Section NR 125.09 - Priority designation(1) PRIORITY CATEGORIES. After June 30, 1988 and before July 1, 1990 the department shall give priority for available funding as follows:(a) The department shall give first priority to funding annual payments to municipalities required under s. 281.55(8), Stats.(b) The department shall give second priority to funding applications for compliance maintenance planning.(c) The department shall give third priority to funding applications for small improvement projects.(2) PRIORITY WITHIN CATEGORIES. Priority within each category shall be determined by the point rating system under sub. (3). Projects shall be rated for priority for grants in descending order of the sum of the points. In the case of a tie in the point rating, the completed application received by the department at the earlier date shall be given the higher priority.(3) POINT RATING SYSTEM. In ranking projects for priority for grants, financial capacity will be considered. A combined maximum of 30 points is assigned to these 3 measures of financial capacity and will be computed in accordance with the following table: Points Applicable to Each Column | Per Capita Income % of State Average* | Project Cost Dollars Per Capita Based on Current Population | Local Share of Project Cost Plus Current Long-Term Nonschool Indebtedness as a Percent of Statutory Limitation Based on Equalized Valuation |
1 | Over 135% | $1 - 200 | Less than 10% |
2 | 100 to less than 135 | 201 - 400 | 10% to less than 20% |
3 | 89 to less than 100 | 401 - 600 | 20% to less than 30% |
4 | 80 to less than 89 | 601 - 800 | 30% to less than 40% |
5 | 72 to less than 80 | 801 - 1,000 | 40% to less than 50% |
6 | 65 to less than 72 | 1,001 - 1,200 | 50% to less than 60% |
7 | 59 to less than 65 | 1,201 - 1,400 | 60% to less than 70% |
8 | 54 to less than 59 | 1,401 - 1,600 | 70% to less than 80% |
9 | 50 to less than 54 | 1,601 - 1,800 | 80% to less than 90% |
10 | Less than 50 | Over 1,800 | 90% to less than 100% |
* Based on the most recent Wisconsin department of revenue publications, "Long Term Indebtedness of Wisconsin Political Subdivisions" and "Taxes, Aids and Shared Taxes" and confirmation of its applicability by department investigation.
Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 125.09
Cr. Register, July, 1976, No. 247, eff. 8-1-76; am. Register, November, 1976, No. 251, eff. 12-1-76; renum. (1) to be (3), cr. (1), am. (2), Register, April, 1989, No. 400, eff. 5-1-89; correction in (1) (a) made under s. 13.93(2m) (b) 7, Stats., Register, May, 2001, No. 545.