16.135
16.135
Low-level radioactive waste council. 16.135(1)
(1) The low-level radioactive waste council shall do all of the following:
16.135(1)(a)
(a) Advise the midwest interstate low-level radioactive waste commissioner representing this state under
s. 16.11.
16.135(1)(b)
(b) Be convened by the commissioner as necessary, but at least twice yearly, to review activities of the midwest interstate low-level radioactive waste commission.
16.135(1)(c)
(c) Make studies and recommend solutions and policy alternatives relating to matters before the commission.
16.135(1)(d)
(d) Present recommendations in writing to the governor and the legislature as requested or as necessary to ensure adequate exchange of information on activities and programs of the commission.
16.135(2)
(2) This section does not apply after June 30, 2002.
16.135 History
History: 1989 a. 31;
1995 a. 27.
16.15
16.15
Resource recovery and recycling program. 16.15(1)(1)
Definitions. In this section:
16.15(1)(ab)
(ab) "Authority" has the meaning given under
s. 16.70 (2), but excludes the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.
16.15(1)(am)
(am) "Office wastepaper" means any wastepaper or wastepaper product generated by an agency.
16.15(1)(c)
(c) "Recyclable material" means material that is suitable for recycling.
16.15(2)
(2) Program establishment. The department shall establish a resource recovery and recycling program to promote the reduction of solid waste by agencies and authorities, the separation, recovery and disposition of recyclable materials and the procurement of recycled materials and recovered materials. The department shall require each agency and authority to participate in the resource recovery and recycling program. The department shall also investigate opportunities for the inclusion of local governmental units in the resource recovery and recycling program and shall permit participation of local governmental units in the program when feasible.
16.15(3)(a)(a)
Requirements. Except as provided in
par. (b), the department shall require each agency and authority to do all of the following:
16.15(3)(a)1.
1. Separate for recycling all lead acid batteries, waste oil and major appliances that are generated as solid waste by the agency or authority beginning on January 1, 1991.
16.15(3)(a)2.
2. Except as provided in this subdivision, separate for recycling at least 50% of yard waste that is generated by the agency or authority beginning on January 1, 1992, and all yard waste that is generated by the agency or authority beginning on January 1, 1993. An agency or authority may allow yard waste to be left where it falls or dispose of yard waste on the same property on which it is generated, in lieu of separation for recycling.
16.15(3)(a)3.
3. Separate for recycling at least 50% of each of the materials listed in
s. 287.07 (3) or
(4) that is generated as solid waste by the agency or authority beginning on January 1, 1993, and such greater amount of such materials as the department determines is reasonably feasible beginning on January 1, 1995.
16.15(3)(b)1.1. The department of natural resources shall, at the request of an agency or authority, grant a variance to a requirement under
par. (a) 3. for up to one year for a material that is generated by the agency or authority in one or more locations if the department of natural resources determines that the cost of selling processed material exceeds any of the following:
16.15(3)(b)1.a.
a. Forty dollars per ton of processed material, as annually adjusted by the department of natural resources to reflect changes in price levels due to inflation since 1989.
16.15(3)(b)2.
2. The department of natural resources may on its own initiative grant a variance to a requirement under
par. (a) 3. for up to one year for a material that is generated by one or more state agencies or authorities in one or more locations if the department of natural resources determines that the cost of selling processed material exceeds the amount under
subd. 1. a. or
b.
16.15(3)(b)3.
3. The department of natural resources may grant a variance to a requirement under
par. (a) for up to one year in the event of an unexpected emergency condition.
16.18
16.18
Management assistance grants to certain counties. 16.18(1)(1) In this section, "eligible county" means a county that has a geographic area of less than 400 square miles and that contains no incorporated municipal territory.
16.18(2)
(2) An eligible county may apply to the department for a management assistance grant annually in each state fiscal year for the purpose of assisting the county in funding one or more of the following functions:
16.18(3)
(3) No eligible county may receive a grant under this section unless the county maintains its financial records in accordance with accounting procedures established by the department of revenue, and unless the county submits to the department a detailed expenditure plan that identifies how the grant proceeds are proposed to be expended and how the proposed expenditures will enable the county to meet its goals for execution of the functions specified in
sub. (2) for which the grant is requested.
16.18(4)
(4) The department shall make grants to eligible counties from the appropriation under
s. 20.505 (1) (ku).
16.18(5)
(5) No county may receive a grant under this section in an amount exceeding $500,000 in any state fiscal year.
16.18 History
History: 1999 a. 9.
16.22
16.22
National and community service. 16.22(1)
(1)
Definitions. In this section:
16.22(1)(a)
(a) "Board" means the national and community service board.
16.22(1)(c)
(c) "National service program" means a program that addresses unmet human, educational, environmental or public safety needs and that receives financial assistance from the corporation or the board.
16.22(1)(dm)
(dm) "Youth corps program" means a full-time, year-round national service program or a full-time, summer national service program that does all of the following:
16.22(1)(dm)1.
1. Undertakes meaningful service projects with visible public benefits, including natural resources, urban renovation and human resources projects.
16.22(1)(dm)2.
2. Includes as participants persons who have attained the age of 16 years but who have not attained the age of 26 years, including youths who are not enrolled in school and other disadvantaged youths.
16.22(1)(dm)3.
3. Provides those participants with crew-based, highly structured and adult-supervised work experience, life skills training, education, career guidance and counseling, employment training and support services and with the opportunity to develop citizenship values and skills through service to their community and country.
16.22(2)
(2) Duties of the board. The board shall do all of the following:
16.22(2)(a)
(a) Prepare and update annually, through an open and public participation process, a plan for the provision of national service programs in this state that covers a 3-year period, that ensures outreach to diverse community-based organizations serving underrepresented populations and that contains such information as the corporation may require.
16.22(2)(b)
(b) Prepare applications for financial assistance from the corporation.
16.22(2)(c)
(c) Prepare applications for approval by the corporation of national service program positions that are eligible for national service educational awards under
42 USC 12601 and
12604.
16.22(2)(d)
(d) Make recommendations to the corporation concerning priorities for programs receiving federal domestic volunteer services assistance under
42 USC 4950 to
5091n.
16.22(2)(e)
(e) Provide technical assistance to persons applying for financial assistance from the corporation to enable those persons to plan and implement national service programs.
16.22(2)(f)
(f) Assist in providing health care and child care for participants in national service programs.
16.22(2)(g)
(g) Provide a system for the recruitment and placement of participants in national service programs and disseminate information to the public concerning national service programs and positions in national service programs.
16.22(2)(h)
(h) From the appropriations under
s. 20.505 (4) (j) and
(p), award grants to persons providing national service programs, giving priority to the greatest extent practicable to persons providing youth corps programs.
16.22(2)(i)
(i) Provide oversight and evaluation of the national service programs funded under
par. (h).
16.22(2)(j)
(j) On request, provide projects, training methods, curriculum materials and other technical assistance to persons providing national service programs.
16.22(2)(k)
(k) Coordinate its activities with the activities of the corporation, the federal ACTION agency established under
42 USC 5041 and any state agency that administers federal financial assistance under
42 USC 9901 to
9912 or any other federal financial assistance program with which coordination would be appropriate.
16.22(2)(L)
(L) Perform such other duties as may be required by the corporation.
16.22(3)
(3) Delegation of duties. The board may not directly provide a national service program. Subject to any limitations that the corporation may prescribe, the board may delegate any of the duties specified in
sub. (2), other than policy-making duties, to another state agency, a public agency or a nonprofit organization.
16.25
16.25
Volunteer fire fighter and emergency medical technician service award program. 16.25(1)(a)
(a) "Board" means the volunteer fire fighter and emergency medical technician service award board.
16.25(1)(b)
(b) "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code, as defined for the current taxable year under
s. 71.01 (6).
16.25(1)(c)
(c) "Municipality" means a city, village or town.
16.25(1)(d)
(d) "Program" means the volunteer fire fighter and emergency medical technician service award program established under
sub. (2).
16.25(2)
(2) The board shall establish by rule a program to provide length-of-service awards, described in
26 USC 457 (e) (11), to volunteer fire fighters in municipalities that operate volunteer fire departments or that contract with volunteer fire companies organized under
ch. 181 or
213 and to volunteer emergency medical technicians in any municipality that authorizes volunteer emergency medical technicians to provide emergency medical technical services in the municipality. To the extent permitted by federal law, the board shall design the program so as to treat the length-of-service awards as a tax-deferred benefit under the Internal Revenue Code.
16.25(3)
(3) The board shall promulgate rules to include the following design features for the program:
16.25(3)(a)
(a) All municipalities that operate volunteer fire departments or that contract with a volunteer fire company organized under
ch. 181 or
213 and all municipalities that authorize volunteer emergency medical technicians to provide emergency medical technical services are eligible to participate in the program.
16.25(3)(b)
(b) Annual contributions in an amount determined by the municipality shall be paid by each municipality for each volunteer fire fighter and emergency medical technician who provides services for the municipality.
16.25(3)(c)
(c) The municipality may select from among the plans offered by individuals or organizations under contract with the board under
sub. (4) for the volunteer fire fighters and emergency medical technicians who perform services for the municipality. The municipality shall pay the annual contributions directly to the individual or organization offering the plan selected by the municipality.
16.25(3)(d)1.1. Subject to
subd. 2., the board shall match all annual municipal contributions paid for volunteer fire fighters and emergency medical technicians up to $250 per fiscal year, other than contributions paid for the purchase of additional years of service under
par. (e), to be paid from the appropriation account under
s. 20.505 (4) (er). This amount shall be adjusted annually on July 1 to reflect any changes in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, as determined by the U.S. department of labor, for the 12-month period ending on the preceding December 31. The board shall pay all amounts that are matched under this paragraph to the individuals and organizations offering the plans selected by the municipalities.
16.25(3)(d)2.
2. If the moneys appropriated under
s. 20.505 (4) (er) are not sufficient to fully fund the contributions required to be paid by the board under
subd. 1., the board shall prorate the contributions paid for the volunteer fire fighters and emergency medical technicians.
16.25(3)(e)
(e) A municipality may purchase additional years of service for volunteer fire fighters and emergency medical technicians who have at least 5 years of service as a volunteer fire fighter or emergency medical technician for the municipality. The number of additional years of service that may be purchased under this paragraph may not exceed the number of years of volunteer fire fighting or emergency medical technical service performed by the volunteer fire fighter or emergency medical technician for the municipality.
16.25(3)(f)
(f) Except in the case of a volunteer fire fighter or emergency medical technician or the beneficiary of a volunteer fire fighter or emergency medical technician eligible for a lump sum under
par. (i), a vesting period of 10 years of volunteer fire fighting or emergency medical technical service for a municipality shall be required before a volunteer fire fighter or emergency medical technician may receive any benefits under the program.
16.25(3)(g)
(g) A volunteer fire fighter or emergency medical technician shall be paid a length of service award either in a lump sum or in a manner specified by rule, consisting of all municipal and state contributions made on behalf of the volunteer fire fighter or emergency medical technician and all earnings on the contributions, less any expenses incurred in the investment of the contributions and earnings, after the volunteer fire fighter or emergency medical technician attains 20 years of service for a municipality and reaches the age of 60. If a volunteer fire fighter or emergency medical technician has satisfied all vesting requirements under the program but has less than 20 years of service for a municipality or has not reached the age of 60, the program shall provide for the payment of a length of service award either in a lump sum or in a manner specified by rule in an amount to be determined by the board, but less than the amount paid to a volunteer fire fighter or emergency medical technician who has attained 20 years of service for a municipality and has reached the age of 60.
16.25(3)(h)
(h) A volunteer fire fighter or emergency medical technician who has not met all of the vesting requirements under the program shall forfeit his or her accrued years of volunteer fire fighting or emergency medical technical service if he or she should cease providing volunteer fire fighting or emergency medical technical services for a municipality for a period of 6 months or more, unless he or she has been granted a leave of absence by his or her supervisor.
