2011 WISCONSIN ACT
148
An Act
to create
20.370 (5) (fv) and 23.09 (23) of the statutes;
relating to:
authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to collect voluntary contributions in addition to fees charged for certain approvals, authorizing the voluntary contributions to be paid to the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, and making an appropriation.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1
.
20.370 (5) (fv) of the statutes is created to read:
20.370
(5)
(fv)
Resource aids — Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin payments.
All moneys received under s. 23.09 (23) (b) for payments to the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin under s. 23.09 (23) (d).
Section
2
.
23.09 (23) of the statutes is created to read:
23.09
(23)
Voluntary contributions; Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin.
(a) In this subsection, "approval" means any type of approval or authorization issued by the department under ch. 29, subch. V. of ch. 30, or s. 23.33 (2), 27.01, or 350.12, including a license, permit, certificate, stamp, tag, registration, or vehicle admission receipt.
(b) Any applicant for an approval may, in addition to paying any fee charged for the approval, elect to make a voluntary contribution of at least $2 to the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin to be used by the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin to establish an endowment program to support habitat management activities on land owned or managed by this state.
(c)
All moneys collected under par. (b) shall be credited to the appropriation account under 20.370 (5) (fv).
(d) The department shall enter into an agreement with the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin to make payments, at least annually, from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (fv) to the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin to be used by the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin to establish an endowment program to support habitat management activities on land owned or managed by this state. The memorandum of agreement shall include a description of the types of activities that the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin will support under the endowment program, the manner in which the endowment program funds will be managed, and, if the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin will make grants under the endowment program, the methods that will be used to award the grants.
