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5. Include the protections specified in s. 196.209 (4) (a) and (b). Before
6promulgating the rules required under this subdivision, the commission shall
7consult with the telecommunications privacy council appointed under s. 196.209 (5)
8(a).
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(d) The commission shall submit an annual report to the board on the status
10of providing data lines and video links that are requested under par. (c) 1. and the
11impact on the universal service fund of any payment under sub. (5) (a) 5.
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(e) If the federal communications commission promulgates or modifies rules
13that provide rate discounts for telecommunications services to school districts,
14technical college districts, private colleges or public library boards under
47 USC
15254, the governor shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance that
16includes any recommended changes to statutes or rules with respect to funding the
17program established under par. (b).
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(f) Notwithstanding pars. (b) and (c), technical college districts are not eligible
19to participate in the program established under par. (b) before April 1, 1998. In
20consultation with the commission, the board shall determine by April 1, 1998,
21whether there are sufficient moneys in the appropriation under s. 20.275 (1) (s) to
22include technical college districts in the program established under par. (b). If the
23board determines that there are sufficient moneys, technical college districts are
24eligible to participate in the program established under par. (b) beginning on April
251, 1998.
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1(g) From the appropriation under s. 20.275 (1) (s), the board may award an
2annual grant to a school district that had in effect on May 1, 1997, a contract for
3access to a data line or video link, as documented by the commission. The board shall
4determine the amount of the grant, which shall be equal to the cost incurred by the
5state to provide telecommunications access to a school district under a contract
6entered into under s. 16.974 (7) (a) less the amount that the school district would be
7paying under par. (c) 4. if the school district were participating in the program
8established under par. (b). A school district receiving a grant under this paragraph
9is not eligible to participate in the program under par. (b). No grant may be awarded
10under this paragraph after June 30, 2002.
SB77-SSA1, s. 3151
11Section
3151. 196.218 (5) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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196.218
(5) (a) (intro.) The commission shall
require that use the moneys in the
13universal service fund
be used only for any of the following purposes:
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196.218
(5) (a) 5. To pay costs incurred under contracts under s. 16.974 (7) to
16the extent that these costs are not paid under sub. (4r) (c) 4.
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196.218
(5) (a) 6. To pay the department of administration for
19telecommunications services provided under s. 16.973 (1) to the campuses of the
20University of Wisconsin System at River Falls, Stout, Superior and Whitewater.
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196.218
(5) (b) The commission shall promulgate rules to determine whether
23a telecommunications provider, the customers of a telecommunications provider or
24another person shall be assisted by the universal service fund for any use under par.
25(a)
1. to 4.
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196.218
(5m) Rule review. At Except for rules promulgated under sub. (4r) (b),
3at least biennially, the commission shall review and revise as appropriate rules
4promulgated under this section.
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196.218
(6) (b) The universal service fund council shall advise the commission
7concerning the administration of this section and the content of rules promulgated
8under this section.
This paragraph does not apply to the administration of sub. (4r)
9and rules promulgated under sub. (4r) (b).
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196.36
(1r) Production expenses. The commission may require any party to
12an investigation or hearing to bear the expense of producing a transcript, audiotape
13or videotape that is related to the investigation or hearing.
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196.36
(2) Copies. A Upon request, the commission shall furnish a copy of a
16transcript under this section
shall be furnished on demand free of cost to any party
17to the investigation or hearing from which the transcript is taken
. Upon request, the
18commission and shall furnish a copy of an audiotape or videotape to any party to the
19investigation or hearing from which the audiotape or videotape is taken. The
20commission may charge a reasonable price for the
transcript or tape.
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196.491
(4) Exemptions. (a) Subsection (2) does not apply to a person that
23constructs, owns or operates electric generating equipment and associated facilities
24if all of the following are satisfied:
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11. The person is not a public utility or a cooperative association organized under
2ch. 185 for the purpose of generating, distributing or furnishing electric energy at
3retail or wholesale to its members only.
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2. The person reasonably anticipates, at the time that construction of the
5equipment or facilities commences, that on each day that the equipment and
6facilities are in operation the person will consume no less than 70% of the aggregate
7kilowatt hours output from the equipment and facilities in manufacturing processes
8at the site where the equipment and facilities are located.
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3. The person consumes no less than 70% of the aggregate kilowatt hours
10output from the equipment and facilities, calculated on a monthly basis for each
11month of the biennial period preceding the date on which the plan under sub. (2)
12must be filed, in manufacturing processes at the site where the equipment and
13facilities are located.
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(b) Subsection (3) does not apply to a person that constructs electric generating
15equipment and associated facilities if the person satisfies the requirements specified
16in par. (a) 1. and 2.
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196.499
(1) Scope. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a
19telecommunications carrier is not subject to regulation under this chapter, except
20that a telecommunications carrier shall comply with the requirements of this
21section, shall be treated under ss. 196.209, 196.218 (8) and 196.219 (4d) as a
22telecommunications provider, under s. 196.85 as a telecommunications utility and
23under s. 196.858 as an interexchange telecommunications utility, may be assessed
24under s. 196.218 (3) as a telecommunications provider and shall respond, subject to
25the protection of the telecommunications carrier's competitive information, to all
1reasonable requests for information about its operations in this state from the
2commission necessary to
establish and administer the universal service fund. A
3telecommunications carrier may not be assessed in a manner that is inconsistent
4with this section.
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196.857
(1m) (b) The amount appropriated under s. 20.115
(8) (3) (j), less any
8fees received from farmers under sub. (2g) and credited to the appropriation
account 9under s. 20.115
(8) (3) (j). The amounts received under this paragraph shall be
10credited to the appropriation
made in account under s. 20.115
(8) (3) (j).
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196.857
(2g) Farm service fees. The commission may charge reasonable fees
13not to exceed $300 per farm for services provided to farmers under this section. The
14fees shall be in accordance with a standardized schedule of fees established by the
15commission by rule. The fees collected under this subsection shall be credited to the
16appropriation account under s. 20.115
(8) (3) (j) in each fiscal year.
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198.12
(2) Service of process on, personal injury claims, venue. The district
19shall sue or be sued in its corporate name and service of process upon the district
20shall be by service upon the chairperson of the board and the clerk of the district, but
21no action shall be brought or maintained against a district upon a claim or cause of
22action unless the claimant complies with s. 893.80. Compliance with s. 893.80 is not
23required under this subsection in actions commenced under s. 19.37
or, 19.97
or
24281.99. All actions by or against the district, except condemnation proceedings and
25actions to which the state or any officer or commission thereof is a party, shall be
1brought in the circuit court for the county in which its principal administrative office
2is located.
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214.37
(4) (k) 1. An affidavit stating that the person has standing under s.
5867.01 (3) or 867.02 (2) to petition for summary settlement or assignment of a
6decedent's estate or that the person is an heir
who
of the decedent, or was guardian,
7as defined in s. 880.01 (3), of the decedent at the time of the decedent's death, and 8may obtain transfer of property of a decedent under s. 867.03.
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214.495
(1) A mortgage taken and recorded by a savings bank shall have
11priority over all liens, except tax and special assessment liens and liens under ss.
12292.31 (8) (i)
, 292.41 (6) (d) and 292.81, upon the mortgaged premises and the
13buildings and improvements thereon, that are filed after the recording of the
14mortgage.
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215.21
(4) (a) All mortgages described in this section shall have priority over
17all liens, except tax and special assessment liens and liens under ss. 292.31 (8) (i)
,
18292.41 (6) (d) and 292.81, upon the mortgaged premises and the buildings and
19improvements thereon, which shall be filed subsequent to the recording of such
20mortgage.
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215.26
(8) (e) 1. Submits an affidavit stating that the person has standing
23under s. 867.01 (3) or 867.02 (2) to petition for summary settlement or assignment
24of a decedent's estate or that the person is an heir
who of the decedent, or was
1guardian, as defined in s. 880.01 (3), of the decedent at the time of the decedent's
2death, and may obtain transfer of property of a decedent under s. 867.03; and
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218.01
(7a) (a) A motor vehicle may not be offered for sale by any motor vehicle
5dealer or motor vehicle salesperson unless the mileage on the motor vehicle is
6disclosed in writing by the transferor on the certificate of title or on a form
or in an
7automated format authorized by the department of transportation to reassign the
8title to the dealer and the disclosure is subsequently shown to the retail purchaser
9by the dealer or salesperson prior to sale. The department of transportation may
10promulgate rules to exempt types of motor vehicles from this mileage disclosure
11requirement and shall promulgate rules for making the disclosure requirement on
12a form
or in an automated format other than the certificate of title.
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218.33
(2) (b) For each motor vehicle offered for sale by a motor vehicle dealer,
15the transferring dealer shall provide the motor vehicle auction dealer with clear title
16or shall furnish title insurance at the time of the sale. For each motor vehicle sold
17at an auction, the motor vehicle auction dealer shall enter on the certificate of title,
18or on the form
or in the automated format used to reassign the title, any information
19that the department requires to indicate that ownership of the vehicle was
20transferred through an auction sale.
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218.52
(3) For each motor vehicle sold by a motor vehicle salvage pool, the
23motor vehicle salvage pool shall enter on the certificate of title, or on the form
or in
24the automated format used to reassign the title, any information that the
1department requires to indicate that ownership of the vehicle was transferred by a
2motor vehicle salvage pool.
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221.0102
(4) (bm) The bank's surplus.
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221.0303
(2) Operation and acquisition of customer bank communications
7terminals. A bank may, directly or indirectly, acquire, place and operate, or
8participate in the acquisition, placement and operation of, at locations other than its
9main or branch offices, customer bank communications terminals, in accordance
10with rules established by the division. The rules of the division shall provide that
11any such customer bank communications terminal shall be available for use, on a
12nondiscriminatory basis, by any state or national bank
and by all customers
13designated by a bank using the terminal. This subsection does not authorize a bank
14which has its principal place of business outside this state to conduct banking
15business in this state. The customer bank communications terminals also shall be
16available for use, on a nondiscriminatory basis, by any credit union, savings and loan
17association or savings bank, if the credit union, savings and loan association or
18savings bank requests to share its use, subject to rules jointly established by the
19division of banking, the office of credit unions and the division of savings and loan.
20The division by order may authorize the installation and operation of a customer
21bank communications terminal in a mobile facility, after notice and hearing upon the
22proposed service stops of the mobile facility.
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224.71
(1r) (b) 1.
The Wisconsin housing and economic development authority,
25or a A bank, trust company, savings bank, savings and loan association, insurance
1company, or a land mortgage or farm loan association organized under the laws of
2this state or of the United States, when engaged in the transaction of business within
3the scope of its corporate powers as provided by law.
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224.71
(1r) (b) 1m. A community-based organization, as defined in s. 16.30 (1),
6or a housing authority, as defined in s. 16.30 (2).
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224.71
(1r) (b) 3. Employes of persons described in subds. 1.
and to 2. if the
9employe is performing his or her duties as an employe.
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224.71
(2) (b) 1.
The Wisconsin housing and economic development authority,
12or a A bank, trust company, savings bank, savings and loan association, insurance
13company, or a land mortgage or farm loan association organized under the laws of
14this state or of the United States, when engaged in the transaction of business within
15the scope of its corporate powers as provided by law.
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224.71
(2) (b) 1m. A community-based organization, as defined in s. 16.30 (1),
18or a housing authority, as defined in s. 16.30 (2).
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224.71
(2) (b) 3. Employes of persons described in subds. 1.
and to 2. if the
21employe is performing his or her duties as an employe.
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224.71
(3) (b) 1.
The Wisconsin housing and economic development authority,
24or a A bank, trust company, savings bank, savings and loan association, insurance
25company, or a land mortgage or farm loan association organized under the laws of
1this state or of the United States, when engaged in the transaction of business within
2the scope of its corporate powers as provided by law.
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224.71
(3) (b) 1m. A community-based organization, as defined in s. 16.30 (1),
5or a housing authority, as defined in s. 16.30 (2).
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224.71
(3) (b) 3. Employes of persons described in subds. 1.
and to 2. if the
8employe is performing his or her duties as an employe.
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224.72
(5) (b) 1. Upon receiving a properly completed application for
11registration as a mortgage banker, the fee specified
in sub. (8) (b) and
, except as
12provided in s. 224.85 (2), satisfactory evidence of compliance with sub. (4), the
13department shall issue to the applicant a temporary certificate of registration as a
14mortgage banker. A temporary certificate of registration is valid for 6 months after
15the date of issuance.
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224.72
(7) Renewal of registration. A loan originator, loan solicitor or
18mortgage banker shall renew a certificate of registration by submitting to the
19department a renewal application and the applicable renewal fee specified under
20sub. (8) (c) on or before the applicable renewal date specified under sub. (8) (c).
21Except as provided in s. 224.85 (2), an An applicant for renewal of a certificate of
22registration as a mortgage banker shall, as part of the application, refile a bond that
23satisfies sub. (4) (b) or resubmit evidence that satisfies sub. (4) (a) or (c).
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1227.01
(13) (ys) Establishes a technical standard for abating nonpoint source
2water pollution under s. 281.16 (2) (c) or (3) (c).
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227.01
(13) (zi) Lists responsible units, as defined in s. 287.01 (9), and
5out-of-state units, as defined in s. 287.01 (5), with an effective recycling program
6registered under s.
287.11 (3) 287.115.
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7Section
3277. 227.116 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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227.116
(4) (intro.) If an agency fails to review and make a determination on
9a permit application within the time period specified in a rule or law, for each such
10failure the agency shall prepare a report and submit it to the
permit information and
11regulatory assistance bureau business development assistance center within 5
12business days of the last day of the time period specified, setting forth all of the
13following:
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227.116
(5) If an agency fails to review and make a determination on a permit
16application within the time period specified in a rule or law, upon completion of the
17review and determination for that application, the agency shall notify the
permit
18information and regulatory assistance bureau business development assistance
19center.
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227.43
(1m) Upon the request of an agency that is not prohibited from
22contracting with a 3rd party for contested case hearing services, the administrator
23of the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration may
24contract with the agency to provide the contested case hearing services and may
1assign a hearing examiner to preside over any hearing performed under such a
2contract.
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227.43
(3) (b) The administrator of the division of hearings and appeals may
5set the fees to be charged for any services rendered to the department of
6transportation by a hearing examiner under this section. The fee shall cover the total
7cost of the services less any costs covered by the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4)
(q) 8(f).