AB56,137,2319 196.492 (3) (a) The department commission shall distribute the fees that are
20paid by a person under the rules promulgated under sub. (2) (a) to each town, village
21and city that is identified by the commission under s. 196.491 (3) (gm) in proportion
22to the amount of investment that is allocated by the commission under s. 196.491 (3)
23(gm) to each such town, village and city.
AB56,138,224 (b) 1. The department commission shall pay 50 percent of the fee to each county
25that is identified by the commission under s. 196.491 (3) (gm) in proportion to the

1amount of investment that is allocated by the commission under s. 196.491 (3) (gm)
2to each such county.
AB56,138,63 2. The department commission shall pay 50 percent of the fee to each town,
4village and city that is identified by the commission under s. 196.491 (3) (gm) in
5proportion to the amount of investment that is allocated by the commission under
6s. 196.491 (3) (gm) to each such town, village and city.
AB56,86 7Section 86 . 16.969 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 196.492 (4).
AB56,87 8Section 87 . 16.99 (3r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,138,109 16.99 (3r) “Rural territory” means any territory, population, and housing units
10located outside urbanized areas or urban clusters.
AB56,88 11Section 88. 16.99 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,89 12Section 89 . 16.9945 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,139,213 16.9945 (1) Competitive grants. (intro.) In fiscal years 2017-18 and, 2018-19,
142019-20, and 2020-21, the department may annually award grants on a competitive
15basis to eligible school districts and to eligible public libraries for the purpose of
16improving information technology infrastructure. For purposes of awarding grants
17under this section, “improving information technology infrastructure” includes
18purchasing and installing on a bus a portable device that creates an area of wireless
19Internet coverage and purchasing for individuals to temporarily borrow from a
20school or for patrons to check out from a public library a portable device that creates
21an area of wireless Internet coverage. In awarding grants to eligible school districts
22under this section, the department shall give priority to applications for school
23districts in which the percentage of pupils who satisfy the income eligibility criteria
24under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1) for a free or reduced-price lunch is greater than in other

1applicant school districts. The department shall require an applicant for a grant
2under this section to provide all of the following:
AB56,90 3Section 90 . 16.9945 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 16.9945 (2) and
4amended to read:
AB56,139,85 16.9945 (2) A school district is eligible for a grant under this section in fiscal
6year 2017-18
if the school district's membership in the previous most recent school
7year for which finalized school year data is available divided by the school district's
8area in square miles is 16 or less.
AB56,91 9Section 91 . 16.9945 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,92 10Section 92. 16.9945 (2m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,93 11Section 93. 16.9945 (2m) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 16.99 (3c).
AB56,94 12Section 94. 16.9945 (2m) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 16.99 (5g).
AB56,95 13Section 95. 16.9945 (2m) (a) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 16.99 (5r).
AB56,96 14Section 96. 16.9945 (2m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 16.9945
15(2m) (b) and amended to read:
AB56,139,2216 16.9945 (2m) (b) A public library, including the branch of a public library a
17library branch
, is eligible for a grant under this section in fiscal year 2017-18 or in
18fiscal year 2018-19 or in both fiscal years
if the population of the municipality within
19which the library or branch of the library library branch is located, as determined
20in the first year of the fiscal biennium,
is 20,000 or less and if the public library or
21branch library branch is located in one of the following areas of the state: a rural
22territory.
AB56,97 23Section 97 . 16.9945 (2m) (b) 1. to 3. of the statutes are repealed.
AB56,98 24Section 98 . 16.9945 (2m) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,140,3
116.9945 (2m) (c) A consortium of public libraries is eligible for a grant under
2this section and a public library system is eligible for a grant under this section if all
3of the following apply:
AB56,140,44 1. Either of the following applies:
AB56,140,65 a. The consortium consists of 3 or more eligible public libraries or library
6branches.
AB56,140,87 b. The public library system contains 3 or more eligible public libraries or
8library branches.
AB56,140,109 2. The consortium or public library system applies for a grant under this
10section.
AB56,99 11Section 99. 16.9945 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,140,1312 16.9945 (3) (a) If the membership of the eligible school district, as determined
13in the first year of the fiscal biennium,
is fewer than 750 pupils, $30,000.
AB56,100 14Section 100. 16.9945 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,140,1715 16.9945 (3) (b) If the membership of the eligible school district, as determined
16in the first year of the fiscal biennium,
is 750 pupils to 1,500 pupils, $40 multiplied
17by the school district's membership.
AB56,101 18Section 101. 16.9945 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,140,2019 16.9945 (3) (c) If the membership of the eligible school district, as determined
20in the first year of the fiscal biennium,
is more than 1,500 pupils, $60,000.
AB56,102 21Section 102. 16.9945 (3m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,140,2422 16.9945 (3m) (a) If the population of the municipality within which the eligible
23public library or branch library branch is located, as determined in the first year of
24the fiscal biennium,
is 2,000 or less, $5,000.
AB56,103 25Section 103. 16.9945 (3m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,141,3
116.9945 (3m) (b) If the population of the municipality within which the eligible
2public library or branch library branch is located, as determined in the first year of
3the fiscal biennium,
is at least 2,001 but less than 5,000, $7,500.
AB56,104 4Section 104. 16.9945 (3m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,141,75 16.9945 (3m) (c) If the population of the municipality within which the eligible
6public library or branch library branch is located, as determined in the first year of
7the fiscal biennium,
is at least 5,000 but less than 20,001, $10,000.
AB56,105 8Section 105. 16.9945 (4) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB56,141,109 16.9945 (4) Funding limitation. The department may not award grants under
10this section that total more than $3,000,000 in the 2019-20 or 2020-21 fiscal year.
AB56,106 11Section 106 . 16.9945 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,141,1312 16.9945 (5) Sunset. The department may not award grants under this section
13after July 1, 2019 June 30, 2021.
AB56,107 14Section 107 . 16.996 of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,108 15Section 108. 16.997 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,141,1816 16.997 (1) Except as provided in s. 196.218 (4t), the department shall
17promulgate rules establishing an educational telecommunications access program
18to provide educational agencies with access to data lines and video links.
AB56,109 19Section 109. 16.997 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,141,2120 16.997 (2) (a) Allow an educational agency to make a request to the department
21for access to data lines and video links.
AB56,110 22Section 110. 16.997 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,142,423 16.997 (2) (b) Establish eligibility requirements for an educational agency to
24participate in the program established under sub. (1) and to receive additional
25telecommunications access under s. 16.998, including a requirement that a charter

1school sponsor use data lines and video links to benefit pupils attending the charter
2school and a requirement that Internet access to material that is harmful to children,
3as defined in s. 948.11 (1) (b), is blocked on the computers of juvenile correctional
4facilities that are served by data links and video links subsidized under this section.
AB56,111 5Section 111. 16.997 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,142,96 16.997 (2) (c) Establish specifications for data lines and video links for which
7access is provided to an educational agency under the program established under
8sub. (1) or for which additional access is provided to an educational agency under s.
916.998.
AB56,112 10Section 112. 16.997 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,142,1511 16.997 (2) (d) Require an educational agency to pay the department not more
12than $250 per month for each data line or video link that is provided to the
13educational agency under the program established under sub. (1), except that the
14charge may not exceed $100 per month for each data line or video link that relies on
15a transport medium that operates at a speed of 1.544 megabits 1 gigabyte per second.
AB56,113 16Section 113. 16.997 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,142,2017 16.997 (2) (f) Ensure that juvenile correctional facilities that receive access
18under this section to data lines and video links or that receive additional access under
19s. 16.998 to data lines, video links, and bandwidth use those data lines and video
20links
and that bandwidth only for educational purposes.
AB56,114 21Section 114. 16.997 (2c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,143,222 16.997 (2c) The department shall develop criteria to use to evaluate whether
23to provide more than one data line and video link to an educational agency. The
24department shall include in the criteria an educational agency's current bandwidth,

1equipment, and readiness, and the available providers and any other economic
2development in the geographic area that the educational agency serves.
AB56,115 3Section 115. 16.997 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,143,64 16.997 (3) The department shall prepare an annual report on the status of
5providing data lines and video links that are requested under sub. (2) (a) and the
6impact on the universal service fund of any payment under contracts under s. 16.974.
AB56,116 7Section 116 . 16.997 (7) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,117 8Section 117. 16.998 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,143,19 916.998 Educational telecommunications; additional access. An
10educational agency that is eligible for a rate discount for telecommunications
11services under 47 USC 254 may request data lines, video links, and bandwidth access
12that is in addition to what is provided under the program under s. 16.997 (1). The
13department shall apply for aid under 47 USC 254 to cover the costs of the data lines,
14video links,
and bandwidth access that are provided under this section and shall
15credit any aid received to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (4) (mp). To the
16extent that the aid does not fully cover those costs, the department shall require an
17educational agency to pay the department a monthly fee that is sufficient to cover
18those costs and shall credit any monthly fee received to the appropriation account
19under s. 20.505 (4) (Lm).
AB56,118 20Section 118. 18.04 (5) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,119 21Section 119. 18.04 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,143,2322 18.04 (5) (d) To acquire public debt contracted for any of the purposes under
23pars. (a) to (c) and (b).
AB56,120 24Section 120. 18.04 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,144,5
118.04 (6) (b) The commission may direct that moneys resulting from any public
2debt contracted under this section be deposited in the funds or accounts created or
3designated by resolution of the commission or established by resolution under s.
445.37 (7)
, including escrow accounts established under refunding escrow agreements
5that are authorized by the commission.
AB56,121 6Section 121. 18.04 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,144,107 18.04 (6) (c) Notwithstanding s. 25.17, moneys deposited or held in funds or
8accounts under par. (b) and all other moneys received under s. 45.37 (7) (a) (intro.)
9may be invested in any obligations, either through cash purchase or exchange, as
10specified by resolution of the commission.
AB56,122 11Section 122. 18.06 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,144,1712 18.06 (9) Clean water fund program and safe drinking water loan program
13bonds.
Notwithstanding sub. (4), the sale of bonds under this subchapter to provide
14revenue for the clean water fund program or the safe drinking water loan program
15may be a private sale to the environmental improvement fund under s. 25.43, if the
16bonds sold are held or owned by the environmental improvement fund, or a public
17sale, as provided in the authorizing resolution.
AB56,123 18Section 123 . 19.36 (12) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,145,319 19.36 (12) Information relating to certain employees. Unless access is
20specifically authorized or required by statute, an authority may not provide access
21to a record prepared or provided by an employer performing work on a project to
22which s. 66.0903, 103.49, or 103.50 applies, or on which the employer is otherwise
23required to pay prevailing wages, if that record contains the name or other personally
24identifiable information relating to an employee of that employer, unless the
25employee authorizes the authority to provide access to that information. In this

1subsection, “personally identifiable information" does not include an employee's
2work classification, hours of work, or wage or benefit payments received for work on
3such a project.
AB56,124 4Section 124 . 20.005 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB56,145,75 20.005 (1) Summary of all funds. The budget governing fiscal operations for
6the state of Wisconsin for all funds beginning on July 1, 2019, and ending on June
730, 2021, is summarized as follows: [See Figure 20.005 (1) following]
AB56,145,88 Figure: 20.005 (1)
AB56,145,99 GENERAL FUND SUMMARY - See PDF for table PDF
AB56,146,11 SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS — ALL FUNDS - See PDF for table PDF
AB56,147,1
1SUMMARY OF COMPENSATION RESERVES — ALL FUNDS - See PDF for table PDF
AB56,147,22 LOTTERY FUND SUMMARY - See PDF for table PDF
AB56,125 1Section 125 . 20.005 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB56,148,42 20.005 (2) State borrowing program summary. The following schedule sets
3forth the state borrowing program summary: [See Figures 20.005 (2) (a) and (b)
4following]
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