AB150, s. 4205 10Section 4205. 144.025 (2) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1461,1211 144.025 (2) (m) Orders issued by the department shall be signed by the person
12designated by the board secretary.
AB150, s. 4206 13Section 4206. 144.0252 of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1461,18 14144.0252 Fees for water quality determinations for wetlands. (1)
15Amount of fees. The department shall charge a fee for determining whether a
16project complies with the standards of water quality promulgated by rule under
17s.144.025 (2) (b) that are applicable to wetlands. The fee for each project shall be
18$100.
AB150,1461,22 19(2) Adjustments in fees. (a) The department shall refund the fee if the
20applicant requests a refund before the department determines that the application
21for the determination is complete. The department may not refund a fee after the
22department determines that the application is complete.
AB150,1461,2523 (b) If the applicant applies for a permit after the project is begun or after it is
24completed, the department shall charge an amount equal to twice the amount of the
25fee that it would have charged under this section.
AB150,1462,3
1(c) If more than one fee under this section or s. 30.28 (2) (a) or (b) or 31.39 (2)
2(a) is applicable to a project, the department shall charge only the highest fee of those
3that are applicable.
AB150,1462,44 (d) The department, by rule, may increase the fee specified in sub. (1).
AB150,1462,6 5(3) Exemptions. This section does not apply to any federal agency or state
6agency.
AB150, s. 4207 7Section 4207. 144.026 (8) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1462,138 144.026 (8) Preparation of water quantity resources plan. (intro.) The
9natural resources board shall, before August 1, 1988, adopt and submit to the chief
10clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s.
1113.172 (2),
department shall have a long-term state water quantity resources plan
12for the protection, conservation and management of the waters of the state. The plan
13shall include, but need not be limited to, the following:
AB150, s. 4208 14Section 4208. 144.027 (4) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1462,1515 144.027 (4) (b) 3. An authority created under ch. 231, 233 or 234.
AB150, s. 4209 16Section 4209. 144.027 (5) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1462,2217 144.027 (5) (f) The department shall allocate money for the payment of claims
18according to the order in which completed claims are received. The department may
19conditionally approve a completed claim even if the appropriation under s. 20.370 (4)
20(cv)
(6) (cr) is insufficient to pay the claim. The department shall allocate money for
21the payment of a claim which is conditionally approved as soon as funds become
22available.
AB150, s. 4210 23Section 4210. 144.027 (18) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1463,524 144.027 (18) Suspension or revocation of licenses. The department may
25suspend or revoke a license issued under ch. 162 if the department finds that the

1licensee falsified information submitted under this section. The department of
2industry, labor and human relations development may suspend or revoke the license
3of a plumber licensed under ch. 145 if the department of industry, labor and human
4relations
development finds that the plumber falsified information submitted under
5this section.
AB150, s. 4211 6Section 4211. 144.03 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1463,167 144.03 (1) Every owner of an industrial establishment shall furnish to the
8department all information required by it in the discharge of its duties under s.
9144.025 (2). Any member of the natural resources board or any Any employe of the
10department may enter any industrial establishment for the purpose of collecting
11such this information, and no owner of an industrial establishment shall may refuse
12to admit such member or an employe of the department. The department shall make
13such these inspections at frequent intervals. The secretary and all members of the
14board shall have power
may, for all purposes falling within the department's
15jurisdiction to, administer oaths, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of
16witnesses and compel the production of necessary or essential data.
AB150, s. 4212 17Section 4212. 144.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1465,218 144.04 (1) Except as provided under sub. (2), every owner within the time
19prescribed by the department, shall file with the department a certified copy of
20complete plans of a proposed system or plant or extension thereof, in scope and detail
21satisfactory to the department, and, if required, of existing systems or plants, and
22such other information concerning maintenance, operation and other details as the
23department requires, including the information specified under s. 144.026 (5) (a), if
24applicable. Material changes with a statement of the reasons shall be likewise
25submitted. Before plans are drawn a statement concerning the improvement may

1be made to the department and the department may, if requested, outline generally
2what it will require. Upon receipt of such plans for approval, the department or its
3duly authorized representative shall notify the owner of the date of receipt. Within
490 days from the time of receipt of complete plans or within the time specified in s.
5144.026 (5) (c), if applicable, the department or its authorized representative shall
6examine and take action to approve, approve conditionally or reject the plans and
7shall state in writing any conditions of approval or reasons for rejection. Approval
8or disapproval of such plans and specifications shall not be contingent upon
9eligibility of such project for federal aid. The time period for review may be extended
10by agreement with the owner if the plans and specifications cannot be reviewed
11within the specified time limitation due to circumstances beyond the control of the
12department or in the case of extensive installation involving expenditures of
13$350,000 $1,000,000 or more. The extension shall not exceed 6 months. Failure of
14the department or its authorized representative to act before the expiration of the
15time period allowed for review shall constitute an approval of the plans, and upon
16demand a written certificate of approval shall be issued. Approval may be subject
17to modification by the department upon due notice. Construction or material change
18shall be according to approved plans only. The department may disapprove plans
19which are not in conformance with any existing approved areawide waste treatment
20management plan prepared pursuant to the federal water pollution control act, P.L.
2192-500, as amended, and shall disapprove plans that do not meet the grounds for
22approval specified under s. 144.026 (5) (d), if applicable. The department shall
23require each person whose plans are approved under this section to report that
24person's volume and rate of water withdrawal, as defined under s. 144.026 (1) (m),

1and that person's volume and rate of water loss, as defined under s. 144.026 (1) (L),
2if any, in the form and at the times specified by the department.
AB150, s. 4213 3Section 4213. 144.21 (6) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1465,114 144.21 (6) (b) 1. These payments shall may not exceed 50% of the approved
5project in conjunction with the state program of advancement in anticipation of
6federal reimbursement under sub. (2). To provide for the financing of pollution
7prevention and abatement facilities, the natural resources board secretary, with the
8approval of the governor, subject to the limits of s. 20.866 (2) (tm) may direct that
9state debt be contracted as set forth in subd. 2. and subject to the limits set therein.
10Said The debts shall be contracted for in the manner and form as that the legislature
11hereafter prescribes.
AB150, s. 4214 12Section 4214. 144.24 (7) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1465,1913 144.24 (7) (c) 1. Metropolitan sewerage districts that serve 1st class cities are
14limited in each fiscal year to receiving total grant awards not to exceed 33% of the
15sum of the amounts in the schedule for that fiscal year for the appropriation under
16s. 20.445 (1) 20.143 (3) (de) and the amount authorized under sub. (10) for that fiscal
17year plus the unencumbered balance at the end of the preceding fiscal year for the
18amount authorized under sub. (10). This subdivision is not applicable to grant
19awards provided during fiscal years 1985-86, 1986-87, 1988-89 and 1989-90.
AB150, s. 4215 20Section 4215. 144.241 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 4216 21Section 4216. 144.241 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 4217 22Section 4217. 144.241 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1465,2523 144.241 (1) (cm) "Median household income" means median household income
24determined by the U.S. bureau of the census as adjusted by the department to reflect
25changes in household income since the most recent federal census.
AB150, s. 4218
1Section 4218. 144.241 (1) (cs) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1466,62 144.241 (1) (cs) "Residential user" means a structure or part of a structure,
3including a mobile home, that is used primarily as a home, residence or sleeping
4place by one person or 2 or more persons maintaining a common household and that
5uses a publicly owned treatment work. "Residential user" does not include an
6institutional, commercial, industrial or governmental facility.
AB150, s. 4219 7Section 4219. 144.241 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1466,98 144.241 (2) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules that are necessary
9for the proper execution of its responsibilities under this section.
AB150, s. 4220 10Section 4220. 144.241 (3m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1466,1411 144.241 (3m) (a) A list of wastewater treatment projects that the department
12estimates will receive notices of financial assistance commitment under sub. (15)
13apply for financial assistance under this section and s. 144.2415 during the next
14biennium.
AB150, s. 4221 15Section 4221. 144.241 (3m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1466,1716 144.241 (3m) (c) The estimated rank of each project on the priority list under
17sub. (10) (8e).
AB150, s. 4222 18Section 4222. 144.241 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1466,2119 144.241 (6) (a) (intro.) The department and the department of administration
20may determine whether a municipality is eligible for financial assistance under this
21section and s. 144.2415 for any of the following:
AB150, s. 4223 22Section 4223. 144.241 (6) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1466,2523 144.241 (6) (b) (intro.) In approving financial assistance, the department and
24the department of administration
may use the following methods of providing
25financial assistance:
AB150, s. 4224
1Section 4224. 144.241 (6) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1467,32 144.241 (6) (b) 5. Providing financial hardship assistance no-interest loans
3under sub. (13) from the account under s. 25.43 (2) (b).
AB150, s. 4225 4Section 4225. 144.241 (8) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 4226 5Section 4226. 144.241 (8) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1467,96 144.241 (8) (g) The sum of all of the financial assistance to a municipality
7approved under this section and s. 144.2415, except financial assistance under sub.
8(13m),
for a project may not result in the municipality paying less than 30% of the
9cost of the project.
AB150, s. 4227 10Section 4227. 144.241 (8) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1467,1911 144.241 (8) (h) Except as provided in par. (k) or (m), a municipality that is a
12violator of an effluent limitation at the time that the notice of financial assistance
13commitment is given
the application for a treatment work project is approved under
14sub. (9m)
may not receive financial assistance of a method specified under sub. (6)
15(b) 1., 2., 3., 4. or 5. for that part of a the treatment work project that is needed to
16correct the violation. This paragraph does not apply to a municipality that after May
1717, 1988, is in compliance with a court or department order to correct a violation of
18the enforceable requirements of its ch. 147 permit, and that is applying for financial
19assistance under s. 144.2415 (13) to correct that violation.
AB150, s. 4228 20Section 4228. 144.241 (8) (j) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 4229 21Section 4229. 144.241 (8) (k) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1467,2322 144.241 (8) (k) (intro.) The restrictions specified under par. (b) 1. and 2., (c), (f)
23or (h) do not apply to any of the following methods of financial assistance:
AB150, s. 4230 24Section 4230. 144.241 (8) (m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 4231 25Section 4231. 144.241 (8m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1468,5
1144.241 (8m) Notice of intent to apply. (a) A municipality shall submit notice
2to the department of its intent to apply for financial assistance under this section and
3s. 144.2415 in a year no later than December 31 of the preceding year. The notice
4shall be in a form prescribed by the department and the department of
5administration.
AB150,1468,96 (b) If a municipality does not apply for financial assistance under this section
7and s. 144.2415 by December 31 of the 2nd year following the year in which it
8submitted notice under par. (a), the municipality shall submit a new notice under
9par. (a).
AB150,1468,1110 (c) The department may waive par. (a) or (b) upon the written request of a
11municipality.
AB150, s. 4232 12Section 4232. 144.241 (8s) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1468,1513 144.241 (8s) Facility plan. A municipality seeking financial assistance for a
14project under this section, except for a municipality seeking a capital cost loan, shall
15complete a facility plan as required by the department by rule.
AB150, s. 4233 16Section 4233. 144.241 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1468,2517 144.241 (9) (a) A After the department approves a municipality's facility plan
18submitted under sub. (8s), the
municipality which desires to participate in the
19program under this section and s. 144.2415
shall submit an application for
20participation to the department. The application shall be in such form and include
21such information as the department and the department of administration
22prescribe. The department shall review applications for participation in the program
23under this section and s. 144.2415. The department shall determine which
24applications meet the eligibility requirements and criteria under subs. (6), (7), (8),
25(10)
and (8m) and, before July 1, 1997, sub. (13).
AB150, s. 4234
1Section 4234. 144.241 (9) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1469,42 144.241 (9) (am) A municipality may not submit more than one application
3under par. (a) in any 12-month period except that this paragraph does not apply to
4applications for financial assistance for additional costs of an approved project.
AB150, s. 4235 5Section 4235. 144.241 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1469,96 144.241 (9) (b) A municipality seeking financial assistance, except for a
7municipality seeking a capital cost loan, for a project under this section and s.
8144.2415 shall complete a staged facility plan, design plans and specifications and
9an environmental analysis sequence as required by the department by rule.
AB150, s. 4236 10Section 4236. 144.241 (9m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1469,1311 144.241 (9m) Acceptance of application; allocation of funding. (a) Subject
12to pars. (c) and (d), the department of administration shall notify a municipality that
13its application under sub. (9) (a) is approved after all of the following occur:
AB150,1469,1514 1. The department of natural resources determines that the project meets the
15eligibility requirements and criteria under subs. (7), (8), (8m) and (8s).
AB150,1469,1716 2. The department of administration initially determines that the municipality
17will meet the requirements of s. 144.2415 (9) (b).
AB150,1469,2118 (e) 1. If a sufficient amount of subsidy is available under s. 144.2415 (3) (d) for
19the municipality's project, based on the calculation under s. 144.2415 (3) (i), when the
20department of administration notifies the municipality under par. (a), the
21department of administration shall do all of the following:
AB150,1469,2222 a. Allocate that amount to the project.
AB150,1469,2523 b. Inform the municipality, as part of the notification under par. (a), of the date
24by which complete plans and specifications for the project must be submitted to the
25department of natural resources.
AB150,1470,3
12. If the municipality fails to submit complete plans and specifications by the
2date required under subd. 1. b., the department of administration shall release the
3amount of subsidy allocated for the project.
AB150,1470,114 3. The department of administration shall promulgate, by rule, a method for
5determining a deadline by which a municipality that has been allocated subsidy
6must enter into a financial assistance agreement under s. 144.2415 (11) (a). The
7rules may provide for extending the deadline under specified conditions. If a
8municipality fails to enter into a financial assistance agreement by the deadline
9determined under the rules, including any extension, the department of
10administration shall release the amount of subsidy allocated to the municipality's
11project.
AB150,1470,1512 (f) If a sufficient amount of subsidy is not available under s. 144.2415 (3) (d) for
13the municipality's project when the department of administration notifies the
14municipality under par. (a), the department shall place the project on a list for
15allocation when additional subsidy becomes available.
AB150, s. 4237 16Section 4237. 144.241 (10) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 144.241 (8e)
17(title).
AB150, s. 4238 18Section 4238. 144.241 (10) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 144.241 (8e), and
19144.241 (8e) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB150,1470,2220 144.241 (8e) (intro.) The department shall establish a priority list under in
21accordance with
33 USC 1381 to 1387 which ranks each project. The ranking on the
22priority list shall be based on all of the following:
AB150, s. 4239 23Section 4239. 144.241 (10) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 4240 24Section 4240. 144.241 (10) (c) to (f) of the statutes are repealed.
AB150, s. 4241
1Section 4241. 144.241 (11) (title), (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to
2read:
AB150,1471,73 144.241 (11) (title) Approval Type of financial assistance. (a) The department
4of administration shall specify the method by which financial assistance is to be
5provided for each approved application that it approves. The methods by which the
6department may provide financial assistance are the methods specified under sub.
7(6) (b)
.
AB150,1471,148 (b) For municipalities meeting the financial hardship assistance requirements
9under sub. (13), the department of natural resources may approve financial hardship
10assistance and shall specify the method by which it will provide financial hardship
11assistance, including but not limited to a combination of loans at or below the market
12rate and grants, deferred payment loans, state payment of the loan for a number of
13years, or longer amortization periods
before July 1, 1997, and the department of
14administration may approve financial hardship assistance after June 30, 1997
.
AB150, s. 4242 15Section 4242. 144.241 (11) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 144.241 (9m) (d)
16and amended to read:
AB150,1471,1917 144.241 (9m) (d) The department of administration may not approve financial
18assistance under this section and s. 144.2415
provide notice under par. (a) for a
19project that is not on the priority list under sub. (10) (a) (8e).
AB150, s. 4243 20Section 4243. 144.241 (11) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 144.241 (9m) (g)
21and amended to read:
AB150,1471,2522 144.241 (9m) (g) In approving financial assistance under this section and s.
23144.2415
allocating subsidy under this subsection, the department of administration
24shall adhere to the amount approved by the legislature for each biennium under s.
25144.2415 (3) (d).
AB150, s. 4244
1Section 4244. 144.241 (12) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1472,32 144.241 (12) (a) 1. Tier 1 projects are those projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 1.
3and 2., except as restricted by sub. (8) (b), (c), (f) or (h).
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