SB453-SSA1,32,94 145.20 (6) (a) 2. Install, design, maintain, repair, or sell a private sewage
5on-site wastewater treatment system, component of a private sewage on-site
6wastewater treatment
system, drain field designed to serve a private sewage on-site
7wastewater treatment
system, or pipe from a private sewage on-site wastewater
8treatment
system to the immediate inside of the existing or proposed foundation wall
9of the building served by the private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system.
SB453-SSA1, s. 99 10Section 99. 145.24 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,32,1511 145.24 (1) If an existing private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system
12either is not located in soil meeting the siting standards or is not constructed in
13accordance with design standards promulgated under s. 145.02 or 145.13, the owner
14of the private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system may petition the
15department for a variance to the siting or design standards.
SB453-SSA1, s. 100 16Section 100. 145.24 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,32,1917 145.24 (2) The department shall establish procedures for the review and
18evaluation of existing private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems which
19do not comply with siting or design standards.
SB453-SSA1, s. 101 20Section 101. 145.24 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,33,721 145.24 (3) Upon receipt of a petition for a variance, the department shall
22require the owner of the private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system to
23submit information necessary to evaluate the request for a variance. If the
24department determines that the existing private sewage on-site wastewater
25treatment
system is not a failing private sewage on-site wastewater treatment

1system, and continued use of the existing private sewage on-site wastewater
2treatment
system will not pose a threat of contamination of waters of the state, then
3the department may issue a variance to allow continued use of the existing private
4sewage on-site wastewater treatment system. The department shall rescind the
5variance if the existing private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system
6becomes a failing private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system or
7contaminates waters of the state.
SB453-SSA1, s. 102 8Section 102. 145.245 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,33,10 9145.245 (title) Private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system
10replacement or rehabilitation.
SB453-SSA1, s. 103 11Section 103. 145.245 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,33,1612 145.245 (1) (a) 1. A determination that a private sewage on-site wastewater
13treatment
system is failing, according to the criteria under sub. (4), based on an
14inspection of the private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system by an
15employee of the state or a governmental unit who is certified to inspect private
16sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems by the department.
SB453-SSA1, s. 104 17Section 104. 145.245 (1) (ae) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,33,2118 145.245 (1) (ae) "Governmental unit" means a governmental unit responsible
19for the regulation of private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems.
20"Governmental unit" also includes a federally recognized American Indian tribe or
21band.
SB453-SSA1, s. 105 22Section 105. 145.245 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,34,223 145.245 (4) Failing private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems.
24(intro.) The department shall establish criteria for determining if a private sewage
25on-site wastewater treatment system is a failing private sewage on-site wastewater

1treatment
system. A failing private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system
2is one which causes or results in any of the following conditions:
SB453-SSA1, s. 106 3Section 106. 145.245 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,34,64 145.245 (4) (b) The introduction of sewage into zones of saturation which
5adversely affects the operation of a private sewage on-site wastewater treatment
6system.
SB453-SSA1, s. 107 7Section 107. 145.245 (4) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,34,108 145.245 (4) (e) The failure to accept sewage discharges and back up of sewage
9into the structure served by the private sewage on-site wastewater treatment
10system.
SB453-SSA1, s. 108 11Section 108. 145.245 (4m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,34,1512 145.245 (4m) Categories of failing private sewage on-site wastewater
13treatment
systems. (intro.) For the purposes of this section, the department shall
14establish the category of each failing private sewage on-site wastewater treatment
15system for which a grant application is submitted, as follows:
SB453-SSA1, s. 109 16Section 109. 145.245 (4m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,34,1817 145.245 (4m) (a) Category 1: failing private sewage on-site wastewater
18treatment
systems described in sub. (4) (a) to (c).
SB453-SSA1, s. 110 19Section 110. 145.245 (4m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,34,2120 145.245 (4m) (b) Category 2: failing private sewage on-site wastewater
21treatment
systems described in sub. (4) (d).
SB453-SSA1, s. 111 22Section 111. 145.245 (4m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,34,2423 145.245 (4m) (c) Category 3: failing private sewage on-site wastewater
24treatment
systems described in sub. (4) (e).
SB453-SSA1, s. 112 25Section 112. 145.245 (5) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,35,9
1145.245 (5) (a) 1. A person is eligible for grant funds under this section if he or
2she owns a principal residence which is served by a category 1 or 2 failing private
3sewage on-site wastewater treatment system, if the private sewage on-site
4wastewater treatment
system was installed before July 1, 1978, if the family income
5of the person does not exceed the income limitations under par. (c), if the amount of
6the grant determined under sub. (7) is at least $100, if the residence is not located
7in an area served by a sewer and if determination of failure is made prior to the
8rehabilitation or replacement of the failing private sewage on-site wastewater
9treatment
system.
SB453-SSA1, s. 113 10Section 113. 145.245 (5) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,35,1811 145.245 (5) (a) 2. A business is eligible for grant funds under this section if it
12owns a small commercial establishment which is served by a category 1 or 2 failing
13private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system, if the private sewage on-site
14wastewater treatment
system was installed before July 1, 1978, if the gross revenue
15of the business does not exceed the limitation under par. (d), if the small commercial
16establishment is not located in an area served by a sewer and if a determination of
17failure is made prior to the rehabilitation or replacement of the private sewage
18on-site wastewater treatment system.
SB453-SSA1, s. 114 19Section 114. 145.245 (5) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,35,2520 145.245 (5) (a) 3. A person who owns a principal residence or small commercial
21establishment which is served by a category 1 or 2 failing private sewage on-site
22wastewater treatment
system may submit an application for grant funds during the
233-year period after the determination of failure is made. Grant funds may be
24awarded after work is completed if rehabilitation or replacement of the system meets
25all requirements of this section and rules promulgated under this section.
SB453-SSA1, s. 115
1Section 115. 145.245 (5m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,36,72 145.245 (5m) (a) The department or a governmental unit shall deny a grant
3application under this section if the applicant or a person who would be directly
4benefited by the grant intentionally caused the conditions which resulted in a
5category 1 or 2 failing private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system. The
6department or governmental unit shall notify the applicant in writing of a denial,
7including the reason for the denial.
SB453-SSA1, s. 116 8Section 116. 145.245 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,36,149 145.245 (6) (a) Except for grants under par. (b), funds available under a grant
10under this section shall be applied to the rehabilitation or replacement of the private
11sewage on-site wastewater treatment system. An existing private sewage on-site
12wastewater treatment
system may be replaced by an alternative private sewage
13on-site wastewater treatment system or by a system serving more than one principal
14residence.
SB453-SSA1, s. 117 15Section 117. 145.245 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,36,1916 145.245 (6) (b) Funds available under a grant under this section for
17experimental private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems shall be applied
18to the installation and monitoring of the experimental private sewage on-site
19wastewater treatment
systems.
SB453-SSA1, s. 118 20Section 118. 145.245 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,36,2521 145.245 (7) (a) Except as provided in par. (e), costs allowable in determining
22grant funding under this section may not exceed the costs of rehabilitating or
23replacing a private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system which would be
24necessary to allow the rehabilitated system or new system to meet the minimum
25requirements of the state plumbing code promulgated under s. 145.13.
SB453-SSA1, s. 119
1Section 119. 145.245 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,37,72 145.245 (7) (b) Except as provided in par. (e), costs allowable in determining
3grant funding under this section may not exceed the costs of rehabilitating or
4replacing a private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system by the least costly
5methods, except that a holding tank may not be used as the measure of the least
6costly method for rehabilitating or replacing a private sewage on-site wastewater
7treatment
system other than a holding tank.
SB453-SSA1, s. 120 8Section 120. 145.245 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,38,29 145.245 (7) (c) Except as provided in pars. (d) and (e), the state grant share
10under this section is limited to $7,000 for each principal residence or small
11commercial establishment to be served by the private sewage on-site wastewater
12treatment
system or to the amount determined by the department based upon
13private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system grant funding tables,
14whichever is less. The department shall prepare and publish private sewage on-site
15wastewater treatment
system grant funding tables which specify the maximum
16state share limitation for various components and costs involved in the
17rehabilitation or replacement of a private sewage on-site wastewater treatment
18system based upon minimum size and other requirements specified in the state
19plumbing code promulgated under s. 145.02. The maximum state share limitations
20shall be designed to pay approximately 60% of the average allowable cost of private
21sewage on-site wastewater treatment system rehabilitation or replacement based
22upon estimated or actual costs of that rehabilitation or replacement. The
23department shall revise the grant funding tables when it determines that 60% of
24current costs of private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system rehabilitation
25or replacement exceed the amounts in the grant funding tables by more than 10%,

1except that the department may not revise the grant funding tables more often than
2once every 2 years.
SB453-SSA1, s. 121 3Section 121. 145.245 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,38,84 145.245 (7) (d) Except as provided in par. (e), if the income of a person who owns
5a principal residence that is served by a category 1 or 2 failing private sewage on-site
6wastewater treatment
system is greater than $32,000, the amount of the grant under
7this section is limited to the amount determined under par. (c) less 30% of the amount
8by which the person's income exceeds $32,000.
SB453-SSA1, s. 122 9Section 122. 145.245 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,38,1610 145.245 (7) (e) Costs allowable for experimental private sewage on-site
11wastewater treatment
systems shall include the costs of installing and monitoring
12experimental private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems installed under
13s. 145.02 (3) (b) and this section. The department shall promulgate rules that specify
14how the department will select, monitor and allocate the state share for
15experimental private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems that the
16department funds under this section.
SB453-SSA1, s. 123 17Section 123. 145.245 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,38,2518 145.245 (8) (a) In order to be eligible for a grant under this section, a
19governmental unit shall make an application for replacement or rehabilitation of
20private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems of principal residences or
21small commercial establishments and shall submit an application for participation
22to the department. The application shall be in the form and include the information
23the department prescribes. In order to be eligible for funds available in a fiscal year,
24an application is required to be received by the department prior to February 1 of the
25previous fiscal year.
SB453-SSA1, s. 124
1Section 124. 145.245 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,39,62 145.245 (9) (b) Certify that grants will be used for private sewage on-site
3wastewater treatment
system replacement or rehabilitation for a principal
4residence or small commercial establishment owned by a person who meets the
5eligibility requirements under sub. (5), that the funds will be used as provided under
6sub. (6) and that allowable costs will not exceed the amount permitted under sub. (7);
SB453-SSA1, s. 125 7Section 125. 145.245 (9) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,39,98 145.245 (9) (c) Certify that grants will be used for private sewage on-site
9wastewater treatment
systems which will be properly installed and maintained;
SB453-SSA1, s. 126 10Section 126. 145.245 (9) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,39,1211 145.245 (9) (e) Establish a process for regulation and inspection of private
12sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems;
SB453-SSA1, s. 127 13Section 127. 145.245 (11) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,39,1714 145.245 (11) (e) Limitation; experimental private sewage on-site wastewater
15treatment
systems. The department may not allocate more than 10% of the funds
16available under this subsection each fiscal year for grants for the installation and
17monitoring of experimental private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems.
SB453-SSA1, s. 128 18Section 128. 145.245 (11m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,39,2219 145.245 (11m) (b) Except as provided in par. (d), if funds are sufficient to fully
20fund all category 1 but not all category 2 failing private sewage on-site wastewater
21treatment
systems, the department shall fully fund all category 1 systems and
22prorate the funds for category 2 systems on a proportional basis.
SB453-SSA1, s. 129 23Section 129. 145.245 (11m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,40,224 145.245 (11m) (c) Except as provided in par. (d), if funds are not sufficient to
25fully fund all category 1 failing private sewage on-site wastewater treatment

1systems, the department shall fund the category 1 systems on a proportional basis
2and deny the grant applications for all category 2 systems.
SB453-SSA1, s. 130 3Section 130. 145.245 (11m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,40,64 145.245 (11m) (d) The department is not required to prorate available funds
5for grants for the installation and monitoring of experimental private sewage on-site
6wastewater treatment
systems.
SB453-SSA1, s. 131 7Section 131. 145.245 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,40,128 145.245 (13) Inspection. Agents of the department or the governmental unit
9may enter premises where private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems
10are located pursuant to a special inspection warrant as required under s. 66.0119,
11to collect samples, records and information and to ascertain compliance with the
12rules and orders of the department or the governmental unit.
SB453-SSA1, s. 132 13Section 132. 145.245 (14) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,40,1814 145.245 (14) (d) Additional grants under this section to a governmental unit
15previously awarded a grant under this section may be suspended or terminated if the
16department finds that a private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system
17previously funded in the governmental unit is not being or has not been properly
18rehabilitated, constructed, installed or maintained.
SB453-SSA1, s. 133 19Section 133. 157.12 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32,
20is repealed.
SB453-SSA1, s. 134 21Section 134. 160.255 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,40,23 22160.255 (title) Exceptions for private sewage on-site wastewater
23treatment
systems.
SB453-SSA1, s. 135 24Section 135. 160.255 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,41,2
1160.255 (1) In this section, "private sewage on-site wastewater treatment
2system" has the meaning given in s. 145.01 (12).
SB453-SSA1, s. 136 3Section 136. 160.255 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,41,84 160.255 (2) Notwithstanding s. 160.19 (1), (2) and (4) (b), a regulatory agency
5is not required to promulgate or amend rules that define design or management
6criteria for private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems to minimize the
7amount of nitrate in groundwater or to maintain compliance with the preventive
8action limit for nitrate.
SB453-SSA1, s. 137 9Section 137. 160.255 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,41,1310 160.255 (3) Notwithstanding s. 160.19 (3), a regulatory agency may
11promulgate rules that define design or management criteria for private sewage
12on-site wastewater treatment systems that permit the enforcement standard for
13nitrate to be attained or exceeded at the point of standards application.
SB453-SSA1, s. 138 14Section 138. 160.255 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,41,1915 160.255 (4) Notwithstanding s. 160.21, a regulatory agency is not required to
16promulgate rules that set forth responses that the agency may take, or require to be
17taken, when the preventive action limit or enforcement standard for nitrate is
18attained or exceeded at the point of standards application if the source of the nitrate
19is a private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system.
SB453-SSA1, s. 139 20Section 139. 160.255 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,41,2521 160.255 (5) Notwithstanding ss. 160.23 and 160.25, a regulatory agency is not
22required to take any responses for a specific site at which the preventive action limit
23or enforcement standard for nitrate is attained or exceeded at the point of standards
24application if the source of the nitrate is a private sewage on-site wastewater
25treatment
system.
SB453-SSA1, s. 140
1Section 140. 168.11 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,42,52 168.11 (1) (b) 1. A device that dispenses a gasoline-ethanol fuel blend for sale
3at retail shall be marked or labeled with the percentage of ethanol , using one-half
4inch high letters with a stroke of not less than one-eighth inch in width,
at all times
5when the product is offered for sale.
SB453-SSA1, s. 141 6Section 141. 200.21 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,42,107 200.21 (11) "Sewerage system" means all facilities of the district for collection,
8transportation, storage, pumping, treatment and final disposition of sewage.
9"Sewerage system" does not include any private sewage on-site wastewater
10treatment
system, as defined in s. 145.01 (12), or any local sewer.
SB453-SSA1, s. 142 11Section 142. 200.29 (1) (c) 3. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,42,1512 200.29 (1) (c) 3. a. The weight to be given to the need for private sewage on-site
13wastewater treatment
systems, as defined in s. 145.01 (12), to maintain the public
14health and welfare in any area located within the district prior to a redefinition of
15the boundary but located outside the district after any redefinition of the boundary.
SB453-SSA1, s. 143 16Section 143. 236.13 (2m) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32,
17is amended to read:
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