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SB70-SSA2,353,17 13(6) Allowable costs; state share. (a) Except as provided in par. (e), costs
14allowable in determining grant funding under this section may not exceed the costs
15of rehabilitating or replacing a private on-site wastewater treatment system that
16would be necessary to allow the rehabilitated system or new system to meet the
17minimum requirements of the state plumbing code promulgated under s. 145.02.
SB70-SSA2,353,2318 (b) Except as provided in par. (e), costs allowable in determining grant funding
19under this section may not exceed the costs of rehabilitating or replacing a private
20on-site wastewater treatment system by the least costly methods, except that a
21holding tank may not be used as the measure of the least costly method for
22rehabilitating or replacing a private on-site wastewater treatment system other
23than a holding tank.
SB70-SSA2,354,1624 (c) Except as provided in pars. (d) and (e), the state grant share under this
25section is limited to $7,000 for each principal residence or small commercial

1establishment to be served by the private on-site wastewater treatment system or
2to the amount determined by the department based upon private on-site wastewater
3treatment system grant funding tables, whichever is less. The department shall
4prepare and publish private on-site wastewater treatment system grant funding
5tables which specify the maximum state share limitation for various components and
6costs involved in the rehabilitation or replacement of a private on-site wastewater
7treatment system based upon minimum size and other requirements specified in the
8state plumbing code promulgated under s. 145.02. The maximum state share
9limitations shall be designed to pay approximately 60 percent of the average
10allowable cost of private on-site wastewater treatment system rehabilitation or
11replacement based upon estimated or actual costs of that rehabilitation or
12replacement. The department shall revise the grant funding tables when it
13determines that 60 percent of current costs of private on-site wastewater treatment
14system rehabilitation or replacement exceed the amounts in the grant funding tables
15by more than 10 percent, except that the department may not revise the grant
16funding tables more often than once every 2 years.
SB70-SSA2,354,2117 (d) Except as provided in par. (e), if the income of a person who owns a principal
18residence that is served by a category 1 or 2 failing private on-site wastewater
19treatment system is greater than $32,000, the amount of the grant under this section
20is limited to the amount determined under par. (c) less 30 percent of the amount by
21which the person's income exceeds $32,000.
SB70-SSA2,355,222 (e) Costs allowable for experimental private on-site wastewater treatment
23systems shall include the costs of installing and monitoring experimental private
24on-site wastewater treatment systems installed under s. 145.02 (3) (b) and this
25section. The department shall promulgate rules that specify how the department

1will select, monitor, and allocate the state share for experimental private on-site
2wastewater treatment systems that the department funds under this section.
SB70-SSA2,355,10 3(7) Application. (a) In order to be eligible for a grant under this section, a
4governmental unit shall make an application for replacement or rehabilitation of
5private on-site wastewater treatment systems of principal residences or small
6commercial establishments and shall submit an application for participation to the
7department. The application shall be in the form and include the information the
8department prescribes. In order to be eligible for funds available in a fiscal year, an
9application is required to be received by the department prior to February 1 of the
10previous fiscal year.
SB70-SSA2,355,1211 (b) An American Indian tribe or band may submit an application for
12participation for any Indian lands under its jurisdiction.
SB70-SSA2,355,14 13(8) Conditions; governmental units. As a condition for obtaining grant
14funding under this section, a governmental unit shall do all of the following:
SB70-SSA2,355,1615 (a) Adopt and administer the maintenance program established under s.
16145.20 (5).
SB70-SSA2,355,2117 (b) Certify that grants will be used for private on-site wastewater treatment
18system replacement or rehabilitation for a principal residence or small commercial
19establishment owned by a person who meets the eligibility requirements under sub.
20(3), that the funds will be used as provided under sub. (5) and that allowable costs
21will not exceed the amount permitted under sub. (6).
SB70-SSA2,355,2322 (c) Certify that grants will be used for private on-site wastewater treatment
23systems which will be properly installed and maintained.
SB70-SSA2,355,2524 (d) Certify that grants provided to the governmental unit will be disbursed to
25eligible owners.
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1(e) Establish a process for regulation and inspection of private on-site
2wastewater treatment systems.
SB70-SSA2,356,63 (f) Establish a system of user charges and cost recovery if the governmental
4unit considers this system to be appropriate. User charges and cost recovery may
5include the cost of the grant application fee and the cost of supervising installation
6and maintenance.
SB70-SSA2,356,117 (g) Establish a system which provides for the distribution of grant funds
8received among eligible applicants based on the amount requested in the application
9as approved by the department. If the amount received by a county is insufficient
10to fully fund all grants, the county shall prorate grant funds on the same basis as sub.
11(12).
SB70-SSA2,356,15 12(9) Assistance. The department shall make its staff available to provide
13technical assistance to each governmental unit. The department shall prepare and
14distribute to each participating governmental unit a manual of procedures for the
15grant program under this section.
SB70-SSA2,356,19 16(10) Distribution of literature. The department shall prepare literature that
17describes the eligibility for receiving a grant under this section for a principal
18residence. The department shall supply the literature to counties, and counties shall
19distribute the literature to recipients of public benefits.
SB70-SSA2,356,25 20(11) Allocation of funds. (a) Determination of eligible applications. At the
21beginning of each fiscal year the department shall determine the state grant share
22for applications from eligible owners received by participating governmental units.
23The department may revise this determination if a governmental unit does not meet
24the conditions specified under sub. (8) or if it determines that individuals do not meet
25eligibility requirements under sub. (3).
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1(b) Allocation. The department shall allocate available funds for grants to each
2participating governmental unit according to the total amount of the state grant
3share for all eligible applications received by that governmental unit.
SB70-SSA2,357,64 (c) Limitation; commercial establishments. The department may not allocate
5more than 10 percent of the funds available under this subsection each fiscal year
6for grants for small commercial establishments.
SB70-SSA2,357,107 (d) Limitation; experimental private on-site wastewater treatment systems.
8The department may not allocate more than 10 percent of the funds available under
9this subsection each fiscal year for grants for the installation and monitoring of
10experimental private on-site wastewater treatment systems.
SB70-SSA2,357,13 11(12) Prorating. (a) Except as provided in par. (d), the department shall prorate
12available funds under this subsection if funds are not sufficient to fully fund all
13applications. A prorated payment shall be deemed full payment of the grant.
SB70-SSA2,357,1714 (b) Except as provided in par. (d), if funds are sufficient to fully fund all category
151 but not all category 2 failing private on-site wastewater treatment systems, the
16department shall fully fund all category 1 systems and prorate the funds for category
172 systems on a proportional basis.
SB70-SSA2,357,2118 (c) Except as provided in par. (d), if funds are not sufficient to fully fund all
19category 1 failing private on-site wastewater treatment systems, the department
20shall fund the category 1 systems on a proportional basis and deny the grant
21applications for all category 2 systems.
SB70-SSA2,357,2422 (d) The department is not required to prorate available funds for grants for the
23installation and monitoring of experimental private on-site wastewater treatment
24systems.
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1(13) Determination of eligibility; disbursement of grants. (a) The
2department shall review applications for participation in the state program
3submitted under sub. (7). The department shall determine if a governmental unit
4submitting an application meets the conditions specified under sub. (8).
SB70-SSA2,358,65 (b) The department shall promulgate rules which shall define payment
6mechanisms to be used to disburse grants to a governmental unit.
SB70-SSA2,358,11 7(14) Inspection. Agents of the department or the governmental unit may enter
8premises where private on-site wastewater treatment systems are located pursuant
9to a special inspection warrant as required under s. 66.0119 to collect samples,
10records, and information and to ascertain compliance with the rules and orders of the
11department or the governmental unit.
SB70-SSA2,358,14 12(15) Enforcement. (a) If the department has reason to believe that a violation
13of this section or any rule promulgated under this section has occurred, it may do any
14of the following:
SB70-SSA2,358,2415 1. Cause written notice to be served upon the alleged violator. The notice shall
16specify the alleged violation and contain the findings of fact on which the charge of
17violation is based and may include an order that necessary corrective action be taken
18within a reasonable time. This order shall become effective unless, no later than 30
19days after the date the notice and order are served, the person named in the notice
20and order requests in writing a hearing before the department. Upon this request
21and after due notice, the department shall hold a hearing. Instead of an order, the
22department may require that the alleged violator appear before the department for
23a hearing at a time and place specified in the notice and answer the charges
24complained of.
SB70-SSA2,358,2525 2. Initiate action under sub. (16).
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1(b) If after the hearing the department finds that a violation has occurred, it
2shall affirm or modify its order previously issued or issue an appropriate order for
3the prevention, abatement, or control of the violation or for other corrective action.
4If the department finds that no violation has occurred, it shall rescind its order. Any
5order issued as part of a notice or after hearing may prescribe one or more dates by
6which necessary action shall be taken in preventing, abating, or controlling the
7violation.
SB70-SSA2,359,128 (c) Additional grants under this section to a governmental unit previously
9awarded a grant under this section may be suspended or terminated if the
10department finds that a private on-site wastewater treatment system previously
11funded in the governmental unit is not being or has not been properly rehabilitated,
12constructed, installed, or maintained.
SB70-SSA2,359,16 13(16) Penalties. Any person who violates this section or a rule or order
14promulgated under this section shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $5,000
15for each violation. Each day of continued violation is a separate offense. While an
16order is suspended, stayed, or enjoined, this penalty does not accrue.
SB70-SSA2,415 17Section 415. 145.246 of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this
18act), is repealed.
SB70-SSA2,416 19Section 416. 146.616 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,359,2320 146.616 (1) (a) “Allied health professional" means any individual who is a
21health care provider other than a physician, registered nurse, dentist, pharmacist,
22chiropractor, or podiatrist and who provides diagnostic, technical, therapeutic, or
23direct patient care and support services to the patient.
SB70-SSA2,417 24Section 417. 146.63 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1146.63 (5) Term of grants. The department may not distribute a grant under
2sub. (2) (a) for a term that is more than 5 years to a rural hospital or group of rural
3hospitals for a term that is more than 3 years.
SB70-SSA2,418 4Section 418 . 146.69 of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2,360,7 5146.69 Grants for the Surgical Collaborative of Wisconsin. The
6department shall award a grant in an amount of $150,000 per fiscal year to the
7Surgical Collaborative of Wisconsin.
SB70-SSA2,419 8Section 419. 146.69 of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this
9act), is repealed.
SB70-SSA2,420 10Section 420 . 165.85 (5y) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2,360,1311 165.85 (5y) Law enforcement training fund. The moneys credited to the
12appropriation accounts under s. 20.455 (2) (ja) and (q) constitute the law enforcement
13training fund.
SB70-SSA2,421 14Section 421. 165.937 of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2,360,17 15165.937 Grants for protection of elders. (1) The department of justice shall
16award grants from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (fw) to organizations that
17promote the protection of elders.
SB70-SSA2,360,20 18(2) The department of justice shall provide funds from the appropriation under
19s. 20.455 (2) (fw) to support a statewide elder abuse hotline for persons to
20anonymously provide tips regarding suspected elder abuse.
SB70-SSA2,422 21Section 422. 165.95 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,361,422 165.95 (2) The department of justice shall make grants to counties and to tribes
23to enable them to establish and operate programs, including suspended and deferred
24prosecution programs and programs based on principles of restorative justice, that
25provide alternatives to prosecution and incarceration for criminal offenders who

1abuse alcohol or other drugs. The department of justice shall make the grants from
2the appropriations under s. 20.455 (2) (ek), (em), (jd), (kn), and (kv). The department
3of justice shall collaborate with the department of corrections and the department
4of health services in establishing this grant program.
SB70-SSA2,423 5Section 423 . 165.986 (7) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2,424 6Section 424 . 165.989 of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2,425 7Section 425 . 196.025 (6) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,361,88 196.025 (6) (title) Police and fire protection 911 fee.
SB70-SSA2,426 9Section 426 . 196.025 (6) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,361,2510 196.025 (6) (b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., a communications provider
11shall collect from each subscriber a monthly fee of $0.75 on each communications
12service connection with an assigned telephone number, including a communication
13service provided via a voice over Internet protocol connection. If a communications
14provider provides multiple communications service connections to a subscriber, the
15fee required to be collected by the communications provider under this subdivision
16shall be a separate fee on each of the first 10 connections and one additional fee for
17each 10 additional connections per billed account. A communications provider may
18list the fee separately from other charges on a subscriber's bill, and if a
19communications provider does so, the communications provider shall identify the fee
20as “police and fire protection 911 fee," or, if the communications provider combines
21the fee with a charge imposed under s. 256.35 (3), the communications provider shall
22identify the combined fee and charge as “charge for funding countywide 911 systems
23plus police and fire protection 911 fee." Any partial payment of a fee by a subscriber
24shall first be applied to any amount the subscriber owes the communications
25provider for communications service.
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1Section 427. 196.025 (6) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,362,92 196.025 (6) (b) 2. A communications provider that offers a prepaid wireless
3telecommunications plan, or a retailer that offers such a plan on behalf of a
4communications provider, shall collect from each subscriber or purchaser a fee equal
5to $0.38 on each retail transaction for such a plan that occurs in this state. A
6communications provider or retailer may state the amount of the fee separately on
7a bill for the retail transaction, and if a communications provider or retailer does so,
8the communications provider or retailer shall identify the fee as “ police and fire
9protection
911 fee."
SB70-SSA2,428 10Section 428 . 196.025 (6) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,362,1211 196.025 (6) (c) 3. The commission and department shall deposit all fees
12remitted under subds. 1. and 2. into the police and fire protection 911 fund.
SB70-SSA2,429 13Section 429. 196.218 (5) (a) 12. of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2,430 14Section 430. 230.08 (2) (e) 8. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB70-SSA2,362,1515 230.08 (2) (e) 8. Natural resources — 9.
SB70-SSA2,431 16Section 431 . 230.08 (2) (fr) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2,362,1717 230.08 (2) (fr) The director and staff of the legislative human resources office.
SB70-SSA2,432 18Section 432. 234.18 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2,362,2119 234.18 (3) On the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], the
20amount specified in sub. (1), including the increase specified in sub. (2), is increased
21by $200,000,000.
SB70-SSA2,433 22Section 433. 238.08 of the statutes is renumbered 238.08 (intro.) and amended
23to read:
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1238.08 Records of the corporation. (intro.) All records of the corporation
2are open to the public as provided in s. 19.35 (1) except those records relating to
3pending the following:
SB70-SSA2,363,6 4(1) Pending grants, loans, or economic development projects that, in the
5opinion of the corporation, must remain confidential to protect the competitive
6nature of the grant, loan, or project.
SB70-SSA2,434 7Section 434. 238.08 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2,363,98 238.08 (2) Confidential tax information received from the department of
9revenue under s. 71.78.
SB70-SSA2,435 10Section 435. 238.14 of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2,436 11Section 436. 238.157 of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2,363,15 12238.157 Vibrant spaces grant program; prohibition. The corporation is
13prohibited from expending any moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.192 (1)
14(a) or (r) for a vibrant spaces grant program as constituted under the corporation's
15policies and procedures on May 1, 2023, or any similar program.
SB70-SSA2,437 16Section 437 . 238.40 of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2,363,17 17238.40 Data centers. (1) Definitions. In this section:
SB70-SSA2,363,2518 (a) “Eligible data center costs” means expenditures made after the effective
19date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], for the development, acquisition,
20construction, renovation, expansion, replacement, or repair and the operation of a
21qualified data center in this state, including costs of tangible personal property and
22property under s. 77.52 (1) (c), as specified in s. 77.54 (70), land, buildings, site
23improvements, modular data centers, computer data center equipment acquisition
24and permitting, lease payments, site characterization and assessment, engineering,
25and design used at a qualified data center in this state.
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1(b) “Qualified data center” means one or more buildings or an array of
2connected buildings owned, leased, or operated by the same business entity, as
3defined in s. 13.62 (5), or its affiliate and for which all of the following apply:
SB70-SSA2,364,74 1. The buildings are rehabilitated or constructed to house a group of networked
5server computers in one physical location or multiple locations in order to centralize
6the processing, storage, management, retrieval, communication, or dissemination of
7data and information.
SB70-SSA2,364,108 2. The buildings create a minimum qualified investment in this state of any of
9the following amounts within 5 years from the date on which the corporation certifies
10the data center as eligible to claim the exemption under s. 77.54 (70):
SB70-SSA2,364,1211 a. For buildings located in a county having a population greater than 100,000,
12$150,000,000.
SB70-SSA2,364,1413 b. For buildings located in a county having a population greater than 50,000
14and not more than 100,000, $100,000,000.
SB70-SSA2,364,1615 c. For buildings in a county having a population of not more than 50,000,
16$50,000,000.
SB70-SSA2,364,1817 d. For buildings located in more than one county, the amount provided under
18subd. 2. a., b., or c. for the most populous county in which the buildings are located.
SB70-SSA2,364,2119 (c) “Qualified investment” means the aggregate, non-duplicative eligible data
20center costs expended at a qualified data center by an owner, operator, or tenant, or
21an affiliate of an owner, operator, or tenant, of the qualified data center.
SB70-SSA2,365,3 22(2) Certification. (a) The corporation shall certify a qualified data center for
23purposes of the sales and use tax exemption under s. 77.54 (70). The certification
24shall include a description of the geographic location or locations and buildings of the
25qualified data center and an identification of the business entity specified in sub. (1)

1(b). The corporation shall contract with that business entity and shall, upon request,
2amend the certification and contract to include one or more additional locations and
3buildings of the qualified data center.
SB70-SSA2,365,114 (b) If the corporation certifies a qualified data center for purposes of the sales
5and use tax exemption under s. 77.54 (70) and the data center fails to satisfy sub. (1)
6(b) 2., the corporation shall revoke the certification. All amounts of the sales and use
7tax exemption claimed under that certification as of the date of revocation shall
8become due and payable to each taxing authority against whom the exemption was
9claimed in the amounts so claimed. The corporation may grant an extension of time
10within which the qualified data center may avoid revocation by satisfying the
11applicable qualified investment requirement under sub. (1) (b) 2.
SB70-SSA2,438 12Section 438. 250.15 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2,365,1413 250.15 (2) (d) To Two million two hundred fifty thousand dollars to free and
14charitable clinics, $1,500,000.
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