(b) If the department of corrections is a sponsor of a project that is approved under this subsection, the corps members on the project shall be prisoners in state prison, probationers or parolees and the members of the project shall receive applicable alcohol or other drug abuse treatment and educational programming services for a portion of each work week, but not to exceed 8 hours per work week.
SECTION 251h. 16.20 (8g) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (8g).
SECTION 251m. 16.20 (8m) of the statutes is created to read:
16.20 (8m) ADMINISTRATIVE PROJECT. In addition to the projects authorized under this section, the board may approve one project that provides employment for corps enrollees in an administrative work or training project sponsored by the Wisconsin conservation corps. Subsections (5) (a) to (d), (6) and (8) (d), (g) to (j) and (k) 1. do not apply to a project approved under this subsection.
SECTION 251r. 16.20 (8m) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (8m).
SECTION 252g. 16.20 (9) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (9) (title).
SECTION 252r. 16.20 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.20 (9) (a) Work camps. If necessary for the implementation of a conservation project, the board may establish or utilize residential facilities but the board may not use moneys appropriated under s. 20.399 (1) (q) (u) or (2) (q) for the establishment of new residential facilities.
SECTION 252t. 16.20 (9) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (9) (a) and amended to read:
106.215 (9) (a) Work camps. If necessary for the implementation of a conservation project, the board may establish or utilize residential facilities but the board may not use moneys appropriated under s. 20.399 (1) (u) or (2) (q) 20.445 (6) (u) or (y) for the establishment of new residential facilities.
SECTION 253m. 16.20 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.20 (9) (b) Education and training. The board shall facilitate arrangements with local schools and institutions of higher education for academic study by corps enrollees during nonworking hours to upgrade literacy skills, obtain equivalency diplomas or college degrees or enhance employment skills. The board shall encourage the development of training programs for corps enrollees for use during time periods when circumstances do not permit work on a project.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 16.20 (9) (b). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: 95-2602, and 95-1313.
SECTION 253r. 16.20 (9) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (9) (b).
SECTION 254. 16.20 (10) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (10) (title).
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 16.20 (10) (title). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: 95-2602, 95-1299, 95-1312, 95-1344, 95-1433, 95-1434, and 95-2176.
SECTION 255m. 16.20 (10) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.20 (10) (a) Authorization; classification. The board may employ corps enrollees. The board shall classify these enrollees as corps members, assistant crew leaders or, crew leaders or regional crew leaders.
SECTION 255r. 16.20 (10) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (10) (a).
SECTION 256. 16.20 (10) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (10) (b).
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 16.20 (10) (b). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: 95-2602, 95-1299, 95-1312, 95-1344, 95-1433, 95-1434, and 95-2176.
SECTION 257m. 16.20 (10) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.20 (10) (c) Wages. Corps members shall be paid at the prevailing federal minimum wage or the applicable state minimum wage established under ch. 104, whichever is greater. Assistant crew leaders and, crew leaders and regional crew leaders may be paid more than the prevailing federal minimum wage or applicable state minimum wage but may not be paid more than twice the hourly wage of a corps member. The board may waive the wage limitation of a regional crew leader. Corps enrollees shall receive their pay for the previous pay period on the last working day of the current pay period.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 16.20 (10) (c). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-1434, LRB-2176 and LRB-2602.
SECTION 257r. 16.20 (10) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (10) (c).
SECTION 257v. 16.20 (10) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
16.20 (10) (cm) Wages of certain crew leaders. Notwithstanding par. (c), a corps enrollee who, on the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], is a crew leader and is paid more than twice the hourly wage of a corps member may be paid the greater of the hourly wage that he or she is receiving on the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], or an hourly wage not exceeding twice the hourly wage of a corps member. This paragraph does not apply to assistant crew leaders or regional crew leaders.
SECTION 257x. 16.20 (10) (cm) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act) is renumbered 106.215 (10) (cm).
SECTION 258. 16.20 (10) (d) to (f) of the statutes are renumbered 106.215 (10) (d) to (f).
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 16.20 (10) (d) to (f). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: 95-2602, 95-1299, 95-1312, 95-1344, 95-1433, 95-1434, and 95-2176.
SECTION 259m. 16.20 (10) (fm) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.20 (10) (fm) Group health care coverage. (intro.) The board may provide group health care coverage, including group health care coverage offered by the state under s. 40.51, to any of the following:
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 16.20 (10) (fm) (intro.). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: 95-2602 and 95-1344.
SECTION 259r. 16.20 (10) (fm) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (10) (fm) (intro.).
SECTION 260m. 16.20 (10) (fm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
16.20 (10) (fm) 1. Corps enrollees who have been crew leaders, regional crew leaders or a combination thereof for at least 2 years.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 16.20 (10) (fm) 1. This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-1344 and LRB-1434.
SECTION 260r. 16.20 (10) (fm) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (10) (fm) 1.
SECTION 261m. 16.20 (10) (fm) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
16.20 (10) (fm) 2. Crew leaders or regional crew leaders who are discharging special responsibilities, as determined by the board.
SECTION 261r. 16.20 (10) (fm) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (10) (fm) 2.
SECTION 262. 16.20 (10) (g) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (10) (g) (title).
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 16.20 (10) (g) (title). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-1299, LRB-1312, LRB-1433 and LRB-2602.
SECTION 263m. 16.20 (10) (g) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
16.20 (10) (g) 1. A person who is employed as a corps enrollee for a 6-month to one-year period of continuous employment, as determined by standards adopted by the board, and who receives a satisfactory employment evaluation upon termination of employment is entitled to an incentive payment of $500 prorated in the same proportion as the number of hours of employment completed by that person bears to 2,080 hours or an education voucher that is worth at least $1,000 double the monetary value of the prorated incentive payment, but not more than $2,200 prorated in the same proportion as the number of hours of employment completed by that person bears to 2,080 hours. No corps enrollee may receive more than 2 incentive payments or 4 education vouchers.
SECTION 263r. 16.20 (10) (g) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (10) (g) 1. and amended to read:
106.215 (10) (g) 1. A person who is employed as a corps enrollee for a 6-month to one-year period of continuous employment, as determined by standards adopted by the board, and who receives a satisfactory employment evaluation upon termination of employment is entitled to an incentive payment of $500 prorated in the same proportion as the number of hours of employment completed by that person bears to 2,080 hours or an education voucher that is worth at least double the monetary value of the prorated incentive payment, but not more than $2,200 $2,400 prorated in the same proportion as the number of hours of employment completed by that person bears to 2,080 hours. No corps enrollee may receive more than 2 incentive payments or 4 education vouchers.
SECTION 264. 16.20 (10) (g) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (10) (g) 2.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 16.20 (10) (g) 2. This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-1299, LRB-1312, LRB-1433 and LRB-2602.
SECTION 265. 16.20 (10) (g) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (10) (g) 3.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 16.20 (10) (g) 3. This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-1299, LRB-1312, LRB-1433 and LRB-2602.
SECTION 266. 16.20 (10) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (10) (h).
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 16.20 (10) (h). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: 95-2602, 95-1299, 95-1312, 95-1344, 95-1433, 95-1434, and 95-2176.
SECTION 267. 16.20 (11) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (11) (title).
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 16.20 (11) (title). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: 95-2602, 95-1299, 95-1312, 95-1344, 95-1433, 95-1434, and 95-2176.
SECTION 268m. 16.20 (11) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.20 (11) (a) Age. In order to qualify for employment as a corps member or an assistant crew leader, a person is required to have attained the age of 18 years but may not have attained the age of 26 years at the time he or she accepts employment. In order to qualify for employment as a crew leader or a regional crew leader, a person is required to have attained the age of 18 years at the time he or she accepts employment.
SECTION 268r. 16.20 (11) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (11) (a).
SECTION 268t. 16.20 (11) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (11) (b).
SECTION 269. 16.20 (11) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.20 (11) (c) Enrollment period. In order to qualify for employment as a corps enrollee, a person is required to sign a statement of intention to serve in the Wisconsin conservation corps program for a 6-month to one-year period. This statement does not obligate the board to provide employment for the enrollee for that period.
SECTION 269m. 16.20 (11) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (11) (c).
SECTION 270m. 16.20 (11) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.20 (11) (d) Training and skills. No training or skills are required in order to qualify for employment as a corps member. The board shall establish minimum levels of performance, training and skills required to qualify for employment as or promotion to assistant crew leader or, crew leader or regional crew leader.
SECTION 270r. 16.20 (11) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (11) (d).
SECTION 271. 16.20 (11) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (11) (e).
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 16.20 (11) (e). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: 95-2602, 95-1434, and 95-2176.
SECTION 272. 16.20 (12) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (12) (title).
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 16.20 (12) (title). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: 95-2602 and 95-1312.
SECTION 273m. 16.20 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.20 (12) (a) Standards. The board shall establish standards for the selection of full-time and part-time corps enrollees from among those persons who are qualified and seek employment.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 16.20 (12) (a). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-1312 and LRB-2602.
SECTION 273r. 16.20 (12) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (12) (a).
SECTION 274. 16.20 (12) (am) and (b) of the statutes are renumbered 106.215 (12) (am) and (b).
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 16.20 (12) (am) and (b). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: 95-2602, and 95-1312.
SECTION 275m. 16.20 (12) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (12) (c) and amended to read:
106.215 (12) (c) Hiring procedure. The board shall develop procedures for the hiring of corps enrollees in cooperation with the department of industry, labor and human relations. The board shall utilize any appropriate local job service office in the area of a project to distribute applications, conduct interviews and evaluate applicants and make recommendations concerning the hiring of corps enrollees. The board may utilize project sponsors who are sponsoring long-term projects to conduct interviews, evaluate applicants and make recommendations concerning the hiring of corps enrollees.
SECTION 276. 16.20 (13) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (13) (title).
****Note: This is reconciled s. 16.20 (13) (title). This Section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: 95-2602 and 95-1434.
SECTION 277m. 16.20 (13) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.20 (13) (a) Enrollment period. The normal enrollment period for a corps member who is not promoted to assistant crew leader is one year. The board may authorize the employment of a corps member who is not promoted to assistant crew leader beyond the normal 6-month to one-year enrollment period for a limited time, not to exceed one year, if the corps member has a disability. The normal enrollment period for a corps member who is promoted to assistant crew leader or for a person who is hired as assistant crew leader is 2 years. The board may authorize the employment of a corps member or assistant crew leader beyond the normal enrollment period for a limited time, not to exceed 3 months, under special circumstances where continued employment is required in order to complete a project in progress. The normal enrollment period for a crew leader or a regional crew leader is 2 years. The board may extend the employment of a crew leader beyond the normal enrollment period if the crew leader possesses special experience, training or skills valuable to the program. The board may extend the employment of a regional crew leader for an unlimited time.
****NOTE: This section incorporates treatment from LRBb0312/4 on the assumption that treatment is to take effect immediately, Is that correct? This changed by MGG on Sunday from LRBb0314 by striking 1st sentence and substituting "6-month to one-year" for "normal" in front of enrollment period for a limited time.
****NOTE: This material is supposed to substitute for page 186, lines 3 to 6, per LRBb0315/4, but must first be reconciled with LRBb0626 first.
SECTION 277r. 16.20 (13) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (13) (a).
SECTION 278. 16.20 (13) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (13) (b).
****Note: This is reconciled s. 16.20 (13) (b). This Section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: 95-2602 and 95-1434.
SECTION 279. 16.21 of the statutes is renumbered 41.41, and 41.41 (4) (c), (5) (e) and (12) (a), as renumbered, are amended to read:
41.41 (4) (c) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the department of natural resources, the department of transportation, the department of development, the department of administration, the state historical society and the university of Wisconsin-extension shall cooperate with and assist the board in matters related to its functions.
(5) (e) Consult and cooperate with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the department of natural resources, the department of transportation, the department of development, the department of administration, the state historical society, the university of Wisconsin-extension, the Winnebago tribe and any other Indian tribe which appoints a liaison representative to the board regarding the management of the Kickapoo valley reserve.
(12) (a) The department of natural resources shall have police supervision over the Kickapoo valley reserve, other land acquired by the board and all publicly owned rights-of-way adjacent thereto, and its duly appointed agents may arrest, with or without warrant, any person on that property committing an offense against the laws of the state or in violation of any rule of the board in force on that property, and deliver the person to circuit court for the county where the offense is committed and make and execute a complaint charging the person with the offense committed. The district attorney of the county where the offense is committed shall appear and prosecute all actions arising under this paragraph. This paragraph does not preclude exercise of concurrent law enforcement jurisdiction in or adjacent to the reserve, or on other land acquired by the board, by any authority to whom jurisdiction is granted by law.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 16.21. This section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB #'s: -2175/6 and -2178/1.
SECTION 280. 16.22 (title), (1) and (2) (intro.) and (a) to (g) of the statutes are renumbered 106.40 (title), (1) and (2) (intro.) and (a) to (g).
SECTION 281. 16.22 (2) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 106.40 (2) (h) and amended to read:
106.40 (2) (h) From the appropriations under s. 20.505 (4) (j) and (p) 20.445 (1) (jc) and (pe), award grants to persons providing national service programs, giving priority to the greatest extent practicable to persons providing youth corps programs.
SECTION 282. 16.22 (2) (i) to (L) and (3) of the statutes are renumbered 106.40 (2) (i) to (L) and (3).
SECTION 283. 16.352 (5) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 16.352 (5).
SECTION 284. 16.352 (5) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 284m. 16.354 of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 285. 16.39 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.39 (3) APPLICATION PROCEDURE. A household may apply after September 30 and before May 16 of any year for weatherization assistance from the county department under s. 46.215 (1) (n) or 46.22 (1) (b) 10. 4m. a. to e. and shall have the opportunity to do so on a form prescribed by the department for that purpose.
SECTION 286. 16.39 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.39 (4) (b) A household entirely composed of persons receiving aid to families with dependent children under s. 49.19, food stamps under 7 USC 2011 to 2029, or supplemental security income or state supplemental payments under 42 USC 1381 to 1383c or s. 49.177 49.77.
SECTION 286r. 16.40 (31m) of the statutes is created to read:
16.40 (31m) PERMIT EXAMINATION OF BOOKS. Permit at all times inspection and examination of the books, papers and transactions of the secretary relating to his or her cash management functions by the governor, attorney general or state auditor, or by either house of the legislature, or any legislative committee.
SECTION 286v. 16.40 (32) of the statutes is created to read:
16.40 (32) BIENNIAL REPORT. As part of the report submitted under s. 15.04 (1) (d), include a statement showing for each of the 2 preceding fiscal years the cash balance in each state fund at the beginning of the fiscal year, the aggregate amount of receipts credited and the aggregate amount of disbursements charged to each said fund during the fiscal year and the resultant cash balance in each state fund at the end of the fiscal year. This statement shall further show as of the end of each said 2 fiscal years, at par, the aggregate value of securities held for each state fund and the aggregate value of securities held in trust or deposited for safekeeping, and shall show the manner in which the total cash balance was accounted for by listing the balances on deposit in each state account in a public depository, deducting from the total of such balances the aggregate amount of checks, share drafts or other drafts outstanding and adding thereto the aggregate amount of cash and cash items in office.
SECTION 287. 16.41 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.41 (4) In this section, "authority" means a body created under ch. 231, 233 or 234.
SECTION 287m. 16.412 of the statutes is amended to read:
16.412 Agency payments. At the request of any agency, the secretary, with the approval of the state treasurer, may authorize the processing of specified regular periodic payments through the use of money transfer techniques including, without limitation because of enumeration, direct deposit, electronic funds transfer and automated clearinghouse procedures.