234.84 Job training loan guarantee program. (1) GUARANTEE REQUIREMENTS. The authority may use money from the Wisconsin development reserve fund to guarantee a loan under this section if all of the following apply:
(a) The borrower is an employer in this state.
(b) The loan qualifies as an eligible loan under sub. (2).
(c) The lender is a financial institution that enters into an agreement under s. 234.93 (2) (a).
(2) ELIGIBLE LOANS. A loan is eligible for guarantee of collection from the Wisconsin development reserve fund under s. 234.93 if all of the following apply:
(a) The borrower uses the loan proceeds for expenses related to employe training or retraining or for purchasing equipment or upgrading facilities for purposes related to employe training or retraining.
(b) Loan proceeds are not used to refinance existing debt or for operating or entertainment expenses.
(c) The interest rate on the loan, including any origination fees or other charges, is approved by the authority.
(d) The loan term does not extend beyond 3 years if the loan proceeds are used exclusively for expenses related to instruction or training, or beyond 5 years if the loan proceeds are used for purchasing equipment or upgrading facilities.
(e) The total principal amount of all loans to the borrower that are guaranteed under this section does not exceed $250,000.
(f) The financial institution obtains a security interest in the physical plant, equipment or other assets if the loan proceeds are used for purchasing equipment or upgrading facilities.
(g) The financial institution believes that it is reasonably likely that the borrower will be able to repay the loan in full with interest.
(h) The financial institution agrees to the percentage of guarantee established for the loan by the authority.
(3) GUARANTEE OF COLLECTION. (a) Subject to par. (b), the authority shall guarantee collection of a percentage of the principal of any loan eligible for a guarantee under sub. (1). The authority shall establish the percentage of the principal of an eligible loan that will be guaranteed, using the procedures described in the agreement under s. 234.93 (2) (a). The authority may establish a single percentage for all guaranteed loans or establish different percentages for eligible loans on an individual basis.
(b) Except as provided in s. 234.93 (3), the total outstanding guaranteed principal amount of all loans that the authority may guarantee under par. (a) may not exceed $14,000,000.".
653.
Page 1902, line 8: after that line insert:
"SECTION 6321g. 252.12 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
252.12 (2) (c) HIV prevention grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (md), the department shall award to applying nonprofit corporations or public agencies up to $75,000 in each fiscal year, on a competitive basis, as grants for services to prevent HIV. Criteria for award of the grants shall include all of the following:
1. The scope of proposed services, including the proposed targeted population and numbers of persons proposed to be served.
2. The proposed methodology for the prevention services, including distribution and delivery of information and appropriateness of the message provided.
3. The qualifications of the applicant nonprofit corporation or public agency and its staff.
4. The proposed allocation of grant funds to the nonprofit corporation or public agency staff and services.
5. The proposed method by which the applicant would evaluate the impact of the grant funds awarded.".
654.
Page 1910, line 13: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 1912, line 7.
655.
Page 1915, line 25: after that line insert:
"SECTION 6355L. 301.03 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
301.03 (3) Administer parole and, probation and community supervision matters, except that the decision to grant or deny parole to inmates shall be made by the parole commission and the decision to revoke probation or parole in cases in which there is no waiver of the right to a hearing shall be made by the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration. The secretary may grant special action parole releases under s. 304.02. The department shall promulgate rules establishing a drug testing program for probationers and parolees and persons on community supervision. The rules shall provide for assessment of fees upon probationers and parolees and persons on community supervision to partially offset the costs of the program.
SECTION 6355m. 301.03 (3r) of the statutes is amended to read:
301.03 (3r) If any restitution ordered under s. 973.20 (1) remains unpaid at the time that a person's probation, community supervision or sentence expires, or he or she is discharged by the department, give to the person upon release, or send to the person at his or her last-known address, written notification that a civil judgment may be issued against the person for the unpaid restitution.".
656.
Page 1923, line 3: after that line insert:
"SECTION 6358x. 301.08 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
301.08 (1) (b) 1. Contract with public, private or voluntary agencies for the purchase of goods, care and services for persons committed or sentenced to a state correctional or penal institution, placed on probation or community supervision to the department by a court of record, or released from a state correctional or penal institution. Services shall include, but are not limited to, diagnostic services, evaluation, treatment, counseling, referral and information, day care, inpatient hospitalization, transportation, recreation, special education, vocational training, work adjustment, sheltered employment, special living arrangements and legal and protective services.".
657.
Page 1924, line 25: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 1925, line 5.
658.
Page 1937, line 24: after that line insert:
"SECTION 6364c. 301.32 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
301.32 (3) (a) All money or other property paid or delivered to a probation and parole agent or other employe of the department by or for the benefit of any person on probation, community supervision or parole shall be immediately transmitted to the department and it shall enter the same upon its books to his or her credit. The property shall be used only under the direction of the department.
SECTION 6364d. 301.32 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
301.32 (3) (b) If the person on probation, community supervision or parole absconds, the money shall be credited to the revolving fund created by s. 304.075; and other property if not called for within one year shall be sold by the department and the proceeds shall be credited to the fund.".
659.
Page 1938, line 10: after that line insert:
"SECTION 6364L. 301.35 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
301.35 (2) (am) A person on community supervision.".
660.
Page 1939, line 20: after that line insert:
"SECTION 6365j. 302.14 of the statutes is amended to read:
302.14 (title) Property of deceased inmates, parolees or, probationers or persons on community supervision, disposition. When an inmate of a prison or a parolee of an institution or a person on probation or community supervision to the department dies leaving an estate of $150 or less in the trust of the warden, superintendent or secretary, the warden, superintendent or secretary shall try to determine whether or not the estate is to be probated. If probate proceedings are not commenced within 90 days, the warden, superintendent or secretary shall turn over the money or securities to the nearest of kin as evidenced by the records of the institution and the department.".
661.
Page 1950, line 17: substitute a comma for "or".
662.
Page 1950, line 18: after "977.075" insert "or 977.076".
663.
Page 1955, line 20: after that line insert:
"SECTION 6408g. 304.075 of the statutes is amended to read:
304.075 (title) Probationer and parolee loan Loan fund for persons on probation, community supervision or parole. The department shall create a revolving fund out of any moneys in its hands belonging to probationers and parolees and persons on community supervision who absconded, or whose whereabouts are unknown. The fund shall be used to defray the expenses of clothing, transportation, maintenance and other necessities for probationers and parolees and persons on community supervision who are without means to secure those necessities. All payments made from the fund shall be repaid by probationers or parolees and persons on community supervision for whose benefit they are made whenever possible; and any moneys belonging to them so paid into the revolving fund shall be repaid to them in accordance with law, in case a claim therefor is filed with the department upon showing the legal right of the claimant to such money.".
664.
Page 1955, line 20: after that line insert:
"SECTION 6409c. 340.01 (7m) of the statutes is amended to read:
340.01 (7m) "Commercial driver license" means a license issued to a person by this state or another jurisdiction which is in accordance with the requirements of the federal commercial motor vehicle safety act of 1986, 49 USC 2701 to 2716 31301 to 31317, and which authorizes the licensee to operate certain commercial motor vehicles.
SECTION 6409g. 340.01 (7r) of the statutes is amended to read:
340.01 (7r) "Commercial driver license information system" means the information system established pursuant to the federal commercial motor vehicle safety act of 1986, 49 USC 2701 to 2716 31301 to 31317, to serve as a clearinghouse for information related to the licensing and identification of commercial motor vehicle drivers.".
665.
Page 1955, line 24: after that line insert:
"SECTION 6409r. 341.08 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
341.08 (2) (am) If the applicant is a natural person registering a farm truck under s. 341.26 (3) (a) 1., the applicant's social security number.
SECTION 6409s. 341.08 (2) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
341.08 (2) (cm) If the applicant is registering a farm truck under s. 341.26 (3) (a) 1., certification that the applicant had at least $6,000 in gross farm profits, as defined in s. 71.58 (4), in at least one of the 2 previous taxable years, or that the applicant expects to have at least $6,000 in gross farm profits, as defined in s. 71.58 (4), in the current taxable year.
SECTION 6409t. 341.08 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
341.08 (4) Applications for renewal of registration shall contain the information required in sub. (2) for original applications or such parts thereof as the department deems necessary to assure the proper registration of the vehicle, except that all applications for renewal of registration of farm trucks under s. 341.26 (3) (a) 1. shall contain the information specified in sub. (2) (am) and (cm). The department may require that applications for renewal of registration be accompanied by the certificate of title issued for the vehicle only when the true ownership or proper registration of the vehicle is in doubt and cannot be resolved from records maintained by the department.
SECTION 6409v. 341.08 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
341.08 (8) The department may not disclose a social security number obtained from an applicant under sub. (2) (am) to any person except to the department of revenue for the sole purpose of determining the applicant's eligibility to register the farm truck under s. 341.26 (3) (a) 1.
SECTION 6409w. 341.14 (6r) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
341.14 (6r) (b) 2. An additional fee of $10 $15 shall be charged for the issuance or reissuance of the plates for special groups specified under par. (f) 1. to 34., 48., 49. and 51.
SECTION 6409x. 341.14 (6r) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 6409y. 341.14 (6r) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
341.14 (6r) (b) 4. An additional fee of $20 that is in addition to the fee under subd. 2. or 3 shall be charged for the issuance or renewal of a plate issued on an annual basis for a special group specified under par. (f) 35. to 47. An additional fee of $40 that is in addition to the fee under subd. 2. or 3. shall be charged for the issuance or renewal of a plate issued on a biennial basis for a special group specified under par. (f) 35. to 47 if the plate is issued or renewed during the first year of the biennial registration period or $20 for the issuance or renewal if the plate is issued or renewed during the 2nd year of the biennial registration period. The fee under this subdivision is deductible as a charitable contribution for purposes of the taxes under ch. 71.
SECTION 6410b. 341.25 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
341.25 (1) (a) For each automobile or station wagon, a fee of $40 $45, except that an automobile registered in this state prior to September 1, 1947, at a fee of less than $18 shall be registered at such lesser fee plus an additional fee of $2.
SECTION 6410c. 341.26 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
341.26 (3) (a) 1. For each farm truck having a gross weight of 12,000 pounds or less, a biennial fee of $42. Registration plates issued under this subdivision expire on the last day of February of even-numbered years.
SECTION 6410e. 341.297 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 341.297 (2) (a) and amended to read:
341.297 (2) (a) A farm truck having a gross weight of 12,000 pounds or less, as specified in s. 341.26 (3) (a) 1. The registration period for such a farm truck begins on March 1 of an even-numbered year and ends on the last day of February of the next even-numbered year All such farm trucks shall be registered by the department according to the monthly series of registration prescribed by par. (b).
SECTION 6410f. 341.297 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
341.297 (2) (b) There are established 24 registration periods, each to be designated by a calendar month and to start on the first day of such month and end on the last day of the 24th month from the date of commencing. The department shall so administer the monthly series system of registration as to distribute the work of registering farm trucks as uniformly as practicable throughout the calendar year.
SECTION 6410g. 341.43 of the statutes is amended to read:
341.43 Audits. The department may conduct such audits as it deems necessary to determine the adequacy of fees paid under the international registration plan or other proportional registration law or agreement and taxes and fees paid under s. 341.45. Audits shall be conducted during normal business hours. Credits shall be given for overpayments and deficiencies shall be assessed, with interest. Actual and necessary expenses incurred by an auditor, plus wages, may be assessed against the person audited.
SECTION 6410h. 341.45 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
341.45 (title) Importation in vehicle tanks regulated; taxes; fee; permits.
SECTION 6410j. 341.45 (1g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
341.45 (1g) (a) Every Except as provided in subs. (3) and (4g), every person who purchases or obtains motor vehicle fuel or an alternate fuel outside of this state and operates any qualified motor vehicle into this state upon a highway and transports that fuel in an attached or unattached fuel supply tank for the sole purpose of operating the qualified motor vehicle shall pay the Wisconsin motor vehicle fuel or alternate fuels tax and the oil inspection fee under s. 168.12 on the gallons consumed by the qualified motor vehicle while operated on the highways of this state. The person shall pay the tax and fee by purchasing motor vehicle fuel or alternate fuels within this state in an amount that is equivalent to the gallonage consumed while operating the qualified motor vehicle on the highways of this state, or by remitting the tax and fee directly to the department or to another jurisdiction that is a party to the international fuel tax agreement.
SECTION 6410k. 341.45 (1g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
341.45 (1g) (b) The department may require any person required to pay under par. (a) to report on forms prescribed by it, to display evidence of compliance with par. (a) and to pay taxes and fees in the manner specified by the department.
(c) The department shall require any person convicted of evading the tax or fee due under par. (a) to report on forms and in the manner prescribed by the department.
SECTION 6410m. 341.45 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
341.45 (2) Every person regularly or habitually operating qualified motor vehicles upon the highways of any other state and using in those qualified motor vehicles motor vehicle fuel or an alternate fuel purchased or obtained in this state shall be allowed a credit or refund equal to the oil inspection fee and the tax on the motor vehicle fuel or alternate fuel actually paid to the state in which it is used, but not to exceed the tax and fee imposed on motor vehicle fuel or alternate fuels by this state.
SECTION 6410n. 341.45 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
341.45 (3) The department may enter into reciprocal agreements with the appropriate officials of any other state under which it may waive all or any part of the requirements imposed by this section upon those who use motor vehicle fuel or alternate fuels upon which the tax has and fee have been paid to another state if the officials of the other state grant equivalent privileges with respect to motor vehicle fuel or alternate fuels used in that state but upon which the tax has and fee have been paid to Wisconsin.