Note: Inserts “, and" in s. 15.62 (1) (a) 5. and a comma in s. 15.62 (1) (a) 6. for
internal consistency and consistency of construction with s. 15.61 and other similar
statutes. See also the previous section of this bill.
AB847,25 16Section 25. 19.49 (2g) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 117,
17section 2, and 2015 Wisconsin Act 118, section 12, is amended to read:
AB847,11,618 19.49 (2g) Auditing. In addition to the facial examination of reports and
19statements required under s. 11.1304 (9), the commission shall conduct an audit of
20reports and statements which are required to be filed with it to determine whether
21violations of ch. 11 have occurred. The commission may examine records relating to

1matters required to be treated in such reports and statements. The commission shall
2make official note in the file of a committee, as defined in s. 11.0101 (6), of any error
3or other discrepancy which the commission discovers and shall inform the person
4submitting the report or statement. The board commission may not audit reports,
5statements, or records beyond the 3-year period for which a committee must retain
6records under ch. 11.
Note: Replaces “board" with “commission" consistent with 2015 Wis. Act 118. Act
118 eliminates the Government Accountability Board and creates the Ethics Commission
to administer subch. III of ch. 19, effective 6-30-16.
AB847,26 7Section 26. 20.115 (1) (gb) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act
855
, is amended to read:
AB847,11,149 20.115 (1) (gb) Food, lodging, and recreation. The amounts in the schedule for
10the regulation of food, lodging, and recreation under chs. 93, 97 and 98. All moneys
11received under ss. 93.06 (1r) and (1w), 93.09, 93.11, 93.12, 97.17, 97.175, 97.20, 97.21,
1297.22, 97.24, 97.27, 97.29, 97.30 (3) (a), (b) and (c), 97.41, 97.60 to 97.653 97.65, 97.67,
1398.145 and 98.146 for the regulation of food, lodging, and recreation shall be credited
14to this appropriation.
Note: Corrects cross-reference. There is no s. 97.653. A preliminary version of
2015 Wis. Act 55 contained a provision numbered s. 97.653. Sections 97.60 to 97.65
include all of the sections in subch. III of ch. 97.
AB847,27 15Section 27. 20.370 (9) (gb) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB847,11,1916 20.370 (9) (gb) Education programs — program fees. Biennially, from the
17general fund, the amounts in the schedule for department educational activities at
18the MacKenzie environmental center. All moneys received from fees collected under
19s. 23.425 (2) for the use of the center shall be credited to this appropriation.
Note: Section 23.425 (2) is renumbered s. 23.425 by Section 37 of this bill.
AB847,28 20Section 28. 20.505 (1) (id) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin
21Act 55
, is amended to read:
AB847,12,4
120.505 (1) (id) Justice information fee receipts. (intro.) All moneys less
2$700,000 received from the justice information surcharge under s. 814.86 (1) for the
3purpose of annually transferring the amounts indicated in subds. 1. to 7. 6. The
4following amounts shall be transferred to the following appropriation accounts:
Note: 2015 Wis. Act 55 repealed s. 20.505 (1) (id) 8. and changed the
cross-reference in this provision from “subds. 1. to 8." to “subds. 1. to 7." There is no s.
20.505 (1) (id) 7.
Note: Adds “to make" for parallel structure
AB847,29 5Section 29 . 20.505 (4) (s) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
6section 800d, is amended to read:
AB847,12,127 20.505 (4) (s) School districts; telecommunications access and teacher training
8grants.
Biennially, from the universal service fund, the amounts in the schedule to
9make payments to telecommunications providers under contracts under s. 16.971
10(13) to the extent that the amounts due are not paid from the appropriation under
11sub. (1) (is), to make grants to school district consortia under s. 16.997 (7), and to
12make
educational technology teacher training grants under s. 16.996.
Note: Adds “to make" for parallel structure.
AB847,30 13Section 30. 20.510 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act
14117
, section 55, and 2015 Wisconsin Act 118, section 213, is amended to read:
AB847,12,1915 20.510 (1) (a) General program operations; general purpose revenue.
16Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for general program operations of the
17commission, including the printing of forms, materials, manuals, and election laws
18under s. 7.08 (1) (b), (3), and (4) 11.1304, and the training of election officials under
19s. 5.05 (7).
Note: The stricken language was inserted by 2015 Wis. Act 117 but rendered
without effect by the treatment by 2015 Wis. Act 118.
AB847,31
1Section 31. 20.510 (1) (e) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 117,
2section 56, and 2015 Wisconsin Act 118, section 220, is amended to read:
AB847,13,43 20.510 (1) (e) Elections administration. The amounts in the schedule for the
4administration of chs. 5 to 10 and 12. 11.0102 (2)
Note: The stricken language was inserted by 2015 Wis. Act 117 but rendered
without effect by the treatment by 2015 Wis. Act 118.
AB847,32 5Section 32. 20.670 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB847,13,86 20.670 (1) (k) Director of state courts and law library transfer. All moneys
7received from the appropriations under s. 20.680 (2) (a) to (ke) and (4) (a) to (h) (L)
8for the purposes of the judicial council under s. 758.13.
Note: Corrects cross-reference. Section 20.680 (4) (a) to (h) consisted of s. 20.680
(4) (a), (g), and (h). Section 20.680 (4) (a) and (h) were repealed by 2015 Wis. Act 55.
Section 20.680 (4) (g) was renumbered s. 20.680 (2) (L) by 2015 Wis. Act 55.
AB847,33 9Section 33. The treatment of 20.923 (7) (intro.) of the statutes by 2015
10Wisconsin Act 55
is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 58. Both treatments stand.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference
bureau, s. 20.923 (7) (intro.) reads:
(7) General senior executive positions. The salary ranges for the director and the
executive assistant of the Wisconsin Technical College System and for the secretary,
deputy secretary, and assistant deputy secretary of the department of employee trust
funds shall be contained in the recommendations of the administrator of the division of
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 the director and
executive assistant of the Wisconsin Technical College System within the range to which
the positions are assigned to recognize merit, to permit orderly salary progression, and
to recognize competitive factors. The employee trust funds board shall set the salary for
the secretary of the department of employee trust funds within the range to which the
position is assigned to recognize merit, to permit orderly salary progression, and to
recognize competitive factors. The salary of the deputy secretary of the department of
employee trust funds and the salary of the assistant deputy secretary of the department
of employee trust funds shall be set in accordance with subs. (8) and (9), respectively. 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:
AB847,34 11Section 34. The treatment of 20.923 (8) of the statutes by 2015 Wisconsin Act
1255
is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 58. Both treatments stand.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference
bureau, s. 20.923 (8) reads:

(8) Deputies. Salaries for deputies appointed pursuant to ss. 13.94 (3) (b), 15.04
(2), and 551.601 (1) shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary, other than the
salary of the deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds, 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 associate director of the
historical society shall be treated as an unclassified 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.
AB847,35 1Section 35. The treatment of 20.923 (9) of the statutes by 2015 Wisconsin Act
255
is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 58. Both treatments stand.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference
bureau, s. 20.923 (9) reads:
(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 and the assistant
deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds, 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.
AB847,36 3Section 36. 23.425 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
Note: Section 23.425 (1) reads: “The department shall seek the advice of the
environmental education board on the development of environmental education
programs." The environmental education board is eliminated effective July 1, 2017, as
a result of the repeal of ss. 15.915 (6) and 36.54 by 2015 Wis. Act 55, leaving this provision
without effect.
AB847,37 4Section 37 . 23.425 (2) (a) and (b) of the statutes are renumbered 23.425 (1m)
5and (2m), and 23.425 (2m), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB847,14,86 23.425 (2m) The fees collected by the department under par. (a) sub. (1m) for
7the use of the MacKenzie environmental center shall be deposited in the general fund
8and credited to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (9) (gb).
Note: The repeal of s. 23.425 (1) by the previous section of this bill left s. 23.425
with only one subsection.
AB847,38 9Section 38. The treatment of 24.62 (3) of the statutes by 2015 Wisconsin Act
1055
is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 60. Both treatments stand.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference
bureau, s. 24.62 (3) reads:

(3) If any land purchased under s. 24.61 (2) (a) on or after July 14, 2015, or acquired
in an exchange under s. 24.09 on or after July 14, 2015, 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.
AB847,39 1Section 39. 29.89 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 31, is
2amended to read:
AB847,15,63 29.89 (4) Donations authorized. A county may donate the processed venison
4or process processed wild turkey meat to a food distribution service or a charitable
5organization. The county may require that the carcasses be field dressed before
6accepting them for processing.
Note: Corrects spelling.
AB847,40 7Section 40. 38.04 (4) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
Note: Section 38.04 (4) (d) reads: “The board shall seek the advice of the
environmental education board on the development of environmental education
programs." The environmental education board is eliminated effective July 1, 2017, as
a result of the repeal of ss. 15.915 (6) and 36.54 by 2015 Wis. Act 55, leaving this provision
without effect.
AB847,41 8Section 41. 40.02 (15) (d) and (e) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB847,15,139 40.02 (15) (d) Contributions, benefits, and service credit with respect to
10qualified military service, as defined in 38 USC chapter 43 of title 38 of the United
11States Code
, taken on or after December 12, 1994, are governed by section 414 (u)
12of the Internal Revenue Code and the federal Uniformed Services Employment and
13Reemployment Rights Act of 1994.
AB847,16,214 (e) 1. Effective with deaths occurring on or after January 1, 2007, while a
15participant is performing qualified military service, as defined in 38 USC chapter 43
16of title 38 of the United States Code, death benefits shall be calculated as though the
17participant was a participating employee subject to par. (d) during the period or

1periods of military service between the date that the participant left participating
2employment to enter active military service and the date of death.
AB847,16,123 2. Effective with disabilities occurring on or after January 1, 2007, if a
4participant becomes disabled while performing qualified military service, as defined
5in 38 USC chapter 43 of title 38 of the United States Code, to the extent permitted
6by section 414 (u) (8) of the Internal Revenue Code, and is unable to return to
7participating employment due to the disability incurred while performing such
8military service, for benefit calculation purposes the participant shall be treated as
9though the participant was a participating employee subject to par. (d) during the
10period or periods of military service between the date that the participant left
11participating employment to enter active military service and the date of discharge
12from military service.
AB847,16,1913 3. Beginning January 1, 2009, an individual receiving differential wage
14payments while the individual is performing qualified military service, as defined in
1538 USC chapter 43 of title 38 of the United States Code, from an employer shall be
16treated as employed by that employer, and the differential wage payment shall be
17treated as compensation for purposes of applying the limits on annual additions
18under section 415 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code. This provision shall be applied
19to all similarly situated individuals in a reasonably equivalent manner.
Note: Corrects citation form.
AB847,42 20Section 42. The treatment of 40.05 (4) (ag) 1. of the statutes by 2015 Wisconsin
21Act 55
is not repealed by 2015 Wisconsin Act 58. Both treatments stand.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. As merged by the legislative reference
bureau, s. 40.05 (4) (ag) 1. reads:
1. For insured part-time employees other than employees specified in s. 40.02 (25)
(b) 2., including those in project positions as defined in s. 230.27 (1), who are appointed
to work less than 1,040 hours per year, an amount determined annually by the

administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of
administration under par. (ah).
AB847,43 1Section 43. 46.27 (6r) (b) 1m. a. of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin
2Act 55
, is amended to read:
AB847,17,73 46.27 (6r) (b) 1m. a. A person who resided in the facility on the date of the
4finding that a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility that provides care
5to Medical Assistance recipients to be is an institution for mental diseases whose care
6in the facility is disallowed for federal financial participation under Medical
7Assistance.
Note: Corrects grammar.
AB847,44 8Section 44. 46.272 (14) (b) 1. of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act
955
, is amended to read:
AB847,17,1410 46.272 (14) (b) 1. Medical assistance reimbursement for services a county or
11a private nonprofit agency, or with which the department contracts provides under
12this subsection shall be made from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (4) (bd) and
13(o) and (7) (b). Payments made under sub. (13) (a) may be used as the state share for
14purposes of Medical Assistance reimbursement.
Note: Deletes unnecessary language. The language for this provision was created
based on identical language in s. 46.27 (11) (c) 3. Under s. 46.27 (11) (c) 3. the department
may contract for services with a county, a private nonprofit agency, or an aging unit.
Under s. 46.272 (14) (b) 1. the department can only contract with a county or a private
nonprofit agency. The stricken language was inadvertently included in the creation of
s. 46.272 (14) (b) 1.
AB847,45 15Section 45. 46.277 (5g) (b) 1. of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act
1655
, is amended to read:
AB847,18,217 46.277 (5g) (b) 1. A person who resided in the facility on the date of the finding
18that a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility that provides care to
19Medical Assistance recipients to be is an institution for mental diseases whose care

1in the facility is disallowed for federal financial participation under Medical
2Assistance.
Note: Corrects grammar.
AB847,46 3Section 46. 48.57 (3m) (a) 1. b. of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin
4Act 55
, is amended to read:
AB847,18,125 48.57 (3m) (a) 1. b. The person is under 21 years of age, the person is a full-time
6student in good academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical
7equivalent, an individualized education program under s. 115.787 is in effect for the
8person, and the person is placed in the home of the kinship care relative under an
9order under s. 48.355, 48.357, 48.365, 938.355, 938.357, or 938.365 that terminates
10under s. 48.355 (4) (b) or 938.355 (4) (am) after the person attains 18 years of age or
11under a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement under s. 48.366 (3)
12or 938.366 (3).
Note: Inserts “the person" to provide parallel construction within a series.
AB847,47 13Section 47. 48.57 (3n) (a) 1. b. of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin
14Act 55
, is amended to read:
AB847,18,2215 48.57 (3n) (a) 1. b. The person is under 21 years of age, the person is a full-time
16student in good academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical
17equivalent, an individualized education program under s. 115.787 is in effect for the
18person, and the person is placed in the home of the long-term kinship care relative
19under an order under s. 48.355, 48.357, 48.365, 938.355, 938.357, or 938.365 that
20terminates under s. 48.355 (4) (b) or 938.355 (4) (am) after the person attains 18 years
21of age or under a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement under s.
2248.366 (3) or 938.366 (3).
Note: Inserts “the person" to provide parallel construction within a series.
AB847,48
1Section 48. 59.54 (28) (c) 4. c. of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act
255
, is amended to read:
AB847,19,53 59.54 (28) (c) 4. c. The chairperson of the county board of supervisors, or his or
4her designee,
if the county does not have a county executive or a county
5administrator.
Note: Removes unnecessary repeated language contained in s. 59.54 (28) (c) 4.
(intro.).
AB847,49 6Section 49. 71.07 (3y) (a) 2. of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act
755
, is amended to read:
AB847,19,88 71.07 (3y) (a) 2. “Eligible employee" has the meaning given in s. 238.308 (1) (a).
Note: Corrects cross-reference. There is no s. 238.308 (1) (a). “Eligible employee"
is defined in s. 238.308 (1).
AB847,50 9Section 50. 71.28 (3y) (a) 2. of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act
1055
, is amended to read:
AB847,19,1111 71.28 (3y) (a) 2. “Eligible employee" has the meaning given in s. 238.308 (1) (a).
Note: Corrects cross-reference. There is no s. 238.308 (1) (a). “Eligible employee"
is defined in s. 238.308 (1).
AB847,51 12Section 51. 71.47 (3y) (a) 2. of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act
1355
, is amended to read:
AB847,19,1414 71.47 (3y) (a) 2. “Eligible employee" has the meaning given in s. 238.308 (1) (a).
Note: Corrects cross-reference. There is no s. 238.308 (1) (a). “Eligible employee"
is defined in s. 238.308 (1).
AB847,52 15Section 52. 77.51 (10s) of the statutes is renumbered 77.51 (11c).
Note: Places definition in alphabetical order consistent with current style.
AB847,53 16Section 53. 101.023 of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 29, is
17amended to read:
AB847,20,7 18101.023 Commercial building code council duties. The uniform
19commercial building code council shall review the rules relating to constructing,

1altering, adding to, repairing, and maintaining public buildings and buildings that
2are places of employment. The council shall consider and make recommendations
3to the department pertaining to these rules and any other matters related to
4constructing, altering, adding to, repairing, and maintaining public buildings and
5buildings that are places of employment. In preparing rules under this chapter that
6relate to public buildings and to buildings that are places of employment, the
7department shall consult with the commercial building code council.
Note: Corrects council name. The “commercial building code council" is created
in s. 15.407 (18) (a). There is no “uniform commercial building code council."
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