Senate Bill 443
Financial assistance to towns for certain dam safety projects
Topics: Natural Resources, Department of: Environmental protection, Natural resource, Town, Waterways and water power
Stopped in committee
It had a but no committee vote, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 8, 2012
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It sat with the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Issues.
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Cost estimate
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has bonding authority to provide funding for a financial assistance program for projects that ensure dam safety by maintaining, repairing, removing, or abandoning dams. Dam owners, including cities, villages, towns, counties, and public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts, are eligible to receive assistance only if DNR has issued a directive or order that the owner take action to ensure the dam's safety. The maximum amount of financial assistance for a dam safety project is $400,000. The program is supported by bonding authority with the debt service being paid from both the general fund and the conservation fund.
In addition to this bonding authority, current law requires that, beginning with fiscal year 2011-12 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, at least $6,000,000 in bonding authority must be set aside from the land acquisition subprogram of the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 Program for providing financial assistance to counties for these dam safety projects (stewardship assistance). To be eligible for stewardship assistance, a county must be under a DNR order to safeguard a dam that the county owns, and the order must have been in effect on July 1, 2011.
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The maximum amount of stewardship assistance that may be provided for a dam safety project is $2,500,000. This bill expands the entities that are eligible for stewardship assistance to include towns.
Who's behind it
Scott L. Fitzgerald, a Republican, is its .
1 more lawmaker .
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Author (1)
- Scott L. Fitzgerald · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (1)
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 21, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 16, 2012
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 8, 2012
Sent to the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Issues.
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Feb 8, 2012
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 8, 2012 · Senate
Introduced by Senator S. Fitzgerald;Cosponsored by Representative Kleefisch
- Feb 8, 2012 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Issues
- Feb 16, 2012 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Feb 21, 2012 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 23, 2012 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate