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SB45, s. 2514 22Section 2514. 281.60 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.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:
SB45, s. 2540 19Section 2540. 281.69 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 281.69 (1m) (a) and
20amended to read:
SB45,1160,2221 281.69 (1m) (a) Lake management projects that will improve or protect the
22quality of water in lakes or the quality of natural lake ecosystems of lakes.
SB45, s. 2541 23Section 2541. 281.69 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 281.69 (1m) (b).
SB45, s. 2542 24Section 2542. 281.69 (1) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 281.69 (1r) and
25amended to read:
SB45,1161,3
1281.69 (1r) Contracts. Lake The department may award contracts for lake
2classification technical assistance projects to be conducted by nonprofit corporations
3that will provide educational and technical assistance.
SB45, s. 2543 4Section 2543. 281.69 (1b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1161,55 281.69 (1b) Definition. In this section, "lake" includes a mill pond or a flowage.
SB45, s. 2544 6Section 2544. 281.69 (2) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1161,77 281.69 (2) (title) Amounts of grants and contracts.
SB45, s. 2545 8Section 2545. 281.69 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1161,109 281.69 (2) (c) A grant contract for a lake classification technical assistance
10project may not exceed $200,000.
SB45, s. 2546 11Section 2546. 281.69 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1161,1712 281.69 (3) (a) A designation of eligible recipients, which shall include nonprofit
13conservation organizations, as defined in s. 23.0955 (1), counties, cities, towns,
14villages, qualified lake associations, as defined in s. 281.68 (1) (b), town sanitary
15districts, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts and other local
16governmental units, as defined in s. 66.299 (1) (a), that are established for the
17purpose of lake management.
SB45, s. 2547 18Section 2547. 281.69 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1161,2219 281.69 (3) (b) 1. The purchase of land or of a conservation easement, as defined
20in s. 700.40 (1) (a), if the eligible recipient enters into a contract under sub. (4) s.
21281.71
and if the purchase will substantially contribute to the protection or
22improvement of a lake's water quality or its natural ecosystem.
SB45, s. 2548 23Section 2548. 281.69 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 281.71, and 281.71
24(title), (1) (intro.) and (d), (2) (intro.) and (b), (3) and (5), as renumbered, are amended
25to read:
SB45,1162,4
1281.71 (title) Lake management project grants; river protection grants;
2purchases.
(1) (intro.) In order to receive a grant for a purchase under sub. s. 281.69
3(3) (b) 1. or 281.70 (5) (c) 1., the recipient shall enter into a contract with the
4department that contains all of the following provisions:
SB45,1162,65 (d) A clause that any subsequent sale or transfer of the property to be acquired
6is subject to pars. (b) and (c) subs. (2) and (3).
SB45,1162,9 7(2) (intro.) The recipient of the grant used for a purchase under sub. s. 281.69
8(3) (b) 1. or 281.70 (5) (c) 1. may subsequently sell or transfer the acquired property
9to a 3rd party other than a creditor of the recipient if all of the following apply:
SB45,1162,1110 (b) The party to whom the property is sold or transferred enters into a new
11contract with the department that contains the provisions under par. (a) sub. (1).
SB45,1162,14 12(3) The recipient of the grant used for a purchase under sub. s. 281.69 (3) (b)
131. or 281.70 (5) (c) 1. may subsequently sell or transfer the acquired property to
14satisfy a debt or other obligation if the department approves the sale or transfer.
SB45,1162,18 15(5) The instrument conveying the property to the recipient shall state the
16interest of the state under par. (d) sub. (4). The contract entered into under par. (a)
17sub. (1) and the instrument of conveyance shall be recorded in the office of the
18register of deeds of each county in which the property is located.
SB45, s. 2549 19Section 2549. 281.69 (6) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2550 20Section 2550. 281.69 (6) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 281.69 (6) and
21amended to read:
SB45,1163,222 281.69 (6) Lake classification technical assistance grants contracts . A
23nonprofit corporation receiving a lake classification technical assistance grant
24contract shall provide educational and technical assistance to local units of

1government and lake management organizations that will participate in a lake
2classification project.
SB45, s. 2551 3Section 2551. 281.70 of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1163,5 4281.70 River protection grants. (1) Definition. In this section, "river"
5includes a stream or a flowage.
SB45,1163,8 6(2) Types of projects. The department shall develop and administer a
7financial assistance program to provide grants for planning projects and
8management projects.
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