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2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE
September 29, 2011 - Introduced by Representatives Tauchen, Petrowski,
Williams and Suder, cosponsored by Senator Galloway. Referred to
Committee on Rural Economic Development and Rural Affairs.
AB288,1,3
1An Act to amend 145.20 (5) (am) of the statutes;
relating to: adoption by
2governmental units of a maintenance program that applies to private sewage
3systems.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a maintenance program for private sewage systems
(systems) is administered jointly by the Department of Safety and Professional
Services (DSPS) and governmental units (counties in which the systems are located
or, for counties with a population of at least 500,000, cities, villages, or towns in which
the systems are located). This maintenance program applies to all new or
replacement systems constructed in the governmental unit after the date on which
the local governmental unit adopts the program and may be applied by DSPS to
systems in the governmental unit constructed before that date.
Under current law, a governmental unit must complete an inventory of all
systems in its jurisdiction before October 1, 2013, and must implement the
maintenance program before October 1, 2015. This bill delays the deadline for the
inventory to October 1, 2019, and the deadline for the program implementation to
October 1, 2021.
For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB288, s. 1
1Section
1. 145.20 (5) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB288,2,92
145.20
(5) (am) Each governmental unit responsible for the regulation of
3private sewage systems shall adopt and begin the administration of the program
4established under par. (a) before October 1,
2015
2021. As part of adopting and
5administering the program, the governmental unit shall conduct and maintain an
6inventory of all the private sewage systems located in the governmental unit and
7shall complete the initial inventory before October 1,
2013 2019. In order to be
8eligible for grant funding under s. 145.245, a governmental unit must comply with
9these deadlines.
