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9Section
2396
. 185.983 (1) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin
10Act .... (this act), section 2395
, is amended to read:
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185.983
(1) (intro.) Every voluntary nonprofit health care plan operated by a
12cooperative association organized under s. 185.981 shall be exempt from chs. 600 to
13646, with the exception of ss. 601.04, 601.13, 601.31, 601.41, 601.42, 601.43, 601.44,
14601.45, 611.26, 611.67, 619.04, 623.11, 623.12, 628.34 (10), 631.17, 631.89, 631.93,
15631.95, 632.72 (2),
632.728, 632.729, 632.745 to 632.749, 632.775, 632.79, 632.795,
16632.798, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.862, 632.867, 632.87 (2) to (6), 632.871,
17632.885, 632.89, 632.895 (5) and (8) to (17), 632.896, and 632.897 (10) and chs. 609,
18620, 630, 635, 645, and 646, but the sponsoring association shall:
AB68,2397
19Section 2397
. 185.983 (1) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin
20Act .... (this act), section 2396
, is amended to read:
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185.983
(1) (intro.) Every voluntary nonprofit health care plan operated by a
22cooperative association organized under s. 185.981 shall be exempt from chs. 600 to
23646, with the exception of ss. 601.04, 601.13, 601.31, 601.41, 601.42, 601.43, 601.44,
24601.45, 611.26, 611.67, 619.04, 623.11, 623.12, 628.34 (10), 631.17, 631.89, 631.93,
25631.95, 632.72 (2), 632.728, 632.729, 632.745 to 632.749, 632.775, 632.79, 632.795,
1632.798, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855,
632.861, 632.862, 632.867, 632.87 (2) to (6),
2632.871, 632.885, 632.89, 632.895 (5) and (8) to (17), 632.896, and 632.897 (10) and
3chs. 609, 620, 630, 635, 645, and 646, but the sponsoring association shall:
AB68,2398
4Section 2398
. 194.025 of the statutes is amended to read:
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5194.025 Discrimination prohibited. No motor carrier may engage in any
6practice, act or omission which results in discrimination on the basis of race, creed,
7sex
or, national origin
, or status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03
8(3r).
AB68,2399
9Section
2399. 196.01 (5) (b) 8. of the statutes is created to read:
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196.01
(5) (b) 8. A person who supplies electricity through the person's electric
11vehicle charging station to users' electric vehicles, if the person does not otherwise
12directly or indirectly provide electricity to the public.
AB68,2400
13Section
2400. 196.025 (1h) of the statutes is created to read:
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196.025
(1h) Social cost of carbon emissions. (a) In this subsection, “social
15cost of carbon” means a measure of the economic harms and other impacts expressed
16in dollars that result from emitting one ton of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
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(b) In consultation with the department of natural resources, the commission
18shall evaluate and set the social cost of carbon and shall evaluate and adjust as
19necessary that dollar amount every 2 years. The evaluations shall use integrated
20assessment models and consider appropriate discount rates. Any adjustment shall
21be consistent with the international consensus on the social cost of carbon. No later
22than December 31, 2021, and no later than December 31 every odd-numbered year
23thereafter, the commission shall submit to the appropriate standing committees of
24the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) a report that describes the commission's
1evaluation and, if the commission adjusts the previously set dollar amount, specifies
2the social cost of carbon as adjusted by the commission.
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(d) The commission shall consider the social cost of carbon in determining
4whether to issue certificates under ss. 196.49 and 196.491 (3).
AB68,2401
5Section
2401. 196.025 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
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196.025
(8) Model ordinance for repaying local governments for certain
7improvements. The commission shall develop and make available a model ordinance
8that addresses political subdivisions, as defined in s. 66.0627 (1) (b), making loans
9or entering into agreements for making or installing energy efficiency
10improvements, as defined in s. 66.0627 (1) (am), water efficiency improvements, as
11defined in s. 66.0627 (1) (d), or renewable resource applications to premises under
12s. 66.0627 (8).
AB68,2402
13Section
2402. 196.027 (1) (d) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
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196.027
(1) (d) 3. The retiring of any existing electric generating facility fueled
15by nonrenewable combustible energy resources.
AB68,2403
16Section
2403. 196.027 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
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196.027
(1) (f) “Environmental control cost" means capital cost, including
18capitalized cost relating to regulatory assets, incurred or expected to be incurred by
19an energy utility in undertaking an environmental control activity and, with respect
20to an environmental control activity described in par. (d) 2.
or 3., includes the
21unrecovered value of property that is retired, including any demolition or similar cost
22that exceeds the salvage value of the property. “Environmental control cost" does not
23include any monetary penalty, fine, or forfeiture assessed against an energy utility
24by a government agency or court under a federal or state environmental statute, rule,
25or regulation.
AB68,2404
1Section
2404. 196.218 (5) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
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196.218
(5) (a) 5. To pay costs incurred under contracts under s. 16.971 (13) to
3(16) to the extent that these costs are not paid under s. 16.997 (2) (d)
, except that no
4moneys in the universal service fund may be used to pay installation costs that are
5necessary for a political subdivision to obtain access to bandwidth under a shared
6service agreement under s. 16.997 (2r) (a).
AB68,2405
7Section
2405. 196.218 (5) (a) 10. of the statutes is amended to read:
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196.218
(5) (a) 10. To make broadband expansion grants and administer the
9program under s. 196.504
(2).
AB68,2406
10Section
2406. 196.31 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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196.31
(1) (intro.)
In Except as provided in sub. (2m), in any proceeding before
12the commission, the commission shall compensate any participant in the proceeding
13who is not a public utility, for some or all of the reasonable costs of participation in
14the proceeding if the commission finds that:
AB68,2407
15Section
2407. 196.31 (2m) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
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196.31
(2m) The commission may grant no more than $100,000 annually in
17compensation under this section to the consumer advocate, as defined in s. 196.315
18(2) (a).