31.385(1m)(a)(a) To municipalities and public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts for any type of dam safety projects. 31.385(1m)(c)(c) To any persons for the removal of abandoned dams. 31.385(2)(2) The following standards shall apply to financial assistance under this section for dam safety projects: 31.385(2)(a)1.1. Except as provided in subd. 2., financial assistance for a dam safety project is limited to the sum of the following: 31.385(2)(a)1.a.a. No more than 50 percent of the first $400,000 of costs of the project. 31.385(2)(a)1.b.b. No more than 25 percent of the costs of the project that exceed $400,000. 31.385(2)(a)2.2. A project to remove a dam shall not be subject to the cost limits under subd. 1. 31.385(2)(a)3.3. Financial assistance is limited to no more than $400,000 for each dam safety project. 31.385(2)(ad)1m.1m. Notwithstanding par. (a) and except as provided in subds. 2m. and 3., beginning with financial assistance provided in the 2021-22 fiscal year, financial assistance for a dam safety project shall be awarded in the following amounts: 31.385(2)(ad)1m.a.a. An amount equal to 50 percent of project costs for the first $1,000,000 in project costs. 31.385(2)(ad)1m.b.b. An amount equal to 25 percent of project costs in excess of $1,000,000. 31.385(2)(ad)2m.2m. A project to remove a dam shall not be subject to the cost limits under subd. 1. [subd. 1m. a.]. 31.385 NoteNOTE: The correct cross-reference is shown in brackets. Corrective legislation is pending.
31.385(2)(ad)3.3. Financial assistance is limited to no more than $1,000,000 for each dam safety project. 31.385(2)(ag)(ag) Of the amounts appropriated under ss. 20.370 (4) (ja) and 20.866 (2) (tL) and (tx), at least $250,000 shall be used for projects to remove dams. A project to remove a dam may include restoring the stream or river that was dammed. 31.385(2)(ar)(ar) Of the amounts appropriated under ss. 20.370 (4) (ja) and 20.866 (2) (tL) and (tx), at least $100,000 shall be used for the removal of abandoned dams. The amounts required to be used under this paragraph are in addition to the amounts required to be used for the removal of dams under par. (ag). 31.385(2)(b)(b) The department shall determine which projects shall receive funding priority. 31.385(2)(bm)(bm) The department may provide financial assistance for an activity other than the maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment or removal of the dam only if the cost of that activity will be less than the cost of the maintenance, repair, modification or removal of the dam. 31.385(2)(c)(c) No financial assistance may be provided under this section for a dam safety project unless at least one of the following applies: 31.385(2)(c)1.1. The department conducts an investigation or inspection of the dam under this chapter and the owner of the dam requests financial assistance under this section after having received department directives, based on the department’s investigation or inspection of the dam, for the repair, modification or abandonment and removal of the dam or for another activity to increase the safety of the dam. 31.385(2)(c)2.2. The municipality, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district or other person applying for state financial assistance under this section has received directives from the department or is under order by the department to maintain, repair, modify, abandon or remove a dam on August 9, 1989. 31.385(2)(dm)(dm) Financial assistance that is provided under sub. (7) shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) and shall be treated as moneys obligated from the subprogram under s. 23.0917 (3). 31.385(3)(3) The department shall provide municipalities, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts and other persons receiving state financial assistance under this section with technical assistance for dam safety projects under this section. The department shall coordinate the financial assistance program under this section with other related state and federal programs. 31.385(4)(a)(a) The department shall maintain an inventory of all dams in the state that require a dam safety project under this section. The inventory shall list the dam safety projects in the chronological order in which they are required to be undertaken. For each dam safety project on the inventory, the department shall include a statement of which parts of the dam safety project are required to protect the rights held by the public in the navigable waters contained by the dam.