Wisconsin 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 4 R · 1 D cosponsors

SB 710 — Relating to: the private on-site wastewater treatment system replacement or rehabilitation grant program. (FE)

Last action — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Plain-language change summary

The amendments to Senate Bill 710 include delaying the elimination of a grant program that helps homeowners replace or repair failing septic systems until June 30, 2023, instead of 2021. Additionally, the bill now requires a study to be conducted on managing septage, aiming to reduce risks of water contamination in the state. These changes are important because they provide continued financial support for residents dealing with septic issues and seek to improve environmental safety by examining how septage is handled.

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- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRBa1028/1 KRP:amn&cdc SENATE AMENDMENT 1, TO SENATE BILL 710 January 31, 2020 - Offered by SenatACQUE.
- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRB-5283/1 KRP:cdc&cjs SENATE BILL 710 January 24, 2020 - Introduced by Senators ACQUE, ESTIN, FEYEN, OLSEN, MITH and W ANGGAARD, cosponsored by RepresentativesRUG, KURTZ, UMMERFIELD , N OVAK, SHANKLAND , P OPE, H EBL, K ITCHENS, F ELZKOWSKI, O LDENBURG , VANDER M EER, KOLSTE, T RANEL, DOYLE , BALLWEG , CONSIDINE, ANDERSON , G RUSZYNSK, N EUBAUER, M URSAU, K ULP, MAGNAFICI, PETRYK, SWEARINGEN , PLUMER , .T AYLOR, INING, TUBBS , PREITZER, INICK, MILROY, KOWRONSKI , EDMING , C ABRERA, Z AMARRIPA, O HNSTAD, V RUWINK , TUSLER , BILLINGS, THIESFELDT and S PIRO.
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy.
1.
A N A CT to create 145.245 (10m) of the statutes;
Page 1, line 3:
and to affect 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, section 9439 (4t);
after “program" insert “and a septage characterization study".
relating to:
2.
the private on-site wastewater treatment system replacement or rehabilitation grant program.
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Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Wisconsin Act 59, the 2017 biennial budget act, repealed, effective June 30, 2021, a grant program the Department of Safety and Professional Services administers to provide grants to persons and businesses that are served by failing private on-site wastewater treatment systems (POWTS), which are commonly known as septic tanks.
after that line insert:
This bill delays the elimination of the POWTS grant program to June 30, 2023.
“(2) The department of safety and professional services shall fund a septage characterization study by the Department of Soil and Waste Resources of the College of Natural Resources of the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point.
The bill requires DSPS to prepare literature that describes the eligibility for receiving a POWTS grant for a residence.
The study shall analyze and make recommendations on practices to mitigate the risk of contamination of the state's groundwater and surface waters through the strategic and data-driven application of septage at sites approved by the department of natural resources.
Under the bill, DSPS supplies the literature to counties, and counties must distribute the literature to recipients of public benefits.
The Department of Soil and Waste Resources of the College of Natural Resources of the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point shall prepare a report detailing the results of the study and shall submit the report to the LRBa1028/1 - 2020 Legislature - 2 - KRP:amn&cdc appropriate standing committees of the legislature in the manner provided under s.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
13.172 (3) no later than December 31, 2020.”.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
S ECTION 1.
145.245 (10m) of the statutes is created to read:
- 2020 Legislature - 2 - LRB-5283/1 KRP:cdc&cjs SENATE BILL 710 SECTION 1 145.245 (10m) D ISTRIBUTION OF LITERATUREThe department shall prepare literature that describes the eligibility for receiving a grant under this section for a principal residence.
The department shall supply the literature to counties, and counties shall distribute the literature to recipients of public benefits.
SECTION 2.
2017 Wisconsin Act 59, section 9439 (4t) is amended to read:
[2017 Wisconsin Act 59] Section 9439 (4t) P RIVATE ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM REPLACEMENT OR REHABILITATION GRANT PROGRAM;
SUNSET.
The treatment of sections 20.165 (2) (j) and (ke), 145.20 (5) (a) and (am), 145.245 (by SECTION1655j), and 281.57 (7) (c) 1.
of the statutes, the renumbering and amendment of section 145.01 (4m) of the statutes, and the creation of section 145.01 (4m) (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) of the statutes take effect on Jun2023.
2021 SECTION 3.0Nonstatutory provisions.
(1) The authorized FTE positions for the department of safety and professional services are increased by 2.0 PR project positions for the period beginning on July 1, 2020, and ending on June 30, 2022, to be funded from the appropriation under s.
20.165 (2) (j), for the purpose of conducting application and plan review under s.
145.19, evaluating requests for variances under s.
145.24, and carrying out the department's responsibilities under s.
145.20 (3), including all of the following:
(a) Conducting reviews and audits of private on-site wastewater treatment system programs in governmental units responsible for the regulation of private on-site wastewater treatment systems.
(b) Providing training and informational programs.
LRB-5283/1 - 2020 Legislature - 3 - KRP:cdc&cjs SECTION 3 SENATE BILL 710 (c) Training new and existing staff of governmental units responsible for the regulation of private on-site wastewater treatment systems in conducting application and plan review under ss.
145.19 and 145.20 (2).
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Action History

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. Available for scheduling

  3. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  4. Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  5. Executive action taken

  6. Fiscal estimate received

  7. Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque

  8. Public hearing held

  9. Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor

  10. Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy

  11. Introduced by Senators Jacque, Testin, Feyen, Olsen, Smith and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Krug, Kurtz, Summerfield, Novak, Shankland, Pope, Hebl, Kitchens, Felzkowski, Oldenburg, VanderMeer, Kolste, Tranel, Doyle, Ballweg, Considine, Anderson, Gruszynski, Neubauer, Mursau, Kulp, Magnafici, Petryk, Swearingen, Plumer, C. Taylor, Vining, Stubbs, Spreitzer, Sinicki, Milroy, Skowronski, Edming, Cabrera, Zamarripa, Ohnstad, Vruwink, Tusler, Billings, Thiesfeldt and Spiros

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Who sponsors SB 710?
SB 710 is sponsored by Testin, Patrick (Republican), Feyen, Dan (Republican), Olsen, Wanggaard, Van (Republican), Smith, Jeff (Democrat), and Jacque, André (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 710?
This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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