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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 SENATE BILL 409 |
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| 5 | 5 | | September 8, 2023 - Introduced by Senators C OWLES, BALLWEG and |
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| 6 | 6 | | CABRAL-GUEVARA, cosponsored by Representatives OLDENBURG, TRANEL, |
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| 7 | 7 | | MURSAU, NOVAK, O'CONNOR, SCHMIDT, SUBECK and KITCHENS. Referred to |
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| 8 | 8 | | Committee on Agriculture and Tourism. |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT to create 93.95 of the statutes; relating to: creating an online, |
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| 10 | 10 | | interactive carbon calculator for farmers. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 12 | 12 | | This bill requires the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer |
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| 13 | 13 | | Protection to develop and maintain, or contract with a third party to develop or |
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| 14 | 14 | | maintain, an online, interactive carbon calculator that can be used by farmers in this |
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| 15 | 15 | | state to determine the carbon emissions produced directly and indirectly from their |
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| 16 | 16 | | agricultural activities. Information submitted by a user of the carbon calculator, and |
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| 17 | 17 | | a user's calculated carbon emissions, must be kept confidential and are not subject |
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| 18 | 18 | | to open records requests. |
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| 19 | 19 | | For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as |
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| 20 | 20 | | an appendix to this bill. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 22 | 22 | | enact as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. 93.95 of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 24 | 24 | | 93.95 Online carbon calculator for farmers. The department shall develop |
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| 25 | 25 | | and maintain an online, interactive carbon calculator that may be used by farmers |
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| 26 | 26 | | in this state to determine the carbon emissions produced directly and indirectly from |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 409 |
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| 35 | 35 | | their agricultural activities. The calculator shall allow users to input different |
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| 36 | 36 | | factors including, at a minimum, soil type, soil history, tillage systems, crops planted, |
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| 37 | 37 | | fertilizer and pesticide use, harvest and storage systems, types of livestock, use and |
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| 38 | 38 | | distribution of manure, product delivery systems, conservation measures in place, |
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| 39 | 39 | | and types of vehicles used. The department may contract with a third party to |
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| 40 | 40 | | implement this section. The department and any contracted third party shall keep |
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| 41 | 41 | | confidential all information provided by users and users' calculated carbon |
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| 42 | 42 | | emissions. Information provided by a user and a user's calculated carbon emissions |
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| 43 | 43 | | are not subject to the right of public inspection and copying under s. 19.35 (1). |
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