SB614, s. 9 4Section 9. 66.892 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,8,65 66.892 (2) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) to (d) and subject to s. 144.04 and
6196.49
, no commission may separate combined storm and sanitary sewers.
SB614, s. 10 7Section 10. 66.892 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,8,118 66.892 (2) (d) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the commission to
9separate a combined storm and sanitary sewer may file a petition for judicial review
10in the circuit court for the county in which the district is located. Nothing in this
11paragraph affects any review under s. 144.04 or 196.49.
SB614, s. 11 12Section 11. 66.894 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,8,1613 66.894 (1) General powers of the commission. (intro.) To the extent necessary
14to carry out its duties under s. 66.89 and subject to any approval required under s.
15196.49
, the commission may project, plan, design, adopt, construct, operate and
16maintain:
SB614, s. 12 17Section 12. 66.898 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,8,2418 66.898 (3) Service charges for operation and maintenance. As part of any
19contract executed under this section, the commission may assess reasonable and just
20sewerage service charges against the contracting party with respect to operating and
21maintenance costs. These charges shall be established proposed by the commission
22in accordance with s. 66.912 and are subject to review under s. 66.912. The schedule
23of service charges may, but need not, be uniform with any other schedule of charges
24shall be established by the public service commission.
SB614, s. 13 25Section 13. 66.898 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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166.898 (4) (a) As part of any contract executed under this section, the
2commission may assess reasonable and just sewerage service charges against the
3contracting party with respect to capital costs. These sewerage service charges are
4subject to review under s. 66.912.
The schedule of sewerage service charges with
5respect to capital costs used in contracts executed under this section shall be uniform
6with the system used to recover capital costs within the district.
SB614, s. 14 7Section 14. 66.898 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,9,168 66.898 (4) (b) Except as provided in par. (c), the The charges assessed under
9this subsection shall be established proposed by the commission in accordance with
10s. 66.076 or 66.91 (5) and shall be established by the public service commission. In
11computing the schedule of charges under this subsection, the public service
12commission may consider the factors specified in s. 66.076 (5) or 66.91 (5). In
13computing the schedule of charges under this subsection, the public service
14commission may also consider the fact that sewerage service may not be available
15to or may be available to but not utilized by a part of the property located within the
16territorial limits of a contracting party at the time of computing the schedule.
SB614, s. 15 17Section 15. 66.898 (4) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SB614, s. 16 18Section 16. 66.899 of the statutes is repealed.
SB614, s. 17 19Section 17. 66.90 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,9,2520 66.90 (1) General power of the commission. The Subject to any approvals by
21the public service commission required under s. 196.49, the
commission may acquire
22by gift, purchase, lease or other methods of acquisition or by condemnation, any real
23property situated in the state and all tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances
24belonging or in any way appertaining to, or in any interest, franchise, easement,
25right or privilege therein, that may be needed for the purpose of projecting, planning,

1constructing and maintaining the sewerage system, that may be needed for the
2collection, transmission or disposal of all sewage or drainage of the district or that
3may be needed for improving any river or stream within the district under s. 66.894
4(8) (a) or (b).
SB614, s. 18 5Section 18. 66.904 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,10,106 66.904 (1) General powers of the commission. The Subject to any approvals
7by the public service commission under ch. 196, the
commission may enter into
8contracts, agreements or stipulations necessary to perform its duties and exercise its
9powers under ss. 66.88 to 66.918, including contracts to purchase, lease or otherwise
10obtain the use of all necessary equipment, supplies and labor.
SB614, s. 19 11Section 19. 66.91 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,10,15 1266.91 Financing. (intro.) The Subject to ch. 196, the district may borrow
13money and issue and execute bonds, notes and other forms of indebtedness and may
14enter into agreements to secure its indebtedness in the manner specified in subs. (1)
15to (7):
SB614, s. 20 16Section 20. 66.91 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,10,2217 66.91 (1) (g) User charges and service charges established proposed by the
18commission under sub. (5) or s. 66.076 to comply with any covenant concerning the
19sufficiency of the charges contained in a resolution or ordinance providing for the
20issuance of revenue bonds or notes under s. 66.066 shall be presumed reasonable in
21any review of the charges
by the public service commission under s. 66.912 (5) in
22establishing such charges
.
SB614, s. 21 23Section 21. 66.91 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,11,824 66.91 (5) (a) For service provided to any user, the The commission may
25establish proposed to, assess and collect service charges under s. 66.076 or for any

1person provided service. These service charges shall be established by the public
2service commission and then assessed and collected
under this subsection. For
3service to any user outside the district and not located in a municipality which has
4contracted with the district under s. 66.898, the commission may establish, assess
5and collect service charges under s. 66.899. Except as provided under s. 66.899 (2),
6any charge made by the district under this subsection is reviewable under s. 66.912
7(5). The sewerage service charges established under s. 66.076 or under this
8subsection with respect to capital costs for service to any user shall be uniform.
SB614, s. 22 9Section 22. 66.91 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,11,1310 66.91 (5) (b) 1. The commission may, as a complete or partial alternative to any
11other method of recovering capital costs, compute a proposed schedule of charges
12based on capital costs to be recovered under this subsection from any user person
13provided service
.
SB614, s. 23 14Section 23. 66.91 (5) (b) 3. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,11,1615 66.91 (5) (b) 3. a. Adopt Propose a schedule of charges computed under this
16paragraph. The commission may modify the schedule as it deems necessary.
SB614, s. 24 17Section 24. 66.91 (5) (b) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,11,2018 66.91 (5) (b) 3. b. Submit the proposed schedule of charges it adopts and each
19modification of the schedule to each municipality subject to the charges the public
20service commission for review under ch. 196
.
SB614, s. 25 21Section 25. 66.91 (5) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,11,2422 66.91 (5) (c) 1. Charges for sewerage service shall, to the extent practicable,
23be proportionate to the costs of the sewerage system that the district may reasonably
24attribute to the user person provided service.
SB614, s. 26 25Section 26. 66.91 (5) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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166.91 (5) (c) 2. The commission may propose to classify users on the basis of
2uses and may establish propose separate charges for separate classes. In computing
3proposed charges, the commission may consider any reasonable factor, including
4wastewater flow or drainage, delivery flow characteristics, water consumption, type
5and number of sewerage connections or plumbing fixtures, population served, lot
6size, portion of lot improved and assessed value of property served. The commission
7may also compute its proposed fee schedules as needed to meet the requirements of
8s. 66.076 or of title II of the water pollution control act, 33 USC 1251 et seq. All
9charges, rates and fees shall be established by the public service commission.
SB614, s. 27 10Section 27. 66.91 (5) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,12,2111 66.91 (5) (d) 1. Each sanitary district organized under subch. IX of ch. 60 and
12each metropolitan sewerage district organized under ss. 66.20 to 66.26 that is billed
13by the commission under par. (b) shall, within 5 days of receipt of a bill from the
14commission, in turn bill each city, town or village served by the sanitary district or
15metropolitan sewerage district organized under ss. 66.20 to 66.26. Each city, town
16or village located within the district and billed under this paragraph or billed by the
17commission under par. (b) or under s. 66.076 shall, within 45 days of receiving the
18bill, pay the full amount billed to the district. Each municipality may levy a
19reasonable penalty for late payment by the user to the municipality. Each
20municipality may provide for the payment of charges to it by any means specified in
21s. 66.898 (5).
SB614, s. 28 22Section 28. 66.91 (5) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,13,223 66.91 (5) (e) The commission may separately compute, on any reasonable basis,
24both capital and operating costs of providing sewerage service to any federal, state,
25county or municipal facility and may, upon approval by the public service

1commission,
directly bill the federal government, the state, the county or the
2municipality.
SB614, s. 29 3Section 29. 66.912 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,13,54 66.912 (2) (a) Compute a proposed uniform schedule of charges based on
5operating expenses to be recovered from users under this subsection.
SB614, s. 30 6Section 30. 66.912 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,13,87 66.912 (2) (b) Adopt Propose the uniform schedule of charges computed under
8par. (a). The commission may modify the schedule periodically.
SB614, s. 31 9Section 31. 66.912 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,13,1310 66.912 (2) (c) Submit the proposed schedule adopted under par. (b) and every
11modification to every municipality within the sewerage service area as early in every
12calendar year as practicable
the public service commission for approval under ch.
13196
.
SB614, s. 32 14Section 32. 66.912 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,13,2115 66.912 (3) Factors in charge schedules. In computing a proposed charge
16schedule under sub. (2) (a), the sewerage commission shall require each user to pay
17the proportion of total operating cost of the system incurred by the transmission and
18treatment of the user's wastewater. In determining such proportional costs, the
19sewerage commission shall consider such factors, without limitation because of
20enumeration, as strength, volume and delivery flow rate characteristics of each
21user's sewage.
SB614, s. 33 22Section 33. 66.912 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
SB614, s. 34 23Section 34. 196.01 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB614,13,2524 196.01 (6m) "Regulated district" means a metropolitan sewerage district
25created under s. 66.882.
SB614, s. 35
1Section 35. 196.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,14,42 196.02 (1) Jurisdiction. The commission has jurisdiction to supervise and
3regulate every public utility and regulated district in this state and to do all things
4necessary and convenient to its jurisdiction.
SB614, s. 36 5Section 36. 196.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,14,146 196.02 (2) Definition; classification. In this subsection, "public utility" does
7not include a telecommunications cooperative or a small telecommunications utility
8except as provided under s. 196.205 or 196.215 (2) and does not include an alternative
9telecommunications utility. The commission shall provide for a comprehensive
10classification of service for each public utility and each regulated district. The
11classification may take into account the quantity used, the time when used, the
12purpose for which used, and any other reasonable consideration. Each public utility
13and regulated district shall conform its schedules of rates, tolls and charges to such
14classification.
SB614, s. 37 15Section 37. 196.02 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,14,2016 196.02 (4) (a) The commission may inquire into the management of the
17business of all public utilities and all regulated districts. The commission shall keep
18itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted. The
19commission may obtain from any public utility or any regulated district any
20information necessary to enable the commission to perform its duties.
SB614, s. 38 21Section 38. 196.02 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,15,222 196.02 (4) (c) If any public utility or regulated district fails to furnish the
23commission with information required of it by the commission, the commission may
24issue an order directing the delinquent public utility or regulated district to furnish
25the information immediately or to show good cause why the information cannot be

1obtained. Failure of any public utility or regulated district to comply with the order
2of the commission is a violation of this chapter within the meaning of s. 196.66.
SB614, s. 39 3Section 39. 196.02 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,15,104 196.02 (5) Inspect books. The commission or any commissioner or any person
5employed by the commission for that purpose may, upon demand, inspect the books,
6accounts, papers, records and memoranda of any public utility or regulated district,
7and examine under oath any officer, agent or employe of the public utility or
8regulated district
in relation to its business and affairs. Any person, other than one
9of the commissioners, who makes a demand shall produce his or her authority to
10make the inspection.
SB614, s. 40 11Section 40. 196.02 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,15,1912 196.02 (6) Production of records. The commission may require, by order or
13subpoena served on any public utility or regulated district as a summons is served
14in circuit court, the production within this state at the time and place the commission
15designates of any books, accounts, papers or records kept by the public utility or
16regulated district
outside the state, or verified copies in lieu thereof, if the
17commission orders. If a public utility or regulated district fails or refuses to comply
18with the order or subpoena, for each day of the failure or refusal the public utility or
19regulated district
shall forfeit not less than $50 nor more than $500.
SB614, s. 41 20Section 41. 196.02 (13) of the statutes is created to read:
SB614,16,1021 196.02 (13) Sale or lease of regulated district assets. The public service
22commission may, upon demand, inspect the books, accounts, papers, records and
23memoranda of a regulated district and examine under oath any commissioner of a
24regulated district, agent or employe of the regulated district in order to obtain
25information bearing upon the determinations to be made by the public service

1commission under s. 66.891 (1) (a) and (b). If the public service commission makes
2the determinations under s. 66.891 (1) (a) and (b) and if the public service commission
3believes that the commission of the regulated district has not acted in the best
4interests of the regulated district's ratepayers in selling or leasing the district's
5assets and facilities, the public service commission may appoint an individual to
6negotiate and enter into agreements for the sale or lease of any or all of the district's
7assets and facilities. This individual may exercise, on behalf of the regulated district,
8the powers given the commission of the regulated district under ss. 66.90 (1) and
966.904 (1). The district shall pay all costs incurred by the individual in the
10performance of his or her duties under this subsection.
SB614, s. 42 11Section 42. 196.03 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,16,1812 196.03 (1) Subject to s. 196.63, a public utility and a regulated district shall
13furnish reasonably adequate service and facilities. The charge made by any public
14utility or regulated district for any heat, light, water, sewerage service,
15telecommunications service or power produced, transmitted, delivered or furnished
16or for any service rendered or to be rendered in connection therewith shall be
17reasonable and just and every unjust or unreasonable charge for such service is
18prohibited and declared unlawful.
SB614, s. 43 19Section 43. 196.05 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,16,24 20196.05 (title) Public utility and regulated district property; valuation;
21revaluation.
If the commission deems it proper or necessary for effective
22regulation, the commission shall value or revalue all the property of every public
23utility and every regulated district actually used and useful for the convenience of
24the public.
SB614, s. 44 25Section 44. 196.06 of the statutes is amended to read:
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1196.06 Uniform accounting; forms; books; office. (1) Every public utility
2and every regulated district shall keep and render to the commission in the manner
3and form prescribed by the commission uniform accounts of all business transacted.
SB614,17,11 4(2) The commission may require any public utility or any regulated district
5engaged directly or indirectly in any business other than that of the production,
6transmission or furnishing of heat, light, water, sewerage service,
7telecommunications service or power to keep and render separately to the
8commission in like manner and form the accounts of all such other business. This
9chapter applies to the books, accounts, papers and records of such other business if
10the commission requires the keeping and rendering separately of the accounts under
11this subsection.
SB614,17,15 12(3) Each public utility and each regulated district shall keep and render its
13books, accounts, papers and records accurately and faithfully in the manner and
14form prescribed by the commission and shall comply with all directions of the
15commission relating to such books, accounts, papers and records.
SB614,17,21 16(6) Each public utility and each regulated district shall have an office in one
17of the towns, villages or cities in this state in which its property or some part thereof
18is located, in which it shall keep all books, accounts, papers and records required by
19the commission to be kept within the state. No books, accounts, papers or records
20required by the commission to be kept within the state shall be removed from the
21state, except upon conditions prescribed by the commission.
SB614, s. 45 22Section 45. 196.07 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,18,4 23196.07 Balance sheet filed annually. (1) Each public utility and each
24regulated district
shall close its accounts annually on December 31 and promptly
25prepare a balance sheet of that date. On or before the following April 1 every public

1utility and every regulated district shall file with the commission the balance sheet
2together with any other information the commission prescribes, verified by an officer
3of the public utility or regulated district. The commission, for good cause shown, may
4extend the time for filing the balance sheet and prescribed information.
SB614,18,14 5(2) If a public utility or a regulated district fails to file a report with the
6commission containing its balance sheet and other information prescribed by the
7commission by the date the report is due under sub. (1), the commission may prepare
8the report from the records of the public utility or regulated district. All expenses
9of the commission in preparing the report, plus a penalty equal to 50% of the amount
10of the expenses, shall be assessed against and collected from the public utility or
11regulated district
under s. 196.85. The amount of the charge to a public utility or
12regulated district
shall not be limited by s. 196.85 (1) and shall be in addition to any
13other charges assessable under s. 196.85. The penalty provision of the charge shall
14be credited to the general fund under s. 20.906.
SB614, s. 46 15Section 46. 196.09 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,19,216 196.09 (1) In this section, "public utility" does not include a
17telecommunications cooperative except as provided under s. 196.205. In subs. (2) to
18(7), "public utility" does not include a telecommunications utility. Subsection (9) only
19applies to a telecommunications utility. Every public utility and every regulated
20district
shall file with the commission, within such time as may be required by the
21commission, its estimate of the annual rate of depreciation required for each of its
22classes of fixed capital used for public utility or regulated district purposes, and of
23the composite annual rate of depreciation required for such fixed capital as an
24aggregate, which shall constitute the public utility's or regulated district's estimates

1of the amount which should be returned to it out of its rates for service, to meet the
2depreciation of its property.
SB614, s. 47 3Section 47. 196.09 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,19,144 196.09 (2) After the submission of the estimates under sub. (1), the commission
5shall review the estimates. If the commission determines that the estimates
6submitted are reasonable and proper, it shall certify its determination to the public
7utility or regulated district. If the commission determines that the estimates
8submitted are not reasonable and proper, it shall certify to the public utility or
9regulated district
the percentages which it considers reasonable and proper. If the
10fixed capital accounts of the public utility or regulated district are not subdivided to
11permit the rates for the various classes of fixed capital used for public utility or
12regulated district
purposes to be applied, the estimates submitted by the public
13utility or the regulated district and the percentages determined by the commission
14may be based upon the aggregate of such fixed capital.
SB614, s. 48 15Section 48. 196.09 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,19,2316 196.09 (3) After the commission certifies to the public utility or regulated
17district
its findings as to the percentages required for depreciation under sub. (2), the
18public utility or regulated district shall have 30 days within which to make
19application to the commission for a hearing and order. If the public utility or
20regulated district
does not make application to the commission for a hearing and
21order within the time set, the commission's certification of findings shall have the
22effect of an order and the public utility or regulated district shall have the right of
23appeal from the certification as provided in this chapter.
SB614, s. 49 24Section 49. 196.09 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1196.09 (4) The commission may provide, in order to meet changing conditions,
2that a public utility or regulated district submit from time to time the estimate
3required under sub. (1). If it requires such resubmission of estimates, the
4commission shall follow the procedure for certifying its findings under sub. (2). In
5revising the reasonable and proper percentages of depreciation, the commission
6shall give consideration to the experience of the public utility or regulated district
7in accumulating a depreciation reserve under previous rates, any retirements
8actually made and any other relevant factor.
SB614, s. 50 9Section 50. 196.09 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,20,1710 196.09 (5) If the commission establishes, by certification or order, the
11reasonable and proper percentages of depreciation, the percentages shall constitute
12the percentages to be used in any proceeding involving the rates or practices of the
13public utility or regulated district, except that if at the time of such proceeding the
14commission finds that the percentages of depreciation previously established are no
15longer reasonable and proper, the commission shall establish reasonable and proper
16percentages for the purpose of such proceeding and certify the new percentages
17under this section.
SB614, s. 51 18Section 51. 196.09 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,21,319 196.09 (6) (a) If the commission establishes for any public utility or regulated
20district
, by certification or order, the percentages necessary for depreciation on fixed
21capital used for public utility or regulated district purposes, the public utility or
22regulated district
shall credit to its depreciation reserve in each accounting period
23the amount required to provide for depreciation at the percentage established. If the
24public utility is a corporation, the corporation may not pay any dividend out of
25earnings for any fiscal period subsequent to the commission's certification or order,

1or carry any portion of its earnings to its surplus account, except out of earnings
2remaining after crediting its depreciation reserve in accordance with the rates
3established by the commission, except as provided under par. (b).
SB614, s. 52 4Section 52. 196.09 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614,21,105 196.09 (6) (b) After application and hearing the commission, upon a finding
6that it is necessary in the public interest, may exempt a public utility or regulated
7district
from the duty of crediting to the depreciation reserve in any accounting
8period a greater amount than is possible without impairing its ability to pay
9dividends for the current calendar year. Nothing in this section shall be construed
10to modify the requirements of ss. 180.0623 and 180.0640.
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