AB40: Bill Text

AB40, s. 2737 Section 2737. 227.137 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1039,3 227.137 (1) In this section, "agency" means the departments of agriculture, trade, and consumer protection; commerce safety and professional services; natural resources; transportation; and workforce development.

AB40, s. 2738 Section 2738. 227.137 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1039,13 227.137 (3) (intro.) An economic impact report shall contain information on the effect of the proposed rule on specific businesses, business sectors, and the state's economy. When preparing the report, the agency shall solicit information and advice from the department of commerce Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and from governmental units, associations, businesses, and individuals that may be affected by the proposed rule. The agency may request information that is reasonably necessary for the preparation of an economic impact report from other state agencies, governmental units, associations, businesses, and individuals. The economic impact report shall include all of the following:

AB40, s. 2739 Section 2739. 227.19 (3) (g) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 2740 Section 2740. 227.59 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1040,7 227.59 Certification of certain cases from the circuit court of Dane County to other circuits. Any action or proceeding for the review of any order of an administrative officer, commission, department or other administrative tribunal of the state required by law to be instituted in or taken to the circuit court of Dane County except an action or appeal for the review of any order of the department of workforce development or the department of commerce safety and professional services or findings and orders of the labor and industry review commission which is instituted or taken and is not called for trial or hearing within 6 months after the proceeding or action is instituted, and the trial or hearing of which is not continued by stipulation of the parties or by order of the court for cause shown, shall on the application of either party on 5 days' written notice to the other be certified and transmitted for trial to the circuit court of the county of the residence or principal place of business of the plaintiff or petitioner, where the action or proceeding shall be given preference. Unless written objection is filed within the 5-day period, the order certifying and transmitting the proceeding shall be entered without hearing. The plaintiff or petitioner shall pay to the clerk of the circuit court of Dane County a fee of $2 for transmitting the record.

AB40, s. 2741 Section 2741. 229.46 (1) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1040,11 229.46 (1) (ag) "Disabled veteran-owned business" means a business certified by the department of commerce safety and professional services under s. 560.0335 490.02 (3).

AB40, s. 2742 Section 2742. 229.46 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1040,14 229.46 (1) (b) "Minority group member" has the meaning given in s. 560.036 490.04 (1) (f).

AB40, s. 2743 Section 2743. 229.70 (1) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1040,18 229.70 (1) (ag) "Disabled veteran-owned business" means a business certified by the department of commerce safety and professional services under s. 560.0335 490.02 (3).

AB40, s. 2744 Section 2744. 229.70 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1040,21 229.70 (1) (am) "Minority business" has the meaning given in s. 560.036 490.04 (1) (e).

AB40, s. 2745 Section 2745. 229.70 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1040,24 229.70 (1) (b) "Minority group member" has the meaning given in s. 560.036 490.04 (1) (f).

AB40, s. 2746 Section 2746. 229.8273 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1041,3 229.8273 (1) (am) "Disabled veteran-owned business" means a business certified by the department of commerce safety and professional services under s. 560.0335 490.02 (3).

AB40, s. 2747 Section 2747. 229.8273 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1041,6 229.8273 (1) (b) "Minority business" has the meaning given in s. 560.036 490.04 (1) (e).

AB40, s. 2748 Section 2748. 229.8273 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1041,9 229.8273 (1) (c) "Minority group member" has the meaning given in s. 560.036 490.04 (1) (f).

AB40, s. 2749 Section 2749. 229.845 (1) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1041,13 229.845 (1) (ag) "Disabled veteran-owned business" means a business certified by the department of commerce safety and professional services under s. 560.0335 490.02 (3).

AB40, s. 2750 Section 2750. 229.845 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1041,16 229.845 (1) (am) "Minority business" has the meaning given in s. 560.036 490.04 (1) (e).

AB40, s. 2751 Section 2751. 230.03 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 7, is amended to read:

AB40,1042,3 230.03 (3) "Agency" means any board, commission, committee, council, or department in state government or a unit thereof created by the constitution or statutes if such board, commission, committee, council, department, unit, or the head thereof, is authorized to appoint subordinate staff by the constitution or statute, except a legislative or judicial board, commission, committee, council, department, or unit thereof or an authority created under subch. II of ch. 114 or subch. III of ch. 149 or under ch. 37, 52, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 237, 238, or 279. "Agency" does not mean any local unit of government or body within one or more local units of government that is created by law or by action of one or more local units of government.

AB40, s. 2752 Section 2752. 230.08 (2) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1042,7 230.08 (2) (dm) Instructional staff employed by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System who provide services for a charter school established by contract under s. 118.40 (2r) (cm) (b) 1. e.

AB40, s. 2753 Section 2753. 230.08 (2) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1042,9 230.08 (2) (e) 1. Administration — 14 13.

AB40, s. 2754 Section 2754. 230.08 (2) (e) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,1042,11 230.08 (2) (e) 4. Employment relations commission — 1.

AB40, s. 2755 Section 2755. 230.08 (2) (e) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1042,13 230.08 (2) (e) 6. Workforce development — 6 7.

AB40, s. 2756 Section 2756. 230.08 (2) (e) 10. of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 2757 Section 2757. 230.08 (2) (e) 11m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,1042,16 230.08 (2) (e) 11m. Safety and professional services — 7.

AB40, s. 2758 Section 2758. 230.08 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1042,21 230.08 (2) (g) One stenographer appointed by each elective executive officer, except the secretary of state and the state treasurer; and one deputy or assistant appointed by each elective executive officer, except the attorney general and superintendent of public instruction.

AB40, s. 2759 Section 2759. 230.08 (2) (pd) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1042,24 230.08 (2) (pd) The chairperson of the earned release review parole commission.

AB40, s. 2760 Section 2760. 230.08 (2) (v) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1043,2 230.08 (2) (v) Not more than 5 10 bureau directors in the department of regulation and licensing safety and professional services.

AB40, s. 2761 Section 2761. 230.08 (2) (yb) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,1043,5 230.08 (2) (yb) The director and the deputy director of the office of business development in the department of administration.

AB40, s. 2762 Section 2762. 230.08 (2) (yc) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 2763 Section 2763. 230.08 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1043,17 230.08 (4) (a) The number of administrator positions specified in sub. (2) (e) includes all administrator positions specifically authorized by law to be employed outside the classified service in each department, board or commission and the historical society. In this paragraph, "department" has the meaning given under s. 15.01 (5), "board" means the educational communications board, government accountability board, investment board, public defender board and technical college system board and "commission" means the employment relations commission and the public service commission. Notwithstanding sub. (2) (z), no division administrator position exceeding the number authorized in sub. (2) (e) may be created in the unclassified service.

AB40, s. 2764 Section 2764. 230.12 (1) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1044,3 230.12 (1) (a) 1. b. The provisions governing the pay of all unclassified positions except positions for employees of the University of Wisconsin System, for employees of the legislature who are not identified under s. 20.923 (4), for employees of a service agency under subch. IV of ch. 13, for employees of the state court system, for employees of the investment board identified under s. 230.08 (2) (p), for one stenographer employed by each elective executive officer, except the secretary of state and the state treasurer, under s. 230.08 (2) (g), for 3 sales representatives of prison industries and one sales manager of prison industries identified under s. 303.01 (10), and for sales and development professional of the historical society employed under s. 44.20 (4) (a).

AB40, s. 2765 Section 2765. 230.339 of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,1044,14 230.339 Rights of certain employees of the department of safety and professional services. (1) Notwithstanding s. 230.08 (2) (e) 11m. and (v), all of the employees holding the following positions in the classified service at the department of commerce on the day before the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], who have achieved permanent status in class on or before that date shall, upon employment by the department of safety and professional services, retain, while serving in the unclassified service at the department of safety and professional services, those protections afforded employees in the classified service under ss. 230.34 (1) (a) and 230.44 (1) (c) relating to demotion, suspension, discharge, layoff, or reduction in base pay:

AB40,1044,15 (a) Administrator of the division of administrative services.

AB40,1044,17 (b) Director of the bureau of petroleum environmental cleanup fund administration in the division of environmental and regulatory services.

AB40,1044,19 (c) Director of the bureau of petroleum products and tanks in the division of environmental and regulatory services.

AB40,1044,21 (d) Director of the bureau of integrated services in the division of safety and buildings.

AB40,1044,23 (e) Director of the bureau of program development in the division of safety and buildings.

AB40,1044,25 (2) Each employee specified under sub. (1) shall also have reinstatement privileges to the classified service as provided under s. 230.33 (1).

AB40, s. 2766 Section 2766. 230.35 (1s) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1045,9 230.35 (1s) Annual leave of absence with pay for instructional staff employed by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System who provide services for a charter school established by contract under s. 118.40 (2r) (cm) (b) 1. e. shall be determined by the governing board of the charter school established by contract under s. 118.40 (2r) (cm) (b) 1. e., as approved by the chancellor of the appropriate University of Wisconsin-Parkside Wisconsin System institution and subject to the terms of any collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111 covering the instructional staff.

AB40, s. 2767 Section 2767. 230.44 (1) (h) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 2768 Section 2768. 231.01 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 231.01 (1t).

AB40, s. 2769 Section 2769. 231.01 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,1045,14 231.01 (1m) "Affiliate" means an entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another entity.

AB40, s. 2770 Section 2770. 231.01 (4t) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,1045,16 231.01 (4t) "Entity" means any person other than a natural person.

AB40, s. 2771 Section 2771. 231.01 (5r) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1045,21 231.01 (5r) "Participating child care provider" means a child care provider, or an affiliate of a child care provider, that undertakes the financing and construction or acquisition of a project or undertakes the refunding or refinancing of obligations or of a mortgage or of advances as provided in this chapter.

AB40, s. 2772 Section 2772. 231.01 (5w) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1046,2 231.01 (5w) "Participating educational institution" means a corporation, agency or association which is an entity authorized by state law to provide or operate an educational facility, or an affiliate of that entity, and which that undertakes the financing and construction or acquisition of a project or undertakes the refunding or refinancing of obligations or of a mortgage or of advances as provided in this chapter.

AB40, s. 2773 Section 2773. 231.01 (6) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 231.01 (6) and amended to read:

AB40,1046,9 231.01 (6) "Participating health institution" means: (a) A corporation, agency or association an entity authorized by state law to provide or operate a health facility, or an affiliate of that entity, and which that undertakes the financing and construction or acquisition of a project or undertakes the refunding or refinancing of obligations or of a mortgage or of advances as provided in this chapter.

AB40, s. 2774 Section 2774. 231.01 (6t) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1046,15 231.01 (6t) "Participating research institution" means an entity organized under the laws of this state that provides or operates a research facility, or an affiliate of that entity, and that undertakes the financing and construction or acquisition of a project or undertakes the refunding or refinancing of obligations or of a mortgage or of advances as provided in this chapter.

AB40, s. 2775 Section 2775. 231.01 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1046,22 231.01 (7) (c) "Project" may include more than one project, and it may include any combination of projects undertaken jointly by any participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating research institution, or participating child care provider with one or more other participating health institutions, participating educational institutions, participating research institutions, or participating child care providers.

AB40, s. 2776 Section 2776. 231.01 (7) (cg) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,1046,25 231.01 (7) (cg) "Project" includes any project located within or outside of this state.

AB40, s. 2777 Section 2777. 231.01 (7) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1047,3 231.01 (7) (d) 2. Any office or clinic of a person licensed under ch. 446, 447, 448, 449, or 455, or the substantially equivalent laws or rules of another state.

AB40, s. 2778 Section 2778. 231.03 (6) (a) 3. c. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1047,8 231.03 (6) (a) 3. c. The expenditure, by or on behalf of a hospital, independent practitioner, partnership, unincorporated medical group or service corporation, as defined in s. 180.1901 (2), or the substantially equivalent laws or rules of another state, for clinical medical equipment.

AB40, s. 2779 Section 2779. 231.03 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1047,18 231.03 (6) (b) Refinance outstanding debt of any participating health institution if the department of health services certifies that refinancing will result in a reduction in the participating health institution's rates below the rates which would have otherwise prevailed, except that the authority may not refinance any office or clinic of a person licensed under ch. 446, 447, 448, 449 or 455, or the substantially equivalent laws or rules of another state, and except that this certification is not required for the refinancing for a participating health institution that operates a facility as defined under s. 49.45 (6m) (a) 3, or for a participating health institution that is located in another state.

AB40, s. 2780 Section 2780. 231.06 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1048,5 231.06 Property acquisition. The authority may acquire, directly or by and through a participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating research institution, or participating child care provider as its agent, by purchase or by gift or devise, such lands, structures, property, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other interests in lands, including lands lying under water and riparian rights, which are located within this state as it deems necessary or convenient for the construction or operation of a project, upon such terms and at such prices as it considers reasonable and can be agreed upon between it and the owner thereof, and take title thereto in the name of the authority or in the name of a health facility, educational facility, research facility, or child care center as its agent.