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4Section
3509. 281.58 (8) (L) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(8) (L) (intro.) The total amount of capital cost loans made under
this
6section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program may not exceed $120,000,000,
7and no capital cost loan funds may be released under
this section and s. 281.59 the
8clean water fund program until the secretary of administration has found in writing
9that all of the following facts have occurred:
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(8e) (cm) A factor that gives higher priority than would otherwise be
12given to a project to serve more than one municipality if all of the following apply:
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1. Each municipality to be served by the project has a population of 2,500 or
14less.
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2. At least one of the municipalities to be served by the project has a wastewater
16treatment system that is unusable because of failures of the system.
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3. The municipalities to be served by the project are submitting an application
18for a new joint treatment work.
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4. At least one of the municipalities to be served by the treatment work has been
20ordered to upgrade a current system.
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(8m) (a) A municipality shall submit notice to the department of its
23intent to apply for financial assistance under this section and s. 281.59
in a year no
24later than December 31 of the preceding year. A municipality shall submit the notice
25at least 6 months before the beginning of the fiscal year in which it will request to
1receive financial assistance. The notice shall be in a form prescribed by the
2department and the department of administration.
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(8m) (c) The department may waive par. (a)
or (b) upon the written
6request of a municipality.
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(9) (a) After the department approves a municipality's facility plan
9submitted under sub. (8s), the municipality shall submit an application for
10participation to the department. The application shall be in such form and include
11such information as the department and the department of administration prescribe
12and shall include design plans and specifications that are approvable by the
13department under this chapter. The department shall review applications for
14participation in the
clean water fund program
under this section and s. 281.59. The
15department shall determine which applications meet the eligibility requirements
16and criteria under subs. (6), (7), (8), (8m) and (13).
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(9) (am) A municipality may not submit more than one application
19under par. (a)
for any single project in any 12-month period except that this
20paragraph does not apply to applications for financial assistance for additional costs
21of an approved project.
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(9) (b) A municipality seeking financial assistance, except for a
24municipality seeking a capital cost loan, for a project under
this section and s. 281.59
1the clean water fund program shall complete an environmental analysis sequence
2as required by the department by rule.
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(9) (c) If a municipality is serviced by more than one sewerage district
5for wastewater pollution abatement, each service area of the municipality shall be
6considered a separate municipality for purposes of obtaining financial assistance
7under
this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program.
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(9) (e) If the governor's recommendation, as set forth in the executive
10budget bill, for the amount under s. 281.59
(3) (d)
(3e) (b), the amount available under
11s. 20.866 (2) (tc) or the amount available under s. 281.59 (4) (f) for a biennium is 85%
12or less of the amount of present value subsidy, general obligation bonding authority
13or revenue bonding authority, respectively, requested for that biennium in the
14biennial finance plan submitted under s. 281.59 (3) (bm) 1., the department shall
15inform municipalities that, if the governor's recommendations are approved, clean
16water fund
program assistance during a fiscal year of that biennium will only be
17available to municipalities that submit financial assistance applications by the June
1830 preceding that fiscal year.
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(9) (f) The fees collected under par. (d) shall be credited to the
clean
21water environmental improvement fund.
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(9m) (c) The department may approve an application under par. (a) in
24a year only after the amount under s. 281.59
(3) (d)
(3e) (b) for the biennium in which
25that year falls has been approved by the legislature under s. 281.59
(3) (d) (3e) (b).
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(9m) (e) 1. Except as provided under par. (f) and sub. (13), if a sufficient
3amount of subsidy is available under s. 281.59
(3) (d)
(3e) (b) for the municipality's
4project, based on the calculation under s. 281.59
(3) (i) (3e) (f), when the department
5approves the application under par. (a), the department of administration shall
6allocate that amount to the project.
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2. If a sufficient amount of subsidy is not available under s. 281.59
(3) (d) (3e)
8(b) for the municipality's project when the department approves the application
9under subd. 1., the department shall place the project on a list for allocation when
10additional subsidy becomes available.
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11Section
3522. 281.58 (9m) (f) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(9m) (f) (intro.) If the amount approved under s. 281.59
(3) (d) (3e) (b),
13the amount available under s. 20.866 (2) (tc) or the amount available under s. 281.59
14(4) (f) for a biennium is 85% or less of the amount of present value subsidy, general
15obligation bonding authority or revenue bonding authority, respectively, requested
16for that biennium in the biennial finance plan submitted under s. 281.59 (3) (bm) 1.,
17all of the following apply:
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(9m) (g) In allocating subsidy under this subsection, the department of
20administration shall adhere to the amount approved by the legislature for each
21biennium under s. 281.59
(3) (d) (3e) (b).
SB77-SSA1, s. 3524
22Section
3524. 281.58 (12) (a) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
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(12) (a) 1. Except as modified under par. (f) and except as restricted by
24sub. (8) (b), (c), (f) or (h), the interest rate for projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 1. and
252. is 55% of market interest rate.
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12. Except as modified under par. (f) and except as restricted by sub. (8) (b), (c),
2(f) or (h), the interest rate for projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 5. is 65% of market
3interest rate.
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3. Except as modified under par. (f) and except as restricted by sub. (8) (b), (c),
5(f) or (h), the interest rate for projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 4. is 70% of market
6interest rate.
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4. The interest rate for projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 6. and 7. and for those
8portions of projects under subd. 1. that are restricted by sub. (8) (b), (c), (f) or (h) is
9market interest rate.
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5. The interest rate for a planning and design project specified in sub. (7) (b)
113. shall be determined under subd. 1., 2., 3. or 4. based on the type of project for which
12the planning and design are undertaken.
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13Section
3525. 281.58 (12) (c) (intro.), 1. and 2. of the statutes are repealed.
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14Section
3526. 281.58 (12) (c) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 281.58 (12) (c)
15and amended to read:
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(12) (c) The department
, in establishing percentage of market interest
17rates, and the department of administration shall attempt to ensure
that those rates
18do not result in any all of the following:
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1.
Beginning in fiscal year 1991, That increases in all state water pollution
20abatement general obligation debt service costs
greater than do not exceed 4%
21annually
in the fiscal year in which the rates are established and in the following
22fiscal year.
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2.
State That state water pollution abatement general obligation debt service
24costs
are not greater than 50% of all general obligation debt service costs in
the any 25fiscal year
in which the rates are established and in any of the following 3 fiscal years.
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(12) (f) The department and the department of administration jointly
3may request the joint committee on finance to take action under s. 13.101 (11) to
4modify the percentage of market interest rates established
by rule for tier 1 and tier
52 projects in par. (a) 1. to 3.
SB77-SSA1, s. 3528
6Section
3528. 281.58 (13) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(13) (b) (intro.) A municipality with an application that is approved
8under sub. (9m) is eligible for financial hardship assistance for the project costs that
9are eligible under
this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program, except for
10costs to which sub. (8) (b), (c), (f) or (h) applies, if the municipality meets all of the
11following criteria:
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(13) (g) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., the department shall
14determine median household income by adjusting median household income as
15determined by the U.S. bureau of the census to reflect changes in household income
16since the most recent federal census.
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2. For a town sanitary district that has a population, as indicated on the
18application for assistance under this section, of 2,500 or less and that has boundaries
19that are not contiguous with a town, the department may not use information from
20the federal census to determine median household income. For such a town sanitary
21district, the department shall determine median household income based on data
22obtained from a 3rd party and submitted by the town sanitary district.
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(13m) Minority business development and training program. (a) The
25department shall make grants to projects that are eligible for financial assistance
1under
this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program and that are identified
2as being part of the minority business development and training program under
3s.
66.905 (2) (b) 560.036 (2m) (b) 2.
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(b) Grants provided under this subsection are not included for the purposes of
5determining under sub. (8) (i) the amount that a municipality may receive for
6projects under
this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program. Grants
7awarded under this subsection are not considered for the purposes of sub. (9m) (e)
8or s. 281.59
(3) (d) (3e) (b).
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9Section
3530. 281.58 (14) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(14) (b) (intro.) As a condition of receiving financial assistance under
11this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program, a municipality shall do all
12of the following:
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14281.59 (title)
Clean water
Environmental improvement fund program;
15financial management.
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16Section
3532. 281.59 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 281.59 (1) (am).
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(1) (ag) "Clean water fund program" means the program administered
19under s. 281.58, with financial management provided under this section.
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(1) (as) "Land recycling loan program" means the program
22administered under s. 281.60, with financial management provided under this
23section.
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(1) (b) "Market interest rate" means the interest at the effective rate of
2a revenue obligation issued by the state to fund a
project loan or a portion of a
project 3loan
under this section and s. 281.58 for a project under the clean water fund
4program.
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(1) (cm) "Safe drinking water loan program" means the program
7administered under s. 281.61, with financial management provided under this
8section.
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(1) (d) "Subsidy" means the amounts provided
by the clean water from
11the environmental improvement fund to
clean water fund program, safe drinking
12water loan program and land recycling loan program projects
receiving financial
13assistance under this section and s. 281.58 for the following purposes:
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1. To reduce the interest rate of clean water fund
program, safe drinking water
15loan program and land recycling loan program loans from market rate to a subsidized
16rate.
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2.
To For the clean water fund program only, to provide for financial hardship
18assistance, including grants.
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(1) (d) 3. For the safe drinking water loan program only, to provide
21grants under s. 281.61 (8e).
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(1m) Establishment of programs. (a) There is established a clean
24water fund program, administered under s. 281.58, with financial management
25provided under this section.
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1(b) There is established a safe drinking water loan program, administered
2under s. 281.61, with financial management provided under this section.
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(2) (a) Administer its responsibilities under this section and
s. ss. 5281.58
, 281.60 and 281.61.
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(2) (b) Cooperate with the department in administering the clean water
8fund program
, the safe drinking water loan program and the land recycling loan
9program.
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(2) (c) Accept and hold any letter of credit from the federal government
12through which the state receives federal capitalization grant payments and
13disbursements to the
clean water environmental improvement fund.
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14Section
3542. 281.59 (2m) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(2m) (title)
Investment management;
clean water environmental
16improvement fund.
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(2m) (a) 1. Subject to par. (b), direct the investment board under s. 25.17
19(2) (d) to make any investment of the
clean water
environmental improvement fund,
20or in the collection of the principal and interest of all moneys loaned or invested from
21such that fund.
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(2m) (b) 1. The action provides a financial benefit to the
clean water 24environmental improvement fund.