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AB50,1566 Section 1566. 86.51 of the statutes is repealed.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

AB50,1572 Section 1572. 92.14 (18) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,817,13 92.14 (18) PFAS monitoring. As part of any statewide monitoring program, sampling program, or survey conducted by the department, any samples that are collected and tested shall also, at the department’s discretion and where appropriate, be tested for the presence of any perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance.

AB50,1573 Section 1573. 93.425 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,817,20 93.425 (3) Of the moneys appropriated under s. 20.115 (3) (b), the center for international agribusiness marketing shall ensure that $2,500,000 is expended for the objective specified in sub. (2) (a), $1,250,000 is expended for the objective specified in sub. (2) (b), and $1,250,000 is expended for the objective specified in sub. (2) (c). The center may not expend more than $1,000,000 under the program in any fiscal year.

AB50,1574 Section 1574. 93.525 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,818,3 93.525 Meat processing tuition and curriculum development grants. (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.115 (3) (f), the department shall provide grants to universities, colleges, and technical colleges located in this state that have programs in meat processing to reimburse tuition costs of students enrolled in a meat processing program and for curriculum development for the meat processing program.

AB50,818,6 (2) Each tuition reimbursement made with a grant received under this section shall reimburse a student for not more than 80 percent of the first $9,375 of the tuition cost for enrolling in a meat processing program.

AB50,1575 Section 1575. 93.53 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,818,14 93.53 Food waste reduction grants. (1) The department shall provide grants for food waste reduction pilot projects that have an objective of preventing food waste, redirecting surplus food to hunger relief organizations, and composting food waste. In awarding grants under this section, the department shall give preference to proposals that serve census tracts for which the median household income is below the statewide median household income and in which no grocery store is located.

AB50,818,16 (2) The department shall promulgate rules for the administration of this section.