SB45-SSA1, s. 2512j 4Section 2512j. 281.595 of the statutes is created to read:
SB45-SSA1,1249,5 5281.595 Urban storm water loan program. (1) Definitions. In this section:
SB45-SSA1,1249,86 (a) "Local governmental unit" means a city, village, town, county, town sanitary
7district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district or metropolitan
8sewerage district.
SB45-SSA1,1249,119 (b) "Market interest rate" means the interest at the effective rate of a revenue
10obligation issued by this state to fund a loan or portion of a loan for a clean water fund
11program project under s. 281.58.
SB45-SSA1,1249,1312 (c) "Population" means population shown by the last federal census or by any
13subsequent population estimate under s. 16.96.
SB45-SSA1,1249,1414 (d) "Urban area" means any of the following:
SB45-SSA1,1249,1515 1. An area with a population of 1,000 or more per square mile.
SB45-SSA1,1249,1616 2. An area in which the land is used for industrial or commercial land uses.
SB45-SSA1,1249,1717 3. An area that is surrounded by an area described in subd. 1. or 2.
SB45-SSA1,1249,1918 (e) "Urban storm water loan program" means the program administered under
19this section, with financial management provided under s. 281.59.
SB45-SSA1,1249,23 20(2) General. The department and the department of administration shall
21administer a program to provide financial assistance to local governmental units for
22the planning, designing, construction or modification of nonpoint source pollution
23and urban storm water runoff projects in urban areas.
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1(2g) Ineligible uses. A local governmental unit may not use financial
2assistance under this section to pay any portion of the cost of a project for which
3financial assistance is provided under s. 281.65.
SB45-SSA1,1250,6 4(2r) Methods of providing financial assistance. The following methods of
5providing financial assistance may be used under the urban storm water loan
6program:
SB45-SSA1,1250,87 (a) Making loans below the market interest rate for projects described in sub.
8(2).
SB45-SSA1,1250,109 (b) Purchasing or refinancing the obligation of a local governmental unit that
10was incurred to finance the cost of a project described in sub. (2).
SB45-SSA1,1250,1311 (c) Guaranteeing, or purchasing insurance for, obligations incurred to finance
12the cost of projects described in sub. (2) if the guarantee or insurance will provide
13credit market access or reduce interest rates.
SB45-SSA1,1250,1714 (d) Providing payments to the board of commissioners of public lands to reduce
15principal or interest payments, or both, on loans made to local governmental units
16under subch. II of ch. 24 by the board of commissioners of public lands for projects
17that are eligible for financial assistance under the urban storm water loan program.
SB45-SSA1,1250,22 18(3) Notice of intent to apply. (a) A local governmental unit shall submit notice
19of its intent to apply for financial assistance under the urban storm water loan
20program at least 6 months before the beginning of the fiscal year in which it intends
21to receive the financial assistance. The notice shall be in a form prescribed by the
22department and the department of administration.
SB45-SSA1,1250,2523 (b) If a local governmental unit does not apply for financial assistance by April
2430 of the 2nd year following the year in which it submitted notice under par. (a), the
25local governmental unit shall submit a new notice under par. (a).
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1(c) The department may waive par. (a) or (b) upon the written request of a local
2governmental unit.
SB45-SSA1,1251,5 3(4) Engineering report. A local governmental unit seeking financial
4assistance for a project under this section shall submit an engineering report, as
5required by the department by rule.
SB45-SSA1,1251,14 6(5) Application. After the department approves a local governmental unit's
7engineering report submitted under sub. (4), the local governmental unit shall
8submit an application for urban storm water financial assistance to the department.
9The applicant shall submit the application before the April 30 preceding the
10beginning of the fiscal year in which the applicant wishes to receive the financial
11assistance. The application shall be in the form and include the information required
12by the department and the department of administration and shall include plans and
13specifications that are approvable by the department under this section. An
14applicant may not submit more than one application per project per year.
SB45-SSA1,1251,18 15(6) Priority list. The department shall establish a priority list that ranks each
16urban storm water loan program project. The department shall promulgate rules for
17determining project rankings that base project priority on the impact of a project on
18groundwater and surface water quality and on public health.
SB45-SSA1,1251,20 19(7) Approval of application. The department shall approve an application
20received under sub. (5) after all of the following occur:
SB45-SSA1,1251,2121 (a) The project is ranked on the priority list under sub. (6).
SB45-SSA1,1251,2322 (b) The department determines that the project meets the eligibility
23requirements under this section.
SB45-SSA1,1251,2524 (c) The department of administration determines that the local governmental
25unit will meet the requirements of s. 281.59 (9) (b).
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1(d) The legislature has approved an amount under s. 281.59 (3v) (b) 1. for the
2biennium.
SB45-SSA1,1252,9 3(8) Funding list; allocation of funding. (a) The department shall establish
4a funding list for each fiscal year that ranks projects of local governmental units that
5submit approvable applications under sub. (5) in the same order that they appear on
6the priority list under sub. (6). If sufficient funds are not available to fund all
7approved applications for financial assistance, the department of administration
8shall allocate funding to projects that are approved under sub. (7) in the order that
9they appear on the funding list.
SB45-SSA1,1252,1210 (b) In allocating subsidy under this subsection, the department of
11administration shall adhere to the amount approved by the legislature for each
12biennium under s. 281.59 (3v) (b).
SB45-SSA1,1252,15 13(8m) Conditions of financial assistance. As a condition of receiving financial
14assistance under the urban storm water loan program, a local governmental unit
15shall do all of the following:
SB45-SSA1,1252,1716 (a) Establish a dedicated source of revenue for the repayment of the financial
17assistance.
SB45-SSA1,1252,2018(b) Comply with those provisions of 33 USC 1381 to 1387 and this chapter and
19ch. 283 and the regulations and rules promulgated under those provisions that the
20department specifies.
SB45-SSA1,1252,2321 (c) Develop and adopt a program for the operation and maintenance of the
22nonpoint source pollution or storm water project, including the training of personnel,
23as required by the department.
SB45-SSA1,1253,4 24(8s) Ineligibility for and limitation on financial assistance. (a) A person or
25municipality that has failed to substantially comply, as specified by the rules

1promulgated under sub. (12), with the terms of a federal or state grant or loan used
2to pay the cost of studies, investigations, plans, designs or construction associated
3with implementing a nonpoint source control management program is not eligible
4for financial assistance from the urban storm water loan program.
SB45-SSA1,1253,85 (b) The amount of a payment under sub. (2r) (d) may not exceed the amount of
6subsidy necessary to reduce the interest rate on the loan from market rate to the
7interest rate that would have been charged on a loan to the local governmental unit
8under sub. (2r) (a).
SB45-SSA1,1253,16 9(9) Financial assistance commitments. The department and the department
10of administration may, at the request of a local governmental unit, issue a notice of
11financial assistance commitment after the local governmental unit's application for
12urban storm water financial assistance has been approved under sub. (7) and
13funding has been allocated under sub. (8) for the local governmental unit's project.
14The notice of financial assistance commitment shall specify the conditions that the
15local governmental unit must meet to secure financial assistance and shall include
16the estimated repayment schedules and other terms of the financial assistance.
SB45-SSA1,1253,20 17(10) Deadline for closing. If funding is allocated to a project under sub. (8)
18for a loan and the loan is not closed before April 30 of the year following the year in
19which funding is allocated, the department of administration shall release the
20funding allocated to the project.
SB45-SSA1,1253,22 21(11) Loan interest rates. (a) Except as provided under par. (b), the interest
22rate on an urban storm water loan program loan shall be 55% of market interest rate.
SB45-SSA1,1253,2523 (b) The department and the department of administration jointly may request
24the joint committee on finance to take action under s. 13.101 (11) to modify the
25percentage of market interest under par. (a).
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1(11m) Service fee. The department and the department of administration
2may jointly charge and collect an annual service fee for reviewing and acting upon
3urban storm water loan program applications and servicing financial assistance
4agreements. The fee shall be in addition to interest payments at the rate under sub.
5(11). The department and the department of administration shall specify any fee in
6the biennial finance plan and shall design the fee to cover the costs of reviewing and
7acting upon urban storm water loan program applications and servicing financial
8assistance agreements.
SB45-SSA1,1254,9 9(12) Duties of the department. The department shall do all of the following:
SB45-SSA1,1254,1110 (a) Promulgate rules establishing eligibility criteria for applicants and projects
11under this section.
SB45-SSA1,1254,1312 (b) Promulgate rules that are necessary for the execution of its responsibilities
13under the urban storm water loan program.
SB45-SSA1,1254,1514 (c) Cooperate with the department of administration in administering the
15urban storm water loan program.
SB45-SSA1,1254,1816 (d) By May 1 of each even-numbered year, prepare and submit to the
17department of administration a biennial needs list that includes all of the following
18information:
SB45-SSA1,1254,2119 1. A list of urban storm water projects that the department estimates will apply
20for financial assistance under the urban storm water loan program during the next
21biennium.
SB45-SSA1,1254,2322 2. The estimated cost and estimated construction schedule of each project on
23the list, and the total of the estimated costs of all projects on the list.
SB45-SSA1,1254,2424 3. The estimated rank of each project on the priority list under sub. (6).
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1(e) Submit a biennial budget request under s. 16.42 for the urban storm water
2loan program.
SB45-SSA1,1255,43 (f) Have the lead state role with the federal environmental protection agency
4concerning the urban storm water loan program.
SB45-SSA1,1255,75 (g) Have the lead state role with local governmental units in providing urban
6storm water loan program information, and cooperate with the department of
7administration in providing that information to local governmental units.
SB45-SSA1,1255,108 (h) Inspect periodically urban storm water loan program project construction
9to determine project compliance with construction plans and specifications approved
10by the department and the requirements of the urban storm water loan program.
SB45-SSA1, s. 2513 11Section 2513. 281.60 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45-SSA1,1255,1312 281.60 (1) (a) "Eligible applicant" means a political subdivision, a
13redevelopment authority created under s. 66.431 or a housing authority
.
SB45-SSA1, s. 2514 14Section 2514. 281.60 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45-SSA1, s. 2515 15Section 2515. 281.60 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45-SSA1,1256,216 281.60 (2) General. The department and the department of administration
17may administer a program to provide financial assistance to eligible applicants for
18projects to remedy environmental contamination of sites or facilities at which
19environmental contamination has affected groundwater or surface water or
20threatens to affect groundwater or surface water. The department and the
21department of administration may provide financial assistance under this section to
22an eligible applicant only if the eligible applicant owns the contaminated site or
23facility or, if the applicant is a political subdivision, if a redevelopment authority or
24a housing authority owns the contaminated site or facility
. The department and the
25department of administration may not provide financial assistance under this

1section to remedy environmental contamination at a site or facility that is not a
2landfill if the eligible applicant caused the environmental contamination.
SB45-SSA1, s. 2516 3Section 2516. 281.60 (2r) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45-SSA1,1256,54 281.60 (2r) (a) Making loans below the market interest rate for projects
5described in sub. (2).
SB45-SSA1, s. 2517 6Section 2517. 281.60 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45-SSA1,1256,87 281.60 (7) (c) The department of administration determines that the eligible
8applicant will meet the requirements of s. 281.59 (9) (b).
SB45-SSA1, s. 2518 9Section 2518. 281.60 (8s) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45-SSA1,1256,1310 281.60 (8s) Limitation on financial assistance. The amount of a payment
11under sub. (2r) (d) may not exceed the amount of subsidy necessary to reduce the
12interest rate on the loan from market rate to the interest rate that would have been
13charged on a loan to the political subdivision under sub. (2r) (a).
SB45-SSA1, s. 2519 14Section 2519. 281.60 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45-SSA1,1256,1715 281.60 (11) Loan interest rates. The department and the department of
16administration may not charge
interest rate on a land recycling loan program loan
17shall be 55% of market interest rate.
SB45-SSA1, s. 2520 18Section 2520. 281.60 (11m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45-SSA1,1257,319 281.60 (11m) Service fee. The department and the department of
20administration shall jointly charge and collect an annual service fee for reviewing
21and acting upon land recycling loan program applications and servicing financial
22assistance agreements. The fee shall be in addition to interest payments at the rate
23under sub. (11).
For the 1997-99 fiscal biennium, the service fee shall be 0.5% of the
24loan balance. Fee amounts for later biennia shall be established in the biennial
25finance plan under s. 281.59 (3) (a) 8. The department and the department of

1administration shall specify in the biennial finance plan a fee designed to cover the
2costs of reviewing and acting upon land recycling loan program applications and
3servicing financial assistance agreements.
SB45-SSA1, s. 2521 4Section 2521. 281.61 (8s) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45-SSA1,1257,85 281.61 (8s) Limitation on financial assistance. The amount of a payment
6under sub. (2r) (d) may not exceed the amount of subsidy necessary to reduce the
7interest rate on the loan from market rate to the interest rate that would have been
8charged on a loan to the local governmental unit under sub. (2r) (a).
SB45-SSA1, s. 2521e 9Section 2521e. 281.65 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45-SSA1,1257,1310 281.65 (1) (d) Focus limited technical and financial resources in critical
11geographic locations through the selection of priority lakes and priority watersheds
12where nonpoint source related water quality problems and threats are the most
13severe and control is most feasible.
SB45-SSA1, s. 2521f 14Section 2521f. 281.65 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45-SSA1,1257,2315 281.65 (4) (f) Administer the distribution of grants and aids to governmental
16units for local administration and implementation of the program under this section.
17A grant awarded under this section may be used for technical assistance, educational
18and training assistance, ordinance development and administration,
cost-sharing
19for management practices and capital improvements, plan preparation under par.
20(g),
easements or other activities determined by the department to satisfy the
21requirements of this section. A grant may not be used for promotional items, except
22for promotional items that are used for informational purposes, such as brochures
23or videos.
SB45-SSA1, s. 2521g 24Section 2521g. 281.65 (4) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1281.65 (4) (g) (intro.) In cooperation with the department of agriculture, trade
2and consumer protection and the appropriate governmental unit, prepare priority
3watershed and priority lakes plans to implement nonpoint source water pollution
4abatement projects and storm water control activities described in sub. (8c) in
5priority watersheds and priority lake areas. In preparing the plans, the department
6shall:
SB45-SSA1, s. 2521i 7Section 2521i. 281.65 (4) (j) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45-SSA1, s. 2521k 8Section 2521k. 281.65 (4) (pm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45-SSA1,1258,119 281.65 (4) (pm) Jointly with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer
10protection, develop the forms required and implement the process under s. 92.14
11(14).
SB45-SSA1, s. 2521m 12Section 2521m. 281.65 (4) (t) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45-SSA1, s. 2521n 13Section 2521n. 281.65 (4c) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45-SSA1,1258,1914 281.65 (4c) (a) Beginning on July 1, 1998, a A governmental unit may request
15funding under this subsection for a project that is in a priority watershed project, a
16or priority lake project area or a nonpoint source water pollution abatement project
17that is not in a priority watershed or a priority lake area by submitting an application
18to the board department. An application shall be submitted before July 15 to be
19considered for initial funding in the following year.
SB45-SSA1, s. 2521ne 20Section 2521ne. 281.65 (4c) (ae) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45-SSA1,1258,2421 281.65 (4c) (ae) The department shall administer this subsection in a manner
22that promotes the accelerated implementation of nonpoint source water pollution
23control that cannot be conducted with funding under s. 92.14 in target areas
24described in par. (am) 1. that are of the highest priority.
SB45-SSA1, s. 2521nm 25Section 2521nm. 281.65 (4c) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
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1281.65 (4c) (am) The department may select a project for funding under this
2subsection only if all of the following apply:
SB45-SSA1,1259,43 1. The project will implement nonpoint source pollution control in an area that
4is a target area based on any of the following:
SB45-SSA1,1259,65 a. The need for compliance with performance standards established by the
6department under s. 281.16 (2).
SB45-SSA1,1259,87 b. The existence of impaired water bodies that the department has identified
8to the federal environmental protection agency under 33 USC 1313 (d) (1) (A).
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