AB847,31
1Section 31. 20.510 (1) (e) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 117,
2section 56, and 2015 Wisconsin Act 118, section 220, is amended to read:
AB847,13,43 20.510 (1) (e) Elections administration. The amounts in the schedule for the
4administration of chs. 5 to 10 and 12. 11.0102 (2)
Note: The stricken language was inserted by 2015 Wis. Act 117 but rendered
without effect by the treatment by 2015 Wis. Act 118.
AB847,32 5Section 32. 20.670 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB847,13,86 20.670 (1) (k) Director of state courts and law library transfer. All moneys
7received from the appropriations under s. 20.680 (2) (a) to (ke) and (4) (a) to (h) (L)
8for the purposes of the judicial council under s. 758.13.
Note: Corrects cross-reference. Section 20.680 (4) (a) to (h) consisted of s. 20.680
(4) (a), (g), and (h). Section 20.680 (4) (a) and (h) were repealed by 2015 Wis. Act 55.
Section 20.680 (4) (g) was renumbered s. 20.680 (2) (L) by 2015 Wis. Act 55.
AB847,33 9Section 33. The treatment of 20.923 (7) (intro.) of the statutes by 2015
10Wisconsin Act 55
is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 58. Both treatments stand.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference
bureau, s. 20.923 (7) (intro.) reads:
(7) General senior executive positions. The salary ranges for the director and the
executive assistant of the Wisconsin Technical College System and for the secretary,
deputy secretary, and assistant deputy secretary of the department of employee trust
funds shall be contained in the recommendations of the administrator of the division of
personnel management in the department of administration under s. 230.12 (3) (e). The
board of the Wisconsin Technical College System shall set the salaries for the director and
executive assistant of the Wisconsin Technical College System within the range to which
the positions are assigned to recognize merit, to permit orderly salary progression, and
to recognize competitive factors. The employee trust funds board shall set the salary for
the secretary of the department of employee trust funds within the range to which the
position is assigned to recognize merit, to permit orderly salary progression, and to
recognize competitive factors. The salary of the deputy secretary of the department of
employee trust funds and the salary of the assistant deputy secretary of the department
of employee trust funds shall be set in accordance with subs. (8) and (9), respectively. The
salary of any incumbent in the positions identified in pars. (a) and (b) may not exceed the
maximum of the salary range for the group to which the position is assigned. The
positions are assigned as follows:
AB847,34 11Section 34. The treatment of 20.923 (8) of the statutes by 2015 Wisconsin Act
1255
is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 58. Both treatments stand.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference
bureau, s. 20.923 (8) reads:

(8) Deputies. Salaries for deputies appointed pursuant to ss. 13.94 (3) (b), 15.04
(2), and 551.601 (1) shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary, other than the
salary of the deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds, shall not exceed
the maximum of the salary range one range below the salary range of the executive salary
group to which the department or agency head is assigned. The associate director of the
historical society shall be treated as an unclassified deputy for pay purposes under this
subsection. The salary of the deputy director of the office of business development in the
department of administration is assigned to executive salary group 2.
AB847,35 1Section 35. The treatment of 20.923 (9) of the statutes by 2015 Wisconsin Act
255
is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 58. Both treatments stand.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference
bureau, s. 20.923 (9) reads:
(9) Assistant deputy secretary and executive assistants. Salaries for assistant
deputy secretaries and executive assistants appointed under ss. 15.05 (3) and 15.06 (4m)
shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary for an assistant deputy secretary or
an executive assistant appointed under s. 15.05 (3) or 15.06 (4m), other than the salary
for the executive assistant to the director of the technical college system and the assistant
deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds, may not exceed the
maximum of the salary range 2 ranges below the salary range for the executive salary
group to which the department or agency head is assigned. The position of administrative
assistant to the lieutenant governor shall be treated as are executive assistants for pay
purposes under this subsection.
AB847,36 3Section 36. 23.425 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
Note: Section 23.425 (1) reads: “The department shall seek the advice of the
environmental education board on the development of environmental education
programs." The environmental education board is eliminated effective July 1, 2017, as
a result of the repeal of ss. 15.915 (6) and 36.54 by 2015 Wis. Act 55, leaving this provision
without effect.
AB847,37 4Section 37 . 23.425 (2) (a) and (b) of the statutes are renumbered 23.425 (1m)
5and (2m), and 23.425 (2m), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB847,14,86 23.425 (2m) The fees collected by the department under par. (a) sub. (1m) for
7the use of the MacKenzie environmental center shall be deposited in the general fund
8and credited to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (9) (gb).
Note: The repeal of s. 23.425 (1) by the previous section of this bill left s. 23.425
with only one subsection.
AB847,38 9Section 38. The treatment of 24.62 (3) of the statutes by 2015 Wisconsin Act
1055
is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 60. Both treatments stand.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference
bureau, s. 24.62 (3) reads:

(3) If any land purchased under s. 24.61 (2) (a) on or after July 14, 2015, or acquired
in an exchange under s. 24.09 on or after July 14, 2015, was at the time of the purchase
or acquisition subject to assessment or levy of a real property tax or subject to an
obligation to make state or federal payments in lieu of taxes, the board shall make annual
payments in lieu of property taxes from the proceeds from the sale of timber or from
appropriate trust fund incomes to the appropriate local governmental unit in an amount
equal to the property taxes levied on the land, or equal to the state or federal payments
in lieu of taxes made with respect to the land, in the year prior to the year in which the
board purchased or acquired the land.
AB847,39 1Section 39. 29.89 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 31, is
2amended to read:
AB847,15,63 29.89 (4) Donations authorized. A county may donate the processed venison
4or process processed wild turkey meat to a food distribution service or a charitable
5organization. The county may require that the carcasses be field dressed before
6accepting them for processing.
Note: Corrects spelling.
AB847,40 7Section 40. 38.04 (4) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
Note: Section 38.04 (4) (d) reads: “The board shall seek the advice of the
environmental education board on the development of environmental education
programs." The environmental education board is eliminated effective July 1, 2017, as
a result of the repeal of ss. 15.915 (6) and 36.54 by 2015 Wis. Act 55, leaving this provision
without effect.
AB847,41 8Section 41. 40.02 (15) (d) and (e) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB847,15,139 40.02 (15) (d) Contributions, benefits, and service credit with respect to
10qualified military service, as defined in 38 USC chapter 43 of title 38 of the United
11States Code
, taken on or after December 12, 1994, are governed by section 414 (u)
12of the Internal Revenue Code and the federal Uniformed Services Employment and
13Reemployment Rights Act of 1994.
AB847,16,214 (e) 1. Effective with deaths occurring on or after January 1, 2007, while a
15participant is performing qualified military service, as defined in 38 USC chapter 43
16of title 38 of the United States Code, death benefits shall be calculated as though the
17participant was a participating employee subject to par. (d) during the period or

1periods of military service between the date that the participant left participating
2employment to enter active military service and the date of death.
AB847,16,123 2. Effective with disabilities occurring on or after January 1, 2007, if a
4participant becomes disabled while performing qualified military service, as defined
5in 38 USC chapter 43 of title 38 of the United States Code, to the extent permitted
6by section 414 (u) (8) of the Internal Revenue Code, and is unable to return to
7participating employment due to the disability incurred while performing such
8military service, for benefit calculation purposes the participant shall be treated as
9though the participant was a participating employee subject to par. (d) during the
10period or periods of military service between the date that the participant left
11participating employment to enter active military service and the date of discharge
12from military service.
AB847,16,1913 3. Beginning January 1, 2009, an individual receiving differential wage
14payments while the individual is performing qualified military service, as defined in
1538 USC chapter 43 of title 38 of the United States Code, from an employer shall be
16treated as employed by that employer, and the differential wage payment shall be
17treated as compensation for purposes of applying the limits on annual additions
18under section 415 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code. This provision shall be applied
19to all similarly situated individuals in a reasonably equivalent manner.
Note: Corrects citation form.
AB847,42 20Section 42. The treatment of 40.05 (4) (ag) 1. of the statutes by 2015 Wisconsin
21Act 55
is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 58. Both treatments stand.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference
bureau, s. 40.05 (4) (ag) 1. reads:
1. For insured part-time employees other than employees specified in s. 40.02 (25)
(b) 2., including those in project positions as defined in s. 230.27 (1), who are appointed
to work less than 1,040 hours per year, an amount determined annually by the

administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of
administration under par. (ah).
AB847,43 1Section 43. 46.27 (6r) (b) 1m. a. of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin
2Act 55
, is amended to read:
AB847,17,73 46.27 (6r) (b) 1m. a. A person who resided in the facility on the date of the
4finding that a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility that provides care
5to Medical Assistance recipients to be is an institution for mental diseases whose care
6in the facility is disallowed for federal financial participation under Medical
7Assistance.
Note: Corrects grammar.
AB847,44 8Section 44. 46.272 (14) (b) 1. of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act
955
, is amended to read:
AB847,17,1410 46.272 (14) (b) 1. Medical assistance reimbursement for services a county or
11a private nonprofit agency, or with which the department contracts provides under
12this subsection shall be made from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (4) (bd) and
13(o) and (7) (b). Payments made under sub. (13) (a) may be used as the state share for
14purposes of Medical Assistance reimbursement.
Note: Deletes unnecessary language. The language for this provision was created
based on identical language in s. 46.27 (11) (c) 3. Under s. 46.27 (11) (c) 3. the department
may contract for services with a county, a private nonprofit agency, or an aging unit.
Under s. 46.272 (14) (b) 1. the department can only contract with a county or a private
nonprofit agency. The stricken language was inadvertently included in the creation of
s. 46.272 (14) (b) 1.
AB847,45 15Section 45. 46.277 (5g) (b) 1. of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act
1655
, is amended to read:
AB847,18,217 46.277 (5g) (b) 1. A person who resided in the facility on the date of the finding
18that a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility that provides care to
19Medical Assistance recipients to be is an institution for mental diseases whose care

1in the facility is disallowed for federal financial participation under Medical
2Assistance.
Note: Corrects grammar.
AB847,46 3Section 46. 48.57 (3m) (a) 1. b. of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin
4Act 55
, is amended to read:
AB847,18,125 48.57 (3m) (a) 1. b. The person is under 21 years of age, the person is a full-time
6student in good academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical
7equivalent, an individualized education program under s. 115.787 is in effect for the
8person, and the person is placed in the home of the kinship care relative under an
9order under s. 48.355, 48.357, 48.365, 938.355, 938.357, or 938.365 that terminates
10under s. 48.355 (4) (b) or 938.355 (4) (am) after the person attains 18 years of age or
11under a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement under s. 48.366 (3)
12or 938.366 (3).
Note: Inserts “the person" to provide parallel construction within a series.
AB847,47 13Section 47. 48.57 (3n) (a) 1. b. of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin
14Act 55
, is amended to read:
AB847,18,2215 48.57 (3n) (a) 1. b. The person is under 21 years of age, the person is a full-time
16student in good academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical
17equivalent, an individualized education program under s. 115.787 is in effect for the
18person, and the person is placed in the home of the long-term kinship care relative
19under an order under s. 48.355, 48.357, 48.365, 938.355, 938.357, or 938.365 that
20terminates under s. 48.355 (4) (b) or 938.355 (4) (am) after the person attains 18 years
21of age or under a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement under s.
2248.366 (3) or 938.366 (3).
Note: Inserts “the person" to provide parallel construction within a series.
AB847,48
1Section 48. 59.54 (28) (c) 4. c. of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act
255
, is amended to read:
AB847,19,53 59.54 (28) (c) 4. c. The chairperson of the county board of supervisors, or his or
4her designee,
if the county does not have a county executive or a county
5administrator.
Note: Removes unnecessary repeated language contained in s. 59.54 (28) (c) 4.
(intro.).
AB847,49 6Section 49. 71.07 (3y) (a) 2. of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act
755
, is amended to read:
AB847,19,88 71.07 (3y) (a) 2. “Eligible employee" has the meaning given in s. 238.308 (1) (a).
Note: Corrects cross-reference. There is no s. 238.308 (1) (a). “Eligible employee"
is defined in s. 238.308 (1).
AB847,50 9Section 50. 71.28 (3y) (a) 2. of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act
1055
, is amended to read:
AB847,19,1111 71.28 (3y) (a) 2. “Eligible employee" has the meaning given in s. 238.308 (1) (a).
Note: Corrects cross-reference. There is no s. 238.308 (1) (a). “Eligible employee"
is defined in s. 238.308 (1).
AB847,51 12Section 51. 71.47 (3y) (a) 2. of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act
1355
, is amended to read:
AB847,19,1414 71.47 (3y) (a) 2. “Eligible employee" has the meaning given in s. 238.308 (1) (a).
Note: Corrects cross-reference. There is no s. 238.308 (1) (a). “Eligible employee"
is defined in s. 238.308 (1).
AB847,52 15Section 52. 77.51 (10s) of the statutes is renumbered 77.51 (11c).
Note: Places definition in alphabetical order consistent with current style.
AB847,53 16Section 53. 101.023 of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 29, is
17amended to read:
AB847,20,7 18101.023 Commercial building code council duties. The uniform
19commercial building code council shall review the rules relating to constructing,

1altering, adding to, repairing, and maintaining public buildings and buildings that
2are places of employment. The council shall consider and make recommendations
3to the department pertaining to these rules and any other matters related to
4constructing, altering, adding to, repairing, and maintaining public buildings and
5buildings that are places of employment. In preparing rules under this chapter that
6relate to public buildings and to buildings that are places of employment, the
7department shall consult with the commercial building code council.
Note: Corrects council name. The “commercial building code council" is created
in s. 15.407 (18) (a). There is no “uniform commercial building code council."
AB847,54 8Section 54 . 101.63 (1) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin
9Acts 49
and 55, is amended to read:
AB847,21,210 101.63 (1) (intro.) Adopt rules which establish standards for the construction
11and inspection of one- and 2-family dwellings and components thereof. The rules
12shall include separate standards, established in consultation with the uniform
13dwelling code council, that apply only to the construction and inspection of camping
14units that are set in a fixed location in a campground for which a permit is issued
15under s. 254.47 97.67, that contain a sleeping place, and that are used for seasonal
16overnight camping. Where feasible, the standards used shall be those nationally
17recognized and shall apply to the dwelling and to its electrical, heating, ventilating,
18air conditioning and other systems, including plumbing, as defined in s. 145.01 (10).
19No set of rules may be adopted which has not taken into account the conservation of
20energy in construction and maintenance of dwellings and the costs of specific code
21provisions to home buyers in relationship to the benefits derived from the provisions.
22Rules promulgated under this subsection do not apply to a bed and breakfast

1establishment, as defined under s. 97.01 (1g), except that the rules apply to all of the
2following:
Note: The “dwelling code council" was renamed the “uniform dwelling code
council" by 2015 Wis. Act 29. Section 254.47 was renumbered to s. 97.67 by 2015 Wis. Act
55
.
AB847,55 3Section 55. 101.82 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 49,
4is amended to read:
AB847,21,115 101.82 (1) Promulgate by rule a state electrical wiring code that establishes
6standards for installing, repairing, and maintaining electrical wiring. The rules
7shall include separate standards, established in consultation with the uniform
8dwelling code council, that apply only to electrical wiring in camping units that are
9set in a fixed location in a campground for which a permit is issued under s. 254.47
1097.67, that contain a sleeping place, and that are used for seasonal overnight
11camping. Where feasible, the rules shall reflect nationally recognized standards.
Note: The “dwelling code council" was renamed the “uniform dwelling code
council" by 2015 Wis. Act 29. Section 254.47 was renumbered to s. 97.67 by 2015 Wis. Act
55
.
AB847,56 12Section 56. 102.16 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
13is amended to read:
AB847,21,2114 102.16 (1) (b) In the case of a claim for compensation with respect to which no
15application has been filed under s. 102.17 (1) (a) 1. or with respect to which an
16application has been filed, but the application is not ready to be scheduled for a
17hearing, the department may review and set aside, modify, or confirm a compromise
18of the claim within one year after the date on which the compromise is filed with the
19department, the date on which an award has been entered based on the compromise,
20or the date on which an application for the office department to take any of those
21actions is filed with the department.

Note: Inserts correct term. A draft of the amendment of this provision by 2015 Wis.
Act 55
changed “department" to “office," but that change was not retained in the final bill.
This single occurrence of “office" in s. 102.16, left a reference without an antecedent.
AB847,57 1Section 57. 108.04 (8) (b) of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
2is amended to read:
AB847,23,43 108.04 (8) (b) There is a rebuttable presumption that an employee has failed,
4without good cause, to accept suitable work when offered if the department
5determines, based on a report submitted by an employing unit in accordance with s.
6108.133 (4), that the employing unit required, as a condition of an offer of
7employment, that the employee submit to a test for the presence of controlled
8substances and withdrew the conditional offer after the employee either declined to
9submit to such a test or tested positive for one or more controlled substances without
10evidence of a valid prescription for each controlled substance for which the employee
11tested positive. In the case of the employee declining to submit to such a test, the
12employee shall be ineligible for benefits until the employee again qualifies for
13benefits in accordance with the rules promulgated under this paragraph. In the case
14of the employee testing positive in such a test without evidence of a valid
15prescription, the employee shall be ineligible for benefits until the employee again
16qualifies for benefits in accordance with the rules promulgated under this
17paragraph, except that the employee may maintain his or her eligibility for benefits
18in the same manner as is provided in s. 108.133 (3) (d). The department shall
19promulgate rules identifying a period of ineligibility that must elapse or a
20requalification requirement that must be satisfied, or both, in order for an employee
21who becomes ineligible for benefits as provided in this paragraph to again qualify for
22benefits and specifying how a claimant may overcome the presumption in this
23paragraph. The department shall charge to the fund's balancing account any

1benefits otherwise chargeable to the account of an employer that is subject to the
2contribution requirements under ss. 108.17 and 108.18 whenever an employee of
3that employer fails, without good cause, to accept suitable work as described in this
4paragraph.
Note: Inserts missing article.
AB847,58 5Section 58. 111.825 (7) of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32,
6is amended to read:
AB847,23,137 111.825 (7) Notwithstanding sub. (3), if on July 1, 2015, an employee of the
8University of Wisconsin System is assigned to a collective bargaining unit under s.
9111.825 (2) (a), (b), (c), (g), (h), or (i), 2013 stats., or
sub. (1) or (2) (a), (b), (c), (g), (h),
10or (i)
the commission shall assign the person to the corresponding collective
11bargaining unit under sub. (1r) or (1t), whichever is appropriate. Except as
12otherwise provided in this subchapter, the commission may not assign any other
13persons to the collective bargaining units under sub. (1r) or (1t).
Note: Section 111.825 (2) (a), (b), (c), (g), (h), and (i) were renumbered effective July
1, 2015, by 2011 Wis. Act 32. The cross-reference is changed to reflect the law in effect
immediately prior to the renumbering.
AB847,59 14Section 59. 118.40 (2r) (b) 2. i. of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin
15Act 55
, is amended to read:
AB847,23,1816 118.40 (2r) (b) 2. i. A requirement that the charter school governing board
17provide the data needed by the entity under subd. 1. for purposes of making the
18report required under sub. (3m) (a) 6. (f).
Note: Corrects a cross-reference. Section 118.40 (3m) (f) relates to reports to the
state superintendent by entities. Section 118.40 (3m) (f) was originally drafted as s.
118.40 (3m) (a) 6., but was renumbered s. 118.40 (3m) (f) when s. 118.40 (3m) (b) was
removed from the bill that became 2015 Wis. Act 55.
AB847,60 19Section 60. 118.51 (12) (a) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
Note: Section 118.51 (12) (a) was renumbered to s. 118.51 (12) by 2015 Wis. Act
55
without accounting for the paragraph title. Section 118.51 (12) has an existing title,

rendering the paragraph title surplusage. The paragraph title has been removed from
the published statutes.
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