Wisconsin Statutes 23.31 – Recreation resources facilities
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 23.31
- Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
- Land: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
(1)
(a) To provide and develop recreation resources facilities within this state, the natural resources board, subject to the limits provided in s. 20.866 (2) (tp), (ts) and (tt), may direct that state debt be contracted for providing recreation resources facilities or making additions to existing recreation resources facilities.
(b) With their biennial budget request to the department of administration, the natural resources board shall include its request and plan for recreational acquisition and development funding under s. 23.30. This plan shall be approved by the governor and shall contain the policies regarding the priority types of land to be acquired and the nature and categories of the developments to be undertaken. Changes in priority types of land to be acquired and in categories of developments may not be made without approval of the governor. Any deviation which the governor approves shall be reviewed by the joint committee on finance.
(2)
(a) The debt shall be contracted for in the manner and form the legislature prescribes.
(b) It is the intent of the legislature that state debt not to exceed $56,055,000 in the 12-year period from 1969 to 1981 may be incurred for the comprehensive provision of outdoor recreation facilities as provided under s. 23.30 but any unappropriated or uncommitted portion of this debt shall be continued beyond 1981.
(c) It is the intent of the legislature that state debt not to exceed $60,000,000 in the 10-year period from July 1, 1981 to July 1, 1991, may be incurred to support outdoor recreation land acquisition activities.