AB50,814,14 86.31 (3r) Municipal street improvements — discretionary grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (ft), the department shall allocate $976,500 in fiscal years 2009-10 to 2016-17 and $3,850,400 in fiscal year 2017-18 to fund municipal street improvement projects having total estimated costs of $250,000 or more. In fiscal year 2023-24, the department shall allocate $4,006,600 to fund municipal street improvement projects having such total estimated costs. In fiscal year 2024-25 and each fiscal year thereafter, the department shall allocate $4,166,900 to fund municipal street improvement projects having such total estimated costs. In fiscal year 2025-26, the department shall allocate $4,291,900 to fund municipal street improvement projects having such total estimated costs. In fiscal year 2026-27 and each fiscal year thereafter, the department shall allocate $4,420,700 to fund municipal street improvement projects having such total estimated costs. The funding of improvements under this subsection is in addition to the allocation of funds for entitlements under sub. (3).

AB50,1559 Section 1559. 86.31 (3s) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,814,20 86.31 (3s) (a) Funds provided under s. 20.395 (2) (fq) (fd) shall be distributed under this subsection as discretionary grants to reimburse political subdivisions for improvements. The department shall solicit and provide discretionary grants under this subsection until all funds appropriated under s. 20.395 (2) (fq) (fd) have been expended.

AB50,1560 Section 1560. 86.31 (3s) (bm) of the statutes is renumbered 86.31 (3s) (bm) 1. and amended to read:

AB50,815,4 86.31 (3s) (bm) 1. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (fq), 2023 stats., the department shall allocate in 2023-24 amounts for county trunk highway improvements, town road improvements, and municipal street improvements so that the total funding under s. 20.395 (2) (fq), 2023 stats., in 2023-24 is distributed among these groups at the same percentage that each group is allocated from the total funding allocated under par. (b).

AB50,1561 Section 1561. 86.31 (3s) (bm) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,815,11 86.31 (3s) (bm) 2. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (fd), the department shall allocate in fiscal year 2025-26 amounts for county trunk highway improvements, town road improvements, and municipal street improvements so that the total funding under s. 20.395 (2) (fd) in fiscal year 2025-26 is distributed among these groups at the same percentage that each group is allocated from the total funding allocated under par. (b).

AB50,1562 Section 1562. 86.315 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 86.315 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB50,815,21 86.315 (1) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (fu), the department shall annually, on March 10, pay to counties having county forests established under ch. 28, for the improvement of public roads within the county forests which are open and used for travel and which are not state or county trunk highways or town roads and for which no aids are paid under s. 86.30, the amount of $351 following amounts per mile of road designated in the comprehensive county forest land use plan as approved by the county board and the department of natural resources.:

AB50,815,24 (1m) If the amount appropriated under s. 20.395 (1) (fu) is insufficient to make the payments required under this subsection sub. (1), the department shall prorate the amount appropriated in the manner it considers desirable.

AB50,1563 Section 1563. 86.315 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,816,2 86.315 (1) (a) In calendar year 2025, $351.

AB50,1564 Section 1564. 86.315 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,816,4 86.315 (1) (b) In calendar year 2026, $361.

AB50,1565 Section 1565. 86.315 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,816,6 86.315 (1) (c) In calendar year 2027 and each year thereafter, $373.

AB50,1566 Section 1566. 86.51 of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,1567 Section 1567. 91.10 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,816,10 91.10 (title) County plan required; planning and implementation grants.

AB50,1568 Section 1568. 91.10 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,816,14 91.10 (7) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.115 (7) (tm), the department may award implementation grants to counties for implementing a county’s certified farmland preservation plan.

AB50,816,18 (b) The department shall enter into a contract with a county to which it awards an implementation grant under par. (a) before the department distributes any grant funds to the county. In the contract, the department shall identify the costs that are eligible for reimbursement through the grant.

AB50,816,21 (c) The department may distribute grant funds under this subsection only after the county shows that it has incurred costs that are eligible for reimbursement under par. (b).

AB50,1569 Section 1569. 91.84 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,816,24 91.84 (1) (b) The department may designate agricultural enterprise areas with a combined area of not more than 2,000,000 3,000,000 acres of land.

AB50,1570 Section 1570. 92.14 (16) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,817,2 92.14 (16) (title) Commercial nitrogen optimization pilot program.

AB50,1571 Section 1571. 92.14 (16) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,817,7 92.14 (16) (a) In addition to any grants provided under sub. (3), the department shall award grants from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (7) (qf) (qm) to agricultural producers and to University of Wisconsin System institutions as provided under this subsection.