Amendment AA12-ASA2-AB50

AB50-ASA2-AA12,73 Section 73. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:

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AB50-ASA2-AA12,74 Section 74. 20.505 (4) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,34,11 20.505 (4) (cm) Community climate action grant program. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for the community climate action grant program under s. 16.035 (2).

AB50-ASA2-AA12,75 Section 75. 20.505 (4) (cp) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,34,15 20.505 (4) (cp) Community climate engagement grant program. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for the community climate engagement grant program under s. 16.037.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,9101 Section 9101. Nonstatutory provisions; Administration.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,34,17 (1) Position authorizations; climate action grant programs.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,34,21 (a) Community climate action grant program. The authorized FTE positions for the department of administration are increased by 1.0 GPR funded from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (4) (cm) to administer the community climate action grant program under s. 16.035.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,35,2 (b) Community climate engagement grant program. The authorized FTE positions for the department of administration are increased by 1.0 GPR funded from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (4) (cp) to administer the community climate engagement grant program under s. 16.037.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,35,3 8. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,35,5 “Section 9149. Nonstatutory provisions; Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,35,15 (1) Funding for the Green Innovation Fund. Notwithstanding the cap on expenditures specified in s. 20.192 (1) (a), in fiscal year 2025-26, the amount the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation may expend from the appropriation under s. 20.192 (1) (a) is increased by $50,000,000 for the purpose of supporting the Green Innovation Fund as it existed on January 1, 2025. In this subsection, “Green Innovation Fund” means the green bank, known as the Green Innovation Fund, administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation in collaboration with the department of administration based on the advice of the Governor’s Green Ribbon Commission on Clean Energy and Environmental Innovation established by executive order 195, issued April 19, 2023.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,35,16 9. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,35,23 “Section 76. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:

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AB50-ASA2-AA12,77 Section 77. 20.437 (2) (ej) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,36,3 20.437 (2) (ej) Child care water safety grant program. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the grants under s. 49.1337.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,78 Section 78. 49.1337 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,36,8 49.1337 Child care water safety grant program. From the appropriation under s. 20.437 (2) (ej), each fiscal year the department shall award a grant to Community Water Services, Inc., for the purpose of helping child care providers access safe drinking water.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,36,9 10. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,36,10 “Section 79. 20.866 (2) (tf) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,36,17 20.866 (2) (tf) Natural resources; nonpoint source. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of natural resources to fund nonpoint source water pollution abatement projects under s. 281.65 (4c) and (4e). The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $44,050,000 $67,050,000 for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $6,500,000 for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $6,500,000 for this purpose.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,36,18 11. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,36,19 “Section 80. 20.866 (2) (th) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,37,7 20.866 (2) (th) Natural resources; urban nonpoint source cost-sharing. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of natural resources to provide cost-sharing grants for urban nonpoint source water pollution abatement and storm water management projects under s. 281.66, to provide municipal flood control and riparian restoration cost-sharing grants under s. 281.665, and to make the grant under 2007 Wisconsin Act 20, section 9135 (1i). The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $53,600,000 $72,600,000 for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $4,000,000 for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $4,000,000 for this purpose. Of those amounts, $500,000 is allocated in fiscal biennium 2001-03 for dam rehabilitation grants under s. 31.387.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,37,8 12. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,37,14 “Section 81. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:

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AB50-ASA2-AA12,82 Section 82. 20.370 (1) (js) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,37,18 20.370 (1) (js) Wolf monitoring and abatement. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for wolf monitoring and projects for nonlethal abatement of wolves.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,37,19 13. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,37,20 “Section 83. 20.866 (2) (tx) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,38,5 20.866 (2) (tx) Natural resources; dam safety projects. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of natural resources to provide financial assistance to counties, cities, villages, towns, and public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts for dam safety projects under s. 31.385. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $25,500,000 $54,500,000 for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $4,000,000 for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $10,000,000 for this purpose.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,38,6 14. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,38,12 “Section 84. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:

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AB50-ASA2-AA12,85 Section 85. 20.370 (6) (aa) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,38,16 20.370 (6) (aa) Environmental aids – winter road safety improvement. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for grants under the winter road safety improvement grants program under s. 281.73.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,86 Section 86. 281.73 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,38,20 281.73 Winter road safety improvement grants. (1) The department shall develop and administer a program to provide financial assistance to municipalities for eligible expenditures for equipment critical to winter road safety.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,38,21 (2) An individual grant awarded under this section may not exceed $75,000.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,39,4 (3) The department shall promulgate rules necessary to administer this section, including rules that specify criteria for determining eligible recipients and expenditures, which shall include expenditures for live-edge blades, salt spreader control systems, brine mixers, and structural upgrades to salt storage facilities to prevent ground water contamination.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,39,6 (4) From the appropriation under s. 20.370 (6) (aa), the department may award grants to eligible recipients for eligible expenditures under this section.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,39,7 15. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,39,8 “Section 87. 23.405 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,39,10 23.405 Report on environmental impacts to covered communities. (1) In this section:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,39,13 (a) “Covered community” means a census tract that is at or above the 65th percentile for share of households with a household income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level and is any of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,39,17 1. At or above the 90th percentile for share of households that are both earning less than 80 percent of area median family income, as determined by the federal department of housing and urban development, and are spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing costs.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,39,18 2. At or above the 90th percentile for share of homes built before 1960.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,39,20 3. At or above the 90th percentile for having hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facilities or large quantity generators located within 3.1 miles.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,39,23 4. At or above the 90th percentile for number of proposed or listed sites identified by the federal environmental protection agency as superfund or national priorities list sites located within 3.1 miles.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,40,2 5. At or above the 90th percentile for mixture of particles in diesel exhaust in the air, measured as pounds per cubic foot.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,40,4 6. At or above the 90th percentile for number of vehicles, based on average annual daily traffic, at major roads within 1,640 feet, divided by distance in feet.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,40,7 7. At or above the 90th percentile for risk-screening environmental indicators modeled toxic concentrations at stream segments within 1,640 feet, divided by distance in feet.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,40,8 8. Occupied by a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,40,12 (b) “Cumulative impacts” means the combined past, present, and foreseeable future emissions and discharges occurring in a specific geographical area that are assessed based upon guidance issued by the department for exposure, public health or environmental risk, or other effects to the geographical area.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,40,14 (c) “Facility” means any facility, the operation of which requires a permit issued by the department under ch. 283, 285, 289, or 291.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,40,17 (2) The department shall identify and maintain a list of covered communities in the state. The department shall update the list as necessary to reflect the most recent data on household income and the most recent federal decennial census.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,40,20 (3) The department may not issue a permit under ch. 283, 285, 289, or 291 for the operation of a facility that is located wholly or partly within a covered community unless the permit applicant does all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,41,2 (a) Prepares a report assessing the environmental impact of the facility, including any cumulative impacts on the covered community, any adverse environmental effects that could not be avoided if the permit were issued, and the public health impact on the covered community.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,41,5 (b) Makes the report available to the public and provides the report to the department and the governing body and municipal clerk for the municipality in which the covered community is located.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,41,16 (c) Not less than 30 days after providing the report to the department and the governing body and municipal clerk under par. (b), conducts a public hearing in the municipality in which the covered community is located. The permit applicant shall conduct the public hearing in a manner that provides clear, accurate, and complete information about the facility and that provides the opportunity for meaningful public participation by residents of the covered community. Not less than 21 days prior to the hearing, the permit applicant shall publish public notices of the hearing in no fewer than 2 newspapers circulating within the covered community. Not less than 14 days prior to the hearing, the permit applicant shall provide a copy of the public notice to the department and the governing body and the municipal clerk of the municipality in which the covered community is located.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,41,20 (4) If a permit applicant is applying for more than one permit for a proposed new or expanded facility that is subject to sub. (3), the permit applicant is not required to comply with sub. (3) more than once for permits applicable to that facility.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,42,2 (5) Following a public hearing conducted under sub. (3) (c), the department shall consider community support and any testimony presented in its decision to grant or deny a permit and shall evaluate any revisions or conditions to the permit that may be necessary to reduce the adverse impact to public health or to the environment in the covered community.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,42,10 (6) The department shall issue a decision on a permit application that is subject to sub. (3) not less than 60 days following the public hearing held as required by sub. (3) (c). The department may deny an application for a permit for the operation of a facility that is located wholly or partly within a covered community if the department finds that the cumulative impact of the facility, in addition to the existing conditions in the covered community, constitute an unreasonable risk to the environment and the health of the residents in the covered community.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,42,12 (7) The department may promulgate any rules necessary to administer this section.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,9432 Section 9432. Effective dates; Natural Resources.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,42,14 (1) Environmental impacts to covered communities.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,42,16 (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the treatment of s. 23.405 takes effect on the first day of the 6th month beginning after publication.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,42,18 (b) The treatment of s. 23.405 (1) (a) and (2) takes effect on first day of the 4th month beginning after publication.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,42,19 16. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,42,20 “Section 88. 20.866 (2) (ti) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,43,4 20.866 (2) (ti) Natural resources; contaminated sediment removal. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of natural resources to fund removal of contaminated sediment under s. 281.87. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $32,000,000 $49,000,000 for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $4,000,000 for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $4,000,000 for this purpose.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,43,5 17. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,43,13 “Section 89. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:

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AB50-ASA2-AA12,90 Section 90. 20.370 (6) (et) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,43,17 20.370 (6) (et) Environmental aids — Revitalize Wisconsin program. Biennially, from the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule for aid awards under s. 292.66.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,91 Section 91. 20.370 (6) (eu) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,44,2 20.370 (6) (eu) Environmental aids — waste removal and sampling. Biennially, from the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule to provide financial assistance for the purpose of removing waste materials that have accumulated or been dumped on abandoned properties and to conduct sampling and testing to determine if those properties pose a risk to public health and safety or the environment.

AB50-ASA2-AA12,92 Section 92. 292.66 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA12,44,4 292.66 Revitalize Wisconsin program. (1) Definitions. In this section: