23.16 Periodicals. (1) PUBLICATION. The department may produce, issue, or reprint magazines or other periodicals on a periodic basis as it determines, pertaining to fish and game, forests, parks, environmental quality, and other similar subjects of general information. The department shall produce 4 printed issues of the Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine annually, provide the content of those printed issues on its Internet site, and provide additional magazine content on its Internet site. The department may distribute its magazines and periodicals by subscription. The department shall charge a fee for any of its magazines or periodicals, except that no fee may be charged to a person who is provided a subscription to the Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine under s. 29.235.
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(2) ADVERTISING. The department may advertise and sell advertising space in its magazines and other periodicals. The department may advertise or otherwise publicize its magazines and other periodicals. The advertising and publicizing shall be consistent with the goals, purposes and functions of the department. (3) SUBSCRIBER LISTS. The department may refuse to reveal names, addresses, and electronic mail addresses of persons on any magazine or periodical subscriber list. The department may charge a fee to recover the actual costs for providing or for the use of any magazine or periodical subscriber list. No person who obtains or uses any magazine or periodical subscriber list from the department may refer to the department, the magazine, or the periodical as the source of names, addresses, or electronic mail addresses unless the person clearly states that the provision of, or permission to use, the subscriber list in no way indicates any of the following: (a) The department’s involvement or connection with the person or the person’s activities. (b) The department’s knowledge, approval or authorization of the person’s activities. (4) COSTS. Notwithstanding ss. 20.908 and 35.78 (2) the fee charged by the department in selling each of its magazines and periodicals shall be at least equal to the amount necessary to cover the production, storage, handling and distribution costs of each magazine and periodical. (5) USE OF MONEYS. The department shall use the moneys collected under this section for the costs specified in sub. (4). If the moneys collected under this section exceed the amount necessary for the costs specified in sub. (4), the department shall use the excess for educational and informational activities concerning conservation and the environment. History: 1975 c. 224; 1977 c. 418; 1979 c. 221; 1981 c. 335 s. 26; 1983 a. 27; 1989 a. 31 ss. 650km, 650L, 684c, 684e, 684i; Stats. 1989 s. 23.16; 1991 a. 39; 1997 a. 248; 1999 a. 88; 2007 a. 12; 2017 a. 59.
23.165 Promotional activities; other publications. (1) PUBLICATIONS. The department may produce, issue, reprint and sell publications not published on a periodic basis that pertain to fish and game, forests, parks, environmental quality and other similar subjects of general information. (1m) PHOTOGRAPHS, SLIDES, VIDEOTAPES, ARTWORK. The department may produce, issue, reprint and sell photographs, slides, videotapes and artwork if they pertain to fish and game, forests, parks, environmental quality and other similar subjects of general information. (2) ADVERTISING SPACE. The department may advertise and sell advertising space in its publications. Any advertising shall be consistent with the goals, purposes and functions of the department. (3) PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES. The department may promote, through the sale of merchandise or otherwise, advertise or otherwise publicize department programs, department publications, and all properties, lands, facilities, waterways, projects and other areas subject to the jurisdiction or control of the department. The promotion, advertising and publicizing shall be consistent with the goals, purposes and functions of the department. (4) SUBSCRIBER LISTS. The department may refuse to reveal names, addresses, and electronic mail addresses of persons on any publication subscriber list. The department may charge a fee to recover the actual costs for providing or for the use of a publication subscriber list. No person who obtains or uses a publication subscriber list from the department may refer to the department or the publication as the source of names, addresses, or electronic mail addresses unless the person clearly states that the provision of, or permission to use, the subscriber list in no way indicates any of the following:
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(a) The department’s involvement or connection with the person or the person’s activities. (b) The department’s knowledge, approval or authorization of the person’s activities. (5) COSTS. Notwithstanding ss. 20.908 and 35.78 (2), any price set or fee charged by the department in selling a publication, photograph, slide, videotape, artwork or promotional merchandise shall be at least equal to the amount necessary to cover the production, promotional, storage, handling and distribution costs of the publication, photograph, slide, videotape, artwork or promotional merchandise. (5m) USE OF MONEYS. The department shall use the moneys collected under this section for the costs specified in sub. (5). If the moneys collected under this section exceed the amount necessary for the costs specified in sub. (5), the department shall use the excess for educational and informational activities concerning conservation and the environment. (6) REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. The department shall annually submit a report concerning the activities, receipts and disbursements under this section for the preceding fiscal year to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3). History: 1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 39; 1999 a. 88; 2007 a. 12.
23.167 Goals and accountability measures for economic development programs. (1) In this section, “economic development program” means a program or activity having the primary purpose of encouraging the establishment and growth of business in this state, including the creation and retention of jobs, and that satisfies all of the following: (a) The program receives funding from the state or federal government that is allocated through an appropriation under ch. 20. (b) The program provides financial assistance, tax benefits, or direct services to specific industries, businesses, local governments, or organizations. (2) The department, in consultation with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, shall do all of the following for each economic development program administered by the department: (a) Establish clear and measurable goals for the program that are tied to statutory policy objectives. (b) Establish at least one quantifiable benchmark for each program goal described in par. (a). (c) Require that each recipient of a grant or loan under the program submit a report to the department. Each contract with a recipient of a grant or loan under the program shall specify the frequency and format of the report to be submitted to the department and the performance measures to be included in the report. (d) Establish a method for evaluating the projected results of the program with actual outcomes as determined by evaluating the information described in pars. (a) and (b). (e) Annually and independently verify, from a sample of grants and loans, the accuracy of the information required to be reported under par. (c). (f) Establish by rule a requirement that the recipient of a grant or loan under the program of at least $100,000 submit to the department a verified statement signed by both an independent certified public accountant licensed or certified under ch. 442 and the director or principal officer of the recipient to attest to the accuracy of the verified statement, and make available for inspection the documents supporting the verified statement. The department shall include the requirement established by rule under this paragraph in the contract entered into by a grant or loan recipient.
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(g) Establish by rule policies and procedures permitting the department to do all of the following if a recipient of a grant or loan or tax benefits under the program submits false or misleading information to the department or fails to comply with the terms of a contract entered into with the department under the program and fails to provide to the satisfaction of the department an explanation for the noncompliance: 1. Recoup payments made to the recipient. 2. Withhold payments to be made to the recipient. 3. Impose a forfeiture on the recipient. History: 2007 a. 125; 2011 a. 32.
23.169 Economic development assistance coordination and reporting. (1) The department shall coordinate any economic development assistance with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. (2) Annually, no later than October 1, the department shall submit to the joint legislative audit committee and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) a comprehensive report assessing economic development programs, as defined in s. 23.167 (1), administered by the department. The report shall include all of the information required under s. 238.07 (2). The department shall collaborate with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to make readily accessible to the public on an Internet-based system the information required under this section. History: 2007 a. 125; 2011 a. 32.