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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 1064

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Relating to: grants for testing privately owned wells and providing education, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

County — Finance County — Health department Municipality — Finance Natural resources department of — Environmental protection University of wisconsin — Stevens point Wells

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Natural Resources to create and

administer a program to provide two types of grants: 1) grants, not to exceed $10,000,

to any county and to any city, village, or town that contains privately owned wells or

water supplies to test and map privately owned wells to assess groundwater quality

and determine the extent of any contamination and to study and map geologic

characteristics and well construction practices to determine any correlation between

water quality, geology, and well construction; and 2) grants, not to exceed $10,000,

to county health departments and county land and water conservation departments

to provide education and outreach related to well testing. Applicants may apply for

a grant individually or jointly with other applicants and may apply for both types of

grants simultaneously. Under the bill, the recipient of a testing and mapping grant

must share the results of its testing with DNR and the University of

Wisconsin–Stevens Point Center for Watershed Science and Education but may not

include any personally identifiable information, including specific property

locations, with the submitted results.

The bill also requires cities, villages, and towns that contain privately owned

wells or water supplies to inform its residents of the importance of regular well

testing.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Billings (D) , Cabrera (D) , Dittrich (R) , Emerson (D) , Kitchens (R) , Novak (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Petryk (R) , Plumer (R) , Shankland (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tranel (R)

2 cosponsors

Cowles (R) , Jacque (R)

Full history

  1. Feb 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Novak, Tranel, Shankland, Kitchens, Andraca, Billings, Cabrera, Dittrich, Emerson, Oldenburg, Petryk, Plumer, Spreitzer, Stubbs and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Cowles and Jacque

  2. Feb 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Environment

  3. Mar 9, 2022 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1