SB45,1153,321 281.58 (8) (h) Except as provided in par. (k), a municipality that is a violator
22of an effluent limitation at the time that the application for a treatment work project
23is approved under sub. (9m) may not receive financial assistance of a method
24specified under sub. (6) (b) 1., 2., 3., 4. or 5. for that part of the treatment work project
25that is needed to correct the violation. This paragraph does not apply to a

1municipality that after May 17, 1988, is in compliance with a court or department
2order to correct a violation of the enforceable requirements of its ch. 283 permit, and
3that is applying for financial assistance under s. 281.59 (13) to correct that violation.
SB45, s. 2498 4Section 2498. 281.58 (8) (j) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1153,85 281.58 (8) (j) The amount of a payment under sub. (6) (b) 8. may not exceed the
6amount of subsidy necessary to reduce the interest rate on the loan from market rate
7to the interest rate that would have been charged on a loan to the municipality under
8sub. (6) (b) 4.
SB45, s. 2499 9Section 2499. 281.58 (8) (L) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2500 10Section 2500. 281.58 (8e) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1153,1211 281.58 (8e) (a) The type of project and the order in which it is listed under sub.
12(7) (b) 1. to 7. 6.
SB45, s. 2501 13Section 2501. 281.58 (8s) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1153,1614 281.58 (8s) Facility plan. A municipality seeking financial assistance for a
15project under this section, except for a municipality seeking a capital cost loan, shall
16complete a facility plan as required by the department by rule.
SB45, s. 2502 17Section 2502. 281.58 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1153,2118 281.58 (9) (b) A municipality seeking financial assistance, except for a
19municipality seeking a capital cost loan,
for a project under the clean water fund
20program shall complete an environmental analysis sequence as required by the
21department by rule.
SB45, s. 2503 22Section 2503. 281.58 (12) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1153,2523 281.58 (12) (a) 4. The interest rate for projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 6. and
247.
and for those portions of projects under subd. 1. that are restricted by sub. (8) (b),
25(c), (f) or (h) is market interest rate.
SB45, s. 2504
1Section 2504. 281.58 (12) (a) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2505 2Section 2505. 281.59 (1m) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1154,43 281.59 (1m) (c) There is established a private sewage system replacement and
4rehabilitation loan program, administered under s. 145.245 (12m).
SB45, s. 2506 5Section 2506. 281.59 (1m) (c) of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin Act
6.... (this act), is amended to read:
SB45,1154,87 281.59 (1m) (c) There is established a private small sewage system
8replacement and rehabilitation loan program, administered under s. 145.245 (12m).
SB45, s. 2507 9Section 2507. 281.59 (3e) (b) 1. and 3. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB45,1154,1110 281.59 (3e) (b) 1. Equal to $90,200,000 $87,400,000 during the 1997-99
111999-01 biennium.
SB45,1154,1212 3. Equal to $1,000 for any biennium after the 1997-99 1999-01 biennium.
SB45, s. 2508 13Section 2508. 281.59 (3m) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB45,1154,1514 281.59 (3m) (b) 1. Equal to $4,500,000 $9,400,000 during the 1997-99 1999-01
15biennium.
SB45,1154,1616 2. Equal to $1,000 for any biennium after the 1997-99 1999-01 biennium.
SB45, s. 2509 17Section 2509. 281.59 (3s) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB45,1154,1918 281.59 (3s) (b) 1. Equal to $21,000,000 $5,200,000 during the 1997-99 1999-01
19biennium.
SB45,1154,2020 2. Equal to $1,000 for any biennium after the 1997-99 1999-01 biennium.
SB45, s. 2510 21Section 2510. 281.59 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1155,422 281.59 (4) (b) The department of administration may, under s. 18.56 18.561 (5)
23and (9) (j) or 18.562 (3) and (5) (e), deposit in a separate and distinct fund in the state
24treasury or in an account maintained by a trustee outside the state treasury, any
25portion of the revenues derived under s. 25.43 (1). The revenues deposited with a

1trustee outside the state treasury are the trustee's revenues in accordance with the
2agreement between this state and the trustee or in accordance with the resolution
3pledging the revenues to the repayment of revenue obligations issued under this
4subsection.
SB45, s. 2511 5Section 2511. 281.59 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1155,126 281.59 (9) (a) A loan approved under the clean water fund program, the safe
7drinking water loan program or the land recycling loan program shall be for no longer
8than 20 years, as determined by the department of administration, be fully
9amortized not later than 20 years after the original date of the note financial
10assistance agreement
, and require the repayment of principal and interest, if any,
11to begin not later than 12 months after the expected date of completion of the project
12that it funds, as determined by the department of administration.
SB45, s. 2512 13Section 2512. 281.59 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1155,1814 281.59 (12) Municipal obligations. The department of administration may
15purchase or refinance obligations specified in s. 281.58 (6) (b) 1. or 2. and guarantee
16or purchase insurance for municipal obligations specified in s. 281.58 (6) (b) 3. if the
17department of administration and the department of natural resources approve the
18financial assistance under this section and s. 281.58.
SB45, s. 2513 19Section 2513. 281.60 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1155,2120 281.60 (1) (a) "Eligible applicant" means a political subdivision, a
21redevelopment authority created under s. 66.431 or a housing authority
.
SB45, s. 2514 22Section 2514. 281.60 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2515 23Section 2515. 281.60 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1156,1024 281.60 (2) General. The department and the department of administration
25may administer a program to provide financial assistance to eligible applicants for

1projects to remedy environmental contamination of sites or facilities at which
2environmental contamination has affected groundwater or surface water or
3threatens to affect groundwater or surface water. The department and the
4department of administration may provide financial assistance under this section to
5an eligible applicant only if the eligible applicant owns the contaminated site or
6facility or, if the applicant is a political subdivision, if a redevelopment authority or
7a housing authority owns the contaminated site or facility
. The department and the
8department of administration may not provide financial assistance under this
9section to remedy environmental contamination at a site or facility that is not a
10landfill if the eligible applicant caused the environmental contamination.
SB45, s. 2516 11Section 2516. 281.60 (2r) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1156,1312 281.60 (2r) (a) Making loans below the market interest rate for projects
13described in sub. (2).
SB45, s. 2517 14Section 2517. 281.60 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1156,1615 281.60 (7) (c) The department of administration determines that the eligible
16applicant will meet the requirements of s. 281.59 (9) (b).
SB45, s. 2518 17Section 2518. 281.60 (8s) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1156,2118 281.60 (8s) Limitation on financial assistance. The amount of a payment
19under sub. (2r) (d) may not exceed the amount of subsidy necessary to reduce the
20interest rate on the loan from market rate to the interest rate that would have been
21charged on a loan to the political subdivision under sub. (2r) (a).
SB45, s. 2519 22Section 2519. 281.60 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1156,2523 281.60 (11) Loan interest rates. The department and the department of
24administration may not charge
interest rate on a land recycling loan program loan
25shall be 55% of market interest rate.
SB45, s. 2520
1Section 2520. 281.60 (11m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1157,112 281.60 (11m) Service fee. The department and the department of
3administration shall jointly charge and collect an annual service fee for reviewing
4and acting upon land recycling loan program applications and servicing financial
5assistance agreements. The fee shall be in addition to interest payments at the rate
6under sub. (11).
For the 1997-99 fiscal biennium, the service fee shall be 0.5% of the
7loan balance. Fee amounts for later biennia shall be established in the biennial
8finance plan under s. 281.59 (3) (a) 8. The department and the department of
9administration shall specify in the biennial finance plan a fee designed to cover the
10costs of reviewing and acting upon land recycling loan program applications and
11servicing financial assistance agreements.
SB45, s. 2521 12Section 2521. 281.61 (8s) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1157,1613 281.61 (8s) Limitation on financial assistance. The amount of a payment
14under sub. (2r) (d) may not exceed the amount of subsidy necessary to reduce the
15interest rate on the loan from market rate to the interest rate that would have been
16charged on a loan to the local governmental unit under sub. (2r) (a).
SB45, s. 2522 17Section 2522. 281.65 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1158,218 281.65 (5) (b) Prepare sections of the priority watershed or priority lake plan
19relating to farm-specific implementation schedules, requirements under ss. 92.104
20and
s. 92.105, animal waste management and selection of agriculturally related best
21management practices and submit those sections to the department for inclusion
22under sub. (4m) (b). The best management practices shall be cost-effective best
23management practices, as specified under sub. (4) (e), except in situations in which
24the use of a cost-effective best management practice will not contribute to water
25quality improvement or will cause a water body to continue to be impaired as

1identified to the federal environmental protection agency under 33 USC 1313 (d) (1)
2(A).
SB45, s. 2523 3Section 2523. 281.65 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1158,74 281.65 (5) (d) Develop a grant disbursement and project management schedule
5for agriculturally related best management practices to be included in a plan
6established under sub. (4) (g) and identify recommendations for implementing
7activities or projects under ss. 92.10, 92.104 and 92.105.
SB45, s. 2524 8Section 2524. 281.65 (5) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1158,109 281.65 (5) (e) Identify areas within a priority watershed or priority lake area
10that are subject to activities required under ss. 92.104 and s. 92.105.
SB45, s. 2525 11Section 2525. 281.65 (8) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1158,1812 281.65 (8) (L) A grant may not be made to an individual if the department
13receives a certification under s. 49.855 (7) that the individual is delinquent in child
14support or maintenance payments or owes past support, medical expenses or birth
15expenses
whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854
16(2) (b), unless the individual provides to the department a payment agreement that
17has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is
18consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a)
.
SB45, s. 2526 19Section 2526. 281.68 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1158,2020 281.68 (1) Definitions. (intro.) In this section, "qualified:
SB45,1158,22 21(b) "Qualified lake association" means a group incorporated under ch. 181 that
22meets all of the following conditions:
SB45, s. 2527 23Section 2527. 281.68 (1) (a) to (h) of the statutes are renumbered 281.68 (1)
24(b) 1. to 8.
SB45, s. 2528 25Section 2528. 281.68 (1) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1159,1
1281.68 (1) (ag) "Lake" includes a flowage.
SB45, s. 2529 2Section 2529. 281.68 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1159,73 281.68 (1m) Purposes of grants. The department shall develop and
4administer a financial assistance program to provide lake management planning
5grants for projects to provide information and education on the use of lakes and
6natural lake ecosystems and
on the quality of water in lakes, including mill ponds,
7in order to
and the quality of natural lake ecosystems.
SB45,1159,10 8(1r) Uses of grants. Lake management planning grants shall be used to
9improve water quality assessment and planning and to aid in the selection of
10activities to abate do any of the following:
SB45,1159,12 11(a) Prevent pollution of from entering into lakes or into natural lake
12ecosystems
.
SB45, s. 2530 13Section 2530. 281.68 (1r) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1159,1514 281.68 (1r) (b) Protect or improve the quality of water in lakes or the quality
15of natural lake ecosystems.
SB45, s. 2531 16Section 2531. 281.68 (2) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1159,1717 281.68 (2) (title) Amount of grants.
SB45, s. 2532 18Section 2532. 281.68 (3) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1159,1919 281.68 (3) (title) Rules for grants.
SB45, s. 2533 20Section 2533. 281.68 (3) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 281.68 (3) (b) (intro.)
21and amended to read:
SB45,1159,2322 281.68 (3) (b) (intro.) Eligible activities, which shall include data all of the
23following for lakes and natural lake ecosystems:
SB45,1159,24 241. Data collection, water quality assessment and nonpoint.
SB45,1159,25 254. Nonpoint source pollution evaluation.
SB45, s. 2534
1Section 2534. 281.68 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1160,32 281.68 (3) (b) 2. Assessments of water quality and of fish and aquatic life and
3their habitat.
SB45, s. 2535 4Section 2535. 281.68 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1160,65 281.68 (3) (b) 3. Assessments of the uses of a lake and the uses of the land
6surrounding the lake.
SB45, s. 2536 7Section 2536. 281.68 (3) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1160,88 281.68 (3) (b) 5. Informational or educational programs and materials.
SB45, s. 2537 9Section 2537. 281.68 (4) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1160,1010 281.68 (4) (title) Eligibility for lake management planning grants.
SB45, s. 2538 11Section 2538. 281.69 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1160,13 12281.69 (title) Lake management and classification grants and
13contracts
.
SB45, s. 2539 14Section 2539. 281.69 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 281.69 (1m)
15(intro.) and amended to read:
SB45,1160,1816 281.69 (1m) Types of projects. (intro.) The department shall develop and
17administer a financial assistance program to provide grants for the following 3 2
18types of projects:
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