Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

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3	3	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
4	4	2023 SENATE BILL 860
5	5	December 26, 2023 - Introduced by Senators L. JOHNSON, CARPENTER, TAYLOR, ROYS,
6	6	SPREITZER, LARSON, AGARD and HESSELBEIN, cosponsored by Representatives
7	7	HAYWOOD, BARE, EMERSON, MOORE OMOKUNDE, STUBBS, RATCLIFF, JOERS, C.
8	8	ANDERSON, PALMERI, SINICKI, JACOBSON, ANDRACA, HONG, MADISON, DRAKE,
9	9	CLANCY and GOYKE. Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
10	10	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
11	11	AN ACT to amend 20.866 (2) (td); and to create 13.48 (26m) and 281.61 (8) (b)
12	12	of the statutes; relating to: bonding for lead service line replacement and
13	13	granting bonding authority.
14	14	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
15	15	Under current law, the Department of Administration and the Department of
16	16	Natural Resources administer the safe drinking water loan program (SDWLP),
17	17	which provides financial assistance from the environmental improvement program
18	18	to local governmental units and to the private owners of community water systems
19	19	that serve local governmental units for projects for the planning, designing,
20	20	construction, or modification of public water systems. DNR establishes a funding list
21	21	for SDWLP projects, and DOA allocates funding for those projects.
22	22	Under current law, the state may contract up to $74,950,000 in public debt for
23	23	the SDWLP. This bill increases the bonding authority for the program by
24	24	$200,000,000 and requires DOA to allocate up to $200,000,000 of the authorized
25	25	public debt to projects involving forgivable loans to private users of public water
26	26	systems to cover not more than 50 percent of the cost to replace lead service lines.
27	27	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
28	28	printed as an appendix to this bill.
29	29	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
30	30	enact as follows:
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35	35	SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 860
36	36	SECTION 1. 13.48 (26m) of the statutes is created to read:
37	37	13.48 (26m) LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT. The legislature finds and
38	38	determines that the prevalence of lead service lines in connections to public water
39	39	systems poses a public health hazard and that processes for reducing lead entering
40	40	drinking water from such pipes requires additional treatment of wastewater. It is
41	41	therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist
42	42	private users of public water systems in replacing lead service lines.
43	43	SECTION 2. 20.866 (2) (td) of the statutes is amended to read:
44	44	20.866 (2) (td) Safe drinking water loan program. From the capital
45	45	improvement fund, a sum sufficient to be transferred to the environmental
46	46	improvement fund for the safe drinking water loan program under s. 281.61. The
47	47	state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $71,400,000 for this
48	48	purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to
49	49	$3,550,000 $274,950,000 for this purpose.
50	50	SECTION 3. 281.61 (8) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
51	51	281.61 (8) (b) The department of administration shall allocate not more than
52	52	$200,000,000 from proceeds of public debt authorized under s. 20.866 (2) (td) to
53	53	projects involving forgivable loans to private users of public water systems to cover
54	54	not more than 50 percent of the cost to replace lead service lines.
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