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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Stritchko, BB0064 - Diesel truck idling reduction grant program
For 2013-2015 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
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Under current law, DSPS awards grants to certain motor carriers for an amount equal to 50 percent of the cost of purchasing and field testing devices that are installed on diesel trucks to reduce long-duration idling. DSPS's authority to award grants under this program ends on June 30, 2015.
This bill transfers the authority to award these grants from DSPS to DOA.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. 20.165 (2) (sm) of the statutes is renumbered 20.505 (1) (sa) and amended to read:
20.505 (1) (sa) Diesel truck idling reduction grants. From the petroleum inspection fund, the amounts in the schedule for diesel truck idling reduction grants under s. 101.45 16.956. No funds may be encumbered under this paragraph after June 30, 2015.
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section 2. 20.165 (2) (sn) of the statutes is renumbered 20.505 (1) (s) and amended to read:
20.505 (1) (s) Diesel truck idling reduction grant administration. From the petroleum inspection fund, the amounts in the schedule for administering the Diesel Truck Idling Reduction Grant Program under s. 101.45 16.956. No funds may be encumbered under this paragraph after December 31, 2016.
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section 3. 101.45 of the statutes is renumbered 16.956.
Section 9138. Nonstatutory provisions; Safety and Professional Services.
(1) Diesel truck idling reduction grants.
(a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the department of safety and professional services that the secretary of administration determines relate to the awarding and administration of diesel truck idling reduction grants under section 101.45 of the statutes, as affected by this act, become the assets and liabilities of the department of administration.
(b) Employee transfers. All incumbent employees who hold positions in the department of safety and professional services that the secretary of administration determines relate to the awarding and administration of diesel truck idling reduction grants under section 101.45 of the statutes, as affected by this act, are transferred on the effective date of this paragraph to the department of administration.
(c) Employee status. Employees transferred under paragraph (b ) have all the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the department of administration that they enjoyed in the department of safety and professional services 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.
(d) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the department of safety and professional services that the secretary of administration determines relate to the awarding and administration of the diesel truck idling reduction grants under section 101.45 of the statutes, as affected by this act, are transferred to the department of administration.
(e) Contracts. All contracts that were entered into by the department of safety and professional services that the secretary of administration determines relate to the awarding and administration of diesel truck idling reduction grants under section 101.45 of the statutes, as affected by this act, and that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect and are transferred to 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.
(f) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated, and all orders issued, by the department of safety and professional services that the secretary of administration determines relate to the awarding and administration of diesel truck idling reduction grants under section 101.45 of the statutes, as affected by this act, and that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph shall remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until amended or repealed by the department of administration.
(g) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the department of safety and professional services on the effective date of this paragraph that the secretary of administration determines relates to the awarding and administration of diesel truck idling reduction grants under section 101.45 of the statutes, as affected by this act, is transferred to the department of administration and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the department of safety and professional services with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department of administration.
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