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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 805
December 23, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
DeSanto
,
Miresse
,
Anderson
,
Andraca
,
Arney
,
Bare
,
Brown
,
Clancy
,
DeSmidt
,
Emerson
,
Fitzgerald
,
Joers
,
Madison
,
McCarville
,
Palmeri
,
Roe
,
Sinicki
,
Stroud
,
Tenorio
and
Udell
, cosponsored by Senators
Habush Sinykin
,
Spreitzer
,
Keyeski
,
Dassler-Alfheim
,
Hesselbein
,
L. Johnson
,
Ratcliff
,
Roys
,
Wall
and
Wirch
. Referred to Committee on Agriculture.
AB805,1,3
1
An Act
to create
20.115 (7) (ac) and 93.67 of the statutes;
relating to:
sandhill
2
crane damage abatement assistance for corn producers, granting rule-making
3
authority, and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to administer a program to provide reimbursements to eligible applicant farmers for the purchase of seed treatment that is registered for use on corn seed to discourage sandhill cranes from consuming the seed. Under the program, applicants may be reimbursed for up to 50 percent of the actual cost of the purchase of seed treatment, not to exceed $6,250 per farm, per year.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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4
Section
1
.
20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place,
5
insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
-
See PDF for table
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7
Section
2
.
20.115 (7) (ac) of the statutes is created to read:
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8
20.115
(7)
(ac)
Sandhill crane damage reimbursements.
As a continuing
9
appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the sandhill crane damage
10
reimbursement program under s. 93.67.
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11
Section
3
.
93.67 of the statutes is created to read:
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12
93.67
Sandhill crane damage reimbursement program.
(1)
In this
13
section:
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14
(a) “Eligible applicant” means a person that plants corn on land that is
15
operated as part of a farm that produced at least $6,000 in gross farm revenues
16
during the taxable year preceding the year in which the person applies for
17
reimbursement under this section.
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18
(b) “Farm” means all land under common ownership that is primarily devoted
19
to agricultural use.
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20
(c) “Seed coating” means a nonlethal treatment registered for use on corn seed
21
to discourage sandhill cranes from consuming the seed.
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22
(2)
(a) The department shall administer a program to provide
23
reimbursements to eligible applicants for the purchase of seed coating that is
24
applied as a seed treatment.
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1
(b) A reimbursement under this section shall cover not more than 50 percent
2
of the actual cost of the purchase of seed coating that is applied as a seed treatment
3
and may not exceed $6,250 per eligible applicant per planting season.
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4
(c) From March 1 to June 15 of each year, eligible applicants may apply to the
5
department for reimbursement for seed coating purchased no earlier than
6
November 1 of the prior year. Eligible applicants shall provide to the department
7
proof of purchase and an application on a form provided by the department to be
8
eligible to receive a reimbursement under this section.
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9
(d) From the appropriation under s. 20.115 (7) (ac), the department shall
10
prioritize reimbursement payments under par. (c) to all of the following:
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11
1. Eligible applicants that received a federal depredation permit for sandhill
12
crane in the previous year.
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13
2. Eligible applicants that received reimbursement under this section in any
14
of the prior 3 years or that can provide documentation of purchase of seed coating in
15
any of the prior 3 years.
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16
3. Eligible applicants planting corn on land vulnerable to sandhill crane
17
depredation as determined by the department in consultation with the department
18
of natural resources and applicable conservation organizations.
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19
(e) After reimbursing all eligible applicants under par. (d), from the
20
appropriation under s. 20.115 (7) (ac), the department shall make reimbursement
21
payments to other eligible applicants that have experienced or are likely to
22
experience seed or crop damage from sandhill cranes. The department shall make
23
payments under this paragraph to eligible applicants in the order in which
24
applications are received by the department.
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1
(f) The department shall make all reimbursement payments under pars. (d)
2
and (e) no later than September 15 of the year in which applications are made
3
under par. (c).
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4
(g) A farm is eligible to receive only one reimbursement payment per year
5
under this section.
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6
(3)
The department shall compile an annual report detailing the number of
7
reimbursements requested, the total dollar amount requested as reimbursement,
8
the number of reimbursements issued, and the total dollar amount disbursed as
9
reimbursement under this section. The department shall submit the report to the
10
appropriate standing committees of the legislature in the manner provided in s.
11
13.172 (3) no later than December 31 each year.
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12
(4)
The department may promulgate rules to establish prioritization of
13
payments under sub. (2) (d) and (e), including identifying applicable conservation
14
organizations under sub. (2) (d) 3. and determining whether eligible applicants
15
have experienced or are likely to experience seed or crop damage under sub. (2) (e).
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16
Section
4
. Fiscal changes.
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17
(
1
)
In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department
18
of agriculture, trade and consumer protection under s. 20.115 (7) (a), the dollar
19
amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $85,000 and the dollar amount for
20
fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $85,000 to increase the authorized FTE positions
21
for the department by 1.0 GPR position to administer the sandhill crane damage
22
reimbursement program under s. 93.67 and for administrative costs related to the
23
program.
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24
Section
5
. Effective date.
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1
(
1
)
This act takes effect on the first day of the 4th month beginning after
2
publication.
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3
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