Subject to availability of funds, the department shall
determine annual grant amounts for eligible projects under s.
Adm 47.03, by October 15, of each year. A grant may not
exceed $100,000. The department may award more than one grant to a county
board. Any funds not granted in any given year shall remain available for
general distribution to eligible local units of government, at the discretion
of the department in future grant cycles. In carrying out its duties under this
section, including setting priorities for grant funding, the department may
seek advice and assistance from state agencies, local governmental units, and
other experts involved in collecting and managing land information. The
department may provide the following grant categories:
(1) Training and education grants as provided
in s.
Adm 47.03(5), shall be available to
provide the county land information officer or the officer's designee with
training for the design, development and implementation of a land information
system. A county may receive up to $300 to participate in workshops and courses
provided by institutions of higher education, professional land information
organizations or land information system vendors.
(2) Land information system base budget
grants for eligible projects and activities provided in s.
Adm 47.03(1)
through (5), shall be available to provide a
minimum funding level to enable a county land information office to develop,
maintain and operate a basic land information system. To be eligible for this
category, the fees that a county retained under the provisions of s.
59.72(5) (b), Stats., shall be less than $50,000 for
the preceding fiscal year.
(3)
Local government contribution based grants shall be available to fund eligible
projects and activities as provided in s.
Adm 47.03(1)
through (5), that are consistent with the
countywide plan for land records modernization. A county may receive an amount
equal to the available funds divided proportionately according to the rate of
county fee submittals under s.
59.72(5) (a), Stats., for the preceding fiscal
year.
(4) Strategic initiative
grants for eligible projects and activities as provided in s.
Adm 47.03(1)
through (5), for expediting and fostering
statewide and regional strategic initiatives consistent with specific statutory
requirements and standards adopted by the department.
Notes
Wis. Admin. Code Department of Administration
Adm 47.04
Cr. Register, May, 2000,
No. 533, eff. 6-1-00; CR 06-084: am. (intro.), (2) and (4), Register December
2006 No. 612, eff. 1-1-07.
The Wisconsin Land Information program statutes and the
standards adopted by the Department may be obtained from the Department's Land
Information Program at P.O. Box 8944, Madison, Wisconsin or at the following
website: http://www.doa.state.wi.us/dir/index.asp.
