SB614-SSA1,5,7 566.891 Dissolution of the district; sale or lease of district assets and
6facilities.
(1) General authority. The commission shall, subject to s. 196.80, lease
7or sell any or all of the district's assets and facilities if all of the following apply:
SB614-SSA1,5,118 (a) The public service commission determines that a lease or sale will be in the
9best interests of the district's ratepayers. In considering whether a lease or sale will
10be in the best interests of the district's ratepayers, the public service commission
11shall consider whether the lease or sale meets all of the following conditions:
SB614-SSA1,5,1312 1. The lease or sale will provide for a reasonably adequate supply of sewerage
13services to meet the needs of the public.
SB614-SSA1,5,1614 2. The lease or sale is in the public interest when considering engineering,
15economic, health, safety, reliability, efficiency and environmental factors and
16alternate methods of providing sewerage services.
SB614-SSA1,5,1917 3. The lease or sale reasonably coordinated with long-range plans and policies
18of other agencies or that a reasonable effort has been made to coordinate with such
19plans and policies.
SB614-SSA1,5,2120 4. The lease or sale will abate combined sewer overflows to the extent necessary
21to comply with federal or state law.
SB614-SSA1,6,622 (b) The public service commission determines that, under the terms of any
23lease or sale agreement, the employes of the district who cease to be employes of the
24district on the effective date of the lease or sale and who are performing functions in
25relation to the assets or facilities that are leased or sold and who are covered by a

1collective bargaining agreement under subch. IV of ch. 111, which is in effect on the
2day before the effective date of the lease or sale, shall continue to perform the
3functions that they perform on the day before the effective date of the lease or sale,
4after the lease or sale until the expiration date of the collective bargaining agreement
5that applies to such employes or for 2 years following the effective date of this
6paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], whichever is sooner.
SB614-SSA1,6,10 7(2) Dissolution of the district. Subject to s. 196.78, after retiring all
8outstanding indebtedness of the district and paying off all bonds issued by the
9district, the commission may dissolve the district if all of the district's assets and
10facilities are sold under sub. (1).
SB614-SSA1,6,17 11(3) Application of proceeds. The proceeds of any sale or lease under sub. (1)
12to an entity other than the state shall be distributed, in a manner approved by the
13public service commission, to the state and municipalities in proportion to the
14amounts paid by the state and municipalities for capital costs since the district was
15reorganized under s. 66.882 (1) (b). Thirty percent of the proceeds distributed to the
16state under this subsection that are not obligated under s. 144.241 or 144.2415 shall
17be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.320 (1) (h).
SB614-SSA1, s. 11 18Section 11. 66.892 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,6,2019 66.892 (2) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) to (d) and subject to s. ss. 144.04
20and 196.49, no commission may separate combined storm and sanitary sewers.
SB614-SSA1, s. 12 21Section 12. 66.892 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,6,2522 66.892 (2) (d) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the commission to
23separate a combined storm and sanitary sewer may file a petition for judicial review
24in the circuit court for the county in which the district is located. Nothing in this
25paragraph affects any review under s. 144.04 or 196.49.
SB614-SSA1, s. 13
1Section 13. 66.894 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,7,52 66.894 (1) General powers of the commission. (intro.) To the extent necessary
3to carry out its duties under s. 66.89 and subject to any approval required under s.
4196.49
, the commission may project, plan, design, adopt, construct, operate and
5maintain:
SB614-SSA1, s. 14 6Section 14. 66.898 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,7,137 66.898 (3) Service charges for operation and maintenance. As part of any
8contract executed under this section, the commission may assess reasonable and just
9sewerage service charges against the contracting party with respect to operating and
10maintenance costs. These charges shall be established proposed by the commission
11in accordance with s. 66.912 and are subject to review under s. 66.912. The schedule
12of service charges may, but need not, be uniform with any other schedule of charges
13shall be established by the public service commission.
SB614-SSA1, s. 15 14Section 15. 66.898 (4) (a) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB614-SSA1,7,1915 66.898 (4) (a) As part of any contract executed under this section, the
16commission may assess reasonable and just sewerage service charges against the
17contracting party with respect to capital costs. The schedule of sewerage service
18charges with respect to capital costs used in contracts executed under this section
19shall be uniform with the system used to recover capital costs within the district.
SB614-SSA1, s. 16 20Section 16. 66.898 (4) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB614-SSA1,8,321 66.898 (4) (b) The charges assessed under this subsection shall be proposed by
22the commission in accordance with s. 66.91 (5) and shall be established by the public
23service commission. In computing the schedule of charges under this subsection, the
24public service commission may consider the factors specified in s. 66.91 (5). In
25computing the schedule of charges under this subsection, the public service

1commission may also consider the fact that sewerage service may not be available
2to or may be available to but not utilized by a part of the property located within the
3territorial limits of a contracting party at the time of computing the schedule.
SB614-SSA1, s. 17 4Section 17. 66.898 (4) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SB614-SSA1, s. 18 5Section 18. 66.899 of the statutes is repealed.
SB614-SSA1, s. 19 6Section 19. 66.90 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,8,167 66.90 (1) General power of the commission. The Subject to any approvals by
8the public service commission required under s. 196.49, the
commission may acquire
9by gift, purchase, lease or other methods of acquisition or by condemnation, any real
10property situated in the state and all tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances
11belonging or in any way appertaining to, or in any interest, franchise, easement,
12right or privilege therein, that may be needed for the purpose of projecting, planning,
13constructing and maintaining the sewerage system, that may be needed for the
14collection, transmission or disposal of all sewage or drainage of the district or that
15may be needed for improving any river or stream within the district under s. 66.894
16(8) (a) or (b).
SB614-SSA1, s. 20 17Section 20. 66.904 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,8,2218 66.904 (1) General powers of the commission. The Subject to any approvals
19by the public service commission under ch. 196, the
commission may enter into
20contracts, agreements or stipulations necessary to perform its duties and exercise its
21powers under ss. 66.88 to 66.918, including contracts to purchase, lease or otherwise
22obtain the use of all necessary equipment, supplies and labor.
SB614-SSA1, s. 21 23Section 21. 66.91 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,9,2 2466.91 Financing. (intro.) The Subject to chs. 184 and 196, the district may
25borrow money and issue and execute bonds, notes and other forms of indebtedness

1and may enter into agreements to secure its indebtedness in the manner specified
2in subs. (1) to (7):
SB614-SSA1, s. 22 3Section 22. 66.91 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,9,94 66.91 (1) (g) User Revenue requirements used to calculate user charges and
5service charges established proposed by the commission under sub. (5) or s. 66.076
6to comply with any covenant concerning the sufficiency of the charges contained in
7a resolution or ordinance providing for the issuance of revenue bonds or notes under
8s. 66.066 shall be presumed reasonable in any review of the charges by the public
9service commission under s. 66.912 (5).
SB614-SSA1, s. 23 10Section 23. 66.91 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,9,2311 66.91 (5) (a) For service provided to any user, the The commission may
12establish, propose to assess and collect service charges under s. 66.076 or for any
13person provided service. In proposing user and service charges under this
14subsection, the commission shall first determine the revenue required by the district
15and shall propose user and service charges expected to generate that amount of
16revenue. These service charges shall be established by the public service commission
17and then assessed and collected
under this subsection. For service to any user
18outside the district and not located in a municipality which has contracted with the
19district under s. 66.898, the commission may establish, assess and collect service
20charges under s. 66.899. Except as provided under s. 66.899 (2), any charge made
21by the district under this subsection is reviewable under s. 66.912 (5). The sewerage
22service charges established under s. 66.076 or under this subsection with respect to
23capital costs for service to any user shall be uniform.
SB614-SSA1, s. 24 24Section 24. 66.91 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,10,4
166.91 (5) (b) 1. The commission may, as a complete or partial alternative to any
2other method of recovering capital costs, compute a proposed schedule of charges
3based on capital costs to be recovered under this subsection from any user person
4provided service
.
SB614-SSA1, s. 25 5Section 25. 66.91 (5) (b) 3. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,10,76 66.91 (5) (b) 3. a. Adopt Propose a schedule of charges computed under this
7paragraph. The commission may modify the schedule as it deems necessary.
SB614-SSA1, s. 26 8Section 26. 66.91 (5) (b) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,10,119 66.91 (5) (b) 3. b. Submit the proposed schedule of charges it adopts and each
10modification of the schedule to each municipality subject to the charges the public
11service commission for review under ch. 196
.
SB614-SSA1, s. 27 12Section 27. 66.91 (5) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,10,1513 66.91 (5) (c) 1. Charges for sewerage service shall, to the extent practicable,
14be proportionate to the costs of the sewerage system that the district may reasonably
15attribute to the user person provided service.
SB614-SSA1, s. 28 16Section 28. 66.91 (5) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,10,2517 66.91 (5) (c) 2. The commission may propose to classify users on the basis of
18uses and may establish propose separate charges for separate classes. In computing
19proposed charges, the commission may consider any reasonable factor, including
20wastewater flow or drainage, delivery flow characteristics, water consumption, type
21and number of sewerage connections or plumbing fixtures, population served, lot
22size, portion of lot improved and assessed value of property served. The commission
23may also compute its proposed fee schedules as needed to meet the requirements of
24s. 66.076 or of title II of the water pollution control act, 33 USC 1251 et seq. All
25charges, rates and fees shall be established under ss. 196.03, 196.20 and 196.37.
SB614-SSA1, s. 29
1Section 29. 66.91 (5) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,11,122 66.91 (5) (d) 1. Each sanitary district organized under subch. IX of ch. 60 and
3each metropolitan sewerage district organized under ss. 66.20 to 66.26 that is billed
4by the commission under par. (b) shall, within 5 days of receipt of a bill from the
5commission, in turn bill each city, town or village served by the sanitary district or
6metropolitan sewerage district organized under ss. 66.20 to 66.26. Each city, town
7or village located within the district and billed under this paragraph or billed by the
8commission under par. (b) or under s. 66.076 shall, within 45 days of receiving the
9bill, pay the full amount billed to the district. Each municipality may levy a
10reasonable penalty for late payment by the user to the municipality. Each
11municipality may provide for the payment of charges to it by any means specified in
12s. 66.898 (5).
SB614-SSA1, s. 30 13Section 30. 66.91 (5) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,11,1814 66.91 (5) (e) The commission may separately compute, on any reasonable basis,
15both capital and operating costs of providing sewerage service to any federal, state,
16county or municipal facility and may, upon approval by the public service
17commission,
directly bill the federal government, the state, the county or the
18municipality.
SB614-SSA1, s. 31 19Section 31. 66.912 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,11,2120 66.912 (2) (a) Compute a proposed uniform schedule of charges based on
21operating expenses to be recovered from users under this subsection.
SB614-SSA1, s. 32 22Section 32. 66.912 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,11,2423 66.912 (2) (b) Adopt Propose the uniform schedule of charges computed under
24par. (a). The commission may modify the schedule periodically.
SB614-SSA1, s. 33 25Section 33. 66.912 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,12,4
166.912 (2) (c) Submit the proposed schedule adopted under par. (b) and every
2modification to every municipality within the sewerage service area as early in every
3calendar year as practicable
the public service commission for approval under ch.
4196
.
SB614-SSA1, s. 34 5Section 34. 66.912 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,12,126 66.912 (3) Factors in charge schedules. In computing a proposed charge
7schedule under sub. (2) (a), the sewerage commission shall require each user to pay
8the proportion of total operating cost of the system incurred by the transmission and
9treatment of the user's wastewater. In determining such proportional costs, the
10sewerage commission shall consider such factors, without limitation because of
11enumeration, as strength, volume and delivery flow rate characteristics of each
12user's sewage.
SB614-SSA1, s. 35 13Section 35. 66.912 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
SB614-SSA1, s. 36 14Section 36. 144.241 (6) (b) 9. of the statutes is created to read:
SB614-SSA1,12,1615 144.241 (6) (b) 9. Making special grants under sub. (13h) from the
16appropriation under s. 20.320 (1) (h).
SB614-SSA1, s. 37 17Section 37. 144.241 (8) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,12,2118 144.241 (8) (g) The Except as provided in sub. (13h) (b) 2., the sum of all of the
19financial assistance to a municipality approved under this section and s. 144.2415
20for a project may not result in the municipality paying less than 30% of the cost of
21the project.
SB614-SSA1, s. 38 22Section 38. 144.241 (13h) of the statutes is created to read:
SB614-SSA1,12,2523 144.241 (13h) Special grants. (a) Subject to par. (b), the department shall
24provide a grant under this subsection to a municipality if all of the following
25conditions are met:
SB614-SSA1,13,2
11. The municipality qualifies for financial assistance under this section and s.
2144.2415.
SB614-SSA1,13,43 2. The median household income in the municipality is 80% or less of the
4median household income in this state.
SB614-SSA1,13,55 3. One of the following applies:
SB614-SSA1,13,96 a. The estimated total annual charges per residential user in the municipality
7that relate to wastewater treatment would exceed 2% of the median household
8income in the municipality if the municipality receives the maximum amount of
9assistance under this section, excluding a grant under this subsection.
SB614-SSA1,13,1410 b. The estimated total annual charges per residential user in the municipality
11that relate to wastewater treatment would exceed 2% of the median household
12income in the municipality without assistance under sub. (13) but the municipality
13is not able to receive assistance under sub. (13) because insufficient financial
14hardship assistance funding is available.
SB614-SSA1,13,1615 (b) The department may not award a grant under par. (a) that does any of the
16following:
SB614-SSA1,13,1917 1. Results in the estimated total annual charges per residential user in the
18municipality that relate to wastewater treatment being less than 2% of the median
19household income in the municipality.
SB614-SSA1,13,2120 2. Exceeds 90% of the cost of the project, for a municipality to which par. (a) 3.
21a. applies, or 70% of the cost of the project for any other municipality.
SB614-SSA1,14,222 (c) The department shall establish a special grant funding list for each fiscal
23year that ranks, in the same order that they appear on the priority list under sub.
24(8e), projects of municipalities that are eligible under par. (a), and that submit

1complete financial assistance applications under sub. (9) (a) no later than June 30
2of the preceding fiscal year.
SB614-SSA1,14,53 (d) The department shall promulgate a rule under which a municipality
4seeking financial assistance under this subsection may request, and have conducted,
5a survey to determine the median household income in the municipality.
SB614-SSA1, s. 39 6Section 39. 144.2415 (3) (e) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act
727
, is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,14,138 144.2415 (3) (e) The department may expend, for financial assistance in a
9biennium other than financial hardship assistance under s. 144.241 (13) (e) and
10special grants under s. 144.241 (13h)
, an amount up to 85% of the amount approved
11by the legislature under par. (d). The department may expend such amount only
12from the percentage of the amount approved under par. (d) that is not available under
13par. (f) for financial hardship assistance.
SB614-SSA1, s. 40 14Section 40. 184.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,15,715 184.01 (2) "Public service corporation" means and embraces every corporation,
16except municipalities and other political subdivisions that are not regulated districts
17under s. 196.01 (6m)
, which is a public utility or regulated district as defined in s.
18196.01, and every corporation which is a railroad as defined in s. 195.02, but shall
19not include a public utility corporation receiving an annual gross revenue of less than
20$1,000 for the calendar year next preceding the issuance of any securities by it.
21"Public service corporation" includes a holding company, as defined under s. 196.795
22(1) (h), which is a public utility, as defined under s. 196.01 (5). "Public service
23corporation" does not include a telecommunications utility, as defined in s. 196.01
24(10). "Public service corporation" does not include any other holding company unless
25the holding company was formed after November 28, 1985, and unless the

1commission has determined, under s. 196.795 (7) (a), that each nonutility affiliate,
2as defined under s. 196.795 (1) (j), does not and cannot reasonably be expected to do
3at least one of the items specified in s. 196.795 (7) (a). "Public service corporation"
4does not include a company, as defined in s. 196.795 (1) (f), which owns, operates,
5manages or controls a telecommunications utility, as defined in s. 196.01 (10), unless
6such company also owns, operates, manages or controls a public utility which is not
7a telecommunications utility.
SB614-SSA1, s. 41 8Section 41. 184.03 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB614-SSA1,15,119 184.03 (1m) A public service corporation that is a regulated district under s.
10196.01 (6m) may not issue any security that confers any ownership interest in the
11public service corporation.
SB614-SSA1, s. 42 12Section 42. 196.01 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB614-SSA1,15,1413 196.01 (6m) "Regulated district" means a metropolitan sewerage district
14created under s. 66.882.
SB614-SSA1, s. 43 15Section 43. 196.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,15,1816 196.02 (1) Jurisdiction. The commission has jurisdiction to supervise and
17regulate every public utility and regulated district in this state and to do all things
18necessary and convenient to its jurisdiction.
SB614-SSA1, s. 44 19Section 44. 196.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,16,320 196.02 (2) Definition; classification. In this subsection, "public utility" does
21not include a telecommunications cooperative or a small telecommunications utility
22except as provided under s. 196.205 or 196.215 (2) and does not include an alternative
23telecommunications utility. The commission shall provide for a comprehensive
24classification of service for each public utility and each regulated district. The
25classification may take into account the quantity used, the time when used, the

1purpose for which used, and any other reasonable consideration. Each public utility
2and regulated district shall conform its schedules of rates, tolls and charges to such
3classification.
SB614-SSA1, s. 45 4Section 45. 196.02 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,16,95 196.02 (4) (a) The commission may inquire into the management of the
6business of all public utilities and all regulated districts. The commission shall keep
7itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted. The
8commission may obtain from any public utility or any regulated district any
9information necessary to enable the commission to perform its duties.
SB614-SSA1, s. 46 10Section 46. 196.02 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB614-SSA1,16,1611 196.02 (4) (c) If any public utility or regulated district fails to furnish the
12commission with information required of it by the commission, the commission may
13issue an order directing the delinquent public utility or regulated district to furnish
14the information immediately or to show good cause why the information cannot be
15obtained. Failure of any public utility or regulated district to comply with the order
16of the commission is a violation of this chapter within the meaning of s. 196.66.
SB614-SSA1, s. 47 17Section 47. 196.02 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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