Chapter Adm 46
HIGH-VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION LINE FEE
Adm 46.04 Annual impact fee, invoice and payment. Adm 46.05 One-time environmental impact fee. Adm 46.06 Distribution of fees. Adm 46.01Adm 46.01 Authority. Sections 16.004 (1) and 16.969 (2), Stats., authorize the department to promulgate rules for payment of annual and one-time environmental impact fees by persons issued a certificate for construction of high-voltage transmission lines. Adm 46.01 HistoryHistory: CR 01-048: cr. Register January 2002 No. 553, eff. 2-1-02. Adm 46.02Adm 46.02 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish a process for billing, collecting and distributing annual and one-time environmental impact fees to be paid to the department by persons issued a certificate by the commission for the construction of high voltage transmission lines. Adm 46.02 HistoryHistory: CR 01-048: cr. Register January 2002 No. 553, eff. 2-1-02. Adm 46.03Adm 46.03 Definitions. In this chapter: Adm 46.03(2)(2) “Commission” means the public service commission. Adm 46.03(3)(3) “Department” means the department of administration. Adm 46.03(4)(4) “Eligible municipality” means a county, town, village or city through which a high-voltage transmission line is routed, as identified by the commission under s. 196.491 (3) (gm), Stats. Adm 46.03(6)(6) “Initial year of construction” means the calendar year in which construction of a high-voltage transmission line begins, as determined by the commission. Adm 46.03(7)(7) “Person” includes all individuals, partnerships, associations, limited liability companies and bodies politic or corporate. Adm 46.03 HistoryHistory: CR 01-048: cr. Register January 2002 No. 553, eff. 2-1-02. Adm 46.04Adm 46.04 Annual impact fee, invoice and payment. Adm 46.04(1)(1) Initial year of construction. In the initial year of construction, no more than 60 days after construction has begun and the commission transmits to the department the determination of the cost of construction for a high-voltage transmission line, identification of eligible municipalities, and allocation of the associated amount of investment, the department shall invoice the person issued a certificate the annual impact fee in an amount equal to 0.3 % of the cost of the high-voltage transmission line as determined by the commission under s. 196.491(3) (gm), Stats. The department shall prorate the annual impact fee in the initial year of construction based upon the proportion of the year remaining after the date construction begins. Payment of the fee in the initial year of construction shall be due 45 days after the date the invoice is mailed by the department. Adm 46.04(2)(2) Subsequent year invoice and payment. On or before March 1 in each calendar year after the initial year of construction, the department shall invoice a person issued a certificate in an amount equal to 0.3 % of the cost of the high-voltage transmission line as determined by the commission under s. 196.491(3) (gm), Stats. Payment of the fee in subsequent years shall be due on or before May 1 of each year. Adm 46.04(3)(3) Fee adjustment. The department shall adjust any subsequent annual impact fee as necessary upon receipt from the commission of adjusted costs of construction after completion of the construction of a high-voltage transmission line. Adm 46.04 HistoryHistory: CR 01-048: cr. Register January 2002 No. 553, eff. 2-1-02. Adm 46.05Adm 46.05 One-time environmental impact fee. Adm 46.05(1)(1) In the calendar year in which construction of a high-voltage transmission line begins, a person issued a certificate shall pay a one-time environmental impact fee in the amount of 5 % of the cost of the high-voltage transmission line, as determined by the commission under s. 196.491(3) (gm), Stats. The department shall invoice this fee no more than 60 days after the commission transmits the required information to the department under s. Adm 46.04. Payment of the fee shall be due 60 days after receipt of the invoice. Adm 46.05(2)(2) The department shall adjust the one-time environmental impact fee as necessary upon receipt from the commission of adjusted costs of construction after completion of the construction of a high-voltage transmission line if the adjusted costs exceed the initial cost determination made by the commission under s. 196.491 (3) (gm), Stats. Adm 46.05 HistoryHistory: CR 01-048: cr. Register January 2002 No. 553, eff. 2-1-02. Adm 46.06(1)(1) Annual impact fees. No more than 60 days after receipt of the fee under s. Adm 46.04, the department shall distribute the fee to each town, village and city that is an eligible municipality in proportion to the amount of investment allocated to each eligible municipality by the commission under s. 196.491 (3) (gm), Stats. Adm 46.06(2)(2) One-time environmental impact fee. No more than 60 days after receipt of the fee under s. Adm 46.05, the department shall distribute 50% of the fee to each county that is an eligible municipality, and 50% of the fee to each town, village and city that is an eligible municipality, in proportion to the amount of investment allocated to each by the commission under s. 196.491 (3) (gm), Stats. Adm 46.06 HistoryHistory: CR 01-048: cr. Register January 2002 No. 553, eff. 2-1-02. Adm 46.07Adm 46.07 Late payments. Annual impact fee payments received by the department more than 45 days after the date the invoice is mailed in the initial year of assessment, or after May 1 in subsequent years, shall be assessed interest at a rate, and in the same manner, as required by the commission for customer deposits for residential service as specified in s. PSC 113.0402 (9) (b). Adm 46.07 HistoryHistory: CR 01-048: cr. Register January 2002 No. 553, eff. 2-1-02.
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