3. Payment of premiums for group hospital and surgical-medical insurance or plan, group life insurance, and other group insurance, where such groups consist of state officers and employes or employes of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and where such insurance or plans are provided or approved by the group insurance board.
4. Other group or charitable purposes approved by the governor and the department of administration under the rules of the department of administration for state officers or employes, or by the board of directors of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority for authority employes.
SECTION 1189b. 20.921 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.921 (1) (b) The request under par. (a) shall be made to the state agency or to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority in the form and manner and contain the directions and information prescribed by each state agency or by the authority. The Except as provided in s. 111.84 (1) (f), the request may be withdrawn or the amount paid to the payee may be changed by notifying the state agency or the authority to that effect, but no such withdrawal or change shall affect a payroll certification already prepared. However, time limits for withdrawal of payment of dues to labor organizations under subch. V of ch. 111 shall be as provided under s. 111.84 (1) (f).
SECTION 1189c. 20.921 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
20.921 (1) (b) Except as provided in ss. 111.06 (1) (c) and 111.84 (1) (f), the request under par. (a) shall be made to the state agency or to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority in the form and manner and contain the directions and information prescribed by each state agency or by the authority. The request may be withdrawn or the amount paid to the payee may be changed by notifying the state agency or the authority to that effect, but no such withdrawal or change shall affect a payroll certification already prepared.
SECTION 1189d. 20.921 (1) (bm) and (c) of the statutes are amended to read:
20.921 (1) (bm) Any state officer or employe or any employe of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority may request in writing that a specified part of his or her salary be deferred under a deferred compensation plan of a deferred compensation plan provider selected under s. 40.80. The request shall be made to the state agency or to the authority in the form and manner prescribed in the deferred compensation plan and may be withdrawn as prescribed in that plan.
(c) Written requests under this subsection shall be filed in with the state agency or the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and shall constitute authority to the state agency or to the authority to make certification for each such officer or employe and for payment of the amounts so deducted or deferred.
SECTION 1190. 20.921 (1) (d) 1. and (f) of the statutes are amended to read:
20.921 (1) (d) 1. For the purpose of handling savings bond purchases, each state agency not on the central payroll system and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority shall designate an officer or employe thereof who shall serve as trustee. The trustee shall serve without compensation as such. The state agency or the authority shall furnish the trustee the necessary files, supplies and clerical and accounting assistance. Each trustee shall file with the state agency or the authority a bond in such amount as the state agency or the authority determines, with a corporation authorized to do surety business in this state as surety, which bond shall be conditioned upon the trustee's faithful execution of his or her trust. The trustee shall file another or additional bond whenever the state agency or the authority so determines. The cost of any bond required by a state agency shall be paid out of the appropriation made to the state agency for its administration. For those state agencies on the central payroll system, the trustee shall be a person designated by the secretary of administration.
(f) The office of the governor shall prepare a statement explaining the bond purchase plan and its purpose and transmit copies of such statement to each state agency and to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority for distribution to its their officers and employes.
SECTION 1191. 20.921 (2) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Act 481, section 3, is amended to read:
20.921 (2) (a) Whenever it becomes necessary in pursuance of any federal or state law or court-ordered assignment of income under s. 46.10 (14) (e), 767.23 (1) (L), 767.25 (4m) (c), 767.265 or 767.51 (3m) (c) to make deductions from the salaries of state officers or employes, each or employes of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the state agency or authority by which the officers or employes are employed is responsible for making such deductions and paying over the total thereof for the purposes provided by the laws or orders under which they were made.
SECTION 1192. 20.921 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.921 (2) (b) The head of each state agency or the chief executive officer of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority shall deduct from the salary of any employe the amount certified under s. 7.33 (5) which is received by the employe for service as an election official while the employe is on a paid leave of absence under s. 7.33 (3).
SECTION 1193. 20.923 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1193m. 20.923 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
20.923 (4) (a) 2. Arts board: executive secretary. This subdivision does not apply after June 30, 1997, unless the joint committee on finance has approved the funding report of the arts board under 1995 Wisconsin Act ... (this act), section 9105 (3g) (a).
SECTION 1195. 20.923 (4) (b) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1196. 20.923 (4) (c) 1m. of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1197. 20.923 (4) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
20.923 (4) (c) 3. Credit Office of credit unions,commissioner: director of.
SECTION 1200. 20.923 (4) (c) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1201. 20.923 (4) (c) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1202. 20.923 (4) (d) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1203. 20.923 (4) (d) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1205. 20.923 (4) (d) 11. of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1205d. 20.923 (4) (d) 12. of the statutes is renumbered 20.923 (4) (e) 12.
SECTION 1205m. 20.923 (4) (e) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
20.923 (4) (e) 2m. Gaming commission: chairperson and members board: executive director.
SECTION 1209. 20.923 (4) (f) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
20.923 (4) (f) 2m. Development Commerce, department of: secretary.
SECTION 1210. 20.923 (4) (f) 3f. of the statutes is created to read:
20.923 (4) (f) 3f. Financial institutions, department of: secretary.
SECTION 1211. 20.923 (4) (f) 9. of the statutes is created to read:
20.923 (4) (f) 9. Tourism, department of: secretary.
SECTION 1212. 20.923 (4) (g) 1g. of the statutes is created to read:
20.923 (4) (g) 1g. Education, department of: secretary.
SECTION 1213. 20.923 (6) (ai) of the statutes is renumbered 20.923 (6) (L) and amended to read:
20.923 (6) (L) Administration Tourism, department of; Kickapoo valley governing board: executive secretary and staff.
SECTION 1214. 20.923 (6) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.923 (6) (am) Each elective executive officer, other than the state treasurer: a stenographer.
SECTION 1217m. 20.923 (6) (bh) of the statutes is created to read:
20.923 (6) (bh) Historical society: Wisconsin sesquicentennial commission; staff.
SECTION 1219i. 21.19 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 21.19 (3) (a).
SECTION 1219j. 21.19 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
21.19 (3) (b) Notwithstanding s. 13.48 (14) (c), the department, under the authority and procedures established in par. (a), may sell and convey the Wisconsin national guard armory located at 1225 E. Henry Clay Street, Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee County and other properties that the department determines are no longer needed for military purposes. The proceeds of a sale shall be used first to pay off all bonds, all or a part of which were used to construct or purchase the property. Any moneys remaining from the sale shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the appropriation under s. 20.465 (2) (g).
SECTION 1219t. 21.49 (2) (a) and (b) of the statutes are created to read:
21.49 (2) (a) An officer or warrant officer.
(b) An individual with a baccalaureate degree or its equivalent.
SECTION 1220t. 21.49 (3) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 73), is repealed and recreated to read:
21.49 (3) (a) Any eligible guard member upon satisfactory completion of a full-time or part-time course in a qualifying school is eligible for a tuition grant equal to 50% of the actual tuition charged by the school or 50% of the maximum resident undergraduate tuition charged by the university of Wisconsin-Madison for a comparable number of credits, whichever amount is less.
SECTION 1221. 21.49 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
21.49 (3) (b) 1. Be submitted to the department for approval of payment no later than 6 months 90 days after the completion date of the course;
SECTION 1223. 21.49 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
21.49 (3) (d) Tuition grants under this section shall be paid out of the appropriation under s. 20.465 (2) (a). If the amount of funds applied for exceeds the amount available under s. 20.465 (2) (a), the department shall not prorate grants but may deny grants. In such cases, the department shall determine eligibility on the basis of the dates on which applications for tuition grants are received.
SECTION 1237. 23.09 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.09 (12) (a) The county board of any county which, by resolution, indicates its desire to plan and carry out a program of coordinated fish management projects or game management projects may make application to the department for the allocation and apportionment of funds for state aids appropriated for such purposes by s. 20.370 (4) (as) (5) (ar).
SECTION 1240. 23.09 (17m) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.09 (17m) (title) GRANTS TO COUNTIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WILDLIFE HABITAT ON COUNTY FORESTS.
SECTION 1241. 23.09 (17m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.09 (17m) (a) The county board of any county, which by resolution indicates its desire to improve the natural environment for game and nongame species on county lands entered under s. 28.11, may make application to the department for the allocation of funds appropriated for such purposes by s. 20.370 (4) (bq) (5) (as).
SECTION 1242. 23.09 (17m) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
23.09 (17m) (a) The county board of any county, which by resolution indicates its desire to improve the natural environment for game and nongame species wildlife on county lands entered under s. 28.11, may make application to the department for the allocation of funds appropriated for such purposes by s. 20.370 (5) (as).
SECTION 1243. 23.09 (17m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.09 (17m) (b) The annual appropriation for each county shall not exceed 5 cents for each acre entered under s. 28.11, but any funds remaining from the appropriation made by s. 20.370 (4) (bq) (5) (as) and unallocated to the counties on March 31 of each year may be allotted to any county in an amount not to exceed an additional 5 cents per acre under the procedure established in this subsection. These aids shall be used to undertake management activities provided in the comprehensive county forest land use plan and included in the annual work plan and budget.
SECTION 1244. 23.09 (17m) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
23.09 (17m) (b) The annual appropriation allocation for each county shall not exceed 5 10 cents for each acre entered under s. 28.11, but any funds remaining from the appropriation made by s. 20.370 (5) (as) and unallocated to the counties on March 31 of each year may be allotted to any county in an amount not to exceed an additional 5 10 cents per acre under the procedure established in this subsection. These aids shall be used to undertake wildlife management activities provided in the comprehensive county forest land use plan and included in the annual work plan and budget.
SECTION 1245. 23.09 (17m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.09 (17m) (c) Management Wildlife management operations shall be limited to approved projects designed to benefit both game and nongame species wildlife and the natural environment.
SECTION 1246. 23.09 (17m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.09 (17m) (d) Application shall be made in the manner and on forms prescribed by the department. The as part of the comprehensive county forest land use plan prepared under s. 28.11. Before approving the plan, the department shall investigate all project proposals to satisfy itself make certain that the project is feasible, desirable and consistent with such plans the plan. If the department so finds, it may make advance payment as it determines to be reasonable and proper approves the plan, the department shall pay the aids to the game wildlife management fund account of any the county. The county's wildlife management fund shall be a nonlapsing account except as provided in pars. (h) and (hg).
SECTION 1247. 23.09 (17m) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1248. 23.09 (17m) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.09 (17m) (f) Completion of such projects authorized by the department shall be certified by a representative of the department. All records of receipts and expenditures from the county game wildlife management fund account shall be available to the department for inspection and audit at any time.
SECTION 1249. 23.09 (17m) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.09 (17m) (g) Any unauthorized expenditures from the county game wildlife management fund account shall be restored to such fund upon demand by the department and if not restored shall become a charge against the county and the secretary of state shall include such unpaid sums in the state tax levy of the respective counties in subsequent years.
SECTION 1250. 23.09 (17m) (h) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
23.09 (17m) (h) If the amount of the unencumbered balance in a county's wildlife management fund account exceeds either of the following, the department may demand that the county repay to the department the excess amount to the department:
1. The amount that is equal to the sum of the allocations received by the county for the 3 previous years.
2. The amount, as determined by the department, that is required for the purposes of this subsection.
SECTION 1251. 23.09 (17m) (hg) of the statutes is created to read:
23.09 (17m) (hg) If the unencumbered balance in a county's wildlife management fund exceeds both of the amounts specified in par. (h) 1. and 2., the department may demand that the county repay either excess amount.
SECTION 1252. 23.09 (17m) (hr) of the statutes is created to read:
23.09 (17m) (hr) If the county fails to comply with the department's demand under par. (h) or (hg), the applicable excess amount shall become a charge against the county, and the secretary of state shall include the amount in the state tax levy of the county in subsequent years.
SECTION 1253. 23.09 (17m) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.09 (17m) (i) Expenditures under this subsection on any land withdrawn from s. 28.11 and the title to which is transferred by the county to other than a public agency shall be reimbursed to the department in an amount not to exceed the prorated value of the remaining useful lifetime of the wildlife habitat development.
SECTION 1254. 23.09 (18) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: