Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 7 - Recreational boating facilities program › Section NR 7.03 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
The following definitions are applicable to terms used in
				  this chapter.
(1) "Approval" means the
				signing by the secretary or secretary's designee of a project agreement that
				encumbers a specified amount of state aid funds for a specific
				purpose.
(2) "Commission" means the
				Wisconsin waterways commission appointed by the governor under s.
				15.345,
				Stats.
(3) "Department" means the
				Wisconsin department of natural resources.
(3a) "Donations" means the cash or non-cash
				contributions of materials, equipment, services or labor provided by a third
				party to the sponsor that are reasonable and necessary for carrying out the
				project and meet the same test of eligibility as any other cost item.
(4) "Feasibility study" means an
				investigation of the environmental, economic and engineering aspects of a safe
				recreational boating facility project to determine if the project may be
				successfully carried out.
(5)
				"Force account" means the forces and resources of a sponsor including the use
				of the sponsor's own employees and equipment for construction, construction
				related activities (including architectural or engineering services), repair or
				improvement to a facility.
(6)
				"Fringe benefits" means employers' contributions or expenses for social
				security, employee's life and health insurance plans, unemployment insurance
				coverage, worker's compensation insurance, pension retirement plans and
				employee benefits in the form of regular compensation and sick, court or
				military leave.
(7) "Governmental
				unit" means the department, a city, village, town, county, public inland lake
				protection and rehabilitation district organized under ch. 33, Stats., or the
				Fox river management commission.
(8) "Indirect costs" means those costs not
				directly assignable to a project. Such costs are generally administrative in
				nature, are incurred for a common or joint purpose, or are not readily
				assignable to a project.
Note: Examples of indirect costs include central office heat,
				  light, utilities, administrative salaries, secretarial services, postage, etc.,
				  which are not supported by time reports or other documentation which links the
				  expenditure to a particular project.
(8a) "In-kind contributions" means the
				non-cash contributions of materials, equipment, services or labor provided by
				the sponsor that are reasonable and necessary for carrying out the project and
				meet the same test of eligibility as any other cost item.
(9) "Project" means a specific recreational
				boating facility development, dredging of channels of waterways for
				recreational boating purposes, acquisition of capital equipment necessary to
				cut and remove aquatic plants, and acquisition of aids to navigation and
				regulatory markers.
(10) "Project
				agreement" means a contract between the sponsor and department setting forth
				the obligations with regard to a portion or all of a specific
				project.
(11) "Project period"
				means the period of time specified in the project agreement during which all
				work shall be completed or all items acquired.
(12) "Project priority list" means a ranking
				by the commission of various safe recreational boating facility projects in the
				order of their scheduled receipt of funds.
(13) "Qualified lake association" has the
				meaning given in s.
				30.92(1)
				(br), Stats.
(14) "Safe recreational boating facilities"
				means places where the public has access to the water by means of breakwaters
				and other similar physical structures, either naturally or artificially
				constructed, which provide safety and convenience for operators of recreational
				watercraft. "Recreational boating facilities" also includes locks and
				facilities which provide access between waterways for operators of recreational
				watercraft. Safe recreational boating facilities on the Great Lakes are
				commonly referred to as harbors of refuge. Safe recreational boating facilities
				on inland waters are commonly referred to as public accesses or launching
				ramps.
(15) "Secretary" means the
				secretary of the department.
(16)
				"Sponsor" means a governmental unit or qualified lake association receiving
				assistance under this chapter.