41.41 Kickapoo valley reserve.

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(1)Definition. In this section:

(a)“Board” means the Kickapoo reserve management board.

(b)“Mining” means operations or activities for the commercial extraction from the earth of merchantable metallic or nonmetallic minerals or the exploration or prospecting for such minerals and includes operations, processes or activities related to that extraction.

(2)Creation. There is created a Kickapoo valley reserve adjacent to the Kickapoo River, consisting of state-owned land that is acquired by the department from the federal government or acquired by the board under sub.

(7)and is designated as the Kickapoo valley reserve by the department.

(3)Objectives. The board shall manage land in the Kickapoo valley reserve to preserve and enhance its unique environmental, scenic and cultural features, to provide facilities for the use and enjoyment of visitors to the reserve and to promote the reserve as a destination for vacationing and recreation.

(4)Policy responsibility and cooperation.

(a)The board is the policy-making body responsible for the Kickapoo valley reserve.

(b)The department shall provide staff within the classified service to assist the board in performing the payroll, accounting and related management functions of the board.

(c)The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the department of natural resources, the department of transportation, the department of administration, the state historical society, and the University of Wisconsin-Extension shall cooperate with and assist the board in matters related to its functions.

(d)Notwithstanding s. 15.03 , the department shall process and forward all personnel and biennial budget requests by the board without change except as requested or concurred in by the board.

(5)Board duties. The board shall:

(a)Appoint an executive director outside the classified service.

(b)Publish a map and description of the Kickapoo valley reserve.

(c)Manage the land in the Kickapoo valley reserve in conformity with this section.

(d)Promote to the recreational users of the Kickapoo valley reserve an appreciation of the environmental, scenic and cultural features of the reserve.

(e)Consult and cooperate with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the department of natural resources, the department of transportation, the department of administration, the state historical society, the University of Wisconsin-Extension, any federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state that appoints a liaison representative to the board regarding the management of the Kickapoo valley reserve.

(f)Seek the advice and assistance of and cooperate with local governmental units having jurisdiction of and in the vicinity of the Kickapoo valley reserve.

(g)Conduct one or more public hearings prior to trading land located in the Kickapoo valley reserve or acquiring land for the reserve.

(h)Actively solicit bids for construction, materials, supplies, equipment and contractual services required by the board from bidders located in the region surrounding the Kickapoo valley reserve.

(i)Recognize and honor preexisting highway and utility easements on land that becomes a part of the Kickapoo valley reserve or land that is acquired by the board.

(6)Board restrictions. The board shall not:

(a)Sell land in the Kickapoo valley reserve.

(b)Exercise jurisdiction over land that is not a part of the Kickapoo valley reserve unless that land has been acquired by the board.

(7)Board powers. The board may:

(a)Delegate responsibility for administration of the Kickapoo valley reserve to the executive director.

(b)Subject to any prior action under s. 13.48

(am)or 16.848

(1), lease land that is part of the Kickapoo valley reserve to any person for purposes consistent with the management of the reserve under sub.

(3), or for agricultural purposes, and lease other land that is acquired by the board for any lawful purpose.