SB1071,26Section 2. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:

SB1071,,101020.370 (6) (et) Environmental aids — revitalize Wisconsin program. Biennially, from the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule for aid awards under s. 292.66 and to make any required payments under s. 25.43 (2s).

SB1071,,121220.370 (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.

SB1071,,151520.566 (1) (r) Administration of dry cleaner fees. From the dry cleaner environmental response environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule for the purpose of administering the fees under subch. XII of ch. 77.

SB1071,1017Section 10. 25.43 (2s) of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 6, is repealed and recreated to read:

SB1071,,181825.43 (2s) The secretary of administration and the secretary of natural resources shall ensure that any moneys required to be repaid to the environmental improvement fund as a result of a transfer under s. 25.43 (2s), 2021 stats., shall be paid from the environmental fund to the environmental improvement fund.

SB1071,,202025.46 (1) (s) All moneys received under s. 77.9964 (3) for environmental management.

SB1071,,222225.46 (2m) Of the moneys described in sub. (1) that are received for the purpose of environmental management, except the moneys described in sub. (1) (ej), (ek), (hm), (j), (jj), (s), (t), and (u), $6,150,000 shall, in each fiscal year, be considered to have been received for the purpose of nonpoint source water pollution abatement.

SB1071,,252577.9964 (3) The department shall deposit all of the revenue that it collects under this subchapter in the environmental fund under s. 25.48.

SB1071,,2727292.65 (14) Sunset. This section does not apply after June 30, 2032 the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date].

SB1071,,2929292.66 Revitalize Wisconsin program. (1) Definitions. In this section:

SB1071,,3030(a) “Brownfield” means a property that is abandoned, idle, or underused, the expansion or redevelopment of which is adversely affected by actual or perceived discharge or environmental pollution.

SB1071,,3131(b) “Discharge” has the meaning given in s. 292.01 (3).

SB1071,,3232(c) “Innocent landowner” means any of the following:

SB1071,,33331. A property owner that acquired the property prior to November 1, 2006, has continuously owned the property since the date of acquisition, and can demonstrate, through documentation, that the discharge or environmental pollution on the property was caused by another person and that the property owner did not know and had no reason to know of the discharge or environmental pollution when the owner acquired the property.

SB1071,,34342. A property owner that acquired the property on or after November 1, 2006, has continuously owned the property since the date of acquisition, and can demonstrate, through documentation, that the property owner conducted all appropriate inquiries in compliance with 40 CFR part 312 prior to acquisition, that the discharge or environmental pollution on the property was caused by another person, and that the property owner did not know and had no reason to know of the discharge or environmental pollution when the owner acquired the property.