WisconsinMunicipal waste facilities can keep fees while repaying wastewater loans
The law lets municipal waste facilities keep environmental repair fees equal to their outstanding Clean Water Fund Program loan debt while repaying wastewater treatment loans.
What it does
Municipal waste facilities with Clean Water Fund Program loans for wastewater treatment systems may keep environmental repair fees equal to the borrowed amount and interest owed while repaying those loans.
Argument forKeeping collected fees could help municipal waste facilities repay Clean Water Fund Program loans for wastewater treatment systems.
Argument againstLetting facilities keep these fees could reduce the money the Department of Natural Resources receives while their loans are being repaid.
More detail
Municipal waste facility owners or operators may keep environmental repair fees they collect from waste disposal. This permission covers owners or operators of municipal solid waste facilities. The owner or operator must receive a Clean Water Fund Program loan for wastewater treatment systems. The amount kept may equal the total borrowed amount and interest owed on that loan. Facilities may keep these fees while the loan is in repayment.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 2Published 4-3-2026Latest
- Apr 2Report approved by the Governor Tony Evers on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 169Became Law
- Apr 1Presented to the Governor on 4-1-2026To Governor
- Feb 13Report correctly enrolled on 2-13-2026Minor
- Feb 12Received from Senate concurred inMinor
- Feb 11Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 11Read a third time and concurred inPassed Senate
- Feb 11Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Feb 11Ordered to a third readingMinor
- Feb 11Read a second timeMinor
- Feb 9Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Vote recorded Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 9Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Feb 3Available for scheduling
- Vote recorded Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 3Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0Minor
- Feb 3Executive action taken
- Jan 29Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)Minor
- Jan 26Fiscal estimate receivedMinor
- Jan 26Available for scheduling
- Jan 26Read first time and referred to committee on Senate OrganizationMinor
- Jan 22Received from AssemblyMinor
- Jan 22Ordered immediately messaged
- Jan 22Read a third time and passedPassed Assembly
- Jan 22Rules suspended
- Jan 22Ordered to a third readingMinor
- Jan 22Read a second timeMinor
- Jan 20Placed on calendar 1-22-2026 by Committee on Rules
- Jan 14Referred to committee on RulesMinor
- Vote recorded Report passage recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 14Report passage recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0Minor
- Jan 7Executive action taken
- 2025
- Nov 12Public hearing held
- Nov 12Fiscal estimate receivedMinor
- Oct 29Read first time and referred to Committee on Local GovernmentMinor
- Oct 29Introduced by Representatives B. Jacobson, Miresse, Behnke, Knodl, O'Connor, Penterman, Tittl and Brown; cosponsored by Senator TomczykIntroduced
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