2021 WISCONSIN ACT
An Act to repeal 281.58 (8m), 281.58 (9) (am), 281.61 (3) and 281.61 (10); and to amend 281.58 (9) (a), 281.58 (9m) (a) 1., 281.61 (4) and 281.61 (5) (a) of the statutes; relating to: procedural changes for applications under the Clean Water Fund Program and the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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1. 281.58 (8m) of the statutes is repealed.
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2. 281.58 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (9) (a) After the department approves a municipality's facility plan submitted under sub. (8s), the municipality shall submit an application for participation to the department. The application shall be in such form and include such information as the department and the department of administration prescribe and shall include design plans and specifications. The department shall review applications for participation in the clean water fund program. The department shall determine which applications meet the eligibility requirements and criteria under subs. (6), (7), (8), (8m) and (13).
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3. 281.58 (9) (am) of the statutes is repealed.
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4. 281.58 (9m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (9m) (a) 1. The department determines that the project meets the eligibility requirements and criteria under subs. (7), (8), (8m) and (8s).
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5. 281.61 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
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6. 281.61 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.61 (4) Engineering report. A The department may require a local governmental unit or private owner of a community water system that serves a local governmental unit seeking financial assistance for a project under this section shall to submit an engineering report, as required by the department by rule. If an engineering report is required by the department, the local governmental unit or private owner of a community water system shall submit the engineering report prior to or concurrent with the submission of the application for financial assistance.
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7. 281.61 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.61 (5) (a) After the department approves an engineering report submitted under sub. (4), the A local governmental unit or private owner of a community water system that serves a local governmental unit shall submit an application for safe drinking water financial assistance and an engineering report, if required, to the department. The applicant department shall
submit the application on or before the June 30 preceding the beginning of the fiscal year in which the applicant wishes to receive the financial assistance, except that if funds are available in a fiscal year after funding has been allocated under sub. (8) for all approved applications submitted before the June 30 preceding that fiscal year, the department of administration may allocate funding for approved applications submitted after June 30 at least annually provide application submittal instructions to applicants, including a deadline for submitting applications, if any. The application shall be in the form and include the information required by the department and the department of administration and shall include plans and specifications that are approvable by the department under this section. An applicant may not submit more than one application per project per year.
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8. 281.61 (10) of the statutes is repealed.
