SECTION 1942. 39.45 (8) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
39.45 (8) The department may not award any original grants under this section.
SECTION 1943. 39.46 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.46 (1) On or before July 1 of each year, the higher educational aids board department shall initiate, investigate and formulate for procurement, a contract for dental education services in accordance with this section. Thereafter, the board department shall conduct a biennial analysis of the program and include a report on its findings and recommendations in its reports under s. 15.04 (1) (d). The legislative audit bureau shall biennially postaudit expenditures under this section. Section 16.75 (1) to (5) are waived with respect to such contract.
SECTION 1944. 39.46 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.46 (2) (d) That the dental school administer and operate its courses and programs in dentistry in conformity with academic and professional standards, rules and requirements and seek progressively to enrich and improve its courses of dental education, research and public service by full and efficient use of budgetary and other resources available to it. In monitoring compliance with this paragraph the board department may rely on 3rd-party evaluations conducted by appropriate and recognized accrediting bodies.
SECTION 1945. 39.47 (1) and (2m) of the statutes are amended to read:
39.47 (1) There is established, to be administered by the board department, a Minnesota-Wisconsin student reciprocity agreement, the purpose of which shall be to ensure that neither state shall profit at the expense of the other and that the determination of any amounts owed by either state under the agreement shall be based on an equitable formula which reflects the educational costs incurred by the 2 states. The board department, representing this state, shall enter into an agreement meeting the requirements of this section with the designated body representing the state of Minnesota.
(2m) No resident of this state may receive a waiver of nonresident tuition under this section if the board department receives a certification under s. 46.255 (7) that the resident is delinquent in child support or maintenance payments.
SECTION 1946. 40.02 (22) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
40.02 (22) (e) Except for OASDHI purposes, at the employer's discretion, means compensation deemed to have been paid for services deemed to have been rendered during periods of leaves of absence without pay, at the employe's rate of pay prior to the leave, provided contributions and premiums on the deemed earnings are paid as required under s. 40.05. Any action taken under this paragraph that applies to state employes shall be taken pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111 or s. 230.12 or 233.10 if the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority is a participating employer.
SECTION 1947. 40.02 (25) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
40.02 (25) (a) 3. The blind employes of the Wisconsin workshop for the blind authorized under s. 47.03 (1) (b), 1989 stats., or of the nonprofit corporation with which the department of health and social services industry, labor and human relations contracts under s. 47.03 (1m) (a), 1989 stats., as of the beginning of the calendar month following completion of 1,000 hours of service. Persons employed by an employer who are blind when hired shall not be eligible for life insurance premium waiver because of any disability which is directly or indirectly attributed to blindness and may convert life insurance coverage only once under the contract; or
SECTION 1948. 40.02 (25) (b) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
40.02 (25) (b) 2m. A crew leader or regional crew leader employed by the Wisconsin conservation corps board for whom the Wisconsin conservation corps board under s. 16.20 106.215 (10) (fm) has authorized group health care coverage;
****NOTE: This is a conceptual reconcile of reconciled s. 40.02 (25) (b) 2m. This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: 1344, 1434 and 2602.
SECTION 1949. 40.02 (25) (b) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
40.02 (25) (b) 8. Any other state employe of the state for whom coverage is authorized under a collective bargaining agreement under pursuant to subch. V of ch. 111 or under s. 230.12;
SECTION 1950. 40.02 (54) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
40.02 (54) (f) The nonprofit corporation with which the department of health and social services industry, labor and human relations contracts under s. 47.03 (1m) (a), 1989 stats.
SECTION 1951. 40.02 (54) (h) of the statutes is created to read:
40.02 (54) (h) The University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority beginning on July 1, 1996, and ending on June 30, 1997. After June 30, 1997, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority is a state agency if it has elected to become a participating employer by following the procedure prescribed under s. 40.21 (1).
SECTION 1952. 40.02 (54t) of the statutes is created to read:
40.02 (54t) "State employe" means an employe of a state agency.
SECTION 1953. 40.02 (55) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
40.02 (55) (a) Any person employed as a librarian by any school board in a library in any school under its jurisdiction, including a charter school as defined in s. 115.001 (1), whose qualifications as a librarian are at least equal to the minimum librarian qualifications prescribed by the state superintendent department of public instruction education.
SECTION 1954. 40.05 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
40.05 (1) (b) In lieu of employe payment, the employer may pay all or part of the contributions required by par. (a), but all the payments shall be available for benefit purposes to the same extent as required contributions deducted from earnings of the participating employes. Action to assume employe contributions as provided under this paragraph shall be taken at the time and in the form determined by the governing body of the participating employer. The state and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority shall pay under this paragraph for employes who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111 and for employes whose fringe benefits are determined under s. 230.12 an amount equal to 4% of the earnings paid by the state or authority unless otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111 or unless otherwise determined under s. 230.12. The state shall pay under this paragraph for employes who are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111 and for employes whose fringe benefits are not determined under s. 230.12 an amount equal to 4% of the earnings paid by the state unless a different amount is recommended by the secretary of employment relations and approved by the joint committee on employment relations in the manner provided for approval of changes in the compensation plan under s. 230.12 (3). The University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, if it is a participating employer, shall pay under this paragraph for employes who are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111 an amount equal to 4% of the earnings paid by the authority unless a different amount is established by the board of directors of the authority under s. 233.03 (7).
SECTION 1955. 40.05 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
40.05 (1) (b) In lieu of employe payment, the employer may pay all or part of the contributions required by par. (a), but all the payments shall be available for benefit purposes to the same extent as required contributions deducted from earnings of the participating employes. Action to assume employe contributions as provided under this paragraph shall be taken at the time and in the form determined by the governing body of the participating employer. The state shall pay under this paragraph for employes who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111 and for employes whose fringe benefits are determined under s. 230.12 an amount equal to 4% of the earnings paid by the state unless otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111 or unless otherwise determined under s. 230.12. The state shall pay under this paragraph for employes who are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111 and for employes whose fringe benefits are not determined under s. 230.12 an amount equal to 4% of the earnings paid by the state unless a different amount is recommended by the secretary of employment relations and approved by the joint committee on employment relations in the manner provided for approval of changes in the compensation plan under s. 230.12 (3). The University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, if it is a participating employer, shall pay under this paragraph for its employes an amount equal to 4% of the earnings paid by the authority unless a different amount is established by the board of directors of the authority under s. 233.03 (7).
SECTION 1956. 40.05 (4) (ag) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
40.05 (4) (ag) (intro.) Except as otherwise provided in accordance with a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111 or s. 230.12 or 233.10 if the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority is a participating employer, the employer shall pay for its currently employed insured employes covered by a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111 or whose health insurance premium contribution rates are determined under s. 230.12 or 233.10 if the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority is a participating employer:
SECTION 1957. 40.05 (4) (ar) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
40.05 (4) (ar) The employer shall pay under par. (a) for employes who are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111 and for employes whose health insurance premium contribution rates are not determined under s. 230.12 or 233.10 if the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority is a participating employer an amount equal to the amount specified in par. (ag) unless a different amount is recommended by the secretary of employment relations and approved by the joint committee on employment relations in the manner provided for approval of changes in the compensation plan under s. 230.12 (3).
(b) Except as provided under pars. (bc) and (bp), accumulated unused sick leave under ss. 13.121 (4), 36.30, 230.35 (2) and 757.02 (5) and, under s. 233.10 if the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority is a participating employer or under a collective bargaining agreement pursuant to subch. V of ch. 111 of any eligible employe shall, at the time of death, upon qualifying for an immediate annuity or for a lump sum payment under s. 40.25 (1) or upon termination of creditable service and qualifying as an eligible employe under s. 40.02 (25) (b) 6. or 10., be converted, at the employe's current basic pay rate, to credits for payment of health insurance premiums on behalf of the employe or the employe's surviving insured dependents. The full premium for any eligible employe who is insured at the time of retirement, or for the surviving insured dependents of an eligible employe who is deceased, shall be deducted from the credits until the credits are exhausted and paid from the account under s. 40.04 (10), and then deducted from annuity payments, if the annuity is sufficient. The department shall provide for the direct payment of premiums by the insured to the insurer if the premium to be withheld exceeds the annuity payment. Except as provided in par. (bd), upon conversion of an employe's unused sick leave to credits under this paragraph, the employe or, if the employe is deceased, the employe's surviving insured dependents may elect to delay initiation of deductions from those credits for up to 10 years after the date of the conversion if the employe or surviving insured dependents are covered by a comparable health insurance plan or policy during the period beginning on the date of the conversion and ending on the last day of the 2nd month after the date on which the employe or surviving insured dependents later elect to initiate deductions from those credits. A health insurance plan or policy is considered comparable if it provides hospital and medical benefits that are substantially equivalent to the standard health insurance plan established under s. 40.52 (1).
SECTION 1958. 40.05 (4) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
40.05 (4) (bm) Except as provided under par. (bp), accumulated unused sick leave under ss. 36.30 and 230.35 (2) or 233.10 if the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority is a participating employer of any eligible employe shall, upon request of the employe at the time the employe is subject to layoff under s. 40.02 (40), be converted at the employe's current basic pay rate to credits for payment of health insurance premiums on behalf of the employe. The full amount of the required employe contribution for any eligible employe who is insured at the time of the layoff shall be deducted from the credits until the credits are exhausted, the employe is reemployed, or 5 years have elapsed from the date of layoff, whichever occurs first.
SECTION 1959. 40.05 (5) (intro.) and (b) 4. of the statutes are amended to read:
40.05 (5) INCOME CONTINUATION INSURANCE PREMIUMS. (intro.) For the income continuation insurance provided in accordance with a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V the employe shall pay the amount remaining after the employer has contributed the following or, if different, the amount determined under a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111 or s. 230.12 or 233.10 if the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority is a participating employer:
(b) 4. The accrual and crediting of sick leave shall be determined in accordance with ss. 13.121 (4), 36.30, 230.35 (2) and 757.02 (5) and any collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111.
SECTION 1960. 40.05 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
40.05 (6) (a) Except as otherwise provided in accordance with a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111 or s. 230.12 or 233.10 if the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority is a participating employer, each insured employe under the age of 70 and annuitant under the age of 65 shall pay for group life insurance coverage a sum, approved by the group insurance board, which shall not exceed 60 cents monthly for each $1,000 of group life insurance, based upon the last amount of insurance in force during the month for which earnings are paid. The equivalent premium may be fixed by the group insurance board if the annual compensation is paid in other than 12 monthly instalments.
SECTION 1961. 40.06 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
40.06 (1) (c) For state agencies, contributions paid by employers shall be made from the respective funds from which the salaries are paid to the employe for whom the contributions are being made. The heads of the respective state agencies shall, at the time that salary deductions in accordance with par. (a) are sent to the department, determine the amount of the corresponding employer contributions, indicate the amount of the contribution on the report submitted to the department and provide for payment to the department, by any method approved by the department, from the appropriate state funds of the amounts payable. If payment is by voucher, the department shall transmit the voucher to the department of administration. The department secretary of administration shall approve vouchers for payment of contributions due under s. 40.05 within 5 working days, s. 16.53 (10) notwithstanding, and the state treasurer shall immediately issue a check, share draft or other draft to the department of employe trust funds for the amount of the voucher.
SECTION 1962. 40.21 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
40.21 (3m) Notwithstanding the election procedure prescribed in sub. (1), the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority is a participating employer beginning on July 1, 1996, and ending on June 30, 1997. After June 30, 1997, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority may only become a participating employer by following the procedure prescribed under sub. (1).
SECTION 1963. 40.62 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
40.62 (2) Sick leave accumulation shall be determined in accordance with rules of the department, any collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111, and ss. 13.121 (4), 36.30, 230.35 (2), 757.02 (5) and 978.12 (3), subch. V of ch. 111 and the rules of the department or under s. 233.10 if the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority is a participating employer.
SECTION 1964. 40.80 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
40.80 (1) The deferred compensation board shall select and contract with deferred compensation plan providers to be used by state agencies for providing deferred compensation plans to state employes.
SECTION 1965. 42.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
42.01 (1) The state fair park board shall manage the state fair park and supervise or conduct thereat fairs, exhibits or promotional events for agricultural, industrial, educational and recreational purposes; lease or license the use of any property thereon for other purposes when not needed for the above public purposes; and charge reasonable rents and fees for use of or attendance at the premises. The state fair park board may accept and administer gifts, grants and bequests.
SECTION 1966. 42.11 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
42.11 (3) The state fair park board shall may enter into a lease with a private nonprofit corporation to operate and maintain the Olympic ice training center. The state fair park board shall ensure that all costs of operation and maintenance of the center are paid by the lessee under the any lease. The under this subsection. Any lease under this subsection shall contain proper covenants to guard against trespass and waste. The rents arising from the any lease under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.190 (1) (h). The state fair park board shall retain the original of the any lease under this subsection and file a copy with the department of administration.
SECTION 1967. 43.01 (6) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
43.01 (6) "Secretary" means the secretary of education.
SECTION 1968. 43.03 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
43.03 (title) General duties of state superintendent department. (intro.) The state superintendent department shall:
SECTION 1969. 43.05 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
43.05 (13) Carry out such other programs and policies as directed by the state superintendent department.
SECTION 1970. 43.07 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
43.07 Council on library and network development. (intro.) The state superintendent department and the division shall seek the advice of and consult with the council on library and network development in performing their duties in regard to library service. The state superintendent secretary or the administrator of the division shall attend every meeting of the council. The council may initiate consultations with the department and the division. The council shall:
SECTION 1971. 43.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
43.07 (2) Advise the state superintendent secretary in regard to the general policies and activities of the state's program for library development, interlibrary cooperation and network development.
SECTION 1972. 43.07 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
43.07 (3) Advise the state superintendent secretary in regard to the general policies and activities of the state's program for the development of school library media programs and facilities and the coordination of these programs with other library services.
SECTION 1973. 43.07 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
43.07 (4) Hold a biennial meeting for the purpose of discussing the report submitted by the state superintendent department under s. 43.03 (3) (d). Notice of the meeting shall be sent to public libraries, public library systems, school libraries and other types of libraries and related agencies. After the meeting, the council shall make recommendations to the state superintendent department regarding the report and any other matter the council deems appropriate.
SECTION 1974. 43.07 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
43.07 (5) On or before July 1 of every odd-numbered year, transmit to the state superintendent department a descriptive and statistical report on the condition and progress of library services in the state and recommendations on how library services in the state may be improved. The state superintendent department shall include the report as an addendum to the department's biennial report under s. 15.04 (1) (d).
SECTION 1975. 43.07 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
43.07 (7) Receive complaints, suggestions and inquiries regarding the programs and policies of the department relating to library and network development, inquire into such complaints, suggestions and inquiries, and advise the state superintendent secretary and the division on any action to be taken.
SECTION 1976. 43.13 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
43.13 (4) Any decision by the division under this section may be appealed to the state superintendent department.
SECTION 1977. 43.24 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
43.24 (1) (b) 1. The total amount calculated for all systems in the state, as determined under par. (a), shall be subtracted from the amount remaining for public library systems in the appropriation appropriations under s. ss. 20.255 (1) (3) (e) and 20.835 (7) (e) after such aids have been calculated.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 43.24 (1) (b) 1. This section has been affected by LRB-2568 and LRB-1161.
SECTION 1978. 43.24 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 43.24 (3) (a) and amended to read:
43.24 (3) (a) Annually, the division shall review the reports and proposed service plans submitted by the public library systems under s. 43.17 (5) for conformity with this chapter and such rules and standards as are applicable. Upon approval, the division shall certify to the department of administration an estimated amount to which each system is entitled under this section. Annually on or before December 1 of the year immediately preceding the year for which aids are to be paid, the department of administration shall pay each system 75% of the certified estimated amount from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (3) (e). The division shall, on or before the following April 30, certify to the department of administration the actual amount to which the system is entitled under this section. On or before July 1, the department of administration shall pay each system the difference between the amount paid on December 1 of the prior year and the certified actual amount of aid to which the system is entitled from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (3) (e). The division may reduce state aid payments when any system or any participant thereof fails to meet the requirements of sub. (2). Beginning September 1, 1991, the division may reduce state aid payments to any system if the system or any participant in the system fails to meet the requirements of s. 43.15 (4).
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 43.24 (3). That section has been treated by LRB-1161 and LRB-2568.
SECTION 1979. 43.24 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
43.24 (3) (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), beginning in the 1996-97 school year, the division shall certify to the department of revenue under par. (a), aid shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (7) (e) and the division may direct the department of revenue to reduce state aid payments under par. (a).
SECTION 1980. 43.24 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
43.24 (3m) If the appropriation appropriations under s. ss. 20.255 (1) (3) (e) and 20.835 (7) (e) in any one year is are insufficient to pay the full amount under sub. (1), state aid payments shall be prorated among the library systems entitled to such aid.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 43.24 (3m). This section has been affected by LRB-2568 and LRB-1161.
SECTION 1981. 43.70 of the statutes is amended to read:
43.70 Common school fund. (1) No later than October 15 of each year, each school district administrator shall certify to the state superintendent department, on forms provided by the state superintendent department, a report of the total number of children between the ages of 4 and 20 years residing in the school district on the preceding June 30. The number may be estimated by using statistically significant sampling techniques that have been approved by the state superintendent department.
(2) Annually, within 40 days after December 1, the state superintendent department shall ascertain the aggregate amount of all moneys received as income in the common school fund prior to that December 1 and shall apportion such amount to the school districts in proportion to the number of children resident therein between the ages of 4 and 20 years, as shown by the census report certified under sub. (1).
(3) Immediately upon making such apportionment, the state superintendent department shall certify to the department of administration the amount that each school district is entitled to receive under this section and shall notify each school district administrator of the amount so certified for his or her school district. Within 15 days after receiving such certification, the department secretary of administration shall issue its his or her warrants upon which the state treasurer shall pay the amount apportioned forthwith to the proper school district treasurer. All moneys apportioned from the common school fund shall be expended for the purchase of library books and other instructional materials for school libraries, but not for public library facilities operated by school districts under s. 43.52, in accordance with rules promulgated by the state superintendent department. Appropriate records of such purchases shall be kept and necessary reports thereon shall be made to the state superintendent department.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 43.70 (3). That section has been affected by LRB-0707 and LRB-2089.
SECTION 1982. 44.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.01 (1) The historical society shall constitute a body politic and corporate by bear the name of "The State Historical Society of Wisconsin," and shall possess all the powers necessary to accomplish the objects and perform the duties prescribed by law. The historical society shall be an official agency and the trustee of the state.
SECTION 1983. 44.015 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.015 (3) Accept collections of private manuscripts, printed materials, tapes, films, optical disks, materials stored in electronic format and artifacts, and it may enforce any reasonable restrictions on accessibility to the public, use or duplication of said collections which are agreed upon by the donor and the historical society.
