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WI Stat § 92.09 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 92 - Soil and water conservation and animal waste management.|92.09 - Land conservation committee staff.

92.09  Land conservation committee staff. The land conservation committee may employ county soil and water conservation staff, subject to the approval of the county board. The county soil and water conservation staff is responsible for the administration of the county soil and water conservation program and may exercise the powers granted to the land conservation committee.History:  1981 c. 346.
WI Stat § 92.115 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 92 - Soil and water conservation and animal waste management.|92.115 - Municipal soil conservation on private lands.

92.115  Municipal soil conservation on private lands. Any city, village or town by its governing body or through a committee designated by it for the purpose, may contract to do soil conservation work on privately owned lands but no contract may involve more than $1,000 for any one person and the amount of work done for any one person may not exceed $1,000 annually.History:  1975 c. 312; 1981 c. 317, 346; 1999 a. 150 s. 371; Stats. 1999 s. 92.115.
WI Stat § 92.12 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 92 - Soil and water conservation and animal waste management.|92.12 - Intergovernmental cooperation.

92.12  Intergovernmental cooperation. Counties, cities, villages, towns and public agencies with natural resource responsibilities in the same or different counties may cooperate in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. If a problem of soil or water conservation is defined in part by drainage basin boundaries beyond a single county's borders or otherwise transcends these borders, the respective counties, cities, villages, towns and public agencies with natural resource responsibilities may enter into mutually binding agreements and contracts containing, but not limited to, provisions for mutually enforced and administered regulatory ordinances and cost-sharing distribution arrangements.History:  1981 c. 346; 1983 a. 410 s. 2200 (2); 1985 a. 332 s. 251 (8).
WI Stat § 92.13 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 92 - Soil and water conservation and animal waste management.|92.13 - State and local agencies to cooperate.

92.13  State and local agencies to cooperate. Agencies of the state having jurisdiction over, or charged with the administration of any state-owned lands, and any county or other governmental subdivision of the state having jurisdiction over, or charged with the administration of any county-owned or other publicly owned lands, shall cooperate to the fullest extent with the land conservation committee in carrying out programs under this chapter. The land conservation committee may enter and perform work upon these publicly owned lands. The provisions of land conservation practices ordinances enacted under s. 92.11 are applicable to these publicly owned lands, and shall be in all respects observed by the agencies administering the lands.History:  1981 c. 346; 1983 a. 410 s. 2200 (2); 1985 a. 332 s. 251 (8).
WI Stat § 92.15 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 92 - Soil and water conservation and animal waste management.|92.15 - Local regulation of livestock operations.

92.15  Local regulation of livestock operations. (1) In this section:(a) “Livestock operation" means a feedlot or other facility or a pasture where animals are fed, confined, maintained or stabled.(b) “Local governmental unit" means a political subdivision of this state, a special purpose district in this state, an instrumentality or corporation of such a political subdivision or special purpose district, a combination or subunit of any of the foregoing or an instrumentality of the state and any of the foregoing. (2) Notwithstanding ss. 92.11 and 92.17, a local governmental unit may enact regulations of livestock operations that are consistent with and do not exceed the performance standards, prohibitions, conservation practices and technical standards under s. 281.16 (3). (3) (a) Notwithstanding ss. 92.11 and 92.17, a local governmental unit may enact regulations of livestock operations that exceed the performance standards, prohibitions, conservation practices and technical standards under s. 281.16 (3) only if the local governmental unit demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection or the department of natural resources that the regulations are necessary to achieve water quality standards under s. 281.15.(b) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection and the department of natural resources shall, by rule, specify procedures for review and approval of proposed local governmental unit regulations under par. (a). (4) A local governmental unit may not apply a regulation under sub. (2) or (3) to a livestock operation that exists on October 14, 1997, unless the local governmental unit determines, using the rules promulgated under s. 281.16 (3) (e), that cost-sharing is available to the owner or operator of the livestock operation under s. 92.14 or 281.65 or from any other source. (5) Any livestock operation that exists on October 14, 1997, and that is required to obtain a permit under s. 283.31 or that receives a notice of discharge under ch. 283 may continue to operate as a livestock operation at the same location notwithstanding s. 59.69 (10) (am) or 62.23 (7) (h) or any zoning ordinance enacted under s. 59.69, 60.61, 60.62, 61.35 or 62.23 (7), if the livestock operation is a lawful use or a legal nonconforming use under any zoning ordinance enacted under s. 59.69, 60.61, 60.62, 61.35 or 62.23 (7) on October 14, 1997. History:  1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9; 2011 a. 170.
WI Stat § 92.16 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 92 - Soil and water conservation and animal waste management.|92.16 - Manure storage facilities.

92.16  Manure storage facilities. A county, city, village or town may enact an ordinance requiring manure storage facilities constructed after July 2, 1983, to meet the technical standards of the county, city, village or town and rules of the department. The department shall adopt rules for ordinances setting standards and criteria for construction of manure storage facilities.History:  1983 a. 27; Stats. 1983 s. 92.16; 1983 a. 410 s. 24n; Stats. 1983 s. 92.34; 1985 a. 8 s. 10; Stats. 1985 s. 92.16; 1987 a. 27; 1993 a. 246.An ordinance passed under this section is applicable only in unincorporated areas of the county. 77 Atty. Gen. 87.
WI Stat § 92.17 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 92 - Soil and water conservation and animal waste management.|92.17 - Shoreland management.

92.17  Shoreland management. (1) Guidelines ordinance. The guidelines for a shoreland management ordinance shall establish standards for activities related to the purpose of maintaining and improving surface water quality. (2)  Authority to enact ordinance.  (a) A city or village may enact a shoreland management ordinance.(ag) A county may enact a shoreland management ordinance. A county shoreland management ordinance does not apply in any town that enacts an ordinance under par. (ar).(ar) A town may enact a shoreland management ordinance that is prepared under sub. (1).(b) If a county, city or village proposes to enact an ordinance based on the guidelines prepared under sub. (1), or if a town proposes to enact a shoreland management ordinance, the county, city, village or town shall submit a draft of the ordinance to the department.(c) The board shall review a draft of an ordinance submitted under par. (b) and make recommendations to the department.(d) The department shall review and approve or disapprove a draft of an ordinance submitted under par. (b).(e) A county, city or village may enact an ordinance based on the guidelines prepared under sub. (1) only if the draft of the ordinance is approved by the department under par. (d). A town may enact a shoreland management ordinance only if the draft of the ordinance is approved by the department under par. (d). (2m)  Authority to enforce ordinance. A county may not enforce a shoreland management ordinance unless the county uses funds provided under s. 92.14 (3) for grants for the purposes under s. 92.14 (3) (b). A city, village or town may not enforce a shoreland management ordinance unless the county in which the city, village or town is located uses funds provided under s. 92.14 (3) for grants for the purposes under s. 92.14 (3) (b). (2r)  Department not to require enactment. The department may not require a county, city, village or town to enact an ordinance under this section as a condition of any other program administered by the department. (4)  Cooperation. The department shall consult with the governing bodies of counties, cities, villages and towns to secure voluntary uniformity of regulations, so far as practicable, shall identify low-cost practices and shall extend assistance to counties, cities, villages and towns under this section.History:  1991 a. 309; 1993 a. 213; 1999 a. 9.
WI Stat § 92.18 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 92 - Soil and water conservation and animal waste management.|92.18 - Training and certification.

92.18  Training and certification. (1) The department shall, by rule, establish a program of training and certification for persons who review plans for, conduct inspections of or engage in activities under any of the following:(a) This chapter.(b) Section 281.65, if those activities relate to agricultural practices. (2) The department shall do all of the following:(a) Identify those persons involved in plan review or inspections who are required to obtain certification.(b) Establish the requirements for and the term of initial certification, and the requirements for recertification upon expiration of that term. To the extent possible, the department shall establish the requirements for certification in conformance with the engineering approval system used by the federal soil conservation service in providing technical assistance under 7 CFR 610.1 to 610.5. The department may require applicants to pass an examination in order to receive initial certification.(c) Establish different levels of certification as the department determines is appropriate.(d) Identify persons other than inspectors and plan reviewers who may benefit from the training program, and encourage those persons to enroll in the training program. (2m) If a person is certified under this section to review plans for, or conduct inspections of, a type of agricultural engineering practice at one of the levels under sub. (2) (c), the department shall allow the person to review plans for, or conduct inspections of, all types of agricultural engineering practices at that same level without requiring any additional certification. (3) The department may impose fees for the training and certification program. (4) The department shall promulgate rules under this section in consultation with the department of natural resources. (5) Any training required under this section may be conducted by the department or the department of natural resources or by another person with the approval of the department. (6) The department may suspend or revoke a certification under this section for failure to comply with this section or rules promulgated under this section.History:  1991 a. 309; 1995 a. 227; 1999 a. 9.
WI Stat § 93.02 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 93 - Department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.|93.02 - Staff.

93.02  Staff. The secretary shall appoint all staff necessary for the carrying out of the duties of the department, all of whom shall be under the classified service except the deputy secretary, the assistant deputy secretary, and, subject to s. 230.08 (4) (a), the administrators of divisions. Each such deputy secretary, assistant deputy secretary, or administrator shall be appointed by the secretary with the approval of the board. History:  1977 c. 418; 2013 a. 20.
WI Stat § 93.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 93 - Department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.|93.03 - Offices of department, hearings, investigations.

93.03  Offices of department, hearings, investigations. The principal office of the department shall be in Madison, but, with the approval of the governor, other offices may be maintained elsewhere in the state as may be necessary for the efficient functioning of the department. Hearings, investigations and meetings necessary to the carrying out of any of the duties of the department may be conducted anywhere within or without the state, as the department determines to be for the best interests of the state and the parties immediately concerned.
WI Stat § 93.075 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 93 - Department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.|93.075 - Policy of cooperative marketing adopted.

93.075  Policy of cooperative marketing adopted. The history of the farm marketing problem in the state and nation, as well as throughout the world, points to a solution chiefly through cooperative marketing efforts of producers. It is, hence, declared to be the policy of this state, in advancing the general good and public welfare, to assist in the organization and development of cooperative associations for production and marketing purposes along lines of dairy and other farm products.History:  1975 c. 394 s. 10; Stats. 1975 s. 93.075.
WI Stat § 93.08 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 93 - Department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.|93.08 - Access for law enforcement.

93.08  Access for law enforcement. In performing their duties or in enforcing the laws entrusted to their administration, the department and its authorized agents may do all of the following: (1) Enter, within reasonable hours, any field, orchard, garden, packing ground, building, freight or express office, warehouse, car, vessel, vehicle, room, cellar, storehouse, cold storage plant, packing house, stockyard, railroad yard or any other place of business, which it may be necessary or desirable for them to enter. (2) Open any box, carton, parcel, package or other receptacle, inspect the contents thereof, and, upon payment or tender of the market value, take samples of any product or material contained therein. (3) Inspect products and materials and collect and test samples of them.History:  1989 a. 282.A warrantless inspection of a dairy farm under authority of ss. 93.08, 93.15 (2), and 97.12 (1) and related administrative rules made without prior notice and without the owner being present was not unconstitutional. Because the administrative rules govern operations, equipment, and processes not typically conducted in residential areas, the rules and statutes sufficiently preclude making warrantless searches of residences. Lundeen v. DATCP, 189 Wis. 2d 255, 525 N.W.2d 758 (Ct. App. 1994).This section authorizes the stop and search of vehicles transporting livestock in Wisconsin so long as certain constitutional safeguards are met. 77 Atty. Gen. 172.
WI Stat § 93.10 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 93 - Department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.|93.10 - Inspector's certificate.

93.10  Inspector's certificate. (1) The department, as a means of enforcing the standard for the grade of any food product or farm product or for any receptacle therefor, may, by general order, after public hearing, require any such product or receptacle to bear the official certificate of an inspector licensed under s. 93.11. (2) Whenever the department has required any product or receptacle to bear the official certificate of an inspector licensed under s. 93.11, no person marketing or having in his or her possession for commercial purposes any such product or receptacle shall remove, mutilate or alter the official certificate thereon or represent such product or receptacle, unless in a manner authorized by the department, as being of any grade other than the grade designated by the official certificate thereon, except as to products or receptacles included in s. 93.09 (2) and (3); and no person shall market or have in his or her possession for commercial purposes any such product or receptacle unless such product or receptacle bears the official certificate of an inspector licensed under s. 93.11, except as to products or receptacles included in s. 93.09 (2), (3) and (4); provided, that such a product or receptacle may be marketed or had in possession without an official certificate issued at the point of shipment if such product or receptacle is destined for shipment to a point within the state, where the shipper has arranged for the issuance of an official certificate; provided, further, that possession under this section, shall not include possession by a carrier or other bailee.History:  1993 a. 492.
WI Stat § 93.14 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 93 - Department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.|93.14 - Power to conduct hearings; secure evidence; witness fees.

93.14  Power to conduct hearings; secure evidence; witness fees. (1) The department or any of its authorized agents may, in relation to any matter within the department's power, conduct hearings, administer oaths, issue subpoenas and take testimony. (2) The witnesses and officers who subpoena them shall be entitled to the fees allowed in courts of record. Such fees shall be audited and paid by the state in the same manner as other expenses of the department are audited and paid. No witness subpoenaed at the instance of any party other than the department shall be entitled to payment of fees by the state, unless the department certifies that the testimony of such witness was material. (3) Any person who shall unlawfully fail to attend as a witness or refuse to testify may be coerced as provided in s. 885.12. (4) A record of all hearings shall be kept in the office of the department. All hearings shall be public.
WI Stat § 93.15 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 93 - Department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.|93.15 - Reports to department; inspections.

93.15  Reports to department; inspections. (1) The department may, by general or special order, require persons engaged in business to file with the department, at such time and in such manner as the department may direct, sworn or unsworn reports or sworn or unsworn answers in writing to specific questions, as to any matter which the department may investigate. (2) The department or any of its authorized agents may have access to and may copy any document, or any part thereof, which is in the possession or under the control of any person engaged in business, if such document, or such part thereof, is relevant to any matter which the department may investigate. (3) No person shall refuse or fail to render any report or answer required under this section at such time and in such manner as the department may prescribe. No person shall refuse, neglect or fail to submit, for the purpose of inspection or copying, any document demanded under this section. No person shall willfully make any false entry or statement in any report or answer required or document demanded under this section. No person shall willfully fail to make full and true entries and statements in any report or answer required or document demanded under this section. No person shall, for the purpose of embarrassing the department in the conduct of any investigation, hearing or proceeding, remove out of the state or mutilate or alter any document. No person shall, except through judicial process, resist or obstruct any official or subordinate of the department in the exercise of the official's or subordinate's lawful authority.History:  1993 a. 492.A warrantless inspection of a dairy farm under authority of ss. 93.08, 93.15 (2), and 97.12 (1) and related administrative rules made without prior notice and without the owner being present was not unconstitutional. Because the administrative rules govern operations, equipment, and processes not typically conducted in residential areas, the rules and statutes sufficiently preclude making warrantless searches of residences. Lundeen v. DATCP, 189 Wis. 2d 255, 525 N.W.2d 758 (Ct. App. 1994).
WI Stat § 93.16 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 93 - Department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.|93.16 - Preliminary investigation.

93.16  Preliminary investigation. (1) The department may, at any time, conduct such preliminary investigation as is necessary and proper to determine whether a hearing or proceeding ought to be begun under the provisions of this chapter. (2) The authority contained in ss. 93.14 and 93.15 may be used in the conduct of such preliminary investigation.
WI Stat § 93.17 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 93 - Department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.|93.17 - Immunity; perjury.

93.17  Immunity; perjury. (1) Except as to a hearing or proceeding under s. 93.06 (3) or as to an investigation preliminary thereto, no person may be excused from testifying or rendering a report or answer or producing or submitting a document, in response to a demand made under s. 93.14 or 93.15, upon the ground or for the reason that the testimony or report or answer or document required of him or her may tend to incriminate him or her or subject him or her to a penalty or forfeiture; but no natural person may be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of testifying or rendering a report or answer or producing or submitting a document, in response to a demand made under s. 93.14 or 93.15, and no testimony so given or report or answer so rendered or document so produced or submitted may be received against him or her in any criminal action, investigation or proceeding; provided, that no natural person so testifying may be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed by him or her in so testifying or for misrepresentation or concealment committed by him or her in so rendering a report or answer or so producing or submitting a document. (2) The immunity provided under sub. (1) is subject to the restrictions under s. 972.085.History:  1989 a. 122.