92.11(5)(b)3.3. An explanation of the financial aids and technical assistance which are available to the landowner or land user. These may include, but are not necessarily limited to, cost-sharing, loans, tax incentives and technical assistance available from the land conservation committee and other agencies.
92.11(6)(6)Board of adjustment. The county board shall provide for the appointment of a board of adjustment in any county which adopts an ordinance under this section.
92.11(7)(7)Construction. Any ordinance enacted under this section shall be liberally construed in favor of the county. It shall be construed as setting minimum requirements for the purposes stated and not as a limitation on other powers granted the county board and land conservation committee.
92.11 HistoryHistory: 1981 c. 346; 1987 a. 27; 1993 a. 246; 1999 a. 182; 2011 a. 75.
92.11 AnnotationAn ordinance passed under this section may be applicable to incorporated as well as unincorporated areas of the county. 77 Atty. Gen. 87.
92.11592.115Municipal soil conservation on private lands. Any city, village or town by its governing body or through a committee designated by it for the purpose, may contract to do soil conservation work on privately owned lands but no contract may involve more than $1,000 for any one person and the amount of work done for any one person may not exceed $1,000 annually.
92.115 HistoryHistory: 1975 c. 312; 1981 c. 317, 346; 1999 a. 150 s. 371; Stats. 1999 s. 92.115.
92.1292.12Intergovernmental cooperation. Counties, cities, villages, towns and public agencies with natural resource responsibilities in the same or different counties may cooperate in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. If a problem of soil or water conservation is defined in part by drainage basin boundaries beyond a single county’s borders or otherwise transcends these borders, the respective counties, cities, villages, towns and public agencies with natural resource responsibilities may enter into mutually binding agreements and contracts containing, but not limited to, provisions for mutually enforced and administered regulatory ordinances and cost-sharing distribution arrangements.
92.12 HistoryHistory: 1981 c. 346; 1983 a. 410 s. 2200 (2); 1985 a. 332 s. 251 (8).
92.1392.13State and local agencies to cooperate. Agencies of the state having jurisdiction over, or charged with the administration of any state-owned lands, and any county or other governmental subdivision of the state having jurisdiction over, or charged with the administration of any county-owned or other publicly owned lands, shall cooperate to the fullest extent with the land conservation committee in carrying out programs under this chapter. The land conservation committee may enter and perform work upon these publicly owned lands. The provisions of land conservation practices ordinances enacted under s. 92.11 are applicable to these publicly owned lands, and shall be in all respects observed by the agencies administering the lands.
92.13 HistoryHistory: 1981 c. 346; 1983 a. 410 s. 2200 (2); 1985 a. 332 s. 251 (8).
92.1492.14Soil and water resource management program.
92.14(1)(1)Definitions. In this section:
92.14(1)(a)(a) “Best management practices” has the meaning given under s. 281.65 (2) (a).
92.14(1)(b)(b) “Nonpoint source” has the meaning given under s. 281.65 (2) (b).
92.14(1)(c)(c) “Priority watershed” has the meaning given under s. 281.65 (2) (c).
92.14(2)(2)Establishment. There is created a soil and water resource management program, which has all of the following purposes:
92.14(2)(a)(a) Enhancing protection of surface water and groundwater resources in this state.
92.14(2)(c)(c) Providing statewide financial and technical assistance for land and water conservation activities at the county level.
92.14(2)(d)(d) Promoting cost-effective land and water conservation activities.
92.14(2)(e)(e) Promoting soil and water conservation by persons claiming farmland preservation tax credits under subch. IX of ch. 71.
92.14(2)(g)(g) Promoting and attaining the soil erosion control goals specified under s. 92.025.
92.14(2)(h)(h) Encouraging innovative local strategies, regulations and incentives to address soil and source water conservation activities.
92.14(2)(i)(i) Increasing local technical assistance to address soil and water resource problems.
92.14(2)(j)(j) Enhancing the administration and coordination of state nonpoint source water pollution abatement activities by the department and the department of natural resources, including providing a single process for grant application, funding allocation, reporting and evaluation.
92.14(3)(3)Basic allocations to counties. 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), (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:
92.14(3)(a)(a) County land conservation personnel to administer and implement activities directly related to any of the following:
92.14(3)(a)1.1. Compliance with soil and water conservation requirements applicable to persons claiming farmland preservation tax credits under subch. IX of ch. 71.
92.14(3)(a)2.2. Animal waste management activities and ordinances under s. 92.16.