AB768-ASA1,76,2521
36.27
(2) (c) Any student who is a graduate of a Wisconsin high school and
22whose parents are bona fide residents of this state for 12 months next preceding the
23beginning of any semester or session for which the student registers at
a university
24or center an institution or whose last surviving parent was a bona fide resident of this
25state for the 12 months preceding death is entitled to the exemption under par. (a).
AB768-ASA1,77,92
36.27
(2) (cm) Any person continuously employed full time in this state, who
3was relocated to this state by his or her current employer or who moved to this state
4for employment purposes and accepted his or her current employment before
5applying for admission to an institution
or center and before moving, and the spouse
6and dependents of any such person, are entitled to the exemption under par. (a) if the
7student demonstrates an intent to establish and maintain a permanent home in
8Wisconsin according to the criteria under par. (e). In this paragraph, "dependents"
9has the meaning given in
26 USC 152 (a).
AB768-ASA1,77,1411
36.27
(2) (d) Any person who has not been a bona fide resident of the state for
1212 months next preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which such
13person registers at
a university or center an institution, except as provided in this
14subsection, is not exempt from the payment of the nonresident tuition.
AB768-ASA1,77,19
1636.30 Sick leave. Leave of absence for
persons holding positions under s.
1720.923 (4g) and (5), faculty and academic staff personnel with pay, owing to sickness,
18shall be regulated by rules of the board, except that unused sick leave shall
19accumulate from year to year.
AB768-ASA1,77,2221
36.43
(4) A procedure for handling and resolving complaints within each
center
22and institution.
AB768-ASA1,78,14
136.46
(1) (a) The board may not accumulate any auxiliary reserve funds from
2student fees for any institution
, or for the centers in aggregate, in an amount that
3exceeds an amount equal to 15% of the previous fiscal year's total revenues from
4student segregated fees and auxiliary operations funded from student fees for that
5institution
, or for the centers in aggregate, unless the reserve funds are approved by
6the secretary of administration and the joint committee on finance under this
7subsection. A request by the board for such approval for any fiscal year shall be filed
8by the board with the secretary of administration and the cochairpersons of the joint
9committee on finance no later than September 15 of that fiscal year. The request
10shall include a plan specifying the amount of reserve funds the board wishes to
11accumulate and the purposes to which the reserve funds would be applied, if
12approved. Within 14 working days of receipt of the request, the secretary of
13administration shall notify the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance in
14writing of whether the secretary proposes to approve the reserve fund accumulation.
AB768-ASA1,78,2317
36.51
(2) Any
center college campus or institution approved by the board may
18establish a system to provide the opportunity for authorized elderly persons to
19participate in its meal program. If a
center college campus or institution desires to
20establish such a service, it shall develop a plan for the provision of food services for
21elderly persons and submit the plan to the board. Annually, the board shall notify
22the department of public instruction of the approved
centers college campuses and
23institutions.
AB768-ASA1,79,5
136.51
(3) Each plan shall provide at least one meal per day for each day that
2school is in regular session. The
center college campus or institution may provide
3additional service at other times in its discretion, if the number of eligible persons
4in the area is of sufficient size, in the opinion of the board, so that unwarranted
5production expense is not incurred.
AB768-ASA1,79,117
36.51
(4) Any
center college campus or institution that operates a food services
8plan for elderly persons under this section shall make facilities available for service
9to elderly persons at every facility that provides hot food service to its students. Upon
10application, the board may grant exceptions from compliance with this subsection for
11reasons of safety, convenience or insufficient interest in a given neighborhood.
AB768-ASA1,79,2013
36.51
(5) Meals may be served at schools where they are served to students or
14at any site more convenient to the majority of authorized elderly persons interested
15in the service. Food may be transported to authorized elderly persons who are unable
16to leave their homes or distributed to nonprofit organizations for such purposes.
17However, no state funds under this section may be used for food delivery to individual
18homes. The board may require consolidation of programs between
centers college
19campuses and institutions and between schools if such a procedure will be
20convenient and economical.
AB768-ASA1,80,423
36.51
(6) The
center college campus or institution may file a claim with the
24department of public instruction for reimbursement for reasonable expenses
25incurred, excluding capital equipment costs, but not to exceed 15% of the cost of the
1meal or 50 cents per meal, whichever is less. Any cost in excess of the lesser amount
2may be charged to participants. If the department of public instruction approves the
3claim, it shall certify that payment is due and the state treasurer shall pay the claim
4from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cn).
AB768-ASA1,80,137
36.51
(7) All meals served must meet the approval of the board, which shall
8establish minimum nutritional standards and reasonable expenditure limits
9consistent with the standards and limits established by the state superintendent of
10public instruction under s. 115.345 (6). The board shall give special consideration
11to the dietary problems of elderly persons in formulating a nutritional plan.
12However, no
center college campus or institution may be required to provide special
13foods for individual persons with allergies or medical disorders.
AB768-ASA1,80,2015
36.51
(8) Participants in a program under this section may be required to
16document their Wisconsin residency in a manner approved by the board. The board
17may issue identification cards to such persons if necessary. A
center college campus 18or institution may admit nonresidents who would otherwise qualify into its program,
19but no state funds under this section may be used to subsidize any portion of the
20meals served to such persons.
AB768-ASA1,80,2422
36.54
(2) (f) The environmental education board may use up to 5% of the
23amount appropriated under s. 20.285 (1) (rc) to administer the grants under this
24subsection.
AB768-ASA1,81,5
138.12
(8) (b) The district boards shall actively coordinate, with the institutions
2and centers within the university of Wisconsin system, the sharing of programs and
3facilities, including the collegiate transfer program, adult education and evening
4courses and part-time student and associate degree programs, in order to reduce the
5duplication of such programs and facilities.
AB768-ASA1,81,117
38.28
(1m) (a) 2. "District aidable cost" for any district that does not have an
8institution or
center college campus located in the district does not include costs
9associated with the collegiate transfer program at the district school. In this
10subdivision, "institution" and
"center "
college campus" have the meanings specified
11under s. 36.05.
AB768-ASA1,81,1613
38.28
(2) (b) 2. The most current equalized values certified by the department
14of revenue shall be used in aid determinations.
Equalized values shall include the
15full value of computers that are exempt under s. 70.11 (39) as determined under s.
1679.095 (3).
AB768-ASA1,81,2418
38.28
(4) From the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (dm), the board shall
19annually pay to any district that does not have an institution or
center college
20campus located within the district an amount equal to that portion of the
21instructional costs of the district's collegiate transfer program not supported by fees
22and tuition that is equal to the state support of similar programs in the university
23of Wisconsin system, as determined by the board. In this subsection, "institution"
24and
"center
"college campus" have the meanings specified under s. 36.05.
AB768-ASA1,82,10
139.41
(2) (a) If a designated scholar under sub. (1m) is admitted to and enrolls,
2on a full-time basis, by September 30 of the academic year immediately following the
3school year in which the senior was designated a scholar, in
a center or an institution
4within the university of Wisconsin system or in a technical college district school that
5is participating in the program under this section, the scholar shall receive a higher
6education scholarship that exempts the scholar from all tuition and fees, including
7segregated fees, at the
center, institution or district school for one year, except that
8the maximum scholarship for a scholar who receives an original scholarship for the
91996-97 academic year or for any academic year thereafter may not exceed $2,250
10per academic year.
AB768-ASA1,82,2213
39.41
(2) (b) For each year that a scholar who receives a scholarship under par.
14(a) is enrolled full time, maintains at least a 3.000 grade point average, or the
15equivalent as determined by the
center, institution or district school, and makes
16satisfactory progress toward an associate or a bachelor's degree, the student shall be
17exempt from all tuition and fees, including segregated fees, in the subsequent year,
18except that the maximum scholarship for a scholar who receives an original
19scholarship for the 1996-97 academic year or for any academic year thereafter may
20not exceed $2,250 per academic year. No scholar is eligible for an exemption for more
21than 4 years
at a center or institution in the University of Wisconsin System or more
22than 3 years at a district school.
AB768-ASA1,83,6
139.41
(2) (c) Subject to sub. (4), for each year the student is exempt from tuition
2and fees under par. (a) or (b), the board shall pay the
center, institution or district
3school, on behalf of the student, an amount equal to 50% of the student's tuition and
4fees, except that the maximum payment for a student who receives an original
5scholarship for the 1996-97 academic year or for any academic year thereafter may
6not exceed $1,125 per academic year.
AB768-ASA1,83,179
39.41
(4) (a) The board shall make the payments under subs. (2) (c) and (3) only
10if the
center, institution, district school or private institution matches the amount of
11the payment from institutional funds, gifts or grants. Beginning in the 1992-93
12school year, the matching requirement under this paragraph for the
centers and 13institutions within the university of Wisconsin system shall be satisfied by payments
14of an amount equal to the total payments from the
centers and institutions made
15under this paragraph in the 1991-92 school year and, if such payments are
16insufficient to satisfy the matching requirement, by the waiver of academic fees
17established under s. 36.27.
AB768-ASA1,83,2420
39.41
(5) (a) 1. Each
center or institution within the university of Wisconsin
21system, technical college district school and private institution of higher education
22that wishes to participate in the scholarship program under this section in academic
23year 1999-2000 and thereafter shall notify the board by October 1, 1998, that the
24institution wishes to participate.
AB768-ASA1,84,10
140.02
(17) (m) Notwithstanding par. (d), each participant who is a state
2probation and parole officer on or after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor
3inserts date], shall be granted creditable service as a protective occupation
4participant for all covered service as a state probation and parole officer that was
5earned on or after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], but
6may not be granted creditable service as a protective occupation participant for any
7covered service as a state probation and parole officer that was earned before the
8effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], unless that service was
9earned while the participant was classified under sub. (48) (a) and s. 40.06 (1) (d) as
10a protective occupation participant.
AB768-ASA1,84,1812
40.02
(30) "Executive participating employe" means a participating employe
13in a position designated under s. 19.42 (10) (L) or 20.923 (4),
(4g), (4m), (8) or (9) or
14authorized under s. 230.08 (2) (e) during the time of employment. All service credited
15prior to May 17, 1988, as executive service as defined under s. 40.02 (31), 1985 stats.,
16shall continue to be treated as executive service as defined under s. 40.02 (31), 1985
17stats., but no other service rendered prior to May 17, 1988, may be changed to
18executive service as defined under s. 40.02 (31), 1985 stats.
AB768-ASA1,85,420
40.02
(48) (am) "Protective occupation participant" includes any participant
21whose name is certified to the fund as provided in s. 40.06 (1) (d) and (dm) and who
22is a conservation warden, conservation patrol boat captain, conservation patrol boat
23engineer, conservation pilot, conservation patrol officer, forest fire control assistant,
24member of the state patrol, state motor vehicle inspector, police officer, fire fighter,
25sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff,
state probation and parole officer, county traffic
1police officer, state forest ranger, fire watcher employed by the Wisconsin veterans
2home, state correctional-psychiatric officer, excise tax investigator employed by the
3department of revenue, special criminal investigation agent in the department of
4justice, assistant or deputy fire marshal, or person employed under s. 61.66 (1).
AB768-ASA1,85,176
40.02
(48) (c) In s. 40.65, "protective occupation participant" means a
7participating employe who is a police officer, fire fighter, an individual determined
8by a participating employer under par. (a) or (bm) to be a protective occupation
9participant, county undersheriff, deputy sheriff,
state probation and parole officer, 10county traffic police officer, conservation warden, state forest ranger, field
11conservation employe of the department of natural resources who is subject to call
12for forest fire control or warden duty, member of the state traffic patrol, state motor
13vehicle inspector, university of Wisconsin system full-time police officer, guard or
14any other employe whose principal duties are supervision and discipline of inmates
15at a state penal institution, excise tax investigator employed by the department of
16revenue, person employed under s. 61.66 (1), or special criminal investigation agent
17employed by the department of justice.
AB768-ASA1,85,2119
40.02
(57) "University" means
any college, school or department under the
20control and management of the board of regents of the university of Wisconsin
21system under ch. 36.
AB768-ASA1,86,923
40.08
(1) Exemptions. The benefits payable to, or other rights and interests of
, 24any member, beneficiary or distributee of any estate under any of the benefit plans
25administered by the department, including insurance payments, shall be exempt
1from any tax levied by the state or any subdivision of the state and shall not be
2assignable, either in law or equity, or be subject to execution, levy, attachment,
3garnishment or other legal process except as specifically provided in this section
;
4except that, notwithstanding s. 40.01 (2), the department of revenue may attach
5benefit payments to satisfy delinquent tax obligations. The board and any member
6or agent thereof and the department and any employe or agent thereof are immune
7from civil liability for any act or omission while performing official duties relating to
8withholding any annuity payment under this subsection. The exemption from
9taxation under this section shall not apply with respect to any tax on income.
AB768-ASA1, s. 86
11Section
86. 40.25 (7) (g) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB768-ASA1,86,1312
40.25
(7) (g) The crediting of any service under this subsection is subject to any
13applicable requirements under section
415 of the Internal Revenue Code.
AB768-ASA1, s. 87
14Section
87. 40.31 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB768-ASA1,86,1915
40.31
(1) General limitation. The maximum retirement benefits payable to
16a participant in a calendar year, excluding benefits attributable to contributions
17subject to any limitations under s. 40.23 (2) (a), (2m) (c) and (3), may not exceed the
18maximum benefit limitation established under section
415 (b) of the Internal
19Revenue Code.
AB768-ASA1, s. 89
21Section
89. 40.32 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB768-ASA1,87,322
40.32
(1) The sum of all contributions allocated to a participant's account under
23each defined contribution plan sponsored by the employer, including all employer
24contributions and picked-up contributions credited with interest at the effective rate
25under ss. 40.04 (4) (a) and (5) (b) and 40.05 (2) (g) and all employe contributions made
1under ss. 40.02 (17) and 40.05 (1) and (2m), may not in any calendar year exceed the
2maximum contribution limitation established under section
415 (c) of the Internal
3Revenue Code.
AB768-ASA1,87,115
40.32
(3) Any contribution that the department receives, which is allocated to
6the account of a participant and which exceeds the contributions limitation under
7this section, may be refunded or credited as provided in s. 40.08 (6). If the
8department refunds any contributions that exceed the limitation under this section,
9the department shall first refund amounts voluntarily contributed by a participating
10employe
, either as an additional contribution under s. 40.05 (1) (a) 5.
or a purchase
11of forfeited or creditable service under s. 40.02 (17) or 40.25 (6) (a) or (7) (a).
AB768-ASA1,87,1714
40.51
(8) Every health care coverage plan offered by the state under sub. (6)
15shall comply with ss. 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 632.72 (2), 632.746 (1) to (8) and (10),
16632.747, 632.748, 632.85,
632.853, 632.855, 632.87 (3) to (5), 632.895 (5m) and (8) to
17(13) and 632.896.
AB768-ASA1,87,2220
40.51
(8m) Every health care coverage plan offered by the group insurance
21board under sub. (7) shall comply with ss. 632.746 (1) to (8) and (10), 632.747,
22632.748, 632.85
, 632.853, 632.855 and 632.895 (11) to (13).
AB768-ASA1, s. 90bp
23Section 90bp. 40.51 (12) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB768-ASA1,88,3
140.51
(12) Every managed care plan, as defined in s. 609.01 (3c), and every
2limited service health organization, as defined in s. 609.01 (3), that is offered by the
3state under sub. (6) shall comply with ch. 609.
AB768-ASA1,88,75
40.51
(13) Every managed care plan, as defined in s. 609.01 (3c), and every
6limited service health organization, as defined in s. 609.01 (3), that is offered by the
7group insurance board under sub. (7) shall comply with ch. 609.
AB768-ASA1,88,139
40.65
(4v) A state probation and parole officer who becomes a protective
10occupation participant on or after the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor
11inserts date], is not entitled to a duty disability benefit under this section for an
12injury or disease occurring before the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor
13inserts date].
AB768-ASA1,88,2016
44.71
(2) (e) Subject to s. 196.218 (4r) (f), in cooperation with the department
17and the public service commission, provide telecommunications access to school
18districts, private schools,
cooperative educational service agencies, technical college
19districts, private colleges and public library boards under the program established
20under s. 196.218 (4r).
AB768-ASA1,89,223
45.25
(1) Administration. The department of veterans affairs shall administer
24a tuition and fee reimbursement program for eligible veterans enrolling as
25undergraduates in any institution
or center within the university of Wisconsin
1system, enrolling in any technical college under ch. 38 or receiving a waiver of
2nonresident tuition under s. 39.47.
AB768-ASA1,89,165
45.25
(3) (a) Except as provided in par. (am), an individual who meets the
6requirements under sub. (2), upon satisfactory completion of an undergraduate
7semester in any institution
or center within the university of Wisconsin system or
8a semester at any technical college district school under ch. 38, may be reimbursed
9for up to 50% of the individual's tuition and fees, but that reimbursement is limited
10to a maximum of 50% of the standard cost for a state resident for an equivalent
11undergraduate course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison per course or the
12difference between the individual's tuition and fees and the grants or scholarships,
13including those made under s. 21.49, that the individual receives specifically for the
14payment of the tuition or fees, whichever is less. Reimbursement is available only
15for tuition and fees that are part of a curriculum that is relevant to a degree in a
16particular course of study at the institution
, center or school.
AB768-ASA1,90,619
45.25
(3) (am) A disabled individual who meets the requirements under sub.
20(2) and whose disability is rated at 30% or more under
38 USC 1114 or
1134, upon
21satisfactory completion of an undergraduate semester in any institution
or center 22within the University of Wisconsin System or a semester at any technical college
23district school under ch. 38, may be reimbursed for up to 100% of the individual's
24tuition and fees, but that reimbursement is limited to 100% of the standard cost for
25a state resident for an equivalent undergraduate course at the University of
1Wisconsin-Madison per course, or the difference between the individual's tuition
2and fees and the grants or scholarships, including those made under s. 21.49, that
3the individual receives specifically for the payment of the tuition or fees, whichever
4is less. Reimbursement is available only for tuition and fees that are part of a
5curriculum that is relevant to a degree in a particular course of study at the
6institution
, center or school.
AB768-ASA1,90,108
45.25
(3) (b) 4. Contain the signatures of both the applicant and a
9representative of the institution
, center or school certifying that the applicant has
10satisfactorily completed the semester.
AB768-ASA1,90,1813
45.25
(4) (a) An individual is not eligible for reimbursement under sub. (2) for
14more than 120 credits of part-time study or 8 full semesters of full-time study at any
15institution
or center within the university of Wisconsin system, 60 credits of
16part-time study or 4 full semesters of full-time study at a technical college under ch.
1738, or an equivalent amount of credits at an institution where he or she is receiving
18a waiver of nonresident tuition under s. 39.47.