ATCP 50.38(3)(d)(d) The costs for each conservation practice or conservation performance measure that will receive financial assistance.
ATCP 50.38(3)(e)(e) The rate of financial assistance.
ATCP 50.38(4)(4) No county employee or land conservation committee member may:
ATCP 50.38(4)(a)(a) Take any official action substantially affecting a matter which the individual, a member of their immediate family, or an organization with which the individual is associated has a substantial financial interest.
ATCP 50.38(4)(b)(b) Use their office or position in a way that produces or assists in the production of substantial benefit, direct or indirect, for the individual, one or more members of the individual’s immediate family either separately or together, or an organization with which the individual is associated.
ATCP 50.38 HistoryHistory: CR 23-024: cr. Register May 2024 No. 821, eff. 6-1-24.
ATCP 50.40ATCP 50.40Cost-share grants to landowners.
ATCP 50.40(1)(1)General. A county land conservation committee may use grant funds awarded to the county under s. ATCP 50.34 to make cost-share grants to landowners for any of the purposes authorized under s. ATCP 50.34 (1). Cost-share grants shall comply with this subchapter.
ATCP 50.40 NoteNote: This subchapter regulates a county’s use of grant funds awarded under s. ATCP 50.34. It does not limit a county’s authority to acquire and distribute cost-share grant funds from other governmental or private entities.
ATCP 50.40(2)(2)Cost-sharing required.
ATCP 50.40(2)(a)(a) A county may not do any of the following, under this chapter or a local regulation, unless the county land conservation committee first offers cost-sharing that is at least equal to the cost-sharing required under s. ATCP 50.08:
ATCP 50.40(2)(a)1.1. Require a conservation practice that discontinues or modifies cropping practices on existing cropland. In this paragraph, “existing cropland” has the meaning given in s. NR 151.09 (4) (b).
ATCP 50.40(2)(a)2.2. Require a conservation practice that discontinues or modifies an existing livestock facility or operation. In this paragraph, “existing livestock facility or operation” has the meaning given in s. NR 151.095 (5) (b).
ATCP 50.40(2)(b)(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a nutrient management plan required under a permit for a manure storage system voluntarily constructed by a landowner.
ATCP 50.40(2)(c)(c) Paragraph (a) does not limit any of the following:
ATCP 50.40(2)(c)1.1. An emergency or interim response to a pollution discharge, to prevent or mitigate imminent harm to waters of the state.
ATCP 50.40(2)(c)2.2. County action under s. ATCP 50.16 (6) to suspend a landowner’s eligibility for farmland preservation tax credits, if the landowner fails to comply with conservation standards under s. ATCP 50.16 (1).
ATCP 50.40(2)(c)3.3. The enforcement of an existing cost-share contract.
ATCP 50.40(2)(d)(d) Paragraph (a) does not apply to requirements imposed on a livestock facility operator in connection with a local approval or permit issued pursuant to s. 93.90, Stats., and ch. ATCP 51.
ATCP 50.40(3)(3)Cost-shared practices.
ATCP 50.40(3)(a)(a) A cost-share grant may fund conservation practices identified under subch. VIII, or other conservation practices that the department approves in writing, regardless of whether those conservation practices are required or voluntary.
ATCP 50.40(3)(b)(b) A cost-share grant may not be used to do any of the following, except as specifically authorized under subch. VIII:
ATCP 50.40(3)(b)1.1. Pay for the installation of a conservation practice if that installation occurred before the landowner entered into the cost-share contract.
ATCP 50.40(3)(b)2.2. Correct overtopping of a manure storage facility.
ATCP 50.40(3)(b)3.3. Move a manure stack.
ATCP 50.40(3)(b)4.4. Drain wetlands, as defined in s. 23.32, Stats.
ATCP 50.40(3)(b)5.5. Increase drainage of land.
ATCP 50.40(3)(b)6.6. Dredge a harbor, lake, river, or drainage ditch.
ATCP 50.40(3)(b)7.7. Prevent or clean up spills of pesticides, fertilizers, or other agricultural chemicals from commercial bulk storage facilities.