Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 64

Relating to: the use of proceeds from the sale of state-owned properties controlled by the Department of Natural Resources. (FE)

Natural resources board Natural resources department of — Administration Public land — Sale Reports

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill expands the purposes for which proceeds from the sale of state-owned

property controlled by the Department of Natural Resources may be spent.

Under current law, with limited exceptions, the Natural Resources Board may

sell state-owned lands and structures under DNR jurisdiction when the board

determines that those properties are no longer necessary for state conservation

purposes. Upon selling such properties, the board must deposit the proceeds in the

conservation fund, and the proceeds may be used only to purchase other areas of land

for use as public hunting and fishing grounds, wildlife and fish refuges, or state parks

or for inclusion in the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway.

Under the bill, the proceeds from the sale of DNR properties may be used to

acquire or develop any land or easement, with no restrictions or limitations on use

or location. The bill prohibits the board from using the proceeds to pay program

administration costs or fund full-time equivalent positions.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Fiscal Estimate From DNR

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Mar 18, 2021 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0