SB453-SSA1,36,72 145.245 (5m) (a) The department or a governmental unit shall deny a grant
3application under this section if the applicant or a person who would be directly
4benefited by the grant intentionally caused the conditions which resulted in a
5category 1 or 2 failing private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system. The
6department or governmental unit shall notify the applicant in writing of a denial,
7including the reason for the denial.
SB453-SSA1, s. 116 8Section 116. 145.245 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,36,149 145.245 (6) (a) Except for grants under par. (b), funds available under a grant
10under this section shall be applied to the rehabilitation or replacement of the private
11sewage on-site wastewater treatment system. An existing private sewage on-site
12wastewater treatment
system may be replaced by an alternative private sewage
13on-site wastewater treatment system or by a system serving more than one principal
14residence.
SB453-SSA1, s. 117 15Section 117. 145.245 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,36,1916 145.245 (6) (b) Funds available under a grant under this section for
17experimental private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems shall be applied
18to the installation and monitoring of the experimental private sewage on-site
19wastewater treatment
systems.
SB453-SSA1, s. 118 20Section 118. 145.245 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,36,2521 145.245 (7) (a) Except as provided in par. (e), costs allowable in determining
22grant funding under this section may not exceed the costs of rehabilitating or
23replacing a private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system which would be
24necessary to allow the rehabilitated system or new system to meet the minimum
25requirements of the state plumbing code promulgated under s. 145.13.
SB453-SSA1, s. 119
1Section 119. 145.245 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,37,72 145.245 (7) (b) Except as provided in par. (e), costs allowable in determining
3grant funding under this section may not exceed the costs of rehabilitating or
4replacing a private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system by the least costly
5methods, except that a holding tank may not be used as the measure of the least
6costly method for rehabilitating or replacing a private sewage on-site wastewater
7treatment
system other than a holding tank.
SB453-SSA1, s. 120 8Section 120. 145.245 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,38,29 145.245 (7) (c) Except as provided in pars. (d) and (e), the state grant share
10under this section is limited to $7,000 for each principal residence or small
11commercial establishment to be served by the private sewage on-site wastewater
12treatment
system or to the amount determined by the department based upon
13private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system grant funding tables,
14whichever is less. The department shall prepare and publish private sewage on-site
15wastewater treatment
system grant funding tables which specify the maximum
16state share limitation for various components and costs involved in the
17rehabilitation or replacement of a private sewage on-site wastewater treatment
18system based upon minimum size and other requirements specified in the state
19plumbing code promulgated under s. 145.02. The maximum state share limitations
20shall be designed to pay approximately 60% of the average allowable cost of private
21sewage on-site wastewater treatment system rehabilitation or replacement based
22upon estimated or actual costs of that rehabilitation or replacement. The
23department shall revise the grant funding tables when it determines that 60% of
24current costs of private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system rehabilitation
25or replacement exceed the amounts in the grant funding tables by more than 10%,

1except that the department may not revise the grant funding tables more often than
2once every 2 years.
SB453-SSA1, s. 121 3Section 121. 145.245 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,38,84 145.245 (7) (d) Except as provided in par. (e), if the income of a person who owns
5a principal residence that is served by a category 1 or 2 failing private sewage on-site
6wastewater treatment
system is greater than $32,000, the amount of the grant under
7this section is limited to the amount determined under par. (c) less 30% of the amount
8by which the person's income exceeds $32,000.
SB453-SSA1, s. 122 9Section 122. 145.245 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,38,1610 145.245 (7) (e) Costs allowable for experimental private sewage on-site
11wastewater treatment
systems shall include the costs of installing and monitoring
12experimental private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems installed under
13s. 145.02 (3) (b) and this section. The department shall promulgate rules that specify
14how the department will select, monitor and allocate the state share for
15experimental private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems that the
16department funds under this section.
SB453-SSA1, s. 123 17Section 123. 145.245 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,38,2518 145.245 (8) (a) In order to be eligible for a grant under this section, a
19governmental unit shall make an application for replacement or rehabilitation of
20private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems of principal residences or
21small commercial establishments and shall submit an application for participation
22to the department. The application shall be in the form and include the information
23the department prescribes. In order to be eligible for funds available in a fiscal year,
24an application is required to be received by the department prior to February 1 of the
25previous fiscal year.
SB453-SSA1, s. 124
1Section 124. 145.245 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,39,62 145.245 (9) (b) Certify that grants will be used for private sewage on-site
3wastewater treatment
system replacement or rehabilitation for a principal
4residence or small commercial establishment owned by a person who meets the
5eligibility requirements under sub. (5), that the funds will be used as provided under
6sub. (6) and that allowable costs will not exceed the amount permitted under sub. (7);
SB453-SSA1, s. 125 7Section 125. 145.245 (9) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,39,98 145.245 (9) (c) Certify that grants will be used for private sewage on-site
9wastewater treatment
systems which will be properly installed and maintained;
SB453-SSA1, s. 126 10Section 126. 145.245 (9) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,39,1211 145.245 (9) (e) Establish a process for regulation and inspection of private
12sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems;
SB453-SSA1, s. 127 13Section 127. 145.245 (11) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,39,1714 145.245 (11) (e) Limitation; experimental private sewage on-site wastewater
15treatment
systems. The department may not allocate more than 10% of the funds
16available under this subsection each fiscal year for grants for the installation and
17monitoring of experimental private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems.
SB453-SSA1, s. 128 18Section 128. 145.245 (11m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,39,2219 145.245 (11m) (b) Except as provided in par. (d), if funds are sufficient to fully
20fund all category 1 but not all category 2 failing private sewage on-site wastewater
21treatment
systems, the department shall fully fund all category 1 systems and
22prorate the funds for category 2 systems on a proportional basis.
SB453-SSA1, s. 129 23Section 129. 145.245 (11m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,40,224 145.245 (11m) (c) Except as provided in par. (d), if funds are not sufficient to
25fully fund all category 1 failing private sewage on-site wastewater treatment

1systems, the department shall fund the category 1 systems on a proportional basis
2and deny the grant applications for all category 2 systems.
SB453-SSA1, s. 130 3Section 130. 145.245 (11m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,40,64 145.245 (11m) (d) The department is not required to prorate available funds
5for grants for the installation and monitoring of experimental private sewage on-site
6wastewater treatment
systems.
SB453-SSA1, s. 131 7Section 131. 145.245 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,40,128 145.245 (13) Inspection. Agents of the department or the governmental unit
9may enter premises where private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems
10are located pursuant to a special inspection warrant as required under s. 66.0119,
11to collect samples, records and information and to ascertain compliance with the
12rules and orders of the department or the governmental unit.
SB453-SSA1, s. 132 13Section 132. 145.245 (14) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,40,1814 145.245 (14) (d) Additional grants under this section to a governmental unit
15previously awarded a grant under this section may be suspended or terminated if the
16department finds that a private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system
17previously funded in the governmental unit is not being or has not been properly
18rehabilitated, constructed, installed or maintained.
SB453-SSA1, s. 133 19Section 133. 157.12 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32,
20is repealed.
SB453-SSA1, s. 134 21Section 134. 160.255 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,40,23 22160.255 (title) Exceptions for private sewage on-site wastewater
23treatment
systems.
SB453-SSA1, s. 135 24Section 135. 160.255 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,41,2
1160.255 (1) In this section, "private sewage on-site wastewater treatment
2system" has the meaning given in s. 145.01 (12).
SB453-SSA1, s. 136 3Section 136. 160.255 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,41,84 160.255 (2) Notwithstanding s. 160.19 (1), (2) and (4) (b), a regulatory agency
5is not required to promulgate or amend rules that define design or management
6criteria for private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems to minimize the
7amount of nitrate in groundwater or to maintain compliance with the preventive
8action limit for nitrate.
SB453-SSA1, s. 137 9Section 137. 160.255 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,41,1310 160.255 (3) Notwithstanding s. 160.19 (3), a regulatory agency may
11promulgate rules that define design or management criteria for private sewage
12on-site wastewater treatment systems that permit the enforcement standard for
13nitrate to be attained or exceeded at the point of standards application.
SB453-SSA1, s. 138 14Section 138. 160.255 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,41,1915 160.255 (4) Notwithstanding s. 160.21, a regulatory agency is not required to
16promulgate rules that set forth responses that the agency may take, or require to be
17taken, when the preventive action limit or enforcement standard for nitrate is
18attained or exceeded at the point of standards application if the source of the nitrate
19is a private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system.
SB453-SSA1, s. 139 20Section 139. 160.255 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,41,2521 160.255 (5) Notwithstanding ss. 160.23 and 160.25, a regulatory agency is not
22required to take any responses for a specific site at which the preventive action limit
23or enforcement standard for nitrate is attained or exceeded at the point of standards
24application if the source of the nitrate is a private sewage on-site wastewater
25treatment
system.
SB453-SSA1, s. 140
1Section 140. 168.11 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,42,52 168.11 (1) (b) 1. A device that dispenses a gasoline-ethanol fuel blend for sale
3at retail shall be marked or labeled with the percentage of ethanol , using one-half
4inch high letters with a stroke of not less than one-eighth inch in width,
at all times
5when the product is offered for sale.
SB453-SSA1, s. 141 6Section 141. 200.21 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,42,107 200.21 (11) "Sewerage system" means all facilities of the district for collection,
8transportation, storage, pumping, treatment and final disposition of sewage.
9"Sewerage system" does not include any private sewage on-site wastewater
10treatment
system, as defined in s. 145.01 (12), or any local sewer.
SB453-SSA1, s. 142 11Section 142. 200.29 (1) (c) 3. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,42,1512 200.29 (1) (c) 3. a. The weight to be given to the need for private sewage on-site
13wastewater treatment
systems, as defined in s. 145.01 (12), to maintain the public
14health and welfare in any area located within the district prior to a redefinition of
15the boundary but located outside the district after any redefinition of the boundary.
SB453-SSA1, s. 143 16Section 143. 236.13 (2m) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32,
17is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,43,618 236.13 (2m) As a further condition of approval when lands included in the plat
19lie within 500 feet of the ordinary high-water mark of any navigable stream, lake
20or other body of navigable water or if land in the proposed plat involves lake or stream
21shorelands referred to in s. 236.16, the department of natural resources, to prevent
22pollution of navigable waters, or the department of safety and professional services,
23to protect the public health and safety, may require assurance of adequate drainage
24areas for private sewage disposal on-site wastewater treatment systems and
25building setback restrictions, or provisions by the owner for public sewage disposal

1facilities for waters of the state, as defined in s. 281.01 (18), industrial wastes, as
2defined in s. 281.01 (5), and other wastes, as defined in s. 281.01 (7). The public
3sewage disposal facilities may consist of one or more systems as the department of
4natural resources or the department of safety and professional services determines
5on the basis of need for prevention of pollution of the waters of the state or protection
6of public health and safety.
SB453-SSA1, s. 144 7Section 144. 281.41 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,43,108 281.41 (3) (a) In this subsection, "septage service area" means the area
9containing private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems served or
10anticipated to be served by a sewage disposal plant during the planning period.
SB453-SSA1, s. 145 11Section 145. 281.41 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,43,1412 281.41 (3) (b) 3. The location of private sewage on-site wastewater treatment
13systems within the septage service area, and the distances required to haul septage
14for disposal either on land or in the sewage disposal plant.
SB453-SSA1, s. 146 15Section 146. 281.41 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,43,1816 281.41 (3) (b) 4. The potential for contracts with private sewage on-site
17wastewater treatment
system owners, licensed disposers, as defined in s. 281.49 (1)
18(b), or municipalities to assure delivery of septage to the sewage disposal plant.
SB453-SSA1, s. 147 19Section 147. 281.48 (2) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,43,2120 281.48 (2) (bm) "Private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system" has the
21meaning given in s. 145.01 (12).
SB453-SSA1, s. 148 22Section 148. 281.48 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,43,2523 281.48 (2) (d) "Septage" means the scum, liquid, sludge or other waste in a
24septic tank, soil absorption field, holding tank, grease interceptor, privy, or other
25component of a private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system.
SB453-SSA1, s. 149
1Section 149. 281.48 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,44,42 281.48 (2) (f) "Servicing" means removing septage from a septic tank, soil
3absorption field, holding tank, grease interceptor, privy, or other component of a
4private sewage on-site wastewater treatment system and disposing of the septage.
SB453-SSA1, s. 150 5Section 150. 281.48 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,44,86 281.48 (2) (g) "Soil absorption field" means an area or cavity in the ground
7which receives the liquid discharge of a septic tank or similar component of a private
8sewage on-site wastewater treatment system.
SB453-SSA1, s. 151 9Section 151. 281.48 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,44,1310 281.48 (2m) Powers of the department. The department has general
11supervision and control of servicing septic tanks, soil absorption fields, holding
12tanks, grease interceptors, privies, and other components of private sewage on-site
13wastewater treatment
systems.
SB453-SSA1, s. 152 14Section 152. 281.48 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,44,1815 281.48 (3) (e) Operator certification. No person, except for a farmer exempted
16from licensing under par. (d), may service a private sewage on-site wastewater
17treatment
system or operate a septage servicing vehicle unless the person is certified
18as an operator of a septage servicing vehicle under s. 281.17 (3).
SB453-SSA1, s. 153 19Section 153. 281.48 (4g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,45,520 281.48 (4g) Rules on servicing. The department shall promulgate rules
21relating to servicing septic tanks, soil absorption fields, holding tanks, grease
22interceptors, privies, and other components of private sewage on-site wastewater
23treatment
systems in order to protect the public health against unsanitary and
24unhealthful practices and conditions, and to protect the surface waters and
25groundwaters of the state from contamination by septage. The rules shall comply

1with ch. 160. The rules shall apply to all septage disposal, whether undertaken
2pursuant to a license or a license exemption under sub. (3). The rules shall require
3each person with a license under sub. (3) to maintain records of the location of private
4sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems serviced and the volume of septage
5disposed of and location of that disposal.
SB453-SSA1, s. 154 6Section 154. 281.59 (1m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,45,97 281.59 (1m) (c) There is established a private sewage on-site wastewater
8treatment
system replacement and rehabilitation loan program, administered
9under s. 145.245 (12m).
SB453-SSA1, s. 155 10Section 155. 281.68 (3) (a) 2. f. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,45,1411 281.68 (3) (a) 2. f. Providing programs and materials that promote the
12monitoring of private sewage on-site wastewater treatment systems, the reduction
13in the use of environmentally harmful chemicals, water safety, and the protection of
14natural lake ecosystems.
SB453-SSA1, s. 156 15Section 156. 440.03 (13) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
SB453-SSA1,45,2116 440.03 (13) (am) A person holding a credential under chs. 440 to 480 who is
17convicted of a felony or misdemeanor anywhere shall send a notice of the conviction
18by 1st class mail to the department within 48 hours after the entry of the judgment
19of conviction. The department shall by rule determine what information and
20documentation the person holding the credential shall include with the written
21notice.
SB453-SSA1, s. 157 22Section 157. 440.19 of the statutes is created to read:
SB453-SSA1,46,5 23440.19 Voluntary surrender of license, permit, or certificate. A person
24who holds a license, permit, or certificate of certification or registration issued under
25chs. 440 to 480 may voluntarily surrender that license, permit, or certificate of

1certification or registration. The department, examining board, affiliated
2credentialing board, or board of the department that issued the license, permit, or
3certificate of certification or registration may refuse to accept that surrender if a
4complaint has been filed or disciplinary proceeding has been commenced against the
5person under s. 440.20.
SB453-SSA1, s. 158 6Section 158. 440.21 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,46,127 440.21 (4) (a) Any Notwithstanding any other provision of chs. 440 to 480
8relating to fines, forfeitures, or imprisonment, any
person who violates a special
9order issued under sub. (2) may be required to forfeit not more than $10,000 for each
10offense. Each day of continued violation constitutes a separate offense. The attorney
11general or any district attorney may commence an action in the name of the state to
12recover a forfeiture under this paragraph.
SB453-SSA1, s. 159 13Section 159. 440.21 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,46,1814 440.21 (4) (b) Any Notwithstanding any other provision of chs. 440 to 480
15relating to fines, forfeitures, or imprisonment, any
person who violates a temporary
16restraining order or an injunction issued by a court upon a petition under sub. (3)
17may be fined not less than $25 nor more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than
18one year in the county jail or both.
SB453-SSA1, s. 160 19Section 160. 440.26 (2) (c) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
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