Scope Statements
Public Instruction
Per the Dane County Circuit Court order issued in Coyne, et al. v. Walker, et al., Case No. 11-CV-4573, the Department of Public Instruction is not required to obtain the Governor's approval for this statement of scope.
Rule No.
Relating to
Community programs and services (Fund 80).
Rule Type
Emergency and Permanent.
1. Finding/Nature of the Emergency (Emergency Rule Only)
An emergency rule may be needed so school districts know which activities would be considered ineligible costs for the Community Programs and Services Fund for the 2014-15 school year. Per statute, ineligible costs are affecting school districts' revenue limit authority beginning in the 2015-16 school year.
2. A Description of the Objective of the Proposed Rule
3. A Description of the Existing Policies and New Policies Included in the Proposed Rule and an Analysis of Policy Alternatives
This proposed rule is created to define ineligible costs, as required under s.
120.13 (19), Stats.
4. The Statutory Authority for the Proposed Rule
120.13 School board powers. The school board of a common or union high school district may do all things reasonable to promote the cause of education, including establishing, providing and improving school district programs, functions and activities for the benefit of pupils, and including all of the following:
(19) Community programs and services. Establish and maintain community education, training, recreational, cultural or athletic programs and services, outside the regular curricular and extracurricular programs for pupils, under such terms and conditions as the school board prescribes. The school board may establish and collect fees to cover all or part of the costs of such programs and services. The school board may not expend moneys on ineligible costs, as defined by the department by rule. Costs associated with such programs and services shall not be included in the school district's shared cost under s.
121.07 (6).
5. An Estimate of the Amount of Time Agency Employees Will Spend Developing the Proposed Rule and of Other Resources Needed to Develop the Rule
The amount of time needed for rule development by department staff and the amount of other resources necessary are indeterminate.
6. A Description of all of the Entities that Will Be Affected by the Proposed Rule
School districts and the communities they serve will be impacted by this rule.
7. A Summary and Preliminary Comparison of any Existing or Proposed Federal Regulation that Addresses or is Intended to Address the Activities to be Regulated by the Proposed Rule
N/A.
Agency Contact
Policy And Budget Team
ATTN: Katie Schumacher
Public Service Commission
(PSC DOCKET # 1-AC-246 )
This statement of scope was approved by the governor on April 30, 2014.
Rule No.
Relating to
Adoption of federal gas pipeline safety regulations.
Rule Type
Permanent.
1. Description of the Objective of the Rule and Expected Financial Impact
The proposed rule revision adopts, for state purposes, changes to the federal pipeline safety code that have been enacted since the last revisions to the state pipeline safety code were adopted. The state has adopted federal pipeline safety provisions in Wis. Admin. Code ch.
PSC 135. Adoption of these amendments will keep the Commission in compliance with its obligation to adopt all federal changes in the pipeline safety area.
2. Description of Existing Policies Relevant to the Rule and of New Policies Proposed to be Included in the Rule and an Analysis of Policy Alternatives; the History, Background, and Justification for the Proposed Rule
Under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Pipeline Safety, the Commission is authorized to enforce federal natural gas pipeline safety requirements as set out in the Code of Federal Regulations,
49 C.F.R. Parts 192,
193, and
199. As part of the agreement, the Commission adopts the federal pipeline safety code in Wis. Admin. Code s.
PSC 135.019. The Commission's latest version of that rule adopts the federal code up to January 1, 2013. New gas pipeline safety code requirements are generally enacted in October of each year. As a result, the Commission needs to amend its rule to include the latest federal rule changes.
This rule will result in no economic impact since pipeline operators are required, under federal law, to follow the federal regulations. Any economic impact of those federal regulations has already occurred. This rulemaking just updates the state's enforcement authority.
3. Statutory Authority for the Rule (Including the Statutory Citation and Language)
Sections
196.02 (1) and
(3), and s.
227.11, Stats., authorize agencies to promulgate administrative rules. Section
196.02 (1), Stats., authorizes the Commission to do all things necessary and convenient to its jurisdiction. Section
196.02 (3), Stats., grants the Commission specific authority to promulgate rules.
Under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Pipeline Safety, the Commission agrees to adopt those parts of the federal code that apply to pipeline safety.
4. Estimate of the Amount of Time that State Employees Will Spend to Develop the Rule and of Other Resources Necessary to Develop the Rule
The Commission estimates that fewer than 100 hours of employee time will be required to develop the rules.
5. Description of all Entities that may be Impacted by the Rule
Every intrastate gas pipeline operator that operates gas transmission or distribution facilities in this state will be impacted by the rule.
6. Summary and Preliminary Comparison of any Existing or Proposed Federal Regulation that is Intended to Address the Activities to be Regulated by the Rule
Under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Pipeline Safety, the Commission is authorized to enforce federal natural gas pipeline safety requirements as set out in the Code of Federal Regulations,
49 C.F.R. Parts 192,
193, and
199. As part of the agreement, the Commission agrees to adopt those parts of the federal code that apply to pipeline safety.
Contact Person
Safety and Professional Services
General Part 1, Chs.
301—319
This statement of scope was approved by the governor on April 30, 2014.
Rule No.
Relating to
