AB56-SA4,16,5 549. Page 449, line 2: after that line insert:
AB56-SA4,16,6 6 Section 1955m. 281.54 of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-SA4,16,12 7281.54 Local pollution control grants in TMDL watersheds. The
8department shall award grants from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (tj) to
9municipalities and counties for water pollution control infrastructure projects
10within watersheds for which a federally approved total maximum daily load under
1133 USC 1313 (d) (1) (C) is in effect. The department shall promulgate rules for the
12administration of the program under this section.”.
AB56-SA4,16,14 1350. Page 449, line 3: delete the material beginning with that line and ending
14with page 450, line 22, and substitute:
AB56-SA4,16,15 15 Section 1957m. 281.59 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA4,16,1716 281.59 (4) (a) The clean water fund program and the safe drinking water loan
17program
are revenue-producing enterprises or programs, as defined in s. 18.52 (6).
AB56-SA4,1958m 18Section 1958m. 281.59 (4) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA4,16,2319 281.59 (4) (am) Deposits, appropriations or transfers to the environmental
20improvement fund for the purposes of the clean water fund program or the safe
21drinking water loan program
may be funded with the proceeds of revenue obligations
22issued subject to and in accordance with subch. II of ch. 18 or in accordance with
23subch. IV of ch. 18 if designated a higher education bond.
AB56-SA4,1959m 24Section 1959m. 281.59 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA4,17,10
1281.59 (4) (c) The building commission may pledge any portion of revenues
2received or to be received in the fund established in par. (b) or the environmental
3improvement fund to secure revenue obligations issued under this subsection. The
4pledge shall provide for the transfer to the environmental improvement fund of all
5pledged revenues, including any interest earned on the revenues, which are in excess
6of the amounts required to be paid under s. 20.320 (1) (c) and (u) and (2) (c) and (u)
7for the purposes of the clean water fund program and the safe drinking water loan
8program
. The pledge shall provide that the transfers be made at least twice yearly,
9that the transferred amounts be deposited in the environmental improvement fund
10and that the transferred amounts are free of any prior pledge.
AB56-SA4,1960a 11Section 1960a. 281.59 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA4,17,2012 281.59 (4) (f) Revenue obligations may be contracted by the building
13commission when it reasonably appears to the building commission that all
14obligations incurred under this subsection, and all payments under an agreement or
15ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.55 (6) with respect to revenue
16obligations issued under this subsection, can be fully paid on a timely basis from
17moneys received or anticipated to be received. Revenue obligations issued under this
18subsection for the clean water fund program and safe drinking water loan program
19shall not exceed $2,526,700,000 in principal amount, excluding obligations issued to
20refund outstanding revenue obligation notes.
AB56-SA4,1960b 21Section 1960b. 281.59 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA4,18,322 281.59 (9) (a) A loan approved under the safe drinking water loan program or
23the
land recycling loan program shall be for no longer than 20 years, as determined
24by the department of administration, be fully amortized not later than 20 years after
25the original date of the financial assistance agreement, and require the repayment

1of principal and interest, if any, to begin not later than 12 months after the expected
2date of completion of the project that it funds, as determined by the department of
3administration.
AB56-SA4,1960c 4Section 1960c. 281.59 (9) (ad) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-SA4,18,105 281.59 (9) (ad) A loan approved under the safe drinking water loan program
6shall be fully amortized not later than 30 years after the expected date of completion
7of the project that it funds, as determined by the department of administration, and
8require the repayment of principal and interest, if any, to begin not later than 18
9months after the expected date of completion of the project that it funds, as
10determined by the department of administration.”.
AB56-SA4,18,11 1151. Page 450, line 22: after that line insert:
AB56-SA4,18,12 12 Section 1960m. 281.61 (8) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-SA4,18,1613 281.61 (8) (b) The department of administration shall allocate not more than
14$40,000,000 from proceeds of public debt authorized under s. 20.866 (2) (td) to
15projects involving forgivable loans to private users of public water systems to cover
16not more than 50 percent of the cost to replace lead service lines.
AB56-SA4,1965m 17Section 1965m. 281.75 (1) (b) (intro.), 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended
18to read:
AB56-SA4,18,2019 281.75 (1) (b) (intro.) “Contaminated well" or “contaminated private water
20supply" means a well or private water supply which does any of the following:
AB56-SA4,18,2321 1. Produces water containing one or more substances of public health concern
22in excess of a primary maximum contaminant level promulgated in the national
23drinking water standards in 40 CFR 141 and 143;.
AB56-SA4,19,2
12. Produces water containing one or more substances of public health concern
2in excess of an enforcement standard under ch. 160; or.
AB56-SA4,1965c 3Section 1965c. 281.75 (1) (b) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-SA4,19,54 281.75 (1) (b) 4. Produces water containing at least 10 parts per billion of
5arsenic or at least 10 parts per million of nitrate nitrogen.
AB56-SA4,1965d 6Section 1965d. 281.75 (4m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA4,19,107 281.75 (4m) (a) In order to be eligible for an award under this section, the
8annual family income of the landowner or lessee of property on which is located a
9contaminated water supply or a well subject to abandonment may not exceed $65,000
10$100,000.
AB56-SA4,11965f 11Section 11965f. 281.75 (5) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA4,19,1712 281.75 (5) (f) The Except as provided in par. (g), the department shall allocate
13money for the payment of claims according to the order in which completed claims
14are received. The department may conditionally approve a completed claim even if
15the appropriation under s. 20.370 (6) (cr) is insufficient to pay the claim. The
16department shall allocate money for the payment of a claim which is conditionally
17approved as soon as funds become available.
AB56-SA4,1965h 18Section 1965h. 281.75 (5) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-SA4,19,2119 281.75 (5) (g) If the appropriation under s. 20.370 (6) (cr) is insufficient to pay
20claims, the department may, for claims based on nitrate levels, allocate money for the
21payment of those claims in the following order of priority:
AB56-SA4,19,2322 1. Claims based on water containing more than 40 parts per million nitrate
23nitrogen.
AB56-SA4,19,2524 2. Claims based on water containing more than 30 but not more than 40 parts
25per million nitrate nitrogen.
AB56-SA4,20,2
13. Claims based on water containing more than 25 but not more than 30 parts
2per million nitrate nitrogen.
AB56-SA4,20,43 4. Claims based on water containing more than 20 but not more than 25 parts
4per million nitrate nitrogen.
AB56-SA4,20,65 5. Claims based on water containing more than 10 but not more than 20 parts
6per million nitrate nitrogen.
AB56-SA4,1965m 7Section 1965m. 281.75 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA4,20,138 281.75 (7) (a) If the department finds that the claimant meets all the
9requirements of this section and rules promulgated under this section and that the
10private water supply is contaminated or that the well is a well subject to
11abandonment, the department shall issue an award. The Except as provided under
12par. (am), the
award may not pay more than 75 percent of the eligible costs. The
13award may not pay any portion of eligible costs in excess of $16,000.
AB56-SA4,1965p 14Section 1965p. 281.75 (7) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-SA4,20,1715 281.75 (7) (am) An award under this subsection may pay up to 100 percent of
16the eligible costs if the annual family income of the claimant is below the median
17family income for the state, as determined by U.S. Bureau of the Census.
AB56-SA4,1965s 18Section 1965s. 281.75 (7) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-SA4,1965u 19Section 1965u. 281.75 (9) of the statutes is repealed.”.
AB56-SA4,20,20 2052. Page 451, line 2: delete “$345" and substitute “$345".
AB56-SA4,20,21 2153. Page 451, line 3: delete “$95, which" and substitute “$95 $660, which".
AB56-SA4,21,3 2254. Page 451, line 4: after “(c)" insert “In addition to the annual fee, the holder
23of a permit under this section for a concentrated animal feeding operation shall pay
24to the department a fee of $3,270 upon receiving an initial permit or a renewal of a

1permit on or after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], and a
2fee of $3,270 every 5 years thereafter, which shall be credited to the appropriation
3account under s. 20.370 (9) (ag).
".
AB56-SA4,21,4 455. Page 494, line 4: after that line insert:
AB56-SA4,21,7 5(4f) Bureau of natural resources science. The department of natural
6resources shall convert the existing office of applied science into the bureau of
7natural resources science created under s. 15.345 (9).”.
AB56-SA4,21,8 856. Page 495, line 3: after that line insert:
AB56-SA4,21,9 9(1f) Office of energy innovation.
AB56-SA4,21,10 10(a) Definitions. In this subsection:
AB56-SA4,21,11 111. “Commission" means the public service commission.
AB56-SA4,21,12 122. “Department" means the department of administration.
AB56-SA4,21,14 133. “Focus on energy programs” means the statewide energy efficiency and
14renewable resource programs established under s. 196.374 (2) (a) 1.
AB56-SA4,21,15 154. “Office" means the office of energy innovation in the commission.
AB56-SA4,21,19 16(b) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and
17liabilities of the commission primarily relating to the office, except for assets and
18liabilities primarily relating to focus on energy programs, as determined by the
19secretary of administration, become the assets and liabilities of the department.
AB56-SA4,21,24 20(c) Employee transfers. On the effective date of this paragraph, 5.0 FTE FED
21positions, and the incumbent employees holding those positions, in the commission
22who perform duties primarily related to the office, except for duties primarily
23relating to focus on energy programs, as determined by the secretary of
24administration, are transferred to the department.
AB56-SA4,22,5
1(d) Employee status. Employees transferred under par. (c) have all the rights
2and the same status under ch. 230 in the department that they enjoyed in the
3commission immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding s. 230.28 (4), no
4employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to
5serve a probationary period.
AB56-SA4,22,10 6(e) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all
7tangible personal property, including records, of the commission primarily relating
8to the office, except for property primarily relating to focus on energy programs, as
9determined by the secretary of administration, becomes the personal property of the
10department.
AB56-SA4,22,16 11(f) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the commission primarily
12relating to the office, except for matters primarily relating to focus on energy
13programs, as determined by the secretary of administration, on the effective date of
14this paragraph is transferred to the department. All materials submitted to or
15actions taken by the commission are considered as having been submitted to or taken
16by the department.
AB56-SA4,22,22 17(g) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the commission primarily relating
18to the office, except for contracts primarily relating to focus on energy programs, as
19determined by the secretary of administration, in effect on the effective date of this
20paragraph remain in effect and are transferred to the department. The department
21shall carry out any obligations under those contracts unless modified or rescinded
22to the extent allowed under the contract.
AB56-SA4,23,3 23(h) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the commission under s.
24196.025 (7), 2017 stats., in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in
25effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the

1department. All orders issued by the commission under s. 196.025 (7), 2017 stats.,
2in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified
3expiration dates or until modified or rescinded by the department.”.
AB56-SA4,23,4 457. Page 507, line 21: after that line insert:
AB56-SA4,23,8 5(1f) Office of sustainability and clean energy. The treatment of ss. 15.105
6(34), 16.954, 20.505 (4) (m) and (q), 20.923 (4) (c) 2m., 196.025 (7) (title) and (a) (intro.)
7and 1., 2., and 3., and 230.08 (2) (ya) takes effect on October 1, 2019, or on the day
8after publication, whichever is later.”.
AB56-SA4,23,9 958. Page 510, line 7: after that line insert:
AB56-SA4,23,11 10(1f) Office of energy innovation. Section 9136 (1f) of this act takes effect on
11October 1, 2019, or on the day after publication, whichever is later.
AB56-SA4,23,14 12(2f) Technical assistance. The treatment of ss. 196.025 (7) (b) and (c) and
13196.38 (title) and (3) takes effect on October 1, 2019, or on the day after publication,
14whichever is later.”.
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