281.22 (2m) Fee for expedited service. (a) The department, by rule, may charge a supplemental fee for a determination under sub. (1) that is in addition to the fee charged under sub. (1) if all of the following apply:
1. The applicant requests in writing that the determination be issued within a time period that is shorter than the time limit promulgated under par. (b) for the determination.
2. The department verifies that it will be able to comply with the request.
(b) If the department promulgates a rule under par. (a), the rule shall contain for a time limit for making determinations under sub. (1).
27,3494
Section 3494
. 281.48 (4s) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.48 (4s) (d) In addition to the license fee under par. (a) 1. or 2., the department shall collect from each licensee a groundwater fee of $50 if the license period begins before July 1, 1997, and $100 if the license period begins after June 30, 1997. The moneys collected under this paragraph shall be credited to the environmental fund for groundwater environmental management.
27,3495m
Section 3495m. 281.57 (10m) of the statutes is created to read:
281.57 (10m) Loan for modification or replacement of an innovative or alternative project. Notwithstanding subs. (2), (4) to (10) and (12), during the 1997-99 fiscal biennium, the department shall provide a loan of $1,300,000 to a municipality for all of the planning, design and construction costs incurred after June 30, 1995, for the modification or replacement of a failed innovative or alternative point source pollution abatement facility for which the department issued written approval of eligibility under 40 CFR 35.2032 before December 10, 1996, and which requires additional construction to eliminate discharge of effluent to groundwater and to establish a new surface water outfall. The department may not charge any interest on the loan and may not require the municipality to repay the loan until the municipality receives a grant from the federal environmental protection agency for the modification or replacement of the point source pollution abatement facility. If the federal environmental protection agency denies the grant, the department shall forgive the loan.
27,3496
Section 3496
. 281.58 (1) (ai) of the statutes is created to read:
281.58 (1) (ai) “Clean water fund program" means the program administered under this section with financial management provided under s. 281.59.
27,3497
Section 3497
. 281.58 (1) (cg) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (1) (cg) “Market interest rate" means the interest at the effective rate of a revenue obligation issued by the state to fund a project loan or a portion of a project loan under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program.
27,3497e
Section 3497e. 281.58 (1) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.
27,3498
Section 3498
. 281.58 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (2m) (a) Administer its responsibilities under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program.
27,3499
Section 3499
. 281.58 (3m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (3m) (a) A list of wastewater treatment projects that the department estimates will apply for financial assistance under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program during the next biennium.
27,3500
Section 3500
. 281.58 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (6) (a) (intro.) The department may determine whether a municipality is eligible for financial assistance under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program for any of the following:
27,3501
Section
3501. 281.58 (6) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (6) (b) (intro.) The following methods of providing financial assistance may be used under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program:
27,3502
Section 3502
. 281.58 (6) (b) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (6) (b) 8. Providing payments to the board of commissioners of public lands to reduce principal or interest payments, or both, on loans made to municipalities under subch. II of ch. 24 by the board of commissioners of public lands for projects that are eligible for financial assistance under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program.
27,3503
Section 3503
. 281.58 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (7) (a) The department shall, by rule, establish criteria for determining which applicants and which projects are eligible to receive financial assistance under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program. The primary criteria for eligibility shall be water quality and public health. The rules for clean water fund projects funded from the account under s. 25.43 (2) (a) shall be consistent with 33 USC 1251 to 1376 and 33 USC 1381 to 1387 and the regulations promulgated thereunder. The rules for clean water fund projects funded from the account under s. 25.43 (2) (b) may be consistent with 33 USC 1251 to 1376 and 33 USC 1381 to 1387 and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
27,3504
Section 3504
. 281.58 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (7) (b) (intro.) The department may determine whether a municipality is eligible for financial assistance under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program for any of the following types of projects:
27,3505
Section 3505
. 281.58 (8) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (8) (a) (intro.) The following are not eligible for financial assistance from the clean water fund under this section and s. 281.59 program:
27,3506
Section 3506
. 281.58 (8) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (8) (d) An unsewered municipality that is not constructing a treatment work and will be disposing of wastewater in the treatment work of another municipality is not eligible for financial assistance under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program until it executes an agreement under s. 66.30 with another municipality to receive, treat and dispose of the wastewater of the unsewered municipality.
27,3507
Section 3507
. 281.58 (8) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (8) (g) The sum of all of the financial assistance to a municipality approved under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program for a project may not result in the municipality paying less than 30% of the cost of the project.
27,3508
Section 3508
. 281.58 (8) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (8) (i) After June 30, 1991, no municipality may receive for projects in a biennium an amount that exceeds 35.2% of the amount approved by the legislature under s. 281.59 (3) (d) (3e) (b) for that biennium.
27,3509
Section 3509
. 281.58 (8) (L) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (8) (L) (intro.) The total amount of capital cost loans made under this section and s. 281.59
the clean water fund program may not exceed $120,000,000, and no capital cost loan funds may be released under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program until the secretary of administration has found in writing that all of the following facts have occurred:
27,3509m
Section 3509m. 281.58 (8e) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
281.58 (8e) (cm) A factor that gives higher priority than would otherwise be given to a project to serve more than one municipality if all of the following apply:
1. Each municipality to be served by the project has a population of 2,500 or less.
2. At least one of the municipalities to be served by the project has a wastewater treatment system that is unusable because of failures of the system.
3. The municipalities to be served by the project are submitting an application for a new joint treatment work.
4. At least one of the municipalities to be served by the treatment work has been ordered to upgrade a current system.
27,3510
Section 3510
. 281.58 (8m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (8m) (a) A municipality shall submit notice to the department of its intent to apply for financial assistance under this section and s. 281.59 in a year no later than December 31 of the preceding year. A municipality shall submit the notice at least 6 months before the beginning of the fiscal year in which it will request to receive financial assistance. The notice shall be in a form prescribed by the department and the department of administration.
27,3511
Section 3511
. 281.58 (8m) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
27,3512
Section 3512
. 281.58 (8m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (8m) (c) The department may waive par. (a) or (b) upon the written request of a municipality.
27,3513
Section 3513
. 281.58 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (9) (a) After the department approves a municipality's facility plan submitted under sub. (8s), the municipality shall submit an application for participation to the department. The application shall be in such form and include such information as the department and the department of administration prescribe and shall include design plans and specifications that are approvable by the department under this chapter. The department shall review applications for participation in the clean water fund program under this section and s. 281.59. The department shall determine which applications meet the eligibility requirements and criteria under subs. (6), (7), (8), (8m) and (13).
27,3514
Section 3514
. 281.58 (9) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (9) (am) A municipality may not submit more than one application under par. (a) for any single project in any 12-month period except that this paragraph does not apply to applications for financial assistance for additional costs of an approved project.
27,3515
Section 3515
. 281.58 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (9) (b) A municipality seeking financial assistance, except for a municipality seeking a capital cost loan, for a project under this section and s. 281.59
the clean water fund program shall complete an environmental analysis sequence as required by the department by rule.
27,3516
Section 3516
. 281.58 (9) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (9) (c) If a municipality is serviced by more than one sewerage district for wastewater pollution abatement, each service area of the municipality shall be considered a separate municipality for purposes of obtaining financial assistance under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program.
27,3517
Section 3517
. 281.58 (9) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (9) (e) If the governor's recommendation, as set forth in the executive budget bill, for the amount under s. 281.59 (3) (d) (3e) (b), the amount available under s. 20.866 (2) (tc) or the amount available under s. 281.59 (4) (f) for a biennium is 85% or less of the amount of present value subsidy, general obligation bonding authority or revenue bonding authority, respectively, requested for that biennium in the biennial finance plan submitted under s. 281.59 (3) (bm) 1., the department shall inform municipalities that, if the governor's recommendations are approved, clean water fund program assistance during a fiscal year of that biennium will only be available to municipalities that submit financial assistance applications by the June 30 preceding that fiscal year.
27,3518
Section 3518
. 281.58 (9) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (9) (f) The fees collected under par. (d) shall be credited to the clean water environmental improvement fund.
27,3519
Section 3519
. 281.58 (9m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (9m) (c) The department may approve an application under par. (a) in a year only after the amount under s. 281.59 (3) (d) (3e) (b) for the biennium in which that year falls has been approved by the legislature under s. 281.59 (3) (d) (3e) (b).
27,3521
Section 3521
. 281.58 (9m) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (9m) (e) 1. Except as provided under par. (f) and sub. (13), if a sufficient amount of subsidy is available under s. 281.59 (3) (d) (3e) (b) for the municipality's project, based on the calculation under s. 281.59 (3) (i) (3e) (f), when the department approves the application under par. (a), the department of administration shall allocate that amount to the project.
2. If a sufficient amount of subsidy is not available under s. 281.59 (3) (d) (3e) (b) for the municipality's project when the department approves the application under subd. 1., the department shall place the project on a list for allocation when additional subsidy becomes available.
27,3522
Section 3522
. 281.58 (9m) (f) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (9m) (f) (intro.) If the amount approved under s. 281.59 (3) (d) (3e) (b), the amount available under s. 20.866 (2) (tc) or the amount available under s. 281.59 (4) (f) for a biennium is 85% or less of the amount of present value subsidy, general obligation bonding authority or revenue bonding authority, respectively, requested for that biennium in the biennial finance plan submitted under s. 281.59 (3) (bm) 1., all of the following apply:
27,3523
Section 3523
. 281.58 (9m) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (9m) (g) In allocating subsidy under this subsection, the department of administration shall adhere to the amount approved by the legislature for each biennium under s. 281.59 (3) (d) (3e) (b).
27,3524
Section 3524
. 281.58 (12) (a) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
281.58 (12) (a) 1. Except as modified under par. (f) and except as restricted by sub. (8) (b), (c), (f) or (h), the interest rate for projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 1. and 2. is 55% of market interest rate.
2. Except as modified under par. (f) and except as restricted by sub. (8) (b), (c), (f) or (h), the interest rate for projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 5. is 65% of market interest rate.
3. Except as modified under par. (f) and except as restricted by sub. (8) (b), (c), (f) or (h), the interest rate for projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 4. is 70% of market interest rate.
4. The interest rate for projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 6. and 7. and for those portions of projects under subd. 1. that are restricted by sub. (8) (b), (c), (f) or (h) is market interest rate.
5. The interest rate for a planning and design project specified in sub. (7) (b) 3. shall be determined under subd. 1., 2., 3. or 4. based on the type of project for which the planning and design are undertaken.
27,3525
Section 3525
. 281.58 (12) (c) (intro.), 1. and 2. of the statutes are repealed.
27,3526
Section 3526
. 281.58 (12) (c) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 281.58 (12) (c) and amended to read:
281.58 (12) (c) The department, in establishing percentage of market interest rates, and the department of administration shall attempt to ensure that those rates do not result in any all of the following:
1. Beginning in fiscal year 1991, That increases in all state water pollution abatement general obligation debt service costs greater than do not exceed 4% annually in the fiscal year in which the rates are established and in the following fiscal year.
2. State That state water pollution abatement general obligation debt service costs are not greater than 50% of all general obligation debt service costs in the
any fiscal year in which the rates are established and in any of the following 3 fiscal years.
27,3527
Section 3527
. 281.58 (12) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (12) (f) The department and the department of administration jointly 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 in par. (a) 1. to 3.
27,3528
Section 3528
. 281.58 (13) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (13) (b) (intro.) A municipality with an application that is approved under sub. (9m) is eligible for financial hardship assistance for the project costs that are eligible under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program, except for costs to which sub. (8) (b), (c), (f) or (h) applies, if the municipality meets all of the following criteria:
27,3528m
Section 3528m. 281.58 (13) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
281.58 (13) (g) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., the department shall determine median household income by adjusting median household income as determined by the U.S. bureau of the census to reflect changes in household income since the most recent federal census.
2. If a town sanitary district that has a population, as indicated on the application for assistance under this section, of 2,500 or less and that has boundaries that are not contiguous with a town submits data concerning household income obtained from a 3rd party, the department may not use information from the federal census to determine median household income. For such a town sanitary district, the department shall determine median household income based on the data obtained from the 3rd party.
27,3529
Section 3529
. 281.58 (13m) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (13m) Minority business development and training program. (a) The department shall make grants to projects that are eligible for financial assistance under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program and that are identified as being part of the minority business development and training program under s. 66.905 (2) (b).
