SB21: Bill Text

SB21,4105 Section 4105. 254.88 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,4106 Section 4106. 255.054 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1560,16 255.054 (2) Annually by January 1, the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., and the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System Authority shall each report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) and to the governor on the prostate cancer research projects each has conducted under sub. (1) in the previous fiscal year.

SB21,4107 Section 4107. 255.055 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1560,22 255.055 (2) Annually by January 1, the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., and the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System Authority shall each report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) and to the governor on the cancer research projects each has conducted under sub. (1) in the previous fiscal year.

SB21,4108 Section 4108. 255.08 of the statutes is renumbered 463.25, and 463.25 (2) (a) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:

SB21,1561,5 463.25 (2) (a) No person may operate a tanning facility without a permit that the department may, except as provided in ss. 250.041 and 254.115 s. 463.14, issue under this subsection. The holder of a permit issued under this subsection shall display the permit in a conspicuous place at the tanning facility for which the permit is issued.

SB21,1561,12 (b) Permits issued under this subsection shall expire annually on June 30. Except as provided in ss. 250.041 and 254.115 s. 463.14, a permit applicant shall submit an application for a permit to the department on a form provided by the department with a the permit fee established by the department by rule under s. 440.03 (9). The application shall include the name and complete mailing address and street address of the tanning facility and any other information reasonably required by the department for the administration of this section.

SB21,4109 Section 4109. 255.15 (3) (b) 11. of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,4110 Section 4110. 257.01 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1561,20 257.01 (5) (a) An individual who is licensed as a physician, a physician assistant, or a podiatrist under ch. 448, licensed as a registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, or nurse-midwife under ch. 441, licensed as a dentist under ch. 447, licensed as a pharmacist under ch. 450, licensed as a veterinarian or certified as a veterinary technician under ch. 453 89, or certified as a respiratory care practitioner under ch. 448.

SB21,4111 Section 4111. 257.01 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1562,4 257.01 (5) (b) An individual who was at any time within the previous 10 years, but is not currently, licensed as a physician, a physician assistant, or a podiatrist under ch. 448, licensed as a registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, or nurse-midwife, under ch. 441, licensed as a dentist under ch. 447, licensed as a pharmacist under ch. 450, licensed as a veterinarian or certified as a veterinary technician under ch. 453 89, or certified as a respiratory care practitioner under ch. 448, if the individual's license or certification was never revoked, limited, suspended, or denied renewal.

SB21,4112 Section 4112. 281.19 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1562,7 281.19 (6) Orders issued by the department shall be signed by the person designated by the board secretary.

SB21,4113 Section 4113. 281.31 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1562,12 281.31 (3) (b) 2. Locate and maintain information relating to the state's water resources. The department shall collect pertinent data available from state, regional and federal agencies, the University of Wisconsin System Authority, local units of government and other sources.

SB21,4114 Section 4114 . 281.33 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1562,23 281.33 (2) State storm water management plan. The department, in consultation with the department of safety and professional services, shall promulgate by rule a state storm water management plan. This state plan is applicable to activities contracted for or conducted by any agency, as defined under s. 227.01 (1) but also including the office of district attorney, unless that agency enters into a memorandum of understanding with the department of natural resources in which that agency agrees to regulate activities related to storm water management. The department shall coordinate the activities of agencies, as defined under s. 227.01 (1), in storm water management and make recommendations to these agencies concerning activities related to storm water management.

SB21,4115 Section 4115 . 281.33 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB21,1563,10 281.33 (2) State storm water management plan. The department shall promulgate by rule a state storm water management plan. This state plan is applicable to activities contracted for or conducted by any agency, as defined under s. 227.01 (1) but also including the office of district attorney and the University of Wisconsin System Authority, unless that agency enters into a memorandum of understanding with the department of natural resources in which that agency agrees to regulate activities related to storm water management. The department shall coordinate the activities of agencies, as defined under s. 227.01 (1), in storm water management and make recommendations to these agencies concerning activities related to storm water management.

SB21,4116 Section 4116. 281.55 (6) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1563,19 281.55 (6) (b) 1. These payments shall not exceed 50% of the approved project in conjunction with the state program of advancement in anticipation of federal reimbursement under sub. (2). To provide for the financing of pollution prevention and abatement facilities, the natural resources board secretary, with the approval of the governor, subject to the limits of s. 20.866 (2) (tm) may direct that state debt be contracted as set forth in subd. 2. and subject to the limits set therein. Said debts shall be contracted for in the manner and form as the legislature hereafter prescribes.

SB21,4117 Section 4117. 281.57 (7) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1564,2 281.57 (7) (c) 1. Metropolitan sewerage districts that serve 1st class cities are limited in each fiscal year to receiving total grant awards not to exceed 33% of the sum of the amounts in the schedule for that fiscal year for the appropriation under s. 20.165 (2) (de) $771,738 and the amount authorized under sub. (10) for that fiscal year plus the unencumbered balance at the end of the preceding fiscal year for the amount authorized under sub. (10). This subdivision is not applicable to grant awards provided during fiscal years 1985-86, 1986-87, 1988-89 and 1989-90.

SB21,4118 Section 4118. 281.58 (8) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1564,9 281.58 (8) (a) 2. Connection laterals and sewer lines that transport wastewater from structures to municipally owned or individually owned wastewater systems, unless water other than wastewater is entering the connection laterals or sewer lines from the ground or from above-ground sources and is being transported from a nonindustrial structure in a way that may interfere with compliance with a permit issued to a publicly owned treatment work under ch. 283.

SB21,4119 Section 4119. 281.58 (8) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1564,16 281.58 (8) (c) Except as provided in par. (k), financial assistance may be provided for the design, planning and construction of a collection system, interceptor or individual system project in an unsewered municipality or an unsewered area of a municipality, only if the department finds that at least two-thirds of the initial flow will be for wastewater originating from residences in existence on October 17, 1972 for at least 20 years prior to the submission of the application under sub. (9) (a).

SB21,4120 Section 4120. 281.58 (8) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1564,22 281.58 (8) (i) After June 30, 1991, no municipality may receive for projects in a biennium an amount that exceeds 35.2% of the amount approved by the legislature under s. 281.59 (3e) (b) that the department of administration projects will be available to provide financial assistance for projects under this section for that biennium.

SB21,4121 Section 4121. 281.58 (8) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1565,2 281.58 (8) (j) The amount of a payment under sub. (6) (b) 8. may not exceed the amount of subsidy necessary to reduce the interest rate on the loan from market rate to the interest rate that would have been charged on a loan to the municipality under sub. (6) (b) 4.

SB21,4122 Section 4122. 281.58 (9) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1565,16 281.58 (9) (e) If the department of natural resources and the department of administration determine that the governor's recommendation, as set forth in the executive budget bill, for the amount under s. 281.59 (3e) (b), the amount available under s. 20.866 (2) (tc), or the amount available under s. 281.59 (4) (f) the total amount that the department of administration projects will be available to provide financial assistance for projects under this section for a biennium , as set forth in the biennial finance plan under s. 281.59 (3) (a) 2. and as updated under s. 281.59 (3) (bm) 2., is insufficient to provide funding for all projects for which applications will be approved during that biennium, the department shall inform municipalities that, if the governor's recommendations are approved, clean water fund program assistance during a fiscal year of that biennium will be available only to municipalities that submit financial assistance applications by the June 30 preceding September 30 of that fiscal year.

SB21,4123 Section 4123. 281.58 (9m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1565,19 281.58 (9m) (a) (intro.) Subject to pars. (c) and par. (d), the department shall approve an application after all of the following occur:

SB21,4124 Section 4124. 281.58 (9m) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,4125 Section 4125. 281.58 (9m) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1566,2 281.58 (9m) (e) 1. Except as provided under par. (f) and sub. (13), if a sufficient amount of subsidy financial assistance under this section is available under s. 281.59 (3e) (b) for the municipality's project, based on the calculation under s. 281.59 (3e) (f), when the department approves the application under par. (a), the department of administration shall allocate that amount to the project.

SB21,4126 Section 4126. 281.58 (9m) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1566,8 281.58 (9m) (e) 2. If a sufficient amount of subsidy financial assistance under this section is not available under s. 281.59 (3e) (b) for the municipality's project when the department approves the application under subd. 1. par. (a), the department shall place the project on a list for allocation when additional subsidy becomes financial assistance becomes available.

SB21,4127 Section 4127. 281.58 (9m) (f) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1566,15 281.58 (9m) (f) (intro.) If the department of natural resources and the department of administration determine that the amount approved under s. 281.59 (3e) (b), the amount available under s. 20.866 (2) (tc), or the amount available under s. 281.59 (4) (f) available to provide financial assistance for projects under this section for a biennium is insufficient to provide funding for all projects for which applications will be approved during that biennium, all of the following apply:

SB21,4128 Section 4128. 281.58 (9m) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1566,21 281.58 (9m) (f) 1. The department shall establish a funding list for each fiscal year of the biennium that ranks projects of municipalities that submit financial assistance applications under sub. (9) (a) no later than the June 30 preceding September 30 of the fiscal year in the same order that they appear on the priority list under sub. (8e).

SB21,4129 Section 4129. 281.58 (9m) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1567,4 281.58 (9m) (fm) The department, in consultation with the department of administration, shall promulgate, by rule, methods to establish deadlines for actions that must be taken by a municipality to which subsidy financial assistance has been allocated. The methods may provide for extending deadlines under specified circumstances. If a municipality fails to meet a deadline, including any extension, the department of administration shall release rescind the amount allocation of subsidy allocated to financial assistance for the municipality's project.

SB21,4130 Section 4130. 281.58 (9m) (g) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,4131 Section 4131. 281.58 (12) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1567,12 281.58 (12) (a) 1. Except as modified under par. (f) and except as restricted by sub. (8) (b), (c), (f) or (h), the interest rate for projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 1. and 2. is 60 percent of market interest rate for projects for which the subsidy is allocated from the amount under s. 281.59 (3e) (b) for a biennium before the 2011-13 biennium and 75 percent of market interest rate for projects for which the subsidy is allocated from the amount under s. 281.59 (3e) (b) for the 2011-13 biennium or later.

SB21,4132 Section 4132. 281.58 (12) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1567,19 281.58 (12) (a) 2. Except as modified under par. (f) and except as restricted by sub. (8) (b), (c), (f) or (h), the interest rate for projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 5. is 65 percent of market interest rate for projects for which the subsidy is allocated from the amount under s. 281.59 (3e) (b) for a biennium before the 2011-13 biennium and 75 percent of market interest rate for projects for which the subsidy is allocated from the amount under s. 281.59 (3e) (b) for the 2011-13 biennium or later.

SB21,4133 Section 4133. 281.58 (12) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1568,2 281.58 (12) (a) 3. Except as modified under par. (f) and except as restricted by sub. (8) (b), (c), (f) or (h), the interest rate for projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 4. is 70 percent of market interest rate for projects for which the subsidy is allocated from the amount under s. 281.59 (3e) (b) for a biennium before the 2011-13 biennium and 75 percent of market interest rate for projects for which the subsidy is allocated from the amount under s. 281.59 (3e) (b) for the 2011-13 biennium or later.

SB21,4134 Section 4134. 281.58 (13m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1568,7 281.58 (13m) (b) Grants provided under this subsection are not included for the purposes of determining under sub. (8) (i) the amount that a municipality may receive for projects under the clean water fund program. Grants awarded under this subsection are not considered for the purposes of sub. (9m) (e) or s. 281.59 (3e) (b).

SB21,4135 Section 4135. 281.58 (15) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1568,13 281.58 (15) (a) The department and the department of administration may, at the request of a municipality, issue a notice of financial assistance commitment to the municipality after the department approves the municipality's application under sub. (9m) (a) and the department of administration has allocated subsidy financial assistance for the municipality's project.

SB21,4136 Section 4136. 281.59 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1568,23 281.59 (1) (b) "Market interest rate" means the effective interest rate on a fixed-rate revenue obligation issued by the state to fund a loan made under this section or, for a variable rate if the department of administration determines that there has been a significant change in interest rates after the fixed-rate revenue obligation has been issued or if a fixed-rate revenue obligation has not been issued by the state to fund a loan made under this section, the effective interest rate that the department of administration determines would have been paid if the variable rate a fixed-rate revenue obligation had been sold at a fixed rate issued on the date financial assistance is allotted.

SB21,4137 Section 4137. 281.59 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,4138 Section 4138. 281.59 (1m) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,4139 Section 4139. 281.59 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1569,4 281.59 (3) (a) 2. The total amount of that the department of administration projects will be available to provide financial assistance planned to be provided or committed for projects under subd. 1. during the next biennium.

SB21,4140 Section 4140. 281.59 (3) (a) 6. of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,4141 Section 4141. 281.59 (3) (a) 6e. of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,4142 Section 4142. 281.59 (3) (a) 6m. of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,4143 Section 4143. 281.59 (3) (a) 7. of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,4144 Section 4144. 281.59 (3) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1569,16 281.59 (3) (j) No later than November 1 of each odd-numbered year, the department of administration and the department jointly shall submit a report, to the building commission and committees as required under par. (bm), on the implementation of the amount established under sub. (3e) (b) as required under s. 281.58 (9m) (e), and on the operations and activities of the clean water fund program, the safe drinking water loan program and the land recycling loan program for the previous biennium.

SB21,4145 Section 4145. 281.59 (3e) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,4146 Section 4146. 281.59 (3e) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,4147 Section 4147. 281.59 (3e) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,4148 Section 4148. 281.59 (3e) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1570,2 281.59 (3e) (d) The department may expend, for financial assistance in a biennium other than financial hardship assistance under s. 281.58 (13) (e), an amount up to 95 percent of the amount approved by the legislature under par. (b) available to provide financial assistance for projects under this section for that biennium. The department may expend such amount only from the percentage of the amount approved under par. (b) that is not available under par. (e) for financial hardship assistance.

SB21,4149 Section 4149. 281.59 (3e) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1570,9 281.59 (3e) (e) The department may expend, for financial hardship assistance in a biennium under s. 281.58 (13) (e), an amount up to 5 percent of the amount approved by the legislature under par. (b) available to provide financial assistance for projects under this section for that biennium. The department may expend such amount only from the percentage of the amount approved by the legislature under par. (b) that is not available under par. (d) for financial assistance.

SB21,4150 Section 4150. 281.59 (3e) (f) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,4151 Section 4151. 281.59 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,4152 Section 4152. 281.59 (3s) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,4153 Section 4153. 281.59 (9) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1570,23 281.59 (9) (am) The department of administration, in consultation with the department, may establish those terms and conditions of a financial assistance agreement that relate to its financial management, including what type of municipal obligation, as set forth under sub. (13f), if applicable, is required for the repayment of the financial assistance. Any terms and conditions established under this paragraph by the department of administration shall comply with the requirements of this section and s. 281.58, 281.60 or 281.61. In setting the terms and conditions, the department of administration may consider factors that the department of administration finds are relevant, including the type of obligation evidencing the loan, the pledge of security for the obligation and the applicant's creditworthiness.

SB21,4154 Section 4154. 281.59 (11) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1571,6 281.59 (11) (a) The department of natural resources and the department of administration may enter into a financial assistance agreement with an applicant for which the department of administration has allocated subsidy financial assistance under s. 281.58 (9m), 281.60 (8) or 281.61 (8) if the applicant meets the conditions under sub. (9) and the other requirements under this section and s. 281.58, 281.60 or 281.61.

SB21,4155 Section 4155. 281.60 (7) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,4156 Section 4156. 281.60 (8) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 281.60 (8).

SB21,4157 Section 4157. 281.60 (8) (b) of the statutes is repealed.