LRB-1297/P1
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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Hutter, BB0257 - Dam licensing fees
For 2023-2025 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
natural resources
Navigable waters
Dam permit and approval fees
This bill changes the fees charged for permits and approvals for large dams. Under current law, a large dam is a dam that either has a structural height of 25 feet or more and impounds more than 15 acre-feet of water or has a structural height of more than six feet and impounds 50 acre-feet or more of water. Under the bill, the fees for large dams are based on the dam's hazard classification: $1,000 for a large, high hazard dam; $500 for a large, significant hazard dam; and $200 for a large, low hazard dam. Current law requires DNR to classify the hazard level of each dam in the state for purposes of inspection regulations.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 31.39 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
31.39 (2) (a) (intro.) For
Except as provided under par. (am), for fees charged for permits and approvals under ss. 31.02 to 31.185 and 31.33 to 31.38, the department shall classify the types of permits and approvals based on the estimated time spent by the department in reviewing, investigating, and making determinations whether to grant the permits or approvals. The department shall then set the fees as follows:
Section
2. 31.39 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
31.39 (2) (am) 1. In this paragraph:
a. “High hazard dam" has the meaning given under s. 31.19 (1g) (a).
b. “Large dam” means a dam determined to be large under s. 31.19 (1m).
c. “Low hazard dam” has the meaning given under s. 31.19 (1g) (b).
d. “Significant hazard dam” has the meaning given under s. 31.19 (1g) (c).
2. For fees charged for permits and approvals under ss. 31.02 to 31.185 and 31.33 to 31.38 for large dams, the department shall classify the types of permits and approvals based on the dam's hazard classification under s. 31.19 (2) (ar). The department shall then set the fees as follows:
a. For a permit or approval for a large dam that is a high hazard dam, the fee shall be $1,000.
b. For a permit or approval for a large dam that is a significant hazard dam, the fee shall be $500.
c. For a permit or approval for a large dam that is a low hazard dam, the fee shall be $200.
Section 9432.
Effective dates; Natural Resources.
(1) Dam licensing fees. The treatment of s. 31.39 (2) (a) (intro.) and (am) takes effect on the first day of the 9th month beginning after publication.
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