6. One citizen member, appointed by the senate minority leader.
(b) At least 5 of the citizen members appointed under paragraph (a) shall have experience in public finance, transportation policy, or transportation system planning.
(c) The commission shall examine issues related to the future of transportation finance in this state, including all of the following:
1. The estimated costs of highway maintenance, rehabilitation, reconstruction, and expansion projects over a 10-year period, including both those currently identified in the department's 6-year program and those in the department's long-range transportation plans.
2. The estimated costs of local government transportation aid and assistance programs, including general transportation aids and mass transit operating assistance.
3. Projections of transportation fund revenues over the same 10-year period identified in subdivision 1.
4. Projections of transportation fund debt service for the use of bonds over the same 10-year period identified in subdivision 1., under various scenarios.
5. Various options for increasing transportation fund revenues or adjusting transportation fund expenditures over the 10-year period identified in subdivision 1. to achieve a stable balance between expenditures, revenues, and debt service.
6. The impact of highway project planning for specific projects on landowners with property abutting proposed improvements.
(d) The commission shall prepare a report with its findings and recommendations and submit the report, no later than March 1, 2013, to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the assembly minority leader, the senate majority leader, and the senate minority leader.
(8f) Zoo interchange project report.
(a) In this subsection, "Zoo interchange" has the meaning given in section 84.014 (5m) (ag) 2. of the statutes.
(b)
No later than December 1, 2011, the department of transportation shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance that does all of the following:
1. Outlines a financing plan and schedule for the Zoo interchange project, including planned expenditures by year and by funding source, through the year of completion of the project.
2. Shows the impact on transportation fund debt service of the issuance of bonds for the Zoo interchange project as well as past and future issuance of transportation fund-supported bonds for other projects and programs.
3. Provides estimates of the percentage of gross transportation fund revenues that would be required for the payment of transportation debt service on any bonds described under subdivision 2., through 2 years following the year of completion of the Zoo interchange project.
(9i) Vehicle registration decals. By the date specified by the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance for submission of requests for consideration at the 3rd quarterly meeting of the committee under section 13.10 of the statutes in the 2011-12 fiscal year, the department of transportation shall submit a request to the committee under section 13.10 of the statutes to provide supplemental funding under section 13.101 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation under section 20.395 (5) (cq) of the statutes in the 2012-13 fiscal year for vehicle registration plate tags, decals, or stickers evidencing registration. The request submitted under this subsection shall include the department's proposal to establish a registration plate decal or sticker system under which decals or stickers would be issued centrally by a 3rd-party vendor and would carry an identification marker specific to the registration plate or vehicle for which the decal or sticker is issued. Upon approval of the proposal, including modification and approval, by the committee, the department shall implement the proposal as approved. Notwithstanding section 13.101 (3) of the statutes, the committee may supplement the appropriation under section 20.395 (5) (cq) of the statutes from the appropriation account under section 20.865 (4) (u) of the statutes for the purpose described in this subsection without finding that an emergency exists.
32,9149
Section 9149.
Nonstatutory provisions; Treasurer.
(1) Transfer of college savings programs duties to the department of administration.
(a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the office of the state treasurer that are primarily related to the state treasurer's performance of duties under sections 14.63, 14.64, and 14.65, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, shall become the assets and liabilities of the department of administration.
(b) Staff.
1. On the effective date of this subdivision, 1.0 FTE SEG position in the office of the state treasurer, and the incumbent employee holding that position, funded from the appropriation under section 20.585 (2) (tm), 2009 stats., and responsible for the performance of duties related to the college savings program, is transferred to the department of administration to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.505 (1) (th) of the statutes, as affected by this act. The secretary of administration shall identify the position.
2. An employee transferred under subdivision 1. to the department of administration has all of the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the department of administration that he or she enjoyed in the office of the state treasurer immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.
(c) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the office of the state treasurer that are primarily related to the state treasurer's performance of duties under sections 14.63, 14.64, and 14.65, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of administration.
(d) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the office of the state treasurer that is primarily related to the state treasurer's performance of duties under sections 14.63, 14.64, and 14.65, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of administration. All materials submitted to or actions taken by the office of the state treasurer with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department of administration.
(e) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the office of the state treasurer in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the state treasurer's performance of duties under sections 14.63, 14.64, and 14.65, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect and are transferred to the department of administration. The department of administration shall carry out any obligations under those contracts unless modified or rescinded by the department of administration to the extent allowed under the contract.
(f) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the office of the state treasurer in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the state treasurer's performance of duties under sections 14.63, 14.64, and 14.65, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the department of administration. All orders issued by the office of the state treasurer in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the state treasurer's performance of duties under sections 14.63, 14.64, and 14.65, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until modified or rescinded by the department of administration.
(2) Transfer of local government pooled-investment duties to the department of administration.
(a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the office of the state treasurer that are primarily related to the state treasurer's performance of duties under section 25.50, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, shall become the assets and liabilities of the department of administration.
(b) Staff.
1. On the effective date of this subdivision, 1.0 FTE PR position in the office of the state treasurer, and the incumbent employee holding that position funded from the appropriation under section 20.585 (1) (g), 2009 stats., and responsible for the performance of duties related to the local government pooled-investment fund under section 25.50, 2009 stats., is transferred to the department of administration to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.505 (1) (gc) of the statutes, as affected by this act. The secretary of administration shall identify the position.
2. An employee transferred under subdivision 1. to the department of administration has all of the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the department that he or she enjoyed in the office of the state treasurer immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.
(c) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the office of the state treasurer that are primarily related to the state treasurer's performance of duties under section 25.50, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of administration.
(d) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the office of the state treasurer that is primarily related to the state treasurer's performance of duties under section 25.50, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of administration. All materials submitted to or actions taken by the office of the state treasurer with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department of administration.
(e) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the office of the state treasurer in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the state treasurer's performance of duties under section 25.50, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect and are transferred to the department of administration. The department of administration shall carry out any obligations under those contracts unless modified or rescinded by the department of administration to the extent allowed under the contract.
(f) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the office of the state treasurer in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the state treasurer's performance of duties under section 25.50, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the department of administration. All orders issued by the office of the state treasurer in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the state treasurer's performance of duties under section 25.50, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until modified or rescinded by the department of administration.
(3) Transfer of management service functions to department of administration.
(a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the office of the state treasurer that are primarily related to management services, as determined by the secretary of administration, shall become the assets and liabilities of the department of administration.
(b) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the office of the state treasurer that are primarily related to management services, as determined by the secretary of administration, shall become the tangible personal property of the department of administration.
(c) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the office of the state treasurer in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to management services, as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect and are transferred to the department of administration. The department of administration shall carry out any obligations under such a contract until the contract is modified or rescinded by the department of administration to the extent allowed under the contract.
(d) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the office of the state treasurer in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to management services, as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until amended or repealed by the department of administration. All orders issued by the office of the state treasurer in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to management services, as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until modified or rescinded by the department of administration.
(e) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the office of the state treasurer on the effective date of this paragraph that is primarily related to management services, as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of administration and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the office of the state treasurer with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department of administration.
32,9152
Section 9152.
Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin System.
(1c) Supplemental pay plans during 2011-13 fiscal biennium.
(a) Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. During the 2011-13 fiscal biennium, the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System may provide supplemental pay plans for all of its employees, other than employees assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The supplemental pay plans shall be in addition to any pay plan approved under section 230.12 (3) (e) 1. of the statutes. The board shall submit the plans to the joint committee on employment relations, and the plans may be implemented only upon approval of the committee. The board may not request supplemental funding under section 20.928 of the statutes to pay the costs of these plans and the board, under section 16.42 of the statutes, may not request any funding of increases in salary and fringe benefit costs provided in these plans.
(b) Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During the 2011-13 fiscal biennium, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison may provide supplemental pay plans for all employees assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The supplemental pay plans shall be in addition to any pay plan approved under section 230.12 (3) (e) 1. of the statutes.
The chancellor shall submit the plans to the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. If the board approves the plans, the chancellor shall submit the plans to the joint committee on employment relations and the plans may be implemented only upon approval of the committee. The board may not request supplemental funding under section 20.928 of the statutes to pay the costs of these plans and the board, under section 16.42 of the statutes, may not request any funding of increases in salary and fringe benefit costs provided in these plans.
(1gc) Interim bidding procedures pending implementation of procedures. Notwithstanding sections 16.855 (23) and s. 36.11 (53) of the statutes, as created by this act, all construction work for each project that is constructed by or for the University of Wisconsin System that is exempted from compliance with the provisions of section 16.855 of the statutes under this act shall remain subject to the provisions of section 16.855 of the statutes until the procedures required under section 36.11 (53) of the statutes, as created by this act, become effective.
(1pc) Tuition.
(a) Notwithstanding section 36.27 (1) of the statutes, the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System may not charge resident undergraduates enrolled in the 2011-12 or 2012-13 academic year academic fees that are more than 5.5 percent greater than the academic fees charged resident undergraduates in the previous academic year.
(b) The limit under paragraph (a) does not apply to differential tuition approved by the Board of Regents before June 1, 2011.
(1tc) Study.
(a) In this subsection:
1. "Board" means the Board of Regents of the system.
2. "System" means the University of Wisconsin System.
(b) There is created a Special Task Force on UW Restructuring and Operational Flexibilities to study the system. The task force shall consist of the following members:
1. Six members appointed by the speaker of the assembly, including 3 business or public leaders, 2 current or former system chancellors or board members, and one member of the assembly.
2. Six members appointed by the senate majority leader, including 3 business or public leaders, 2 current or former system chancellors, or board members, and one member of the senate.
3. One member of the senate appointed by the senate minority leader and one member of the assembly appointed by the minority leader in the assembly.
4. Two members appointed by the governor.
5. One member appointed by the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance.
(c) The member appointed under paragraph (b) 5. shall serve as chairperson of the task force. The president of the system, the secretary of administration, and the legislative fiscal bureau shall provide staff services for the task force.
(d) In conducting its study, the task force shall address the following issues:
1. Whether there is a need to restructure the system and make recommendations as to a new governance structure.
2. How system employees and those system employees assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison would transition from the state personnel system to the new personnel systems.
3. Whether tuition flexibility can be extended to the system while ensuring access and affordability, and what role the legislature should have in establishing tuition.
4. How compensation plans for system employees should be determined in future biennia.
5. Additional operational flexibilities that could be provided to system institutions.
6. How articulation and the transfer of credits between system institutions could be improved.
(e) By January 1, 2012, the task force shall submit its report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature, as determined by the speaker of the assembly and the president of the senate, in the manner provided under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes, and to the joint committee on finance.
(f) Section 15.04 (1) (c) of the statutes applies to the task force as if it were a committee created under that paragraph. Task force expenses shall be paid from the appropriation under section 20.855 (7) (a) of the statutes, as created by this act.
(2c) The legislative audit bureau shall prepare a financial and performance evaluation audit of the use of broadband services by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and the board's relationship with Wisconsin's Research and Education Network, known as WiscNet. The audit shall examine issues of statutory compliance, competition, cost shifting, financing, collaboration, and access when considering the current structure and possible recommendations going forward. By January 1, 2013, the legislative audit bureau shall file its report as provided in section 13.94 (1) (b) of the statutes.
(3) System administration general program operations.
(a) In this subsection:
1. "Board" means the Board of Regents of the system.
2. "Reduction amount" means the difference between the total amounts shown in the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation under section 20.285 (3) (a) of the statutes for fiscal years 2009-10 and 2010-11 and the total amounts shown in the schedule under that appropriation for fiscal years 2011-12 and 2012-13.
3. "System" means the University of Wisconsin System.
(am) The board shall allocate the reductions in general purpose revenue appropriated to the system under this act to the institutions within the system based upon each institution's share of the system's general purpose revenue, academic fees, and nonresident tuition, excluding debt service, utilities, financial aid, separately budgeted tuition, and extension credit programs.
(b) No later than September 1, 2011, the board shall submit a plan to the secretary of administration and the joint committee on finance specifying the board's preferences for allocating the reduction amount among general program operations of the system administration. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the board within 14 working days after the date of the board's submittal that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the plan may be implemented as proposed by the board. If, within 14 working days after the date of the board's submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan, the plan may be implemented only upon approval of the committee.
32,9153
Section 9153.
Nonstatutory provisions; Veterans Affairs.
(2i) Recommendations regarding veterans trust fund. On or before June 30, 2012, the board of veterans affairs and the secretary of veterans affairs shall jointly provide recommendations regarding the adoption of a viable long-term funding source for the veterans trust fund. The department of veterans affairs shall submit the recommendations to the governor, the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the chairs of the appropriate standing committees under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes, and the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance.
(2j) Information regarding veterans trust fund. In submitting information under section 16.42 of the statutes for purposes of the 2013-15 biennial budget act, the department of veterans affairs shall include an estimate of the amount of revenues that will be deposited into the veterans trust fund during that biennium and recommendations for amounts to be appropriated from the veterans trust fund for that biennium.
The total amount that is recommended to be appropriated may not be greater than the estimate of the total amount to be deposited.
32,9154
Section 9154.
Nonstatutory provisions; Workforce Development.
(1) Local agency reimbursement contracts.
(a) Positions and employees. On the effective date of this paragraph, one position and the incumbent employee, if any, holding that position in the department of workforce development performing duties that are primarily related to local agency reimbursement contracts for programs administered by the department of children and families, as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred to the department of children and families.
(b) Employee status. Any employee transferred under paragraph (a) has all the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the department of children and families that he or she enjoyed in the department of workforce development immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.
(2c) Prevailing wage exemption; nursing home. Section 66.0903 of the statutes, as affected by this act, does not apply to a project of public works involving the erection, construction, repair, remodeling, or demolition of a nursing home in a county having a population of less than 50,000, the erection, construction, repair, remodeling, or demolition of which commences no later than one year after the effective date of this subsection.
32,9155
Section 9155.
Nonstatutory provisions; Other.
(1j) Judicial compensation commission.
(a) There is created a judicial compensation commission consisting of 2 members appointed by the governor, one member appointed by the president of the senate, one member appointed by the speaker of the assembly, one member appointed by the dean of the Marquette University Law School, one member appointed by the dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School, and one member appointed by the president of the State Bar of Wisconsin. The judicial compensation commission shall elect one of its members as chairperson. Members of the judicial compensation commission shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred as members of the judicial compensation commission.
