AB150: Bill Text

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 a. of the statutes is repealed.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AB150, s. 4253 Section 4253. 144.241 (13) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: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

AB150, s. 4278 Section 4278. 144.2415 (3) (c) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are amended to read:

AB150,1478,12 144.2415 (3) (c) (intro.) No moneys from the clean water fund may be expended in a biennium until the legislature reviews and approves all of the following, either in 1989 Wisconsin Act 366 for the 1989-91 biennium or as part of the biennial budget act for any other the biennium:

AB150,1478,15 1. An amount that is specified for that biennium under par. (d) and , for any biennium after the 1989-91 biennium, is based on the amount included in the biennial finance plan under par. (a) 6.

AB150, s. 4279 Section 4279. 144.2415 (3) (d) 1. and 3. of the statutes are amended to read:

AB150,1478,18 144.2415 (3) (d) 1. Equal to $115,800,000 $80,000,000 during the 1993-95 1995-97 biennium.

AB150,1478,19 3. Equal to $1,000 for any biennium after the 1993-95 1995-97 biennium.

AB150, s. 4280 Section 4280. 144.2415 (3) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,1479,2 144.2415 (3) (dm) The department of administration may allocate amounts approved under par. (d) as the present value of subsidies for financial assistance under this section and s. 144.241, including financial hardship assistance and assistance for the additional costs of approved projects. The department of administration may allocate amounts from the amount approved under par. (d) for a biennium until June 30 of the fiscal year immediately following the biennium.

AB150, s. 4281 Section 4281. 144.2415 (3) (e) of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 4282 Section 4282. 144.2415 (3) (f) of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 4283 Section 4283. 144.2415 (3) (g) of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 4284 Section 4284. 144.2415 (3) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1479,11 144.2415 (3) (i) Using the amount approved under par. (d) as a base, the department of administration and the department shall calculate the present value of the actual subsidy of each clean water fund loan or grant to be made for those projects in each biennium that are approved for financial assistance by the 2 departments. The present value shall be discounted as provided under par. (a) 6.

AB150, s. 4285 Section 4285. 144.2415 (3) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1479,18 144.2415 (3) (j) No later than November 1 of each odd-numbered year, the department of administration and the department jointly shall submit a report, to the building commission and committees as required under par. (bm), on the implementation of the amount established under par. (d) as required under s. 144.241 (11) (d) (9m) (e), and on the operations and activities of the clean water fund program for the previous biennium.

AB150, s. 4286 Section 4286. 144.2415 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1479,25 144.2415 (9) (a) A loan approved under this section and s. 144.241 shall be for no longer than 20 years, as determined by the department of administration and the department, be fully amortized not later than 20 years after the original date of the note, and require the repayment of principal and interest, if any, to begin not later than 12 months after the expected date of completion of the project that it funds, as determined by the department of administration and the department.

AB150, s. 4287 Section 4287. 144.2415 (9) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1480,11 144.2415 (9) (am) The department of administration, in consultation with the department, may establish those terms and conditions of a financial assistance agreement that relate to its financial management, including what type of municipal obligation, as set forth under s. 66.36, is required for the repayment of the financial assistance. Any terms and conditions established under this paragraph by the department of administration shall comply with the requirements of this section and s. 144.241. In setting such terms and conditions, the department of administration may consider factors that the department of administration finds are relevant, including the type of municipal obligation evidencing the loan or a, the pledge of security for the municipal obligation and the municipality's creditworthiness.

AB150, s. 4288 Section 4288. 144.2415 (11) (a) and (am) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB150,1480,19 144.2415 (11) (a) The department of administration may enter into a financial assistance agreement with a municipality for which the department issues a notice of financial assistance commitment under this section of administration has allocated subsidy under s. 144.241 (9m) if the municipality meets the condition conditions under sub. (9) and s. 144.241 (14) (b) 8. and the other requirements established by the department and the department of administration under this section and s. 144.241.

AB150,1480,22 (am) The department of administration shall make the financial assistance payments to a municipality with which the department it has entered into a financial assistance agreement under par. (a) or to the municipality's designated agent.

AB150, s. 4289 Section 4289. 144.2415 (11) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1481,3 144.2415 (11) (c) The department of administration may not make retain the last payment under a financial assistance agreement until the department of natural resources and the department of administration determine that the project is completed and meets all the applicable requirements of the this section and s. 144.241 and that the conditions of the financial assistance agreement are met.

AB150, s. 4290 Section 4290. 144.2415 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1481,10 144.2415 (12) Municipal obligations. The department of administration may purchase or refinance obligations specified in s. 144.241 (6) (b) 1. or 2. and guarantee or purchase insurance for municipal obligations specified in s. 144.241 (6) (b) 3. if the department approves of administration and the department of natural resources approve the financial assistance under this section and s. 144.241 and gives a notice of financial assistance commitment under this section.

AB150, s. 4291 Section 4291. 144.2415 (13) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1481,22 144.2415 (13) (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section and s. 144.241, a municipality that submits to the department by January 2, 1989, a facility plan meeting the requirements of s. 144.24 which is approvable under this chapter and that does not receive a grant award before July 1, 1990, only because the municipality is following a schedule contained in the facility plan and approved by the department and the municipality is in compliance with all applicable schedules contained in a permit issued under ch. 147 or because there are insufficient grant funds under s. 144.24, is eligible to receive financial assistance under this paragraph. The form of the financial assistance is a loan with an interest rate of 2.5% per year except that s. 144.241 (8) (b), (f) and (k) applies to projects receiving financial assistance under this paragraph.

AB150, s. 4292 Section 4292. 144.2415 (13) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1481,25 144.2415 (13) (b) 2. Section 144.241 (8) (b), (f) and (k) applies to projects receiving financial assistance under this paragraph.

AB150, s. 4293 Section 4293. 144.2415 (13s) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,1482,3 144.2415 (13s) Powers. The department of administration may do any of the following:

AB150,1482,5 (a) Audit, or contract for audits of, projects receiving financial assistance under this section and s. 144.241.

AB150,1482,9 (b) Contract for the determination, under s. 144.241 (14) (b) 7., of whether systems of user fees are equitable, ensure that each recipient pays its proportionate share of costs and comply with 33 USC 1284 (b) and regulations promulgated thereunder.

AB150, s. 4294 Section 4294. 144.2415 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1482,13 144.2415 (14) Rules. The department of administration shall promulgate rules that are necessary for the proper execution of this section and of its responsibilities under s. 144.241.