Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Introduction
This bill is the "executive budget bill" under section 16.47 (1) of the statutes.
It contains the governor's recommendations for appropriations from the general
fund and from segregated funds for the 1995-97 fiscal biennium.
The bill repeals and recreates the appropriation schedule in chapter 20 of the
statutes, thereby setting the appropriation levels for the 1995-97 fiscal biennium.
With minor exceptions, the bill does not affect appropriations for the department of
transportation. The bill also excludes capital budget recommendations. The
descriptions that follow relate to the most significant changes in the law proposed
in the bill. In most cases, changes in the amounts of existing spending authority and
changes in the amounts of bonding authority under existing bonding programs are
not discussed.
For the fiscal impact of this bill refer to the publication Budget in Brief issued
by the department of administration.
For additional information concerning this bill, see the department of
administration's executive budget books, the legislative fiscal bureau's summary
document and the legislative reference bureau's drafting files that contain separate
drafts on each policy item. In most cases, the policy item drafts contain a more
detailed analysis than is printed with this bill.
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Guide to nonstatutory material
As is the case for all other bills, the Sections of the budget bill treating statutory
material are displayed in the ascending numerical sequence of the statute units
affected. In some parts of the bill, not all consecutive Section numbers are used.
Treatments of prior session laws (styled "[year] Wisconsin Act ...." or, before
1983, "laws of [year], chapter ....") are displayed next by year of original enactment
and by act number.
Following the treatment of prior session laws, the remaining nonstatutory
material is set forth in bill Sections numbered as follows:
9101 to 9159: Nonstatutory provisions; agency name.
9201 to 9259: Appropriation changes; agency name.
9301 to 9359: Initial applicability; agency name.
9400 to 9459: Effective dates; agency name.
In each of the 4 categories, there is a separate Section number for every agency.
In that number, the last 2 digits correspond to the agencies as shown below. For
example, for nonstatutory provisions that are not appropriation changes or initial
applicability or effective date provisions affecting the historical society, see Section
9128. The agencies are listed in alphabetical sequence by key word. For any agency
not yet assigned a 2-digit identification number or any provision that does not relate
to the functions of any particular agency, see number "59" (other) in each category.
01 Administration
02 Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention and Pregnancy Services Board
03 Aging and Long-Term Care Board
04 Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
05 Arts Board
06 Banking
07 Boundary Area Commission, Minnesota-Wisconsin
08 Building Commission
09 Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board
10 Circuit Courts
11 Conservation Corps Board
12 Corrections
13 Cost Containment Commission
14 Court of Appeals
15 Credit Unions
16 Development
17 Educational Communications Board
18 Elections Board
19 Employe Trust Funds
20 Employment Relations Commission
21 Employment Relations Department
22 Ethics Board
23 Gaming Commission
24 Governor
25 Health and Educational Facilities Authority
26 Health and Social Services
27 Higher Educational Aids Board
28 Historical Society
29 Housing and Economic Development Authority
30 Industry, Labor and Human Relations
31 Insurance
32 Investment Board
33 Joint Committee on Finance
34 Judicial Commission
35 Judicial Council
36 Justice
37 Legislature
38 Lieutenant Governor
39 Lower Wisconsin State Riverway Board
40 Medical College of Wisconsin
41 Military Affairs
42 Natural Resources
43 Personnel Commission
44 Public Defender Board
45 Public Instruction
46 Public Service Commission
47 Regulation and Licensing
48 Revenue
49 Savings and Loan
50 Secretary of State
51 Securities
52 State Fair Park Board
53 Supreme Court
54 Technical College System
55 Transportation
56 Treasurer
57 University of Wisconsin System
58 Veterans Affairs
59 Other
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State agency reorganization
This bill makes a number of changes in the organization and functions of
various state agencies.
Administration
The bill changes the name of the public records and forms board to the public
records board and transfers most forms functions from that board to the department
of administration (DOA); creates a division of technology management in DOA;
transfers administration of the judicial automated information systems from the
director of state courts to DOA; transfers operational responsibility for the
transaction information for the management of enforcement system from the
department of justice (DOJ) to DOA; permits DOA to submit to the joint committee
on finance (JCF) and implement a plan providing for the consolidation in DOA by
July 1, 1996, of the functions of all state agencies related to information technology
implementation, support and management; permits DOA to submit to JCF and
implement a plan for the consolidation in DOA by July 1, 1997, of the functions of
the University of Wisconsin (UW) System relating to information technology
processing; transfers the transmission and engineering functions of the educational
communications board to DOA; permits DOA to submit to JCF and implement a plan
providing for the consolidation in DOA by July 1, 1996, of the responsibilities of state
agencies related to their capital planning and building construction functions;
permits DOA to submit to JFC and implement a plan providing for the consolidation
in DOA by July 1, 1997, of the responsibilities of state agencies primarily related to
their document production, reproduction and distribution functions; on July 1, 1996,
transfers administration of the low-income energy assistance program from the
department of health and social services (DHSS) to DOA; abolishes the sentencing
commission, along with the requirement that judges consider sentencing guidelines
established by that commission when imposing felony sentences; and abolishes the
privacy council and the position of the privacy advocate.
Agriculture, trade and consumer protection
The bill abolishes the board of agriculture, trade and consumer protection,
which directs and supervises the department of agriculture, trade and consumer
protection (DATCP); puts DATCP under the direction and supervision of a secretary
who is nominated by the governor and appointed with the advice and consent of the
senate; creates an agriculture, trade and consumer protection council to advise
DATCP; and requires DOA to submit legislation by April 1, 1995, to transfer
consumer protection functions from DOJ to DATCP.
Corrections
The bill transfers responsibility for the operation of the juvenile secured
correctional facilities known as the Ethan Allen School and the Lincoln Hills School
from DHSS to the department of corrections on July 1, 1996.
Development
The bill abolishes the council on recycling, which is attached to the department
of natural resources (DNR), and transfers the functions of that council to the
recycling market development board, which is transferred from DOA to the
department of development (DOD). On July 1, 1996, the bill transfers responsibility
for administering and enforcing state laws regulating safety and buildings from the
department of industry, labor and human relations (DILHR) to DOD; transfers to
DOD most of the responsibilities of DNR relating to leaks from underground tanks
storing petroleum and other hazardous substances, as well as the petroleum storage
remedial action program responsibilities currently performed by DILHR and DNR;
transfers to DOD the responsibilities of DATCP and DILHR relating to the platting
of subdivisions, as well as certain municipal boundary review functions currently
performed by DOA; transfers the responsibility to operate a center for international
agribusiness marketing from DATCP to DOD; and changes the name of DOD to the
department of commerce.
Education
On July 1, 1996, the bill transfers from the department of public instruction
(DPI) to the department of revenue (DOR) the responsibility for calculating and
distributing general school aid, the responsibility for distributing handicapped
education aid, pupil transportation aid, bilingual-bicultural education aid, school
library aids and tuition payments; changes the name of DPI to the department of
education (DOE) and provides for DOE to be under the direction and supervision of
a secretary of education, who is nominated by the governor and appointed with the
advice and consent of the senate; transfers to the secretary of education all duties and
powers currently assigned or granted to the state superintendent of public
instruction; creates an office of the state superintendent, attached to DOE, under the
direction and supervision of the state superintendent; eliminates the higher
educational aids board (HEAB) and transfers all functions of HEAB to DOE;
transfers all functions of the educational approval board (EAB), currently attached
to the technical college system board, to DOE; and transfers EAB itself to DOE as
an advisory council.
