Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

AB 395

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acquisition of land in the Niagara Escarpment corridor.

Introduced, completed
Passes Assembly, completed
Passes Senate, completed
Governor signs, completed
Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law authorizes the state to incur public debt for certain conservation

activities under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program,

which is administered by the Department of Natural Resources. The state may incur

this debt to acquire land for the state for conservation activities and may award

grants to certain nonprofit conservation organizations to acquire lands for these

activities.

Under current law, priority is given to certain types of land acquisitions. These

include acquisitions along the shores of the Great Lakes, land for habitat and natural

areas, and land in the middle Kettle Moraine. This bill adds land located in the

Niagara Escarpment corridor to these priorities. The Niagara Escarpment is a

geologic feature that runs through various counties in the eastern part of the state.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Fiscal Estimate From DNR

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by committee on Natural Resources, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Jan 11, 2012 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Read a third time and passed, Ayes 94, Noes 0

Passed 94–0 Feb 21, 2012 official source full page

Aye · 94

Not voting · 5

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by committee on Natural Resources and Environment, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Mar 1, 2012 official source full page