Amendment ASA-AB150

AB150-ASA,1579,2 186.38 (5) (c) The terms of withdrawal from membership and restrictions on sale of capital stock shall be as prescribed in the articles of incorporation as approved by the commissioner office of credit unions, and such terms shall be binding on all members and shareholders.

AB150-ASA, s. 5014 Section 5014. 186.38 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1579,7 186.38 (7) Reserves. The corporation shall maintain reserves for its liabilities, including contingent liabilities, and the commissioner office of credit unions shall have authority to order a change in reserves if the commissioner office deems them to be unacceptable.

AB150-ASA, s. 5015 Section 5015. 186.38 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1579,12 186.38 (9) Supervision of corporation. The corporation shall be subject to supervision and an annual examination by the office of the commissioner, who credit unions. The office of credit unions may invite participation by credit union supervisory authorities from other states.

AB150-ASA, s. 5016 Section 5016. 186.38 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1579,19 186.38 (10) Examinations. The office of the commissioner credit unions shall promptly forward to the corporation a copy of its examination report of the Wisconsin credit union savings insurance corporation, if it becomes a member of the corporation, and shall cooperate with the corporation in obtaining similar examination reports from other state credit union supervisory authorities where member state credit union share or deposit corporations are domiciled.

AB150-ASA, s. 5017 Section 5017. 186.38 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1579,25 186.38 (11) Bylaws. The board of directors shall subscribe and submit to the commissioner office of credit unions, for filing and approval, the bylaws and any amendments thereto under which the corporation shall operate. These bylaws may be amended at any regular or special meeting of the board of directors or at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders.

AB150-ASA, s. 5018 Section 5018. 186.41 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1580,5 186.41 (2) (b) An in-state credit union proposing any action under par. (a) shall provide the commissioner office of credit unions a copy of any original application seeking approval by a federal agency or by an agency of the regional state and of any supplemental material or amendments filed in connection with any application.

AB150-ASA, s. 5019 Section 5019. 186.41 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1580,10 186.41 (4) (a) The commissioner office of credit unions finds that the statutes of the regional state in which the regional credit union has its principal office permit in-state credit unions to both acquire regional credit union assets and merge with one or more regional credit unions in the regional state.

AB150-ASA, s. 5020 Section 5020. 186.41 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1580,14 186.41 (4) (b) The commissioner office of credit unions has not disapproved the acquisition of in-state credit union assets or the merger with the in-state credit union under sub. (5).

AB150-ASA, s. 5021 Section 5021. 186.41 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1580,25 186.41 (4) (c) The commissioner office of credit unions gives a class 3 notice, under ch. 985, in the official state newspaper, of the application to take an action under sub. (3) and of the opportunity for a hearing and, if at least 25 residents of this state petition for a hearing within 30 days of the final notice or if the commissioner office of credit unions on his or her its own motion calls for a hearing within 30 days of the final notice, the commissioner office of credit unions holds a public hearing on the application, except that a hearing is not required if the commissioner office of credit unions finds that an emergency exists and that the proposed action under sub. (3) is necessary and appropriate to prevent the probable failure of an in-state credit union that is closed or in danger of closing.

AB150-ASA, s. 5022 Section 5022. 186.41 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1581,5 186.41 (4) (d) The commissioner office of credit unions is provided a copy of any original application seeking approval by a federal agency of the acquisition of in-state credit union assets or of the merger with an in-state credit union and of any supplemental material or amendments filed with the application.

AB150-ASA, s. 5023 Section 5023. 186.41 (4) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1581,9 186.41 (4) (e) The applicant has paid the commissioner office of credit unions a fee of $1,000 together with the actual costs incurred by the commissioner office in holding any hearing on the application.

AB150-ASA, s. 5024 Section 5024. 186.41 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1581,13 186.41 (5) Standards for disapproval. (intro.) The commissioner office of credit unions may disapprove of any action under sub. (3) if the commissioner office finds any of the following:

AB150-ASA, s. 5025 Section 5025. 186.41 (5) (ct) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1581,18 186.41 (5) (ct) The applicant has failed to enter into an agreement prepared by the commissioner office of credit unions to comply with laws and rules of this state regulating consumer credit finance charges and other charges and related disclosure requirements, except to the extent preempted by federal law or regulation.

AB150-ASA, s. 5026 Section 5026. 186.41 (5) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1581,21 186.41 (5) (e) The applicant fails to meet any other standards established by rule of the commissioner office of credit unions.

AB150-ASA, s. 5027 Section 5027. 186.41 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1581,25 186.41 (6) (a) Subsections (1) to (5) do not apply prior to January 1, 1987, except that the commissioner office of credit unions may promulgate rules under sub. (5) (e) to be applicable no earlier than the date that subs. (1) to (5) apply.

AB150-ASA, s. 5028 Section 5028. 186.41 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1582,11 186.41 (8) Divestiture. Any credit union that has acquired assets of or merged with an in-state credit union under sub. (2) or (3) and that ceases to be an in-state credit union or regional credit union shall immediately notify the commissioner office of credit unions of the change in its status and shall, as soon as practical and, in any case, within 2 years after the event causing it to no longer be one of these entities, divest itself of control of any interest in the assets or operations of any in-state credit union. A credit union that fails to immediately notify the commissioner office of credit unions is liable for a forfeiture of $500 for each day beginning with the day its status changes and ending with the day notification is received by the commissioner office of credit unions.

AB150-ASA, s. 5066 Section 5066. 190.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1582,24 190.01 (2) The articles of incorporation and amendments thereto shall be filed with the secretary of state department of revenue; in the case of articles, the secretary of state department of revenue shall thereupon issue a certificate of incorporation and the corporation then has legal existence. The articles of incorporation or special charter of any railroad company may be amended by a majority vote of all the stock in the respects and for the purposes provided in s. 180.1001. The fees for filing articles and amendments thereto are as provided in s. 180.0122 (1) (a) and (m) except that the fees for filing an amendment which authorizes the issuance of redeemable preference shares for sale to the U.S. secretary of transportation under sections 505 and 506 of P.L. 94-210 is $15 for the amendment and an additional sum equal to $1 for each $100,000 or fraction thereof of par value redeemable preference shares authorized by the amendment.

AB150-ASA, s. 5135 Section 5135. 194.51 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1583,13 194.51 Suit to recover protested tax. No suit shall be maintained in any court to restrain or delay the collection or payment of the taxes levied in this chapter. The aggrieved taxpayer shall pay the tax as and when due, and, if paid under protest, may at any time within 90 days from the date of such payment, sue the state in an action at law to recover the tax so paid. If it is finally determined that said tax, or any part thereof, was wrongfully collected for any reason, it shall be the duty of the department secretary of administration to issue a warrant on the state treasurer for pay out of the transportation fund the amount of such tax so adjudged to have been wrongfully collected, and the treasurer shall pay the same out of the transportation fund. A separate suit need not be filed for each separate payment made by any taxpayer, but a recovery may be had in one suit for as many payments as may have been made within any 90-day period preceding the commencement of such an action. Such suits shall be commenced as provided in s. 775.01.

AB150-ASA, s. 5202 Section 5202. 195.29 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1584,7 195.29 (5) Elimination of grade crossings, costs. Upon petition of the department, or of the common council or board of any city, village, town or county, alleging that one or more of them have undertaken or propose to undertake to relocate or improve an existing highway or to construct a new highway in such manner as to eliminate a highway grade crossing with any railroad or so as to permanently divert a material portion of the highway traffic from a highway grade crossing with any railroad, the office shall issue notice of investigation and hearing, as provided in s. 195.04. If upon such hearing the office finds that the public safety will be promoted by the highway relocation, improvement or new construction, the office shall order the old crossings closed and new crossings opened as are deemed necessary for public safety. The order shall require the railroad company or companies to pay to the interested municipality or municipalities such sum as the office finds to be an equitable portion of the cost of the highway relocation, improvement or new construction, if the work is performed by the municipalities; or to the state treasurer secretary of administration if the work is performed by the state; or to the proper county treasurer if the work is performed by the county. The sum shall be added to the joint fund available for the improvement and may be expended in like manner as the other portions of the fund.

AB150-ASA, s. 5224m Section 5224m. 195.60 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1584,25 195.60 (2) The office shall annually, within 90 days after the close of each fiscal year, ascertain the total of its expenditures during such year which are reasonably attributable to the performance of its duties relating to railroads. For purposes of such calculation, 90% of the expenditures so determined shall be expenditures of the office and 10% of the expenditures so determined shall be expenditures for state government operations. The office shall deduct therefrom all amounts chargeable to railroads under sub. (1) and s. 184.10 (3). A sum equal to the remainder plus 10% of the remainder shall be assessed by the office to the several railroads in proportion to their respective gross operating revenues during the last calendar year, derived from intrastate operations. Such assessment shall be paid within 30 days after the bill has been mailed to the several railroads, which bill shall constitute notice of assessment and demand of payment thereof. The total amount which may be assessed to the railroads under authority of this subsection shall not exceed one percent 1.75% of the total gross operating revenues of such railroads, during such calendar year, derived from intrastate operations. Ninety percent of the payment shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.155 (2) (g). The railroads shall furnish such financial information as the office requires.

AB150-ASA, s. 5225 Section 5225. 195.60 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1585,16 195.60 (3) If any railroad against which a bill has been rendered under sub. (1) or (2) within 30 days after the rendering of such bill neglects or refuses to pay the same or fails to file objections to the bill with the office, the office shall transmit to the state treasurer secretary of administration a certified copy of the bill, together with notice of neglect or refusal to pay the bill, and on the same day the office shall mail to the railroad against which the bill has been rendered a copy of the notice which it has transmitted to the state treasurer secretary of administration. Within 10 days after the receipt of such notice and certified copy of such bill, the state treasurer secretary of administration shall levy the amount stated on such bill to be due, with interest, by distress and sale of any goods and chattels, including stocks, securities, bank accounts, evidences of debt, and accounts receivable belonging to such delinquent railroad. Such levy by distress and sale shall be governed by the provisions of s. 74.10, 1985 stats., except that it shall be made by the state treasurer secretary of administration and that said goods and chattels anywhere within the state may be levied upon.

AB150-ASA, s. 5229 Section 5229. 195.60 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1586,3 195.60 (4) (d) If any bill against which objections have been filed is not paid within 10 days after notice of a finding that such objections have been overruled and disallowed by the office has been mailed to the objector, the office shall give notice of such delinquency to the state treasurer secretary of administration and to the objector, in the manner provided in sub. (3). The state treasurer secretary of administration shall then proceed to collect the amount of the bill as provided in sub. (3). If an amended bill is not paid within 10 days after a copy thereof is mailed to the objector by registered mail, the office shall notify the state treasurer secretary of administration and the objector as in the case of delinquency in the payment of an original bill. The state treasurer secretary of administration shall then proceed to collect the amount of the bill as provided in the case of an original bill.

AB150-ASA, s. 5230 Section 5230. 195.60 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1586,16 195.60 (5) No suit or proceeding shall be maintained in any court for the purpose of restraining or in any way delaying the collection or payment of any bill rendered under subs. (1) and (2). Every railroad against which a bill is rendered shall pay the amount thereof, and after such payment may in the manner herein provided, at any time within 2 years from the date the payment was made, sue the state in an action at law to recover the amount paid with legal interest thereon from the date of payment, upon the ground that the assessment was excessive, erroneous, unlawful or invalid in whole or in part. If it is finally determined in such action that any part of the bill for which payment was made was excessive, erroneous, unlawful or invalid, the state treasurer secretary of administration shall make a refund to the claimant as directed by the court, which shall be charged to the appropriations to the office.

AB150-ASA, s. 5235m Section 5235m. 196.03 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB150-ASA,1586,21 196.03 (3) (b) Unless the governing body of a city, village or town adopts a resolution providing that the city, village or town will pay the retail charges for the production, storage, transmission, sale and delivery or furnishing of water for public fire protection purposes that are not included in general service charges:

AB150-ASA,1586,23 1. A public utility shall include the charges in the water utility bill of each customer of the public utility in the city, village or town.

AB150-ASA,1587,3 2. A municipal utility may, in addition to including the charges in water utility bills under subd. 1., bill the charges to any person who meets all of the following conditions:

AB150-ASA,1587,4 a. The person is not a customer of the municipal utility.

AB150-ASA,1587,7 b. The person owns land that is located in the city, village or town and in an area in which the municipal utility has an obligation to provide water for public fire protection.

AB150-ASA, s. 5235s Section 5235s. 196.04 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1587,14 196.04 (1) (b) 1. Any person who owns transmission equipment and property shall permit, for reasonable compensation, the use of the transmission equipment and property by any public utility or telecommunications provider if public convenience and necessity require such use and if the use will not result in irreparable injury to any owner or user of the transmission equipment and property or in any substantial detriment to the service to be rendered by the owner or user.

AB150-ASA, s. 5236 Section 5236. 196.175 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1587,20 196.175 Construction and occupancy standards. The commission may not establish or enforce construction or occupancy standards applicable to any public building, as defined in s. 101.01 (2) (g) (12), dwelling, as defined in s. 101.71 (2) or any occupancy standard applicable to any place of employment as defined in s. 101.01 (2) (f) (11).

AB150-ASA, s. 5237 Section 5237. 196.20 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1588,12 196.20 (5) (d) If the commission does not conduct a hearing under this subsection, a proposed rate increase or change in a rate schedule becomes effective as proposed and any rates, tolls or charges under review under s. 196.215 (6) or (7) may not be altered unless the commission issues a final order no later than 150 days after the commission receives the application or receives the information under par. (b) 1g. and 1r. If the commission conducts a hearing, a proposed rate increase or change in a rate schedule becomes effective as proposed and any rates, tolls or charges under review under s. 196.215 (6) or (7) may not be altered unless the commission issues the final order no later than 180 days after the commission receives the application or receives the information under par. (b) 1g. and 1r. If the commission conducts a hearing, the hearing examiner may extend the time for issuing a final order up to 30 additional days. The commission and the small telecommunications utility may agree in writing to extend the time for issuing a final order. Notwithstanding s. ss. 196.34 and 196.36 (2), the commission may require the small telecommunications utility to bear the expense of a stenographer to record producing a transcript of a hearing conducted under this section.

AB150-ASA, s. 5238 Section 5238. 196.20 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1588,24 196.20 (6) If a telecommunications utility that is not a small telecommunications utility and that has 150,000 or less access lines in use in this state files with the commission an application for a rate change that constitutes an increase in rates, the rate change becomes effective as proposed unless the commission issues the final order on the application no later than 180 days after the commission receives the application. The hearing examiner may extend the time for issuing a final order up to 30 additional days. The commission and the telecommunications utility may agree in writing to extend the time for issuing a final order. Notwithstanding s. ss. 196.34 and 196.36 (2), the commission may require the telecommunications utility to bear the expense of a stenographer to record producing a transcript of a hearing conducted under this subsection.

AB150-ASA, s. 5239 Section 5239. 196.209 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1589,6 196.209 (5) (a) The At the commencement of each gubernatorial term of office, the commission shall appoint a telecommunications privacy council under s. 15.04 (1) (c) consisting of representatives of telecommunications providers and of consumers of telecommunications services, including this state. The privacy advocate designated under s. 19.625 (1) shall be a member of the telecommunications privacy council.

AB150-ASA, s. 5239m Section 5239m. 196.218 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1589,12 196.218 (6) (a) The At the commencement of each gubernatorial term of office, the commission shall appoint a universal service fund council under s. 15.04 (1) (c) consisting of representatives of telecommunications providers and consumers of telecommunications services, including this state. The majority of the members of the council shall be representatives of consumers of telecommunications services.

AB150-ASA, s. 5240 Section 5240. 196.34 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1589,17 196.34 (title) Stenographic Commission records. The commission shall keep a complete record of its proceedings before the commission or its agent on in any formal investigation or hearing held and shall appoint a stenographer to record all testimony presented at such proceedings.

AB150-ASA, s. 5241 Section 5241. 196.36 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1589,19 196.36 (title) Transcripts as evidence; free to parties and tapes.

AB150-ASA, s. 5242 Section 5242. 196.36 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1590,5 196.36 (1) (title) Transcripts. The commission shall receive into evidence a transcribed copy of the evidence and proceedings, or any specific part of the evidence and proceedings, on any investigation or hearing taken by the a stenographer appointed by the commission if the stenographer certifies that the copy is a true and correct transcript of all the testimony or of the testimony of a particular witness, or of any other specific part of the investigation or hearing, that the transcript was carefully compared by the stenographer with his or her original notes, and that the copy is a correct statement of the evidence presented and proceedings held in the investigation or hearing. The certified copy shall have the same effect as if the stenographer were present and testified to the correctness of the copy.

AB150-ASA, s. 5243 Section 5243. 196.36 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-ASA,1590,16 196.36 (1m) Transcripts from tapes. The commission shall receive into evidence a transcribed copy of an audiotape or videotape of the evidence and proceedings, or any specific part of the evidence and proceedings, of any investigation or hearing that is recorded if the transcriber certifies that the copy is a true and correct transcription from the audiotape or videotape of all the testimony or of the testimony of a particular witness, or of any other specific part of the investigation or hearing and that the copy is a correct statement of the evidence presented and proceedings held in the investigation or hearing. The certified copy shall have the same effect as if the transcriber were present and testified to the correctness of the copy.

AB150-ASA, s. 5244 Section 5244. 196.36 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1590,23 196.36 (2) (title) Copies. A copy of a transcript under this section shall be furnished on demand free of cost to any party to the investigation or hearing from which the transcript is taken. Upon request, the commission shall furnish a copy of an audiotape or videotape to any party to the investigation or hearing from which the audiotape or videotape is taken. The commission may charge a reasonable price for the tape.

AB150-ASA, s. 5245 Section 5245. 196.491 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1591,22 196.491 (2) (g) Within 180 days after the plan is filed, the commission shall hold a hearing thereon. The hearing shall be held in an administrative district, established by executive order 22, issued August 24, 1970, which the commission determines will be significantly affected by facilities proposed in the plan to be constructed in the following 3 years. The commission may thereafter adjourn the hearing to other locations or may conduct the hearing by interactive video conference or other electronic method. Notice of such hearing shall be given by class 1 notice, under ch. 985, published in the official state newspaper and such other regional papers of general circulation as may be designated by the commission. At such hearing the commission shall briefly describe the plan and give all interested persons an opportunity, subject to reasonable limitations on the presentation of repetitious material, to express their views on any aspect of the plan. The presentation of such views need not be under oath nor subject to cross-examination. The commission shall advise all persons present of their right to express their views orally or in writing, under oath or otherwise, and of the legal effect of each such form of testimony. A written record of unsworn testimony shall be made and considered by the commission as comments on the plan under par. (e). Persons presenting such views shall not be parties. The utility, any state agency, county, municipality, town, or any person whose substantial rights may be adversely affected by the testing for or construction of facilities described in an advance plan, shall, upon filing written notice setting forth its interest at least 10 days in advance, be afforded all the rights of a party in a contested case.

AB150-ASA, s. 5245e Section 5245e. 196.85 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1592,13 196.85 (3) If any public utility, sewerage system or power district is billed under sub. (1) or (2) and fails to pay the bill within 30 days or fails to file objections to the bill with the commission, as provided in this subsection, the commission shall transmit to the state treasurer secretary of administration a certified copy of the bill, together with notice of failure to pay the bill, and on the same day the commission shall mail by registered mail to the public utility, sewerage system or power district a copy of the notice which it has transmitted to the state treasurer secretary of administration. Within 10 days after the receipt of notice and certified copy of the bill the state treasurer secretary of administration shall levy the amount stated on the bill to be due, with interest, by distress and sale of any property, including stocks, securities, bank accounts, evidences of debt, and accounts receivable belonging to the delinquent public utility, sewerage system or power district. The levy by distress and sale shall be governed by s. 74.10, 1985 stats., except that it shall be made by the state treasurer secretary of administration and that goods and chattels anywhere within the state may be levied upon.

AB150-ASA, s. 5245m Section 5245m. 196.85 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1593,2 196.85 (4) (d) If any bill against which objections have been filed shall not be paid within ten days after notice of a finding that such objections have been overruled and disallowed by the commission has been mailed to the objector as herein provided, the commission shall give notice of such delinquency to the state treasurer secretary of administration and to the objector, in the manner provided in sub. (3). The state treasurer secretary of administration shall then proceed to collect the amount of said bill as provided in sub. (3). If an amended bill is not paid within ten days after a copy thereof is mailed to the objector by registered mail, the commission shall notify the state treasurer secretary of administration and the objector as in the case of delinquency in the payment of an original bill. The state treasurer secretary of administration shall then proceed to collect the amount of said bill as provided in the case of an original bill.

AB150-ASA, s. 5245s Section 5245s. 196.85 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1593,14 196.85 (5) No suit or proceeding may be maintained in any court to restrain or delay the collection or payment of any bill rendered under subs. (1) and (2). Every public utility, sewerage system or power district that is billed shall pay the amount of the bill, and after payment may in the manner provided under this section, at any time within 2 years from the date the payment was made, sue the state to recover the amount paid plus interest from the date of payment, upon the ground that the assessment was excessive, erroneous, unlawful or invalid in whole or in part. If the court finds that any part of the bill for which payment was made was excessive, erroneous, unlawful or invalid, the state treasurer secretary of administration shall make a refund to the claimant as directed by the court. The refund shall be charged to the appropriations to the commission.

AB150-ASA, s. 5246 Section 5246. 196.856 (1) and (2) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1593,21 196.856 (1) The commission shall annually assess against the major utilities, as defined under s. 144.386 (1) (f), the total, not to exceed $400,000, of the amounts amount appropriated under ss. s. 20.370 (2) (cj) and 20.505 (1) (jm) for acid deposition studies, including the nitrogen oxide study under s. 144.389 (3), and evaluation and monitoring activities conducted by the department of natural resources and the department of administration.

AB150-ASA,1594,2 (2) The commission shall, with the cooperation of the department of natural resources and the department of administration, promulgate rules establishing a method for assessing each major utility an amount that is proportionate to its fraction of the total amount of sulfur dioxide emissions from major utilities in this state.

AB150-ASA, s. 5247 Section 5247. 196.857 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1594,4 196.857 (title) Assessment for stray Stray voltage program.

AB150-ASA, s. 5248 Section 5248. 196.857 (1) (intro.), (a) and (b) of the statutes are renumbered 196.857 (1m) (intro.), (a) and (b), and 196.857 (1m) (intro.) and (a), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1594,17 196.857 (1m) (title) Assessments. (intro.) The commission shall establish and administer a program to provide to farmers on-site technical assistance related to stray voltage. In cooperation with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the commission shall investigate the causes of stray voltage on individual farms, recommend to farmers solutions to stray voltage problems and evaluate the effectiveness of on-site technical assistance. The commission shall assess annually all of the following amounts to public utilities which produce electricity and which have annual gross operating revenues related to electricity in excess of $100,000,000 in proportion to their respective electric gross operating revenues during the last calendar year, derived from intrastate operations:

AB150-ASA,1594,21 (a) The amount appropriated under s. 20.155 (1) (L), less any amount received under s. 20.155 (1) (Lb) and less any fees received under sub. (2k) and credited to the appropriation under s. 20.155 (1) (L). The amounts received under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation made in s. 20.155 (1) (L).