Wisconsin House Bill 700 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Failed on April 8 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-04-08 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act to repeal 20.370 (1) (cx), 77.81 (5), 77.82 (2m) (ac), 77.82 (2m) (ag), 77.82 (2m) (am), 77.82 (2m) (c), 77.82 (2m) (dm) 1., 77.82 (2m) (dm) 2., 77.82 (3) (am), 77.82 (4g), 77.82 (4m) (d), 77.83 (2) (am), 77.83 (4) (b), 77.86 (2), 77.86 (3) (title), 77.87 (1g) (d), 77.88 (2) (a) 1., 77.88 (3g) (a), 77.88 (4), 77.88 (5) (a) 1. and 2., 77.88 (5) (ab), 77.88 (5) (ar), 77.88 (5) (b), 77.88 (5) (c), 77.88 (6) and 77.91 (3); to renumber 77.81 (1), 77.83 (4) (a), 77.86 (1) (a), 77.86 (1) (b) and 77.89 (2) (b); to renumber and amend 77.06 (1), 77.81 (2m), 77.82 (1) (bn), 77.82 (12), 77.86 (1) (title), 77.86 (1) (c), 77.86 (1) (d), 77.86 (3), 77.88 (2) (a) (intro.), 77.88 (2) (a) 2., 77.88 (2) (a) 3., 77.88 (2) (e), 77.88 (2) (f), 77.88 (3), 77.88 (5) (a) (intro.) and 77.89 (2) (a); to amend 20.370 (5) (bv), 74.23 (1) (a) 2., 74.25 (1) (a) 2., 74.25 (1) (a) 3., 74.30 (1) (b), 74.30 (1) (c), 77.07 (2), 77.07 (3), 77.81 (6), 77.82 (1) (a) 1., 77.82 (1) (a) 2., 77.82 (1) (b) 3., 77.82 (2m) (title), 77.82 (3) (title), 77.82 (3) (ag), 77.82 (3) (ar), 77.82 (3) (c) (intro.), 77.82 (3) (g), 77.82 (4), 77.83 (2) (b), 77.84 (3) (b), 77.86 (4), 77.86 (5) (a), 77.86 (5) (b), 77.87 (1), 77.87 (2), 77.87 (3), 77.87 (5), 77.876 (1), 77.876 (4), 77.88 (title), 77.88 (1) (b) 1., 77.88 (1) (c), 77.88 (2) (am), 77.88 (2) (b), 77.88 (2) (c), 77.88 (3) (title), 77.88 (3g) (title), 77.88 (3g) (am) (intro.), 77.88 (3g) (b), 77.88 (3g) (c), 77.88 (3j) (c), 77.88 (3m), 77.88 (5) (am) 1., 77.88 (5m), 77.88 (7), 77.88 (8) (b), 77.883 (3), 77.885 (intro.), 77.89 (1), 77.89 (2) (title) and 77.91 (3m); to repeal and recreate 77.86 (title); and to create 77.10 (2) (d), 77.81 (1d), 77.81 (2r), 77.81 (4m), 77.82 (1) (a) 1m., 77.82 (1) (bp), 77.82 (3m), 77.82 (12) (a) 2., 77.82 (12) (a) 4., 77.82 (12) (a) 5., 77.82 (12) (a) 6., 77.83 (2) (ar), 77.83 (2) (d), 77.86 (1g) (title), 77.86 (4m), 77.88 (2) (a) (title), 77.88 (2) (ac) (title), 77.88 (2) (d) (title), 77.88 (2m), 77.88 (3) (am), 77.88 (3) (b) (title), 77.88 (3) (b) 1. (intro.) and 2., 77.88 (3) (c), 77.88 (3) (d), 77.88 (3g) (c), 77.88 (3j), 77.88 (3k), 77.88 (3L), 77.88 (4m), 77.88 (5) (ac), 77.88 (5) (am) (title) and 77.89 (3) (title) of the statutes; Relating to: eligibility requirements under the managed forest land program relating to parcel size and production of merchantable timber, management plans for managed forest lands, orders adding and withdrawing managed forest land, renewal of orders designating managed forest land, areas of managed forest lands that are open for public access, allowing managed forest lands to be used for recreational activities, regulation of cutting of timber on managed forest land and on forest croplands, withdrawal taxes and fees imposed on the withdrawal of managed forest land and yield taxes imposed for cutting timber from managed forest land, the sale or transfer of managed forest land, expiration of orders designating managed forest land, withdrawal of forest croplands that are held in trust for Indian tribes, a study of the managed forest land program, a report on exempt withdrawals from the managed forest land program and the forest cropland program, elimination of references to the woodland tax law, granting rule-making authority, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)

Eligibility requirements under the managed forest land program relating to parcel size and production of merchantable timber, management plans for managed forest lands, orders adding and withdrawing managed forest land, renewal of orders designating managed forest land, areas of managed forest lands that are open for public access, allowing managed forest lands to be used for recreational activities, regulation of cutting of timber on managed forest land and on forest croplands, withdrawal taxes and fees imposed on the withdrawal of managed forest land and yield taxes imposed for cutting timber from managed forest land, the sale or transfer of managed forest land, expiration of orders designating managed forest land, withdrawal of forest croplands that are held in trust for Indian tribes, a study of the managed forest land program, a report on exempt withdrawals from the managed forest land program and the forest cropland program, elimination of references to the woodland tax law, granting rule-making authority, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)

Rep. Jeffrey Mursau [R]

Rep. Fred Clark [D]

Sen. Thomas Tiffany [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-04-08	House	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2014-03-20	House	Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Mursau
2014-03-20	House	Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Mursau
2014-03-12	House	Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Assembly Rule 24 (3)(c)
2014-03-07	House	Referred to Committee on Rules
2014-03-07	House	Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Environment and Forestry, Ayes 6, Noes 2
2014-03-07	House	Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Environment and Forestry, Ayes 8, Noes 0
2014-03-04	House	Executive action taken
2014-03-04	House	Fiscal estimate received
2014-03-04	House	LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 1)
2014-03-03	House	Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Mursau and Clark
2014-02-04	House	Public hearing held
2014-02-04	House	Fiscal estimate received
2014-01-31	House	Read first time and referred to Committee on Environment and Forestry
2014-01-31	House	Introduced

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2013/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab700
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2013/REG/AB700.pdf