1999 Wisconsin Act 196

Date of enactment: May 17, 2000
1999 Senate Bill 12 Date of publication*: June 1, 2000

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1997-98: Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

1999 WISCONSIN ACT 196

An Act to create 20.155 (1) (r), 25.17 (1) (k), 25.469 and 196.497 (11s) of the statutes; relating to: escrowing certain payments to the federal government for the disposal of radioactive waste and making an appropriation.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

196,1 Section 1. 20.155 (1) (r) of the statutes is created to read:

20.155 (1) (r) Nuclear waste escrow fund. From the nuclear waste escrow fund, a sum sufficient to make the payments under s. 196.497 (11s) (b).

196,2 Section 2. 25.17 (1) (k) of the statutes is created to read:

25.17 (1) (k) Nuclear waste escrow fund (s. 25.469);

196,4 Section 4. 25.469 of the statutes is created to read:

25.469 Nuclear waste escrow fund. There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the nuclear waste escrow fund, to consist of all moneys received by the public service commission under s. 196.497 (11s) (a).

196,5 Section 5. 196.497 (11s) of the statutes is created to read:

196.497 (11s) Escrowing of certain payments to the federal government. (a) If the commission determines that the federal department of energy is not meeting its obligations under contracts entered into under 42 USC 10222 with state agencies or with persons in this state, the commission, subject to par. (ab), shall direct the state agencies or persons to pay to the commission, instead of the federal department of energy the fees due under 42 USC 10222 for the period during which those contractual obligations are not met. The commission shall deposit any funds received under this paragraph in the nuclear waste escrow fund.

(ab) The commission may only direct the state agencies or persons to make the payment to the commission under par. (a) if a federal court or the federal department of energy has authorized the commission to receive the payment of the fees due under 42 USC 10222.

(b) Upon a showing by the secretary of the federal department of energy that the federal department of energy is meeting its obligations under contracts entered into under 42 USC 10222, the commission shall pay to the secretary of the federal department of energy all funds contained in the nuclear waste escrow fund and shall cease accepting additional funds under par. (a).