Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 23.0953

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Land: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; "year" alone means "year of our Lord". See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
   (1)    In this section, “nature-based outdoor recreation” has the meaning given by the department by rule under s. 23.0917 (4) (f).
   (2)   
      (a)    Beginning with fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with fiscal year 2025-26, the department shall establish a grant program under which the department may award a grant to a county for any of the following:
         1.    Acquisition of land for a county forest under s. 28.11.
         2.    Acquisition of land for a project that promotes nature-based outdoor recreation or conservation and for which the department is requesting the county’s assistance.
      (b)    Grants under this section shall be awarded from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta), and, for purposes of s. 23.0917, shall be treated as moneys obligated from the subprogram under s. 23.0917 (3).
   (3)   Each county receiving a grant under this section shall provide matching funds that equal at least 50 percent of the acquisition costs.
   (4)   A county may not convert the land, or any rights in the land, acquired with grant moneys awarded under sub. (2) (a) 2. to a use that is inconsistent with the type of nature-based outdoor recreation or conservation activity for which the grant was awarded unless the natural resources board approves the conversion.