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.

AB150,1465,1913 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.

AB150,1465,2523 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.

AB150,1466,62 144.241 (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.

AB150,1466,98 144.241 (2) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules that are necessary
9for the proper execution of its responsibilities under this section.

AB150,1466,1411 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.

AB150,1466,1716 144.241 (3m) (c) The estimated rank of each project on the priority list under
17sub. (10) (8e).

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:

AB150,1466,2523 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:

AB150,1467,32 144.241 (6) (b) 5. Providing financial hardship assistance no-interest loans
3under sub. (13) from the account under s. 25.43 (2) (b).

AB150,1467,96 144.241 (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.

AB150,1467,1911 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.

AB150,1467,2322 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:

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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.

AB150,1468,1513 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.

AB150,1468,2517 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).

AB150,1469,42 144.241 (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.

AB150,1469,96 144.241 (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.

AB150,1469,1311 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.

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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.

AB150,1470,2220 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:

AB150,1471,73 144.241 (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.

AB150,1471,1917 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).

AB150,1471,2522 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).

AB150,1472,32 144.241 (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).

AB150,1472,65 144.241 (12) (a) 2. Tier 2 projects are those projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 4.
6and 5., except as restricted by sub. (8) (b), (c), (f) or (h).

AB150,1472,108 144.241 (12) (a) 3. Tier 3 projects are those projects specified in sub. (7) (b) 6.
9and 7., and those portions of projects under tiers 1 and 2 that are restricted by sub.
10(8) (b), (c), (f) or (h).

AB150,1472,1412 144.241 (12) (c) (intro.) The department of administration shall establish, by
13rule, the percentage of market interest rates on loans for each tier of projects
14specified in par. (a) 1., 2. or 3., consistent with the following standards:

AB150,1472,2318 144.241 (12) (c) 3. The department of administration, in establishing
19percentage of market interest rates, shall attempt to ensure that those rates do not
20result in any of the following: b. State state water pollution abatement general
21obligation debt service costs greater than 50% of all general obligation debt service
22costs in the fiscal year in which the rates are established and in any of the following
233 fiscal years.

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1144.241 (12) (d) Upon receipt of a request in writing from the department, the
2The department of administration shall prepare in writing, and submit to the
3department, estimates of the debt service costs specified in par. (c) 3. The
4department of administration shall use such those estimates in establishing the
5percentage of market interest rates consistent with the standards standard specified
6in par. (c) 3. The department of administration, concurrently with the department's
7submitting a notice under s. 227.19 (2) of proposed rules authorized under this
8subsection, shall submit such estimates to the chief clerk of each house for
9distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3).

AB150,1473,1311 144.241 (12) (f) The department of administration may request the joint
12committee on finance to take action under s. 13.101 (11) to modify the percentage of
13market interest rates established by rule for tier 1 and tier 2 projects.

AB150,1473,1915 144.241 (13) Financial hardship assistance. A municipality with an
16application that is approved under sub. (9m) is eligible for a no-interest loan for all
17project costs eligible for financial assistance under this section and s. 144.2415,
18except for those costs to which sub. (8) (b), (c) or (h) applies, if the municipality meets
19all of the following criteria:

AB150,1473,2120 (a) The median household income in the municipality is 80% or less of the
21median household income in this state.

AB150,1473,2422 (b) The estimated total annual charges per residential user in the municipality
23that relate to wastewater treatment would exceed 2.5% of the median household
24income in the municipality in the absence of assistance under this subsection.

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1144.241 (13m) (b) Grants provided under this subsection are not included for
2the purposes of determining under sub. (8) (i) the amount that a municipality may
3receive for projects under this section and s. 144.2415. Grants awarded under this
4subsection are not considered for the purposes of sub. (11) (d) (9m) (e) or s. 144.2415
5(3) (d).

AB150,1474,97 144.241 (14) (b) 1. Establish a dedicated source of revenue, that is acceptable
8to the department of administration under s. 144.2415 (9) (am) and (b), for the
9repayment of any financial assistance.