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(6) (b) (intro.) The following methods of providing financial assistance
10may be used under
this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program:
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(6) (b) 8. Providing payments to the board of commissioners of public
13lands to reduce principal or interest payments, or both, on loans made to
14municipalities under subch. II of ch. 24 by the board of commissioners of public lands
15for projects that are eligible for financial assistance under
this section and s. 281.59 16the clean water fund program.
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(7) (a) The department shall, by rule, establish criteria for determining
19which applicants and which projects are eligible to receive financial assistance under
20this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program. The primary criteria for
21eligibility shall be water quality and public health. The rules for
clean water fund 22projects funded from the account under s. 25.43 (2) (a) shall be consistent with
33
23USC 1251 to
1376 and
33 USC 1381 to
1387 and the regulations promulgated
24thereunder. The rules for
clean water fund projects funded from the account under
1s. 25.43 (2) (b) may be consistent with
33 USC 1251 to
1376 and
33 USC 1381 to
1387 2and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
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(7) (b) (intro.) The department may determine whether a municipality
5is eligible for financial assistance under
this section and s. 281.59 the clean water
6fund program for any of the following types of projects:
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(8) (a) (intro.) The following are not eligible for financial assistance from
9the clean water fund
under this section and s. 281.59
program:
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(8) (d) An unsewered municipality that is not constructing a treatment
12work and will be disposing of wastewater in the treatment work of another
13municipality is not eligible for financial assistance under
this section and s. 281.59 14the clean water fund program until it executes an agreement under s. 66.30 with
15another municipality to receive, treat and dispose of the wastewater of the
16unsewered municipality.
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(8) (g) The sum of all of the financial assistance to a municipality
19approved under
this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program for a project
20may not result in the municipality paying less than 30% of the cost of the project.
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(8) (i) After June 30, 1991, no municipality may receive for projects
in
23a biennium an amount that exceeds 35.2% of the amount approved by the legislature
24under s. 281.59
(3) (d) (3e) (b) for that biennium.
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(8) (L) (intro.) The total amount of capital cost loans made under
this
2section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program may not exceed $120,000,000,
3and no capital cost loan funds may be released under
this section and s. 281.59 the
4clean water fund program until the secretary of administration has found in writing
5that all of the following facts have occurred:
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(8e) (cm) A factor that gives higher priority than would otherwise be
8given to a project to serve more than one municipality if all of the following apply:
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1. Each municipality to be served by the project has a population of 2,500 or
10less.
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2. At least one of the municipalities to be served by the project has a wastewater
12treatment system that is unusable because of failures of the system.
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3. The municipalities to be served by the project are submitting an application
14for a new joint treatment work.
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4. At least one of the municipalities to be served by the treatment work has been
16ordered to upgrade a current system.
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(8m) (a) A municipality shall submit notice to the department of its
19intent to apply for financial assistance under this section and s. 281.59
in a year no
20later than December 31 of the preceding year. A municipality shall submit the notice
21at least 6 months before the beginning of the fiscal year in which it will request to
22receive financial assistance. The notice shall be in a form prescribed by the
23department and the department of administration.
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(8m) (c) The department may waive par. (a)
or (b) upon the written
2request of a municipality.
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(9) (a) After the department approves a municipality's facility plan
5submitted under sub. (8s), the municipality shall submit an application for
6participation to the department. The application shall be in such form and include
7such information as the department and the department of administration prescribe
8and shall include design plans and specifications that are approvable by the
9department under this chapter. The department shall review applications for
10participation in the
clean water fund program
under this section and s. 281.59. The
11department shall determine which applications meet the eligibility requirements
12and criteria under subs. (6), (7), (8), (8m) and (13).
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(9) (am) A municipality may not submit more than one application
15under par. (a)
for any single project in any 12-month period except that this
16paragraph does not apply to applications for financial assistance for additional costs
17of an approved project.
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(9) (b) A municipality seeking financial assistance, except for a
20municipality seeking a capital cost loan, for a project under
this section and s. 281.59 21the clean water fund program shall complete an environmental analysis sequence
22as required by the department by rule.
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(9) (c) If a municipality is serviced by more than one sewerage district
25for wastewater pollution abatement, each service area of the municipality shall be
1considered a separate municipality for purposes of obtaining financial assistance
2under
this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program.
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(9) (e) If the governor's recommendation, as set forth in the executive
5budget bill, for the amount under s. 281.59
(3) (d)
(3e) (b), the amount available under
6s. 20.866 (2) (tc) or the amount available under s. 281.59 (4) (f) for a biennium is 85%
7or less of the amount of present value subsidy, general obligation bonding authority
8or revenue bonding authority, respectively, requested for that biennium in the
9biennial finance plan submitted under s. 281.59 (3) (bm) 1., the department shall
10inform municipalities that, if the governor's recommendations are approved, clean
11water fund
program assistance during a fiscal year of that biennium will only be
12available to municipalities that submit financial assistance applications by the June
1330 preceding that fiscal year.
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(9) (f) The fees collected under par. (d) shall be credited to the
clean
16water environmental improvement fund.
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(9m) (c) The department may approve an application under par. (a) in
19a year only after the amount under s. 281.59
(3) (d)
(3e) (b) for the biennium in which
20that year falls has been approved by the legislature under s. 281.59
(3) (d) (3e) (b).
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(9m) (e) 1. Except as provided under par. (f) and sub. (13), if a sufficient
23amount of subsidy is available under s. 281.59
(3) (d)
(3e) (b) for the municipality's
24project, based on the calculation under s. 281.59
(3) (i) (3e) (f), when the department
1approves the application under par. (a), the department of administration shall
2allocate that amount to the project.
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2. If a sufficient amount of subsidy is not available under s. 281.59
(3) (d) (3e)
4(b) for the municipality's project when the department approves the application
5under subd. 1., the department shall place the project on a list for allocation when
6additional subsidy becomes available.
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(9m) (f) (intro.) If the amount approved under s. 281.59
(3) (d) (3e) (b),
9the amount available under s. 20.866 (2) (tc) or the amount available under s. 281.59
10(4) (f) for a biennium is 85% or less of the amount of present value subsidy, general
11obligation bonding authority or revenue bonding authority, respectively, requested
12for that biennium in the biennial finance plan submitted under s. 281.59 (3) (bm) 1.,
13all of the following apply:
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(9m) (g) In allocating subsidy under this subsection, the department of
16administration shall adhere to the amount approved by the legislature for each
17biennium under s. 281.59
(3) (d) (3e) (b).
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(12) (a) 1. Except as modified under par. (f) and except as restricted by
20sub. (8) (b), (c), (f) or (h), the interest rate for projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 1. and
212. is 55% of market interest rate.
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2. Except as modified under par. (f) and except as restricted by sub. (8) (b), (c),
23(f) or (h), the interest rate for projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 5. is 65% of market
24interest rate.
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13. Except as modified under par. (f) and except as restricted by sub. (8) (b), (c),
2(f) or (h), the interest rate for projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 4. is 70% of market
3interest rate.
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4. The interest rate for projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 6. and 7. and for those
5portions of projects under subd. 1. that are restricted by sub. (8) (b), (c), (f) or (h) is
6market interest rate.
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5. The interest rate for a planning and design project specified in sub. (7) (b)
83. shall be determined under subd. 1., 2., 3. or 4. based on the type of project for which
9the planning and design are undertaken.
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11Section
3526. 281.58 (12) (c) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 281.58 (12) (c)
12and amended to read:
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(12) (c) The department
, in establishing percentage of market interest
14rates, and the department of administration shall attempt to ensure
that those rates
15do not result in any all of the following:
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1.
Beginning in fiscal year 1991, That increases in all state water pollution
17abatement general obligation debt service costs
greater than do not exceed 4%
18annually
in the fiscal year in which the rates are established and in the following
19fiscal year.
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2.
State That state water pollution abatement general obligation debt service
21costs
are not greater than 50% of all general obligation debt service costs in
the any 22fiscal year
in which the rates are established and in any of the following 3 fiscal years.
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(12) (f) The department and the department of administration jointly
25may request the joint committee on finance to take action under s. 13.101 (11) to
1modify the percentage of market interest rates established
by rule for tier 1 and tier
22 projects in par. (a) 1. to 3.
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(13) (b) (intro.) A municipality with an application that is approved
5under sub. (9m) is eligible for financial hardship assistance for the project costs that
6are eligible under
this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program, except for
7costs to which sub. (8) (b), (c), (f) or (h) applies, if the municipality meets all of the
8following criteria:
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(13) (g) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., the department shall
11determine median household income by adjusting median household income as
12determined by the U.S. bureau of the census to reflect changes in household income
13since the most recent federal census.
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2. If a town sanitary district that has a population, as indicated on the
15application for assistance under this section, of 2,500 or less and that has boundaries
16that are not contiguous with a town submits data concerning household income
17obtained from a 3rd party, the department may not use information from the federal
18census to determine median household income. For such a town sanitary district,
19the department shall determine median household income based on the data
20obtained from the 3rd party.
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(13m) Minority business development and training program. (a) The
23department shall make grants to projects that are eligible for financial assistance
24under
this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program and that are identified
1as being part of the minority business development and training program under s.
266.905 (2) (b).
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(b) Grants provided under this subsection are not included for the purposes of
4determining under sub. (8) (i) the amount that a municipality may receive for
5projects under
this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program. Grants
6awarded under this subsection are not considered for the purposes of sub. (9m) (e)
7or s. 281.59
(3) (d) (3e) (b).
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(14) (b) (intro.) As a condition of receiving financial assistance under
10this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program, a municipality shall do all
11of the following:
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13281.59 (title)
Clean water
Environmental improvement fund program;
14financial management.
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(1) (ag) "Clean water fund program" means the program administered
18under s. 281.58, with financial management provided under this section.
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(1) (as) "Land recycling loan program" means the program
21administered under s. 281.60, with financial management provided under this
22section.
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(1) (b) "Market interest rate" means the interest at the effective rate of
25a revenue obligation issued by the state to fund a
project loan or a portion of a
project
1loan
under this section and s. 281.58 for a project under the clean water fund
2program.
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(1) (cm) "Safe drinking water loan program" means the program
5administered under s. 281.61, with financial management provided under this
6section.
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(1) (d) "Subsidy" means the amounts provided
by the clean water from
9the environmental improvement fund to
clean water fund program, safe drinking
10water loan program and land recycling loan program projects
receiving financial
11assistance under this section and s. 281.58 for the following purposes:
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1. To reduce the interest rate of clean water fund
program, safe drinking water
13loan program and land recycling loan program loans from market rate to a subsidized
14rate.
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2.
To For the clean water fund program only, to provide for financial hardship
16assistance, including grants.