AB133-SSA1,1253,20
17(10) Deadline for closing. If funding is allocated to a project under sub. (8)
18for a loan and the loan is not closed before April 30 of the year following the year in
19which funding is allocated, the department of administration shall release the
20funding allocated to the project.
AB133-SSA1,1253,22
21(11) Loan interest rates. (a) Except as provided under par. (b), the interest
22rate on an urban storm water loan program loan shall be 55% of market interest rate.
AB133-SSA1,1253,2523
(b) The department and the department of administration jointly may request
24the joint committee on finance to take action under s. 13.101 (11) to modify the
25percentage of market interest under par. (a).
AB133-SSA1,1254,8
1(11m) Service fee. The department and the department of administration
2may jointly charge and collect an annual service fee for reviewing and acting upon
3urban storm water loan program applications and servicing financial assistance
4agreements. The fee shall be in addition to interest payments at the rate under sub.
5(11). The department and the department of administration shall specify any fee in
6the biennial finance plan and shall design the fee to cover the costs of reviewing and
7acting upon urban storm water loan program applications and servicing financial
8assistance agreements.
AB133-SSA1,1254,9
9(12) Duties of the department. The department shall do all of the following:
AB133-SSA1,1254,1110
(a) Promulgate rules establishing eligibility criteria for applicants and projects
11under this section.
AB133-SSA1,1254,1312
(b) Promulgate rules that are necessary for the execution of its responsibilities
13under the urban storm water loan program.
AB133-SSA1,1254,1514
(c) Cooperate with the department of administration in administering the
15urban storm water loan program.
AB133-SSA1,1254,1816
(d) By May 1 of each even-numbered year, prepare and submit to the
17department of administration a biennial needs list that includes all of the following
18information:
AB133-SSA1,1254,2119
1. A list of urban storm water projects that the department estimates will apply
20for financial assistance under the urban storm water loan program during the next
21biennium.
AB133-SSA1,1254,2322
2. The estimated cost and estimated construction schedule of each project on
23the list, and the total of the estimated costs of all projects on the list.
AB133-SSA1,1254,2424
3. The estimated rank of each project on the priority list under sub. (6).
AB133-SSA1,1255,2
1(e) Submit a biennial budget request under s. 16.42 for the urban storm water
2loan program.
AB133-SSA1,1255,43
(f) Have the lead state role with the federal environmental protection agency
4concerning the urban storm water loan program.
AB133-SSA1,1255,75
(g) Have the lead state role with local governmental units in providing urban
6storm water loan program information, and cooperate with the department of
7administration in providing that information to local governmental units.
AB133-SSA1,1255,108
(h) Inspect periodically urban storm water loan program project construction
9to determine project compliance with construction plans and specifications approved
10by the department and the requirements of the urban storm water loan program.
AB133-SSA1,1255,1312
281.60
(1) (a) "Eligible applicant" means
a political subdivision
, a
13redevelopment authority created under s. 66.431 or a housing authority.
AB133-SSA1,1256,216
281.60
(2) General. The department and the department of administration
17may administer a program to provide financial assistance to eligible applicants for
18projects to remedy environmental contamination of sites or facilities at which
19environmental contamination has affected groundwater or surface water or
20threatens to affect groundwater or surface water. The department and the
21department of administration may provide financial assistance under this section to
22an eligible applicant only if the eligible applicant owns the contaminated site or
23facility
or, if the applicant is a political subdivision, if a redevelopment authority or
24a housing authority owns the contaminated site or facility. The department and the
25department of administration may not provide financial assistance under this
1section to remedy environmental contamination at a site or facility that is not a
2landfill if the eligible applicant caused the environmental contamination.
AB133-SSA1,1256,54
281.60
(2r) (a) Making loans
below the market interest rate for projects
5described in sub. (2).
AB133-SSA1,1256,87
281.60
(7) (c) The department of administration determines that the eligible
8applicant will meet the requirements of s. 281.59 (9)
(b).
AB133-SSA1,1256,1310
281.60
(8s) Limitation on financial assistance. The amount of a payment
11under sub. (2r) (d) may not exceed the amount of subsidy necessary to reduce the
12interest rate on the loan from market rate to the interest rate that would have been
13charged on a loan to the political subdivision under sub. (2r) (a).
AB133-SSA1,1256,1715
281.60
(11) Loan interest rates. The
department and the department of
16administration may not charge interest
rate on a land recycling loan program loan
17shall be 55% of market interest rate.
AB133-SSA1,1257,319
281.60
(11m) Service fee. The department and the department of
20administration shall jointly charge and collect an annual service fee for reviewing
21and acting upon land recycling loan program applications and servicing financial
22assistance agreements.
The fee shall be in addition to interest payments at the rate
23under sub. (11). For the 1997-99 fiscal biennium, the service fee shall be 0.5% of the
24loan balance. Fee amounts for later biennia shall be established in the biennial
25finance plan under s. 281.59 (3) (a) 8. The department and the department of
1administration shall specify in the biennial finance plan a fee designed to cover the
2costs of reviewing and acting upon land recycling loan program applications and
3servicing financial assistance agreements.
AB133-SSA1,1257,85
281.61
(8s) Limitation on financial assistance. The amount of a payment
6under sub. (2r) (d) may not exceed the amount of subsidy necessary to reduce the
7interest rate on the loan from market rate to the interest rate that would have been
8charged on a loan to the local governmental unit under sub. (2r) (a).
AB133-SSA1,1257,1310
281.65
(1) (d) Focus limited technical and financial resources in critical
11geographic locations
through the selection of priority lakes and priority watersheds 12where nonpoint source related water quality problems
and threats are the most
13severe and control is most feasible.
AB133-SSA1,1257,2315
281.65
(4) (f) Administer the distribution of grants and aids to governmental
16units for local administration and implementation of the program under this section.
17A grant awarded under this section may be used for
technical assistance, educational
18and training assistance, ordinance development and administration, cost-sharing
19for management practices and capital improvements,
plan preparation under par.
20(g), easements or other activities determined by the department to satisfy the
21requirements of this section. A grant may not be used for promotional items, except
22for promotional items that are used for informational purposes, such as brochures
23or videos.
AB133-SSA1,1258,6
1281.65
(4) (g) (intro.) In cooperation with the department of agriculture, trade
2and consumer protection and the appropriate governmental unit, prepare priority
3watershed and priority lakes plans to implement nonpoint source water pollution
4abatement projects
and storm water control activities described in sub. (8c) in
5priority watersheds and priority lake areas. In preparing the plans, the department
6shall:
AB133-SSA1,1258,119
281.65
(4) (pm) Jointly with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer
10protection, develop the forms required
and implement the process under s. 92.14
11(14).
AB133-SSA1,1258,1914
281.65
(4c) (a)
Beginning on July 1, 1998, a A governmental unit may request
15funding
under this subsection for a
project that is in a priority watershed
project, a 16or priority lake
project area or a
nonpoint source water pollution abatement project
17that is not in a priority watershed or a priority lake area by submitting an application
18to the
board department. An application shall be submitted before July 15 to be
19considered for initial funding in the following year.
AB133-SSA1,1258,2421
281.65
(4c) (ae) The department shall administer this subsection in a manner
22that promotes the accelerated implementation of nonpoint source water pollution
23control that cannot be conducted with funding under s. 92.14 in target areas
24described in par. (am) 1. that are of the highest priority.
AB133-SSA1,1259,2
1281.65
(4c) (am) The department may select a project for funding under this
2subsection only if all of the following apply:
AB133-SSA1,1259,43
1. The project will implement nonpoint source pollution control in an area that
4is a target area based on any of the following:
AB133-SSA1,1259,65
a. The need for compliance with performance standards established by the
6department under s. 281.16 (2).
AB133-SSA1,1259,87
b. The existence of impaired water bodies that the department has identified
8to the federal environmental protection agency under
33 USC 1313 (d) (1) (A).
AB133-SSA1,1259,109
c. The existence of outstanding or exceptional resource waters, as designated
10by the department under s. 281.15.
AB133-SSA1,1259,1111
d. The existence of threats to public health.
AB133-SSA1,1259,1312
e. The existence of an animal feeding operation that has received a notice of
13discharge under ch. 283 or a notice of intent to issue a notice of discharge.
AB133-SSA1,1259,1414
f. Other water quality concerns of national or statewide importance.
AB133-SSA1,1259,1515
2. The project cannot be conducted with funding provided under s. 92.14.
AB133-SSA1,1259,1716
3. The project is consistent with priorities identified by the department on a
17watershed or other geographic basis.
AB133-SSA1,1259,1918
4. The project is consistent with approved land and water resource
19management plans under s. 92.10.
AB133-SSA1,1259,2120
5. The application for the project specifies the watershed, subwatershed or
21specific site that will be served by the project.
AB133-SSA1,1260,223
281.65
(4c) (b) The department
, in consultation with the department of
24agriculture, trade and consumer protection, shall use the system
approved under
25par.
(e) (d) to determine the score of each project for which
the board it receives an
1application under par. (a) and shall inform the
land and water conservation board
2of the scores no later than September 1 of each year.
AB133-SSA1,1260,114
281.65
(4c) (c) After
receiving determining project scores under par. (b)
and
5before, the department shall notify the land and water conservation board of the
6projects that the department proposes to select for funding in the following year. The
7board shall review the proposal and make recommendations to the department.
8Before November 1 of each year, the
board department shall select projects for
9funding under this
section subsection in the following year. To the extent practicable,
10within the requirements of this section, the
board
department shall select projects
11so that projects are distributed evenly around this state.
AB133-SSA1,1260,1713
281.65
(4c) (d) (intro.)
No later than April 1, 1998, the The department
, in
14consultation with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, 15shall
propose to the board adopt a scoring system for ranking nonpoint source water
16pollution abatement projects for which applications are submitted under par. (a).
17The criteria on which the scoring system is based shall include all of the following:
AB133-SSA1,1260,2220
281.65
(4c) (f) A project funded under this subsection may be conducted over
21a period of one to 3 years, except that the department may approve an extension for
22one year.
AB133-SSA1,1261,8
1281.65
(8) (e)
Except as provided in sub. (8c), grants Grants may only be used
2for implementing best management practices. Grants for implementing best
3management practices may only be used for implementing cost-effective best
4management practices specified under sub. (4) (e) unless an applicant demonstrates
5that the use of a cost-effective best management practice will not contribute to water
6quality improvement or will cause a water body to continue to be impaired as
7identified to the federal environmental protection agency under
33 USC 1313 (d) (1)
8(A).
AB133-SSA1,1261,1711
281.65
(8) (L) A grant may not be made to an individual
if the department
12receives a certification under s. 49.855 (7) that the individual is delinquent in child
13support or maintenance payments or owes past support, medical expenses or birth
14expenses whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854
15(2) (b), unless the individual provides to the department a payment agreement that
16has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is
17consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).
AB133-SSA1, s. 2525f
19Section 2525f. 281.65 (8d) of the statutes is renumbered 281.66 (6) and
20amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,1262,421
281.66
(6) Grants for campuses.
The Notwithstanding subs. (3) and (4), the
22department may distribute a grant to the board of regents of the University of
23Wisconsin System for practices, techniques or measures to control storm water
24discharges on a University of Wisconsin System campus that is located in a
25municipality that is required to obtain a permit under s. 283.33 and that is located
1in a priority watershed
area,
as defined in s. 281.65 (2) (c), a priority lake area
, as
2defined in s. 281.65 (2) (bs), or an area that is identified as an area of concern by the
3International Joint Commission, as defined in s. 281.35 (1) (h), under the Great
4Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
AB133-SSA1,1262,7
6281.66 Urban nonpoint source water pollution abatement and storm
7water management program. (1) Definitions. In this section:
AB133-SSA1,1262,88
(a) "Governmental unit" has the meaning given in s. 281.65 (2) (am).
AB133-SSA1,1262,99
(b) "Nonpoint source" has the meaning given in s. 281.65 (2) (b).
AB133-SSA1,1262,1110
(c) "Population" means population shown by the last federal census or by any
11subsequent population estimate under s. 16.96.
AB133-SSA1,1262,1312
(d) "Structural urban best management practices" has the meaning given in s.
13281.65 (2) (d).
AB133-SSA1,1262,1414
(e) "Urban area" means any of the following:
AB133-SSA1,1262,1515
1. An area with a population of 1,000 or more per square mile.
AB133-SSA1,1262,1616
2. An area in which the land is used for industrial or commercial land uses.
AB133-SSA1,1262,1717
3. An area that is surrounded by an area described in subd. 1. or 2.
AB133-SSA1,1262,19
18(2) Administration. The department shall administer the program under this
19section in a manner that promotes all of the following:
