16.01(2)(d)
(d) Work closely with all state agencies, including the University of Wisconsin System and the technical college system, with the private sector and with groups concerned with women's issues to develop long-term solutions to women's economic and social inequality in this state.
16.01(2)(e)
(e) Recommend changes to the public and private sectors and initiate legislation to further women's economic and social equality and improve this state's tax base and economy.
16.01(2)(f)
(f) Disseminate information on the status of women in this state.
16.01(2)(g)
(g) Submit a biennial report on the women's council's activities to the governor and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under
s. 13.172 (3).
16.01(3)
(3) All state agencies, including the University of Wisconsin System and the technical college system, shall fully cooperate with and assist the women's council. To that end, a representative of a state agency shall, upon request by the women's council:
16.01(3)(a)
(a) Provide information on program policies, procedures, practices and services affecting women.
16.01(3)(b)
(b) Present recommendations to the women's council.
16.01(3)(c)
(c) Attend meetings and provide staff assistance needed by the women's council.
16.01(3)(d)
(d) Inform the agency's appointing authority of issues concerning the women's council.
16.02
16.02
Acid deposition research council. 16.02(1)
(1) The acid deposition research council shall perform all of the following functions:
16.02(1)(a)
(a) Recommend objectives for acid deposition research in this state.
16.02(1)(b)
(b) Recommend the types of and priorities for acid deposition research.
16.02(1)(c)
(c) Evaluate mechanisms for funding and recommend funding levels for acid deposition research.
16.02(1)(d)
(d) Review all research reports relating to acid deposition requested by or submitted to the council.
16.02(2)
(2) The acid deposition research council shall, by July 1 of each even-numbered year, submit a report of its work summarizing its recommendations under
sub. (1) (a) to
(c) and the results of the research reviewed under
sub. (1) (d) and shall file the report with the governor, the secretary, the chairperson of the natural resources board and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under
s. 13.172 (2).
16.02 History
History: 1985 a. 296;
1987 a. 403 s.
256.
16.023
16.023
Wisconsin land council. 16.023(1)
(1) The Wisconsin land council shall conduct the following functions:
16.023(1)(a)
(a) Identify state land use goals and recommend these goals to the governor.
16.023(1)(b)
(b) Identify state land use priorities to further the state's land use goals and recommend to the governor legislation to implement these priorities.
16.023(1)(c)
(c) Study areas of cooperation and coordination in the state's land use statutes and recommend to the governor legislation to harmonize these statutes to further the state's land use goals.
16.023(1)(d)
(d) Study areas of the state's land use statutes that conflict with each other and recommend to the governor legislation to resolve these conflicts to further the state's land use goals.
16.023(1)(e)
(e) Identify areas of the state's land use statutes that conflict with county or municipal land use ordinances, and areas of county or municipal land use ordinances that conflict with each other, and recommend to the governor legislation to resolve these conflicts.
16.023(1)(f)
(f) Establish a technical working group that is composed of the state cartographer, a representative of the University of Wisconsin System who has expertise in land use issues and any other land use experts designated by the council's chairperson, to study the development of a computer-based Wisconsin land information system and recommend to the governor legislation to implement such a computer system.
16.023(1)(g)
(g) Establish a state agency resource working group that is composed of representatives of the departments of administration, agriculture, trade and consumer protection, commerce, natural resources, revenue, transportation and other appropriate agencies to discuss, analyze and address land use issues and related policy issues, including the following:
16.023(1)(g)1.
1. Gathering information about the land use plans of state agencies.
16.023(1)(g)2.
2. Establishing procedures for the distribution of the information gathered under
subd. 1. to other state agencies, local units of government and private persons.
16.023(1)(g)3.
3. The creation of a system to facilitate, and to provide training and technical assistance for the development of, local intergovernmental land use planning.
16.023(1)(h)
(h) Study the activities of local units of government in the land use area to determine how these activities impact on state land use goals, and recommend to the governor legislation that fosters coordination between local land use activities and state land use goals.
16.023(1)(i)
(i) Identify procedures for facilitating local land use planning efforts, including training and technical assistance for local units of government, and recommend to the governor legislation to implement such procedures.
16.023(1)(j)
(j) Gather and analyze information about the land use activities in this state of the federal government and American Indian governments and inform the governor of the impact of these activities on state land use goals.
16.023(1)(k)
(k) Study any other issues that are reasonably related to the state's land use goals, including methods for alternative dispute resolution for disputes involving land use issues, and recommend to the governor legislation in the areas studied by the council that would further the state's land use goals.
16.023(1)(L)
(L) Gather information about land use issues, at its discretion, in any reasonable way, including the following:
16.023(1)(L)1.
1. Establishing a state-local government-private sector working group to study and advise the council on land use issues.
16.023(1)(L)2.
2. Holding public hearings or information meetings on land use issues.
16.023(1)(L)4.
4. Consulting with any person who is interested in land use issues.
16.023(1)(m)
(m) Enter into a memorandum of understanding with the land information board to ensure cooperation between the council and the board and to avoid duplication of activities.
16.023(2)
(2) In conjunction with the working group established under
sub. (1) (L) 1., the council shall, not later than one year after October 14, 1997, develop evaluation criteria for its functions under
sub. (1). The council shall complete a report that contains an evaluation of its functions and activities not later than September 1, 2004, and shall submit the report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under
s. 13.172 (2), and to the governor. The report shall also include a recommendation as to whether the council should continue in existence past its sunset date specified in
s. 15.107 (16) (e) and, if so, a recommendation as to whether any structural modifications should be made to the council's functions or to the state's land use programs.
16.023 History
History: 1997 a. 27;
2003 a. 33.
16.04
16.04
Fleet management and maintenance. 16.04(1)
(1) The department shall ensure optimum efficiency and economy in the fleet management and maintenance activities of all agencies as defined in
s. 16.52 (7). The department may:
16.04(1)(a)
(a) Develop uniform state policies and guidelines for vehicle and aircraft acquisition, use, maintenance, recording of operational and other costs, performance evaluation and replacement of vehicles and aircraft. The department shall incorporate the fuel usage requirements under
s. 16.045 (4m) in any policies or guidelines developed under this paragraph.
16.04(1)(am)
(am) Establish guidelines for the use by agencies of charter air travel or travel by private aircraft.
16.04(1)(b)
(b) Screen all requests for additional or replacement vehicle or aircraft acquisitions prior to forwarding the requests to the governor in accordance with
s. 20.915 (1).
16.04(1)(c)
(c) Maintain a current inventory of all state-owned or leased motor vehicles and aircraft.
16.04(1m)
(1m) When requested by the governor or the joint committee on finance, the department shall submit a report to the governor and the joint committee on finance on the details of all costs associated with fleet operations, based upon a statewide uniform cost accounting system.
16.04(2)
(2) Each agency which is authorized by the department may operate a vehicle or aircraft fleet. Each such agency shall assign a fleet manager who shall operate the agency's fleet in accordance with policies, guidelines and rules adopted by the department to implement this section.
16.04(3)
(3) Each fleet manager shall review the use of state-owned or leased vehicles or aircraft within his or her agency at least semiannually to determine whether usage criteria are being met. The department shall periodically audit the agencies' records relating to fleet operations and the use of state-owned or leased vehicles or aircraft.
16.04(4)
(4) The department shall provide central scheduling and dispatching of all air transportation on state-owned aircraft.
16.04(5)
(5) The department shall develop operational policies for all state employees who act as pilots-in-command of any state-owned aircraft, including, but not limited to, crew rest requirements, current flight training, flight checks and flight physical examinations.
16.045
16.045
Gasohol, alternative fuels, and hybrid-electric vehicles. 16.045(1)(a)
(a) "Agency" means an office, department, independent agency, institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, but not including an authority created in
subch. II of ch. 114 or
subch. III of ch. 149 or in
ch. 52,
231,
232,
233,
234,
235,
237, or
279.
16.045(1)(b)
(b) "Alternative fuel" means any of the following fuels the use of which the department of natural resources finds would improve air quality as compared to the use of gasoline or petroleum-based diesel fuel:
16.045(1)(b)10.
10. Any other fuel except gasohol that the department of natural resources finds to be composed substantially of material other than petroleum, the use of which would yield substantial environmental benefits.
16.045(1)(c)
(c) "Biodiesel fuel" means a fuel that is comprised of monoalkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or animal fats, either in pure form or mixed in any combination with petroleum-based diesel fuel.
16.045(1)(cm)
(cm) "Flex fuel vehicle" means a vehicle designed to operate on gasoline, a blend of a fuel marketed as gasoline and 85 percent ethanol or a higher percentage of ethanol, or a mixture of gasoline and that blend.
16.045(1)(d)
(d) "Gasohol" means any motor fuel containing at least 10% alcohol the use of which the department of natural resources finds would improve air quality as compared to the use of gasoline or petroleum-based diesel fuel.
16.045(1)(e)
(e) "Hybrid-electric vehicle" means a vehicle that has a chemically fueled internal combustion engine which is capable of operating on gasoline, one or more alternative fuels, or diesel fuel, or by means of a gas turbine, and is also equipped with an electric motor and an energy storage device.
16.045(1)(f)
(f) "Office" means the office of energy independence.
16.045(2)
(2) The department shall, whenever feasible, require agencies to store no motor fuel except gasohol or alternative fuel in facilities maintained by the agencies for the storage of fuel for and the refueling of state-owned or state-leased vehicles. This subsection does not authorize construction or operation of such facilities.
16.045(3)
(3) The department shall, by the most economical means feasible, place a copy of the current list of gasohol and alternative fuel refueling facilities received from the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection under
s. 100.265 in each state-leased motor vehicle that is stored on state property for more than 7 days and in each state-owned motor vehicle. The department shall also make reasonable efforts to inform state officers and employees whose responsibilities make them likely to be using motor vehicles in connection with state business of the existence and contents of the list maintained under
s. 100.265 and of any revisions thereto. The department may distribute the list or information relating to the list with salary payments or expense reimbursements to state officers and employees.
16.045(4)
(4) The department shall require all state employees to utilize hybrid-electric vehicles or vehicles that operate on gasohol or alternative fuel for all state-owned or state-leased motor vehicles whenever such utilization is feasible. However, the department shall not lease or purchase any hybrid-electric vehicle, or authorize the lease or purchase of any hybrid-electric vehicle, unless the manufacturer certifies to the department that final assembly of the vehicle occurred in the United States.
16.045(4m)
(4m) The department shall require all agencies to collectively reduce the usage of gasoline and diesel fuel in state-owned vehicles that is petroleum-based below the total amount that the agencies used in 2006 by at least the following percentages:
16.045(5)
(5) The department shall encourage distribution of gasohol and alternative fuels and usage of hybrid-electric vehicles or vehicles that operate on gasohol or alternative fuels by officers and employees who use personal motor vehicles on state business and by residents of this state generally. The department shall report to the appropriate standing committees under
s. 13.172 (3) concerning distribution of gasohol and alternative fuels and usage of hybrid-electric vehicles and vehicles that operate on gasohol or alternative fuels in this state, no later than April 30 of each year.
16.045(6)
(6) The office shall adopt, revise as necessary, and implement a plan designed to facilitate usage of alternative fuels in the flex fuel vehicles and other vehicles owned by the state. The plan shall ensure all of the following:
16.045(6)(a)
(a) That all flex fuel vehicles and other vehicles powered by an alternative fuel other than gasohol that are owned by the state are identifiable.
16.045(6)(b)
(b) That all state employees driving flex fuel vehicles and other vehicles powered by an alternative fuel other than gasohol are made aware of the alternative fuel refueling stations in the vicinity of their route of travel.
