181 Relating to: the master logger certification scholarship grant program (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Natural Resources).

Date of enactment: March 15, 2010
2009 Assembly Bill 562 Date of publication*: March 29, 2010

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2007-08 : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

2009 WISCONSIN ACT 181

An Act to amend 26.39 (7) (a) and 38.04 (29) of the statutes; relating to: the master logger certification scholarship grant program (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Natural Resources).

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1 . 26.39 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

26.39 (7) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (ax), the department shall establish a scholarship grant program to assist individuals who are seeking certification by the Wisconsin Professional Loggers Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association as master loggers. A scholarship grant under the program may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of receiving the certification. The department shall promulgate rules that establish criteria for the program.

Section 2 . 38.04 (29) of the statutes is amended to read:

38.04 (29) Master logger apprenticeship grants. The board shall use the moneys appropriated under s. 20.292 (1) (km) to award grants to businesses that provide technical college students with forest product internships for the purpose of placing eligible apprentices with loggers who are certified by the Wisconsin Professional Loggers Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association as master loggers.