SB450: Bill Text

SB450, s. 7 Section 7. 16.965 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 16.965 (1) (am).

SB450, s. 8 Section 8. 16.965 (1) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:

SB450,34,15 16.965 (1) (ag) "Greenhouse gas" has the meaning given in s. 299.03 (1) (d).

SB450, s. 9 Section 9. 16.965 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB450,34,18 16.965 (1) (c) "Traditional neighborhood development" has the meaning given in s. 66.1027 (1) (c).

SB450, s. 10 Section 10. 16.965 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB450,35,12 16.965 (2) From Subject to sub. (5), from the appropriations under s. 20.505 (1) (cm) and (if), the department may provide grants to local governmental units to be used to finance the cost of planning activities, including contracting for planning consultant services, public planning sessions and other planning outreach and educational activities, or for the purchase of computerized planning data, planning software or the hardware required to utilize that data or software. The department shall require any local governmental unit that receives a grant under this section to finance a percentage of the cost of the product or service to be funded by the grant from the resources of the local governmental unit. The department shall determine the percentage of the cost to be funded by a local governmental unit based on the number of applications for grants and the availability of funding to finance grants for the fiscal year in which grants are to be provided. A local governmental unit that desires to receive a grant under this subsection shall file an application with the department. The application shall contain a complete statement of the expenditures proposed to be made for the purposes of the grant. No local governmental unit is eligible to receive a grant under this subsection unless the local governmental unit agrees to utilize the grant to finance planning for all of the purposes specified in s. 66.1001 (2).

SB450, s. 11 Section 11. 16.965 (4) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

SB450,35,15 16.965 (4) (g) Planning efforts that include consideration of traditional neighborhood development.

SB450, s. 12 Section 12. 16.965 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

SB450,35,19 16.965 (5) The department shall require any local governmental unit that receives a grant under this section for planning activities to consider, as part of the planning activities, all of the following:

SB450,35,21 (a) Whether any area considered for traditional neighborhood development is any of the following:

SB450,35,22 1. Surrounded by or adjacent to existing development.

SB450,35,25 2. Within a sewer service territory in the sewer service area provisions of an areawide water quality management plan under s. 283.83 approved by the department of natural resources.

SB450,36,1 3. An area consisting primarily of blighted properties.

SB450,36,3 4. An area that meets other criteria, specified by the department by rule, designed to ensure that the project reduces greenhouse gas emissions.

SB450,36,6 (b) With respect to the transportation element of the planning activities, whether making any area a traditional neighborhood development would result in a reduction of travel, energy use, or emissions of greenhouse gases.

SB450, s. 13 Section 13. 20.115 (4) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

SB450,36,9 20.115 (4) (d) Energy crop reserve program; payments. The amounts in the schedule for payments under the energy crop reserve program under s. 93.47.

SB450, s. 14 Section 14. 20.155 (3) (s) of the statutes is repealed.

SB450, s. 15 Section 15. 25.96 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB450,36,15 25.96 Utility public benefits fund. There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the utility public benefits fund, consisting of low-income assistance fees received under s. 16.957 (4) (a) and (5) (b) 2. and all moneys received under s. 196.374 (3) (b) 4.

SB450, s. 16 Section 16. 26.38 (2m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 26.38 (2m) (b) 1. and amended to read:

SB450,36,22 26.38 (2m) (b) 1. Each Except as provided under subd. 2., each recipient of a grant under this section shall provide a matching contribution in an amount to be determined by the department for that particular grant based on criteria promulgated by rule under sub. (3). The matching contribution may be in the form of money or in-kind goods or services or both.

SB450, s. 17 Section 17. 26.38 (2m) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

SB450,37,3 26.38 (2m) (b) 2. If a grant to implement a forest stewardship management plan includes a requirement that the recipient plant and maintain trees, the recipient shall provide a matching contribution of not more than 25 percent of that portion of the grant that is for the cost of planting and maintaining the trees, subject to the availability of funds.

SB450, s. 18 Section 18. 26.38 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

SB450,37,9 26.38 (3) (d) A description of the forest stewardship management plan practices that are eligible for funding under this section. Eligible practices shall include establishing and maintaining trees; implementing measures to protect those trees from damage caused by deer; and implementing measures that promote forest health, including insect and disease control.

SB450, s. 19 Section 19. 26.42 of the statutes is created to read:

SB450,37,11 26.42 Carbon sequestration in forests. (1) Definitions. In this section:

SB450,37,12 (a) "Cap and trade program" has the meaning given in s. 299.04 (1) (a).

SB450,37,13 (am) "Carbon sequestration" has the meaning given in s. 299.03 (1) (bm).

SB450,37,14 (b) "Greenhouse gas" has the meaning given in s. 299.03 (1) (d).

SB450,37,15 (c) "Sustainable forestry" has the meaning given in s. 28.04 (1) (e).

SB450,37,23 (2) Standards and practices. (a) Subject to par. (b), the department, in cooperation with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the University of Wisconsin-Extension, and the council on forestry, shall specify standards and practices for monitoring and measuring carbon sequestration by forests, including standards and practices for voluntary carbon accounting on private forest lands. The department shall design the standards and practices to conform with regional or national systems for trading credits for greenhouse gas emissions.

SB450,37,25 (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply until a regional or national cap and trade program that applies to any person in this state is enacted or adopted.

SB450,38,7 (3) Technical assistance. The department, in cooperation with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection and the University of Wisconsin-Extension, shall provide technical assistance to promote the use of sustainable forestry practices that increase carbon sequestration by persons who own private forest lands and to assist them, through the use of those practices, to generate credits that may be used to satisfy limits on emissions of greenhouse gases and to sell the credits.

SB450,38,15 (4) Identification and notification of owners of private forest lands. Using the land cover database developed under s. 299.03 (5) (b) 3., county land records, geographic information systems, and other methods, the department shall identify, to the extent practicable, persons who own private forest lands and who do not participate in forestry programs administered by the department. The department shall notify persons identified under this subsection about information and technical assistance that is available from the department concerning carbon sequestration and sustainable forest management.

SB450, s. 20 Section 20. 36.605 of the statutes is created to read:

SB450,38,24 36.605 Extension's model parking ordinance. (1) The extension, in consultation with the advisory committee appointed under sub. (3), shall develop a model market-pricing parking ordinance. The ordinance shall include market pricing methods for on-street parking and preferred parking opportunities for vehicles with relatively low emissions of greenhouse gases, as defined in s. 299.03 (1) (d). In developing this model ordinance, the extension shall evaluate current practices with respect to mandatory minimum parking space requirements for public buildings.

SB450,39,4 (2) Upon completion of the model ordinance under sub. (1), the extension shall make the model ordinance publicly available to interested persons and shall provide the model ordinance to organizations representing local units of government in this state.

SB450,39,8 (3) The extension shall appoint and convene an advisory committee to provide guidance to the extension in the development of the model ordinance under sub. (1). The provisions of s. 15.04 (1) (c) shall apply to the members of the advisory committee as if the committee had been created and appointed by the board.

SB450, s. 21 Section 21. 66.0309 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB450,39,11 66.0309 (title) Creation, organization, powers and duties of regional Regional planning commissions; metropolitan planning organizations.

SB450, s. 22 Section 22. 66.0309 (17) of the statutes is created to read:

SB450,39,13 66.0309 (17) Metropolitan planning organizations. (a) In this subsection:

SB450,39,14 1. "Department" means the department of transportation.

SB450,39,15 2. "Greenhouse gas" has the meaning given in s. 299.03 (1) (d).

SB450,39,17 3. "Metropolitan planning organization" has the meaning given in 23 USC 134 (b) (2).

SB450,39,20 4. "Planning area" has the meaning given for "metropolitan planning area" in 23 USC 134 (b) (1), but includes only those portions of a metropolitan planning area within this state.

SB450,39,25 (b) Each metropolitan planning organization in this state, in consultation with the department, shall establish goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from surface transportation in its planning area that are consistent with the goals established by the department under s. 85.0215 (2). After establishing these goals, the metropolitan planning organization shall revise the goals whenever appropriate.

SB450,40,3 (c) Beginning on the first day of the 24th month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], each metropolitan planning organization in this state, to the extent practicable, shall do all of the following:

SB450,40,6 1. Use the methods and procedures developed by the department under s. 85.0215 (3) (b) in preparing its transportation plans and transportation improvement programs for its planning area.

SB450,40,9 2. Incorporate the strategies developed by the department under s. 85.0215 (3) (a) into its transportation plans and transportation improvement programs for its planning area.

SB450,40,12 (d) By March 1, 2013, and at least every 4 years thereafter, each metropolitan planning organization in this state shall report to the department, in the form specified by the department, all of the following:

SB450,40,15 1. The strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from surface transportation that it included in its most recent transportation plan and transportation improvement program.

SB450,40,16 2. The status of the implementation of the strategies specified in subd. 1.

SB450,40,17 3. Its progress in achieving its goals under par. (b).

SB450, s. 23 Section 23. 66.0602 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act 28, is amended to read:

SB450,41,2 66.0602 (2) Levy limit. Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (5), no political subdivision may increase its levy in any year by a percentage that exceeds the political subdivision's valuation factor. The base amount in any year, to which the limit under this section applies, shall be the maximum allowable levy for the immediately preceding year. In determining its levy in any year, a city, village, or town shall subtract any tax increment that is calculated under s. 59.57 (3) (a), 60.85 (1) (L), or 66.1105 (2) (i). The base amount in any year, to which the limit under this section applies, may not include any amount to which sub. (3) (e) 8. or 9. applies.

SB450, s. 24 Section 24. 66.0602 (3) (e) 9. of the statutes is created to read:

SB450,41,9 66.0602 (3) (e) 9. The amount that a political subdivision levies in that year to pay for energy efficiency measures and renewable energy products that result in the avoidance of, or reduction in, energy costs. The department of administration shall promulgate rules to facilitate the implementation of this subdivision by creating standards and definitions for terms including energy efficiency measures, renewable energy products, and energy costs.

SB450, s. 25 Section 25. 76.28 (1) (gm) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

SB450,41,14 76.28 (1) (gm) 3. A nonutility nuclear power plant, as defined in s. 196.491 (1) (i), that has a total power production capacity of at least 50 megawatts. This subdivision takes effect on the date specified in the notice published under s. 196.493 (3) (b).

SB450, s. 26 Section 26. 77.54 (30) (a) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB450,41,17 77.54 (30) (a) 1m. Biomass, as defined in s. 196.378 (1) (ar) 196.374 (1) (am), that is used for fuel sold for residential use.

SB450, s. 27 Section 27. 79.005 (1b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB450,41,21 79.005 (1b) "Alternative energy resource" means a renewable resource, as defined in s. 196.378 (1) (h) 196.374 (1) (j); garbage, as defined in s. 289.01 (9); or nonvegetation-based industrial, commercial, or household waste.

SB450, s. 28 Section 28. 79.005 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB450,42,2 79.005 (4) (d) Replacing steam generating equipment at a combustion-based renewable facility, as defined in s. 196.378 (1) (1r) (g), that is located in this state, to increase efficiency or capacity, if the facility remains a combustion-based renewable facility, as defined in s. 196.378 (1) (1r) (g), after replacing the equipment.

SB450, s. 29 Section 29. 79.04 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB450,42,18 79.04 (6) (a) Annually, beginning in 2005, for production plants that begin operation after December 31, 2003, or begin operation as a repowered production plant after December 31, 2003, except as provided in sub. (4m), the department of administration, upon certification by the department of revenue, shall distribute payments from the public utility account, as determined under par. (b), to each municipality and county in which a production plant is located, if the production plant has a name-plate capacity of at least one megawatt and is used by a light, heat, or power company assessed under s. 76.28 (2) or 76.29 (2), except property described in s. 66.0813, unless the production plant is owned or operated by a local governmental unit located outside of the municipality; by a qualified wholesale electric company, as defined in s. 76.28 (1) (gm); by a wholesale merchant plant, as defined in s. 196.491 (1) (w); by an electric cooperative assessed under ss. 76.07 and 76.48, respectively; or by a municipal electric company under s. 66.0825; or, beginning on the date specified in the notice published under s. 196.493 (3) (b), by a nonutility nuclear power plant, as defined in s. 196.491 (1) (i).

SB450, s. 30 Section 30. 84.185 (1) (br) and (cr) of the statutes are created to read:

SB450,42,20 84.185 (1) (br) "Greenhouse gas" has the meaning given in s. 299.03 (1) (d).

SB450,42,22 (cr) "Traditional neighborhood development" has the meaning given in s. 66.1027 (1) (c).

SB450, s. 31 Section 31. 84.185 (2) (b) 15. of the statutes is created to read:

SB450,42,25 84.185 (2) (b) 15. Whether the improvement is a qualifying improvement under sub. (2m).

SB450, s. 32 Section 32. 84.185 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

SB450,43,4 84.185 (2) (d) The secretary may give greater weight to the criterion under par. (b) 15. than to the other criteria under par. (b) in determining whether to approve an improvement.

SB450, s. 33 Section 33. 84.185 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB450,43,9 84.185 (2m) Qualifying improvements. An improvement is a qualifying improvement for the purposes of subs. (2) (b) 15. and (4) (b) if the improvement will result in a reduction of travel, energy use, or emissions of greenhouse gases or if any of the following applies:

SB450,43,14 (a) The improvement is located in an area that is both designated for traditional neighborhood development in a comprehensive plan adopted under s. 66.1001 and to be developed as a traditional neighborhood development under an ordinance consistent with the model ordinance under s. 66.1027 (2) and any of the following applies:

SB450,43,15 1. The area is surrounded by or is adjacent to existing development.

SB450,43,18 2. The area is within a sewer service territory in the sewer service area provisions of an areawide water quality management plan under s. 283.83 approved by the department of natural resources.

SB450,43,19 3. The area consists primarily of blighted properties.

SB450,43,21 4. The area meets other criteria, specified by the department by rule, designed to ensure that the project reduces greenhouse gas emissions.

SB450,43,24 (b) The political subdivision in which the improvement is located has adopted the design standards under s. 101.027 (4) and the improvement is in an area that is subject to the design standards.

SB450,43,25 (c) All of the following apply:

SB450,44,4 1. The improvement is located in an area that is subject to either a charter under s. 299.83 (7e) issued to an association of entities that includes the political subdivision in which the area is located or a participation contract under s. 299.83 (6) entered into by the city, village, town, or county in which the area is located.