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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
February 10, 2000 - Introduced by Senators Clausing and Rude, cosponsored by
Representatives Huebsch, Meyer, Hahn, Gronemus, Ott, Schooff, M.
Lehman, Ainsworth, Sykora, Freese, Spillner, Skindrud, Pettis, Musser,
Boyle and Goetsch. Referred to Agriculture, Environmental Resources and
Campaign Finance Reform.
SB378,1,3
1An Act to create 20.115 (3) (d) and 93.75 of the statutes;
relating to: payments
2to ethanol producers, granting rule-making authority and making an
3appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection
(DATCP) to administer a program under which DATCP makes payments to certain
ethanol producers. To be eligible for the payments, an ethanol producer must
produce a specified amount of ethanol and must purchase the substances from which
the ethanol is produced from a local source, as defined by DATCP. An ethanol
producer is only eligible for payments during the first 60 months of ethanol
production. The payments are 20 cents per gallon for not more than 15,000,000
gallons produced within 12 months. The bill ends the ethanol payment program on
June 30, 2005.
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:
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4Section
1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
5the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
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1Section
2. 20.115 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
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20.115
(3) (d)
Payments to ethanol producers. The amounts in the schedule for
3payments to ethanol producers under s. 93.75. No funds may be encumbered under
4this paragraph after June 30, 2005.
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5Section
3. 93.75 of the statutes is created to read:
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693.75 Payments to ethanol producers.
(1) Eligibility. Beginning on July
71, 2000, the department shall administer a program under which the department
8makes payments to a person who produces ethanol and who satisfies all of the
9following criteria:
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(a) The person produces in this state, within 12 months, over 10,000,000
11gallons of ethanol or, during the first 12 months that the person produces ethanol in
12this state, a lesser amount of ethanol that is established by the department by rule.
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(b) The person has been producing ethanol in this state for fewer than 60
14months.
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(c) The person purchases the substances from which the person produces
16ethanol from a local source, as defined by the department by rule.
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17(2) Payments. The department shall pay a person who is eligible under sub. (1)
18at the rate of 20 cents per gallon for not more than 15,000,000 gallons of ethanol
19produced in this state within 12 months, except that if there are insufficient funds
1to make payments at this rate to all eligible persons the department shall prorate the
2payments.
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3(3) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules for the program under this
4section. The department shall include all of the following in the rules:
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(a) The amount of ethanol that a person must produce within the first 12
6months that the person produces ethanol in this state to be eligible for payments
7under this section.
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(b) A definition of "local source" for the purposes of sub. (1) (c).
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(c) A method for prorating payments under sub. (2).
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10(4) Sunset. The department may not make a payment under this section after
11June 30, 2005.
