2023 Wisconsin Act 65

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”

  Date of enactment: December 6, 2023
2023 Senate Bill 140   Date of publication*: December 7, 2023

2023 WISCONSIN ACT 65

An Act to renumber and amend 31.385 (2) (ad); and to create 31.385 (2) (ad) 2m. and 31.385 (2) (ad) 3. of the statutes; relating to: financial assistance limits for dam removal.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

65,1 Section 1. 31.385 (2) (ad) of the statutes is renumbered 31.385 (2) (ad) 1m., and 31.385 (2) (ad) 1m. (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

31.385 (2) (ad) 1m. (intro.) Notwithstanding par. (a) and except as provided in subds. 2m. and 3., beginning with financial assistance provided in the 2021-22 fiscal year, financial assistance for a dam safety project cannot exceed $1,000,000 and shall be awarded in the following amounts:

65,2 Section 2. 31.385 (2) (ad) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:

31.385 (2) (ad) 2m. A project to remove a dam shall not be subject to the cost limits under subd. 1.

65,3 Section 3. 31.385 (2) (ad) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

31.385 (2) (ad) 3. Financial assistance is limited to no more than $1,000,000 for each dam safety project.