AB75,1363,135 281.59 (4) (f) Revenue obligations may be contracted by the building
6commission when it reasonably appears to the building commission that all
7obligations incurred under this subsection, and all payments under an agreement or
8ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.55 (6) with respect to revenue
9obligations issued under this subsection, can be fully paid on a timely basis from
10moneys received or anticipated to be received. Revenue obligations issued under this
11subsection for the clean water fund program shall not exceed $1,984,100,000
12$2,402,900,000 in principal amount, excluding obligations issued to refund
13outstanding revenue obligation notes.
AB75, s. 2588 14Section 2588. 281.60 (8) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated,
15renumbered 281.60 (8) (a) and amended to read:
AB75,1363,2416 281.60 (8) (a) The department shall establish a funding list for each fiscal year
17that ranks projects of eligible applicants that submit approvable applications under
18sub. (5) in the same order that they appear on the priority list under sub. (6). If
19sufficient funds are not available to fund all approved applications for financial
20assistance, the department of administration shall allocate funding to projects that
21are approved under sub. (7) in the order that they appear on the funding list, except
22as follows: 1. The that the department of administration may not allocate more than
2340% of the funds allocated in each fiscal year to projects to remedy contamination at
24landfills.
AB75, s. 2589 25Section 2589. 281.60 (8) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 2590
1Section 2590. 281.65 (2) (be) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1364,32 281.65 (2) (be) "Priority lake" means any lake or group of lakes that are
3identified under sub. s. 281.65 (3) (am), 2007 stats.
AB75, s. 2591 4Section 2591. 281.65 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1364,65 281.65 (2) (c) "Priority watershed" means any watershed that is identified
6under sub. s. 281.65 (3) (am), 2007 stats., or sub. (4) (cm) or (co).
AB75, s. 2592 7Section 2592. 281.65 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 2593 8Section 2593. 281.65 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 2594 9Section 2594. 281.65 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1364,1410 281.65 (4) (c) Prepare a list of the watersheds in this state in order of the level
11of impairment of the waters in each watershed caused by nonpoint source pollution,
12taking into consideration the location of impaired water bodies that the department
13has identified to the federal environmental protection agency under 33 USC 1313 (d)
14(1) (A), and submit the list to the board no later than January 1, 1998.
AB75, s. 2595 15Section 2595. 281.65 (4) (cd) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1364,2016 281.65 (4) (cd) Prepare a list of the lakes in this state in order of the level of
17impairment of the waters in the lakes caused by nonpoint source pollution, taking
18into consideration the location of impaired water bodies that the department has
19identified to the federal environmental protection agency under 33 USC 1313 (d) (1)
20(A), and submit the list to the board no later than January 1, 1998.
AB75, s. 2596 21Section 2596. 281.65 (4) (cg) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 2597 22Section 2597. 281.65 (4) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1365,1423 281.65 (4) (e) Promulgate rules, in consultation with the department of
24agriculture, trade and consumer protection, as are necessary for the proper
25execution and administration of the program under this section. Before

1promulgating rules under this paragraph, the department shall submit the rules to
2the land and water conservation board for review under sub. (3) (at).
The rules shall
3include standards and specifications concerning best management practices which
4are required for eligibility for cost-sharing grants under this section. The standards
5and specifications shall be consistent with the performance standards, prohibitions,
6conservation practices and technical standards under s. 281.16. The department
7may waive the standards and specifications in exceptional cases. The rules shall
8specify which best management practices are cost-effective best management
9practices. Only persons involved in the administration of the program under this
10section, persons who are grant recipients or applicants and persons who receive
11notices of intent to issue orders under s. 281.20 (1) (b) are subject to the rules
12promulgated under this paragraph. Any rule promulgated under this paragraph
13which relates or pertains to agricultural practices relating to animal waste handling
14and treatment is subject to s. 13.565.
AB75, s. 2598 15Section 2598. 281.65 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1365,2516 281.65 (4) (f) Administer the distribution of grants and aids to governmental
17units for local administration and implementation of the program under this section.
18A grant awarded under this section may be used for cost-sharing for management
19practices and capital improvements, easements, or other activities determined by
20the department to satisfy the requirements of this section. A grant under this section
21to a lake district for a priority lake identified under sub. (3m) (b) 1. may be used for
22plan preparation, technical assistance, educational and training assistance, and
23ordinance development and administration. A grant may not be used for
24promotional items, except for promotional items that are used for informational
25purposes, such as brochures or videos.
AB75, s. 2599
1Section 2599. 281.65 (4) (k) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 2600 2Section 2600. 281.65 (4) (L) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 2601 3Section 2601. 281.65 (4) (o) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 2602 4Section 2602. 281.65 (4) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1366,95 281.65 (4) (p) Jointly with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer
6protection, prepare the plan required under s. 92.14 (13). The department shall
7review and approve or disapprove the plan and shall notify the land and water
8conservation board of its final action on the plan.
The department shall implement
9any part of the plan for which the plan gives it responsibility.
AB75, s. 2603 10Section 2603. 281.65 (4) (q) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 2604 11Section 2604. 281.65 (4) (s) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 2605 12Section 2605. 281.65 (4c) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1366,1613 281.65 (4c) (b) The department shall use the system under par. (d) to determine
14the score of each project for which it receives an application under par. (a) and shall
15inform the land and water conservation board of the scores no later than September
161 of each year
.
AB75, s. 2606 17Section 2606. 281.65 (4c) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1366,2518 281.65 (4c) (c) After determining project scores under par. (b), the department
19shall notify the land and water conservation board of the projects that the
20department proposes to select for funding in the following year. The board shall
21review the proposal and make recommendations to the department. Before
and
22before
November 1 of each year, the department shall select projects for funding
23under this subsection in the following year. To the extent practicable, within the
24requirements of this section, the department shall select projects so that projects are
25distributed evenly around this state.
AB75, s. 2607
1Section 2607. 281.65 (4e) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1367,52 281.65 (4e) (a) A governmental unit may request funding under this subsection
3for a project to implement best management practices for animal waste management
4at an animal feeding operation for which the department has issued a notice of
5discharge under ch. 283 or a notice of intent to issue a notice of discharge.
AB75, s. 2608 6Section 2608. 281.65 (4e) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1367,97 281.65 (4e) (b) The department may grant a request under par. (a) if it
8determines that providing funding under this subsection is necessary to protect fish
9and aquatic life
the waters of the state.
AB75, s. 2609 10Section 2609. 281.65 (4e) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75,1367,1711 281.65 (4e) (bm) The department may provide a cost-sharing grant under this
12subsection directly to a landowner, or to an operator of an animal feeding operation,
13for a project to implement best management practices for animal waste management
14at an animal feeding operation for which the department has issued a notice of
15discharge under ch. 283 or a notice of intent to issue a notice of discharge if the
16department determines that providing funding under this subsection is necessary to
17protect the waters of the state.
AB75, s. 2610 18Section 2610. 281.65 (4m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1367,2419 281.65 (4m) (d) After the department considers the comments of the
20department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection on a plan under par. (c)
21and receives approval of the plan by every county to which it was sent and by the land
22and water conservation board
, the department shall designate the plan to be an
23element of the appropriate areawide water quality management plan under P.L.
2492-500, section 208.
AB75, s. 2611 25Section 2611. 281.65 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1368,10
1281.65 (5) (b) Prepare sections of the priority watershed or priority lake plan
2relating to farm-specific implementation schedules, requirements under ss. 92.104
3and 92.105
s. 281.16 (3), animal waste management and selection of agriculturally
4related best management practices and submit those sections to the department for
5inclusion under sub. (4m) (b). The best management practices shall be cost-effective
6best management practices, as specified under sub. (4) (e), except in situations in
7which the use of a cost-effective best management practice will not contribute to
8water quality improvement or will cause a water body to continue to be impaired as
9identified to the federal environmental protection agency under 33 USC 1313 (d) (1)
10(A).
AB75, s. 2612 11Section 2612. 281.65 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1368,1512 281.65 (5) (d) Develop a grant disbursement and project management schedule
13for agriculturally related best management practices to be included in a plan
14established under sub. (4) (g) and identify recommendations for implementing
15activities or projects under ss. 92.10, 92.104 and 92.105 and 281.16 (3).
AB75, s. 2613 16Section 2613. 281.65 (5) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1368,1817 281.65 (5) (e) Identify areas within a priority watershed or priority lake area
18that are subject to activities required under ss. 92.104 and 92.105 s. 281.16 (3).
AB75, s. 2614 19Section 2614. 281.65 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1368,2420 281.65 (5m) Upon completion of plans by the department under sub. (4) (g), the
21governmental unit or regional planning commission under sub. (4m) and the
22department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection under sub. (5), and upon
23receiving the approval of the land and water conservation board,
the department
24shall prepare and approve the final plan for a priority watershed or priority lake.
AB75, s. 2615 25Section 2615. 281.65 (5q) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1369,5
1281.65 (5q) (a) Notwithstanding sub. (5s), neither the department nor the land
2and water conservation board
may not extend funding under this section for a
3priority watershed or priority lake project beyond the funding termination date that
4was in effect for the priority watershed or priority lake project on January 1, 2001,
5except as provided in par. (b).
AB75, s. 2616 6Section 2616. 281.65 (5s) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1369,197 281.65 (5s) The department may make modifications, including designating
8additional sites as critical sites, in a priority watershed or priority lake plan with the
9approval of every county to which the department sent the original plan under sub.
10(4m) (c) and of the land and water conservation board. If the owner or operator of
11a site prevails in a final review under sub. (7) or the site is not designated as a critical
12site in the original plan under sub. (5m) and the pollution is from an agricultural
13source and is not caused by animal waste, the department may not make a
14modification designating the site as a critical site unless the designation is based on
15a substantial increase in pollution from the site, on information about pollution from
16the site that was not available when the plan was prepared or on a substantial
17change to the criteria for designating a site as a critical site. This subsection applies
18to a priority watershed or priority lake plan completed before, on or after August 12,
191993.
AB75, s. 2617 20Section 2617. 281.65 (5w) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1370,221 281.65 (5w) After the land and water conservation board approves department
22completes
a priority watershed or priority lake plan or a modification to such a plan
23that designates a site to be a critical site, the department shall notify the owner or
24operator of that site of the designation and of the provisions in sub. (7) and either s.

1281.20 or, if the pollution is caused primarily by animal waste, ss. NR 243.21 to
2243.26, Wis. adm. code.
AB75, s. 2618 3Section 2618. 281.65 (7) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 2619 4Section 2619. 281.65 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1370,115 281.65 (7) (c) The owner or operator of a site designated as a critical site in a
6priority watershed or priority lake plan under sub. (5m) or in a modification to such
7a plan under sub. (5s) may request a contested case hearing under ch. 227 to review
8the decision of the land and water conservation board under par. (b) a county land
9conservation committee under par. (a) 2.
by filing a written request with the
10department within 60 days after receiving an adverse decision of the land and water
11conservation board
county land conservation committee.
AB75, s. 2620 12Section 2620. 281.65 (8) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1370,1913 281.65 (8) (f) A cost-sharing grant shall equal the percentage of the cost of
14implementing the best management practice that is determined by the department
15in providing a cost-sharing grant under sub. (4e) (a) or
by the governmental unit
16submitting the application under sub. (4c) (a) or (4e) (a) and is approved by the board,
17except as provided under pars. (gm) and (jm) and
, except that a cost-sharing grant
18may not exceed 70% of the cost of implementing the best management practice unless
19par. (gm) applies
.
AB75, s. 2621 20Section 2621. 281.65 (8) (gm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1371,221 281.65 (8) (gm) The department in providing a cost-sharing grant under sub.
22(4e) (a) or a
governmental unit submitting the application under sub. (4c) (a) or (4e)
23(a) shall may exceed the limit under par. (f) in cases case of economic hardship, as
24defined by the department by rule. In providing a grant for a project to achieve
25compliance with a performance standard or prohibition established under s. 281.16

1(3) (a), the department shall provide cost-sharing of 70% of the cost of compliance
2or 70% to 90% of the cost of compliance in case of economic hardship
.
AB75, s. 2622 3Section 2622. 281.65 (8) (jm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 2623 4Section 2623. 281.65 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1371,215 281.65 (11) Notwithstanding subs. (3) (am) and (3m), the The South Fork of the
6Hay River is a priority watershed for the period ending on June 30, 2005.
7Notwithstanding subs. (2) (a), (4) (dm), (e), (em) and (g) 4., (4m) (b) 3. and (8) (b) and
8(e), the department, in consultation with the local units of government involved with
9the priority watershed project, shall establish guidelines for the types of nonpoint
10source water pollution abatement practices to be eligible for cost-sharing grants in
11the watershed. Notwithstanding sub. (8) (f), the amount of a cost-sharing grant in
12the watershed may be based on the amount of pollution reduction achieved rather
13than on the cost of the practices installed, using guidelines developed by the
14department, in consultation with the local units of government involved with the
15priority watershed project. In providing funding under s. 92.14 (3), the department
16of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall determine the amount of
17matching funds required for staff for the priority watershed project as though the
18funding termination date of June 30, 2005, had been in effect on October 6, 1998. The
19department and the local governmental staff involved with the priority watershed
20project shall evaluate the cost effectiveness of the project and the reduction in
21nonpoint source water pollution associated with the project.
AB75, s. 2624 22Section 2624. 281.68 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1371,24 23281.68 (title) Lake management planning grants and lake monitoring
24contracts
.
AB75, s. 2625 25Section 2625. 281.68 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1372,3
1281.68 (2) (b) The total amount of lake monitoring contracts for each fiscal year
2may not exceed 10 percent of the total amount appropriated under s. 20.370 (6) (ar)
3and (as).
AB75, s. 2626 4Section 2626. 281.68 (3) (bg) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1372,95 281.68 (3) (bg) The department shall promulgate rules for the administration
6of the lake monitoring contracts program, which shall specify the eligible activities
7and qualifications for participation in the statewide lake monitoring network.
8Eligible activities shall include providing technical assistance to public or private
9entities that apply for, or have received, a grant under s. 23.22 (2) (c).
AB75, s. 2627 10Section 2627. 281.75 (4) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1372,1211 281.75 (4) (b) 3. An authority created under subch. II of ch. 114 or ch. 52, 231,
12233, 234, or 237.
AB75, s. 2628 13Section 2628. 281.87 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1372,20 14281.87 Great Lakes contaminated sediment removal. The department
15may expend funds from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ti) to pay a portion of
16the costs of a project to remove contaminated sediment from Lake Michigan or Lake
17Superior or a tributary of Lake Michigan or Lake Superior if federal funds are
18provided for the project under 33 USC 1268 (c) (12)
the project is in an impaired water
19body that the department has identified under 33 USC 1313 (d) (1) (A) and the source
20of the impairment is contaminated sediment
.
AB75, s. 2629 21Section 2629. 283.35 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB75,1372,2422 283.35 (1m) Ballast water discharges. (a) The department may issue a
23general permit authorizing a vessel that is 79 feet or greater in length to discharge
24ballast water into the waters of the state.
AB75,1373,2
1(b) If the department issues a general permit under par. (a), the department
2shall charge the following fees:
AB75,1373,43 1. An application fee of $1,200 to be paid by any person who applies for coverage
4under a general permit issued under this subsection.
AB75,1373,65 2. An annual fee of $345 to be paid upon initial coverage under the permit and
6annually thereafter.
AB75,1373,77 (c) Paragraph (b) does not apply after June 30, 2013.
AB75,1373,138 (d) On or before June 30, 2013, the department shall promulgate rules
9establishing application fees and annual fees for coverage under a general permit
10issued under this subsection. The department shall establish fees that are based on
11the costs to the department of controlling aquatic invasive species introduced into
12the waters of the state by the discharge of ballast water. The department shall
13charge the fees established by rule under this paragraph beginning on July 1, 2013.
AB75,1373,1614 (e) Coverage under a general permit issued under this subsection is valid for
15a period of 5 years. The department may renew coverage under a general permit
16issued under this subsection upon application.
AB75,1373,1817 (f) The department shall credit the fees collected under this subsection to the
18appropriation account under s. 20.370 (4) (aj).
AB75, s. 2630 19Section 2630. 283.84 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1373,2420 283.84 (5) Beginning no later than September 1, 1998, and annually thereafter,
21the department shall report to the governor, and the secretary of administration and
22the land and water conservation board
on the progress and status of each pilot project
23in achieving water quality goals and coordinating state and local efforts to improve
24water quality.
AB75, s. 2631 25Section 2631. 285.48 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1374,3
1285.48 (4) (b) The implementation of low-income weatherization and energy
2conservation measures, including programs established under s. 16.957 196.3746 (2)
3(a) or (b) or programs under s. 196.374.
AB75, s. 2632 4Section 2632. 285.59 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1374,135 285.59 (1) (b) "State agency" means any office, department, agency, institution
6of higher education, association, society or other body in state government created
7or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law which is entitled to expend
8moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, the Wisconsin
9Housing and Economic Development Authority, the Bradley Center Sports and
10Entertainment Corporation, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
11Authority, the Fox River Navigational System Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace
12Authority, the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, and the Wisconsin Health
13and Educational Facilities Authority.
AB75, s. 2633 14Section 2633. 285.66 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
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