AB150, s. 59 10Section 59. 14.59 of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,136,17 1114.59 Training conferences. The state treasurer may conduct conferences
12for the purpose of training county and municipal clerks and treasurers, and employes
13of their offices, in their official responsibilities. The treasurer may charge
14participants in any conference a fee for participation which shall not exceed the
15proportionate cost of conducting the conference. The treasurer shall credit all
16revenues from fees assessed under this section to the appropriation account under
17s. 20.585 (1) (h).
AB150, s. 60 18Section 60. 14.59 of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this
19act), is renumbered 16.413 (4) and amended to read:
AB150,136,2520 16.413 (4) The state treasurer may conduct conferences for the purpose of
21training county and municipal clerks and treasurers, and employes of their offices,
22in their official responsibilities. The treasurer may charge participants in any
23conference a fee for participation which shall not exceed the proportionate cost of
24conducting the conference. The treasurer shall credit all revenues from fees assessed
25under this section to the appropriation account under s. 20.585 20.505 (1) (h).

****Note: This is reconciled s. 16.413 (4). This section has been affected by drafts
with the following LRB #'s: LRB-1684/1 and LRB-2089/4.
AB150, s. 61 1Section 61. 14.60 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 62 2Section 62. 14.60 of the statutes is renumbered 16.413 (2) and amended to
3read:
AB150,137,104 16.413 (2) The bond of the state treasurer shall extend to the faithful execution
5of the duties of the office of state treasurer until a successor is elected and fully
6qualified. If the treasurer elects to give bond guaranteed by a surety company, the
7cost thereof and of any additional bond required of and furnished by the treasurer
8and so guaranteed shall be borne by the state and shall be paid out of the
9appropriation to the office of the state treasurer under s. 20.505 (1) (at); if the annual
10cost thereof does not exceed 0.25% of the amount of said bond.
AB150, s. 63 11Section 63. 14.62 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 64 12Section 64. 14.62 of the statutes is renumbered 16.413 (3) and amended to
13read:
AB150,138,214 16.413 (3) The state treasurer may appoint, in writing, an assistant state
15treasurer to perform any of the duties of the state treasurer, except to serve as a
16member of the board of commissioners of public lands. The assistant state treasurer
17shall take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by article IV, section 28, of the
18constitution and shall give bond to the state treasurer in the sum and with the
19conditions the state treasurer prescribes, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the
20duties. The oath of the assistant state treasurer and the certificate of appointment
21shall be filed and preserved in the office of the secretary of state. The state treasurer
22may require any employe to give bond to the state in the amount and with the
23conditions the state treasurer prescribes, conditioned for the faithful discharge of

1their duties. The cost of the bonds shall be charged to the appropriations
2appropriation account under s. 20.585 20.505 (1) (at).
AB150, s. 65 3Section 65. 14.82 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,138,244 14.82 (1) (intro.) Minnesota-Wisconsin. There is created a commission of 5
5citizens nominated by the governor, and with the advice and consent of the senate
6appointed, for staggered 5-year terms, to represent this state on the joint
7Minnesota-Wisconsin boundary area commission. Any vacancy shall be filled for the
8balance of the unexpired term. To assist the commission, there is created a
9legislative advisory committee comprising 4 senators and 6 representatives to the
10assembly appointed as are the members of standing committees in their respective
11houses, and a technical advisory committee of 2 members appointed by the governor
12and one member each appointed by the governing board or head of the following
13agencies, to represent such agencies: the department of justice, the department of
14administration, the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the
15department of natural resources, the department of health and social services, the
16public service commission, the department of tourism and parks and the department
17of development. The members of the commission and the members of its advisory
18committees shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and
19necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, from the
20appropriation made by s. 20.315 (1), on vouchers approved by the Wisconsin member
21of the commission selected to serve as its chairperson or vice chairperson. All other
22expenses incurred by the commission in the course of exercising its powers and
23duties, unless met in some other manner specifically provided by statute, shall be
24paid by the commission out of its own funds.
AB150, s. 66 25Section 66. 14.85 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,139,4
114.85 (2) The secretaries secretary of development, the secretary of tourism
2and parks, the secretary of
natural resources and , the secretary of transportation,
3and the director of the historical society, or their designees, shall serve as nonvoting
4members of the commission.
****Note: This is reconciled s. 14.85 (2). This section has been affected by drafts
with the following LRB #'s: 95-2178/1 and 95-2252/2.
AB150, s. 67 5Section 67. 14.85 (8) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,139,176 14.85 (8) (d) If permitted by law, any state agency or local public body, board,
7commission or agency may allocate funds under its control to fund programs
8recommended by the commission. If the department of development determines that
9a program recommended by the commission to undertake activities relating to the
10promotion of tourism and economic development is consistent with the department's
11statewide tourism marketing and economic development plans, priorities and
12resources, the department shall have primary responsibility to support the activities
13of the program. If the department of tourism and parks determines that a program
14recommended by the commission to undertake activities relating to the promotion
15of tourism is consistent with the department's statewide tourism marketing plans,
16priorities and resources, the department shall have primary responsibility to
17support the activities of the program.
AB150, s. 68 18Section 68. 14.85 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,140,319 14.85 (9) The commission may establish a technical committee to advise the
20commission. The members of the committee shall include at least one employe each
21from the departments department of transportation, the department of tourism and
22parks
and the department of development. The commission shall request the
23departments department of transportation, the department of tourism and parks

1and the department of development to designate employes to serve on the committee
2and may request any other state agency to designate an employe to serve on the
3committee.
****Note: This is reconciled s. 14.85 (9). This section has been affected by drafts
with the following LRB #'s: 95-2178/1 and 95-2252/2.
AB150, s. 69 4Section 69. 14.90 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,140,85 14.90 (2) The members of the commission shall serve without compensation
6but shall be reimbursed from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (3) (be) for actual and
7necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The commission has
8the powers and duties granted and imposed under s. 39.80.
AB150, s. 70 9Section 70. 14.90 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 71 10Section 71. Subchapter VI of chapter 14 [precedes 14.91] of the statutes is
11created to read:
AB150,140,1212 Chapter 14
AB150,140,1513 SuBCHAPTER vi
14 Office of the state superintendent
15 Of public instruction
AB150,140,20 1614.91 Creation of office of the state superintendent of public
17instruction.
There is created an office of the state superintendent of public
18instruction attached to the department of education under s. 15.03. The office shall
19be under the direction and supervision of the state superintendent of public
20instruction.
AB150,140,22 2114.93 Duties of state superintendent of public instruction. (1) The state
22superintendent of public instruction shall do all of the following:
AB150,141,2
1(a) Visit, ascertain the condition of and stimulate public interest in the public
2elementary and secondary schools of this state.
AB150,141,43 (b) Advocate for the needs of the children of this state and the school districts
4of this state.
AB150,141,65 (c) Provide information to the public on the public elementary and secondary
6schools and school districts of this state.
AB150,141,107 (d) Annually submit to the governor, and to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2),
8a plan for improving the public elementary and secondary schools of this state and
9for improving the academic achievement of public elementary and secondary school
10pupils.
AB150,141,1211 (e) Annually by October 1, report to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) his or
12her activities during the previous fiscal year.
AB150,141,13 13(2) The state superintendent of public instruction may do all of the following:
AB150,141,1514 (a) Designate a staff member as the state superintendent's representative on
15any body on which the state superintendent is required to serve.
AB150,141,1816 (b) Attend such educational meetings and make such investigations as the
17state superintendent deems important and as will acquaint the state superintendent
18with the different systems of public schools in the United States.
AB150, s. 72 19Section 72. 15.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,142,420 15.01 (2) "Commission" means a 3-member governing body in charge of a
21department or independent agency or of a division or other subunit within a
22department, except for the sentencing commission which shall consist of 17
23members,
the Wisconsin waterways commission which shall consist of 5 members,
24the parole commission which shall consist of 5 members and the Fox river
25management commission which shall consist of 7 members. A Wisconsin group

1created for participation in a continuing interstate body shall be known as a
2"commission", but is not a commission for purposes of s. 15.06. The parole
3commission created under s. 15.145 (1) shall be known as a "commission", but is not
4a commission for purposes of s. 15.06.
AB150, s. 73 5Section 73. 15.01 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,142,136 15.01 (4) "Council" means a part-time body appointed to function on a
7continuing basis for the study, and recommendation of solutions and policy
8alternatives, of the problems arising in a specified functional area of state
9government, except the Milwaukee river revitalization council has the powers and
10duties specified in s. 23.18, the council on physical disabilities has the powers and
11duties specified in s. 46.29 (1) and (2), the privacy council has the powers specified
12in s. 19.625
and the state council on alcohol and other drug abuse has the powers and
13duties specified in s. 14.24.
AB150, s. 74 14Section 74. 15.01 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,142,2515 15.01 (6) "Division," "bureau," "section" and "unit" means the subunits of a
16department or an independent agency, whether specifically created by law or created
17by the head of the department or the independent agency for the more economic and
18efficient administration and operation of the programs assigned to the department
19or independent agency. The office of justice assistance in the department of
20administration has and the office of credit unions in the department of financial
21institutions have
the meaning of "division" under this subsection. The office of
22health care information in the office of the commissioner of insurance, the office of
23the long-term care ombudsman under the board on aging and long-term care and
24the office of educational accountability in the department of public instruction have
25the meaning of "bureau" under this subsection.
AB150, s. 75
1Section 75. 15.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,143,42 15.02 (1) Separate constitutional offices. The governor, lieutenant governor,
3secretary of state, state superintendent of public instruction and state treasurer
4each head a staff to be termed the "office" of the respective constitutional officer.
AB150, s. 76 5Section 76. 15.02 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,143,126 15.02 (3) (c) 1. The principal subunit of the department is the "division". Each
7division shall be headed by an "administrator". The office of justice assistance in the
8department of administration has and the office of credit unions in the department
9of financial institutions have
the meaning of "division" and the executive staff
10director of the office of justice assistance in the department of administration has and
11the director of credit unions have
the meaning of "administrator" under this
12subdivision.
AB150, s. 77 13Section 77. 15.03 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,144,2 1415.03 Attachment for limited purposes. Any division, office, commission,
15council or board attached under this section to a department or independent agency
16or a specified division thereof shall be a distinct unit of that department, independent
17agency or specified division. Any division, office, commission, council or board so
18attached shall exercise its powers, duties and functions prescribed by law, including
19rule making, licensing and regulation, and operational planning within the area of
20program responsibility of the division, office, commission, council or board,
21independently of the head of the department or independent agency, but budgeting,
22program coordination and related management functions shall be performed under
23the direction and supervision of the head of the department or independent agency,
24except that with respect to the office of the commissioner of railroads, all personnel
25and biennial budget requests by the office of the commissioner of railroads shall be

1processed and properly forwarded by the public service commission without change
2except as requested and concurred in by the office of the commissioner of railroads
.
AB150, s. 78 3Section 78. 15.04 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,144,94 15.04 (1) (h) (title) Report of forms and papers used records management.
5Annually, no later than September 1, file with the public records and forms board a
6report which shall include such information relative to records and forms
7management as may be specified by the board. The report shall cover all previously
8unsubmitted forms and papers that were required to be filed with the department
9or independent agency during the preceding fiscal year.
AB150, s. 79 10Section 79. 15.04 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,144,1511 15.04 (1) (j) Records and forms officer. Appoint a records and forms officer, who
12shall be responsible for reviewing, consolidating, simplifying, designing and filing all
13records and forms
compliance by the department or independent agency with all
14records and forms management laws and rules
and who may prevent any form from
15being put into use.
AB150, s. 80 16Section 80. 15.05 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,144,2117 15.05 (3) Executive assistant. Each secretary may appoint an executive
18assistant to serve at his or her pleasure outside the classified service. The executive
19assistant shall perform duties as the secretary prescribes. In this subsection,
20"secretary" includes the attorney general, the adjutant general , and the director of
21the technical college system and the state superintendent of public instruction.
AB150, s. 81 22Section 81. 15.05 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,144,2523 15.05 (3m) Field district or field area directors. Each secretary may appoint
24a director for each district or area office established in his or her department under
25s. 15.02 (3) (b).
AB150, s. 82
1Section 82. 15.06 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,145,52 15.06 (1) (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and s. 15.105 (17),
3the members of commissions shall be nominated by the governor, and with the advice
4and consent of the senate appointed, for staggered 6-year terms expiring on March
51 of the odd-numbered years.
AB150, s. 83 6Section 83. 15.06 (1) (ar) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 84 7Section 84. 15.06 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,145,138 15.06 (1) (b) The commissioners commissioner of banking, credit unions,
9savings and loan,
insurance and securities shall each be nominated by the governor,
10and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed, to serve at the pleasure of
11the governor. The governor may remove from office the commissioners commissioner
12of banking, credit unions, savings and loan, insurance and securities who were was
13appointed for a fixed term before August 1, 1987.
AB150, s. 85 14Section 85. 15.06 (1) (d) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 86 15Section 86. 15.06 (1) (d) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 87 16Section 87. 15.06 (1) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 15.06 (1) (f) 1. and
17amended to read:
AB150,145,2018 15.06 (1) (f) 1. Members The member of the gaming commission who is the
19chairperson
shall be nominated by the governor, and with the advice and consent of
20the senate appointed, for a 4-year terms term expiring on July 1.
AB150, s. 88 21Section 88. 15.06 (1) (f) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,145,2422 15.06 (1) (f) 2. The members of the gaming commission who are not the
23chairperson shall be nominated by the governor, and with the advice and consent of
24the senate appointed, for 2-year terms expiring on July 1.
AB150, s. 89 25Section 89. 15.06 (2) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 90
1Section 90. 15.06 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,146,62 15.06 (2) (b) Before nominating the member to the gaming commission
3described in sub. (1) (f) 1., the governor shall designate that the person shall be the
4chairperson of the gaming commission upon his or her appointment. The person
5shall serve as chairperson for the duration of his or her term on the gaming
6commission.
AB150, s. 91 7Section 91. 15.06 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,146,98 15.06 (3) (a) 5. The members of the gaming commission who are not the
9chairperson.
AB150, s. 92 10Section 92. 15.06 (3) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 93 11Section 93. 15.07 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 94 12Section 94. 15.07 (1) (b) 20. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,146,1413 15.07 (1) (b) 20. The 3 members of the Kickapoo valley governing board
14appointed under s. 15.105 (23) 15.445 (2) (b) 3.
AB150, s. 95 15Section 95. 15.07 (1) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,147,316 15.07 (1) (cm) The term of one member of the ethics board shall expire on each
17May 1. The terms of 3 members of the development finance board appointed under
18s. 15.155 (1) (a) 6. shall expire on May 1 of every even-numbered year and the terms
19of the other 3 members appointed under s. 15.155 (1) (a) 6. shall expire on May 1 of
20every odd-numbered year. The terms of the 3 members of the land and water
21conservation board appointed under s. 15.135 (4) (b) 2. shall expire on January 1.
22The term of the member of the land and water conservation board appointed under
23s. 15.135 (4) (b) 2m shall expire on May 1 of an even-numbered year. The terms of
24members of the real estate board shall expire on July 1. The terms of the appraiser
25members of the real estate appraisers board and the terms of the auctioneer and

1auction company representative members of the auctioneer board shall expire on
2May 1 in an even-numbered year. The terms of the members of the radioactive waste
3review board shall expire as provided in s. 15.915 (4) (c).
AB150, s. 96 4Section 96. 15.07 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,147,65 15.07 (2) (c) The chairperson of the recycling market development board shall
6be designated every 3 years by the governor.
AB150, s. 97 7Section 97. 15.07 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,147,108 15.07 (2) (f) The state superintendent secretary of public instruction education
9or his or her designated representative shall serve as chairperson of the school
10district boundary appeal board.
AB150, s. 98 11Section 98. 15.07 (5) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 99 12Section 99. 15.07 (5) (i) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 100 13Section 100. 15.09 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 15.09 (1) and amended
14to read:
AB150,147,1815 15.09 (1) Selection of members. Unless otherwise provided by law, the
16governor shall appoint the members of councils for terms prescribed by law. Except
17as provided in par. (b), fixed
Fixed terms shall expire on July 1 and shall, if the term
18is for an even number of years, expire in an odd-numbered year.
AB150, s. 101 19Section 101. 15.09 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 102 20Section 102. 15.103 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
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