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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 SENATE BILL 140 |
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| 5 | 5 | | March 23, 2023 - Introduced by Senators STAFSHOLT, COWLES, MARKLEIN, NASS and |
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| 6 | 6 | | SPREITZER, cosponsored by Representatives PETRYK, ZIMMERMAN, ARMSTRONG, |
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| 7 | 7 | | BEHNKE, MAGNAFICI and MOSES. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources |
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| 8 | 8 | | and Energy. |
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| 9 | 9 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT to renumber and amend 31.385 (2) (ad); and to create 31.385 (2) (ad) |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2m. and 31.385 (2) (ad) 3. of the statutes; relating to: financial assistance |
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| 12 | 12 | | limits for dam removal. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 14 | 14 | | This bill provides that the cost limits for dam safety projects created in the |
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| 15 | 15 | | 2021-23 biennial budget act (2021 Act 58) do not apply to a project to remove a dam. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Under current law, the state may contract public debt to provide financial |
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| 17 | 17 | | assistance to counties, cities, villages, towns, and public inland lake protection and |
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| 18 | 18 | | rehabilitation districts for maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment, or |
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| 19 | 19 | | removal of a dam. Prior to 2021 Act 58, financial assistance for a dam safety project |
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| 20 | 20 | | was limited to no more than 50 percent of the first $400,000 of costs of the project and |
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| 21 | 21 | | no more than 25 percent of the costs of the project that exceed $400,000. The total |
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| 22 | 22 | | amount of financial assistance for a dam safety project was limited to no more than |
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| 23 | 23 | | $400,000. However, these limits did not apply to a project to remove a dam. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 2021 Act 58 provided that, beginning in the 2021-22 fiscal year, financial |
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| 25 | 25 | | assistance for a dam safety project is limited to no more than 50 percent of the first |
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| 26 | 26 | | $1,000,000 of costs of the project and no more than 25 percent of the costs of the |
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| 27 | 27 | | project that exceed $1,000,000. The total amount of financial assistance for a dam |
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| 28 | 28 | | safety project is limited to no more than $1,000,000. 2021 Act 58 did not include a |
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| 29 | 29 | | provision exempting dam removal from these financial limits. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SENATE BILL 140 |
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| 35 | 35 | | For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be |
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| 36 | 36 | | printed as an appendix to this bill. |
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| 37 | 37 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 38 | 38 | | enact as follows: |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 1. 31.385 (2) (ad) of the statutes is renumbered 31.385 (2) (ad) 1m., and |
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| 40 | 40 | | 31.385 (2) (ad) 1m. (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read: |
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| 41 | 41 | | 31.385 (2) (ad) 1m. (intro.) Notwithstanding par. (a) and except as provided in |
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| 42 | 42 | | subds. 2m. and 3., beginning with financial assistance provided in the 2021-22 fiscal |
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| 43 | 43 | | year, financial assistance for a dam safety project cannot exceed $1,000,000 and shall |
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| 44 | 44 | | be awarded in the following amounts: |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 2. 31.385 (2) (ad) 2m. of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 46 | 46 | | 31.385 (2) (ad) 2m. A project to remove a dam shall not be subject to the cost |
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| 47 | 47 | | limits under subd. 1. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 3. 31.385 (2) (ad) 3. of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 49 | 49 | | 31.385 (2) (ad) 3. Financial assistance is limited to no more than $1,000,000 |
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| 50 | 50 | | for each dam safety project. |
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