SB45,1145,1310 (b) The department may assess a late payment charge of 25% of the specific
11license renewal fee, in addition to the fee under par. (a) for renewal of a specific
12license, if payment for renewal of a specific license is not made within 30 days after
13the license expiration date.
SB45,1145,17 14(6) Denial, suspension or revocation of licensure. The department may, after
15a hearing under ch. 227, refuse to issue a license or suspend or revoke a license for
16failure by the licensee to comply with this subchapter, rules promulgated by the
17department under this subchapter or any condition of the license.
SB45,1145,20 18(7) Exemption. The department may exempt from licensing requirements of
19this section radioactive material that the department finds is without undue
20radiation hazard.
SB45, s. 2477 21Section 2477. 254.37 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 254.37 (1) (intro.) and
22amended to read:
SB45,1146,223 254.37 (1) Notification of violation and order of abatement. (intro.)
24Whenever the department or the department of commerce finds, upon inspection and
25examination, that a source of radiation as constructed, operated or maintained

1results in a violation of this subchapter or of any rules promulgated under this
2subchapter, it the department shall notify do all of the following:
SB45,1146,4 3(a) Notify the person in control that is causing, allowing or permitting the
4violation as to the nature of the violation and order .
SB45,1146,8 5(b) Order that, prior to a specified time, the person in control shall cease and
6abate causing, allowing or permitting the violation and take such action as may be
7necessary to have the source of radiation constructed, operated, or maintained in
8compliance with this subchapter and rules promulgated under this subchapter.
SB45, s. 2478 9Section 2478. 254.37 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1146,1810 254.37 (2) Orders. The department or the department of commerce shall issue
11and enforce such orders or modifications of previously issued orders as may be
12required in connection with proceedings under this subchapter. The orders shall be
13subject to review by the department upon petition of the persons affected. Whenever
14the department or the department of commerce finds that a condition exists which
15that constitutes an immediate threat to health due to violation of this subchapter or
16any rule or order promulgated under this subchapter, it may issue an order reciting
17the existence of the threat and the findings pertaining to the threat. The department
18or the department of commerce may summarily cause the abatement of the violation.
SB45, s. 2479 19Section 2479. 254.37 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1147,220 254.37 (3) Rules. The department shall promulgate and enforce the rules
21pertaining to ionizing radiation in establishments principally engaged in furnishing
22medical, surgical, chiropractic and other health services to persons and animals. The
23department of commerce shall enforce the rules pertaining to ionizing radiation in
24industrial establishments. The department shall notify the department of commerce
25and deliver to it a copy of each new registration and at such time a decision shall be

1made as to which state agency shall enforce the rules pertaining to ionizing
2radiation
.
SB45, s. 2480 3Section 2480. 254.37 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1147,64 254.37 (4) Enforcement Jurisdiction. All orders issued under this subchapter
5shall be enforced by the attorney general.
The circuit court of Dane county shall have
6jurisdiction to enforce the orders by injunctional and other appropriate relief.
SB45, s. 2481 7Section 2481. 254.38 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1147,8 8254.38 (title) Emergency authority.
SB45, s. 2482 9Section 2482. 254.38 of the statutes is renumbered 254.38 (1) and amended
10to read:
SB45,1147,1511 254.38 (1) Impounding materials. The department or department of commerce
12may impound or order the sequestration of sources of radiation in the possession of
13any person who is not equipped to observe or who fails to observe safety standards
14to protect health that are established in rules promulgated by the department or the
15department of commerce
.
SB45, s. 2483 16Section 2483. 254.38 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1148,217 254.38 (2) Emergency orders. If the department finds that an emergency
18exists concerning a matter subject to regulation under this subchapter that requires
19immediate action to protect the public health or safety, the department may issue an
20emergency order without notice or hearing that recites the existence of the
21emergency and requires such action as is necessary to mitigate the emergency. Any
22person to whom the order is issued shall immediately comply with the order. A
23person to whom an emergency order is issued shall be afforded a hearing within 30
24days after receipt by the department of a written request for the hearing. An
25emergency order is effective upon issuance and remains in effect for up to 90 days

1after issuance, except that the order may be revoked or modified based on the results
2of the hearing.
SB45, s. 2484 3Section 2484. 254.39 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1148,64 254.39 (2) This subchapter does not apply to on-site activities of any nuclear
5reactor plant licensed by the nuclear regulatory commission U.S. nuclear regulatory
6commission
.
SB45, s. 2485 7Section 2485. 254.45 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB45,1148,12 8254.45 Penalties. (1) General. (a) Any person who violates this subchapter
9or a rule promulgated under this subchapter or a condition of a license or registration
10issued by the department under this subchapter may be required to forfeit not less
11than $100 nor more than $100,000. Each day of continued violation constitutes a
12separate offense.
SB45,1148,1413 (b) The amount of the forfeiture assessed under par. (a) shall be determined by
14considering all of the following:
SB45,1148,1515 1. The wilfulness of the violation.
SB45,1148,1816 2. The person's previous violations, if any, of this subchapter, rules
17promulgated under this subchapter or conditions of a license or registration issued
18by the department under this subchapter.
SB45,1148,2019 3. The potential danger or actual or potential injury to the environment or to
20public health caused by the violation.
SB45,1148,2121 4. The actual or potential costs of the damage or injury caused by the violation.
SB45,1149,2 22(2) Assessment of forfeitures; notice. The department may directly assess
23forfeitures provided for in sub. (1). If the department determines that a forfeiture
24should be assessed for a particular violation, the department shall send a notice of
25assessment to the person. The notice shall specify the amount of the forfeiture

1assessed and the violation and the statute or rule alleged to have been violated and
2shall inform the person of the right to hearing under sub. (3).
SB45,1149,12 3(3) Hearing. A person upon whom a forfeiture is imposed may contest the
4action by sending, within 10 days after receipt of notice of a contested action, a
5written request for hearing under s. 227.44 to the division of hearings and appeals
6created under s. 15.103 (1). The administrator of the division may designate a
7hearing examiner to preside over the case and recommend a decision to the
8administrator under s. 227.46. The decision of the administrator of the division shall
9be the final administrative decision. The division shall commence the hearing within
1030 days of receipt of the request for hearing and shall issue a final decision within
1115 days after the close of the hearing. Proceedings before the division are governed
12by ch. 227.
SB45,1149,19 13(4) Forfeiture payment and disposition. (a) A person against whom the
14department has assessed a forfeiture shall pay the forfeiture to the department
15within 10 days after receipt of the notice under sub. (2) or, if the person contests the
16assessment, within 10 days after receipt of the final decision after exhaustion of
17administrative review. If the person petitions for judicial review under ch. 227, the
18person shall pay the forfeiture within 10 days after receipt of the final judicial
19decision.
SB45,1149,2120 (b) The department shall remit all forfeitures paid to the state treasurer for
21deposit in the school fund.
SB45,1149,25 22(5) Enforcement. The attorney general may bring an action in the name of the
23state to collect any forfeiture imposed under this section if the forfeiture has not been
24paid as required under sub. (4). The only issue to be contested in an action under this
25subsection is whether the forfeiture has been paid.
SB45, s. 2486
1Section 2486. 255.05 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1150,52 255.05 (1) (a) "Institution" means any hospital, nursing home, county home,
3county mental hospital, tuberculosis sanatorium, community-based residential
4facility or other place licensed or approved by the department under ss. s. 49.70,
549.71, 49.72, 50.02, 50.03, 50.35, 51.08, or 51.09, 58.06, 252.073 and 252.076.
SB45, s. 2487 6Section 2487. 281.01 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1150,167 281.01 (15) "Solid waste" means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste
8treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility and
9other discarded or salvageable materials, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or
10contained gaseous materials resulting from industrial, commercial, mining and
11agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include solids
12or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation
13return flows or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits
14under ch. 283, or source material, as defined in s. 254.31 (10), special nuclear
15material, as defined in s. 254.31 (11), or by-product material, as defined in s. 254.31
16(3) (1).
SB45, s. 2488 17Section 2488. 281.165 of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1150,25 18281.165 Compliance with water quality standards for wetlands. An
19activity shall be considered to comply with the water quality standards that are
20applicable to wetlands and that are promulgated as rules under s. 281.15 and is
21exempt from any prohibition, restriction, requirement, permit, license, approval,
22authorization, fee, notice, hearing, procedure or penalty specified under s. 29.601 (3)
23or chs. 30, 31, 281, 283, 289 to 292 or 299 or specified under any rule promulgated,
24order issued or ordinance adopted under any of those sections or chapters, if the
25activity meets all of the following requirements:
SB45,1151,2
1(1) The wetland area that will be affected by the activity is less than 15 acres
2in size.
SB45,1151,4 3(2) The site of the activity is zoned for industrial use and is in the vicinity of
4a manufacturing facility.
SB45,1151,6 5(3) The site of the activity is within the corporate limits of a city on January
61, 1999.
SB45,1151,9 7(4) The governing body of the city adopts a resolution stating that the
8exemption under this section is necessary to protect jobs that exist in the city on the
9date of the adoption of the resolution or is necessary to promote job creation.
SB45,1151,10 10(5) The site of the activity is located in Trempealeau County.
SB45, s. 2489 11Section 2489. 281.17 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1152,612 281.17 (3) The department shall promulgate rules establishing an examining
13program for the certification of operators of water systems, wastewater treatment
14plants and septage servicing vehicles operated under a license issued under s. 281.48
15(3), setting such standards as the department finds necessary to accomplish the
16purposes of this chapter and chs. 285 and 289 to 299, including requirements for
17continuing education. The department may charge applicants a fee for certification.
18All moneys collected under this subsection for the certification of operators of water
19systems, wastewater treatment plants and septage servicing vehicles shall be
20credited to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (bL). No person may operate a water
21systems, wastewater treatment plant or septage servicing vehicle without a valid
22certificate issued under this subsection. The department may suspend or revoke a
23certificate issued under this subsection for a violation of any statute or rule relating
24to the operation of a water system or wastewater treatment plant or to septage
25servicing, or for failure to fulfill the continuing education requirements or as

1provided under s. 145.245 (3)
. The owner of any wastewater treatment plant shall
2be, or shall employ, an operator certified under this subsection who shall be
3responsible for plant operations, unless the department by rule provides otherwise.
4In this subsection, "wastewater treatment plant" means a system or plant used to
5treat industrial wastewater, domestic wastewater or any combination of industrial
6wastewater and domestic wastewater.
SB45, s. 2490 7Section 2490. 281.48 (5) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1152,98 281.48 (5) (a) 4. Violated any provisions of this section or any rule prescribed
9by the department or falsified information on inspection forms under s. 145.245 (3).
SB45, s. 2491 10Section 2491. 281.58 (1) (ae) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2492 11Section 2492. 281.58 (6) (a) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2493 12Section 2493. 281.58 (6) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1152,1613 281.58 (6) (b) 1. Purchasing or refinancing the obligation of a municipality if
14the obligation was incurred to finance the cost of constructing a water pollution
15control project located in this state and the obligation was initially incurred on or
16after May 17, 1988
.
SB45, s. 2494 17Section 2494. 281.58 (6) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2495 18Section 2495. 281.58 (7) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2496 19Section 2496. 281.58 (7) (b) 7. of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2497 20Section 2497. 281.58 (8) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1153,321 281.58 (8) (h) Except as provided in par. (k), a municipality that is a violator
22of an effluent limitation at the time that the application for a treatment work project
23is approved under sub. (9m) may not receive financial assistance of a method
24specified under sub. (6) (b) 1., 2., 3., 4. or 5. for that part of the treatment work project
25that is needed to correct the violation. This paragraph does not apply to a

1municipality that after May 17, 1988, is in compliance with a court or department
2order to correct a violation of the enforceable requirements of its ch. 283 permit, and
3that is applying for financial assistance under s. 281.59 (13) to correct that violation.
SB45, s. 2498 4Section 2498. 281.58 (8) (j) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1153,85 281.58 (8) (j) The amount of a payment under sub. (6) (b) 8. may not exceed the
6amount of subsidy necessary to reduce the interest rate on the loan from market rate
7to the interest rate that would have been charged on a loan to the municipality under
8sub. (6) (b) 4.
SB45, s. 2499 9Section 2499. 281.58 (8) (L) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2500 10Section 2500. 281.58 (8e) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1153,1211 281.58 (8e) (a) The type of project and the order in which it is listed under sub.
12(7) (b) 1. to 7. 6.
SB45, s. 2501 13Section 2501. 281.58 (8s) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1153,1614 281.58 (8s) Facility plan. A municipality seeking financial assistance for a
15project under this section, except for a municipality seeking a capital cost loan, shall
16complete a facility plan as required by the department by rule.
SB45, s. 2502 17Section 2502. 281.58 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1153,2118 281.58 (9) (b) A municipality seeking financial assistance, except for a
19municipality seeking a capital cost loan,
for a project under the clean water fund
20program shall complete an environmental analysis sequence as required by the
21department by rule.
SB45, s. 2503 22Section 2503. 281.58 (12) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1153,2523 281.58 (12) (a) 4. The interest rate for projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 6. and
247.
and for those portions of projects under subd. 1. that are restricted by sub. (8) (b),
25(c), (f) or (h) is market interest rate.
SB45, s. 2504
1Section 2504. 281.58 (12) (a) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2505 2Section 2505. 281.59 (1m) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1154,43 281.59 (1m) (c) There is established a private sewage system replacement and
4rehabilitation loan program, administered under s. 145.245 (12m).
SB45, s. 2506 5Section 2506. 281.59 (1m) (c) of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin Act
6.... (this act), is amended to read:
SB45,1154,87 281.59 (1m) (c) There is established a private small sewage system
8replacement and rehabilitation loan program, administered under s. 145.245 (12m).
SB45, s. 2507 9Section 2507. 281.59 (3e) (b) 1. and 3. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB45,1154,1110 281.59 (3e) (b) 1. Equal to $90,200,000 $87,400,000 during the 1997-99
111999-01 biennium.
SB45,1154,1212 3. Equal to $1,000 for any biennium after the 1997-99 1999-01 biennium.
SB45, s. 2508 13Section 2508. 281.59 (3m) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB45,1154,1514 281.59 (3m) (b) 1. Equal to $4,500,000 $9,400,000 during the 1997-99 1999-01
15biennium.
SB45,1154,1616 2. Equal to $1,000 for any biennium after the 1997-99 1999-01 biennium.
SB45, s. 2509 17Section 2509. 281.59 (3s) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB45,1154,1918 281.59 (3s) (b) 1. Equal to $21,000,000 $5,200,000 during the 1997-99 1999-01
19biennium.
SB45,1154,2020 2. Equal to $1,000 for any biennium after the 1997-99 1999-01 biennium.
SB45, s. 2510 21Section 2510. 281.59 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1155,422 281.59 (4) (b) The department of administration may, under s. 18.56 18.561 (5)
23and (9) (j) or 18.562 (3) and (5) (e), deposit in a separate and distinct fund in the state
24treasury or in an account maintained by a trustee outside the state treasury, any
25portion of the revenues derived under s. 25.43 (1). The revenues deposited with a

1trustee outside the state treasury are the trustee's revenues in accordance with the
2agreement between this state and the trustee or in accordance with the resolution
3pledging the revenues to the repayment of revenue obligations issued under this
4subsection.
SB45, s. 2511 5Section 2511. 281.59 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1155,126 281.59 (9) (a) A loan approved under the clean water fund program, the safe
7drinking water loan program or the land recycling loan program shall be for no longer
8than 20 years, as determined by the department of administration, be fully
9amortized not later than 20 years after the original date of the note financial
10assistance agreement
, and require the repayment of principal and interest, if any,
11to begin not later than 12 months after the expected date of completion of the project
12that it funds, as determined by the department of administration.
SB45, s. 2512 13Section 2512. 281.59 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1155,1814 281.59 (12) Municipal obligations. The department of administration may
15purchase or refinance obligations specified in s. 281.58 (6) (b) 1. or 2. and guarantee
16or purchase insurance for municipal obligations specified in s. 281.58 (6) (b) 3. if the
17department of administration and the department of natural resources approve the
18financial assistance under this section and s. 281.58.
SB45, s. 2513 19Section 2513. 281.60 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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