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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
January 21, 2022 - Introduced by Representatives Zimmerman, Kuglitsch,
Magnafici, Milroy and Moses, cosponsored by Senators Stafsholt and
Felzkowski. Referred to Committee on Local Government.
AB905,1,3 1An Act to renumber and amend 31.385 (2) (a) 2.; and to amend 31.385 (2) (a)
21. (intro.) and 31.385 (2) (ad) (intro.) of the statutes; relating to: financial
3assistance limits for dam removal.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill provides that the cost limits for dam safety projects created in the
2021-23 biennial budget act (2021 Act 58) do not apply to a project to remove a dam.
Under current law, the state may contract public debt to provide financial
assistance to counties, cities, villages, towns, and public inland lake protection and
rehabilitation districts for maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment, or
removal of a dam. Prior to 2021 Act 58, financial assistance for a dam safety project
was limited to no more than 50 percent of the first $400,000 of costs of the project and
no more than 25 percent of the costs of the project that exceed $400,000. The total
amount of financial assistance for a dam safety project was limited to no more than
$400,000. However, these limits did not apply to a project to remove a dam.
2021 Act 58 provides that, beginning in the 2021-22 fiscal year, financial
assistance for a dam safety project is limited to no more than 50 percent of the first
$1,000,000 of costs of the project and no more than 25 percent of the costs of the
project that exceed $1,000,000. The total amount of financial assistance for a dam
safety project is limited to no more than $1,000,000. 2021 Act 58 did not include a
provision exempting dam removal from these financial limits.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB905,1 1Section 1. 31.385 (2) (a) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB905,2,32 31.385 (2) (a) 1. (intro.) Except as provided in subd. 2. par. (af), financial
3assistance for a dam safety project is limited to the sum of the following:
AB905,2 4Section 2. 31.385 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 31.385 (2) (af) and
5amended to read:
AB905,2,76 31.385 (2) (af) A project to remove a dam shall not be subject to the cost limits
7under subd. 1. par. (a) 1. or (ad).
AB905,3 8Section 3. 31.385 (2) (ad) (intro.) of the statutes, as created by 2021 Wisconsin
9Act 58
, is amended to read:
AB905,2,1310 31.385 (2) (ad) (intro.) Notwithstanding par. (a), and except as provided in par.
11(af),
beginning with financial assistance provided in the 2021-22 fiscal year,
12financial assistance for a dam safety project cannot may not exceed $1,000,000 and
13shall be awarded in the following amounts:
AB905,2,1414 (End)
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