AB756,40 Section 40 . 77.88 (3) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

AB756,41 Section 41 . 77.88 (5) (af) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB756,10,17 77.88 (5) (af) 1. An amount equal to the past tax liability multiplied by the number of years the land was designated as managed forest land, less any amounts paid by the owner under s. 77.84 (2) (a), and (am), and (bp).

AB756,42 Section 42 . 77.88 (5) (af) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB756,10,21 77.88 (5) (af) 2. Five percent of the stumpage value of the merchantable timber on the land, less any amounts paid by the owner under s. 77.84 (2) (a), and (am), and (bp).

AB756,43 Section 43 . 77.88 (9) (d) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 77.88 (9) (d) and amended to read:

AB756,11,2 77.88 (9) (d) Except as provided in subd. 2., a A withdrawal order issued before December 15 of any year takes effect on the January 1 after the date of issuance, and a withdrawal order issued on or after December 15 of any year takes effect on the 2nd January 1 after the date of issuance.

AB756,44 Section 44 . 77.88 (9) (d) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB756,45 Section 45. 77.883 of the statutes is repealed.

AB756,46 Section 46 . 77.89 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB756,11,12 77.89 (2) (a) Each municipal treasurer shall pay 20 percent of each payment received under sub. (1) (a) and (b) and under ss. 77.84 (2) (a), and (am), and (bp), 77.85, and 77.876 to the county treasurer and shall deposit the remainder in the municipal treasury. The payment to the county treasurer for money received before November 1 of any year shall be made on or before the November 15 after its receipt. For money received on or after November 1 of any year, the payment to the county treasurer shall be made on or before November 15 of the following year.

AB756,47 Section 47. 87.30 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 87.30 (2) and amended to read:

AB756,11,23 87.30 (2) Enforcement and penalties. Except as provided in par. (b), every Every structure, building, fill, or development placed or maintained within any floodplain in violation of a zoning ordinance adopted under this section, or s. 59.69, 61.35 or 62.23 is a public nuisance and the creation thereof may be enjoined and maintenance thereof may be abated by action at suit of any municipality, the state or any citizen thereof. Any person who places or maintains any structure, building, fill or development within any floodplain in violation of a zoning ordinance adopted under this section, or s. 59.69, 61.35 or 62.23 may be fined not more than $50 for each offense. Each day during which such violation exists is a separate offense.

AB756,48 Section 48. 87.30 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB756,49 Section 49. 107.001 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB756,12,7 107.001 (1) “Exploration mining lease" means any lease, option to lease, option to purchase or similar conveyance entered into for the purpose of determining the presence, location, quality or quantity of nonferrous metallic metalliferous minerals or for the purpose of mining, developing or extracting nonferrous metallic metalliferous minerals, or both under ch. 293. Any lease, option to lease, option to purchase or similar conveyance entered into by a mining company is rebuttably presumed to be an exploration mining lease.

AB756,50 Section 50. 107.001 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB756,12,10 107.001 (2) “Metalliferous minerals" means naturally occurring minerals that contain metal.

AB756,51 Section 51. 107.01 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB756,12,15 107.01 Rules governing mining rights. (intro.) Where there is no contract between the parties or terms established by the landlord to the contrary the following rules and regulations shall be applied to mining contracts and leases for the digging of nonferrous metallic ores and minerals:

AB756,52 Section 52. 107.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB756,12,25 107.01 (2) The discovery of a crevice or range containing nonferrous metallic ores or minerals shall entitle the discoverer to the nonferrous metallic ores or minerals pertaining thereto, subject to the rent due the discoverer's landlord, before as well as after the nonferrous metallic ores or minerals are separated from the freehold; but such miner shall not be entitled to recover any nonferrous metallic ores or minerals or the value thereof from the person digging on the miner's range in good faith and known to be mining thereon until the miner shall have given notice of the miner's claim; and the miner shall be entitled to the nonferrous metallic ores or minerals dug after such notice.

AB756,53 Section 53. 107.02 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB756,13,20 107.02 Mining statement; penalty. When there is no agreement between the parties to any mining lease, license or permit, to mine or remove nonferrous metallic minerals ore from any lands in this state, regulating the method of reporting the amount of nonferrous metallic minerals ore taken, the person mining and removing the nonferrous metallic minerals ore or ores shall keep proper and correct books, and therefrom to make and deliver by or before the fifteenth day of each month to the lessor, owner or person entitled thereto, a detailed statement covering the operations of the preceding month. The statement shall show the total amount of tons or pounds of each kind of nonferrous metallic minerals ore produced; if sold, then to whom sold, giving the date of sale, date of delivery to any railroad company, naming the company, and the station where delivered or billed for shipment; the name and address of the purchaser; the price per ton at which sold and the total value of each kind of nonferrous metallic minerals ore so sold. The books shall be always open to any owner, lessor, licensor or stockholder, if the owner, lessor or licensor is a corporation, and to any person or stockholder interested in any such mining operations, for the purpose of inspection and taking copies thereof or abstracts therefrom. Any person and every officer, agent or employee of any thereof, who violates this section, or who makes any false or incomplete entries on any such books or statements, shall be fined not less than $100 or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 3 months or both.

AB756,54 Section 54. 107.03 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB756,14,6 107.03 Conflicting claims. In case of conflicting claims to a crevice or range bearing nonferrous metallic ores or minerals the court may continue any action to enforce a claim or grant any necessary time for the purpose of allowing parties to prove up their mines or diggings if it satisfactorily appears necessary to the ends of justice. In such case the court or judge may appoint a receiver and provide that the mines or diggings be worked under the receiver's direction, subject to the order of the court, in such manner as best ascertains the respective rights of the parties. The nonferrous metallic ores or minerals raised by either party pending the dispute shall be delivered to the receiver, who may, by order of the court or judge, pay any rent or other necessary expenses therefrom.

AB756,55 Section 55. 107.04 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB756,14,19 107.04 Lessee's fraud; failure to work mine. Any miner who conceals or disposes of any nonferrous metallic ores or minerals or mines or diggings for the purpose of defrauding the lessor of rent or who neglects to pay any rent on nonferrous metallic ores or minerals raised by the miner for 3 days after the notice thereof and claim of the rent, shall forfeit all right to his or her mines, diggings or range; and the landlord after the concealment or after 3 days have expired from the time of demanding rent, may proceed against the miner to recover possession of the mines or diggings in circuit court as in the case of a tenant holding over after the termination of the lease. If a miner neglects to work his or her mines or diggings according to the usages of miners, without reasonable excuse, he or she shall likewise forfeit the mines or diggings and the landlord may proceed against the miner in like manner to recover possession of the mines or diggings.

AB756,56 Section 56. 107.11 of the statutes is amended to read: