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2079.036 State aid for public safety. (1) Beginning with the distribution in
212018, if the amount of a county's or municipality's budget for law enforcement, fire
22fighting services, or emergency medical services in the year of the statement under
23s. 79.015 is an increase from the amount of the county's or municipality's budget for
24such purposes in the year before the year of the statement, the county or municipality
1shall receive a payment from the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (1) (cf) equal
2to the amount of the increase, except as provided in sub. (2).
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3(2) (a)
No payment under sub. (1) may exceed an amount equal to the amount
4of the county's or municipality's budget for law enforcement, fire fighting services,
5or emergency medical services in the year before the year of the statement under s.
679.015, multiplied by 0.02.
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(b) No county or municipality may receive a payment under sub. (1) if the
8amount of the county's or municipality's budget for law enforcement, fire fighting
9services, or emergency medical services in the year before the year of the statement
10under s. 79.015 is less than the amount of the county's or municipality's budget for
11such purposes in the year that is 2 years before the year of the statement.
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12(3) A county or municipality that receives a payment under sub. (1) may use
13that payment only for law enforcement, fire fighting services, or emergency medical
14services.”.
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85.064
(1) (b) “Political subdivision" means any city, village, town, county,
or 18transit commission organized under s. 59.58 (2) or 66.1021 or recognized under s.
1966.0301
, or transit authority created under s. 66.1039 within this state.”.
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23“
Section 1455a. 111.70 (1) (j) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
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1111.70
(1) (j) “Municipal employer" means any city, county, village, town,
2metropolitan sewerage district, school district, long-term care district, transit
3authority under s. 66.1039, local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch.
4229, or any other political subdivision of the state, or instrumentality of one or more
5political subdivisions of the state, that engages the services of an employee and
6includes any person acting on behalf of a municipal employer within the scope of the
7person's authority, express or implied.”.
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196.37
(6) (a) It is not unjust, unreasonable, insufficient, unfairly
13discriminatory, or preferential or otherwise unreasonable or unlawful for a water
14public utility to provide financial assistance as specified in par. (b) to a customer
15solely for private infrastructure improvements with the purpose of replacing service
16lines containing lead if the city, town, or village in which the water public utility
17operates has enacted an ordinance that permits the water public utility to provide
18the financial assistance. If a water public utility provides financial assistance under
19this paragraph, the commission shall include in the determination of water rates the
20cost of providing that financial assistance.
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(b) A water public utility may provide financial assistance under par. (a) to
22replace a service line only if the portion of the service line for which the utility is
23responsible and the water main that are connected to the customer's service line
24meet one of the following conditions:
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11. Do not contain lead.
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2. The lead-containing portion of the service line or water main is replaced at
3the same time as the private infrastructure improvements under par. (a) are made.”.
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5“
Section 1802e. 281.31 (2m) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
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281.31
(2m) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or administrative
7rule, a shoreland zoning ordinance required under s. 59.692, a construction site
8erosion control and storm water management zoning ordinance authorized under s.
959.693, 60.627, 61.354 or 62.234 or a wetland zoning ordinance required under s.
1061.351 or 62.231 does not apply to lands adjacent to farm drainage ditches if all of
11the following apply:
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(a) The lands are not adjacent to a natural navigable stream or river.
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(b) Those parts of the drainage ditches adjacent to these lands were
14nonnavigable streams before ditching.
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(c) The lands are maintained in nonstructural agricultural use.
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281.34
(7m) (a) 1. “Designated study area" means the area
made up of the
19Fourteenmile Creek Watershed, the Ten Mile Creek Watershed, and the Lone
20Rock-Fourteenmile Creek Watershed, located in Adams, Portage, Waushara, and
21Wood counties known as the central sands region, as designated by the
U.S.
22Geological Survey department.
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1281.34
(7m) (b) The department shall evaluate and model the hydrology of
2Pleasant Lake in Waushara County, Plainfield Lake and Long Lake in the
3designated study area
, and any other navigable stream or navigable lake located in
4the designated study area for which the department seeks to determine whether
5existing and potential groundwater withdrawals are causing or are likely to cause
6a significant reduction of the navigable stream's or navigable lake's rate of flow or
7water level below its average seasonal levels. The department may request, under
8s. 13.10, the joint committee on finance to provide funding and positions for the
9evaluation and modeling under this paragraph. The evaluation under this
10paragraph shall include all relevant factors that may affect groundwater and water
11levels and rates of flow of navigable waters, including topography, ground cover,
12annual and seasonal variations in precipitation, and plant life. The department
13shall begin the evaluation and modeling under this paragraph no later than June 3,
142018.”.
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16“281.65
(4g) The department may contract with any person from the
17appropriation account under s. 20.370
(4) (at)
(9) (ta) for services to administer or
18implement this section, including information and education and training services.
19The department shall allocate $500,000 in each fiscal year from the appropriation
20account under s. 20.370
(4) (at) (9) (ta) for contracts for educational and technical
21assistance related to the program under this section provided by the University of
22Wisconsin-Extension.”.
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1281.74 Testing of privately owned wells. (1) The department shall
2administer a program to provide grants to cities, villages, towns, and counties for the
3testing of privately owned wells.
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4(2) A city, village, town, or county receiving a grant under sub. (1) shall notify
5residents of the availability of funds to pay for testing of privately owned wells.
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6(3) The department shall promulgate rules establishing application
7procedures, eligible costs, and maximum grant awards under this section.
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281.75
(4m) (a) In order to be eligible for an award under this section, the
10annual family income of the landowner or lessee of property on which is located a
11contaminated water supply or a well subject to abandonment may not exceed
$65,000 12$100,000.
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281.75
(5) (f) The department shall allocate money for the payment of claims
15according to the order in which completed claims are received. The department may
16conditionally approve a completed claim even if the appropriation under s. 20.370 (6)
17(cr) (cb) is insufficient to pay the claim. The department shall allocate money for the
18payment of a claim which is conditionally approved as soon as funds become
19available.
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281.75
(7) (a) If the department finds that the claimant meets all the
22requirements of this section and rules promulgated under this section and that the
23private water supply is contaminated or that the well is a well subject to
24abandonment, the department shall issue an award. The award may not pay more
1than 75 percent of the eligible costs. The award may not pay any portion of eligible
2costs in excess of
$12,000 $16,000.
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281.75
(7) (b) If the annual family income of the claimant exceeds
$45,000 5$65,000, the amount of the award is the amount determined under par. (a) less 30
6percent of the amount by which the claimant's income exceeds
$45,000 $65,000.
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8Section 1819k. 281.75 (9) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 281.75 (9) and
9amended to read:
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281.75
(9) Contamination standard; nitrates. Notwithstanding the
11requirement of contamination under sub. (7), if a private water supply
meets the
12criteria under par. (a) and is used at least 3 months each year and the claim is based
13upon contamination by nitrates and not by any other substance, the department may
14make an award only if the private water supply produces water containing nitrates
15in excess of 40 parts per million expressed as nitrate-nitrogen.”.
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345.05
(1) (ag) “Authority" means a transit authority created under s. 66.1039.
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345.05
(2) A person suffering any damage proximately resulting from the
22negligent operation of a motor vehicle owned and operated by a municipality
or
23authority, which damage was occasioned by the operation of the motor vehicle in the
24course of its business, may file a claim for damages against the municipality
or
1authority concerned and the governing body of the municipality
, or the board of
2directors of the authority, may allow, compromise, settle and pay the claim. In this
3subsection, a motor vehicle is deemed owned and operated by a municipality
or
4authority if the vehicle is either being rented or leased, or is being purchased under
5a contract whereby the municipality
or authority will acquire title.”.
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611.11
(4) (a) In this subsection, “municipality" has the meaning given in s.
9345.05 (1) (c)
, but also includes any transit authority created under s. 66.1039.”.
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16895.463 Zoning ordinances. In any matter relating to a zoning ordinance
17or shoreland zoning ordinance enacted or enforced by a city, village, town, or county,
18the court shall resolve an ambiguity in the meaning of a word or phrase in a zoning
19ordinance
or shoreland zoning ordinance in favor of the free use of private property.”.
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21“
(8p)
Veterans home personnel; compensation plan.
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22(a) In this subsection, “
veterans home” has the meaning given in section 45.01
23(12m) of the statutes.
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1(b) The administrator of the division of personnel management in the
2department of administration shall include in the compensation plan under section
3230.12 of the statutes for the 2017-19 fiscal biennium a wage increase for individuals
4employed at a veterans home. The administrator shall include wage increases under
5this paragraph that are designed to improve recruitment and retention in position
6classifications that have a high vacancy rate. The wage increases under this
7paragraph shall include at least a $1.00 per hour increase for certified nursing
8assistants employed at a veterans home.
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9(c) The administrator of the division of personnel management in the
10department of administration shall propose wage increases under paragraph (b), the
11estimated cost of which, including any associated increase costs in benefits, is
12approximately $2,000,000 per fiscal year.”.
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16“
(9k)
Science services positions.
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17(a) The authorized FTE positions for the department of natural resources are
18increased by 0.5 SEG science services positions to be funded from the appropriation
19under section 20.370 (3) (mt) of the statutes, as affected by this act.
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20(b) The authorized FTE positions for the department of natural resources are
21increased by 7.4 SEG science services positions to be funded from the appropriation
22under section 20.370 (3) (mu) of the statutes, as affected by this act.
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1(c) The authorized FTE positions for the department of natural resources are
2increased by 9.25 FED science services positions to be funded from the appropriation
3under section 20.370 (3) (my) of the statutes, as affected by this act.
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4(d) The authorized FTE positions for the department of natural resources are
5increased by 1.25 PR science services positions to be funded from the appropriation
6under section 20.370 (9) (fj) of the statutes, as affected by this act.”.
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8“
(9w)
Natural Resources Magazine. The authorized FTE positions for the
9department of natural resources are increased by 1.0 SEG Natural Resources
10Magazine staff position to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.370 (9)
11(iq) of the statutes.”.
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13“
(3m)
Pay progression plan for veterans homes employees. The department
14of veterans affairs and the division of personnel management in the department of
15administration shall develop a pay progression plan for job classifications at the
16state veterans homes that experience high vacancy rates. The department of
17veterans affairs shall submit for approval the plan and a fiscal estimate of the cost
18of the plan to the joint committee on finance no later than January 1, 2018. If the
19committee approves the plan or modifies and approves the plan, the division of
20personnel management shall amend the 2017-2019 state employee compensation
21plan to incorporate the pay progression plan as approved by the joint committee on
22finance. The joint committee on finance may supplement the appropriation under
23section 20.485 (1) (gk) of the statutes to provide the funding needed for the plan as
24approved.”.
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2“
(2f) Each new manufacturing facility in an electronics and information
3technology manufacturing zone designated under section 238.396 (1m) of the
4statutes shall prepare an environmental management system for the facility. The
5environmental management system shall consist of a set of processes and practices
6that enable the facility operator to reduce its environmental impact and increase its
7operating efficiency. The manufacturing facility shall submit its environmental
8management system to the department of natural resources and the joint committee
9on finance for review and shall make the system available for review to the general
10public.”.
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12“
(8f)
Sale or lease of municipal water or sewer plant. The treatment of section
1366.0817 (intro.) and (8) of the statutes first applies to sales under contracts entered
14into on the effective date of this subsection and leases entered into, or extended,
15modified, or renewed, on the effective date of this subsection.”.
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18“
(7g)
Medicaid expansion. The treatment of sections 49.45 (23) (a) and 49.471
19(1) (cr), (4) (a) 4. b., and (4g) of the statutes takes effect on January 1, 2018, or on the
20day after publication, whichever is later.”.
