AB56,412,19 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 $57,600,000 for this purpose. Of this amount, $500,000 is allocated in fiscal biennium 2001-03 for dam rehabilitation grants under s. 31.387.

AB56,299 Section 299. 20.866 (2) (ti) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,412,24 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 $57,000,000 for this purpose.

AB56,300 Section 300. 20.866 (2) (tj) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56,413,5 20.866 (2) (tj) Natural resources; total maximum daily load grants. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of natural resources to provide funds for water pollution control infrastructure project grants under s. 281.54. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 for this purpose.

AB56,301 Section 301. 20.866 (2) (tx) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,413,12 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 $29,500,000 for this purpose.

AB56,302 Section 302. 20.866 (2) (ugm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,413,17 20.866 (2) (ugm) Transportation; major interstate bridge construction. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of transportation to fund major interstate bridge projects under s. 84.016. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $245,000,000 $272,000,000 for this purpose.

AB56,303 Section 303. 20.866 (2) (up) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,413,24 20.866 (2) (up) Transportation; rail passenger route development. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of transportation to fund rail passenger route development under s. 85.061 (3). The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $79,000,000 $124,000,000 for this purpose. Of this amount, not more than $10,000,000 may be used to fund the purposes specified in s. 85.061 (3) (a) 2. and 3.

AB56,304 Section 304. 20.866 (2) (uup) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,414,18 20.866 (2) (uup) Transportation; southeast rehabilitation projects, southeast megaprojects, and high-cost bridge projects. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of transportation to fund the Marquette interchange reconstruction project under s. 84.014, as provided under s. 84.555, the reconstruction of the I 94 north-south corridor and the zoo interchange, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m), southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects under s. 84.0145, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m), and high-cost state highway bridge projects under s. 84.017, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m). The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $704,750,000 for these purposes. In addition, the state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $107,000,000 for the reconstruction of the Zoo interchange and I 94 north-south corridor, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m), as southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects under s. 84.0145, in an amount not to exceed $216,800,000 $206,800,000 for high-cost state highway bridge projects under s. 84.017, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m), and in an amount not to exceed $300,000,000 for southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects under s. 84.0145, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m), and in an amount not to exceed $65,000,000 for the reconstruction of the Zoo interchange, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m), as a southeast Wisconsin freeway megaproject under s. 84.0145.

AB56,305 Section 305. 20.866 (2) (uv) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,414,23 20.866 (2) (uv) Transportation, harbor improvements. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of transportation to provide grants for harbor improvements. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $120,000,000 $159,000,000 for this purpose.

AB56,306 Section 306. 20.866 (2) (uw) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,415,6 20.866 (2) (uw) Transportation; rail acquisitions and improvements. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of transportation to acquire railroad property under ss. 85.08 (2) (L) and 85.09; and to provide grants and loans for rail property acquisitions and improvements under s. 85.08 (4m) (c) and (d). The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $250,300,000 $280,300,000 for these purposes.

AB56,307 Section 307. 20.866 (2) (we) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,415,12 20.866 (2) (we) Agriculture; soil and water. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection to provide for soil and water resource management under s. 92.14. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $68,075,000 $78,075,000 for this purpose.

AB56,308 Section 308. 20.866 (2) (zn) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56,309 Section 309. 20.866 (2) (zo) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,415,20 20.866 (2) (zo) Veterans affairs; refunding bonds. From the funds and accounts under s. 18.04 (6) (b), a sum sufficient for the department of veterans affairs to fund, refund, or acquire the whole or any part of public debt as set forth in s. 18.04 (5). The building commission may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $1,015,000,000 for these purposes, exclusive of any amount issued to fund public debt contracted under par. s. 20.866 (2) (zn), 2017 stats.

AB56,310 Section 310. 20.867 (4) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,416,21 20.867 (4) (q) Funding in lieu of borrowing. As a continuing appropriation, all interest earnings of the capital improvement fund accrued after September 30, 1983, except interest earnings arising from the investment of proceeds of public debt contracted under s. 20.866 (2) (zn), 2017 stats., and s. 20.866 (2) (zo) on and after March 24, 1985, to permit funding in lieu of borrowing for the purposes for which the contracting of public debt is authorized under s. 20.866 (2) before March 24, 1985, and under s. 20.866 (2) (s) to (zm) and (zz) on and after March 24, 1985, and under s. 20.866 (2) (s) to (tz), (ug) to (ut), (uv) to (zm) and (zz) on and after August 9, 1989; and to permit funding for the purposes for which the contracting of public debt is authorized under s. 20.866 (2) (u) and (uu), regardless of the borrowing limits under s. 20.866 (2) (u) and (uu), on and after August 9, 1989. Expenditures from this appropriation for each purpose under s. 20.866 (2) (s) to (zm) and (zz) may not exceed the net interest earnings attributable to the corresponding account created under s. 18.08 (1) (b). Net interest earnings shall be allocated quarterly to accounts created under s. 18.08 (1) (b), on the basis of the average daily balance of each account during the quarter, except that accounts with a negative average daily balance shall not receive any interest earnings for that quarter. Balances attributable to accounts created under s. 18.08 (1) (b) may temporarily be utilized to support the expenditures of other accounts, pending the sale of public debt to provide funds for the program purposes of other accounts. Notwithstanding s. 20.866 (2) (s) to (zm) and (zz) or any nonstatutory state building program project enumeration, this appropriation may be used in lieu of borrowing under s. 20.866 (2) (s) to (zm) and (zz) on and after March 25, 1985, and in lieu of borrowing under s. 20.866 (2) (s) to (tz), (ug) to (ut), (uv) to (zm) and (zz) on and after August 9, 1989; and may be used regardless of the borrowing limits under s. 20.866 (2) (u) and (uu) on and after August 9, 1989.

AB56,311 Section 311. 20.867 (4) (r) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56,417,2 20.867 (4) (r) Interest on veterans obligations. As a continuing appropriation, all interest earnings arising from the investment of proceeds of public debt contracted under s. 20.866 (2) (zn), 2017 stats., and s. 20.866 (2) (zo) on and after March 24, 1985 and all amounts transferred under 1985 Wisconsin Act 6, section 27, to permit the payment of debt service on the public debt.