The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 281.58 (1) (cg) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (1) (cg) "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 the clean water fund program has the meaning given in s. 281.59 (1) (b).
SECTION 2. 281.59 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.59 (1) (b) "Market interest rate" means the interest at the effective interest rate of a on a fixed-rate revenue obligation issued by the state to fund a loan or a portion of a loan for a project under the clean water fund program made under this section or, for a variable rate obligation, the effective interest rate that the department of administration determines would have been paid if the variable rate obligation had been sold at a fixed rate.
SECTION 3. 281.61 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.61 (1) (b) "Market interest rate" means the interest at the effective rate of a revenue obligation issued by this state to fund a loan or portion of a loan for a clean water fund program project under s. 281.58 has the meaning given in s. 281.59 (1) (b).
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LRB-1360LRB-1360/2
RCT:cjs&wlj:jf
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Percy, BB0335 - Changes to air management fees
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Environment
Air Quality
Currently, the federal government has delegated to DNR the authority to administer the federal Clean Air Act in this state. The Clean Air Act requires certain stationary sources of air pollution, such as large factories, to obtain operation permits. State law requires additional stationary sources of air pollution to obtain operation permits. Under current law, DNR promulgates rules setting fees to be paid by the operator of any stationary source for which an operation permit is required. The fees are based on the amount of pollutants that a stationary source emits.
This bill sets fees to be paid by the operator of a stationary source of air pollution that is required to obtain an operation permit under state law, but not under the Clean Air Act. The fees for a stationary source covered by a simplified permit are $1,500 per year and the fees for a stationary source covered by a traditional permit are $3,000 per year. The bill set fees of $300 per year for stationary sources that are exempt from the requirement to obtain an operation permit but that emit more than three tons of a regulated pollutant in a year. The bill also sets fees of $300 to be paid by a person seeking a waiver of the requirement to obtain a permit for the construction or modification of a stationary source of air pollution. The bill does not change the provisions concerning fees for operation permits that are required under the Clean Air Act.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.370 (2) (bh) of the statutes is created to read:
20.370 (2) (bh) Air management -- state permit sources. The amounts in the schedule for purposes related to stationary sources of air contaminants for which an operation permit is required under s. 285.60 but not under the federal clean air act as specified in s. 285.69 (2m) (d). All moneys received from fees collected under s. 285.69 (1g) and (2m) shall be credited to this appropriation account.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 20.370 (2) (ci) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.370 (2) (ci) Air management -- permit review and enforcement. The amounts in the schedule for any purpose specified under s. 285.69 (1) or (5), except for purposes described in par. (bi), and for other activities to reduce air pollution, as provided in s. 285.69 (6). All moneys received from fees imposed under s. 285.69 (1), (1d), and (5), except moneys appropriated under par. (bi), shall be credited to this appropriation.
SECTION 3. 285.01 (17m) of the statutes is created to read:
285.01 (17m) "Entire facility" means all stationary sources that are under the control of one person or under the control of persons who are under common control and that are located on contiguous properties.
SECTION 4. 285.69 (1d) of the statutes is created to read:
285.69 (1d) REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF CONSTRUCTION PERMIT REQUIREMENT. An owner or operator that requests a waiver under s. 285.60 (5m) of the requirement to obtain a construction permit shall pay to the department a fee of $300.
SECTION 5. 285.69 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:
285.69 (1g) ANNUAL FEES FOR OPERATION PERMIT EXEMPTION. The owner or operator of a stationary source that is exempt from the requirement to obtain an operation permit under s. 285.62 shall pay to the department a fee of $300 per year if the stationary source had actual emissions of a regulated pollutant in excess of 3 tons in the preceding year.
SECTION 6. 285.69 (2) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
285.69 (2) (title) FEES FOR PERSONS REQUIRED TO HAVE OPERATION PERMITS UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
SECTION 7. 285.69 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
285.69 (2) (a) (intro.) The department shall promulgate rules for the payment and collection of fees by the owner or operator of a stationary source for which an operation permit is required under the federal clean air act. The rules shall provide all of the following:
SECTION 8. 285.69 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
285.69 (2m) FEES FOR PERSONS REQUIRED TO HAVE OPERATION PERMITS UNDER STATE LAW. (a) Registration operation permits. The owner or operator of an entire facility for which an operation permit is required under s. 285.60 but not under the federal clean air act shall pay to the department a fee of $1,500 per year if the entire facility was covered by a registration operation permit under s. 285.60 (2g) in the preceding year.
(b) General operation permits. The owner or operator of an entire facility for which an operation permit is required under s. 285.60 but not under the federal clean air act shall pay to the department a fee of $1,500 per year if the entire facility was covered by a general operation permit under s. 285.60 (3) in the preceding year.
(c) Operation permits for other sources. The owner or operator of an entire facility for which an operation permit is required under s. 285.60 but not under the federal clean air act shall pay to the department a fee of $3,000 per year if the entire facility was not covered by a registration operation permit under s. 285.60 (2g) or by a general operation permit under s. 285.60 (3) in the preceding year.
(d) Use of fees. The fees collected under this subsection and sub. (1g) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (2) (bh) for the following purposes as they relate to stationary sources for which an operation permit is required under s. 285.60 but not under the federal clean air act:
1. The costs of reviewing and acting on applications for operation permits; implementing and enforcing operation permits except for court costs or other costs associated with an enforcement action; monitoring emissions and ambient air quality; preparing rules and materials to assist persons who are subject to the operation permit program; ambient air quality modeling; preparing and maintaining emission inventories; and any other direct and indirect costs of the operation permit program.
2. Costs of any other activities related to stationary sources of air contaminants.
SECTION 9435. Effective dates; natural resources.
(1) AIR MANAGEMENT FEES. The treatment of sections 20.370 (2) (bh) and (ci), 285.01 (17m), and 285.69 (1d), (1g), (2) (title) and (a) (intro.), and (2m) of the statutes takes effect on January 1, 2006.
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LRB-1361LRB-1361/5
RCT:jld&cs:rs
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Statz, BB0337 - Transfer from recycling fund to general fund
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
State Government
State finance
This bill transfers $5,842,100 in fiscal year 2005-06 and $5,742,100 in fiscal year 2006-07 from the recycling fund to the general fund.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 9235. Appropriation changes; natural resources.
(1) RECYCLING FUND TRANSFER. There is transferred from the recycling fund to the general fund $5,842,100 in fiscal year 2005-06 and $5,742,100 in fiscal year 2006-07.
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LRB-1362LRB-1362/1
RCT:jld:ch
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Statz, BB0338 - Contracts to improve business recycling
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Environment
Recycling
This bill authorizes DNR to contract with a nonprofit organization for services to assist businesses to reduce the amount of solid waste generated or to reuse or recycle solid waste.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.370 (6) (br) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.370 (6) (br) Environmental aids -- waste reduction and recycling demonstration grants. From the recycling fund, as a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for waste reduction and recycling demonstration grants under s. 287.25 and the grants required under 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, section 9136 (9) and (9cm) for business waste reduction and recycling assistance under s. 287.26.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 287.26 of the statutes is created to read:
287.26 Business waste reduction and recycling assistance. The department may contract with a nonprofit organization for services to assist businesses to reduce the amount of solid waste generated or to reuse or recycle solid waste. The department may not provide more than $500,000 annually under a contract under this section.
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LRB-1363LRB-1363/1
RNK:lmk:rs
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Walker, BB0340 - Remove Fox River navigation system appropriations
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Natural Resources
Navigable waters
Current law provides that the Fox River management commission (river commission), is authorized to enter into agreements with the federal government to operate and manage the Fox River navigational system which includes locks, harbors, and other facilities related to navigation that are on or near the Fox River.
Current law provides that if the Fox River navigational system is transferred from the federal government to the state the Fox River Navigational Authority (authority) is required to take over the rehabilitation, repair, replacement, operation, and maintenance of the system. Current law provides that once the system is transferred to the state, the state in turn will enter into a lease with the authority to transfer the system to the authority.
Because the system has been transferred to the state, and the state has entered into a lease with the authority to transfer the system to the authority, this draft eliminates the the river commission and its authority to enter into agreements with the federal government to operate and manage the Fox River navigational system.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 15.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
15.01 (2) "Commission" means a 3-member governing body in charge of a department or independent agency or of a division or other subunit within a department, except for the Wisconsin waterways commission which shall consist of 5 members, and the parole commission which shall consist of 8 members, and the Fox River management commission which shall consist of 7 members. A Wisconsin group created for participation in a continuing interstate body, or the interstate body itself, shall be known as a "commission", but is not a commission for purposes of s. 15.06. The parole commission created under s. 15.145 (1) shall be known as a "commission", but is not a commission for purposes of s. 15.06. The sentencing commission created under s. 15.105 (27) shall be known as a "commission" but is not a commission for purposes of s. 15.06 (1) to (4m), (7), and (9).
