2017 Wisconsin Act 59

1. Advise the department on the contracts required under par. (b).

2. Advise the department on the statewide efforts, leveraging of existing infrastructure, and industry standards that are necessary to transition to Next Generation 911.

3. Make recommendations to the department regarding federal sources of funding and the sustainable funding streams that are required to enable public safety answering points to purchase and maintain equipment necessary for Next Generation 911.

4. If funding is made available for the department or another state agency to make grants to public safety answering points for training or upgrading facilities or services or for implementing Next Generation 911, advise the department or other state agency on making the grants, including advising on eligibility criteria for the grants. The criteria shall include basic training and service standards that grant applicants must satisfy.

5. Conduct a statewide 911 telecommunications system assessment.

6. Develop recommendations for service standards for public safety answering points.

7. Promote, facilitate, and coordinate interoperability across all public safety answering points with respect to telecommunications services and data systems, including geographic information systems.

8. Promote, facilitate, and coordinate consolidation of public safety answering point functions where consolidation would provide improved service, increased efficiency, or cost savings.

9. Undertake all of its duties in a manner that is competitively and technologically neutral.

59,1799r Section 1799r. 256.35 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 256.35 (7) (intro.) and amended to read:

256.35 (7) Liability exemption. (intro.) A telecommunications utility, wireless provider, as defined in sub. (3m) (a) 6., or local government, as defined in sub. (3m) (a) 4., All of the following shall not be liable to any person who uses an emergency number system created under this section or makes an emergency telephone call initially routed to a wireless public safety answering point, as defined in sub. (3m) (a) 7., 2015 stats.:

59,1799w Section 1799w. 256.35 (7) (a) to (d) of the statutes are created to read:

256.35 (7) (a) A telecommunications utility.

(b) A wireless provider, as defined in s. 256.35 (3m) (a) 6., 2015 stats.

(c) A local government, as defined in s. 256.35 (3m) (a) 4., 2015 stats.

(d) A person that supplies any service, product, equipment, or database, including any related emergency notification service or process, that is used for or in conjunction with the installation, implementation, operation, or maintenance of the emergency number system and that is used by a public safety answering point.

59,1799y Section 1799y. 281.145 of the statutes is created to read:

281.145 River and stream monitoring and study. (1) In this section:

(a) “Nonpoint source" has the meaning given in s. 281.16 (1) (e).

(b) “Point source" has the meaning given in s. 283.01 (12).

(2) The department shall conduct a program to monitor and study the introduction of nutrients from point sources and nonpoint sources into the East and West Twin Rivers, the Manitowoc River, the Sheboygan River, and the streams that outlet to Lake Michigan and that lie in and between the Ahnapee River watershed and the Sauk Creek watershed. The department shall seek to do all of the following under this subsection:

(a) Identify the amounts of nutrients being introduced into these waters.

(b) Characterize and quantify the nutrients, in particular nitrogen and phosphorus, introduced into these waters from nonpoint sources relative to climate, land use, soil type, elevation, and drainage.

(c) Collect water quality information from locations on these waters and from major tributaries and major impoundments to use in evaluating the biological, physical, and chemical properties of the water and to use as data in watershed and river models.

(d) Use watershed and river models and the information collected under this subsection and from other sources to forecast the effect on water quality of different methods of reducing the amounts of nutrients introduced into these waters.

(e) Develop tools to use in selecting and implementing methods of reducing the amounts of nutrients introduced into these waters.

59,1805 Section 1805 . 281.36 (11) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

281.36 (11) (a) The department shall set a surcharge fee to be charged for each application to proceed under a wetland general permit that is issued under sub. (3g) (a) 4., 5., or 6. The surcharge fee shall be set on an annual basis by the department and may not exceed more than 50 percent of the market price, as determined by the department, for the equivalent purchase of credits from a mitigation bank. These fees shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (4) (9) (bm) for the restoration and creation of wetlands. The department may enter into agreements with other entities for the restoration and creation of such wetlands.

59,1806 Section 1806 . 281.36 (11) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

281.36 (11) (b) Any wetland that is restored or created using funding from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (9) (bm) shall be open to the public for hunting, fishing, trapping, cross-country skiing, or hiking or any combination thereof, but the department may establish reasonable restrictions on the use of the land by the public in order to protect public safety or to protect a unique plant or animal community.

59,1806f Section 1806f. 281.57 (7) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

281.57 (7) (c) 1. Metropolitan sewerage districts that serve 1st class cities are limited in each fiscal year to receiving total grant awards not to exceed 33 percent of the sum of the amounts in the schedule for that fiscal year for the appropriation under s. 20.165 (2) (ke) and the amount authorized under sub. (10) for that fiscal year plus the unencumbered balance at the end of the preceding fiscal year for the amount authorized under sub. (10). This subdivision is not applicable to grant awards provided during fiscal years 1985-86, 1986-87, 1988-89 and 1989-90.

59,1808 Section 1808 . 281.58 (6) (b) 6. of the statutes is repealed.

59,1813 Section 1813 . 281.58 (12) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 281.58 (12) (a) 1. (intro.) and amended to read:

281.58 (12) (a) 1. (intro.) Except as modified under par. (f) and except as restricted by sub. (8) (b), (c), (f) or (h), the interest rate for projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 1. to 5. is one of the following:

c. For a municipality that does not meet the requirements specified in subd. 1. a. or b., 75 percent of market interest rate for projects for which the subsidy was allocated from the amount under s. 281.59 (3e) (b), 2013 stats., for a biennium before the 2015-17 biennium and 70 percent of market interest rate for projects for which the financial assistance is allocated under this section for the 2015-17 biennium or later, and 55 percent of market interest rate for projects for which the financial assistance is allocated under this section for the 2017-19 biennium or later.

59,1814 Section 1814 . 281.58 (12) (a) 1. a. of the statutes is created to read:

281.58 (12) (a) 1. a. For a municipality that has a population of less than 1,000, and in which the median household income is 65 percent or less of the median household income in this state, zero percent of market interest rate.

59,1815 Section 1815 . 281.58 (12) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is created to read:

281.58 (12) (a) 1. b. For a municipality that has a population of less than 10,000, and in which the median household income is 80 percent or less of the median household income in this state, 33 percent of market interest rate.

59,1816m Section 1816m. 281.58 (13) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

281.58 (13) (b) (intro.) A municipality with an application that is approved under sub. (9m) is eligible for state financial hardship assistance for the project costs that are eligible under the clean water fund program, except for costs to which sub. (8) (b), (c), (f) or (h) applies, if the initial application was submitted on or before June 30, 2017, the application, including the facility plan and the design plans and specifications, was completed on or before June 30, 2018, and the municipality meets all of the following criteria:

59,1816t Section 1816t. 281.59 (1m) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

59,1817m Section 1817m. 281.59 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

281.59 (9) (a) A loan approved under the clean water fund program, the safe drinking water loan program or the land recycling loan program shall be for no longer than 20 years, as determined by the department of administration, be fully amortized not later than 20 years after the original date of the financial assistance agreement, and require the repayment of principal and interest, if any, to begin not later than 12 months after the expected date of completion of the project that it funds, as determined by the department of administration.

59,1817mc Section 1817mc. 281.59 (9) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:

281.59 (9) (ag) A loan approved under the clean water fund program shall be for no longer than 30 years or the useful life of the project, whichever is less, as determined by the department of administration. The loan shall be fully amortized not later than 30 years after the original date of the financial assistance agreement or the end of the useful life of the project, whichever is less, as determined by the department of administration. Repayment of principal and interest, if any, shall begin not later than 12 months after the expected date of completion of the project that the loan funds, as determined by the department of administration.

59,1818 Section 1818 . 281.65 (4g) of the statutes is amended to read:

281.65 (4g) The department may contract with any person from the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (4) (9) (at) for services to administer or implement this section, including information and education and training services. The department shall allocate $500,000 in each fiscal year from the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (4) (at) for contracts for educational and technical assistance related to the program under this section provided by the University of Wisconsin-Extension.

59,1818g Section 1818g. 281.665 (4) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

281.665 (4) (c) 1. Notwithstanding pars. (a) and (b) and subject to subd. 2., the department shall provide a cost-sharing grant under this section for a project described under sub. (5) (d) in an amount sufficient to accomplish the flood-control goals of the project as proposed in the application, but not to exceed $14,600,000.

2. The department may not provide a cost-sharing grant under subd. 1. unless the department first notifies the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance, in writing, that it intends to award the grant. The notice shall contain a description of the purposes proposed for expenditure of the moneys received as a part of the grant. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed grant within 14 working days after the date of the department's notification, the moneys may be awarded as proposed by the department. If, within 14 working days after the date of the department's notification, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed grant, no moneys may be awarded without the approval of the committee.

59,1818r Section 1818r. 281.665 (5) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

281.665 (5) (d) Notwithstanding pars. (a) to (c), during the 2017-19 fiscal biennium, the department shall consider an applicant to be eligible for a cost-sharing grant for a project under this section if the project is funded or executed in whole or in part by the U.S. army corps of engineers under 33 USC 701s.

59,1819 Section 1819 . 281.73 of the statutes is repealed.

59,1819m Section 1819m. 283.01 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

283.01 (12) (a) A discernible, confined, and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, or vessel or other floating craft from which pollutants may be discharged either into the waters of the state or into a publicly owned treatment works except for a conveyance that conveys only storm water. This term does not include agricultural storm water discharges and return flows from irrigated agriculture.

59,1819n Section 1819n. 283.01 (12) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

283.01 (12) (b) A discernible, confined, and discrete conveyance of storm water for which a permit is required under s. 283.33 (1). This term does not include agricultural storm water discharges and return flows from irrigated agriculture.

59,1820 Section 1820 . 283.33 (9) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

283.33 (9) (c) All moneys collected under par. (a) shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (9) (bj).

59,1821 Section 1821 . 283.87 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

283.87 (4) Aids to municipalities; environmental damage compensation. The department may make grants to any county, city, village, or town for the acquisition or development of recreational lands and facilities from moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (2) (4) (dv). Use and administration of the grant shall be consistent with any court order issued under sub. (3). A county, city, village, or town which receives a grant under this section is not required to share in the cost of a project under this section.

59,1822 Section 1822 . 285.69 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

285.69 (2) (c) (intro.) The fees collected under pars. (a) and (e) shall be credited to the appropriations under s. 20.370 (2) (bg), (3) (bg), (4) (co), (8) (mg) and (9) (mh) for the following:

59,1823 Section 1823 . 285.69 (2e) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

285.69 (2e) (c) The fees collected under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation accounts under s. 20.370 (2) (bg), (3) (bg), (4) (co), (8) (mg), and (9) (mh) for the purposes in sub. (2) (c) 1. and 2.

59,1824 Section 1824 . 285.69 (2m) (bm) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

285.69 (2m) (bm) (intro.) The fees collected under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (2) (bh) (4) (cm) 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:

59,1825 Section 1825 . 285.69 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

285.69 (3) (a) The department may promulgate rules for the payment and collection of fees for inspecting nonresidential asbestos demolition and renovation projects regulated by the department. The fees under this subsection for an inspection plus the fee under sub. (1) (c) may not exceed $700 if the combined square and linear footage of friable asbestos-containing material involved in the project is less than 5,000. The fees under this subsection for an inspection plus the fee under sub. (1) (c) may not exceed $1,325 if the combined square and linear footage of friable asbestos-containing material involved in the project is 5,000 or more. The fees collected under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (bi) (4) (cn) for the direct and indirect costs of conducting inspections of nonresidential asbestos demolition and renovation projects regulated by the department and for inspecting property proposed to be used for a community fire safety training project.

59,1826 Section 1826 . 285.69 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

285.69 (7) Emission reduction credit fees. The department may promulgate rules for the payment of fees by persons who hold emission reduction credits that may be used to satisfy the offset requirements in s. 285.63 (2) (a) and that have been certified by the department. The rules may waive the payment of fees under this subsection for categories of emission reduction credits. The fees collected under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (bg) (4) (co).

59,1827L Section 1827L. 285.72 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

285.72 (title) Air quality monitoring station stations.

59,1827m Section 1827m. 285.72 of the statutes is renumbered 285.72 (1) and amended to read:

285.72 (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (ce) (4) (cv), the department shall fund the construction, operation, and maintenance of an air quality monitoring station in a county identified in its entirety as a nonattainment area for the 2008 8-hour national ambient air quality standard for ozone under 40 CFR 50.15 for the purpose of assessing ozone concentrations. The department may designate the monitoring station as a special purpose monitor under 40 CFR 58.20.

59,1827n Section 1827n. 285.72 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

285.72 (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (cv), the department shall fund the operation and maintenance of an air quality monitoring station in a county where a sulfur dioxide monitor has been in place for 3 years as a result of sulfur dioxide monitoring requirements under 40 CFR part 51 and the data requirement rule for the 2010 one-hour sulfur dioxide primary national ambient air quality standard published in the federal register on August 21, 2015. The department may designate the monitoring station as a special purpose monitor under 40 CFR 58.20.

59,1828 Section 1828 . 287.91 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

287.91 (4) The department of natural resources shall reimburse the department of justice for the expenses incurred in enforcing this chapter from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (4) (ma).

59,1829 Section 1829 . 289.31 (7) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

289.31 (7) (f) If the owner or operator of a site or facility subject to an order under par. (d) is a municipality, the municipality is responsible for conducting any monitoring ordered under par. (d). The department shall, from the environmental fund appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (4) (dv), reimburse the municipality for the costs of monitoring that exceed an amount equal to $3 per person residing in the municipality for each site or facility subject to an order under par. (d), except that the maximum reimbursement is $100,000 for each site or facility. The department shall exclude any monitoring costs paid under the municipality's liability insurance coverage in calculating the municipal cost of monitoring a site or facility.

59,1830 Section 1830 . 289.43 (7) (e) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

289.43 (7) (e) 3. All fees collected under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (4) (dg).

59,1831 Section 1831 . 289.64 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

289.64 (6) Use of solid waste facility siting board fees. The fees collected under sub. (2) shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (4) (eg) for transfer to the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (k).

59,1832 Section 1832 . 289.68 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

289.68 (1) Payments from the waste management fund. The department may expend moneys in the waste management fund only for the purposes specified under subs. (3) to (6) and 1991 Wisconsin Act 39, section 9142 (2w). The department may expend moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (2) (4) (dq) for the purposes specified under subs. (3) and (5) and 1991 Wisconsin Act 39, section 9142 (2w). The department may expend moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (2) (4) (dt) for the purposes specified under sub. (4). The department may expend moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (2) (4) (dy) and (dz) for the purposes specified under sub. (6).