SB70-SSA2-SA5,16 4Section 16. 62.23 (17) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA5,21,115 62.23 (17) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (am), cities Cities may acquire
6by gift, lease, purchase, or condemnation any lands within its corporate limits for
7establishing, laying out, widening, enlarging, extending, and maintaining memorial
8grounds, streets, squares, parkways, boulevards, parks, playgrounds, sites for public
9buildings, and reservations in and about and along and leading to any or all of the
10same or any lands adjoining or near to such city for use, sublease, or sale for any of
11the following purposes:
SB70-SSA2-SA5,17 12Section 17. 62.23 (17) (am) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA5,18 13Section 18. 85.09 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA5,22,1814 85.09 (2) (a) The department of transportation shall have the first right to
15acquire, for present or future transportational or recreational purposes, any
16property used in operating a railroad or railway, including land and rails, ties,
17switches, trestles, bridges, and the like located on that property, that has been
18abandoned. The department of transportation may, in connection with abandoned
19rail property, assign this right to a state agency, the board of regents of the University
20of Wisconsin System, any county or municipality, or any transit commission.
21Acquisition by the department of transportation may be by gift, purchase, or
22condemnation in accordance with the procedure under s. 32.05, except that the power
23of condemnation may not be used to acquire property for the purpose of establishing
24or extending a recreational trail; a bicycle way, as defined in s. 340.01 (5s); a bicycle
25lane, as defined in s. 340.01 (5e); or a pedestrian way, as defined in s. 346.02 (8) (a)
.

1In addition to its property management authority under s. 85.15, the department of
2transportation may, subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1),
3lease and collect rents and fees for any use of rail property pending discharge of the
4department's duty to convey property that is not necessary for a public purpose. No
5person owning abandoned rail property, including any person to whom ownership
6reverts upon abandonment, may convey or dispose of any abandoned rail property
7without first obtaining a written release from the department of transportation
8indicating that the first right of acquisition under this subsection will not be
9exercised or assigned. No railroad or railway may convey any rail property prior to
10abandonment if the rail property is part of a rail line shown on the railroad's system
11map as in the process of abandonment, expected to be abandoned, or under study for
12possible abandonment unless the conveyance or disposal is for the purpose of
13providing continued rail service under another company or agency. Any conveyance
14made without obtaining such release is void. The first right of acquisition of the
15department of transportation under this subsection does not apply to any rail
16property declared by the department to be abandoned before January 1, 1977. The
17department of transportation may acquire any abandoned rail property under this
18section regardless of the date of its abandonment.
SB70-SSA2-SA5,19 19Section 19. 990.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA5,22,2320 990.01 (2) Acquire. “Acquire," when used in connection with a grant of power
21to any person, includes the acquisition by purchase, grant, gift or bequest. It includes
22the power to condemn only in the cases specified in s. 32.02 and subject to the
23limitations under s. 32.015
.
SB70-SSA2-SA5,9351 24Section 9351. Initial applicability; Other.
SB70-SSA2-SA5,23,6
1(1) Condemnation authority for nonmotorized paths. The treatment of ss.
223.09 (2) (d) (intro.), 27.01 (2) (a), 27.019 (10), 27.05 (3), 27.065 (1) (a), 27.08 (2) (b)
3and (c), 32.015, 32.51 (1) (intro.), 59.52 (6) (a), 60.782 (2) (d), 61.34 (3) (a) and (b),
462.22 (1) (a) and (b), 62.23 (17) (a) (intro.) and (am), 85.09 (2) (a), and 990.01 (2) first
5applies to condemnation proceedings in which title to the subject property has not
6vested in the condemnor on the effective date of this subsection.”.
SB70-SSA2-SA5,23,7 793. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-SSA2-SA5,23,9 8 Section 20. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place,
9insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table PDF - See PDF for table PDF
SB70-SSA2-SA5,21 10Section 21. 20.370 (4) (mq) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA5,23,1411 20.370 (4) (mq) General program operations — environmental fund. From the
12environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule for administration of
13environmental activities under subch. II of ch. 295 and chs. 160, 281, 283, 285, and
14289 to 293, and 299.
SB70-SSA2-SA5,22 15Section 22. 20.370 (9) (gj) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA5,23,1816 20.370 (9) (gj) Nonmetallic mining operations. From the general fund, all
17moneys received under s. 295.15 for the administration of the nonmetallic mining
18program under subch. I of ch. 295.
SB70-SSA2-SA5,23 19Section 23. 25.46 (1) (rr) of the statutes is repealed.”.
SB70-SSA2-SA5,23,20 2094. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-SSA2-SA5,24,2
1 Section 24. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place,
2insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table PDF
SB70-SSA2-SA5,25 3Section 25. 20.115 (3) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA5,24,54 20.115 (3) (e) Food waste reduction grants. The amounts in the schedule for
5providing food waste reduction grants under s. 93.53.
SB70-SSA2-SA5,26 6Section 26. 93.53 of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA5,24,13 793.53 Food waste reduction grants. (1) The department shall provide
8grants for food waste reduction pilot projects that have an objective of preventing
9food waste, redirecting surplus food to hunger relief organizations, and composting
10food waste. In awarding grants under this section, the department shall give
11preference to proposals that serve census tracts for which the median household
12income is below the statewide median household income and in which no grocery
13store is located.
SB70-SSA2-SA5,24,15 14(2) The department shall promulgate rules for the administration of this
15section.”.
SB70-SSA2-SA5,24,16 1695. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-SSA2-SA5,24,17 17 Section 27. 15.105 (34) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA5,25,218 15.105 (34) Office of environmental justice. There is created in the
19department of administration an office of environmental justice. The office shall be

1under the direction and supervision of a director, who shall be appointed by the
2secretary of administration to serve at the pleasure of the secretary.
SB70-SSA2-SA5,28 3Section 28. 15.105 (35) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA5,25,64 15.105 (35) Office of sustainability and clean energy. There is created in the
5department of administration an office to be known as the office of sustainability and
6clean energy.
SB70-SSA2-SA5,29 7Section 29. 16.035 of the statutes is created to read: