Amendment SSA1-AB68

AB68-SSA1,1553 Section 1553. 86.195 (2) (ag) 16m. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,770,20 86.195 (2) (ag) 16m. STH 172 from I 43 southeast of Green Bay to USH I 41 at Ashwaubenon.

AB68-SSA1,1554 Section 1554. 86.195 (2) (ag) 19. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,770,23 86.195 (2) (ag) 19. USH 8 from USH 51 southeast east of Bradley Heafford Junction to STH 47 USH 45 at Monico.

AB68-SSA1,1555 Section 1555. 86.195 (2) (ag) 22. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,771,2 86.195 (2) (ag) 22. USH 12 from I 90 CTH “N” east of Madison to I 90 north south of Wisconsin Dells.

AB68-SSA1,1556 Section 1556. 86.195 (2) (ag) 24. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,771,5 86.195 (2) (ag) 24. USH 41 from STH 181 at Milwaukee to the state line in Kenosha County to the state line in Marinette County.

AB68-SSA1,1557 Section 1557. 86.195 (2) (ag) 25. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,771,7 86.195 (2) (ag) 25. USH 45 from USH I 41 at Richfield to STH 28 at Kewaskum.

AB68-SSA1,1558 Section 1558. 86.195 (2) (ag) 26. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,771,10 86.195 (2) (ag) 26. USH 45 from USH I 41 at Appleton Oshkosh to USH 8 at Monico.

AB68-SSA1,1559 Section 1559. 86.195 (2) (ag) 27. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,771,13 86.195 (2) (ag) 27. USH 51 from STH 78 north of Portage 29 south of Wausau to USH 2 at Hurley.

AB68-SSA1,1560 Section 1560. 86.195 (2) (ag) 29. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,771,16 86.195 (2) (ag) 29. USH STH 64 from the state line in St. Croix County to East Jct USH 63 east of New Richmond.

AB68-SSA1,1561 Section 1561. 86.195 (2) (ag) 30. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,771,19 86.195 (2) (ag) 30. USH 78 1 39 from I 90 south of Portage the state line in Rock County to USH 51 north of Portage STH 29 south of Wausau.

AB68-SSA1,1562 Section 1562. 86.195 (2) (ag) 31. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,771,22 86.195 (2) (ag) 31. USH 141 from I 43 at northwest of Green Bay to the state line in Marinette County.

AB68-SSA1,1563 Section 1563. 86.195 (2) (ag) 33. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,772,3 86.195 (2) (ag) 33. STH 441 between the Roland Kampo Bridge and USH I 41 in Appleton, designated as the tri-county expressway, in Calumet, Outagamie and Winnebago counties.

AB68-SSA1,1564 Section 1564. 86.195 (2) (ag) 34. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,772,6 86.195 (2) (ag) 34. USH 53 from I 90 at La Crosse Onalaska to STH 35 north of Holmen.

AB68-SSA1,1565 Section 1565. 86.195 (2) (ag) 36. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,772,9 86.195 (2) (ag) 36. USH 12 from CTH “P" in Walworth County southeast of Whitewater to Tri County Road in Rock County.

AB68-SSA1,1566 Section 1566. 86.195 (2) (ag) 37. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,772,11 86.195 (2) (ag) 37. STH 35 from CTH “M” at River Falls to I 94 east of Hudson.

AB68-SSA1,1567 Section 1567. 86.195 (2) (ag) 38. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,772,14 86.195 (2) (ag) 38. USH 51 from STH 19 north of Madison to CTH “V” at DeForest.

AB68-SSA1,1568 Section 1568. 86.195 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,772,21 86.195 (2) (c) A person who requests the erection or installation of a sign under par. (a) or (b) shall pay to the department an annual permit fee of $40 $80 to cover administrative costs and the cost of inspection of the signs erected or installed under this section. In addition, the person requesting a sign under par. (a) or (b) shall pay a fee for the manufacture, installation and maintenance of the specific information sign and the installation and maintenance of the business sign.

AB68-SSA1,1569 Section 1569. 86.195 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,772,24 86.195 (3) (b) 2. Regular operation at least 5 days a week, opening for service no later than 10 a.m. and remaining open until at least 7 p.m.;

AB68-SSA1,1570 Section 1570. 86.195 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,773,6 86.195 (5) (b) Number of signs permitted. No more than 4 specific information signs for each category of motorist service may be erected The department may not authorize the erection of a number of signs along an approach to an interchange or intersection that exceeds the number of signs authorized by the manual on uniform traffic control devices adopted by the department under s. 84.02 (4) (e). No specific information sign may contain more than 6 business signs.

AB68-SSA1,1571 Section 1571 . 86.195 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,773,14 86.195 (5) (c) Conformity with discrimination laws. Each business identified as a motorist service on a specific information sign shall, as a condition of eligibility for erection, installation and maintenance of a sign under this section, give written assurance to the department that the business conforms with all applicable laws concerning the provisions of public accommodations without regard to race, religion, color, sex or, national origin , or status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03 (3r).

AB68-SSA1,1572 Section 1572. 86.195 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,773,18 86.195 (6) (a) Specific information signs and business signs shall have a blue reflectorized background with a white reflectorized border and white reflectorized legend. Sign panels may be illuminated.

AB68-SSA1,1573 Section 1573. 86.30 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,773,23 86.30 (2) (a) 3. For each mile of road or street under the jurisdiction of a municipality as determined under s. 86.302, the mileage aid payment shall be $2,389 in calendar year 2019 and $2,628 in calendar year years 2020 and 2021, $2,681 in calendar year 2022, and $2,734 in calendar year 2023 and thereafter.

AB68-SSA1,1574 Section 1574. 86.30 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,774,6 86.30 (9) (b) For the purpose of calculating and distributing aids under sub. (2), the amounts for aids to counties are $111,093,800 in calendar year 2019 and $122,203,200 in calendar year years 2020 and 2021, $124,647,300 in calendar year 2022, and $127,140,200 in calendar year 2023 and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to determine the statewide county average cost-sharing percentage in the particular calendar year.

AB68-SSA1,1575 Section 1575. 86.30 (9) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,774,13 86.30 (9) (c) For the purpose of calculating and distributing aids under sub. (2), the amounts for aids to municipalities are $348,639,300 in calendar year 2019 and $383,503,200 in calendar year years 2020 and 2021, $391,173,300 in calendar year 2022, and $398,996,800 in calendar year 2023 and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to determine the statewide municipal average cost-sharing percentage in the particular calendar year.

AB68-SSA1,1576 Section 1576. 86.303 (5) (i) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,774,16 86.303 (5) (i) 3. The amount of reduction may not exceed $100 for each working day after July 31 that the financial reports are actually submitted.

AB68-SSA1,1577 Section 1577. 86.31 (3s) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,1578 Section 1578. 86.35 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,774,19 86.35 Local road aids for critical infrastructure. (1) In this section:

AB68-SSA1,774,20 (a) “Eligible applicant” means a city, village, town, or county.

AB68-SSA1,774,21 (b) “Eligible project” means a project that satisfies the requirements of sub. (3).

AB68-SSA1,774,23 (2) The department shall develop and administer a local road aids for critical infrastructure program.

AB68-SSA1,774,25 (3) A project is eligible for funding under this section if all of the following apply:

AB68-SSA1,775,2 (a) The project is for the reconstruction of a culvert or bridge to a higher standard durability.

AB68-SSA1,775,4 (b) The culvert or bridge under par. (a) is owned by the eligible applicant that is applying for the grant.

AB68-SSA1,775,6 (c) The culvert or bridge under par. (a) is at risk of being damaged by future extreme storm water events.

AB68-SSA1,775,9 (4) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (usb), the department shall award grants to reimburse eligible applicants for moneys expended on eligible projects.

AB68-SSA1,775,15 (b) The department shall promulgate rules prescribing the form, nature, and extent of information that shall be contained in applications for grants under this section and shall establish criteria for evaluating applications and for awarding grants under this section. The criteria for awarding grants under this section shall prioritize grants for eligible projects most at risk from future extreme storm water events.

AB68-SSA1,775,17 (c) The amount of a grant awarded under this section may not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the project.

AB68-SSA1,1579 Section 1579 . 86.51 of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,1580 Section 1580. 91.10 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,775,21 91.10 (title) County plan required; planning and implementation grants.

AB68-SSA1,1581 Section 1581. 91.10 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,775,25 91.10 (7) (a) From the appropriations under s. 20.115 (7) (dm) and (tm), the department may award implementation grants to counties for implementing a county's certified farmland preservation plan.

AB68-SSA1,776,4 (b) The department shall enter into a contract with a county to which it awards a planning grant under par. (a) before the department distributes any grant funds to the county. In the contract, the department shall identify the costs that are eligible for reimbursement through the grant.

AB68-SSA1,776,7 (c) The department may distribute grant funds under this subsection only after the county shows that it has incurred costs that are eligible for reimbursement under par. (b).

AB68-SSA1,1582 Section 1582. 92.14 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,776,17 92.14 (3) Basic allocations to counties. (intro.) To help counties fund their land and water conservation activities, the department shall award an annual grant from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (7) (c), (f), (qe), or (qf) or s. 20.866 (2) (we) to any county land conservation committee that has a land and water resource management plan approved by the department under s. 92.10 (4) (d), and that, by county board action, has resolved to provide any matching funds required under sub. (5g). The county may use the grant for land and water resource management planning and for any of the following purposes, consistent with the approved land and water resource management plan:

AB68-SSA1,1583 Section 1583 . 92.14 (3) (a) 4m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,776,20 92.14 (3) (a) 4m. County land conservation personnel who primarily focus on climate change and climate change resiliency.

AB68-SSA1,1584 Section 1584. 92.14 (5r) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,777,4 92.14 (5r) Annual grant request. Every land conservation committee shall prepare annually a grant request that describes the land and water resource staffing needs and activities to be undertaken or funded by the county under this chapter and ss. 281.65 and 281.66 and the funding needed for those purposes. The grant request shall specifically state any request for funding for climate change personnel under sub. (3) (a) 4m. The grant request shall be consistent with the county's plan under s. 92.10. The land conservation committee shall submit the grant request to the department.

AB68-SSA1,1585 Section 1585 . 93.01 (14m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,777,11 93.01 (14m) “Regenerative agricultural practice” means an agricultural management technique designed to build soil health and crop resiliency, improve water and nutrient retention, or sequester carbon, primarily by managing the organic matter content of soil. “Regenerative agricultural practice” includes diversifying crop rotations and using no-till planting, managed grazing, cover cropping, and composting.

AB68-SSA1,1586 Section 1586. 93.06 (1qm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,777,16 93.06 (1qm) Loans and grants for rural development. Make Provide grants, make loans, and charge interest and origination fees and take security for those loans, as required to receive federal funding for the development of rural business enterprises or for rural economic development.

AB68-SSA1,1587 Section 1587. 93.425 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,777,21 93.425 Wisconsin initiative for agricultural exports. (1) The department shall consult with the center for international agribusiness marketing and establish and administer an agricultural exports program to promote the export of this state's agricultural and agribusiness products.

AB68-SSA1,778,2 (2) In establishing and administering the program under this section, not more than 50 percent of the funds from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (3) (d) may be used for promoting dairy product exports and not more than 50 percent of the funds from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (3) (d) may be used for promoting fruit, vegetable, meat, fish, and other agricultural product exports.

AB68-SSA1,1588 Section 1588. 93.48 of the statutes is renumbered 93.63, and 93.63 (1), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,778,11 93.63 (1) The department may award grants from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (4) (am) (f) to individuals or organizations to fund projects that are designed to increase the sale of agricultural products grown in this state that are purchased in close proximity to where they are produced. The department may not award a grant under this section unless the applicant contributes matching funds equal to at least 50 percent of the costs of the project. The department shall promulgate rules for the program under this section.

AB68-SSA1,1589 Section 1589 . 93.485 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,778,19 93.485 Water stewardship certification grant program. The department may award grants from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (4) (cm) to agricultural producers to reimburse the amounts that a producer pays to the Alliance for Water Stewardship to obtain a certification of water stewardship. The department shall award grants under this section directly to the agricultural producer. Grants under this section may not be used to reimburse any costs of operational changes needed to obtain the certification of water stewardship.

AB68-SSA1,1590 Section 1590. 93.49 (1), (2), (3) (b) and (c), (4) and (5) of the statutes are renumbered 93.61 (1), (2), (3) (b) and (c), (4) and (5).

AB68-SSA1,1591 Section 1591. 93.49 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 93.61 (3) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,779,3 93.61 (3) (a) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.115 (4) (as) (f), the department shall provide grants to school districts, in coordination with the department of public instruction, and to nonprofit organizations, farmers, and any other entities for the creation and expansion of farm to school programs. The department shall give preference to the following types of proposals:

AB68-SSA1,779,5 2. Proposals that are innovative or that provide models that other school districts can adopt.