(c) Certificates of deposit constituting direct obligations of any credit union that are insured by the national board, as defined in s. 186.01 (3m).
(d) Certificates of deposit constituting direct obligations of any savings and loan association or savings bank that are insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation.
(e) Short-term discount obligations of the federal national mortgage association.
(f) Any of the investments provided under s. 66.0603 (1m) (a).
(2) Any securities described in sub. (1) may be purchased at the offering or market price of the securities at the time of purchase.
279.20 Investment authorization. The bonds of the authority are securities in which all public officers and bodies of this state; all political subdivisions and their public officers; all banks, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, savings and loan associations, and investment companies; and all personal representatives, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys, or other funds belonging to them or within their control.
279.21 Reports and records. (1) The authority shall keep an accurate account of all of its activities and of all of its receipts and expenditures, and shall annually in January make a report of its activities, receipts, and expenditures to the governor and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2). The reports shall be in a form approved by the state auditor. The state auditor may investigate the affairs of the authority, may examine the property and records of the authority, and may prescribe methods of accounting and the rendering of periodical reports in relation to activities undertaken by the authority.
(2) The authority, annually on January 15, shall file with the department of administration and the joint legislative council a complete and current listing of all forms, reports, and papers required by the authority to be completed by any person, other than a governmental body, as a condition of obtaining the approval of the authority or for any other reason. The authority shall attach a blank copy of each such form, report, or paper to the listing.
20,3074
Section
3074. 281.59 (3e) (b) 1. and 3. of the statutes are amended to read:
281.59 (3e) (b) 1. Equal to $109,600,000 $114,700,000 during the 2005-07
2007-09 biennium.
3. Equal to $1,000 for any biennium after the 2005-07 2007-09 biennium.
20,3075
Section
3075. 281.59 (3m) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
281.59 (3m) (b) 1. Equal to $2,700,000 during the 2005-07 2007-09 biennium.
2. Equal to $1,000 for any biennium after the 2005-07 2007-09 biennium.
20,3076
Section
3076. 281.59 (3s) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
281.59 (3s) (b) 1. Equal to $12,800,000 $13,400,000 during the 2005-07 2007-09 biennium.
2. Equal to $1,000 for any biennium after the 2005-07 2007-09 biennium.
20,3077
Section
3077. 281.59 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.59 (4) (b) The department of administration may, under s. 18.561 or 18.562, deposit in a separate and distinct fund in the state treasury or in an account maintained by a trustee outside the state treasury, any portion of the revenues derived under s. 25.43 (1). The revenues deposited with a trustee outside the state treasury are the trustee's revenues in accordance with the agreement between this state and the trustee or in accordance with the resolution pledging the revenues to the repayment of revenue obligations issued under this subsection and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.55 (6) with respect to revenue obligations issued under this subsection.
20,3078
Section
3078. 281.59 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.59 (4) (f) Revenue obligations may be contracted by the building commission when it reasonably appears to the building commission that all obligations incurred under this subsection, and all payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.55 (6) with respect to revenue obligations issued under this subsection, can be fully paid on a timely basis from moneys received or anticipated to be received. Revenue obligations issued under this subsection for the clean water fund program shall not exceed $1,615,955,000 $1,984,100,000 in principal amount, excluding obligations issued to refund outstanding revenue obligation notes.
20,3079
Section
3079. 281.65 (4e) of the statutes is created to read:
281.65 (4e) (a) A governmental unit may request funding under this subsection for a project to implement best management practices for animal waste management at an animal feeding operation for which the department has issued a notice of discharge under ch. 283.
(b) The department may grant a request under par. (a) if it determines that providing funding under this subsection is necessary to protect fish and aquatic life.
(c) Subsection (8) (d) does not apply to a grant under this subsection.
20,3080
Section
3080. 281.65 (8) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.65 (8) (f) A cost-sharing grant shall equal the percentage of the cost of implementing the best management practice that is determined by the governmental unit submitting the application under sub. (4c) (a) or (4e) (a) and is approved by the board, except as provided under pars. (gm) and (jm) and except that a cost-sharing grant may not exceed 70% of the cost of implementing the best management practice.
20,3081
Section
3081. 281.65 (8) (gm) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.65 (8) (gm) The governmental unit submitting the application under sub. (4c) (a) or (4e) (a) shall exceed the limit under par. (f) in cases of economic hardship, as defined by the department by rule.
20,3081pb
Section 3081pb. 281.75 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.75 (title) Compensation for well contamination and abandonment.
20,3081pc
Section 3081pc. 281.75 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.75 (1) (h) "Well," if not followed by the words, "subject to abandonment," means an excavation or opening in the ground made by boring, drilling or driving for the purpose of obtaining a supply of groundwater. "Well" does not include dug wells.
20,3081pd
Section 3081pd. 281.75 (1) (i) of the statutes is created to read:
281.75 (1) (i) "Well subject to abandonment" means a well that is required to be abandoned under s. NR 812.26 (2) (a), Wis. Adm. Code, or that the department may require to be abandoned under s. NR 812.26 (2) (b), Wis. Adm. Code.
20,3081pe
Section 3081pe. 281.75 (2) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
281.75 (2) (f) Establish requirements for the filling and sealing of wells subject to abandonment.
20,3081pf
Section 3081pf. 281.75 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 281.75 (3) and amended to read:
281.75 (3) Wells for which a claim may be submitted; sunset date. A claim may be submitted for a private water supply which, at the time of submitting the claim, is contaminated or for a well subject to abandonment.
20,3081pg
Section 3081pg. 281.75 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
20,3081ph
Section 3081ph. 281.75 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.75 (4) (a) Except as provided under par. (b), a landowner or lessee of property on which is located a contaminated private water supply or a well subject to abandonment, or the spouse, dependent, heir, assign or legal representative of the landowner or lessee, may submit a claim under this section.
20,3081pi
Section 3081pi. 281.75 (4m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.75 (4m) (a) In order to be eligible for an award under this section, the annual family income of the landowner or lessee of property on which is located a contaminated water supply or a well subject to abandonment may not exceed $65,000.
20,3081pj
Section 3081pj. 281.75 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
281.75 (5) (b) 1. Test results which show that the private water supply is contaminated, as defined under sub. (1) (b) 1. or 2., or information to show that the private water supply is contaminated as defined under sub. (1) (b) 3., or information to show that the well is a well subject to abandonment;
20,3081pk
Section 3081pk. 281.75 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
281.75 (5) (b) 2. Any If the claim is based on a contaminated private water supply, any information available to the claimant regarding possible sources of contamination of the private water supply; and
20,3081pL
Section 3081pL. 281.75 (5) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
281.75 (5) (d) 1. Enter the property where the private water supply or well subject to abandonment is located during normal business hours and conduct any investigations or tests necessary to verify the claim; and
20,3081pm
Section 3081pm. 281.75 (5) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
281.75 (5) (d) 2. Cooperate If the claim is based on a contaminated private water supply, cooperate with the state in any administrative, civil or criminal action involving a person or activity alleged to have caused the private water supply to become contaminated.
20,3081pn
Section 3081pn. 281.75 (5) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.75 (5) (e) The department shall consolidate claims if more than one claimant submits a claim for the same private water supply or for the same well subject to abandonment.
20,3081pq
Section 3081pq. 281.75 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.75 (7) (a) If the department finds that the claimant meets all the requirements of this section and rules promulgated under this section and that the private water supply is contaminated or that the well is a well subject to abandonment, the department shall issue an award. The award may not pay more than 75% of the eligible costs. The award may not pay any portion of eligible costs in excess of $12,000.
20,3081pr
Section 3081pr. 281.75 (7) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
281.75 (7) (c) 1. The If the claim is based on a contaminated private water supply, the cost of obtaining an alternate water supply;
20,3081ps
Section 3081ps. 281.75 (7) (c) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.75 (7) (c) 2. (intro.) The If the claim is based on a contaminated private water supply, the cost of any one of the following:
20,3081pt
Section 3081pt. 281.75 (7) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
281.75 (7) (c) 3. The cost of abandoning a contaminated private water supply, if a new private water supply is constructed or, if connection to a public or private water supply is provided, or if the claim is based on a well subject to abandonment;
20,3081pu
Section 3081pu. 281.75 (7) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
281.75 (7) (c) 4. The cost of obtaining 2 tests to show that the private water supply was contaminated if the claim is based on a contaminated private water supply and the cost of those tests was originally paid by the claimant;
20,3081pv
Section 3081pv. 281.75 (7) (c) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
281.75 (7) (c) 5. Purchasing The cost of purchasing and installing a pump, if the claim is based on a contaminated private water supply and a new pump is necessary for the new or reconstructed private water supply; and
20,3081pw
Section 3081pw. 281.75 (7) (c) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
281.75 (7) (c) 6. Relocating If the claim is based on a contaminated private water supply, the cost of relocating pipes, as necessary, to connect the replacement water supply to the buildings served by it.
20,3081px
Section 3081px. 281.75 (7) (c) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
281.75 (7) (c) 7. If the claim is based on a contaminated water supply that is eligible under sub. (11) (ae), the cost of properly abandoning any improperly abandoned private water supply located on the property owned or leased by the claimant.
20,3081py
Section 3081py. 281.75 (8) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 281.75 (8) and amended to read:
281.75 (8) Copayment. The department shall require a payment by the claimant equal to the total of the following: copayment of $250 unless the claim is solely for well abandonment.
20,3081pz
Section 3081pz. 281.75 (8) (a) and (b) of the statutes are repealed.
20,3081qb
Section 3081qb. 281.75 (11) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
281.75 (11) (a) 4. One If the claim is based on a contaminated private water supply, one or more of the contaminants upon which the claim is based was introduced into the well through the plumbing connected to the well.
20,3081qc
Section 3081qc. 281.75 (11) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
281.75 (11) (a) 5. One If the claim is based on a contaminated private water supply, one or more of the contaminants upon which the claim is based was introduced into the well intentionally by a claimant or a person who would be directly benefited by payment of the claim.
20,3081qd
Section 3081qd. 281.75 (11) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
281.75 (11) (a) 6. All If the claim is based on a contaminated private water supply, all of the contaminants upon which the claim is based are naturally occurring substances and the concentration of the contaminants in water produced by the well does not significantly exceed the background concentration of the contaminants in groundwater at that location.
20,3081qe
Section 3081qe. 281.75 (11) (a) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
281.75 (11) (a) 7. Except as provided in sub. (14), an award has been made under this section within the previous 10 years for the parcel of land where the private water supply is located and the claim is based on a contaminated private water supply.
20,3081qf
Section 3081qf. 281.75 (11) (a) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
281.75 (11) (a) 8. A If the claim is based on a contaminated private water supply, the contaminated private water supply is a residential water supply, is contaminated by bacteria or nitrates or both, and is not contaminated by any other substance, except as provided in par. (ae).
20,3081qg
Section 3081qg. 281.75 (11) (a) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
281.75 (11) (a) 9. A If the claim is based on a contaminated private water supply, the contaminated private water supply is a livestock water supply, is contaminated by bacteria, and is not contaminated by any other substance.
20,3081qh
Section 3081qh. 281.75 (11) (b) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.75 (11) (b) (title) Limits on awards
for contaminated wells; purposes.
20,3081qi
Section 3081qi. 281.75 (11) (d) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.75 (11) (d) (title) Limits on awards
for contaminated wells; amount.
