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23.0917(4m)(a)1.1. “Assigned amount” means the sum of the amounts made available for expenditure under par. (g) and the amounts set aside by the department under par. (h) 1.
23.0917(4m)(a)2.2. “Federal nontransportation moneys” means moneys received from the federal government that are not deposited in the transportation fund and that are not credited to the appropriation under s. 20.115 (2) (m).
23.0917(4m)(a)3.3. “Local governmental unit” means a city, village, town, county, lake sanitary district, as defined in s. 30.50 (4q), or a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district.
23.0917(4m)(b)(b) Matching funding. The department shall provide funding under the subprogram for the Baraboo Hills to match the value of land acquisitions that are certified as qualifying matching land acquisitions under par. (e).
23.0917(4m)(c)(c) Overall requirements.
23.0917(4m)(c)1.1. The department may obligate not more than $5,000,000 under the subprogram for the Baraboo Hills.
23.0917(4m)(c)2.2. The amount of moneys, other than federal moneys, that may be used by local governmental units or nonprofit conservation organizations to make land acquisitions that are certified as qualifying matching land acquisitions under par. (e) may not exceed $2,500,000.
23.0917(4m)(c)3.3. Land that is either certified as a qualifying matching land acquisition under par. (e) or (h) 2. or acquired with moneys made available for expenditure under par. (g) or (h) 2. may not be department land or land that is otherwise owned or under the jurisdiction of the state on October 29, 1999.
23.0917(4m)(d)(d) Matching land acquisitions; requirements. The department may only certify as a qualifying matching land acquisition in the Baraboo Hills an acquisition to which all of the following apply:
23.0917(4m)(d)1.1. The land is being acquired for conservation purposes.
23.0917(4m)(d)2.2. The land is being acquired by the federal government, by a local governmental unit or by a nonprofit conservation organization.
23.0917(4m)(d)3.3. Any federal moneys being used for the acquisition are federal nontransportation moneys.
23.0917(4m)(e)(e) Matching land acquisitions; certification. The department shall certify which land acquisitions qualify as matching land acquisitions for the subprogram for the Baraboo Hills and shall determine the values of these matching land acquisitions as provided in par. (f).
23.0917(4m)(f)(f) Matching land acquisitions; valuation. The value of a land acquisition that is certified as a qualifying matching land acquisition under par. (e), shall be calculated as follows:
23.0917(4m)(f)1.1. For land that is acquired by purchase at fair market value, the value shall equal the sum of the purchase price and the costs incurred by the federal government, local governmental unit or nonprofit conservation organization in acquiring the land.
23.0917(4m)(f)2.2. For land that is acquired by gift or bequest or by purchase at less than fair market value, the value shall equal the sum of the appraised fair market value of the land at the time of the acquisition and the costs incurred by the acquiring entity in acquiring the land. The acquiring entity shall supply the appraisal upon which the appraised fair market value is based.
23.0917(4m)(g)(g) Matching land acquisitions; available moneys. For each land acquisition that is certified as a qualifying matching land acquisition under par. (e), the department shall make available for expenditure moneys in an amount that equals the value of the land acquisition, as calculated under par. (f). This paragraph does not apply to a land acquisition that is acquired with moneys committed by the federal government, local governmental unit or nonprofit conservation organization under par. (h).
23.0917(4m)(h)(h) Matching land acquisitions; future commitments.
23.0917(4m)(h)1.1. In addition to the moneys made available for expenditure under par. (g), the department shall set aside moneys in amounts that equal amounts that the federal government, local governmental units or nonprofit conservation organizations commit for the acquisition of land in the Baraboo Hills for conservation purposes. Federal moneys that are committed under this paragraph shall be federal nontransportation moneys. The department may set aside moneys under this paragraph only for commitments that are made before January 1, 2006.
23.0917(4m)(h)2.2. For each land acquisition that is made by using moneys that are committed by the federal government, a local governmental unit or a nonprofit conservation organization under this paragraph and that is certified as a qualifying matching land acquisition under par. (e), the department shall make available for expenditure moneys in an amount that equals the value of the land acquisition, as calculated under par. (f), after the acquisition is certified.
23.0917(4m)(i)(i) Available moneys; uses. The moneys made available for expenditure under par. (g) or (h) 2. may be used by the department to acquire land in the Baraboo Hills for conservation purposes and to award grants to local governmental units and nonprofit conservation organizations.
23.0917(4m)(j)(j) Available moneys; grant requirements. A local governmental unit or nonprofit conservation organization that receives a grant under par. (i) does not need to provide any matching funding. Land acquired with moneys from a grant awarded under par. (i) may not be certified by the department as a qualifying matching land acquisition under par. (e). Grants awarded under par. (i) shall be used to acquire land for conservation purposes in the Baraboo Hills.
23.0917(4m)(k)(k) Unassigned amount. If the assigned amount for the subprogram for the Baraboo Hills on January 1, 2006, is less than the available bonding authority, the department shall calculate the unassigned amount by subtracting the assigned amount from the available bonding authority. The department shall then adjust the annual bonding authority for the subprogram for land acquisition by increasing its annual bonding authority by an amount equal to this unassigned amount. The department shall expend any assigned amount that has not been expended before January 1, 2006, for acquisitions, by the department, of land for conservation purposes and for grants that meet the requirements under par. (j).
23.0917(4m)(L)(L) Highway construction required. No moneys may be obligated for the subprogram for the Baraboo Hills before the department of transportation certifies to the department of natural resources that highway construction that will result in at least 4 traffic lanes has begun on the portion of USH 12 between the city of Middleton and the village of Sauk City.
23.0917(5)(5)Adjustments for subsequent fiscal years.
23.0917(5)(a)(a) If for a given fiscal year the department obligates an amount from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for a subprogram under sub. (3) or (4) that is less than the annual bonding authority for that subprogram for that given fiscal year, the department shall adjust the annual bonding authority for that subprogram by raising the annual bonding authority, as it may have been previously adjusted under this paragraph and par. (b), for the next fiscal year by the amount that equals the difference between the amount authorized for that subprogram and the obligated amount for that subprogram in that given fiscal year. This paragraph does not apply after fiscal year 2010-11.
23.0917(5)(b)(b) If for a given fiscal year the department obligates an amount from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for a subprogram under sub. (3) or (4) that is more than the annual bonding authority for that subprogram for that given fiscal year, the department shall adjust the annual bonding authority for that subprogram by lowering the annual bonding authority, as it may have been previously adjusted under this paragraph and par. (a), for the next fiscal year by an amount equal to the remainder calculated by subtracting the amount authorized for that subprogram from the obligated amount, as it may be affected under par. (c) or (d), for that subprogram in that given fiscal year.
23.0917(5)(c)(c) The department may not obligate for a fiscal year an amount from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for a subprogram under sub. (3) or (4) that exceeds the amount equal to the annual bonding authority for that subprogram as it may have been previously adjusted under pars. (a) and (b), except as provided in par. (d).
23.0917(5)(d)(d) For a given fiscal year, in addition to obligating the amount of the annual bonding authority for a subprogram under sub. (3) or (4), or the amount equal to the annual bonding authority for that subprogram, as adjusted under pars. (a) and (b), whichever amount is applicable, the department may also obligate for that subprogram up to 100 percent of the annual bonding authority for that subprogram for that given fiscal year for a project or activity if the natural resources board determines that all of the following conditions apply:
23.0917(5)(d)1.1. That moneys appropriated for that subprogram to the department under s. 20.370 and the moneys appropriated for that subprogram under s. 20.866 (2) (ta), (tp) to (tw), (ty) and (tz) do not provide sufficient funding for the project or activity.
23.0917(5)(d)2.2. That any land involved in the project or activity covers a large area or the land is uniquely valuable in conserving the natural resources of the state.
23.0917(5)(d)3.3. That delaying or deferring all or part of the cost to a subsequent fiscal year is not reasonably possible.
23.0917(5g)(5g)Unused bonding authority.
23.0917(5g)(a)(a) Except as provided in pars. (b) to (j), if for a given fiscal year, the department obligates an amount from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for a subprogram under sub. (3) or (4) that is less than the annual bonding authority under that subprogram for that given fiscal year, the department may not obligate the unobligated amount in subsequent fiscal years. This subsection applies beginning with fiscal year 2011-12 and ending with fiscal year 2025-26.
23.0917(5g)(b)(b) If in a given fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2013-14 the amount that the department obligates from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) to provide grants to nonprofit conservation organizations under s. 23.096 is less than the amount set aside for that purpose under sub. (3) (br) in that fiscal year, the department may obligate the unobligated amount in the next fiscal year but only for the purpose of awarding a grant under s. 23.0953 to a county for the acquisition of land for a county forest under s. 28.11.
23.0917(5g)(c)1.1. In this paragraph, “unobligated amount” means the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the subprograms under subs. (3), (4), and (4j) in fiscal years 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, and 2015-16 exceeded the amounts that the department obligated from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for those subprograms for those fiscal years, but not including the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the purpose under sub. (3) (br) in fiscal years 2013-14, 2014-15, and 2015-16 exceeded the amount obligated for that purpose in that fiscal year.
23.0917(5g)(c)2.2. The department shall obligate the unobligated amount as follows:
23.0917(5g)(c)2.a.a. The amount necessary for the purpose under sub. (4) (cm) 4. but not more than $19,600,000.
23.0917(5g)(c)2.b.b. The amount necessary for the purpose under sub. (4) (cm) 5. but not more than $12,500,000.
23.0917(5g)(c)2.c.c. Subject to the limitation under s. 31.385 (7), the amount necessary for county dam safety grants under s. 31.385 (7) but not more than the difference between the amounts obligated under subd. 2. a. and b. and the unobligated amount.
23.0917(5g)(d)1.1. In this paragraph, “unobligated amount” means the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the subprograms under subs. (3), (4), and (4j) in fiscal years 2014-15 and 2015-16 exceeded the amounts that the department obligated from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for those subprograms for those fiscal years, but not including the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the purpose under sub. (3) (br) in fiscal years 2014-15 and 2015-16 exceeded the amount obligated for that purpose in that fiscal year.
23.0917(5g)(d)2.2. The department shall obligate the unobligated amount as follows:
23.0917(5g)(d)2.a.a. The amount necessary for a grant to Iron County to rebuild the Saxon Harbor campground and marina but not more than $1,000,000.
23.0917(5g)(d)2.b.b. The amount necessary for the purpose under s. 23.0963 but not more than $1,000,000.
23.0917(5g)(d)2.c.c. The amount necessary for no more than 50 percent of the cost of reconstructing Eagle Tower in Peninsula State Park but not more than $750,000.
23.0917(5g)(d)2.d.d. The amount necessary to enhance a shelter located near the Palmatory scenic overlook on the south side of the Horicon Marsh Wildlife Area but not more than $500,000.
23.0917(5g)(d)2.e.e. The amount necessary for a grant to the cities of Neenah and Menasha for no more than 50 percent of the cost of constructing 2 pedestrian bridges across the Fox River and pedestrian trails to connect the bridges to existing pedestrian trails but not more than $415,300 and subject to the limitation that the total amount obligated under this subd. 2. e. and s. 23.197 (16) may not exceed $2,015,300.
23.0917(5g)(e)1.1. In this paragraph, “unobligated amount” means the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the subprograms under subs. (3), (4), and (4j) in fiscal years 2014-15, 2015-16, and 2016-17 exceeded the amounts that the department obligated from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for those subprograms for those fiscal years, but not including the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the purpose under sub. (3) (br) in fiscal years 2014-15, 2015-16, and 2016-17 exceeded the amount obligated for that purpose in that fiscal year.
23.0917(5g)(e)2.2. Of the unobligated amount, the department shall obligate an amount necessary for the purpose under s. 281.665 (4) (c), but not more than $14,600,000.
23.0917(5g)(f)1.1. In this paragraph, “unobligated amount” means the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the subprograms under subs. (3), (4), and (4j) in fiscal year 2016-17 exceeded the amounts that the department obligated from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for those subprograms for that fiscal year, but not including the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the purpose under sub. (3) (br) in fiscal year 2016-17 exceeded the amount obligated for that purpose in that fiscal year.
23.0917(5g)(f)2.2. Of the unobligated amount, the department shall obligate an amount necessary to fund critical health and safety-related water infrastructure projects in state parks, prioritizing projects in those state parks with the highest demand, but not more than $4,500,000.
23.0917(5g)(g)1.1. In this paragraph, “unobligated amount” means the amount by which the bonding authority under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) beginning in fiscal year 1999-2000 and ending in fiscal year 2019-20 exceeded the amounts that the department expended, obligated, or otherwise encumbered from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for those fiscal years, but not including the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the purpose under sub. (3) (br) in fiscal year 2019-20 exceeded the amounts obligated for that purpose in that fiscal year.
23.0917(5g)(g)2.2. Of the unobligated amount beginning in fiscal year 2020-21, the department may obligate amounts necessary for the purposes of the subprograms under subs. (3), (4), and (4j), but, for each subprogram, not more than the fiscal year 2019-20 obligation limit for that subprogram, and not more than a total of $33,250,000 in each fiscal year.
23.0917(5g)(h)1.1. In this paragraph, “unobligated amount” means the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the subprograms under subs. (3), (4), and (4j) in fiscal years 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 exceeded the amounts that the department obligated from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for those subprograms for those fiscal years, but not including the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the purpose under sub. (3) (br) in fiscal years 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 exceeded the amount obligated for that purpose in that fiscal year.
23.0917(5g)(h)2.2. Of the unobligated amount, the department shall obligate an amount necessary to fund critical health and safety-related water infrastructure projects and high-priority water infrastructure projects in state parks, prioritizing projects in those state parks with the highest demand, but not more than $5,200,000.
23.0917(5g)(i)1.1. In this paragraph:
23.0917(5g)(i)1.a.a. “Bonding authority” means the bonding authority under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) beginning in fiscal year 1999-2000 and ending in fiscal year 2021-22.
23.0917(5g)(i)1.b.b. “Excluded amount” means the amount by which the annual obligation authority for the purpose under sub. (3) (br) beginning in fiscal year 2019-20 and ending in fiscal year 2021-22 exceeded the amounts obligated for that purpose in those fiscal years.
23.0917(5g)(i)1.c.c. “Obligated amount” means the amount that the department expended, obligated, or otherwise encumbered from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) beginning in fiscal year 1999-2000 and ending in fiscal year 2021-22.
23.0917(5g)(i)1.d.d. “Unobligated amount” means the amount by which the bonding authority exceeded the obligated amount, not including the excluded amount.
23.0917(5g)(i)2.2. Of the unobligated amount beginning in fiscal year 2022-23, the department may obligate amounts necessary for the purposes of the subprograms under subs. (3), (4), and (4j). For each subprogram, the department cannot obligate under this subdivision in a fiscal year more than the fiscal year 2022-23 obligation limit for each subprogram, and in total not more than the total annual obligation limit for that fiscal year.
23.0917(5g)(j)1.1. In this paragraph, “unobligated amount” means the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the subprograms under subs. (3), (4), and (4j) in fiscal year 2019-20 exceeded the amounts that the department obligated from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for those subprograms for that fiscal year, but not including the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the purpose under sub. (3) (br) in fiscal year 2019-20 exceeded the amount obligated for that purpose in that fiscal year.
23.0917(5g)(j)2.2. Of the unobligated amount, the department shall obligate $3,000,000 to fund the Pierce County Islands Wildlife Area restoration project.
23.0917(5g)(k)1.1. In this paragraph, “unobligated amount” means the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the subprograms under subs. (3), (4), and (4j) in fiscal year 2020-21 exceeded the amounts that the department obligated from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for those subprograms for that fiscal year, but not including the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the purpose under sub. (3) (br) in fiscal year 2020-21 exceeded the amount obligated for that purpose in that fiscal year.
23.0917(5g)(k)2.2. Of the unobligated amount, the department shall obligate an amount necessary to fund, in the following order of priority, high-priority water infrastructure projects in the state park system and medium-priority water infrastructure projects in the state park system, but not more than $5,600,000.
23.0917(5g)(L)1.1. In this paragraph, “unobligated amount” means the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the subprograms under subs. (3), (4), and (4j) exceeded the amounts that the department obligated from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta).
23.0917(5g)(L)2.2. The unobligated amount, the department shall obligate. This includes drilling new wells, facility maintenance, upgrades and renovations, and construction of new buildings.
23.0917(5m)(5m)Adjustments for land acquisitions.
23.0917(5m)(a)(a) Beginning in fiscal year 1999-2000, the department, subject to the approval of the governor and the joint committee on finance under sub. (6m), may obligate under the subprogram for land acquisition any amount not in excess of the total bonding authority for that subprogram for the acquisition of land.
23.0917(5m)(b)(b) For each land acquisition transaction under this subsection, all of the following apply:
23.0917(5m)(b)1.1. The department shall sell a portion of the acquired land.
23.0917(5m)(b)2.2. All proceeds from the sale of the land, up to the amount obligated under par. (a) as determined by the secretary of administration, shall be deposited in the general fund and credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (7) (ag). Notwithstanding s. 25.29 (1) (a), the proceeds in excess of the amount obligated under par. (a) shall be deposited in the general fund.
23.0917(5m)(b)3.3. For bonds that are retired from the proceeds of the sale of the acquired land within 3 years after the date on which the land was acquired by the department, the department shall adjust the available bonding authority for the subprogram for land acquisition by increasing the available bonding authority for the fiscal year in which the bonds are retired by an amount equal to the total amount of the bonds issued for the sale that have been retired in that fiscal year.
23.0917(5m)(b)4.4. For bonds that are not retired from the proceeds of the sale of the acquired land within 3 years after the date on which the land was acquired by the department, the department shall adjust the available bonding authority for the subprogram for land acquisition by decreasing the available bonding authority for the next fiscal year beginning after the end of that 3-year period by an amount equal to the total amount of the bonds that have not been retired from such proceeds in that fiscal year and, if necessary, shall decrease for each subsequent fiscal year the available bonding authority in an amount equal to that available bonding authority or equal to the amount still needed to equal the total amount of the bonds that have not been retired from such proceeds, whichever is less, until the available bonding authority has been decreased by an amount equal to the total of the bonds that have not been retired.
23.0917(5m)(c)(c) Notwithstanding sub. (2) (a) 1., land acquired under this subsection need not be for conservation or recreational purposes.
23.0917(5m)(d)(d) The department of administration shall monitor all transactions under this subsection to ensure compliance with federal law and to ensure that interest on the bonds is tax-exempt for the holders of the bonds.
23.0917(5t)(5t)Local governmental resolutions. Each city, village, town, or county may adopt a nonbinding resolution that supports or opposes the proposed acquisition of land to be funded by moneys obligated from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) if all or a portion of the land is located in the city, village, town, or county. The department shall provide written notification of the proposed acquisition to each city, village, town, or county in which the land is located. A city, village, town, or county that adopts a resolution under this subsection shall provide the department with a copy of the resolution. All of the following apply to a resolution under this subsection:
23.0917(5t)(a)(a) For the proposed acquisition of land located south of USH 8, if the department receives the copy within 30 days after the date that the city, village, town, or county received the notification of the proposed acquisition, the department shall take the resolution into consideration before approving or denying the obligation of moneys for the acquisition from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta).
23.0917(5t)(b)(b) For the proposed acquisition of land located north of USH 8, the department may not approve the obligation of moneys for the acquisition from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) and may not notify the joint committee on finance of the proposal, if required under sub. (6m), unless every city, village, town, or county in which the land is located adopts a resolution under this subsection approving the acquisition by a simple majority vote of the governing body.
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2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through all Supreme Court and Controlled Substances Board Orders filed before and in effect on January 1, 2025. Published and certified under s. 35.18. Changes effective after January 1, 2025, are designated by NOTES. (Published 1-1-25)