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 of the statutes is repealed.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 of the statutes is repealed.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 of the statutes is repealed.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 1218m. 20.923 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.923 (8) DEPUTIES. Salaries for deputies appointed pursuant to ss. 13.94 (3) (b), 15.04 (2) and 551.51 (1) shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary shall not exceed the maximum of the salary range one range below the salary range of the executive salary group to which the department or agency head is assigned. The positions of assistant secretary of state, assistant state treasurer and associate director of the historical society shall be treated as unclassified deputies for pay purposes under this subsection.
SECTION 1218p. 20.923 (9) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1219g. 20.923 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.923 (14) SALARY ADMINISTRATION. Except as provided in s. 36.09 (1) (j), any adjustment of salary for any incumbent in a position specified in subs. (4), (4m), (8), (9) and (12) is governed by the provisions of the compensation plan concerning executive salary groups as adopted by the joint committee on employment relations under s. 230.12 (3) (b).
SECTION 1219h. 20.929 of the statutes is amended to read:
20.929 Agency drafts or warrants. The secretary of administration may authorize any state agency to issue drafts or warrants drawn on the state treasury. Such drafts or warrants may be issued only in connection with purchase orders authorized under subch. IV of ch. 16 and may not exceed $300 per draft or warrant. The state treasurer secretary of administration shall pay such drafts or warrants as presented. The secretary of administration and shall audit the purchase orders issued. Any purchase order that is disapproved by the secretary as unlawful or unauthorized shall be returned by the secretary to the state agency for reimbursement to the state treasurer. The secretary shall make written regulations for the implementation of this section. The secretary may require any state agency to utilize one or more separate depository accounts to implement this section. The illegal or unauthorized use of purchase orders and drafts or warrants under this section is subject to the remedies specified in s. 16.77.
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 1219m. 21.20 of the statutes is amended to read:
21.20 Civil service status. All full-time state-paid employes of the department of military affairs shall be under the classified service, except the adjutant general, the executive assistant to the adjutant general, the deputy adjutants general for army and air and the administrator of the division of emergency government.
SECTION 1219r. 21.33 of the statutes is amended to read:
21.33 Pay department. The quartermaster general acting as paymaster under orders from the governor may draw from the state treasury the money necessary for paying troops in camp or on active service, and shall furnish such security for the same as the state treasurer secretary of administration may direct. The amount due on account of the field, staff or other officers, noncommissioned staff and band, company or enlistees, not herein enumerated, if any, shall be paid to the person to whom the same shall be due, on the properly signed and certified payrolls.
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 1219w. 21.49 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
21.49 (2) (e) Delinquent in child support or maintenance payments, as established by the receipt by the department of a certification under s. 46.255 49.855 (7).
SECTION 1220. 21.49 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended 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% 45% of the actual tuition charged by the school or 50% 45% 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 1235b. 23.09 (2q) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 23.09 (2q) (a) (intro.).
SECTION 1235c. 23.09 (2q) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 23.09 (2q) (a) 1.
SECTION 1235d. 23.09 (2q) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
23.09 (2q) (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to fiscal year 1995-96.
SECTION 1235e. 23.09 (2q) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 23.09 (2q) (a) 2.
SECTION 1235f. 23.09 (2q) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
23.09 (2q) (c) Except as provided in s. 23.0915 (2), the department in fiscal year 1995-96 may not expend from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (tz):
1. More than $1,070,100 under sub. (2) (d) 11.
2. More than $270,600 for the ice age trail under ss. 23.17 and 23.293 and for grants for the ice age trail under s. 23.096.
****NOTE: The treatment of s. 23.09 (2q) assumes the treatment of s. 23.09 (2q) by LRB-2161 in the governor's budget bill will be deleted.
SECTION 1235g. 23.09 (2r) of the statutes is renumbered 23.09 (2r) (a).
SECTION 1235h. 23.09 (2r) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
23.09 (2r) (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to fiscal year 1995-96.
SECTION 1235j. 23.09 (2r) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
23.09 (2r) (c) Except as provided in s. 23.0915 (2), the department in fiscal year 1995-96 may not expend from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (tz) more than a total of $4,575,600 under this subsection. The purposes for which these moneys may be expended are the following:
1. Land acquisition under subs. (2dm) and (2p).
2. Land acquisition for urban river grants under s. 30.277.
3. The Frank Lloyd Wright Monona terrace project as provided in s. 23.195.
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).
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 23.09 (17m) (a). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-0869 and LRB-0937.
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.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 23.09 (17m) (b). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-0869 and LRB-0937.
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.