In this chapter:

1. (1) “Applicant” means a local governmental unit as defined in ss. 16.965 (1) (a) and 16.9651 (1), Stats., applying for a grant under this chapter.
2. (2) “Base funding level” means the levels found in the table in s. Adm 48.05 (1).
3. (3) “Comprehensive plan” means a plan as defined in s. 66.1001 (1) (a), Stats.

4. (4) “Council” means the Wisconsin land council as defined in s. 15.107 (16), Stats.

   Note: Section 15.107 (16), Stats., Wisconsin Land Council, was repealed in 2011 Wisconsin Act 257.  Section 48.02 (4) will be modified accordingly in future rule-making by the Department.

5. (5) “Department” means the department of administration.
6. (6) “Grantee” means an applicant that has been awarded a grant under a signed grant agreement with the department.
7. (7) “Grant agreement” or “agreement” means a contract signed by the local governmental unit to complete a comprehensive plan under s. 66.1001, Stats., and the department.
8. (8) “Grant period” means the period of time specified in s. Adm 48.09 (2).
9. (9) “In-kind services” means services rendered by the local governmental unit defined in s. 66.1001 (1) (b), Stats. Federal grant funds are not included as in-kind services.
10. (10) “Multi-jurisdictional plan” means 2 or more local governmental units participating in the development of a single comprehensive plan that covers the jurisdictions of those local governmental units which is adopted separately by each unit under s. 66.1001, Stats. A county comprehensive plan is a multi-jurisdictional plan if the county and 2 or more local governmental units located in the county participate and adopt the plan.
11. (11) “Plan” and “planning effort” means a comprehensive plan as defined in s. 66.1001 (1) (a), Stats.
12. (12) “Plan update” means a revision to an existing county development plan under s. 59.69 (3), Stats., or to a master plan under ss. 62.23 (2) or (3) or 66.0309 (8), (9) or (10), Stats., to comply with the comprehensive plan provisions of s. 66.1001, Stats. A plan update may include a revision to an existing comprehensive plan under s. 66.1001, Stats.
13. (13) “Planning grant manual” means the document published annually by the department which includes the grant application, instructions, application and scoring timelines, detailed scoring, application review process, funding availability, and other pertinent information relating to the current grant cycle.
14. (14) “Planning grant priority list” means the department’s ranking of grant applications by the numeric order of the scores.

History

History: CR 01-086: cr. Register February 2002 No. 554, eff. 3-1-02.