SB55-ASA1,36,622 16.023 (2) In conjunction with the working group established under sub. (1) (L)
231., the council shall, not later than one year after October 14, 1997, develop
24evaluation criteria for its functions under sub. (1). The council shall complete a
25report that contains an evaluation of its functions and activities not later than

1September 1, 2002 2006, and shall submit the report to the chief clerk of each house
2of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), and to the
3governor. The report shall also include a recommendation as to whether the council
4should continue in existence past its sunset date specified in s. 15.107 (16) (e) and,
5if so, a recommendation as to whether any structural modifications should be made
6to the council's functions or to the state's land use programs.
SB55-ASA1, s. 201c 7Section 201c. 16.023 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,36,88 16.023 (3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply after August 31, 2003 2007.
SB55-ASA1, s. 61 9Section 61. 16.045 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,36,1410 16.045 (1) (a) "Agency" means an office, department, independent agency,
11institution of higher education, association, society or other body in state
12government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, which
13is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the
14courts, but not including an authority created in ch. 231, 232, 233, 234 or, 235, or 237.
SB55-ASA1, s. 62 15Section 62. 16.251 of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-ASA1,36,17 1616.251 Emergency weather warning system. (1) In this section,
17"broadcasting corporation" has the meaning given in s. 39.81 (2).
SB55-ASA1,36,23 18(2) If the secretary determines that the federal communications commission
19has approved the transfer of all broadcasting licenses held by the educational
20communications board to the broadcasting corporation, on and after the effective
21date of the last license transferred, as determined by the secretary under s. 39.87 (2)
22(a), the department shall contract with the broadcasting corporation for the
23operation of an emergency weather warning system.
SB55-ASA1, s. 63 24Section 63. 16.26 of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-ASA1,36,25 2516.26 Public broadcasting assets. (1) In this section:
SB55-ASA1,37,1
1(a) "Broadcasting corporation" has the meaning given under s. 39.81 (2).
SB55-ASA1,37,52 (b) "Shared asset" means an asset of the state that, as determined by the
3secretary, is used for the purpose of providing public broadcasting, including a tower,
4transmitter, transmission facility or other related structure, equipment, or property,
5and that is also used by another agency, as defined in s. 16.70 (1).
SB55-ASA1,37,13 6(2) If the secretary determines that the federal communications commission
7has approved the transfer of all broadcasting licenses held by the educational
8communications board to the broadcasting corporation, the secretary shall negotiate
9and enter into an agreement to lease, sell, or otherwise transfer any shared asset
10used by the educational communications board to the broadcasting corporation. In
11addition, the secretary shall negotiate and enter into an agreement with the
12broadcasting corporation regarding the payment of any outstanding debt service of
13the educational communications board related to public broadcasting.
SB55-ASA1,37,22 14(3) If the secretary determines that the federal communications commission
15has approved the transfer of all broadcasting licenses, except licenses for student
16radio, held by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System to the
17broadcasting corporation, the secretary shall negotiate and enter into an agreement
18to lease, sell, or otherwise transfer any shared asset used by the University of
19Wisconsin System to the broadcasting corporation. In addition, the secretary shall
20negotiate and enter into an agreement with the broadcasting corporation regarding
21the payment of any outstanding debt service of the board of regents of the University
22of Wisconsin System related to public broadcasting.
SB55-ASA1, s. 64 23Section 64. 16.339 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,38,424 16.339 (2) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (7) (dm) (fm), the
25department may award a grant to an eligible applicant for the purpose of providing

1transitional housing and associated supportive services to homeless individuals and
2families if the conditions under par. (b) are satisfied. The department shall ensure
3that the funds for the grants are reasonably balanced among geographic areas of the
4state, consistent with the quality of applications submitted.
SB55-ASA1, s. 65 5Section 65. 16.352 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,38,126 16.352 (2) (a) From the appropriations under s. 20.505 (7) (fm) and (gm) (h),
7the department shall award grants to eligible applicants for the purpose of
8supplementing the operating budgets of agencies and shelter facilities that have or
9anticipate a need for additional funding because of the renovation or expansion of an
10existing shelter facility, the development of an existing building into a shelter facility,
11the expansion of shelter services for homeless persons, or an inability to obtain
12adequate funding to continue the provision of an existing level of services.
SB55-ASA1, s. 66 13Section 66. 16.352 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,38,1614 16.352 (2) (b) (intro.) The department shall allocate funds from the
15appropriations under s. 20.505 (7) (fm) and (gm) (h) for temporary shelter for
16homeless individuals and families as follows:
SB55-ASA1, s. 67 17Section 67. 16.40 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,39,1418 16.40 (14) Committees. Perform administrative services required to properly
19account for the finances of committees created by law or executive order. The
20governor may authorize each committee to make expenditures from the
21appropriation under s. 20.505 (3) (a) (4) (ba) not exceeding $2,000 per fiscal year. The
22governor shall report such authorized expenditures to the joint committee on finance
23at the next quarterly meeting of the committee. If the governor desires to authorize
24expenditures of more than $2,000 per fiscal year by a committee, the governor shall
25submit to the joint committee on finance for its approval a complete budget for all

1expenditures made or to be made by the committee. The budget may cover a period
2encompassing more than one fiscal year or biennium during the governor's term of
3office. If the joint committee on finance approves a budget authorizing expenditures
4of more than $2,000 per fiscal year by such a committee, the governor may authorize
5the expenditures to be made within the limits of the appropriation under s. 20.505
6(3) (a) (4) (ba) in accordance with the approved budget during the period covered by
7the budget. If after the joint committee on finance approves a budget for such a
8committee the governor desires to authorize expenditures in excess of the authorized
9expenditures under the approved budget, the governor shall submit a modified
10budget for the committee to the joint committee on finance. If the joint committee
11on finance approves a modified budget, the governor may authorize additional
12expenditures to be made within the limits of the appropriation under s. 20.505 (3)
13(a)
(4) (ba) in accordance with the modified budget during the period covered by the
14modified budget.
SB55-ASA1, s. 226c 15Section 226c. 16.40 (15) of the statutes is renumbered 41.11 (6) and amended
16to read:
SB55-ASA1,39,1917 41.11 (6) Badger state games assistance. Provide The department shall
18provide
, from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (f) 20.380 (1) (b), financial
19assistance for the operation of the badger state games.
SB55-ASA1, s. 68 20Section 68. 16.40 (17) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,39,2421 16.40 (17) Interstate bodies. Perform administrative services required to
22properly account for dues and related expenses for state participation in national or
23regional interstate governmental bodies specified in s. 20.505 (3) (a) (4) (ba) or
24determined by the governor.
SB55-ASA1, s. 227m 25Section 227m. 16.40 (20m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-ASA1,40,7
116.40 (20m) Anticipated operating and debt service costs; building projects.
2Provide the building commission with a statement of the amount of the anticipated
3annual operating costs or the amount of any increased annual operating costs, plus
4the amount of any increased annual debt service costs, generated by each proposed
5state building project requiring enumeration in the authorized state building
6program in the first full year following completion of the project, and the amount of
7such costs to be funded from each revenue source under s. 20.001 (2).
SB55-ASA1, s. 227p 8Section 227p. 16.40 (23) of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-ASA1,40,129 16.40 (23) University of Wisconsin-Green Bay programming. Provide funding
10from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (km) to finance programming at the
11University of Wisconsin-Green Bay that is jointly developed by the Oneida Tribe and
12the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
SB55-ASA1, s. 69 13Section 69. 16.41 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,40,1514 16.41 (4) In this section, "authority" means a body created under ch. 231, 233
15or, 234, or 237.
SB55-ASA1, s. 229b 16Section 229b. 16.417 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,40,1817 16.417 (1) (b) "Authority" means a body created under ch. 231, 232, 233, 234
18or, 235 or 237.
SB55-ASA1, s. 70 19Section 70. 16.43 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,41,3 2016.43 Budget compiled. The secretary shall compile and submit to the
21governor or the governor-elect and to each person elected to serve in the legislature
22during the next biennium, not later than November 20 of each even-numbered year,
23a compilation giving all of the data required by s. 16.46 to be included in the state
24budget report, except the recommendations of the governor and the explanation
25thereof. The secretary shall not include in the compilation any provision for the

1development or implementation of an information technology development project
2for an executive branch agency that is not consistent with the strategic plan of the
3agency, as approved under s. 22.13.
SB55-ASA1, s. 71 4Section 71. 16.46 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-ASA1,41,85 16.46 (5m) A statement of estimated general purpose revenue receipts and
6expenditures in the biennium following the succeeding biennium based on
7recommendations in the budget bill or bills. The statement shall contain all of the
8following:
SB55-ASA1,41,99 (a) For the 2nd year of the succeeding biennium, a comparison of the following:
SB55-ASA1,41,1410 1. The amount of moneys projected to be deposited in the general fund during
11the fiscal year that are designated as "Revenues and Transfers" in the summary in
12s. 20.005 (1), as published in the biennial budget bill or bills, less the amount
13designated as the "Opening Balance" in the summary, and adjusted by any one-time
14deposit of revenues in the general fund.
SB55-ASA1,41,1715 2. The amount of moneys designated as "Total Expenditures" in the summary
16in s. 20.005 (1), as published in the biennial budget bill or bills, adjusted by any
17one-time expenditure of general purpose revenue in excess of $5,000,000.
SB55-ASA1,41,2118 (b) An estimate of the cost of any provision in the biennial budget bill or bills
19that would, without the enactment of subsequent legislation, increase general
20purpose revenue expenditures or that would decrease the amount of revenues
21deposited in the general fund in the biennium following the succeeding biennium.
SB55-ASA1,41,2422 (c) 1. An estimate of the increase in general purpose revenue spending that will
23be required in the biennium following the succeeding biennium for all of the
24following:
SB55-ASA1,41,2525 a. General equalization school aids.
SB55-ASA1,42,1
1b. Appropriations to the department of corrections.
SB55-ASA1,42,22 c. The medical assistance program under subch. IV of ch. 49.
SB55-ASA1,42,53 d. The amount designated as "Compensation Reserves" in the summary under
4s. 20.005 (1), as printed in the revised schedule that is approved under s. 20.004 (2)
5for that fiscal biennium.
SB55-ASA1,42,66 e. Public debt contracted under subchs. I and IV of ch. 18.
SB55-ASA1,42,127 2. For the purpose of making the calculation under subd. 1., the secretary shall
8assume that the increase in general purpose revenue spending between the
9succeeding biennium and the biennium following the succeeding biennium for each
10of the items identified in subd. 1. a. to 1. e. is the same as that between the current
11biennium and the succeeding biennium for these items, as proposed in the biennial
12budget bill or bills.
SB55-ASA1,42,1713 (d) An estimate of the difference between the amount of tax revenues that will
14be deposited in the general fund in the biennium following the succeeding biennium
15and the amount of tax revenues that are deposited in the general fund in the
16succeeding biennium. For the purpose of making this calculation, the secretary
17shall:
SB55-ASA1,42,2018 1. Assume that the amount of tax revenues that are deposited in the general
19fund in the succeeding biennium is the amount designated as "Taxes" in the
20summary in s. 20.005 (1), as published in the biennial budget bill or bills.
SB55-ASA1,42,2321 2. Assume that the annual increase in tax revenues that are deposited in the
22general fund in each fiscal year of the biennium following the succeeding biennium
23is the average of the annual increase for each of the 10 preceding fiscal years.
SB55-ASA1,43,224 3. Adjust the estimate of the amount of tax revenues that are deposited in the
25general fund in the biennium following the succeeding biennium by any provision in

1the biennial budget bill or bills that would affect the amount of tax revenues that are
2deposited in the general fund in the biennium.
SB55-ASA1,43,33 (e) 1. A comparison of the following:
SB55-ASA1,43,64 a. The amount of moneys that are designated as "Revenues and Transfers" in
5the summary in s. 20.005 (1), as published in the biennial budget bill or bills, and that
6are available for appropriation in the 2nd year of the succeeding biennium.
SB55-ASA1,43,117 b. An amount that equals the sum of the amount of moneys designated as "Total
8Expenditures" in the summary in s. 20.005 (1), as published in the biennial budget
9bill or bills, for the 2nd year of the succeeding biennium and the amount required to
10fund the increase in general purpose revenue spending in the biennium following the
11succeeding biennium for each of the items identified in par. (c) 1. a. to 1. e.
SB55-ASA1,43,1412 2. The secretary shall present this comparison in the format used for the
13statement of the condition of the general fund in the statement prepared under s.
1420.005 (1).
SB55-ASA1,43,1715 (f) A summary of the amount of additional general purpose revenues that will
16be available in the biennium following the succeeding biennium for increased
17expenditures or tax reductions, other than the amount calculated in par. (d).
SB55-ASA1, s. 72 18Section 72. 16.46 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-ASA1,44,219 16.46 (9) A comparison of the state's budgetary surplus or deficit according to
20generally accepted accounting principles, as reported in any audited financial report
21prepared by the department for the most recent fiscal year, and the estimated change
22in the surplus or deficit based on recommendations in the biennial budget bill or bills.
23For the purpose of this calculation, the secretary shall increase or decrease the
24surplus or deficit by the amount designated as "Gross Balances" that appears in the

12nd year of the biennium in the summary in s. 20.005 (1), as published in the biennial
2budget bill or bills.
SB55-ASA1, s. 73 3Section 73. 16.46 (10) of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-ASA1,44,44 16.46 (10) The determination of the department under s. 13.40 (4).
SB55-ASA1, s. 74 5Section 74. 16.50 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,44,76 16.50 (1) (b) This subsection does not apply to appropriations under ss. 20.255
7(2) (ac) and (q), 20.835, and 20.865 (4).
SB55-ASA1, s. 75 8Section 75. 16.50 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,45,149 16.50 (3) Limitation on increase of force and salaries. No department, except
10the legislature or the courts, may increase the pay of any employee, expend money
11or incur any obligation except in accordance with the estimate that is submitted to
12the secretary as provided in sub. (1) and approved by the secretary or the governor.
13No change in the number of full-time equivalent positions authorized through the
14biennial budget process or other legislative act may be made without the approval
15of the joint committee on finance, except for position changes made by the governor
16under s. 16.505 (1) (c) or (2), by the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
17Board under s. 16.505 (2n) or by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin
18System under s. 16.505 (2m) or (2p). The secretary may withhold, in total or in part,
19the funding for any position, as defined in s. 230.03 (11), as well as the funding for
20part-time or limited term employees until such time as the secretary determines
21that the filling of the position or the expending of funds is consistent with s. 16.505
22and with the intent of the legislature as established by law or in budget
23determinations, or the intent of the joint committee on finance in creating or
24abolishing positions under s. 13.10, the intent of the governor in creating or
25abolishing positions under s. 16.505 (1) (c) or (2) or the intent of the board of regents

1of the University of Wisconsin System in creating or abolishing positions under s.
216.505 (2m) or (2p). Until the release of funding occurs, recruitment or certification
3for the position may not be undertaken. The secretary shall submit a quarterly
4report to the joint committee on finance of any position changes made by the governor
5under s. 16.505 (1) (c). No pay increase may be approved unless it is at the rate or
6within the pay ranges prescribed in the compensation plan or as provided in a
7collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111. At the request of the
8secretary of employment relations, the secretary of administration may authorize
9the temporary creation of pool or surplus positions under any source of funds if the
10secretary of employment relations determines that temporary positions are
11necessary to maintain adequate staffing levels for high turnover classifications, in
12anticipation of attrition, to fill positions for which recruitment is difficult. Surplus
13or pool positions authorized by the secretary shall be reported quarterly to the joint
14committee on finance in conjunction with the report required under s. 16.54 (8).
SB55-ASA1, s. 76 15Section 76. 16.50 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,45,2316 16.50 (7) (b) Following such notification, the governor shall submit a bill
17containing his or her recommendations for correcting the imbalance between
18projected revenues and authorized expenditures, including a recommendation as to
19whether moneys should be transferred from the budget stabilization fund to the
20general fund
. If the legislature is not in a floorperiod at the time of the secretary's
21notification, the governor shall call a special session of the legislature to take up the
22matter of the projected revenue shortfall and the governor shall submit his or her bill
23for consideration at that session.
SB55-ASA1, s. 77 24Section 77. 16.505 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,46,3
116.505 (1) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (2), (2m) and, (2n), and (2p), no
2position, as defined in s. 230.03 (11), regardless of funding source or type, may be
3created or abolished unless authorized by one of the following:
SB55-ASA1, s. 78 4Section 78. 16.505 (2p) of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-ASA1,46,125 16.505 (2p) (a) Subject to par. (b), the board of regents of the University of
6Wisconsin System may create or abolish a full-time equivalent academic staff or
7faculty position or portion thereof from revenues appropriated under s. 20.285 (1) (a).
8Annually, no later than the September 30 following completion of the fiscal year, the
9board of regents shall report to the department and the cochairpersons of the joint
10committee on finance concerning the number of full-time equivalent positions
11created or abolished by the board under this subsection during the preceding fiscal
12year.
SB55-ASA1,46,1913 (b) The board of regents may not create or abolish any position under par. (a)
14until the board and the department have entered into a memorandum of
15understanding that establishes a methodology for identifying and accounting for the
16cost of funding any positions that are created, including any amounts that the board
17may include in a certification to the department under s. 20.928 (1). The board and
18the department shall enter into the memorandum of understanding no later than
19September 1, 2002.
SB55-ASA1,46,2320 (c) Notwithstanding s. 20.928 (1), in certifying the sum of moneys needed to pay
21any costs associated with a position that is created under par. (a), the board of regents
22may only certify the sum that is permitted under the memorandum of understanding
23entered into under par. (b).
SB55-ASA1,47,224 (d) Notwithstanding s. 16.42 (1), in submitting information under s. 16.42 for
25the biennial budget bill or bills, the board of regents may only include that portion

1of the cost of funding the positions created under par. (a) that is permitted under the
2memorandum of understanding entered into under par. (b).
SB55-ASA1, s. 79 3Section 79. 16.518 of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-ASA1,47,6 416.518 Transfers to the budget stabilization fund and the tax relief
5fund.
(1) In this section, "summary" means the amount shown in the summary in
6s. 20.005 (1), as published in the biennial budget act or acts.
SB55-ASA1,47,10 7(2) Annually, the secretary shall calculate the difference between the amount
8of moneys projected to be deposited in the general fund during the fiscal year that
9are designated as "Taxes" in the summary and the amount of such moneys actually
10deposited in the general fund during the fiscal year.
SB55-ASA1,47,15 11(3) (a) Subject to par. (b), if the amount of moneys projected to be deposited in
12the general fund during the fiscal year that are designated as "Taxes" in the
13summary is less than the amount of such moneys actually deposited in the general
14fund during the fiscal year, the secretary shall annually transfer from the general
15fund to the budget stabilization fund 50% of the amount calculated under sub. (2).
SB55-ASA1,47,1916 (b) 1. If the balance of the budget stabilization fund on June 30 of the fiscal year
17is at least equal to 5% of the estimated expenditures from the general fund during
18the fiscal year, as reported in the summary, the secretary may not make the transfer
19under par. (a).
SB55-ASA1,47,2520 2. If the amount transferred under par. (a) would cause the general fund
21balance on June 30 of the fiscal year to be less than the general fund balance that is
22required under s. 20.003 (4) for that fiscal year, the secretary shall reduce the amount
23transferred under par. (a) to the amount that would cause the general fund balance
24to be equal to the minimum general fund balance that is required under s. 20.003 (4)
25for that fiscal year.
SB55-ASA1,48,8
1(4) If the amount of moneys projected to be deposited in the general fund during
2the fiscal year that are designated as "Taxes" in the summary is less than the amount
3of such moneys actually deposited in the general fund during the fiscal year,
4annually the secretary shall calculate the difference between the amount calculated
5under sub. (2) and the amount transferred to the budget stabilization fund under
6sub. (3). If the difference between the amounts is at least $115,000,000, the secretary
7shall transfer from the general fund to the tax relief fund the amount that exceeds
8$115,000,000.
SB55-ASA1, s. 80 9Section 80. 16.519 of the statutes is created to read:
SB55-ASA1,48,12 1016.519 Fund transfers relating to tobacco settlement agreement. (1)
11In this section, "tobacco settlement agreement" means the Attorneys General Master
12Tobacco Settlement Agreement of November 23, 1998.
SB55-ASA1,48,18 13(3) If the state has not received in fiscal year 2001-02 at least $6,032,300 under
14the tobacco settlement agreement, because the secretary, under s. 16.63, has sold the
15state's right to receive any of the payments under the tobacco settlement agreement,
16the secretary shall transfer from the general fund to the tobacco control fund an
17amount equal to $6,032,300 less any payments received under the tobacco
18settlement agreement and deposited in the tobacco control fund in that fiscal year.
SB55-ASA1,49,2 19(4) Beginning in fiscal year 2002-03, if the state has not received at least
20$15,345,100 in that fiscal year or in any fiscal year thereafter under the tobacco
21settlement agreement, because the secretary, under s. 16.63, has sold the state's
22right to receive any of the payments under the tobacco settlement agreement, the
23secretary shall transfer from the general fund to the tobacco control fund in each
24fiscal year in which the state has not received at least $15,345,100 under the tobacco
25settlement agreement an amount equal to $15,345,100 less any payments received

1under the tobacco settlement agreement and deposited in the tobacco control fund
2in the fiscal year.
SB55-ASA1, s. 248t 3Section 248t. 16.52 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB55-ASA1,49,154 16.52 (6) (a) Except as authorized in s. 16.74, all purchase orders, contracts,
5or printing orders for any agency as defined in s. 16.70 (1) shall, before any liability
6is incurred thereon, be submitted to the secretary for his or her approval as to legality
7of purpose and sufficiency of appropriated and allotted funds therefor. In all cases
8the date of the contract or order governs the fiscal year to which the contract or order
9is chargeable, unless the secretary determines that the purpose of the contract or
10order is to prevent lapsing of appropriations or to otherwise circumvent budgetary
11intent. Upon such approval, the secretary shall immediately encumber all contracts
12or orders, and indicate the fiscal year to which they are chargeable , except that, for
13contracts for services funded from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (2) (bj), the
14secretary may encumber less than the amount of the contract if it is expected that
15billing for that contract may be submitted in the next fiscal year
.
SB55-ASA1, s. 81 16Section 81. 16.52 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
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