Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Commerce and Economic Development
Economic development
Under current law, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) may award grants for the redevelopment of "brownfields," defined as "abandoned, idle or underused industrial or commercial facilities or sites, the expansion or redevelopment of which is adversely affected by actual or perceived environmental contamination." Commerce may award a brownfields redevelopment grant only if certain persons responsible for the contamination of the project site are financially unable to pay the costs to remediate the site or redevelop the site. Commerce must consider four criteria when awarding brownfields redevelopment grants and must to accord different values to the enumerated criteria, which are as follows:
1. The potential of the project to promote economic development in the area.
2. Whether the project will have a positive effect on the environment.
3. The amount and quality of the recipient's contribution to the project.
4. The innovativeness of the grant recipient's proposal.
This bill eliminates the requirement that the person who caused the environmental contamination be financially unable to pay the costs to redevelop the site before Commerce may award a brownfields redevelopment grant. The bill also changes the criteria to be considered by Commerce when making awards and eliminates the requirement that different criteria be accorded different values.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 560.13 (2) (a) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
560.13 (2) (a) 2. (intro.) All of the following are unknown, cannot be located, or are financially unable to pay the cost of brownfields redevelopment or associated environmental remediation activities:
SECTION 2. 560.13 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 560.13 (3) (intro.) and amended to read:
560.13 (3) (intro.) The department shall award grants may consider the following criteria in making awards under this section on the basis of the following criteria:
SECTION 3. 560.13 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 560.13 (3) (a).
SECTION 4. 560.13 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 5. 560.13 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 6. 560.13 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 7. 560.13 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 8. 560.13 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
560.13 (3) (c) The level of financial commitment by the applicant to the project.
SECTION 9. 560.13 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
560.13 (3) (d) The extent and degree of soil and groundwater contamination at the project site.
SECTION 10. 560.13 (3) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
560.13 (3) (e) The adequacy and completeness of the site investigation and remediation plan.
SECTION 11. 560.13 (3) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
560.13 (3) (f) Any other factors considered by the department to be relevant to assessing the viability and feasibility of the project.
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LRB-0291LRB-0291/2
GMM&PJK:bjk:rs
2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Grimsrud, BB0028 - Reorganization of DCF appropriations
For 2009-11 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2009 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Children
Under current law, the appropriations to DCF for child abuse and neglect prevention grants and technical assistance and training are listed in the appropriation schedule and text under the economic support program of DCF. This bill moves those appropriations to the children and family services program of DCF. The bill also repeals various appropriations of federal moneys that are listed in the appropriation schedule and text under the general administration program of DCF and distinguishes the remaining appropriations of federal moneys under that program from similar appropriations listed under the children and family services and economic support programs of DCF. Similarly, the bill distinguishes the gifts and grants and fees for administrative services appropriations of DCF that are listed under those three programs. The bill also combines two appropriations that are redundant of each other into one appropriation and eliminates language in another appropriation that refers to a lapse that does not occur.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.437 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (1) (i) Gifts and grants. All moneys received from gifts, grants, donations, and burial trusts for the execution of the department's functions relating to children and family services consistent with the purpose of the gifts, grants, donations or trusts, to carry out the purposes for which made and received.
SECTION 2. 20.437 (1) (jb) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (1) (jb) Fees for administrative services. All moneys received from fees charged for providing state mailings, special computer services, training programs, printed materials, and publications relating to children and family services, for the purpose of providing state mailings, special computer services, training programs, printed materials, and publications relating to children and family services.
SECTION 3. 20.437 (2) (ab) of the statutes is renumbered 20.437 (1) (ab).
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 4. 20.437 (2) (ac) of the statutes is renumbered 20.437 (1) (ac).
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 5. 20.437 (2) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (2) (i) Gifts and grants. All moneys received from gifts, grants, donations, and burial trusts for the execution of the department's functions consistent with the purpose of the gift, grant, donation or trust relating to economic support, to carry out the purposes for which made and received.
SECTION 6. 20.437 (2) (jb) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (2) (jb) Fees for administrative services. All moneys received from fees charged for filing statements of economic interest under s. 49.143 (1) (ac), for providing worker's compensation coverage for persons participating in employment and training programs under ch. 49, and for providing state mailings, special computer services, training programs, worker's compensation coverage for persons participating in employment and training programs under ch. 49, printed materials, and publications relating to economic support, for the purposes of filing statements of economic interest under s. 49.143 (1) (ac), providing worker's compensation coverage for persons participating in employment and training programs under ch. 49, and providing state mailings, special computer services, training programs, worker's compensation coverage for persons participating in employment and training programs under ch. 49, printed materials, and publications relating to economic support.
SECTION 7. 20.437 (2) (m) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 8. 20.437 (2) (ma) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (2) (ma) Federal project activities and administration. All moneys received from the federal government or any of its agencies for specific limited term projects, to be expended as aids to individuals or organizations or as local assistance for the purposes specified, and all moneys received from the federal government or any of its agencies for the state those projects and their administration of specific limited term projects, to be expended for the purposes specified.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 9. 20.437 (2) (nL) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (2) (nL) Child support local assistance; federal funds. All moneys received from the federal government or any of its agencies for continuing programs, except for federal child support incentive payments retained by the department under s. 49.24 (2) (c), to be expended as local assistance for the purposes specified, except that the following amounts shall lapse from this appropriation to the general fund: in each calendar year, 55% of the federal moneys made available to support prosecution of welfare fraud in this state, as determined by the secretary of administration.
SECTION 10. 20.437 (3) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (3) (i) Gifts and grants. All moneys received from gifts, grants, donations, and burial trusts for the execution of the department's functions consistent with the purpose of the gift, grant, donation, or trust that are not immediately identifiable with a specific program, to carry out the purposes for which made and received.
SECTION 11. 20.437 (3) (jb) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (3) (jb) Fees for administrative services. All moneys received from fees charged for providing state mailings, special computer services, training programs, printed materials, and publications that are not immediately identifiable with a specific program, for the purpose of providing state mailings, special computer services, training programs, printed materials, and publications that are not immediately identifiable with a specific program.
SECTION 12. 20.437 (3) (m) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 13. 20.437 (3) (ma) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 14. 20.437 (3) (mb) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 15. 20.437 (3) (mc) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (3) (mc) Federal block grant operations. All block grant moneys received from the federal government for the state administration of federal block grants, except as otherwise appropriated under this section, to be expended for the purposes specified for which received.
SECTION 16. 20.437 (3) (md) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (3) (md) Federal block grant aids. All block grant moneys received from the federal government or any of its agencies, except as otherwise appropriated under this section, to be expended as aids to individuals or organizations or for local assistance.
SECTION 17. 20.437 (3) (me) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 18. 20.437 (3) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (3) (n) Federal program operations project activities. All moneys received from the federal government or any of its agencies for the state administration of continuing programs for specific projects, except as otherwise appropriated under this section, to be expended for the purposes specified for which received.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 19. 20.437 (3) (na) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 20. 20.437 (3) (nL) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
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LRB-0292LRB-0292/1
GMM:jld:rs
2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Stinebrink, BB0074 - Subsidized guardianship payments
For 2009-11 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2009 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Children
Under current law, a county department of human services or social services (county department) or, in Milwaukee County, DCF may provide monthly subsidized guardianship payments to a person who is appointed as the guardian of a child in need of protection or services; was the licensed foster parent or treatment foster parent of the child before that appointment; has passed a home inspection and criminal background investigation; and has entered into a subsidized guardianship agreement with the county department or DCF. Currently, DCF is required to make those payments in Milwaukee County from moneys appropriated for Milwaukee child welfare services. This bill requires DCF to make those payments in Milwaukee County from moneys appropriated for state foster care and adoption services.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.437 (1) (dd) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (1) (dd) State foster care, guardianship, and adoption services. The amounts in the schedule for foster care, treatment foster care, institutional child care, and subsidized adoptions under ss. 48.48 (12) and 48.52, for the cost of care for children under s. 49.19 (10) (d), for the cost of subsidized guardianship payments under s. 48.62 (5), for the cost of the foster care monitoring system, for the cost of providing, or contracting with private adoption agencies to assist the department in providing, services to children with special needs who are under the guardianship of the department to prepare those children for adoption, and for the cost of providing postadoption services to children with special needs who have been adopted.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 20.437 (1) (pd) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.437 (1) (pd) Federal aid; state foster care, guardianship, and adoption services. All federal moneys received for meeting the costs of providing foster care, treatment foster care, institutional child care, and subsidized adoptions under ss. 48.48 (12) and 48.52, the cost of care for children under s. 49.19 (10) (d), the cost of subsidized guardianship payments under s. 48.62 (5), the cost of providing, or contracting with private adoption agencies to assist the department in providing, services to children with special needs who are under the guardianship of the department to prepare those children for adoption, and the cost of providing postadoption services to children with special needs who have been adopted. Disbursements for foster care under s. 49.32 (2) and for the purposes described under s. 48.627 may be made from this appropriation.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 3. 48.48 (17) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
48.48 (17) (c) 4. Is living in a foster home, treatment foster home, group home, or residential care center for children and youth, or subsidized guardianship home under s. 48.62 (5).
SECTION 4. 48.62 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
48.62 (5) (d) The department shall request from the secretary of the federal department of health and human services a waiver of the requirements under 42 USC 670 to 679a that would authorize the state to receive federal foster care and adoption assistance reimbursement under 42 USC 670 to 679a for the costs of providing care for a child who is in the care of a guardian who was licensed as the child's foster parent or treatment foster parent before the guardianship appointment and who has entered into a subsidized guardianship agreement with the county department or department. If the waiver is approved for a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department shall provide the monthly payments under par. (a) from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (cx), (gx), (kw), and (mx) (dd) and (pd). If the waiver is approved for any other county, the department shall determine which counties are authorized to provide monthly payments under par. (a) or (b), and the county departments of those counties shall provide those payments from moneys received under s. 48.569 (1) (d).
