Amendment ASA-AB150

AB150-ASA,1464,25 144.241 (14) (b) 1. Establish a dedicated source of revenue, that is acceptable to the department of administration under s. 144.2415 (9) (am) and (b), for the repayment of any financial assistance.

AB150-ASA, s. 4257 Section 4257. 144.241 (14) (b) 8. of the statutes is repealed.

AB150-ASA, s. 4258 Section 4258. 144.241 (15) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1465,6 144.241 (15) (a) (intro.) Subject to pars. (b) and (c), the The department shall and the department of administration may, at the request of a municipality, issue a notice of financial assistance commitment to a the municipality within 90 days after all of the following occur:

AB150-ASA, s. 4259 Section 4259. 144.241 (15) (a) 1. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB150-ASA,1465,11 144.241 (15) (a) 1. The department approves the municipality's application under sub. (9m) (a) and the department of administration has allocated subsidy for the municipality's project.

AB150-ASA, s. 4261 Section 4261. 144.241 (15) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

AB150-ASA, s. 4262 Section 4262. 144.241 (15) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1465,18 144.241 (15) (am) The notice of financial assistance commitment shall include the conditions that the municipality must meet to secure the financial assistance and shall include the estimated loan payment and repayment schedules, as determined by the department and the department of administration, and other terms of the financial assistance.

AB150-ASA, s. 4263 Section 4263. 144.241 (15) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB150-ASA, s. 4264 Section 4264. 144.241 (15) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 144.241 (9m) (c) and amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1465,25 144.241 (9m) (c) The department may issue a notice of financial assistance commitment to a municipality approve an application under par. (a) in a year only after the amount under s. 144.2415 (3) (d) for the biennium in which that year falls has been approved by the legislature under s. 144.2415 (3) (d).

AB150-ASA, s. 4265 Section 4265. 144.241 (15) (e) of the statutes is repealed.

AB150-ASA, s. 4267 Section 4267. 144.2415 (1) (d) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

AB150-ASA, s. 4269 Section 4269. 144.2415 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

AB150-ASA, s. 4270b Section 4270b. 144.2415 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1466,11 144.2415 (3) (a) 4. The extent to which the clean water fund will be maintained in perpetuity, and the extent to which the clean water fund will retain its purchasing power, meet the requirements of this section and s. 144.241 to provide financial assistance for water quality pollution abatement needs and nonpoint source water pollution management needs, and provide a stable and sustainable annual level of financial assistance under this section and s. 144.241 proportional to the state's long-term water pollution abatement and management needs and priorities.

AB150-ASA, s. 4271c Section 4271c. 144.2415 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1466,18 144.2415 (3) (a) 5. A fund balance sheet, cash flow of existing loans and commitments, report of loans and commitments, fund profits and losses including yield on prior year loans Audited financial statements of the past operations and activities of the program under this section and s. 144.241, the estimated fund capital available in each of the next 4 fiscal years, and the projected clean water fund balance for each of the next 20 years given existing obligations and financial conditions.

AB150-ASA, s. 4273 Section 4273. 144.2415 (3) (a) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1466,21 144.2415 (3) (a) 9. The impact of the biennial finance plan on the guidelines guideline under par. (b).

AB150-ASA, s. 4274 Section 4274. 144.2415 (3) (b) (intro.) and 2. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 144.2415 (3) (b) and amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1467,3 144.2415 (3) (b) The department of administration and the department shall consider the following as guidelines as a guideline in preparing the biennial finance plan: 2. That that all state water pollution abatement general obligation debt service costs should not exceed 50% of all general obligation debt service costs to the state.

AB150-ASA, s. 4275 Section 4275. 144.2415 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is repealed.

AB150-ASA, s. 4276 Section 4276. 144.2415 (3) (bm) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1467,9 144.2415 (3) (bm) 2. No later than 30 days after the day on which the biennial budget is submitted to the legislature under s. 16.45, the version of amendments to the biennial finance plan that contains update the plan to reflect material approved by the governor for inclusion in the budget.

AB150-ASA, s. 4277 Section 4277. 144.2415 (3) (br) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1467,19 144.2415 (3) (br) The joint committee on finance and each standing committee may submit to the building commission its recommendations and comments regarding each version of the biennial finance plan and amendments to the biennial finance plan, and whether the version of the biennial finance plan updated to reflect the adopted biennial budget act should be approved or disapproved as specified under s. 13.48 (26). If the building commission disapproves the version of the biennial finance plan that is updated to reflect the adopted biennial budget act, the department and the department of administration shall submit a revised biennial finance plan to the building commission.

AB150-ASA, s. 4278 Section 4278. 144.2415 (3) (c) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1467,25 144.2415 (3) (c) (intro.) No moneys from the clean water fund may be expended in a biennium until the legislature reviews and approves all of the following, either in 1989 Wisconsin Act 366 for the 1989-91 biennium or as part of the biennial budget act for any other the biennium:

AB150-ASA,1468,3 1. An amount that is specified for that biennium under par. (d) and, for any biennium after the 1989-91 biennium, is based on the amount included in the biennial finance plan under par. (a) 6.

AB150-ASA, s. 4279 Section 4279. 144.2415 (3) (d) 1. and 3. of the statutes are amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1468,6 144.2415 (3) (d) 1. Equal to $115,800,000 $80,000,000 during the 1993-95 1995-97 biennium.

AB150-ASA,1468,7 3. Equal to $1,000 for any biennium after the 1993-95 1995-97 biennium.

AB150-ASA, s. 4280 Section 4280. 144.2415 (3) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-ASA,1468,16 144.2415 (3) (dm) The department of administration may allocate amounts approved under par. (d) as the present value of subsidies for financial assistance under this section and s. 144.241, including financial hardship assistance and assistance for the additional costs of approved projects. The department of administration may allocate amounts from the amount approved under par. (d) for a biennium until December 30 of the fiscal year immediately following the biennium for projects for which complete applications under s. 144.241 (9) (a) are submitted before the end of the biennium.

AB150-ASA, s. 4281b Section 4281b. 144.2415 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1468,23 144.2415 (3) (e) The department may expend, for financial assistance in a biennium other than financial hardship assistance under s. 144.241 (13) (e), an amount up to 74% 85% of the amount approved by the legislature under par. (d). The department may expend such amount only from the percentage of the amount approved under par. (d) that is not available under par. (f) for financial hardship assistance or under par. (g) for additional costs.

AB150-ASA, s. 4282b Section 4282b. 144.2415 (3) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1469,6 144.2415 (3) (f) The department may expend, for financial hardship assistance in a biennium under s. 144.241 (13) (e), an amount up to 18% 15% of the amount approved by the legislature under par. (d) for that biennium. The department may expend such amount only from the percentage of the amount approved by the legislature under par. (d) that is not available under par. (e) for financial assistance or under par. (g) for additional costs.

AB150-ASA, s. 4283 Section 4283. 144.2415 (3) (g) of the statutes is repealed.

AB150-ASA, s. 4284 Section 4284. 144.2415 (3) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1469,13 144.2415 (3) (i) Using the amount approved under par. (d) as a base, the department of administration and the department shall calculate the present value of the actual subsidy of each clean water fund loan or grant to be made for those projects in each biennium that are approved for financial assistance by the 2 departments. The present value shall be discounted as provided under par. (a) 6.

AB150-ASA, s. 4285 Section 4285. 144.2415 (3) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1469,20 144.2415 (3) (j) No later than November 1 of each odd-numbered year, the department of administration and the department jointly shall submit a report, to the building commission and committees as required under par. (bm), on the implementation of the amount established under par. (d) as required under s. 144.241 (11) (d) (9m) (e), and on the operations and activities of the clean water fund program for the previous biennium.

AB150-ASA, s. 4286 Section 4286. 144.2415 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1470,2 144.2415 (9) (a) A loan approved under this section and s. 144.241 shall be for no longer than 20 years, as determined by the department of administration and the department, be fully amortized not later than 20 years after the original date of the note, 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 and the department.

AB150-ASA, s. 4287 Section 4287. 144.2415 (9) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1470,13 144.2415 (9) (am) The department of administration, in consultation with the department, may establish those terms and conditions of a financial assistance agreement that relate to its financial management, including what type of municipal obligation, as set forth under s. 66.36, is required for the repayment of the financial assistance. Any terms and conditions established under this paragraph by the department of administration shall comply with the requirements of this section and s. 144.241. In setting such terms and conditions, the department of administration may consider factors that the department of administration finds are relevant, including the type of municipal obligation evidencing the loan or a, the pledge of security for the municipal obligation and the municipality's creditworthiness.

AB150-ASA, s. 4288 Section 4288. 144.2415 (11) (a) and (am) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1470,21 144.2415 (11) (a) The department of natural resources and the department of administration may enter into a financial assistance agreement with a municipality for which the department issues a notice of financial assistance commitment under this section of administration has allocated subsidy under s. 144.241 (9m) if the municipality meets the condition conditions under sub. (9) and s. 144.241 (14) (b) 8. and the other requirements established by the department and the department of administration under this section and s. 144.241.

AB150-ASA,1470,24 (am) The department of administration shall make the financial assistance payments to a municipality with which the department has entered into a financial assistance agreement under par. (a) or to the municipality's designated agent.

AB150-ASA, s. 4289 Section 4289. 144.2415 (11) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1471,5 144.2415 (11) (c) The department of administration may not make retain the last payment under a financial assistance agreement until the department of natural resources and the department of administration determine that the project is completed and meets all the applicable requirements of the this section and s. 144.241 and that the conditions of the financial assistance agreement are met.

AB150-ASA, s. 4290 Section 4290. 144.2415 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1471,12 144.2415 (12) Municipal obligations. The department of administration may purchase or refinance obligations specified in s. 144.241 (6) (b) 1. or 2. and guarantee or purchase insurance for municipal obligations specified in s. 144.241 (6) (b) 3. if the department approves of administration and the department of natural resources approve the financial assistance under this section and s. 144.241 and gives a notice of financial assistance commitment under this section.

AB150-ASA, s. 4293 Section 4293. 144.2415 (13s) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-ASA,1471,16 144.2415 (13s) Powers. The department of administration may audit, or contract for audits of, projects receiving financial assistance under this section and s. 144.241.

AB150-ASA, s. 4294 Section 4294. 144.2415 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1471,20 144.2415 (14) Rules. The department of administration shall promulgate rules that are necessary for the proper execution of this section and of its responsibilities under s. 144.241.

AB150-ASA, s. 4296 Section 4296. 144.25 (4) (g) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1471,23 144.25 (4) (g) 9. Complete the planning process in all priority watersheds by December 31, 2000 2015.

AB150-ASA, s. 4297 Section 4297. 144.25 (4) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1472,6 144.25 (4) (j) A governmental unit may use a grant under this section for training required under s. 92.18 or for any other training necessary to prepare personnel to perform job duties related to this section. The department may contract with any person from the appropriations under s. 20.370 (4) (cc) and (cq) for services to administer or implement this chapter, including information and education and training.

AB150-ASA, s. 4298 Section 4298. 144.25 (4) (t) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1472,11 144.25 (4) (t) Transfer funds from the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (4) (cc) or (cq) (6) (aa) or (aq) to the appropriation account under s. 20.115 (7) (km) at the request of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, after the land and water conservation board approves the transfer, under s. 92.14 (5) (b).

AB150-ASA, s. 4299 Section 4299. 144.25 (4g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-ASA,1472,15 144.25 (4g) The department may contract with any person from the appropriations under s. 20.370 (6) (aa) and (at) for services to administer or implement this section, including information and education and training services.

AB150-ASA, s. 4300 Section 4300. 144.25 (8) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1472,20 144.25 (8) (cm) Grants may be provided from the appropriations under s. 20.370 (4) (cc) and (cq) (6) (aa) and (aq) to applicants for projects affecting priority lakes if the projects are in conformance with areawide water quality management plans and the purposes specified under sub. (1).

AB150-ASA, s. 4300c Section 4300c. 144.25 (8) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1472,24 144.25 (8) (L) A grant may not be made to an individual if the department receives a certification under s. 46.255 49.855 (7) that the individual is delinquent in child support or maintenance payments.

AB150-ASA, s. 4300e Section 4300e. 144.25 (8d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-ASA,1473,7 144.25 (8d) The department may distribute a grant to the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System for practices, techniques or measures to control storm water discharges on a University of Wisconsin System campus that is located in a municipality that is required to obtain a permit under s. 147.021 and that is located in a priority watershed area, a priority lake area or an area that is identified as an area of concern by the International Joint Commission, as defined in s. 144.10 (1) (a), under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.

AB150-ASA, s. 4301 Section 4301. 144.253 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1473,13 144.253 (3) (a) Eligible recipients to consist of nonprofit conservation organizations, as defined in s. 23.0955 (1), counties, cities, towns, villages, qualified lake associations, town sanitary districts, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts and other local governmental units, as defined in s. 66.299 (1) (a), that are established for the purpose of lake management.

AB150-ASA, s. 4302b Section 4302b. 144.254 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1473,17 144.254 (2) The department may provide a grant under this section for up to 50% 75% of the cost of a lake management project but may not provide more than $100,000 $200,000 per grant.

AB150-ASA, s. 4303 Section 4303. 144.266 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1474,3 144.266 (2) State storm water management plan. The department, in consultation with the department of industry, labor and human relations development, shall promulgate by rule a state storm water management plan. This state plan is applicable to activities contracted for or conducted by any agency, as defined under s. 227.01 (1) but also including the office of district attorney, unless that agency enters into a memorandum of understanding with the department of natural resources in which that agency agrees to regulate activities related to storm water management. The department shall coordinate the activities of agencies, as defined under s. 227.01 (1), in storm water management and make recommendations to these agencies concerning activities related to storm water management.

AB150-ASA, s. 4305 Section 4305. 144.389 (1) (intro.) and (b) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 144.389 (1) and amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1474,7 144.389 (1) (title) Definitions Definition. In this section: (b) "Major, "major utility" has the meaning given under in s. 144.386 (1) (f)

AB150-ASA, s. 4306 Section 4306. 144.389 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB150-ASA, s. 4307 Section 4307. 144.389 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

AB150-ASA, s. 4308 Section 4308. 144.391 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 144.391 (1) (b) 1. and amended to read:

AB150-ASA,1474,14 144.391 (1) (b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., par. (a) 2. or, sub. (6) or s. 144.3925 (7), no person may operate a new source or a modified source unless the person has an operation permit under s. 144.3925 from the department.

AB150-ASA, s. 4309 Section 4309. 144.391 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-ASA,1474,20 144.391 (1) (b) 2. A person may continue to operate a new source or a modified source for which the department issued a permit under s. 144.392, 1989 stats., on or before November 15, 1992, but on which construction, reconstruction, replacement or modification began after November 15, 1992, but the person shall apply for an operation permit under s. 144.3925 no later than March 1, 1996.