31.385 Dam safety; aid program.

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(1b)In this section “dam safety project” means the maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment or removal of a dam to increase its safety or any other activity that will increase the safety of a dam.

(1m)The department shall promulgate the rules necessary to administer a financial assistance program for dam safety projects under which financial assistance shall be provided as follows:

(a)To municipalities and public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts for any type of dam safety projects.

(b)To private owners for the removal of dams.

(c)To any persons for the removal of abandoned dams.

(2)The following standards shall apply to financial assistance under this section for dam safety projects:

1. Except as provided in subd. 2. , financial assistance for a dam safety project is limited to the sum of the following:

a. No more than 50 percent of the first $400,000 of costs of the project.

b. No more than 25 percent of the costs of the project that exceed $400,000.

2. A project to remove a dam shall not be subject to the cost limits under subd. 1.

3. Financial assistance is limited to no more than $400,000 for each dam safety project.

1m. Notwithstanding par.

(a)and except as provided in subds. 2m. and 3. , beginning with financial assistance provided in the 2021-22 fiscal year, financial assistance for a dam safety project shall be awarded in the following amounts:

a. An amount equal to 50 percent of project costs for the first $1,000,000 in project costs.

b. An amount equal to 25 percent of project costs in excess of $1,000,000.

2m. A project to remove a dam shall not be subject to the cost limits under subd. 1m. a.

3. Financial assistance is limited to no more than $1,000,000 for each dam safety project.