292.65(1)(h)4. 4. A person who operated a dry cleaning facility that ceased operation after October 13, 1997, but that was licensed under s. 77.9961 (2) before it ceased operation.

292.65(1)(i) (i) "Owner" means any of the following:

292.65(1)(i)1. 1. A person who owns, or has possession or control of, and who receives or received direct or indirect consideration from the operation of, any of the following:

292.65(1)(i)1.b. b. A dry cleaning facility that has ceased operation but that, if it ceased operation on or after October 14, 1997, was licensed under s. 77.9961 (2) before it ceased operation.

292.65(1)(i)3.b. b. A dry cleaning facility that has ceased operation but that was licensed under s. 77.9961 (2) before it ceased operation and was licensed and operating while the person owned the property.

292.65(1)(j) (j) "Program year" means the period beginning on July 1, and ending on the following June 30.

292.65(1)(L) (L) "Service provider" means a consultant, testing laboratory, monitoring well installer, soil boring contractor, other contractor or any other person who provides a product or service for which an application for reimbursement has been or will be filed under this section, or a subcontractor of such a person.

292.65(1)(m) (m) "Subsidiary or parent corporation" means a business entity, including a subsidiary, parent corporation or other business arrangement, that has elements of common ownership or control or that uses a long-term contractual arrangement with a person to avoid direct responsibility for conditions at a dry cleaning facility.

292.65(3)(a)(a) The department shall promulgate rules for the administration of the program under this section.

292.65(3)(am)1.1. The department shall establish a method for determining the order in which it pays awards under this section. Except as provided in subd. 2., the method shall be based on environmental factors and on the order in which applications are received.

292.65(3)(b) (b) The department shall promote the program under this section to persons who may be eligible for awards.

292.65(3)(c) (c) The department shall allocate 9.7% of the funds appropriated under s. 20.370 (6) (eq) in each fiscal year for awards for immediate action activities and applications that exceed the amount anticipated.

292.65(3)(d) (d) The department shall keep records and statistics on the program under this section and shall periodically evaluate the effectiveness of the program.

292.65(3)(e) (e) No later than January 1, 2002, the department shall complete a review of the program under this section and shall submit a report on the results of the review to the joint committee on finance and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature, as determined by the speaker of the house and the president of the senate, under s. 13.172 (3). The report shall include the department's recommendations for changes to the program. The review shall include consideration of whether the program should be expanded or ended, whether the program should be incorporated into a broader program of financial assistance for the remediation of environmental contamination and whether private insurance coverage should be required for any dry cleaning facilities.

292.65(4)(a)(a) General requirements. To be eligible for an award under this section, the owner or operator of a dry cleaning facility shall comply with pars. (b), (c), (e), (f) and (j) and the other requirements of this section applicable to the owner or operator.

292.65(4)(b) (b) Report. An owner or operator shall report a dry cleaning product discharge to the department in a timely manner, as provided in s. 292.11.