17Section 155. 23.0953 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 23.0953 (2) (b) 1. and
18amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,271,2219 23.0953 (2) (b) 1. Grants In each fiscal year ending with fiscal year 2021-22,
20grants
under this section shall be awarded from the appropriation under s. 20.866
21(2) (ta), and, for purposes of s. 23.0917, shall be treated as moneys obligated from the
22subprogram under s. 23.0917 (3).
AB68-ASA2,156 23Section 156. 23.0953 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,271,2524 23.0953 (2) (b) 2. Beginning with fiscal year 2022-23, grants under this section
25shall be awarded from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (my).
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1Section 157. 23.096 (2m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,272,62 23.096 (2m) (intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (2) (b), in each fiscal year beginning
3with fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with fiscal year 2021-22 2025-26, the
4department may award grants under this section that equal up to 75 percent of the
5acquisition costs of the property if the natural resources board determines that all
6of the following apply:
AB68-ASA2,158 7Section 158. 23.33 (2) (ir) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,272,168 23.33 (2) (ir) Registration; supplemental fee. In addition to the applicable fee
9under par. (c), (d), or (e), each when an agent appointed under par. (i) 3. who accepts
10an application to renew registration documents in person , or the department accepts
11an application to renew registration documents through a statewide automated
12system, the agent or the department
shall collect an issuing fee of 50 cents and a
13transaction fee of 50 cents each time the agent or the department issues renewal
14registration documents under par. (ig) 1. a. or b. The agent or the department shall
15retain the entire amount of each issuing fee and transaction fee the agent or the
16department
collects.
AB68-ASA2,159 17Section 159. 23.33 (2) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,272,2118 23.33 (2) (o) Receipt of all-terrain vehicle fees. All fees remitted to or collected
19by the department under par. (c) 1., (e), or (ir) for services provided regarding
20all-terrain vehicles shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9)
21(hu).
AB68-ASA2,160 22Section 160. 23.33 (2j) (f) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,272,2423 23.33 (2j) (f) 4. All fees remitted to or collected by the department under subd.
242. shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
AB68-ASA2,161 25Section 161. 23.335 (4) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
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123.335 (4) (h) Registration; supplemental fee. In addition to the applicable fee
2under par. (d) 1., 2., or 3. or (e) 2., each when an agent appointed under par. (f) 2. who
3accepts an application to renew registration documents in person, or the department
4accepts an application to renew registration documents through a statewide
5automated system, the agent or the department
shall collect an issuing fee of 50 cents
6and a transaction fee of 50 cents each time the agent or the department issues
7renewal registration documents under par. (g) 1. or 2. The agent or the department
8shall retain the entire amount of each issuing fee and transaction fee the agent or
9the department
collects.
AB68-ASA2,162 10Section 162. 23.335 (4) (hm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,273,1311 23.335 (4) (hm) Receipt of fees. All fees remitted to or collected by the
12department under par. (d) 1., 2., or 3. or (h) shall be credited to the appropriation
13account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
AB68-ASA2,163 14Section 163. 23.335 (5) (h) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,273,1615 23.335 (5) (h) All fees remitted to or collected by the department under par. (e)
16shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
AB68-ASA2,164 17Section 164. 24.62 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,274,218 24.62 (3) If any land purchased under s. 24.61 (2) (a) on or after July 14, 2015,
19or acquired in an exchange under s. 24.09 on or after July 14, 2015, was at the time
20of the purchase or acquisition subject to assessment or levy of a real property tax or
21subject to an obligation to make state or federal payments in lieu of taxes, the board
22shall make annual payments in lieu of property taxes from the proceeds from the sale
23of timber or from appropriate trust fund incomes
appropriation under s. 20.507 (1)
24(c)
to the appropriate local governmental unit in an amount equal to the property
25taxes levied on the land, or equal to the state or federal payments in lieu of taxes

1made with respect to the land, in the year prior to the year in which the board
2purchased or acquired the land.
AB68-ASA2,165 3Section 165. 25.29 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,274,64 25.29 (8) The expenditure of money from the conservation fund is subject to s.
523.0917 (6m) in the same manner as the obligation of money from the appropriation
6under s. 20.866 (2) (ta).
AB68-ASA2,166 7Section 166. 25.425 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,274,12 825.425 Election administration fund. There is established a separate
9nonlapsible trust fund, designated the election administration fund, consisting of all
10moneys received from the federal government under P.L. 107-252, all moneys
11received from requesters from sales of copies of the official registration list,
and all
12moneys transferred to the fund from other funds.
AB68-ASA2,167 13Section 167. 25.69 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,274,24 1425.69 Permanent endowment fund. There is established a separate
15nonlapsible trust fund designated as the permanent endowment fund, consisting of
16all of the proceeds from the sale of the state's right to receive payments under the
17Attorneys General Master Tobacco Settlement Agreement of November 23, 1998,
18and all investment earnings on the proceeds. Any revenues or proceeds that are
19derived from the repurchase by the state of the tobacco settlement revenues under
20s. 16.527 (3) (c) 1. are also deposited into the permanent endowment fund. Beginning
21in the 2009-10 2021-22 fiscal year, there is transferred from the permanent
22endowment fund to the Medical Assistance trust fund $50,000,000 in each fiscal year
23and the remainder
all of the moneys deposited into the permanent endowment fund
24in each fiscal year is transferred to the general fund.
AB68-ASA2,168 25Section 168. 25.75 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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125.75 (2) Creation. There is created a separate nonlapsible trust fund known
2as the lottery fund, to consist of gross lottery revenues received by the department
3of revenue and moneys transferred to the lottery fund under ss. 20.435 (5) (kg),
420.455 (2) (g), and 20.505 (8) (am), and (g), and (jm).
AB68-ASA2,169 5Section 169. 28.11 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,275,96 28.11 (8) (a) Acreage payments. As soon after April 20 of each year as feasible,
7the department shall pay to each town treasurer 30 63 cents per acre, based on the
8acreage of such lands as of the preceding June 30, as a grant out of the appropriation
9made by s. 20.370 (5) (bv) on each acre of county lands entered under this section.
AB68-ASA2,170 10Section 170 . 29.191 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,275,1911 29.191 (1) (c) Reporting requirement. No later than November 15 of each
12odd-numbered year, the department shall submit to the joint committee on finance
13and the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) a
14report identifying how the money received from fees for waterfowl hunting stamps
15is used for habitat projects. The report shall account for money received from fees
16for waterfowl hunting stamps that is awarded or obligated to each habitat project,
17expenditures made for each habitat project during the preceding fiscal biennium,
18and any money received from fees for waterfowl hunting stamps that remained
19unobligated at the end of the preceding fiscal biennium.
AB68-ASA2,171 20Section 171 . 29.563 (2) (e) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,275,2121 29.563 (2) (e) 3. Waterfowl: $6.75 $11.75.
AB68-ASA2,172 22Section 172. 30.52 (1m) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,276,623 30.52 (1m) (ar) Supplemental fees. In addition to the applicable fee under sub.
24(3), each when an agent appointed under par. (a) 3. who accepts an application to
25renew certification or registration documents in person , or the department accepts

1an application to renew registration documents through a statewide automated
2system, the agent or the department
shall collect an issuing fee of 50 cents and a
3transaction fee of 50 cents each time the agent or the department issues renewal
4certification or registration documents or a renewal temporary operating receipt
5under par. (ag) 1. or 2. The agent or the department shall retain the entire amount
6of each issuance and transaction fee the agent or the department collects.
AB68-ASA2,173 7Section 173. 30.52 (3) (k) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,276,98 30.52 (3) (k) Use of fees. All fees remitted to or collected by the department
9under par. (j) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
AB68-ASA2,174 10Section 174. 30.537 (4) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,276,1211 30.537 (4) (g) All fees remitted to or collected by the department under pars.
12(a), (c), and (d) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
AB68-ASA2,175 13Section 175. 31.385 (2) (ad) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,276,1614 31.385 (2) (ad) Notwithstanding par. (a), beginning with financial assistance
15provided in the 2021-22 fiscal year, financial assistance for a dam safety project may
16not exceed $1,000,000 and shall be awarded in the following amounts:
AB68-ASA2,276,1817 1. An amount equal to 50 percent of project costs for the first $1,000,000 in
18project costs.
AB68-ASA2,276,1919 2. An amount equal to 25 percent of project costs in excess of $1,000,000.
AB68-ASA2,176 20Section 176. 36.60 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,276,2521 36.60 (2) (a) 2. The board may repay, on behalf of a physician or dentist who
22agrees under sub. (3) to practice in a rural area, up to $100,000 in educational loans
23obtained by the physician or dentist from a public or private lending institution for
24education in an accredited school of medicine or dentistry or for postgraduate
25medical or dental training.
AB68-ASA2,177
1Section 177. 36.60 (4m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,277,52 36.60 (4m) Loan repayment; rural physicians and dentists. (intro.) If a
3physician or dentist agrees under sub. (3) to practice in a rural area, principal and
4interest due on the loan, exclusive of any penalties, may be repaid by the board at
5the following rate:
AB68-ASA2,178 6Section 178. 38.16 (3) (a) 2w. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,277,87 38.16 (3) (a) 2w. “Revenue" means the sum of the tax levy, property tax relief
8aid under sub. subs. (4) and (5), and payments received under s. 79.096.
AB68-ASA2,179 9Section 179. 38.16 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,277,1210 38.16 (5) Annually on the 3rd Friday in February, the board shall distribute
11to each district board, from the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (dp), the amount
12determined as follows:
AB68-ASA2,277,1513 (a) For the payment in 2022, divide the amount of the district's distribution
14under sub. (4) (b) in 2022 by the total amount of distributions to all districts under
15sub. (4) (b) in 2022, and multiply the quotient by $29,000,000.
AB68-ASA2,277,1916 (b) For the payment in 2023 and annually thereafter, divide the amount of the
17district's distribution under sub. (4) (b) in the same year by the total amount of
18distributions to all districts under sub. (4) (b) in that year, and multiply the quotient
19by $43,000,000.
AB68-ASA2,180 20Section 180 . 39.395 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,277,24 2139.395 Nurse educators. (1) In this section, “institution of higher education”
22means an institution or college campus within the University of Wisconsin System,
23a technical college within the technical college system, or a private, nonprofit
24institution of higher education located in this state.
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1(2) Subject to sub. (3), the board shall establish a program that provides all of
2the following:
AB68-ASA2,278,53 (a) Fellowships for students who enroll in doctor of nursing practice, doctor of
4philosophy in nursing, or master of science in nursing degree programs in an
5institution of higher education.
AB68-ASA2,278,76 (b) Postdoctoral fellowships to recruit faculty for nursing programs in an
7institution of higher education.
AB68-ASA2,278,98 (c) Educational loan repayment assistance to recruit and retain faculty for
9nursing programs in an institution of higher education.
AB68-ASA2,278,13 10(3) The program established under sub. (2) shall require individuals who
11receive fellowships under sub. (2) (a) or (b) or assistance under sub. (2) (c) to make
12a commitment to teach for at least 3 consecutive years in a nursing program at an
13institution of higher education.
AB68-ASA2,278,15 14(4) Costs associated with the program established under sub. (2) shall be
15funded from the appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (co).
AB68-ASA2,181 16Section 181. 45.41 (2) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,279,217 45.41 (2) (am) Upon application the department may make a payment to any
18state veterans organization that establishes that it, or its national organization, or
19both, has maintained a full-time service office at the regional office for 5 consecutive
20years out of the 10-year period immediately preceding the application. Any payment
21shall be calculated based on the total amount of all salaries and travel expenses
22under sub. (3) paid during the previous fiscal year by the state veterans organization
23to employees engaged in veterans claims service and stationed at the regional office.
24The department shall pay an amount equal to 50 percent of all salaries and travel

1expenses under sub. (3) or $100,000 $175,000, whichever is less, to a recipient under
2this paragraph.
AB68-ASA2,182 3Section 182 . 45.48 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,279,94 45.48 (1m) The department shall expend at least $100,000 annually under sub.
5(1) to promote suicide prevention and awareness by providing outreach, mental
6health services, and support to individuals who are members of a traditionally
7underserved population, including minority groups and individuals who reside in
8rural areas of the state. The department may enter into contracts to provide services
9under this subsection.
AB68-ASA2,183 10Section 183. 45.50 (12) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2,279,1711 45.50 (12) Natural disaster or state of emergency. If the governor issues an
12executive order under s. 323.10 declaring a state of emergency, the department may
13expend moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (1) (ks) to pay any necessary
14costs to prepare for or respond to the emergency at a veterans home. The department
15may expend moneys under this subsection only after all funds allocated by the
16federal government to veterans homes in this state for purposes of responding to the
17emergency have been exhausted.
AB68-ASA2,184 18Section 184 . 45.82 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,280,719 45.82 (2) The department of veterans affairs shall award a grant annually to
20a county that meets the standards developed under this section if the county
21executive, administrator, or administrative coordinator certifies to the department
22that it employs a county veterans service officer who, if chosen after April 15, 2015,
23is chosen from a list of candidates who have taken a civil service examination for the
24position of county veterans service officer developed and administered by the bureau
25of merit recruitment and selection in the department of administration, or is

1appointed under a civil service competitive examination procedure under s. 59.52 (8)
2or ch. 63. The grant shall be $8,500 $9,350 for a county with a population of less than
320,000, $10,000 $11,000 for a county with a population of 20,000 to 45,499, $11,500
4$12,650 for a county with a population of 45,500 to 74,999, and $13,000 $14,300 for
5a county with a population of 75,000 or more. The department of veterans affairs
6shall use the most recent Wisconsin official population estimates prepared by the
7demographic services center when making grants under this subsection.
AB68-ASA2,185 8Section 185 . 45.82 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2,280,109 45.82 (3) Notwithstanding sub. (2), an eligible county with a part-time county
10veterans service officer shall be eligible for an annual grant not exceeding $500 $550.
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