281.59(9)(b)
(b) As a condition of receiving financial assistance under the clean water fund program, the safe drinking water loan program or the land recycling loan program, an applicant shall do all of the following:
281.59(9)(b)1.
1. Pledge the security, if any, required by the rules promulgated by the department of administration under this section and
s. 281.58,
281.60 or
281.61.
281.59(9)(b)2.
2. Demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department of administration the financial capacity to assure sufficient revenues to operate and maintain the project for its useful life and to pay the debt service on the obligations that it issues for the project.
281.59(11)(a)(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 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.
281.59(11)(am)
(am) The department of administration shall make the financial assistance payments to an applicant that has entered into a financial assistance agreement under
par. (a) or to the applicant's designated agent.
281.59(11)(b)
(b) If a municipality fails to make a principal repayment or interest payment after its due date, the department of administration shall place on file a certified statement of all amounts due under this section and
s. 281.58,
281.60 or
281.61. After consulting the department, the department of administration may collect all amounts due by deducting those amounts from any state payments due the municipality or may add a special charge to the amount of taxes apportioned to and levied upon the county under
s. 70.60. If the department of administration collects amounts due, it shall remit those amounts to the fund to which they are due and notify the department of that action.
281.59(11)(c)
(c) The department of administration may retain the last payment under a financial assistance agreement until the department of natural resources and the department of administration determine that the project is completed and meets the applicable requirements of this section and
s. 281.58,
281.60 or
281.61 and that the conditions of the financial assistance agreement are met.
281.59(12)
(12) Municipal obligations. The department of administration may purchase or refinance obligations specified in
s. 281.58 (6) (b) 1. or
2. and guarantee or purchase insurance for municipal obligations specified in
s. 281.58 (6) (b) 3. if the department of administration and the department of natural resources approve the financial assistance under this section and
s. 281.58.
281.59(13)(a)1.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section and
s. 281.58, a municipality that submits to the department by January 2, 1989, a facility plan meeting the requirements of
s. 281.57 which is approvable under this chapter and that does not receive a grant award before July 1, 1990, only because the municipality is following a schedule contained in the facility plan and approved by the department and the municipality is in compliance with all applicable schedules contained in a permit issued under
ch. 283 or because there are insufficient grant funds under
s. 281.57, is eligible to receive financial assistance under this paragraph. The form of the financial assistance is a loan with an interest rate of 2.5% per year except that
s. 281.58 (8) (b),
(f) and
(k) applies to projects receiving financial assistance under this paragraph.
281.59(13)(a)2.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or
s. 281.58, the department shall make all loans under
subd. 1. to municipalities ready to construct treatment works before the department provides or approves any other financial assistance under this section except for loans under
par. (b).
281.59(13)(b)1.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or
s. 281.58, an unsewered municipality is eligible to receive financial assistance under this paragraph, in the form of a loan with an interest rate of 2.5% per year, which may be for original financing or refinancing for a collection system that is ineligible for financial assistance under
s. 281.57 because of
s. 281.57 (4) (b) 1. and that is being connected to an existing wastewater treatment plant if all of the following apply:
281.59(13)(b)1.a.
a. The municipality applies to the department for financial assistance under
s. 281.57 (5) for a construction project during 1988.
281.59(13)(b)1.b.
b. Before January 1, 1989, the department issues a notice under
s. 281.57 (6) that the department is ready to allocate funds to the municipality for the project.
281.59(13)(b)1.d.
d. The municipality receives a grant under
s. 281.57 for the construction of the project from the list developed by the department under
s. 281.57 (6) (a) for applications received in 1988.
281.59(13)(b)1m.
1m. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or
s. 281.58, a town sanitary district is eligible to receive financial assistance under this paragraph, in the form of a loan with an interest rate of 2.5% per year, for the extension of a collection system into an unsewered area that is added to the sanitary district if all of the following apply:
281.59(13)(b)1m.b.
b. The department determines that extension of the collection system into the unsewered area is necessary and cost-effective.
281.59(13)(b)1m.c.
c. The sanitary district invites bids for and begins construction of the extension of the collection system before January 1, 1990.
281.59(13)(b)3.
3. Notwithstanding any provision of this section or
s. 281.58, the department shall annually allocate funds for loans under
subds. 1. and
1m. before the department provides or approves any other financial assistance under this section or
s. 281.58.
281.59(13)(e)
(e) The department of administration and the department may not make loans under s.
144.241 (20), 1987 stats., as affected by
1989 Wisconsin Acts 31,
336 and
366, or under this subsection to a metropolitan sewerage district that serves a 1st class city that total more than $230,900,000.
281.59(13m)
(13m) Legislative moral obligation. The building commission may, at the time the loan is made, by resolution designate a loan made under the clean water fund program as one to which this subsection applies. If at any time the payments received or expected to be received from a municipality on any loan so designated are pledged to secure revenue obligations of the state issued pursuant to
subch. II of ch. 18 and are insufficient to pay when due principal of and interest on such loan, the department of administration shall certify the amount of such insufficiency to the secretary of administration, the governor and the joint committee on finance. If the certification is received by the secretary of administration in an even-numbered year before the completion of the budget under
s. 16.43, the secretary of administration shall include the certified amount in the budget compilation. In any event, the joint committee on finance shall introduce in either house, in bill form, an appropriation of the amount so requested for the purpose of payment of the revenue obligation secured thereby. Recognizing its moral obligation to do so, the legislature hereby expresses its expectation and aspiration that, if ever called upon to do so, it shall make the appropriation.
281.59(13s)
(13s) Powers. The department of administration may audit, or contract for audits of, projects receiving financial assistance under the clean water fund program, the safe drinking water loan program and the land recycling loan program.
281.59(14)
(14) Rules. The department of administration shall promulgate rules that are necessary for the proper execution of this section and of its responsibilities under
ss. 281.58,
281.60 and
281.61.