* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”

  Date of enactment: May 8, 2023
2023 Senate Bill 13   Date of publication*: May 9, 2023

2023 WISCONSIN ACT 6

An Act to repeal 20.320 (1) (sm), 281.59 (1) (as), 281.59 (9) (a) and 281.60; to amend 13.48 (26), 20.370 (4) (mt), 20.370 (9) (mt), 20.505 (1) (v), 20.536 (1) (ka), 25.43 (1) (h), 25.43 (2s) (a) 2., 25.43 (3), 67.12 (12) (a), 281.59 (2) (a), 281.59 (2) (b), 281.59 (3) (a) 1., 281.59 (3) (a) 5., 281.59 (3) (j), 281.59 (9) (am), 281.59 (9) (b) (intro.), 281.59 (9) (b) 1., 281.59 (11) (a), 281.59 (11) (b), 281.59 (11) (c), 281.59 (13s) and 281.59 (14); and to create 281.605 of the statutes; relating to: eliminating the land recycling loan program and repealing administrative rules relating to the land recycling loan program.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

6,1 Section 1. 13.48 (26) of the statutes is amended to read:

13.48 (26) Environmental improvement annual finance plan approval. The building commission shall review the versions of the biennial finance plan and any amendments to the biennial finance plan submitted to it by the department of natural resources and the department of administration under s. 281.59 (3) (bm) and the recommendations of the joint committee on finance and the standing committees to which the versions of the biennial finance plan and any amendments were submitted under s. 281.59 (3) (bm). The building commission shall consider the extent to which that version of the biennial finance plan that is updated to reflect the adopted biennial budget act will maintain the funding for the clean water fund program and the safe drinking water loan program, in the environmental improvement fund, in perpetuity. The building commission shall consider the extent to which the implementation of the clean water fund program, and the safe drinking water loan program and the land recycling loan program, as set forth in the biennial finance plan updated to reflect the adopted biennial budget act, implements legislative intent on the clean water fund program, and the safe drinking water loan program and the land recycling loan program. The building commission shall, no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of the biennial budget act, either approve or disapprove the biennial finance plan that is updated to reflect the adopted biennial budget act. If the building commission disapproves the version of the biennial finance plan that is updated to reflect the adopted biennial budget act, it must notify the department of natural resources and the department of administration of its reasons for disapproving the plan, and those departments must revise that version of the biennial finance plan and submit the revision to the building commission.

6,2 Section 2. 20.320 (1) (sm) of the statutes is repealed.

6,3 Section 3. 20.370 (4) (mt) of the statutes is amended to read:

20.370 (4) (mt) General program operations — environmental improvement programs; state funds. From the environmental improvement fund, the amounts in the schedule for general program operations under s. 281.58, 281.59, 281.60, 281.61, 281.62, or 283.31 or s. 281.60, 2021 stats.

6,4 Section 4. 20.370 (9) (mt) of the statutes is amended to read:

20.370 (9) (mt) Aids administration — environmental improvement programs; state funds. From the environmental improvement fund, the amounts in the schedule for the administration of ss. 281.58, 281.60, 281.61, 281.62, and 283.31 and s. 281.60, 2021 stats.

6,5 Section 5. 20.505 (1) (v) of the statutes is amended to read:

20.505 (1) (v) General program operations — environmental improvement programs; state funds. From the environmental improvement fund, the amounts in the schedule for general program operations under s. 281.58, 281.59, 281.60 or 281.61 or s. 281.60, 2021 stats.

6,6 Section 6. 20.536 (1) (ka) of the statutes is amended to read:

20.536 (1) (ka) General program operations; environmental improvement fund. All moneys received for providing services to the department of administration or the department of natural resources in administering ss. 25.43, 281.58, 281.59, 281.60, 281.61, and 281.62 and s. 281.60, 2021 stats., for general program operations.

6,7 Section 7. 25.43 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

25.43 (1) (h) The fees imposed under ss. 281.58 (9) (d), 281.60 (11m), and 281.61 (5) (b) and s. 281.60 (11m), 2021 stats.

6,8 Section 8. 25.43 (2s) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

25.43 (2s) (a) 2. The difference between $20,000,000 and the amount that has been expended under s. 20.320 (1) (sm), 2021 stats., when the agreement is entered into.

6,9 Section 9. 25.43 (3) of the statutes is amended to read: