Amendment SSA1-SB21

SB21-SSA1,368,25 20.923 (6) (L) Tourism, department of; Kickapoo reserve management board: executive director and staff.

SB21-SSA1,927 Section 927. 20.923 (7) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,369,12 20.923 (7) Wisconsin Technical College System senior executive positions. (intro.) The salary range for the director and the executive assistant of the Wisconsin Technical College System shall be contained in the recommendations of the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations 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 these positions within the range to which the positions are assigned to recognize merit, to permit orderly salary progression, and to recognize competitive factors. 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:

SB21-SSA1,928 Section 928. 20.923 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,369,22 20.923 (8) Deputies. Salaries for deputies appointed pursuant to ss. 13.94 (3) (b), 15.04 (2), 230.04 (16), and 551.601 (1) shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary 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 positions of assistant secretary of state, assistant state treasurer and associate director of the historical society shall be treated as an unclassified deputies 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.

SB21-SSA1,930 Section 930. 20.923 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,370,11 20.923 (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, 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. The salary for the executive assistant appointed under s. 230.04 (16) shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary for that position may not exceed the maximum of the salary range 2 ranges below the salary range for the executive salary group to which the appointing authority is assigned.

SB21-SSA1,932m Section 932m. 20.923 (15) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,370,20 20.923 (15) (a) An incumbent of a position that has been assigned to an executive salary group of the compensation plan or to a general senior executive group or a university senior executive salary group under this section, whose current salary exceeds the maximum of the salary range to which his or her position's group is assigned, shall remain at his or her current rate of pay while he or she remains employed in that position until the maximum of the salary range to which his or her executive salary group or university senior executive salary group is assigned equals or exceeds his or her current rate of pay.

SB21-SSA1,933 Section 933. 20.923 (18) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,371,5 20.923 (18) (a) The office division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration shall determine what positions in the classified service are comparable positions to the unclassified positions of 3 sales representatives of prison industries and one sales manager of prison industries who are appointed under s. 303.01 (10). For each such unclassified position, the office division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration shall determine the minimum salary for each comparable position in the classified service and shall set an amount equal to that minimum salary as the salary for that unclassified position.

SB21-SSA1,945n Section 945n. 20.931 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,959b Section 959b. 23.0917 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,371,13 23.0917 (3) (b) In obligating moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition, the department shall set aside in each fiscal year $3,000,000 $1,000,000 that may be obligated only for state trails and the department to acquire land for the ice age trail and for grants for the state trails and the ice age trails under s. 23.096. The period of time during which the moneys shall be set aside in each fiscal year shall begin on the July 1 of the fiscal year and end on the June 30 of the same fiscal year.

SB21-SSA1,959c Section 959c. 23.0917 (3) (br) of the statutes is renumbered 23.0917 (3) (br) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,371,20 23.0917 (3) (br) (intro.) Beginning with fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, in In obligating moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition, the department shall set aside in each fiscal year $12,000,000 the following amounts that may be obligated only to provide for grants awarded to nonprofit conservation organizations under s. 23.096. :

SB21-SSA1,959d Section 959d. 23.0917 (3) (br) 1. of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,371,23 23.0917 (3) (br) 1. For each fiscal year beginning with 2010-11 and ending with 2014-15, $12,000,000.

SB21-SSA1,959f Section 959f. 23.0917 (3) (br) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,372,2 23.0917 (3) (br) 2. For each fiscal year beginning with 2015-16 and ending with 2019-20, $7,000,000.

SB21-SSA1,959i Section 959i. 23.0917 (3) (bt) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,372,5 23.0917 (3) (bt) 1. For each fiscal year beginning with 2013-14 and ending with fiscal year 2015-16 2014-15, $20,000,000.

SB21-SSA1,959k Section 959k. 23.0917 (3) (bt) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,372,8 23.0917 (3) (bt) 2. For each fiscal year beginning with 2016-17 2015-16 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, $23,000,000 $9,000,000.

SB21-SSA1,959n Section 959n. 23.0917 (3) (bw) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,372,13 23.0917 (3) (bw) In obligating moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition, the department shall set aside $5,000,000 for each fiscal year beginning with 2015-16 and ending with 2019-20 to be obligated only to provide grants to counties under s. 23.0953.

SB21-SSA1,959o Section 959o. 23.0917 (3) (dm) 6g. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,372,16 23.0917 (3) (dm) 6g. For each fiscal year beginning with 2013-14 and ending with fiscal year 2015-16 2014-15, $32,000,000.

SB21-SSA1,959p Section 959p. 23.0917 (3) (dm) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,372,19 23.0917 (3) (dm) 7. For each fiscal year beginning with 2016-17 2015-16 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, $36,000,000 $21,000,000.

SB21-SSA1,960 Section 960. 23.0917 (4) (cm) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,372,22 23.0917 (4) (cm) 4. Infrastructure improvements to the Kettle Moraine Springs fish hatchery. This subdivision does not apply after June 30, 2017 2018.

SB21-SSA1,960c Section 960c. 23.0917 (4) (cm) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,372,25 23.0917 (4) (cm) 5. Repair or replacement of the Little Falls Dam at Willow River State Park in St. Croix County.

SB21-SSA1,960g Section 960g. 23.0917 (4) (d) 1m. d. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,373,3 23.0917 (4) (d) 1m. d. For fiscal years year 2014-15 and 2015-16, $20,000,000 in each fiscal year.

SB21-SSA1,960n Section 960n. 23.0917 (4) (d) 1m. e. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,373,6 23.0917 (4) (d) 1m. e. For each fiscal year beginning with 2016-17 2015-16 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, $11,500,000 $9,750,000.

SB21-SSA1,960r Section 960r. 23.0917 (4) (d) 3. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,373,9 23.0917 (4) (d) 3. a. Beginning with fiscal year 2013-14 and ending with fiscal year 2015-16 2014-15, $7,000,000.

SB21-SSA1,960w Section 960w. 23.0917 (4) (d) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,373,12 23.0917 (4) (d) 3. b. Beginning with fiscal year 2016-17 2015-16 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, $5,500,000 $3,750,000.

SB21-SSA1,961e Section 961e. 23.0917 (5g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,373,19 23.0917 (5g) (a) Except as provided in par. pars. (b) and (c), if for a given fiscal year, the department obligates an amount from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for a subprogram under sub. (3) or (4) that is less than the annual bonding authority under that subprogram for that given fiscal year, the department may not obligate the unobligated amount in subsequent fiscal years. This subsection applies beginning with fiscal year 2011-12 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20.

SB21-SSA1,961m Section 961m. 23.0917 (5g) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,374,2 23.0917 (5g) (c) 1. In this paragraph, "unobligated amount" means the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the subprograms under subs. (3), (4), and (4j) in fiscal years 2011-12, 2012-13, and 2013-14 exceeded the amounts that the department obligated from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for those subprograms for those fiscal years, but not including the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the purpose under sub. (3) (br) in fiscal year 2013-14 exceeded the amount obligated for that purpose in that fiscal year.

SB21-SSA1,374,3 2. The department shall obligate the unobligated amount as follows:

SB21-SSA1,374,5 a. The amount necessary for the purpose under sub. (4) (cm) 4. but not more than $19,600,000.

SB21-SSA1,374,7 b. The amount necessary for the purpose under sub. (4) (cm) 5. but not more than $5,000,000.

SB21-SSA1,374,10 c. Subject to the limitation under s. 31.385 (7), the amount necessary for county dam safety grants under s. 31.385 (7) but not more than the difference between the amounts obligated under subds. 2. a. and b. and the unobligated amount.

SB21-SSA1,961p Section 961p. 23.0917 (6m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,374,14 23.0917 (6m) (c) The procedures under par. (a) apply only to an amount for a project or activity that exceeds $250,000, except as provided in pars. (d), (dg), and (dm), and (dr).

SB21-SSA1,961t Section 961t. 23.0917 (6m) (dr) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,374,18 23.0917 (6m) (dr) The procedures under par. (a) apply to any acquisition of land in fee simple, regardless of the amount obligated for the acquisition, if the land is located north of STH 64.

SB21-SSA1,974m Section 974m. 23.116 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,375,3 23.116 (4) The department may not prohibit a person engaged in silviculture from crossing a recreational trail on department property. At the request of a person engaging in silviculture, the department shall temporarily close a portion of a recreational trail on department property. Before the recreational trail is reopened, the person engaging in silviculture affecting the recreational trail shall restore any portion of the recreational trail affected by the silvicultural activities to its condition prior to those activities. The department may not limit the scope of a silvicultural activity on department property based on the proximity of that activity to a recreational trail on department property.

SB21-SSA1,980b Section 980b. 23.145 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 23.145 (2) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,375,22 23.145 (2) (intro.) If there is any outstanding public debt used to finance the acquisition of any land that is sold under sub. (1), the department shall deposit a sufficient amount of the net proceeds from the sale of the land in the bond security and redemption fund under s. 18.09 to repay the principal and pay the interest on the debt, and any premium due upon refunding any of the debt. If there is any outstanding public debt used to finance the acquisition of any land that is sold under sub. (1), the department shall then provide a sufficient amount of the net proceeds from the sale of the land for the costs of maintaining federal tax law compliance applicable to the debt. If the land was acquired with federal financial assistance, the department shall pay to the federal government any of the net proceeds required by federal law. If the land was acquired by gift or grant or acquired with gift or grant funds, the department shall adhere to any restriction governing use of the proceeds. If there is no such debt outstanding, there are no moneys payable to the federal government, and there is no restriction governing use of the proceeds, and if the net proceeds exceed the amount required to be deposited, paid, or used for another purpose under this subsection, the department shall use do all of the following with the net proceeds or remaining net proceeds from the sale of land under sub. (1) to pay:

SB21-SSA1,375,25 (a) Use 50 percent of the proceeds to pay principal on outstanding public debt under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program under s. 23.0917.

SB21-SSA1,980bm Section 980bm. 23.145 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,376,5 23.145 (2) (b) Credit 50 percent of the proceeds to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (7) (iv) for the department to acquire land for the purposes specified in s. 23.09 (2) (d). In acquiring land with these proceeds, the department shall give priority to all of the following purposes:

SB21-SSA1,376,9 1. Acquisition of land that preserves or enhances the state's water resources, including land in and for the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway; land abutting wild rivers designated under s. 30.26, wild lakes, and land along the shores of the Great Lakes.

SB21-SSA1,376,10 2. Acquisition of land for the stream bank protection program under s. 23.094.

SB21-SSA1,376,11 3. Acquisition of land for habitat areas and fisheries under s. 23.092.

SB21-SSA1,376,12 4. Acquisition of land for natural areas under ss. 23.27 and 23.29.

SB21-SSA1,376,13 5. Acquisition of land in the middle Kettle Moraine.

SB21-SSA1,376,14 6. Acquisition of land in the Niagara Escarpment corridor.

SB21-SSA1,990m Section 990m. 23.178 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,376,24 23.178 Off-road vehicle council. The off-road vehicle council shall provide advice and make recommendations to the department of natural resources, the department of transportation, the governor, and the legislature on all matters relating to all-terrain vehicle trails and all-terrain vehicle routes, including matters relating to activities conducted on all-terrain vehicle trails and all-terrain vehicle routes by all-terrain vehicle users and utility terrain vehicle users, and shall make recommendations to the department of natural resources with regard to incentive payment requests under s. 23.33 (5r) and requests for funding under s. 23.33 (9) (b), (bb), and (bg).

SB21-SSA1,990r Section 990r. 23.18 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,991e Section 991e. 23.197 (16) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,377,9 23.197 (16) Neenah and Menasha; twin trestles project. From the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta), the department shall provide funding in an amount not to exceed $1,600,000 to the cities of Neenah and Menasha for up to 50 percent of the cost of constructing 2 pedestrian bridges across the Fox River and pedestrian trails to connect the bridges to existing pedestrian trails. For purposes of s. 23.0917, moneys provided from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) shall be treated as moneys obligated for local assistance under the subprogram under s. 23.0917 (4).

SB21-SSA1,991m Section 991m. 23.1985 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,991s Section 991s. 23.1987 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,377,19 23.1987 (1) From the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta), the department shall set aside $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2014-15 and $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 that may be obligated only for infrastructure improvements to the Kettle Moraine Springs fish hatchery. For purposes of s. 23.0917, moneys obligated under this subsection shall be treated as moneys obligated under the property development and local assistance subprogram under s. 23.0917 (4). Section 23.0917 (5g) does not apply with respect to amounts obligated before July 1, 2017 2018, under this subsection.

SB21-SSA1,996m Section 996m. 23.33 (1) (ng) 1. c. of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,997m Section 997m. 23.33 (5r) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,997s Section 997s. 23.426 of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,378,2 23.426 Programs at the Horicon Marsh education and visitor center. The department may establish and charge fees for educational programs that the department provides at the Horicon Marsh education and visitor center. The fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the general fund and credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (gh).

SB21-SSA1,1004 Section 1004. 23.85 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,378,15 23.85 Statement to county board; payment to state. Every county treasurer shall, on the first day of the annual meeting of the county board of supervisors, submit to it a verified statement of all forfeitures, costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814 and received during the previous year. The county clerk shall deduct all expenses incurred by the county in recovering those forfeitures, costs, fees, and surcharges from the aggregate amount so received, and shall immediately certify the amount of clear proceeds of those forfeitures, costs, fees, and surcharges to the county treasurer, who shall pay the proceeds to the state as provided in s. 59.25 (3). Jail surcharges imposed under ch. 814 shall be treated separately as provided in s. 302.46 and moneys collected from the crime prevention funding board surcharge under s. 973.0455 (2) shall be treated separately as provided in s. 973.0455 (2).

SB21-SSA1,1004m Section 1004m. 24.59 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,378,20 24.59 (1) Notwithstanding ss. 24.09, 24.10, 24.15, 24.16, and 24.32, but subject to subs. (2) and (3), the board shall may sell to the state under s. 23.1985 public lands that the board identifies as available for sale to the state. Notwithstanding s. 24.08 (4), the public lands shall be sold at the appraised value determined under sub. (2).

SB21-SSA1,1006m Section 1006m. 24.62 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,379,6 24.62 (3) If any land purchased under s. 24.61 (2) (a) 10. on or after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], or acquired in an exchange under s. 24.09 on or after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], 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.

SB21-SSA1,1006t Section 1006t. 24.66 (3) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,380,11 24.66 (3) (c) 2. Unless the purpose and amount of the borrowing have been approved by the electors under s. 67.05 (6a) or considered approved by the electors under s. 67.05 (7) (d) 3., the purpose is to refund any outstanding obligation, the purpose is to pay unfunded prior service liability contributions under the Wisconsin Retirement System if all of the proceeds of the note will be used for that purpose, or the borrowing would not be subject to a referendum as a bond issue under s. 67.05 (7) (cc), (er), (h), or (i), or s. 67.12 (12) (e) 2g., (f), or (h) applies, the school district clerk shall, within 10 days after a governing body of a school district adopts a resolution as described above to issue a certificate of indebtedness, publish notice of such adoption as a class 1 notice, under ch. 985. Alternatively, the notice may be posted as provided under s. 10.05. The notice need not set forth the full contents of the resolution, but shall state the maximum amount proposed to be borrowed, the purpose thereof, that the resolution was adopted under this subsection, and the place where, and the hours during which, the resolution may be inspected. If, within 30 days after publication or posting, a petition conforming to the requirements of s. 8.40 is filed with the school district clerk for a referendum on the resolution signed by at least 7,500 electors of the district or at least 20 percent of the number of district electors voting for governor at the last general election, as determined under s. 115.01 (13), whichever is the lesser, then the resolution shall not be effective unless adopted by a majority of the district electors voting at the referendum. The referendum shall be called in the manner provided under s. 67.05 (6a), except that the question which appears on the ballot shall be "Shall .... (name of district) borrow the sum of $.... for (state purpose) by issuing its general obligation promissory note (or notes) under section 24.66 (3) of the Wisconsin Statutes?". If a governing body of a school district adopts a resolution to borrow a sum of money under this subsection and a sufficient petition for referendum is not filed within the time permitted, then the power of the governing body of a school district to borrow the sum and expend the sum for the purpose stated shall be deemed approved by the school district electors upon the expiration of the time for filing the petition.

SB21-SSA1,1007 Section 1007. 25.17 (1) (ge) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,380,13 25.17 (1) (ge) Governor's read Read to lead development fund (s. 25.79);