SB70-SSA2,358,2525 2. Initiate action under sub. (16).
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1(b) If after the hearing the department finds that a violation has occurred, it
2shall affirm or modify its order previously issued or issue an appropriate order for
3the prevention, abatement, or control of the violation or for other corrective action.
4If the department finds that no violation has occurred, it shall rescind its order. Any
5order issued as part of a notice or after hearing may prescribe one or more dates by
6which necessary action shall be taken in preventing, abating, or controlling the
7violation.
SB70-SSA2,359,128 (c) Additional grants under this section to a governmental unit previously
9awarded a grant under this section may be suspended or terminated if the
10department finds that a private on-site wastewater treatment system previously
11funded in the governmental unit is not being or has not been properly rehabilitated,
12constructed, installed, or maintained.
SB70-SSA2,359,16 13(16) Penalties. Any person who violates this section or a rule or order
14promulgated under this section shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $5,000
15for each violation. Each day of continued violation is a separate offense. While an
16order is suspended, stayed, or enjoined, this penalty does not accrue.
SB70-SSA2,415 17Section 415. 145.246 of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this
18act), is repealed.
SB70-SSA2,416 19Section 416. 146.616 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,359,2320 146.616 (1) (a) “Allied health professional" means any individual who is a
21health care provider other than a physician, registered nurse, dentist, pharmacist,
22chiropractor, or podiatrist and who provides diagnostic, technical, therapeutic, or
23direct patient care and support services to the patient.
SB70-SSA2,417 24Section 417. 146.63 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,360,3
1146.63 (5) Term of grants. The department may not distribute a grant under
2sub. (2) (a) for a term that is more than 5 years to a rural hospital or group of rural
3hospitals for a term that is more than 3 years.
SB70-SSA2,418 4Section 418 . 146.69 of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2,360,7 5146.69 Grants for the Surgical Collaborative of Wisconsin. The
6department shall award a grant in an amount of $150,000 per fiscal year to the
7Surgical Collaborative of Wisconsin.
SB70-SSA2,419 8Section 419. 146.69 of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this
9act), is repealed.
SB70-SSA2,420 10Section 420 . 165.85 (5y) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2,360,1311 165.85 (5y) Law enforcement training fund. The moneys credited to the
12appropriation accounts under s. 20.455 (2) (ja) and (q) constitute the law enforcement
13training fund.
SB70-SSA2,421 14Section 421. 165.937 of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2,360,17 15165.937 Grants for protection of elders. (1) The department of justice shall
16award grants from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (fw) to organizations that
17promote the protection of elders.
SB70-SSA2,360,20 18(2) The department of justice shall provide funds from the appropriation under
19s. 20.455 (2) (fw) to support a statewide elder abuse hotline for persons to
20anonymously provide tips regarding suspected elder abuse.
SB70-SSA2,422 21Section 422. 165.95 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,361,422 165.95 (2) The department of justice shall make grants to counties and to tribes
23to enable them to establish and operate programs, including suspended and deferred
24prosecution programs and programs based on principles of restorative justice, that
25provide alternatives to prosecution and incarceration for criminal offenders who

1abuse alcohol or other drugs. The department of justice shall make the grants from
2the appropriations under s. 20.455 (2) (ek), (em), (jd), (kn), and (kv). The department
3of justice shall collaborate with the department of corrections and the department
4of health services in establishing this grant program.
SB70-SSA2,423 5Section 423 . 165.986 (7) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2,424 6Section 424 . 165.989 of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2,425 7Section 425 . 196.025 (6) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,361,88 196.025 (6) (title) Police and fire protection 911 fee.
SB70-SSA2,426 9Section 426 . 196.025 (6) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,361,2510 196.025 (6) (b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., a communications provider
11shall collect from each subscriber a monthly fee of $0.75 on each communications
12service connection with an assigned telephone number, including a communication
13service provided via a voice over Internet protocol connection. If a communications
14provider provides multiple communications service connections to a subscriber, the
15fee required to be collected by the communications provider under this subdivision
16shall be a separate fee on each of the first 10 connections and one additional fee for
17each 10 additional connections per billed account. A communications provider may
18list the fee separately from other charges on a subscriber's bill, and if a
19communications provider does so, the communications provider shall identify the fee
20as “police and fire protection 911 fee," or, if the communications provider combines
21the fee with a charge imposed under s. 256.35 (3), the communications provider shall
22identify the combined fee and charge as “charge for funding countywide 911 systems
23plus police and fire protection 911 fee." Any partial payment of a fee by a subscriber
24shall first be applied to any amount the subscriber owes the communications
25provider for communications service.
SB70-SSA2,427
1Section 427. 196.025 (6) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,362,92 196.025 (6) (b) 2. A communications provider that offers a prepaid wireless
3telecommunications plan, or a retailer that offers such a plan on behalf of a
4communications provider, shall collect from each subscriber or purchaser a fee equal
5to $0.38 on each retail transaction for such a plan that occurs in this state. A
6communications provider or retailer may state the amount of the fee separately on
7a bill for the retail transaction, and if a communications provider or retailer does so,
8the communications provider or retailer shall identify the fee as “ police and fire
9protection
911 fee."
SB70-SSA2,428 10Section 428 . 196.025 (6) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,362,1211 196.025 (6) (c) 3. The commission and department shall deposit all fees
12remitted under subds. 1. and 2. into the police and fire protection 911 fund.
SB70-SSA2,429 13Section 429. 196.218 (5) (a) 12. of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2,430 14Section 430. 230.08 (2) (e) 8. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB70-SSA2,362,1515 230.08 (2) (e) 8. Natural resources — 9.
SB70-SSA2,431 16Section 431 . 230.08 (2) (fr) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2,362,1717 230.08 (2) (fr) The director and staff of the legislative human resources office.
SB70-SSA2,432 18Section 432. 234.18 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2,362,2119 234.18 (3) On the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], the
20amount specified in sub. (1), including the increase specified in sub. (2), is increased
21by $200,000,000.
SB70-SSA2,433 22Section 433. 238.08 of the statutes is renumbered 238.08 (intro.) and amended
23to read:
SB70-SSA2,363,3
1238.08 Records of the corporation. (intro.) All records of the corporation
2are open to the public as provided in s. 19.35 (1) except those records relating to
3pending the following:
SB70-SSA2,363,6 4(1) Pending grants, loans, or economic development projects that, in the
5opinion of the corporation, must remain confidential to protect the competitive
6nature of the grant, loan, or project.
SB70-SSA2,434 7Section 434. 238.08 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2,363,98 238.08 (2) Confidential tax information received from the department of
9revenue under s. 71.78.
SB70-SSA2,435 10Section 435. 238.14 of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2,436 11Section 436. 238.157 of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2,363,15 12238.157 Vibrant spaces grant program; prohibition. The corporation is
13prohibited from expending any moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.192 (1)
14(a) or (r) for a vibrant spaces grant program as constituted under the corporation's
15policies and procedures on May 1, 2023, or any similar program.
SB70-SSA2,437 16Section 437 . 238.40 of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2,363,17 17238.40 Data centers. (1) Definitions. In this section:
SB70-SSA2,363,2518 (a) “Eligible data center costs” means expenditures made after the effective
19date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], for the development, acquisition,
20construction, renovation, expansion, replacement, or repair and the operation of a
21qualified data center in this state, including costs of tangible personal property and
22property under s. 77.52 (1) (c), as specified in s. 77.54 (70), land, buildings, site
23improvements, modular data centers, computer data center equipment acquisition
24and permitting, lease payments, site characterization and assessment, engineering,
25and design used at a qualified data center in this state.
SB70-SSA2,364,3
1(b) “Qualified data center” means one or more buildings or an array of
2connected buildings owned, leased, or operated by the same business entity, as
3defined in s. 13.62 (5), or its affiliate and for which all of the following apply:
SB70-SSA2,364,74 1. The buildings are rehabilitated or constructed to house a group of networked
5server computers in one physical location or multiple locations in order to centralize
6the processing, storage, management, retrieval, communication, or dissemination of
7data and information.
SB70-SSA2,364,108 2. The buildings create a minimum qualified investment in this state of any of
9the following amounts within 5 years from the date on which the corporation certifies
10the data center as eligible to claim the exemption under s. 77.54 (70):
SB70-SSA2,364,1211 a. For buildings located in a county having a population greater than 100,000,
12$150,000,000.
SB70-SSA2,364,1413 b. For buildings located in a county having a population greater than 50,000
14and not more than 100,000, $100,000,000.
SB70-SSA2,364,1615 c. For buildings in a county having a population of not more than 50,000,
16$50,000,000.
SB70-SSA2,364,1817 d. For buildings located in more than one county, the amount provided under
18subd. 2. a., b., or c. for the most populous county in which the buildings are located.
SB70-SSA2,364,2119 (c) “Qualified investment” means the aggregate, non-duplicative eligible data
20center costs expended at a qualified data center by an owner, operator, or tenant, or
21an affiliate of an owner, operator, or tenant, of the qualified data center.
SB70-SSA2,365,3 22(2) Certification. (a) The corporation shall certify a qualified data center for
23purposes of the sales and use tax exemption under s. 77.54 (70). The certification
24shall include a description of the geographic location or locations and buildings of the
25qualified data center and an identification of the business entity specified in sub. (1)

1(b). The corporation shall contract with that business entity and shall, upon request,
2amend the certification and contract to include one or more additional locations and
3buildings of the qualified data center.
SB70-SSA2,365,114 (b) If the corporation certifies a qualified data center for purposes of the sales
5and use tax exemption under s. 77.54 (70) and the data center fails to satisfy sub. (1)
6(b) 2., the corporation shall revoke the certification. All amounts of the sales and use
7tax exemption claimed under that certification as of the date of revocation shall
8become due and payable to each taxing authority against whom the exemption was
9claimed in the amounts so claimed. The corporation may grant an extension of time
10within which the qualified data center may avoid revocation by satisfying the
11applicable qualified investment requirement under sub. (1) (b) 2.
SB70-SSA2,438 12Section 438. 250.15 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,365,1413 250.15 (2) (d) To Two million two hundred fifty thousand dollars to free and
14charitable clinics, $1,500,000.
SB70-SSA2,439 15Section 439 . 256.04 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,365,1716 256.04 (8) Review the annual budget prepared by the department for the
17expenditures under s. 20.435 (1) (ch) (r).
SB70-SSA2,440 18Section 440 . 256.12 (4) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,365,1919 256.12 (4) (title) Support and improvement of ambulance emergency services.
SB70-SSA2,441 20Section 441 . 256.12 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,366,721 256.12 (4) (a) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (ch) (r), the
22department shall annually distribute funds for ambulance service vehicles or vehicle
23equipment, emergency medical services supplies or equipment, nondurable or
24disposable medical supplies or equipment, medications,
or emergency medical
25training for personnel to an emergency medical responder department or ambulance

1service provider that is a public agency, a volunteer fire department or a nonprofit
2corporation, under a funding formula consisting of an identical base amount for each
3emergency medical responder department or ambulance service provider plus a
4supplemental amount based on the population of the emergency medical responder
5department's primary service area or the population of the
ambulance service
6provider's primary service or contract area, as established under s. 256.15 (5), as
7applicable
.
SB70-SSA2,442 8Section 442 . 256.12 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,366,219 256.12 (4) (c) Funds distributed under par. (a) or (b) shall supplement existing,
10budgeted moneys of or provided to an ambulance service provider and may not be
11used to replace, decrease or release for alternative purposes the existing, budgeted
12moneys of or provided to the ambulance service provider. A grant recipient under
13this subsection may not expend more than 15 percent of a grant awarded during an
14annual grant cycle on nondurable or disposable medical supplies or equipment and
15medications.
In order to ensure compliance with this paragraph, the department
16shall require, as a condition of relicensure, a financial report of expenditures under
17this subsection from an ambulance service provider and may require a financial
18report of expenditures under this subsection from an emergency medical responder
19department or
an owner or operator of an ambulance service or a public agency,
20volunteer fire department or a nonprofit corporation with which an ambulance
21service provider has contracted to provide ambulance services.
SB70-SSA2,443 22Section 443 . 256.12 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,367,723 256.12 (5) (a) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (ch) (r), the
24department shall annually distribute funds to emergency medical responder
25departments or
ambulance service providers that are public agencies, volunteer fire

1departments, or nonprofit corporations to purchase the training required for
2licensure and renewal of licensure as an emergency medical technician under s.
3256.15 (6) or for certification and renewal of certification as an emergency medical
4responder under s. 256.15 (8), and to pay for administration of the examination
5required for licensure or renewal of licensure as an emergency medical technician
6under s. 256.15 (6) (a) 3. and (b) 1. or certification or renewal of certification as an
7emergency medical responder under s. 256.15 (8).
SB70-SSA2,444 8Section 444 . 256.12 (5) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,367,229 256.12 (5) (am) If an emergency medical responder department or ambulance
10service provider does not use funds received under par. (a) within a calendar year,
11the emergency medical responder department or ambulance service provider may
12escrow those funds in the year in which the funds are distributed to the emergency
13medical responder department or
ambulance service provider, except funds
14distributed for nondurable or disposable medical supplies or equipment or
15medications
. In a subsequent year, an emergency medical responder department or
16ambulance service provider may use escrowed funds to purchase the training
17required for certification or renewal of certification as an emergency medical
18responder or licensure or renewal of licensure as an emergency medical services
19practitioner at any level or to pay for administration of the examination required for
20certification or renewal of certification as an emergency medical responder or for
21licensure or renewal of licensure as an emergency medical services practitioner at
22any level.
SB70-SSA2,445 23Section 445 . 256.12 (5) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 256.12 (5) (b) (intro.)
24and amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,368,3
1256.12 (5) (b) (intro.) The department shall require as a condition of relicensure
2that an ambulance service provider
that all of the following submit to the department
3a financial report on the expenditure of funds received under par. (a).:
SB70-SSA2,446 4Section 446 . 256.12 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2,368,55 256.12 (5) (b) 1. An emergency medical responder department.
SB70-SSA2,447 6Section 447 . 256.12 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2,368,77 256.12 (5) (b) 2. As a condition of relicensure, an ambulance service provider.
SB70-SSA2,448 8Section 448. 281.57 (7) (c) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act
959
, is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,368,1610 281.57 (7) (c) 1. Metropolitan sewerage districts that serve 1st class cities are
11limited in each fiscal year to receiving total grant awards not to exceed 33 percent
12of the sum of the amounts in the schedule for that fiscal year for the appropriation
13under s. 20.165 (2) (kf) and
the amount authorized under sub. (10) for that fiscal year
14plus the unencumbered balance at the end of the preceding fiscal year for the amount
15authorized under sub. (10). This subdivision is not applicable to grant awards
16provided during fiscal years 1985-86, 1986-87, 1988-89 and 1989-90.
SB70-SSA2,449 17Section 449 . 281.57 (7) (c) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act
18.... (this act), is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,368,2519 281.57 (7) (c) 1. Metropolitan sewerage districts that serve 1st class cities are
20limited in each fiscal year to receiving total grant awards not to exceed 33 percent
21of the sum of the amounts in the schedule for that fiscal year for the appropriation
22under s. 20.165 (2) (kf) and
the amount authorized under sub. (10) for that fiscal year
23plus the unencumbered balance at the end of the preceding fiscal year for the amount
24authorized under sub. (10). This subdivision is not applicable to grant awards
25provided during fiscal years 1985-86, 1986-87, 1988-89 and 1989-90.
SB70-SSA2,450
1Section 450. 281.59 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,369,132 281.59 (4) (f) Revenue obligations may be contracted by the building
3commission when it reasonably appears to the building commission that all
4obligations incurred under this subsection, and all payments under an agreement or
5ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.55 (6) with respect to revenue
6obligations issued under this subsection, can be fully paid on a timely basis from
7moneys received or anticipated to be received. Revenue obligations issued under this
8subsection for the clean water fund program and safe drinking water loan program
9shall not exceed $2,526,700,000 in principal amount, excluding obligations issued to
10refund outstanding revenue obligation notes. The building commission may contract
11additional revenue obligations in an amount up to $24,700,000. The building
12commission may contract additional revenue obligations in an amount up to
13$46,000,000.
SB70-SSA2,451 14Section 451 . 281.665 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,369,1915 281.665 (5) (d) Notwithstanding pars. (a) to (c), during the 2017-19 and,
162019-21, and 2023-25 fiscal bienniums, the department shall consider an applicant
17to be eligible for a cost-sharing grant for a project under this section if the project
18is funded or, executed, designed, authorized, approved, or supervised in whole or in
19part by the U.S. army corps of engineers under 33 USC 701s.
SB70-SSA2,452 20Section 452 . 287.17 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,370,221 287.17 (12) Electronic waste cleanup in Rusk, Price, and Washington
22counties.
The department shall contract with 3rd parties to perform any necessary
23assessment, collection, transportation, and disposal of cathode-ray tube glass and
24related waste generated from activities undertaken by 5R Processors and located at
25properties in Rusk, Price, or Washington counties that are not owned by 5R

1Processors or its successors. Costs may not exceed $4,500,000 under these contracts
2may not exceed $2,500,000.
SB70-SSA2,453 3Section 453. 301.26 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,370,164 301.26 (4) (a) Except as provided in pars. (c) and (cm), the department of
5corrections shall bill counties, or the department of children and families shall
6deduct from the allocations under s. 20.437 (1) (cj) or (q), for the costs of care,
7services, and supplies purchased or provided by the department of corrections for
8each person receiving services under s. 938.183 or 938.34 or the department of health
9services for each person receiving services under s. 46.057 or 51.35 (3). The
10department of corrections may not bill a county, and the department of children and
11families may not deduct from a county's allocation, for the cost of care, services, and
12supplies provided to a person subject to an order under s. 938.183 after the person
13reaches 18 years of age. Payment shall be due within 60 days after the billing date.
14If any payment has not been received within those 60 days, the department of
15children and families may withhold aid payments in the amount due from the
16appropriation under s. 20.437 (1) (cj) or (q).
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