SB297: Bill Text

The bill also adds the following activities to those activities eligible for a housing rehabilitation loan:

1. An internal plumbing system. Current law includes a “plumbing system.”

2. The removal of asbestos or other internal environmental contamination in addition to lead paint, which is included under current law.

3. The repairing or replacing of an interior wall or ceiling or flooring, in addition to a number of other activities included under current law.

Because this bill may increase or decrease, directly or indirectly, the cost of the development, construction, financing, purchasing, sale, ownership, or availability of housing in this state, the Department of Administration, as required by law, will prepare a report to be printed as an appendix to this bill.

For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

SB297,,4 The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SB297,1 Section 1. 234.045 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB297,,6 234.045 (1) Definition. (intro.) In this section, “eligible rehabilitation” means an improvement to housing to maintain the housing in a decent, safe, and sanitary condition or to restore it to that condition if the improvement is the removal of lead paint or asbestos or other internal environmental contamination or constitutes a structural improvement, including any of the following:

SB297,2 Section 2. 234.045 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB297,,8 234.045 (1) (a) Repairing or replacing a heating system, electrical system, internal plumbing system, interior wall or ceiling, roof, window, or exterior door, or flooring.

SB297,3 Section 3. 234.045 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB297,,10 234.045 (2) (a) 2. The applicant’s home is a single-family residence that the applicant occupies as the applicant’s primary residence and that was constructed before 1980 at least 40 years prior to the date of the applicant’s loan application.

SB297,4 Section 4. 234.045 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB297,,12 234.045 (2) (a) 3. The applicant agrees to the terms of the loan, including a requirement to repay the loan by making monthly principal and interest payments so that the loan, including all interest, is fully repaid within the loan term established under subd. 4., a requirement to repay the loan, including all interest, upon the applicant selling or otherwise transferring title to the residence to another person or upon the applicant and his or her family vacating the residence, and all other terms established by the authority.

SB297,5 Section 5. 234.045 (2) (a) 4. to 6. of the statutes are created to read:

SB297,,14 234.045 (2) (a) 4. The loan term does not exceed 15 years.

SB297,,15 5. The amount of the loan does not exceed $50,000 or 125 percent of the assessed value of the residence after completion of the eligible rehabilitation, whichever is less.

SB297,,16 6. The applicant does not have another loan under this section pending with the authority at the time of application.

SB297,6 Section 6. 234.045 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB297,,18 234.045 (2) (b) The authority may establish an interest rate for any loan made under par. (a) below the market interest rate or may charge no interest but more than zero.

SB297,7 Section 7. 234.53 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB297,,20 234.53 (1m) (a) All of the following shall be credited to the fund:

SB297,,21 1. All moneys appropriated to the authority for the fund in the 2023-25 fiscal biennium.

SB297,,22 2. All moneys received from the repayment of loans under s. 234.045.

SB297,,23 (b) All moneys credited to the fund under par. (a) shall be used for loans awarded under s. 234.045.

SB297,,24 (c) Of the amounts credited to the fund under par. (a) 1., the authority shall return to the secretary of administration for deposit in the general fund all such amounts not encumbered or expended for eligible rehabilitation, as defined in s. 234.045 (1), as of the first day of the 8th year beginning after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date].

SB297,8 Section 8. 234.53 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB297,,26 234.53 (2) Except as provided in sub. subs. (1m) and (2m) and s. 234.045, the authority shall use moneys in the fund for the purpose of purchasing housing rehabilitation loans or for funding commitments for loans to lenders for housing rehabilitation loans. All disbursements of funds under this subsection for purchasing such loans shall be made payable to an authorized lender, as defined in s. 234.49 (1) (b), or a duly authorized agent thereof.

SB297,9 Section 9. 234.53 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB297,,28 234.53 (2m) The Except for moneys credited to the fund under sub. (1m), the authority may use moneys in the fund for the purpose of funding or purchasing loans under any down payment assistance program established by the authority.

SB297,10 Section 10. 234.53 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB297,,30 234.53 (4) The Except for moneys credited to the fund under sub. (1m), the authority may use moneys in the fund to cover actual and necessary expenses incurred in the sale of housing rehabilitation bonds and investment of the proceeds thereof.

SB297,11 Section 11. 234.53 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB297,,32 234.53 (5) Any Except for moneys credited to the fund under sub. (1m), any moneys not needed for the purposes of the fund shall be transferred to the housing rehabilitation loan program bond redemption fund.

SB297,,33 (end)