AB150: Bill Text

AB150, s. 4235 Section 4235. 144.241 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1469,9 144.241 (9) (b) A municipality seeking financial assistance, except for a municipality seeking a capital cost loan, for a project under this section and s. 144.2415 shall complete a staged facility plan, design plans and specifications and an environmental analysis sequence as required by the department by rule.

AB150, s. 4236 Section 4236. 144.241 (9m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,1469,13 144.241 (9m) Acceptance of application; allocation of funding. (a) Subject to pars. (c) and (d), the department of administration shall notify a municipality that its application under sub. (9) (a) is approved after all of the following occur:

AB150,1469,15 1. The department of natural resources determines that the project meets the eligibility requirements and criteria under subs. (7), (8), (8m) and (8s).

AB150,1469,17 2. The department of administration initially determines that the municipality will meet the requirements of s. 144.2415 (9) (b).

AB150,1469,21 (e) 1. If a sufficient amount of subsidy is available under s. 144.2415 (3) (d) for the municipality's project, based on the calculation under s. 144.2415 (3) (i), when the department of administration notifies the municipality under par. (a), the department of administration shall do all of the following:

AB150,1469,22 a. Allocate that amount to the project.

AB150,1469,25 b. Inform the municipality, as part of the notification under par. (a), of the date by which complete plans and specifications for the project must be submitted to the department of natural resources.

AB150,1470,3 2. If the municipality fails to submit complete plans and specifications by the date required under subd. 1. b., the department of administration shall release the amount of subsidy allocated for the project.

AB150,1470,11 3. The department of administration shall promulgate, by rule, a method for determining a deadline by which a municipality that has been allocated subsidy must enter into a financial assistance agreement under s. 144.2415 (11) (a). The rules may provide for extending the deadline under specified conditions. If a municipality fails to enter into a financial assistance agreement by the deadline determined under the rules, including any extension, the department of administration shall release the amount of subsidy allocated to the municipality's project.

AB150,1470,15 (f) If a sufficient amount of subsidy is not available under s. 144.2415 (3) (d) for the municipality's project when the department of administration notifies the municipality under par. (a), the department shall place the project on a list for allocation when additional subsidy becomes available.

AB150, s. 4237 Section 4237. 144.241 (10) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 144.241 (8e) (title).

AB150, s. 4238 Section 4238. 144.241 (10) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 144.241 (8e), and 144.241 (8e) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB150,1470,22 144.241 (8e) (intro.) The department shall establish a priority list under in accordance with 33 USC 1381 to 1387 which ranks each project. The ranking on the priority list shall be based on all of the following:

AB150, s. 4239 Section 4239. 144.241 (10) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 4240 Section 4240. 144.241 (10) (c) to (f) of the statutes are repealed.

AB150, s. 4241 Section 4241. 144.241 (11) (title), (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB150,1471,7 144.241 (11) (title) Approval Type of financial assistance. (a) The department of administration shall specify the method by which financial assistance is to be provided for each approved application that it approves. The methods by which the department may provide financial assistance are the methods specified under sub. (6) (b).

AB150,1471,14 (b) For municipalities meeting the financial hardship assistance requirements under sub. (13), the department of natural resources may approve financial hardship assistance and shall specify the method by which it will provide financial hardship assistance, including but not limited to a combination of loans at or below the market rate and grants, deferred payment loans, state payment of the loan for a number of years, or longer amortization periods before July 1, 1997, and the department of administration may approve financial hardship assistance after June 30, 1997.

AB150, s. 4242 Section 4242. 144.241 (11) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 144.241 (9m) (d) and amended to read:

AB150,1471,19 144.241 (9m) (d) The department of administration may not approve financial assistance under this section and s. 144.2415 provide notice under par. (a) for a project that is not on the priority list under sub. (10) (a) (8e).

AB150, s. 4243 Section 4243. 144.241 (11) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 144.241 (9m) (g) and amended to read:

AB150,1471,25 144.241 (9m) (g) In approving financial assistance under this section and s. 144.2415 allocating subsidy under this subsection, the department of administration shall adhere to the amount approved by the legislature for each biennium under s. 144.2415 (3) (d).

AB150, s. 4244 Section 4244. 144.241 (12) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1472,3 144.241 (12) (a) 1. Tier 1 projects are those projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 1. and 2., except as restricted by sub. (8) (b), (c), (f) or (h).

AB150, s. 4245 Section 4245. 144.241 (12) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1472,6 144.241 (12) (a) 2. Tier 2 projects are those projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 4. and 5., except as restricted by sub. (8) (b), (c), (f) or (h).

AB150, s. 4246 Section 4246. 144.241 (12) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1472,10 144.241 (12) (a) 3. Tier 3 projects are those projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 6. and 7., and those portions of projects under tiers 1 and 2 that are restricted by sub. (8) (b), (c), (f) or (h).

AB150, s. 4247 Section 4247. 144.241 (12) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1472,14 144.241 (12) (c) (intro.) The department of administration shall establish, by rule, the percentage of market interest rates on loans for each tier of projects specified in par. (a) 1., 2. or 3., consistent with the following standards:

AB150, s. 4248 Section 4248. 144.241 (12) (c) 1. of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 4249 Section 4249. 144.241 (12) (c) 3. (intro.) and b. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 144.241 (12) (c) 3. and amended to read:

AB150,1472,23 144.241 (12) (c) 3. The department of administration, in establishing percentage of market interest rates, shall attempt to ensure that those rates do not result in any of the following: b. State state water pollution abatement general obligation debt service costs greater than 50% of all general obligation debt service costs in the fiscal year in which the rates are established and in any of the following 3 fiscal years.

AB150, s. 4250 Section 4250. 144.241 (12) (c) 3. a. of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 4251 Section 4251. 144.241 (12) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1473,9 144.241 (12) (d) Upon receipt of a request in writing from the department, the The department of administration shall prepare in writing, and submit to the department, estimates of the debt service costs specified in par. (c) 3. The department of administration shall use such those estimates in establishing the percentage of market interest rates consistent with the standards standard specified in par. (c) 3. The department of administration, concurrently with the department's submitting a notice under s. 227.19 (2) of proposed rules authorized under this subsection, shall submit such estimates to the chief clerk of each house for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3).

AB150, s. 4252 Section 4252. 144.241 (12) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1473,13 144.241 (12) (f) The department of administration may request the joint committee on finance to take action under s. 13.101 (11) to modify the percentage of market interest rates established by rule for tier 1 and tier 2 projects.

AB150, s. 4253 Section 4253. 144.241 (13) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB150,1473,19 144.241 (13) Financial hardship assistance. A municipality with an application that is approved under sub. (9m) is eligible for a no-interest loan for all project costs eligible for financial assistance under this section and s. 144.2415, except for those costs to which sub. (8) (b), (c) or (h) applies, if the municipality meets all of the following criteria:

AB150,1473,21 (a) The median household income in the municipality is 80% or less of the median household income in this state.

AB150,1473,24 (b) The estimated total annual charges per residential user in the municipality that relate to wastewater treatment would exceed 2.5% of the median household income in the municipality in the absence of assistance under this subsection.

AB150, s. 4254 Section 4254. 144.241 (13m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1474,5 144.241 (13m) (b) Grants provided under this subsection are not included for the purposes of determining under sub. (8) (i) the amount that a municipality may receive for projects under this section and s. 144.2415. Grants awarded under this subsection are not considered for the purposes of sub. (11) (d) (9m) (e) or s. 144.2415 (3) (d).

AB150, s. 4255 Section 4255. 144.241 (14) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1474,9 144.241 (14) (b) 1. Establish a dedicated source of revenue, that is acceptable to the department of administration under s. 144.2415 (9) (am) and (b), for the repayment of any financial assistance.

AB150, s. 4256 Section 4256. 144.241 (14) (b) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1474,25 144.241 (14) (b) 7. Develop and adopt a system of equitable user charges to ensure that the department of administration determines is equitable and ensures that each recipient of treatment work services pays its proportionate share of the costs of the operation and maintenance of the treatment work. The user fee system shall be in compliance with 33 USC 1284 (b) and the regulations promulgated thereunder. The department of administration may issue an exemption from the requirement imposed under this subdivision if a city or village imposes a system of equitable dedicated charges based upon assessed property values, if the city or village does not operate a treatment work but is served by a regional wastewater treatment plant operated by a metropolitan sewerage district created under ss. 66.88 to 66.918 and if the user charges imposed by that district are approved by the department of administration and comply with 33 USC 1284 (b). The department of administration may provide that the system of user charges for a project with estimated construction costs of $750,000 or less need only cover the costs of debt service and equipment replacement funds.

AB150, s. 4257 Section 4257. 144.241 (14) (b) 8. of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 4258 Section 4258. 144.241 (15) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1475,6 144.241 (15) (a) (intro.) Subject to pars. (b) and (c), the The department shall of administration may, at the request of a municipality, issue a notice of financial assistance commitment to a the municipality within 90 days after all of the following occur:

AB150, s. 4259 Section 4259. 144.241 (15) (a) 1. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB150,1475,11 144.241 (15) (a) 1. The department of administration notifies the municipality under sub. (9m) that its application is approved and that the department of administration has allocated subsidy for the municipality's project.

AB150, s. 4260 Section 4260. 144.241 (15) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1475,14 144.241 (15) (a) 2. The department of natural resources approves plans and specifications under s. 144.04.

AB150, s. 4261 Section 4261. 144.241 (15) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 4262 Section 4262. 144.241 (15) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1475,21 144.241 (15) (am) The notice of financial assistance commitment shall include the conditions that the municipality must meet to secure the financial assistance and shall include the estimated loan payment and repayment schedules, as determined by the department and the department of administration, and other terms of the financial assistance.

AB150, s. 4263 Section 4263. 144.241 (15) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 4264 Section 4264. 144.241 (15) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 144.241 (9m) (c) and amended to read:

AB150,1476,4 144.241 (9m) (c) The department of administration may issue a notice of financial assistance commitment under par. (a) to a municipality in a year only after the amount under s. 144.2415 (3) (d) for the biennium in which that year falls has been approved by the legislature under s. 144.2415 (3) (d).

AB150, s. 4265 Section 4265. 144.241 (15) (e) of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 4266 Section 4266. 144.2415 (1) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1476,8 144.2415 (1) (d) 2. To provide for financial hardship assistance, including grants loans on which no interest is charged.

AB150, s. 4267 Section 4267. 144.2415 (1) (d) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 4268 Section 4268. 144.2415 (3) (a) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:

AB150,1476,12 144.2415 (3) (a) 1. An estimate of wastewater treatment needs of the state for the 4 fiscal years of the next 2 biennia next biennium.

AB150,1476,15 2. The total amount of financial assistance planned to be provided or committed to municipalities for projects during the 4 fiscal years of the next 2 biennia next biennium.

AB150, s. 4269 Section 4269. 144.2415 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 4270 Section 4270. 144.2415 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 4271 Section 4271. 144.2415 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB150,1476,21 144.2415 (3) (a) 5. Audited financial statements of the past operations and activities of the program under this section and s. 144.241.

AB150, s. 4272 Section 4272. 144.2415 (3) (a) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1476,24 144.2415 (3) (a) 8. The amount of any service fee expected to be charged during the next biennium under this section to an applicant if a service fee is proposed.

AB150, s. 4273 Section 4273. 144.2415 (3) (a) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1477,2 144.2415 (3) (a) 9. The impact of the biennial finance plan on the guidelines guideline under par. (b).

AB150, s. 4274 Section 4274. 144.2415 (3) (b) (intro.) and 2. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 144.2415 (3) (b) and amended to read:

AB150,1477,9 144.2415 (3) (b) The department of administration and the department shall consider the following as guidelines as a guideline in preparing the biennial finance plan: 2. That that all state water pollution abatement general obligation debt service costs should not exceed 50% of all general obligation debt service costs to the state.

AB150, s. 4275 Section 4275. 144.2415 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 4276 Section 4276. 144.2415 (3) (bm) 1. to 3. of the statutes are amended to read:

AB150,1477,13 144.2415 (3) (bm) 1. By October 1 of each even-numbered year, the version of the biennial finance plan initially prepared as part of the budget process.

AB150,1477,17 2. No later than 30 days after the day on which the biennial budget is submitted to the legislature under s. 16.45, the version of amendments to the biennial finance plan that contains update the plan to reflect material approved by the governor for inclusion in the budget.

AB150,1477,20 3. No later than 30 days after the day on which the governor signs the biennial budget, a version of amendments to the biennial finance plan, updated that update the plan to reflect the adopted biennial budget act.

AB150, s. 4277 Section 4277. 144.2415 (3) (br) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1478,6 144.2415 (3) (br) The joint committee on finance and each standing committee may submit to the building commission its recommendations and comments regarding each version of the biennial finance plan and amendments to the biennial finance plan, and whether the version of the biennial finance plan updated to with amendments that reflect the adopted biennial budget act should be approved or disapproved as specified under s. 13.48 (26). If the building commission disapproves the version of the biennial finance plan that is updated to with amendments that reflect the adopted biennial budget act, the department and the department of administration shall submit a revised additional biennial finance plan amendments to the building commission.