AB150,1465,2523 144.241 (1) (cm) "Median household income" means median household income
24determined by the U.S. bureau of the census as adjusted by the department to reflect
25changes in household income since the most recent federal census.
AB150, s. 4218
1Section 4218. 144.241 (1) (cs) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1466,62 144.241 (1) (cs) "Residential user" means a structure or part of a structure,
3including a mobile home, that is used primarily as a home, residence or sleeping
4place by one person or 2 or more persons maintaining a common household and that
5uses a publicly owned treatment work. "Residential user" does not include an
6institutional, commercial, industrial or governmental facility.
AB150, s. 4219 7Section 4219. 144.241 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1466,98 144.241 (2) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules that are necessary
9for the proper execution of its responsibilities under this section.
AB150, s. 4220 10Section 4220. 144.241 (3m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1466,1411 144.241 (3m) (a) A list of wastewater treatment projects that the department
12estimates will receive notices of financial assistance commitment under sub. (15)
13apply for financial assistance under this section and s. 144.2415 during the next
14biennium.
AB150, s. 4221 15Section 4221. 144.241 (3m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1466,1716 144.241 (3m) (c) The estimated rank of each project on the priority list under
17sub. (10) (8e).
AB150, s. 4222 18Section 4222. 144.241 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1466,2119 144.241 (6) (a) (intro.) The department and the department of administration
20may determine whether a municipality is eligible for financial assistance under this
21section and s. 144.2415 for any of the following:
AB150, s. 4223 22Section 4223. 144.241 (6) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1466,2523 144.241 (6) (b) (intro.) In approving financial assistance, the department and
24the department of administration
may use the following methods of providing
25financial assistance:
AB150, s. 4224
1Section 4224. 144.241 (6) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1467,32 144.241 (6) (b) 5. Providing financial hardship assistance no-interest loans
3under sub. (13) from the account under s. 25.43 (2) (b).
AB150, s. 4225 4Section 4225. 144.241 (8) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 4226 5Section 4226. 144.241 (8) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1467,96 144.241 (8) (g) The sum of all of the financial assistance to a municipality
7approved under this section and s. 144.2415, except financial assistance under sub.
8(13m),
for a project may not result in the municipality paying less than 30% of the
9cost of the project.
AB150, s. 4227 10Section 4227. 144.241 (8) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1467,1911 144.241 (8) (h) Except as provided in par. (k) or (m), a municipality that is a
12violator of an effluent limitation at the time that the notice of financial assistance
13commitment is given
the application for a treatment work project is approved under
14sub. (9m)
may not receive financial assistance of a method specified under sub. (6)
15(b) 1., 2., 3., 4. or 5. for that part of a the treatment work project that is needed to
16correct the violation. This paragraph does not apply to a municipality that after May
1717, 1988, is in compliance with a court or department order to correct a violation of
18the enforceable requirements of its ch. 147 permit, and that is applying for financial
19assistance under s. 144.2415 (13) to correct that violation.
AB150, s. 4228 20Section 4228. 144.241 (8) (j) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 4229 21Section 4229. 144.241 (8) (k) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1467,2322 144.241 (8) (k) (intro.) The restrictions specified under par. (b) 1. and 2., (c), (f)
23or (h) do not apply to any of the following methods of financial assistance:
AB150, s. 4230 24Section 4230. 144.241 (8) (m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 4231 25Section 4231. 144.241 (8m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1468,5
1144.241 (8m) Notice of intent to apply. (a) A municipality shall submit notice
2to the department of its intent to apply for financial assistance under this section and
3s. 144.2415 in a year no later than December 31 of the preceding year. The notice
4shall be in a form prescribed by the department and the department of
5administration.
AB150,1468,96 (b) If a municipality does not apply for financial assistance under this section
7and s. 144.2415 by December 31 of the 2nd year following the year in which it
8submitted notice under par. (a), the municipality shall submit a new notice under
9par. (a).
AB150,1468,1110 (c) The department may waive par. (a) or (b) upon the written request of a
11municipality.
AB150, s. 4232 12Section 4232. 144.241 (8s) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1468,1513 144.241 (8s) Facility plan. A municipality seeking financial assistance for a
14project under this section, except for a municipality seeking a capital cost loan, shall
15complete a facility plan as required by the department by rule.
AB150, s. 4233 16Section 4233. 144.241 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1468,2517 144.241 (9) (a) A After the department approves a municipality's facility plan
18submitted under sub. (8s), the
municipality which desires to participate in the
19program under this section and s. 144.2415
shall submit an application for
20participation to the department. The application shall be in such form and include
21such information as the department and the department of administration
22prescribe. The department shall review applications for participation in the program
23under this section and s. 144.2415. The department shall determine which
24applications meet the eligibility requirements and criteria under subs. (6), (7), (8),
25(10)
and (8m) and, before July 1, 1997, sub. (13).
AB150, s. 4234
1Section 4234. 144.241 (9) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1469,42 144.241 (9) (am) A municipality may not submit more than one application
3under par. (a) in any 12-month period except that this paragraph does not apply to
4applications for financial assistance for additional costs of an approved project.
AB150, s. 4235 5Section 4235. 144.241 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1469,96 144.241 (9) (b) A municipality seeking financial assistance, except for a
7municipality seeking a capital cost loan, for a project under this section and s.
8144.2415 shall complete a staged facility plan, design plans and specifications and
9an environmental analysis sequence as required by the department by rule.
AB150, s. 4236 10Section 4236. 144.241 (9m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1469,1311 144.241 (9m) Acceptance of application; allocation of funding. (a) Subject
12to pars. (c) and (d), the department of administration shall notify a municipality that
13its application under sub. (9) (a) is approved after all of the following occur:
AB150,1469,1514 1. The department of natural resources determines that the project meets the
15eligibility requirements and criteria under subs. (7), (8), (8m) and (8s).
AB150,1469,1716 2. The department of administration initially determines that the municipality
17will meet the requirements of s. 144.2415 (9) (b).
AB150,1469,2118 (e) 1. If a sufficient amount of subsidy is available under s. 144.2415 (3) (d) for
19the municipality's project, based on the calculation under s. 144.2415 (3) (i), when the
20department of administration notifies the municipality under par. (a), the
21department of administration shall do all of the following:
AB150,1469,2222 a. Allocate that amount to the project.
AB150,1469,2523 b. Inform the municipality, as part of the notification under par. (a), of the date
24by which complete plans and specifications for the project must be submitted to the
25department of natural resources.
AB150,1470,3
12. If the municipality fails to submit complete plans and specifications by the
2date required under subd. 1. b., the department of administration shall release the
3amount of subsidy allocated for the project.
AB150,1470,114 3. The department of administration shall promulgate, by rule, a method for
5determining a deadline by which a municipality that has been allocated subsidy
6must enter into a financial assistance agreement under s. 144.2415 (11) (a). The
7rules may provide for extending the deadline under specified conditions. If a
8municipality fails to enter into a financial assistance agreement by the deadline
9determined under the rules, including any extension, the department of
10administration shall release the amount of subsidy allocated to the municipality's
11project.
AB150,1470,1512 (f) If a sufficient amount of subsidy is not available under s. 144.2415 (3) (d) for
13the municipality's project when the department of administration notifies the
14municipality under par. (a), the department shall place the project on a list for
15allocation when additional subsidy becomes available.
AB150, s. 4237 16Section 4237. 144.241 (10) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 144.241 (8e)
17(title).
AB150, s. 4238 18Section 4238. 144.241 (10) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 144.241 (8e), and
19144.241 (8e) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB150,1470,2220 144.241 (8e) (intro.) The department shall establish a priority list under in
21accordance with
33 USC 1381 to 1387 which ranks each project. The ranking on the
22priority list shall be based on all of the following:
AB150, s. 4239 23Section 4239. 144.241 (10) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 4240 24Section 4240. 144.241 (10) (c) to (f) of the statutes are repealed.
AB150, s. 4241
1Section 4241. 144.241 (11) (title), (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to
2read:
AB150,1471,73 144.241 (11) (title) Approval Type of financial assistance. (a) The department
4of administration shall specify the method by which financial assistance is to be
5provided for each approved application that it approves. The methods by which the
6department may provide financial assistance are the methods specified under sub.
7(6) (b)
.
AB150,1471,148 (b) For municipalities meeting the financial hardship assistance requirements
9under sub. (13), the department of natural resources may approve financial hardship
10assistance and shall specify the method by which it will provide financial hardship
11assistance, including but not limited to a combination of loans at or below the market
12rate and grants, deferred payment loans, state payment of the loan for a number of
13years, or longer amortization periods
before July 1, 1997, and the department of
14administration may approve financial hardship assistance after June 30, 1997
.
AB150, s. 4242 15Section 4242. 144.241 (11) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 144.241 (9m) (d)
16and amended to read:
AB150,1471,1917 144.241 (9m) (d) The department of administration may not approve financial
18assistance under this section and s. 144.2415
provide notice under par. (a) for a
19project that is not on the priority list under sub. (10) (a) (8e).
AB150, s. 4243 20Section 4243. 144.241 (11) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 144.241 (9m) (g)
21and amended to read:
AB150,1471,2522 144.241 (9m) (g) In approving financial assistance under this section and s.
23144.2415
allocating subsidy under this subsection, the department of administration
24shall adhere to the amount approved by the legislature for each biennium under s.
25144.2415 (3) (d).
AB150, s. 4244
1Section 4244. 144.241 (12) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1472,32 144.241 (12) (a) 1. Tier 1 projects are those projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 1.
3and 2., except as restricted by sub. (8) (b), (c), (f) or (h).
AB150, s. 4245 4Section 4245. 144.241 (12) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1472,65 144.241 (12) (a) 2. Tier 2 projects are those projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 4.
6and 5., except as restricted by sub. (8) (b), (c), (f) or (h).
AB150, s. 4246 7Section 4246. 144.241 (12) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1472,108 144.241 (12) (a) 3. Tier 3 projects are those projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 6.
9and 7., and those portions of projects under tiers 1 and 2 that are restricted by sub.
10(8) (b), (c), (f) or (h).
AB150, s. 4247 11Section 4247. 144.241 (12) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1472,1412 144.241 (12) (c) (intro.) The department of administration shall establish, by
13rule, the percentage of market interest rates on loans for each tier of projects
14specified in par. (a) 1., 2. or 3., consistent with the following standards:
AB150, s. 4248 15Section 4248. 144.241 (12) (c) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 4249 16Section 4249. 144.241 (12) (c) 3. (intro.) and b. of the statutes are consolidated,
17renumbered 144.241 (12) (c) 3. and amended to read:
AB150,1472,2318 144.241 (12) (c) 3. The department of administration, in establishing
19percentage of market interest rates, shall attempt to ensure that those rates do not
20result in any of the following: b. State state water pollution abatement general
21obligation debt service costs greater than 50% of all general obligation debt service
22costs in the fiscal year in which the rates are established and in any of the following
233 fiscal years.
AB150, s. 4250 24Section 4250. 144.241 (12) (c) 3. a. of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 4251 25Section 4251. 144.241 (12) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1473,9
1144.241 (12) (d) Upon receipt of a request in writing from the department, the
2The department of administration shall prepare in writing, and submit to the
3department,
estimates of the debt service costs specified in par. (c) 3. The
4department of administration shall use such those estimates in establishing the
5percentage of market interest rates consistent with the standards standard specified
6in par. (c) 3. The department of administration, concurrently with the department's
7submitting a notice under s. 227.19 (2) of proposed rules authorized under this
8subsection, shall submit such estimates to the chief clerk of each house for
9distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3).
AB150, s. 4252 10Section 4252. 144.241 (12) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1473,1311 144.241 (12) (f) The department of administration may request the joint
12committee on finance to take action under s. 13.101 (11) to modify the percentage of
13market interest rates established by rule for tier 1 and tier 2 projects.
AB150, s. 4253 14Section 4253. 144.241 (13) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB150,1473,1915 144.241 (13) Financial hardship assistance. A municipality with an
16application that is approved under sub. (9m) is eligible for a no-interest loan for all
17project costs eligible for financial assistance under this section and s. 144.2415,
18except for those costs to which sub. (8) (b), (c) or (h) applies, if the municipality meets
19all of the following criteria:
AB150,1473,2120 (a) The median household income in the municipality is 80% or less of the
21median household income in this state.
AB150,1473,2422 (b) The estimated total annual charges per residential user in the municipality
23that relate to wastewater treatment would exceed 2.5% of the median household
24income in the municipality in the absence of assistance under this subsection.
AB150, s. 4254 25Section 4254. 144.241 (13m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1474,5
1144.241 (13m) (b) Grants provided under this subsection are not included for
2the purposes of determining under sub. (8) (i) the amount that a municipality may
3receive for projects under this section and s. 144.2415. Grants awarded under this
4subsection are not considered for the purposes of sub. (11) (d) (9m) (e) or s. 144.2415
5(3) (d).
AB150, s. 4255 6Section 4255. 144.241 (14) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1474,97 144.241 (14) (b) 1. Establish a dedicated source of revenue, that is acceptable
8to the department of administration under s. 144.2415 (9) (am) and (b),
for the
9repayment of any financial assistance.
AB150, s. 4256 10Section 4256. 144.241 (14) (b) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1474,2511 144.241 (14) (b) 7. Develop and adopt a system of equitable user charges to
12ensure
that the department of administration determines is equitable and ensures
13that each recipient of treatment work services pays its proportionate share of the
14costs of the operation and maintenance of the treatment work. The user fee system
15shall be in compliance with 33 USC 1284 (b) and the regulations promulgated
16thereunder. The department of administration may issue an exemption from the
17requirement imposed under this subdivision if a city or village imposes a system of
18equitable dedicated charges based upon assessed property values, if the city or
19village does not operate a treatment work but is served by a regional wastewater
20treatment plant operated by a metropolitan sewerage district created under ss. 66.88
21to 66.918 and if the user charges imposed by that district are approved by the
22department of administration and comply with 33 USC 1284 (b). The department
23of administration may provide that the system of user charges for a project with
24estimated construction costs of $750,000 or less need only cover the costs of debt
25service and equipment replacement funds.
AB150, s. 4257
1Section 4257. 144.241 (14) (b) 8. of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 4258 2Section 4258. 144.241 (15) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1475,63 144.241 (15) (a) (intro.) Subject to pars. (b) and (c), the The department shall
4of administration may, at the request of a municipality, issue a notice of financial
5assistance commitment to a the municipality within 90 days after all of the following
6occur:
AB150, s. 4259 7Section 4259. 144.241 (15) (a) 1. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to
8read:
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