SB453,42,1914 145.245 (5m) (a) The department or a governmental unit shall deny a grant
15application under this section if the applicant or a person who would be directly
16benefited by the grant intentionally caused the conditions which resulted in a
17category 1 or 2 failing private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system. The
18department or governmental unit shall notify the applicant in writing of a denial,
19including the reason for the denial.
SB453, s. 114 20Section 114. 145.245 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,43,221 145.245 (6) (a) Except for grants under par. (b), funds available under a grant
22under this section shall be applied to the rehabilitation or replacement of the private
23sewage on-site wastewater treatment system. An existing private sewage on-site
24wastewater treatment
system may be replaced by an alternative private sewage

1on-site wastewater treatment system or by a system serving more than one principal
2residence.
SB453, s. 115 3Section 115. 145.245 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,43,74 145.245 (6) (b) Funds available under a grant under this section for
5experimental private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems shall be applied
6to the installation and monitoring of the experimental private sewage on-site
7wastewater treatment
systems.
SB453, s. 116 8Section 116. 145.245 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,43,139 145.245 (7) (a) Except as provided in par. (e), costs allowable in determining
10grant funding under this section may not exceed the costs of rehabilitating or
11replacing a private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system which would be
12necessary to allow the rehabilitated system or new system to meet the minimum
13requirements of the state plumbing code promulgated under s. 145.13.
SB453, s. 117 14Section 117. 145.245 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,43,2015 145.245 (7) (b) Except as provided in par. (e), costs allowable in determining
16grant funding under this section may not exceed the costs of rehabilitating or
17replacing a private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system by the least costly
18methods, except that a holding tank may not be used as the measure of the least
19costly method for rehabilitating or replacing a private sewage on-site wastewater
20treatment
system other than a holding tank.
SB453, s. 118 21Section 118. 145.245 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,44,1522 145.245 (7) (c) Except as provided in pars. (d) and (e), the state grant share
23under this section is limited to $7,000 for each principal residence or small
24commercial establishment to be served by the private sewage on-site wastewater
25treatment
system or to the amount determined by the department based upon

1private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system grant funding tables,
2whichever is less. The department shall prepare and publish private sewage on-site
3wastewater treatment
system grant funding tables which specify the maximum
4state share limitation for various components and costs involved in the
5rehabilitation or replacement of a private sewage on-site wastewater treatment
6system based upon minimum size and other requirements specified in the state
7plumbing code promulgated under s. 145.02. The maximum state share limitations
8shall be designed to pay approximately 60% of the average allowable cost of private
9sewage on-site wastewater treatment system rehabilitation or replacement based
10upon estimated or actual costs of that rehabilitation or replacement. The
11department shall revise the grant funding tables when it determines that 60% of
12current costs of private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system rehabilitation
13or replacement exceed the amounts in the grant funding tables by more than 10%,
14except that the department may not revise the grant funding tables more often than
15once every 2 years.
SB453, s. 119 16Section 119. 145.245 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,44,2117 145.245 (7) (d) Except as provided in par. (e), if the income of a person who owns
18a principal residence that is served by a category 1 or 2 failing private sewage on-site
19wastewater treatment
system is greater than $32,000, the amount of the grant under
20this section is limited to the amount determined under par. (c) less 30% of the amount
21by which the person's income exceeds $32,000.
SB453, s. 120 22Section 120. 145.245 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,45,423 145.245 (7) (e) Costs allowable for experimental private sewage on-site
24wastewater treatment
systems shall include the costs of installing and monitoring
25experimental private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems installed under

1s. 145.02 (3) (b) and this section. The department shall promulgate rules that specify
2how the department will select, monitor and allocate the state share for
3experimental private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems that the
4department funds under this section.
SB453, s. 121 5Section 121. 145.245 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,45,136 145.245 (8) (a) In order to be eligible for a grant under this section, a
7governmental unit shall make an application for replacement or rehabilitation of
8private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems of principal residences or
9small commercial establishments and shall submit an application for participation
10to the department. The application shall be in the form and include the information
11the department prescribes. In order to be eligible for funds available in a fiscal year,
12an application is required to be received by the department prior to February 1 of the
13previous fiscal year.
SB453, s. 122 14Section 122. 145.245 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,45,1915 145.245 (9) (b) Certify that grants will be used for private sewage on-site
16wastewater treatment
system replacement or rehabilitation for a principal
17residence or small commercial establishment owned by a person who meets the
18eligibility requirements under sub. (5), that the funds will be used as provided under
19sub. (6) and that allowable costs will not exceed the amount permitted under sub. (7);
SB453, s. 123 20Section 123. 145.245 (9) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,45,2221 145.245 (9) (c) Certify that grants will be used for private sewage on-site
22wastewater treatment
systems which will be properly installed and maintained;
SB453, s. 124 23Section 124. 145.245 (9) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,45,2524 145.245 (9) (e) Establish a process for regulation and inspection of private
25sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems;
SB453, s. 125
1Section 125. 145.245 (11) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,46,52 145.245 (11) (e) Limitation; experimental private sewage on-site wastewater
3treatment
systems. The department may not allocate more than 10% of the funds
4available under this subsection each fiscal year for grants for the installation and
5monitoring of experimental private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems.
SB453, s. 126 6Section 126. 145.245 (11m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,46,107 145.245 (11m) (b) Except as provided in par. (d), if funds are sufficient to fully
8fund all category 1 but not all category 2 failing private sewage on-site wastewater
9treatment
systems, the department shall fully fund all category 1 systems and
10prorate the funds for category 2 systems on a proportional basis.
SB453, s. 127 11Section 127. 145.245 (11m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,46,1512 145.245 (11m) (c) Except as provided in par. (d), if funds are not sufficient to
13fully fund all category 1 failing private sewage on-site wastewater treatment
14systems, the department shall fund the category 1 systems on a proportional basis
15and deny the grant applications for all category 2 systems.
SB453, s. 128 16Section 128. 145.245 (11m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,46,1917 145.245 (11m) (d) The department is not required to prorate available funds
18for grants for the installation and monitoring of experimental private sewage on-site
19wastewater treatment
systems.
SB453, s. 129 20Section 129. 145.245 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,46,2521 145.245 (13) Inspection. Agents of the department or the governmental unit
22may enter premises where private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems
23are located pursuant to a special inspection warrant as required under s. 66.0119,
24to collect samples, records and information and to ascertain compliance with the
25rules and orders of the department or the governmental unit.
SB453, s. 130
1Section 130. 145.245 (14) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,47,62 145.245 (14) (d) Additional grants under this section to a governmental unit
3previously awarded a grant under this section may be suspended or terminated if the
4department finds that a private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system
5previously funded in the governmental unit is not being or has not been properly
6rehabilitated, constructed, installed or maintained.
SB453, s. 131 7Section 131. 157.12 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32,
8is repealed.
SB453, s. 132 9Section 132. 160.255 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,47,11 10160.255 (title) Exceptions for private sewage on-site wastewater
11treatment
systems.
SB453, s. 133 12Section 133. 160.255 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,47,1413 160.255 (1) In this section, "private sewage on-site wastewater treatment
14system" has the meaning given in s. 145.01 (12).
SB453, s. 134 15Section 134. 160.255 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,47,2016 160.255 (2) Notwithstanding s. 160.19 (1), (2) and (4) (b), a regulatory agency
17is not required to promulgate or amend rules that define design or management
18criteria for private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems to minimize the
19amount of nitrate in groundwater or to maintain compliance with the preventive
20action limit for nitrate.
SB453, s. 135 21Section 135. 160.255 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,47,2522 160.255 (3) Notwithstanding s. 160.19 (3), a regulatory agency may
23promulgate rules that define design or management criteria for private sewage
24on-site wastewater treatment systems that permit the enforcement standard for
25nitrate to be attained or exceeded at the point of standards application.
SB453, s. 136
1Section 136. 160.255 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,48,62 160.255 (4) Notwithstanding s. 160.21, a regulatory agency is not required to
3promulgate rules that set forth responses that the agency may take, or require to be
4taken, when the preventive action limit or enforcement standard for nitrate is
5attained or exceeded at the point of standards application if the source of the nitrate
6is a private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system.
SB453, s. 137 7Section 137. 160.255 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,48,128 160.255 (5) Notwithstanding ss. 160.23 and 160.25, a regulatory agency is not
9required to take any responses for a specific site at which the preventive action limit
10or enforcement standard for nitrate is attained or exceeded at the point of standards
11application if the source of the nitrate is a private sewage on-site wastewater
12treatment
system.
SB453, s. 138 13Section 138. 168.11 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,48,1714 168.11 (1) (b) 1. A device that dispenses a gasoline-ethanol fuel blend for sale
15at retail shall be marked or labeled with the percentage of ethanol , using one-half
16inch high letters with a stroke of not less than one-eighth inch in width,
at all times
17when the product is offered for sale.
SB453, s. 139 18Section 139. 200.21 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,48,2219 200.21 (11) "Sewerage system" means all facilities of the district for collection,
20transportation, storage, pumping, treatment and final disposition of sewage.
21"Sewerage system" does not include any private sewage on-site wastewater
22treatment
system, as defined in s. 145.01 (12), or any local sewer.
SB453, s. 140 23Section 140. 200.29 (1) (c) 3. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,49,224 200.29 (1) (c) 3. a. The weight to be given to the need for private sewage on-site
25wastewater treatment
systems, as defined in s. 145.01 (12), to maintain the public

1health and welfare in any area located within the district prior to a redefinition of
2the boundary but located outside the district after any redefinition of the boundary.
SB453, s. 141 3Section 141. 236.13 (2m) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32,
4is amended to read:
SB453,49,185 236.13 (2m) As a further condition of approval when lands included in the plat
6lie within 500 feet of the ordinary high-water mark of any navigable stream, lake
7or other body of navigable water or if land in the proposed plat involves lake or stream
8shorelands referred to in s. 236.16, the department of natural resources, to prevent
9pollution of navigable waters, or the department of safety and professional services,
10to protect the public health and safety, may require assurance of adequate drainage
11areas for private sewage disposal on-site wastewater treatment systems and
12building setback restrictions, or provisions by the owner for public sewage disposal
13facilities for waters of the state, as defined in s. 281.01 (18), industrial wastes, as
14defined in s. 281.01 (5), and other wastes, as defined in s. 281.01 (7). The public
15sewage disposal facilities may consist of one or more systems as the department of
16natural resources or the department of safety and professional services determines
17on the basis of need for prevention of pollution of the waters of the state or protection
18of public health and safety.
SB453, s. 142 19Section 142. 281.41 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,49,2220 281.41 (3) (a) In this subsection, "septage service area" means the area
21containing private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems served or
22anticipated to be served by a sewage disposal plant during the planning period.
SB453, s. 143 23Section 143. 281.41 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,50,3
1281.41 (3) (b) 3. The location of private sewage on-site wastewater treatment
2systems within the septage service area, and the distances required to haul septage
3for disposal either on land or in the sewage disposal plant.
SB453, s. 144 4Section 144. 281.41 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,50,75 281.41 (3) (b) 4. The potential for contracts with private sewage on-site
6wastewater treatment
system owners, licensed disposers, as defined in s. 281.49 (1)
7(b), or municipalities to assure delivery of septage to the sewage disposal plant.
SB453, s. 145 8Section 145. 281.48 (2) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,50,109 281.48 (2) (bm) "Private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system" has the
10meaning given in s. 145.01 (12).
SB453, s. 146 11Section 146. 281.48 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,50,1412 281.48 (2) (d) "Septage" means the scum, liquid, sludge or other waste in a
13septic tank, soil absorption field, holding tank, grease interceptor, privy, or other
14component of a private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system.
SB453, s. 147 15Section 147. 281.48 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,50,1816 281.48 (2) (f) "Servicing" means removing septage from a septic tank, soil
17absorption field, holding tank, grease interceptor, privy, or other component of a
18private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system and disposing of the septage.
SB453, s. 148 19Section 148. 281.48 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,50,2220 281.48 (2) (g) "Soil absorption field" means an area or cavity in the ground
21which receives the liquid discharge of a septic tank or similar component of a private
22sewage on-site wastewater treatment system.
SB453, s. 149 23Section 149. 281.48 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,51,224 281.48 (2m) Powers of the department. The department has general
25supervision and control of servicing septic tanks, soil absorption fields, holding

1tanks, grease interceptors, privies, and other components of private sewage on-site
2wastewater treatment
systems.
SB453, s. 150 3Section 150. 281.48 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,51,74 281.48 (3) (e) Operator certification. No person, except for a farmer exempted
5from licensing under par. (d), may service a private sewage on-site wastewater
6treatment
system or operate a septage servicing vehicle unless the person is certified
7as an operator of a septage servicing vehicle under s. 281.17 (3).
SB453, s. 151 8Section 151. 281.48 (4g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,51,199 281.48 (4g) Rules on servicing. The department shall promulgate rules
10relating to servicing septic tanks, soil absorption fields, holding tanks, grease
11interceptors, privies, and other components of private sewage on-site wastewater
12treatment
systems in order to protect the public health against unsanitary and
13unhealthful practices and conditions, and to protect the surface waters and
14groundwaters of the state from contamination by septage. The rules shall comply
15with ch. 160. The rules shall apply to all septage disposal, whether undertaken
16pursuant to a license or a license exemption under sub. (3). The rules shall require
17each person with a license under sub. (3) to maintain records of the location of private
18sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems serviced and the volume of septage
19disposed of and location of that disposal.
SB453, s. 152 20Section 152. 281.59 (1m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,51,2321 281.59 (1m) (c) There is established a private sewage on-site wastewater
22treatment
system replacement and rehabilitation loan program, administered
23under s. 145.245 (12m).
SB453, s. 153 24Section 153. 281.68 (3) (a) 2. f. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,52,4
1281.68 (3) (a) 2. f. Providing programs and materials that promote the
2monitoring of private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems, the reduction
3in the use of environmentally harmful chemicals, water safety, and the protection of
4natural lake ecosystems.
SB453, s. 154 5Section 154. 440.03 (13) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
SB453,52,116 440.03 (13) (am) A person holding a credential under chs. 440 to 480 who is
7convicted of a felony or misdemeanor anywhere shall send a notice of the conviction
8by 1st class mail to the department within 48 hours after the entry of the judgment
9of conviction. The department shall by rule determine what information and
10documentation the person holding the credential shall include with the written
11notice.
SB453, s. 155 12Section 155. 440.19 of the statutes is created to read:
SB453,52,20 13440.19 Voluntary surrender of license, permit, or certificate. A person
14who holds a license, permit, or certificate of certification or registration issued under
15chs. 440 to 480 may voluntarily surrender that license, permit, or certificate of
16certification or registration. The department, examining board, affiliated
17credentialing board, or board of the department that issued the license, permit, or
18certificate of certification or registration may refuse to accept that surrender if a
19complaint has been filed or disciplinary proceeding has been commenced against the
20person under s. 440.20.
SB453, s. 156 21Section 156. 440.21 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,53,222 440.21 (4) (a) Any Notwithstanding any other provision of chs. 440 to 480
23relating to fines, forfeitures, or imprisonment, any
person who violates a special
24order issued under sub. (2) may be required to forfeit not more than $10,000 for each
25offense. Each day of continued violation constitutes a separate offense. The attorney

1general or any district attorney may commence an action in the name of the state to
2recover a forfeiture under this paragraph.
SB453, s. 157 3Section 157. 440.21 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453,53,84 440.21 (4) (b) Any Notwithstanding any other provision of chs. 440 to 480
5relating to fines, forfeitures, or imprisonment, any
person who violates a temporary
6restraining order or an injunction issued by a court upon a petition under sub. (3)
7may be fined not less than $25 nor more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than
8one year in the county jail or both.
SB453, s. 158 9Section 158. 440.26 (2) (c) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
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