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2. Meets the requirements of section DE 2.04 (1) (a) to (d) and (f) to (i) of the Wisconsin Administrative Code that are in effect on the effective date of this subdivision.

3. Has completed a clinical licensure examination that was comparable to the examination that was required for licensure by the dentistry examining board at the time that the individual was granted an initial license to practice dentistry in the other jurisdiction.

(b) A license granted under paragraph (a) has the same force and effect as a license granted under chapter 447 of the statutes and is subject to renewal under section 447.05 of the statutes.

27,9143 Section 9143. Nonstatutory provisions; revenue.

(2e) Computer study. The department of revenue shall conduct a study of the property tax treatment of computers. In conducting the study, the department of revenue shall examine the level of taxation of computers and related equipment; the impact of exempting that property from the property tax; mechanisms for compensating local governments for any tax base loss due to such an exemption, including state aid payments; and the creation of a corporate income tax and franchise tax credit for property taxes paid on computers and related equipment, as an alternative to providing a property tax exemption. The department of revenue shall submit its recommendations, in the form of proposed legislation, to the legislature on or before January 1, 1999.

(2m) Report on alternative methods of filing. The department of revenue shall identify potential savings from using alternative methods of filing and paying taxes and shall submit a report listing those savings to the joint committee on finance at the committee's first quarterly meeting in 1998 under section 13.10 of the statutes.

(2mf) Tax amnesty. The department of revenue shall submit a proposal for a tax amnesty program to be conducted during the 1997-98 fiscal year to the joint committee on finance at the committee's 4th quarterly meeting in 1997 under section 13.10 of the statutes. This proposed tax amnesty program shall be materially similar to the tax amnesty program conducted in 1985. The joint committee on finance may modify the department's proposal to ensure that it is materially similar to the tax amnesty program conducted in 1985.

(2n) Grant from investment and local impact fund. The investment and local impact fund board shall grant $480,000 to the city of Ladysmith from the fund under section 70.395 (2) (b) of the statutes.

(2r) Alternate fuels tax rates. Notwithstanding section 78.405 of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department of revenue shall calculate the rates for the alternate fuel tax on November 1, 1997, and those rates are effective from November 1, 1997, until April 1, 1998.

(2v) Drug tax. The legislature intends that, irrespective of the constitutionality of the affix and display requirements under section 139.89 of the statutes and the rules that interpret that section, all other civil and administrative procedures that are related to the civil obligation to pay the tax, interest and penalties required under subchapter IV of chapter 139 of the statutes are severable from those affix and display requirements and are to remain in full force and effect. To the extent necessary to effectuate the legislature's intent, the civil obligation to pay the tax, interest and penalties required under subchapter IV of chapter 139 of the statutes is retroactively reimposed beginning with the effective date under 1989 Wisconsin Act 122, section 3203 (48) (a).

(2x) Estimated tax payments.

(a) Notwithstanding sections 71.09 and 71.29 of the statutes, as affected by this act, and sections 71.48 and 77.947 of the statutes, the increase in the payments that are due under those sections before the effective date of this paragraph solely because of this act shall be prorated among, and paid with, estimated payments that are due under those sections after the effective date of this paragraph.

(b) A corporation that may be treated as a tax-option corporation or a qualified subchapter S subsidiary because of this act may treat any portion of a payment of estimated taxes for its taxable year that begins in 1997 that the corporation or its qualified subchapter S subsidiary makes before the effective date of this paragraph as a payment made by a shareholder of the corporation on the effective date of this paragraph, if the corporation so elects on or before the original due date of the corporation's return under chapter 71 of the statutes, as affected by this act, for its taxable year that begins in 1997, in the manner that the department of revenue prescribes. That election is irrevocable.

(3t) Report on auditors. The department of revenue, on or before January 1, 2000, shall report to the joint committee on finance on the activities of the auditors the positions of whom are authorized by this act, on the amount of revenue that they generated and on the amount of revenue that could be generated by additional auditors.

(4z) Integrated tax system plan. The department of revenue shall submit a plan to the joint committee on finance on the development of an integrated tax system. The joint committee on finance may not release the funds for that project until it receives a satisfactory plan.

(6g) Study of debt collection. The department of revenue shall submit to the joint committee on finance, at its 4th quarterly meeting in 1998 under section 13.10 of the statutes, a study of centralized debt collection for state government. The department of revenue shall consider working with local units of government in a coordinated fashion to collect debts.

(7k) Adult entertainment tax rules. The department of revenue shall submit in final form permanent rules that specify the products and services that are subject to the tax under subchapter XIII of chapter 77 of the statutes, as created by this act, to the legislative council staff under section 227.15 of the statutes. The department of revenue may also promulgate emergency rules that specify those products and services.

27,9146 Section 9146. Nonstatutory provisions; supreme court.

(1) Efficiency measures. The supreme court shall endeavor to ensure that expenditures from the sum of general purpose revenue appropriations under sections 20.625, 20.660 and 20.680 of the statutes shall be less than the sum of the amounts shown for general purpose revenue appropriations under sections 20.625, 20.660 and 20.680 of the statutes in the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes by at least $1,175,000 for the 1997-98 fiscal year and by at least $1,175,000 for the 1998-99 fiscal year.

27,9147 Section 9147. Nonstatutory provisions; technical college system.

(2m) Faculty development grants; report. By March 1, 1999, the technical college system board shall submit a report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature, in the manner provided under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes, on the activities in each technical college district that have been funded with grants awarded under section 38.33 of the statutes, as created by this act, and the effectiveness of the activities in meeting the purposes of the faculty development programs as specified under that section.

27,9148 Section 9148. Nonstatutory provisions; tourism.

(2f) Film of Monona Terrace Convention Center. From the appropriation under section 20.380 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department of tourism shall make a grant of $13,500 in the 1997-99 fiscal biennium for the production of a film documenting the construction of the Frank Lloyd Wright Monona Terrace Convention Center.

(2g) Plan for marketing tourism opportunities to residents of Canada. The department of tourism shall develop a plan for marketing tourism opportunities in the state to residents of Canada. No later than January 1, 1998, the department of tourism shall submit the plan to the appropriate standing committees in the manner provided under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes and to the governor.

(2x) Grants to Ten Chimney Foundation, Inc. From the appropriation under section 20.380 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department of tourism shall make a grant not exceeding $50,000 to the Ten Chimney Foundation, Inc., to develop and facilitate a private fund-raising effort by the foundation if the foundation makes a matching fund contribution that is equal to the amount of the grant made under this subsection.

(3m) Tourism materials grants. From the appropriation under section 20.380 (1) (c) of the statutes, as created by this act, the department of tourism shall make a grant of $10,000 in fiscal year 1997-98, and a grant of $15,000 in fiscal year 1998-99, to each of the following:

(a) Florence County, as compensation for distribution of state tourism materials by the Florence County forestry and park department.

(b) Polk County Tourism Council, as compensation for distribution of state tourism materials.

27,9149 Section 9149. Nonstatutory provisions; transportation.

(1) Farm trailer registration. Notwithstanding section 341.26 (3) (b) of the statutes, as affected by this act, and section 341.264 of the statutes, upon receipt of a completed application for the renewal of registration of a farm trailer that is registered under section 341.26 (3) (b), 1995 stats., and used with a farm truck tractor together with the registration fee of $5, the department of transportation shall register that farm trailer under section 341.264 of the statutes and shall issue a permanent semitrailer registration plate to the owner of the farm trailer. Upon receipt of such registration plate, the owner of the farm trailer shall dispose of the plate previously issued for that farm trailer in a manner prescribed by the department of transportation.

(1c) Supplemental title fee matching. Notwithstanding section 85.037 of the statutes, the secretary of transportation shall certify to the secretary of administration the amount of fees collected under section 342.14 (3m) of the statutes during fiscal year 1996-97 no later than October 1, 1997, or the 15th day after the effective date of this subsection, whichever is later.

(1d) Landscaping of major highway projects. Notwithstanding the reduction in 1995 Wisconsin Act 113 of base-level funding for landscaping highway projects from the appropriation under section 20.395 (3) (bq) of the statutes, the department of transportation shall landscape major highway construction projects on which construction was commenced on or before December 21, 1995, according to landscaping plans that the department has approved for the project before that date

(1gs) Marquette Interchange design. Of the amounts appropriated to the department of transportation under section 20.395 (3) (cq) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department shall allocate $4,000,000 in fiscal year 1997-98 and $6,500,000 in fiscal year 1998-99 to design the reconstruction of the I 794—I 43/90 interchange, known as the “Marquette Interchange", in the city of Milwaukee. The department of transportation shall coordinate its design for the interchange with the city of Milwaukee's design for the 6th Street viaduct project near the interchange.

(1gss) Fond du Lac Avenue project. Of the amounts appropriated to the department of transportation under section 20.395 (3) (cq) of the statutes, as affected by this act, on the effective date of this subsection the department shall allocate $1,000,000 for preliminary engineering for and construction of the Fond du Lac Avenue project in the city of Milwaukee and for associated economic development. Notwithstanding section 20.001 (3) (c) of the statutes, if the department has not commenced preliminary engineering for the project on or before December 31, 1997, the funds allocated under this subsection shall lapse from the appropriation account under section 20.395 (3) (cq) of the statutes, as affected by this act, to the transportation fund.

(1h) Study of transportation projects commission. The legislative council shall conduct a study of the transportation projects commission and the process of enumerating major highway projects under section 84.013 (3) of the statutes and shall report its findings, conclusions and recommendations, including recommendations regarding improving the process of enumer ating major highway projects, to the legislature by May 1, 1999.

(1L) Efficiency measures. By the 30th day beginning after publication, the department of transportation shall submit recommendations to the joint committee on finance if the department wishes to reallocate, among the appropriations of the department of transportation for state operations, reductions in each fiscal year of the 1997-99 biennium of $4,981,500 resulting from budgetary efficiency measures and position vacancy reductions of 26.5 FTE positions. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the recommendations within 14 working days after the date of the submittal of the recommendations by the department, the recommendations may be implemented as proposed by the department. If, within 14 working days after the date that the department of transportation submits the recommendations, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the recommendations, the recommendations may be implemented only upon approval of the committee.

(1p) Agency request. Notwithstanding section 16.42 (1) (e) of the statutes, in submitting information under section 16.42 of the statutes for purposes of the 1997-99 biennial budget bill, the department of transportation shall submit information concerning the appropriations under section 20.395 (3) (bq), (bv) and (bx) of the statutes, as affected by this act, and section 20.395 (3) (br) of the statutes that includes any amounts appropriated under those appropriations for fiscal year 1998-99 for any major highway project involving STH 29.

(1rm) Wausau River Edge Parkway project. Notwithstanding section 85.026 (2) of the statutes, as created by this act, before any other project is awarded assistance under section 85.026 of the statutes, as created by this act, the secretary of transportation shall approve the Wausau River Edge Parkway project in Wausau for an award of assistance under section 85.026 of the statutes, as created by this act, if the project is consistent with federal regulations promulgated under 23 USC 133 (b) (8). The amount of the award shall be $94,400 or 80% of the total cost of the project, whichever is less.

(1rmg) STH 26 wayside near Clyman. The department of transportation shall close the wayside, as defined in section 84.04 (1) (e) of the statutes, along STH 26 near Clyman, approximately 5 miles north of Watertown, in Dodge County. The department of transportation shall sell the real property that is no longer needed for that wayside in the manner provided under section 84.09 (5) of the statutes.

(1xc) Harbor assistance grant for Northport Harbor. Notwithstanding section 85.095 of the statutes, not later than June 30, 1999, the department of transportation shall award a grant under section 85.095 of the statutes in the amount of $227,136 for harbor improvements to Northport Harbor in Door County.

(1y) Designation of highway; vehicle length. Notwithstanding section 348.07 (4) of the statutes, STH 64 between the city of Merrill in Lincoln County and the city of Medford in Taylor County is designated a highway to which sections 348.07 (2) (f), (fm), (gm) and (gr) and 348.08 (1) (e) and (h) of the statutes apply. The designation of a portion of STH 64 under this subsection does not apply after December 31, 1998.

(1ypg) Village of Howard bridge. The department of transportation shall complete the reconstruction of the Hillcrest Heights bridge in the village of Howard in Brown County not later than December 30, 1998.

(1z) Designation of highway; vehicle length. Notwithstanding section 348.07 (4) of the statutes, STH 77 between the city of Hayward in Sawyer County and the city of Hurley in Iron County is designated a highway to which sections 348.07 (2) (f), (fm), (gm) and (gr) and 348.08 (1) (e) and (h) of the statutes apply. The designation of a portion of STH 77 under this subsection does not apply after December 31, 1998.

(1zt) Supplemental funding for employe compensation. In the event that the amounts appropriated to the department of transportation under section 20.395 of the statutes, as affected by this act, are insufficient to finance increased costs for employe compensation, the department may make a request under section 13.10 of the statutes to the joint committee on finance at its first quarterly meeting in 1999 to supplement the sum certain appropriations under section 20.395 of the statutes, as affected by this act, by not more than $300,000 in fiscal year 1998-99. Notwithstanding section 13.101 (3) (a) of the statutes, the committee is not required to find that an emergency exists prior to acting upon the request.

(2c) Design work involving STH 57. During the 1997-99 fiscal biennium, the department of transportation shall allocate $466,000 from the appropriations under section 20.395 (3) (bq), (bv) and (bx) of the statutes, as affected by this act, and section 20.395 (3) (br) of the statutes for design work for any major highway project involving STH 57 in Ozaukee and Sheboygan counties associated with widening STH 57 to 4 lanes.

(2m) Evaluation of proposed major highway projects. The secretary of transportation shall submit in proposed form the rules required under section 85.05 of the statutes, as created by this act, to the legislative council staff under section 227.15 (1) of the statutes no later than April 1, 1998.

(2mh) Study of highway bypasses. The department of transportation shall conduct a study on the effects of planning, constructing and operating highway bypasses on land development patterns and on the economies of local communities that are bypassed. The study shall consider alternative means of assisting businesses from the bypassed communities to acquire land adjacent to newly constructed bypasses for the purpose of business relocation. The secretary of transportation shall report the findings, conclusions and recommendations of the study, including recommendations for assisting local businesses to relocate alongside newly constructed bypasses, to the legislature by June 1, 1999.

(2mm) Mobile testing of motor vehicle emissions. The secretary of transportation shall submit in proposed form the rules required under section 110.20 (9) (k) of the statutes, as created by this act, to the legislative council staff under section 227.15 (1) of the statutes no later than the first day of the 10th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection.

(2n) Delay of highway sign replacement. Notwithstanding section 16.42 (1) (e) of the statutes, in submitting information under section 16.42 of the statutes for purposes of the 1999-2001 biennial budget bill, the department of transportation shall submit information concerning the appropriation under section 20.395 (3) (eq) of the statutes, as affected by this act, as though a decrease of $96,900 and a reduction of the authorized SEG positions for the department by 0.5 FTE position, for the purpose of delaying the replacement of highway signs, by this act had not been made.

(3bg) Registration of leased vehicles. Notwithstanding chapter 341 of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department of transportation may, for one year after the effective date of this subsection, issue an original registration of a vehicle under applicable provisions of chapter 341 of the statutes that are in effect on the day before the effective date of this subsection.

(3d) Cassville ferry grant. The department of transportation shall allocate $25,000 from the appropriation account under section 20.395 (3) (eq) of the statutes in fiscal year 1997-98 for infrastructure and operating expenses of the Cassville ferry in Grant County. The department may award a grant of such sum for those purposes.

(3f) Lake Arterial Project noise barriers. As part of that project, the department of transportation shall erect noise attenuation barriers along the highways affected by the Lake Arterial Project in Milwaukee County.

(3g) Build-operate-lease or transfer agreements study. The department of transportation shall conduct a study of the feasibility and desirability of build-operate-lease or transfer agreements under section 84.01 (30) of the statutes, as created by this act, including any cost savings to be realized by the department as a result of the use of build-operate-lease or transfer agreements. The department shall submit a report containing its findings, conclusions and recommendations, including any recommended statutory changes , no later than July 1, 1998, to the governor, and to the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees in the manner provided under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes.

(3gh) Vehicle registration fees study. The department of transportation shall conduct a study of the feasibility and desirability of establishing vehicle registration fees to be based on the value of the vehicle or the horsepower motor of the vehicle in lieu of the current vehicle registration fees specified in chapter 341 of the statutes, as affected by this act. The department shall submit a report containing its findings, conclusions and recommendations, including any recommended statutory changes , no later than August 1, 1998, to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes.

(4g) The department of transportation shall negotiate with Amtrak, as defined in section 85.061 (1) of the statutes, with respect to the extension of rail passenger service to the city of Madison. No later than April 1, 1998, the department shall report the results of its negotiations with Amtrak to the joint committee on finance.

(4h) Agency request. Notwithstanding section 16.42 (1) (e) of the statutes, in submitting information under section 16.42 of the statutes for purposes of the 1999-2001 biennial budget bill, the department of transportation shall include information concerning the appropriation under section 20.395 (3) (bq) of the statutes, as affected by this act, that increases the amount of that appropriation, and the appropriation under section 20.395 (3) (br) of the statutes that decreases the amount of that appropriation, by an amount equal to the expected savings to be realized in the 1999-2001 fiscal biennium by the treatment of section 86.303 (6) (e) of the statutes by this act.

(4z) Neenah bicycle-pedestrian facility. Notwithstanding limitations on the amount and use of aids provided under section 86.31 of the statutes, the department of transportation shall pay 50% of the costs or $125,000, whichever is less, for a bicycle-pedestrian overpass over USH 41 in the city of Neenah. Payment under this subsection shall be made from the appropriation under section 20.395 (2) (fr) of the statutes, as affected by this act, and is in addition to Neenah's entitlement, as defined in section 86.31 (1) (ar) of the statutes, to aids under section 86.31 of the statutes.

(5g) Report on major highway project passing lanes. On or before April 1, 1998, the secretary of transportation shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance summarizing the costs and benefits of adding passing lanes to the highways that are enumerated under section 84.013 (3) of the statutes, as affected by this act, but on which construction has not commenced. The report shall include recommendations as to which of those highways or portions of those highways, if any, should have passing lanes added before construction is commenced on the entire project enumerated under section 84.013 of the statutes, as affected by this act. The recom mendations shall be based upon considerations of design and construction of such passing lanes that are least likely to increase the total cost to complete the major highway project.

(6f) Noise barriers. During fiscal year 1998-99, the department of transportation shall allocate $1,000,000 from the appropriation under section 20.395 (3) (cq) of the statutes, as affected by this act, for the construction of noise attenuation barriers along existing highways.

27,9150 Section 9150. Nonstatutory provisions; treasurer.

(1) Transfer of division of trust lands and investments.

(a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, all assets and liabilities of the office of the state treasurer relating to the division of trust lands and investments shall become the assets and liabilities of the department of administration.

(b) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the office of the state treasurer relating to the division of trust lands and investments is transferred to the department of administration.

(c) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the office of the state treasurer relating to the division of trust lands and investments, which are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph, remain in effect and are transferred to the department of administration. The department of administration shall carry out any such contractual obligations until modified or rescinded by the department of administration to the extent allowed under the contract.

(d) Employe transfers and status. On the effective date of this paragraph, all incumbent employes holding positions in the office of the state treasurer relating to the division of trust lands and investments, as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred to the department of administration. Employes transferred under this paragraph have all rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes, as affected by this act, that they enjoyed in the office of the state treasurer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employe so transferred who has attained permanent status in class may be required to serve a probationary period.

(e) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the office of the state treasurer relating to the division of trust lands and investments on the effective date of this paragraph is transferred to the department of administration and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the office of the state treasurer with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department of administration.

(f) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the office of the state treasurer relating to the division of trust lands and investments that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the department of administration. All orders issued by the office of the state treasurer relating to the division of trust lands and investments that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the department of administration.

27,9153 Section 9153.6 Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin System.

(1g) Project Success. From the appropriation under section 20.285 (1) (a) of the statutes, the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall allocate $125,000 in the 1997-98 fiscal year and $125,000 in the 1998-99 fiscal year to Project Success at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in order to expand the program from 55 students to 77 students. The board shall also provide 2.0 FTE positions for Project Success at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

(2t) University of Wisconsin-Extension.

(a) The board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall develop a plan for allocating in the 1997-98 and 1998-99 fiscal years the reduction in the base budget of the University of Wisconsin-Extension funded from general purpose revenue that this act represents. The plan shall allocate the reductions so as to minimize their effect on local and federal funds received by the University of Wisconsin-Extension.

(b) Within 45 days after the effective date of this paragraph, the board shall submit the plan developed under paragraph (a) to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan within 14 working days after the date that the plan was submitted, the board may implement the plan. If, within 14 working days after the date that the plan was submitted, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the board may not implement the plan until the committee approves the plan.

(c) By October 1, 1998, the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall submit a report on the University of Wisconsin-Extension to the governor, the joint committee on finance and the joint legislative audit committee. The report shall include all of the following:

1. An explanation of how the reductions described under paragraph (a) were made so as to meet the concerns that were expressed in the legislative audit bureau's April 1997 report on the University of Wisconsin-Extension.

2. A description of the practices that the board has implemented to improve accountability, reporting, coordination and administrative efficiency.

3. A description of the methods that the board has adopted to establish a consistent fee policy and to generate sufficient program revenue to reduce reliance on general purpose revenue.

4. A description of the board's efforts to better focus the mission of the University of Wisconsin-Extension in order to avoid duplication of services, eliminate outdated services and extend programs to individuals who were previously not served by the University of Wisconsin-Extension.

(2zgg) Family practice residency program. Of the moneys appropriated to the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, under section 20.285 (1) (fc) of the statutes, $90,900 in fiscal year 1997-98 and $181,900 in fiscal year 1998-99 may be expended only to expand family practice residency programs that provide services in medically underserved areas within the central portion of the city of Milwaukee.

(3g) Transfer of recycling market development board incumbents.

(a) On the effective date of this subsection, 4 incumbent employes holding positions in the University of Wisconsin System performing duties primarily related to the functions of the recycling market development board, as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred to the department of commerce to hold 4 SEG project positions in the department of commerce, for the period ending on June 30, 2001, to perform duties primarily related to the functions of the recycling market development board.

(b) Employes transferred under paragraph (a) may transfer with them to the project positions rights and benefits previously earned, as provided in section 230.27 (2m) (b) of the statutes.

(3pjf) Great Lakes studies. The authorized FTE positions for the University of Wisconsin System are increased by 0.6 GPR position, to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.285 (1) (a) of the statutes, and by 0.4 PR position, to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.285 (1) (kb) of the statutes, as created by this act, for the purpose of performing studies of Great Lakes fish.

(4g) Study of faculty salaries. The Robert M. La Follette Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison shall study the method that the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System uses to compare the salaries of faculty at the University of Wisconsin System to the salaries of faculty at other institutions of higher education in this country. In particular, the Institute shall review the institutions selected as peer institutions for the purpose of such comparisons. In conducting the study, the Institute shall take into account differences in fringe benefits provided by different institutions and the cost of living applicable to faculty at different institutions. The Institute shall report the results of its study to the joint committee on finance by December 1, 1998.

(4h) Distinguished chair of military history. Of the amount appropriated under section 20.285 (1) (a) of the statutes in the 1998-99 fiscal year, the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System may expend up to $250,000 to establish a distinguished chair of military history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison under section 36.25 (42) of the statutes, as created by this act, if the board receives at least $750,000 in private contributions for the same purpose.

(4x) Funding of 1997-99 University of Wisconsin System faculty and academic staff pay adjustments. Notwithstanding section 16.505 (4) (b) of the statutes, for employes who are eligible to receive compensation adjustments under section 230.12 (3) (e) of the statutes, the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System may use moneys appropriated under section 20.285 (1) (im) of the statutes, as affected by this act, to pay for the compensation adjustments approved under section 230.12 (3) (e) of the statutes for the 1997-99 biennium, but only up to an amount that equals the difference between the amount that the University of Wisconsin System, under section 20.928 (1) of the statutes, certifies is needed under section 20.865 (1) (ci), (d), (ic) and (j) of the statutes to fully fund the compensation adjustments and the amount that the secretary of administration determines is required under section 20.865 (1) (ci), (d), (ic) and (j) of the statutes to pay for the compensation adjustments.

(5m) Laboratory of hygiene board. Notwithstanding section 15.915 (2) (b) of the statutes, as affected by this act, one of the additional members of the laboratory of hygiene board appointed under that paragraph shall be initially appointed for a term expiring on May 1, 1999; one of the additional members of the laboratory of hygiene board and the member of the laboratory of hygiene board who represents occupational health laboratories who are appointed under that paragraph shall be initially appointed for terms expiring on May 1, 2000; and one of the additional members of the laboratory of hygiene board appointed under that paragraph shall be initially appointed for a term expiring on May 1, 2001.

27,9154 Section 9154. Nonstatutory provisions; veterans affairs.

(1) Rules on personal loans. Using the procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes, the department of veterans affairs shall promulgate rules for the administration of the veterans personal loan program under section 45.356 of the statutes, as affected by this act. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a) and (2) (b) of the statutes, the department need not provide evidence of the necessity of preservation of the public peace, health, safety or welfare in promulgating rules under this subsection.