Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB1060 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 1060
5	5	February 2, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives SORTWELL, DONOVAN, GREEN,
6	6	O'CONNOR and ORTIZ-VELEZ. Referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities.
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8	8	AN ACT to amend 196.372 (1) (b); and to create 66.0627 (8) (as) and 196.372 (4)
9	9	of the statutes; relating to: assistance to replace customer-side water service
10	10	lines containing lead.
11	11	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
12	12	Under current law, if approved by the Public Service Commission, a water
13	13	public utility may provide financial assistance, defined as a grant, loan, or a
14	14	combination thereof, to the owner of property to which water utility service is
15	15	provided (water customer) for the purpose of assisting the water customer in
16	16	replacing customer-side water service lines containing lead if 1) the city, town, or
17	17	village has enacted an ordinance permitting the water public utility to do so and
18	18	requiring water customers to replace any customer-side water service lines
19	19	containing lead, and 2) the utility-side water service line and the water main pipe
20	20	that are connected to the customer-side water service line do not contain lead or the
21	21	lead-containing portion of that line or pipe is replaced at the same time as the
22	22	customer-side water service line is replaced.
23	23	This bill specifies that “financial assistance” under this program is funded from
24	24	utility rates. Also under the bill, a utility may, without PSC approval, administer a
25	25	municipal program to assist water customers in complying with a city, village, or
26	26	town ordinance requiring the replacement of customer-side water service lines
27	27	containing lead and to provide municipal grants or loans to water customers for that
28	28	purpose, provided the utility does not give financial assistance to water customers
29	29	under the program.
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35	35	Under the bill, if a political subdivision makes a loan to an owner of a premises
36	36	for the purpose of replacing customer-side water service lines and collects the
37	37	amounts due under the loan as a special charge, the political subdivision must
38	38	provide the owner of the premises with an annual notice that includes 1) the loan
39	39	term, 2) the current year for which the property owner is paying the special charge
40	40	and the amount owed for that year, and 3) the current loan balance.
41	41	For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
42	42	an appendix to this bill.
43	43	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
44	44	enact as follows:
45	45	SECTION 1. 66.0627 (8) (as) of the statutes is created to read:
46	46	66.0627 (8) (as) If a political subdivision makes a loan under par. (ag) and
47	47	collects the loan repayments as a special charge under par. (am), the political
48	48	subdivision shall provide the owner of the premises with an annual notice that
49	49	includes all of the following:
50	50	1. The loan term.
51	51	2. The current year for which the owner of the premises is paying the special
52	52	charge and the amount owed for that year.
53	53	3. The current loan balance.
54	54	SECTION 2. 196.372 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
55	55	196.372 (1) (b) “Financial assistance” means a grant, loan, or combination
56	56	thereof that is funded from utility rates.
57	57	SECTION 3. 196.372 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
58	58	196.372 (4) MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE ASSISTANCE. (a) In this subsection, “water
59	59	customer” means an owner of property to which a water public utility provides water
60	60	utility service.
61	61	(b) Notwithstanding sub. (3), a water public utility may, without commission
62	62	approval, administer a municipal program to assist water customers in complying
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85	85	with a city, village, or town ordinance requiring the replacement of customer-side
86	86	water service lines that contain lead and to provide municipal grants or loans to
87	87	water customers for that purpose, provided the utility does not give financial
88	88	assistance to water customers under the program.
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