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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
SECTION 3511. 281.58 (8m) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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:
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).
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.
SECTION 3525. 281.58 (12) (c) (intro.), 1. and 2. of the statutes are repealed.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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).
(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. 281.59 the clean water fund program. Grants awarded under this subsection are not considered for the purposes of sub. (9m) (e) or s. 281.59 (3) (d) (3e) (b).
SECTION 3530. 281.58 (14) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (14) (b) (intro.) As a condition of receiving financial assistance under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program, a municipality shall do all of the following:
SECTION 3531. 281.59 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.59 (title) Clean water Environmental improvement fund program; financial management.
SECTION 3532. 281.59 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 281.59 (1) (am).
SECTION 3533. 281.59 (1) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
281.59 (1) (ag) "Clean water fund program" means the program administered under s. 281.58, with financial management provided under this section.
SECTION 3534. 281.59 (1) (as) of the statutes is created to read:
281.59 (1) (as) "Land recycling loan program" means the program administered under s. 281.60, with financial management provided under this section.
SECTION 3535. 281.59 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.59 (1) (b) "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. 281.58 for a project under the clean water fund program.
SECTION 3536. 281.59 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
281.59 (1) (cm) "Safe drinking water loan program" means the program administered under s. 281.61, with financial management provided under this section.
SECTION 3537. 281.59 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.59 (1) (d) "Subsidy" means the amounts provided by the clean water from the environmental improvement fund to clean water fund program, safe drinking water loan program and land recycling loan program projects receiving financial assistance under this section and s. 281.58 for the following purposes:
1. To reduce the interest rate of clean water fund program, safe drinking water loan program and land recycling loan program loans from market rate to a subsidized rate.
2. To For the clean water fund program only, to provide for financial hardship assistance, including grants.
SECTION 3537e. 281.59 (1) (d) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
281.59 (1) (d) 3. For the safe drinking water loan program only, to provide grants under s. 281.61 (8e).
SECTION 3538. 281.59 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
281.59 (1m) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAMS. (a) There is established a clean water fund program, administered under s. 281.58, with financial management provided under this section.
(b) There is established a safe drinking water loan program, administered under s. 281.61, with financial management provided under this section.
SECTION 3539. 281.59 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.59 (2) (a) Administer its responsibilities under this section and s. ss. 281.58, 281.60 and 281.61.
SECTION 3540. 281.59 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.59 (2) (b) Cooperate with the department in administering the clean water fund program, the safe drinking water loan program and the land recycling loan program.
SECTION 3541. 281.59 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.59 (2) (c) Accept and hold any letter of credit from the federal government through which the state receives federal capitalization grant payments and disbursements to the clean water environmental improvement fund.
SECTION 3542. 281.59 (2m) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.59 (2m) (title) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT; CLEAN WATER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT FUND.
SECTION 3543. 281.59 (2m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: