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AB56-ASA1-AA5,18,4 349. Page 282, line 14: delete the material beginning with that line and ending
4with page 283, line 2, and substitute:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,18,5 5 Section 333m. 23.0917 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,18,76 23.0917 (12) Expenditures after 2020. No moneys may be obligated from the
7appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) after June 30, 2020 2030.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,334m 8Section 334m. 23.0953 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,18,119 23.0953 (2) (a) (intro.) Beginning with fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with
10fiscal year 2019-20 2029-30, the department shall establish a grant program under
11which the department may award a grant to a county for any of the following:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,335m 12Section 335m. 23.096 (2m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,18,1713 23.096 (2m) (intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (2) (b), in each fiscal year beginning
14with fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20 2029-30, the
15department may award grants under this section that equal up to 75 percent of the
16acquisition costs of the property if the natural resources board determines that all
17of the following apply:”.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,18,18 1850. Page 289, line 3: after that line insert:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,18,19 19 Section 348m. 31.385 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,19,1120 31.385 (7) Notwithstanding the limitations under sub. (2) (a), and beginning
21with fiscal year 2011-12 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20 2029-30, the
22department shall set aside from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) not more
23than a total of $6,000,000 that may be obligated only to provide financial assistance
24to counties for projects to maintain, repair, modify, abandon, or remove dams. For

1purposes of s. 23.0917, beginning with fiscal year 2015-16, the moneys provided
2under this subsection from s. 20.866 (2) (ta) shall be treated as moneys obligated
3under s. 23.0917 (5g) (c) 2. c. To be eligible for financial assistance, a county must
4be under an order issued by the department to maintain, repair, modify, abandon, or
5remove a dam that is owned by the county and the order must be in effect on July 1,
62011. The amount of the financial assistance may not be for more than 25 percent
7of the costs of a project or $2,500,000, whichever is less. Subsection (2) (c) does not
8apply to a project for which financial assistance is provided under this subsection.
9A project need not be included under the inventory maintained by the department
10under sub. (4) in order for a county to receive financial assistance under this
11subsection.”.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,19,12 1251. Page 430, line 17: after that line insert:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,19,13 13 Section 1805m. 196.025 (7) (title) and (a) (intro.) of the statutes are repealed.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,1806m 14Section 1806m. 196.025 (7) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 16.954 (3) (a)
15and amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,19,1916 16.954 (3) (a) In cooperation with the other state agencies, collect, analyze,
17interpret, and maintain the comprehensive data needed for effective state agency
18clean and renewable energy planning and effective review of those plans by the
19governor and the legislature.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,1807m 20Section 1807m. 196.025 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 16.954 (3) (g).
AB56-ASA1-AA5,1808m 21Section 1808m. 196.025 (7) (a) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 16.954 (3) (h)
22and amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,20,3
116.954 (3) (h) Prepare In consultation with the public service commission,
2prepare
and maintain contingency plans for responding to critical energy shortages
3so that when the shortages occur they can be dealt with quickly and effectively.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,1809m 4Section 1809m. 196.025 (7) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 196.38 (1).
AB56-ASA1-AA5,1810m 5Section 1810m. 196.025 (7) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 196.38 (2) and
6amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,20,117 196.38 (2) The commission may require a public utility to provide energy
8billing and use data regarding public schools, if the commission determines that the
9data is necessary to provide technical assistance in the planning and
10implementation of energy efficiency and renewable resources
under sub. (1) in public
11schools, including those with the highest energy costs.”.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,20,12 1252. Page 430, line 19: after that line insert:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,20,13 13 Section 1815m. 196.38 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,20,14 14196.38 (title) Technical assistance to governmental units.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,1816m 15Section 1816m. 196.38 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,20,1716 196.38 (3) The commission shall consult with the office of sustainability and
17clean energy in implementing this section.”.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,20,18 1853. Page 431, line 12: after that line insert:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,20,19 19 Section 1856m. 230.08 (2) (ya) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,20,2120 230.08 (2) (ya) The director of the office of sustainability and clean energy in
21the department of administration.”.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,20,22 2254. Page 449, line 2: after that line insert:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,20,23 23 Section 1955m. 281.54 of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,21,6
1281.54 Local pollution control grants in TMDL watersheds. The
2department shall award grants from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (tj) to
3municipalities and counties for water pollution control infrastructure projects
4within watersheds for which a federally approved total maximum daily load under
533 USC 1313 (d) (1) (C) is in effect. The department shall promulgate rules for the
6administration of the program under this section.”.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,21,8 755. Page 449, line 3: delete the material beginning with that line and ending
8with page 450, line 22, and substitute:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,21,9 9 Section 1957m. 281.59 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,21,1110 281.59 (4) (a) The clean water fund program and the safe drinking water loan
11program
are revenue-producing enterprises or programs, as defined in s. 18.52 (6).
AB56-ASA1-AA5,1958m 12Section 1958m. 281.59 (4) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,21,1713 281.59 (4) (am) Deposits, appropriations or transfers to the environmental
14improvement fund for the purposes of the clean water fund program or the safe
15drinking water loan program
may be funded with the proceeds of revenue obligations
16issued subject to and in accordance with subch. II of ch. 18 or in accordance with
17subch. IV of ch. 18 if designated a higher education bond.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,1959m 18Section 1959m. 281.59 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,22,419 281.59 (4) (c) The building commission may pledge any portion of revenues
20received or to be received in the fund established in par. (b) or the environmental
21improvement fund to secure revenue obligations issued under this subsection. The
22pledge shall provide for the transfer to the environmental improvement fund of all
23pledged revenues, including any interest earned on the revenues, which are in excess
24of the amounts required to be paid under s. 20.320 (1) (c) and (u) and (2) (c) and (u)

1for the purposes of the clean water fund program and the safe drinking water loan
2program
. The pledge shall provide that the transfers be made at least twice yearly,
3that the transferred amounts be deposited in the environmental improvement fund
4and that the transferred amounts are free of any prior pledge.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,1960a 5Section 1960a. 281.59 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,22,146 281.59 (4) (f) Revenue obligations may be contracted by the building
7commission when it reasonably appears to the building commission that all
8obligations incurred under this subsection, and all payments under an agreement or
9ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.55 (6) with respect to revenue
10obligations issued under this subsection, can be fully paid on a timely basis from
11moneys received or anticipated to be received. Revenue obligations issued under this
12subsection for the clean water fund program and safe drinking water loan program
13shall not exceed $2,526,700,000 in principal amount, excluding obligations issued to
14refund outstanding revenue obligation notes.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,1960b 15Section 1960b. 281.59 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,22,2216 281.59 (9) (a) A loan approved under the safe drinking water loan program or
17the
land recycling loan program shall be for no longer than 20 years, as determined
18by the department of administration, be fully amortized not later than 20 years after
19the original date of the financial assistance agreement, and require the repayment
20of principal and interest, if any, to begin not later than 12 months after the expected
21date of completion of the project that it funds, as determined by the department of
22administration.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,1960c 23Section 1960c. 281.59 (9) (ad) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,23,424 281.59 (9) (ad) A loan approved under the safe drinking water loan program
25shall be fully amortized not later than 30 years after the expected date of completion

1of the project that it funds, as determined by the department of administration, and
2require the repayment of principal and interest, if any, to begin not later than 18
3months after the expected date of completion of the project that it funds, as
4determined by the department of administration.”.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,23,5 556. Page 450, line 22: after that line insert:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,23,6 6 Section 1960m. 281.61 (8) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,23,107 281.61 (8) (b) The department of administration shall allocate not more than
8$40,000,000 from proceeds of public debt authorized under s. 20.866 (2) (td) to
9projects involving forgivable loans to private users of public water systems to cover
10not more than 50 percent of the cost to replace lead service lines.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,1965m 11Section 1965m. 281.75 (1) (b) (intro.), 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended
12to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,23,1413 281.75 (1) (b) (intro.) “Contaminated well" or “contaminated private water
14supply" means a well or private water supply which does any of the following:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,23,1715 1. Produces water containing one or more substances of public health concern
16in excess of a primary maximum contaminant level promulgated in the national
17drinking water standards in 40 CFR 141 and 143; .
AB56-ASA1-AA5,23,1918 2. Produces water containing one or more substances of public health concern
19in excess of an enforcement standard under ch. 160; or.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,1965c 20Section 1965c. 281.75 (1) (b) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,23,2221 281.75 (1) (b) 4. Produces water containing at least 10 parts per billion of
22arsenic or at least 10 parts per million of nitrate nitrogen.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,1965d 23Section 1965d. 281.75 (4m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,24,4
1281.75 (4m) (a) In order to be eligible for an award under this section, the
2annual family income of the landowner or lessee of property on which is located a
3contaminated water supply or a well subject to abandonment may not exceed $65,000
4$100,000.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,11965f 5Section 11965f. 281.75 (5) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,24,116 281.75 (5) (f) The Except as provided in par. (g), the department shall allocate
7money for the payment of claims according to the order in which completed claims
8are received. The department may conditionally approve a completed claim even if
9the appropriation under s. 20.370 (6) (cr) is insufficient to pay the claim. The
10department shall allocate money for the payment of a claim which is conditionally
11approved as soon as funds become available.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,1965h 12Section 1965h. 281.75 (5) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,24,1513 281.75 (5) (g) If the appropriation under s. 20.370 (6) (cr) is insufficient to pay
14claims, the department may, for claims based on nitrate levels, allocate money for the
15payment of those claims in the following order of priority:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,24,1716 1. Claims based on water containing more than 40 parts per million nitrate
17nitrogen.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,24,1918 2. Claims based on water containing more than 30 but not more than 40 parts
19per million nitrate nitrogen.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,24,2120 3. Claims based on water containing more than 25 but not more than 30 parts
21per million nitrate nitrogen.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,24,2322 4. Claims based on water containing more than 20 but not more than 25 parts
23per million nitrate nitrogen.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,24,2524 5. Claims based on water containing more than 10 but not more than 20 parts
25per million nitrate nitrogen.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,1965m
1Section 1965m. 281.75 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,25,72 281.75 (7) (a) If the department finds that the claimant meets all the
3requirements of this section and rules promulgated under this section and that the
4private water supply is contaminated or that the well is a well subject to
5abandonment, the department shall issue an award. The Except as provided under
6par. (am), the
award may not pay more than 75 percent of the eligible costs. The
7award may not pay any portion of eligible costs in excess of $16,000.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,1965p 8Section 1965p. 281.75 (7) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,25,119 281.75 (7) (am) An award under this subsection may pay up to 100 percent of
10the eligible costs if the annual family income of the claimant is below the median
11family income for the state, as determined by U.S. Bureau of the Census.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,1965s 12Section 1965s. 281.75 (7) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,1965u 13Section 1965u. 281.75 (9) of the statutes is repealed.”.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,25,14 1457. Page 451, line 2: delete “$345" and substitute “$345".
AB56-ASA1-AA5,25,15 1558. Page 451, line 3: delete “$95, which" and substitute “$95 $660, which".
AB56-ASA1-AA5,25,21 1659. Page 451, line 4: after “(c)" insert “In addition to the annual fee, the holder
17of a permit under this section for a concentrated animal feeding operation shall pay
18to the department a fee of $3,270 upon receiving an initial permit or a renewal of a
19permit on or after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], and a
20fee of $3,270 every 5 years thereafter, which shall be credited to the appropriation
21account under s. 20.370 (9) (ag).
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AB56-ASA1-AA5,25,22 2260. Page 494, line 4: after that line insert:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,26,3
1(4f) Bureau of natural resources science. The department of natural
2resources shall convert the existing office of applied science into the bureau of
3natural resources science created under s. 15.345 (9).”.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,26,4 461. Page 495, line 3: after that line insert:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,26,5 5(1f) Office of energy innovation.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,26,6 6(a) Definitions. In this subsection:
AB56-ASA1-AA5,26,7 71. “Commission" means the public service commission.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,26,8 82. “Department" means the department of administration.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,26,10 93. “Focus on energy programs” means the statewide energy efficiency and
10renewable resource programs established under s. 196.374 (2) (a) 1.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,26,11 114. “Office" means the office of energy innovation in the commission.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,26,15 12(b) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and
13liabilities of the commission primarily relating to the office, except for assets and
14liabilities primarily relating to focus on energy programs, as determined by the
15secretary of administration, become the assets and liabilities of the department.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,26,20 16(c) Employee transfers. On the effective date of this paragraph, 5.0 FTE FED
17positions, and the incumbent employees holding those positions, in the commission
18who perform duties primarily related to the office, except for duties primarily
19relating to focus on energy programs, as determined by the secretary of
20administration, are transferred to the department.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,27,2 21(d) Employee status. Employees transferred under par. (c) have all the rights
22and the same status under ch. 230 in the department that they enjoyed in the
23commission immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding s. 230.28 (4), no

1employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to
2serve a probationary period.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,27,7 3(e) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all
4tangible personal property, including records, of the commission primarily relating
5to the office, except for property primarily relating to focus on energy programs, as
6determined by the secretary of administration, becomes the personal property of the
7department.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,27,13 8(f) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the commission primarily
9relating to the office, except for matters primarily relating to focus on energy
10programs, as determined by the secretary of administration, on the effective date of
11this paragraph is transferred to the department. All materials submitted to or
12actions taken by the commission are considered as having been submitted to or taken
13by the department.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,27,19 14(g) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the commission primarily relating
15to the office, except for contracts primarily relating to focus on energy programs, as
16determined by the secretary of administration, in effect on the effective date of this
17paragraph remain in effect and are transferred to the department. The department
18shall carry out any obligations under those contracts unless modified or rescinded
19to the extent allowed under the contract.
AB56-ASA1-AA5,27,25 20(h) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the commission under s.
21196.025 (7), 2017 stats., in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in
22effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the
23department. All orders issued by the commission under s. 196.025 (7), 2017 stats.,
24in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified
25expiration dates or until modified or rescinded by the department.”.
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