AB1137,8 Section 8. 29.604 (4) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1137,4,18 29.604 (4) (c) (intro.) No person may do any of the following to any wild plant of an endangered or threatened species that is on public property or on property that he or she does not own or lease, except in the course of forestry or agricultural practices, or in the construction, operation, or maintenance of a utility facility, or as part of bulk sampling activities under s. 295.45:

AB1137,9 Section 9. 29.604 (7m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB1137,10 Section 10. 30.025 (1e) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1137,4,23 30.025 (1e) (a) Except as provided in pars. par. (b) and (c), this section applies to a proposal to construct a utility facility if the utility facility is required to obtain, or give notification of the wish to proceed under, one or more permits.

AB1137,11 Section 11. 30.025 (1e) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB1137,12 Section 12. 30.133 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1137,5,6 30.133 (2) This section does not apply to riparian land located within the boundary of any hydroelectric project licensed or exempted by the federal government, if the conveyance is authorized under any license, rule or order issued by the federal agency having jurisdiction over the project. This section does not apply to riparian land that is associated with an approval required for bulk sampling or mining that is required under subch. III of ch. 295.

AB1137,13 Section 13. 31.23 (3) (e) of the statutes is repealed.

AB1137,14 Section 14. 32.02 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1137,5,12 32.02 (12) Any person operating a plant which creates waste material which, if released without treatment would cause stream pollution, for the location of treatment facilities. This subsection does not apply to a person with a permit under ch. 293 or subch. III of ch. 295.

AB1137,15 Section 15. 70.375 (1) (as) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1137,5,16 70.375 (1) (as) “Mine" means an excavation in or at the earth's surface made to extract metalliferous minerals for which a permit has been issued under s. 293.49 or 295.58.

AB1137,16 Section 16. 70.375 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1137,5,25 70.375 (1) (bm) “Mining-related purposes" means activities which are directly in response to the application for a mining permit under s. 293.37 or 295.47; directly in response to construction, operation, curtailment of operation or cessation of operation of a metalliferous mine site; or directly in response to conditions at a metalliferous mine site which is not in operation. “Mining-related purposes" also includes activities which anticipate the economic and social consequences of the cessation of mining. “Mining-related purposes" also includes the purposes under s. 70.395 (2) (g).

AB1137,17 Section 17. 70.375 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1137,6,6 70.375 (2) (b) The secretary may promulgate any rules necessary to implement the tax under ss. 70.37 to 70.39 and 70.395 (1e). In respect to mines not in operation on November 28, 1981, ss. 71.10 (1), 71.30 (1) and (2), 71.74 (2), (3), (9), (11) and (15), 71.77, 71.78, 71.80 (6), 71.83 (1) (a) 1. and 2. and (b) 2. and (2) (a) 3. and (b) 1. and 71.85 (2) apply to the administration of this section.

AB1137,18 Section 18. 70.375 (4) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1137,6,9 70.375 (4) (h) The cost of premiums for bonds required under s. 293.26 (9), 293.51, 295.45 (5), or 295.59.

AB1137,19 Section 19. 70.38 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1137,6,14 70.38 (2) Combined reporting. If the same person extracts metalliferous minerals from different sites in this state, the net proceeds for each site for which a permit has been issued under s. 293.49 or 295.58 shall be reported separately for the purposes of computing the amount of the tax under s. 70.375 (5).

AB1137,20 Section 20. 70.395 (1e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1137,6,23 70.395 (1e) Distribution. Fifteen days after the collection of the tax under ss. 70.38 to 70.39, the department of administration, upon certification of the department of revenue, shall transfer the amount collected in respect to mines not in operation on November 28, 1981, to the investment and local impact fund, except that, after the payments are made under sub. (2) (d) 1., 2., and 2m., the department of administration shall transfer 60 percent of the amount collected from each person extracting ferrous metallic minerals to the investment and local impact fund and 40 percent of the amount collected from any such person to the general fund.

AB1137,21 Section 21. 70.395 (2) (dc) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1137,7,4 70.395 (2) (dc) 1. Each person intending to submit an application for a mining permit under s. 293.37 or 295.47 shall pay $75,000 to the department of revenue for deposit in the investment and local impact fund at the time that the person notifies the department of natural resources under s. 293.31 (1) or 295.465 of that intent.

AB1137,22 Section 22. 70.395 (2) (dc) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1137,7,10 70.395 (2) (dc) 4. Six months after the signing of a local agreement under s. 293.41 or 295.443 for the proposed mine for which the payment is made, the board shall refund any funds paid under this paragraph but not distributed under par. (fm) from the investment and local impact fund to the person making the payment under this paragraph.

AB1137,23 Section 23. 70.395 (2) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1137,7,19 70.395 (2) (fm) The board may distribute a payment received under par. (dc) to a county, town, village, city, tribal government or local impact committee authorized under s. 293.41 (3) or 295.443 only for legal counsel, qualified technical experts in the areas of transportation, utilities, economic and social impacts, environmental impacts and municipal services and other reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by the recipient that directly relate to the good faith negotiation of a local agreement under s. 293.41 or 295.443 for the proposed mine for which the payment is made.