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11(d) A description of any proposed purchases of other equipment that would
12have to be foregone in order to make the proposed transfer from the appropriation
13account under section 20.370 (8) (mt) of the statutes, as affected by this act.
AB100-engrossed,2365,17
14(e) The programs within the department of natural resources that provided the
15revenue proposed to be expended under the plan and the programs within the
16department of natural resources that are proposed to be benefited by the
17expenditures.
AB100-engrossed,2366,2
18(7x) Limit on clean water fund program assistance. Notwithstanding section
19281.58 (6) (b) and (7) of the statutes, as affected by this act, during the 1997-99 fiscal
20biennium, the department of natural resources and the department of
21administration may not provide financial assistance under the clean water fund
22program, except for a loan at the market interest rate, for a project for wastewater
23treatment work expansion and extension of sanitary sewer mains or interceptors of
24over one mile if the project serves a community with a population of less than 2,500
1that is located on STH 42 and on one of the outlaying waters specified in section 29.01
2(11) of the statutes.
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3(8c) Allocation of clean water fund hardship assistance.
AB100-engrossed,2366,11
4(a) Notwithstanding section 281.59 (3e) (d) and (e) of the statutes, as affected
5by this act, in the 1997-99 fiscal biennium the department of natural resources may
6allocate for clean water fund financial hardship assistance an amount up to
7$20,160,000 from the amount under section 281.59 (3e) (b) 1. of the statutes, as
8affected by this act, and the department of natural resources and the department of
9administration may allocate for clean water fund financial assistance other than
10financial hardship assistance an amount up to $70,040,000 from the amount under
11section 281.59 (3e) (b) 1. of the statutes, as affected by this act.
AB100-engrossed,2366,16
12(b) From the amount that the department of natural resources is authorized
13to allocate under paragraph (a) for clean water fund financial hardship assistance,
14the department shall allocate an amount in fiscal year 1997-98 that is sufficient to
15fund the Pell Lake Sanitary District and Lake Como Beach Sanitary District projects
16in Walworth County.
AB100-engrossed,2366,17
17(8m) Clean water fund hardship assistance for the village of Wheeler.
AB100-engrossed,2366,21
18(a) Notwithstanding section 281.58 (13) (c) of the statutes, during fiscal year
191997-98, the department of natural resources shall provide a clean water fund
20financial hardship assistance grant of $213,000, rather than a loan, for a project in
21the village of Wheeler in Dunn County.
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22(b) The limits under section 281.59 (3e) (b) and (e) of the statutes, as affected
23by this act, may be exceeded by the amount necessary to fund the grant under
24paragraph (a).
AB100-engrossed,2367,17
1(8tt) Recreational boating project; Stockbridge Harbor. From the
2appropriation under section 20.370 (5) (cq) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the
3department of natural resources shall provide to Calumet County funding for the
4completion of Stockbridge Harbor on Lake Winnebago. Calumet County and the
5department shall contribute funding for the project. Calumet County shall
6contribute for the project the amount required by the department and approved by
7the Wisconsin waterways commission. If Calumet County conducts a boating safety
8enforcement and education program approved by the department, the department's
9contribution shall equal 90% of the project's costs or $630,000, whichever is less. If
10Calumet County does not conduct such a program approved by the department, the
11department's contribution shall equal 80% of the project's costs or $560,000,
12whichever is less. Calumet County's contribution may be in matching funds or
13in-kind contributions or both. The amount expended under this subsection shall be
14considered an expenditure for an inland water project as provided in section 30.92
15(4) (b) 6. of the statutes. This project need not be placed on the priority list under
16section 30.92 (3) (a) of the statutes. This subsection does not apply after June 30,
172000.
AB100-engrossed,2368,9
18(8tu) Recreational boating project; Columbia County Park. From the
19appropriation under section 20.370 (5) (cq) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the
20department of natural resources shall provide to Fond du Lac County funding for
21boat launching facilities at Columbia County Park on Lake Winnebago. Fond du Lac
22County and the department shall contribute funding for the project. Fond du Lac
23County shall contribute for the project the amount required by the department and
24approved by the Wisconsin waterways commission. If Fond du Lac County conducts
25a boating safety enforcement and education program approved by the department,
1the department's contribution shall equal 90% of the project's costs or $675,000,
2whichever is less. If Fond du Lac County does not conduct such a program approved
3by the department, the department's contribution shall equal 80% of the project's
4costs or $600,000, whichever is less. Fond du Lac County's contribution may be in
5matching funds or in-kind contributions or both. The amount expended under this
6subsection shall be considered an expenditure for an inland water project as provided
7in section 30.92 (4) (b) 6. of the statutes. This project need not be placed on the
8priority list under section 30.92 (3) (a) of the statutes. This subsection does not apply
9after June 30, 2000.
AB100-engrossed,2369,2
10(8tv) Recreational boating project; Petenwell Lake. From the appropriation
11under section 20.370 (5) (cq) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department
12of natural resources shall provide to Adams County funding to construct boat
13launching facilities and a harbor of refuge on Petenwell Lake. Adams County and
14the department shall contribute funding for the project. Adams County shall
15contribute for the project the amount required by the department and approved by
16the Wisconsin waterways commission. If Adams County conducts a boating safety
17enforcement and education program approved by the department, the department's
18contribution shall equal 90% of the project's costs or $1,080,000, whichever is less.
19If Adams County does not conduct such a program approved by the department, the
20department's contribution shall equal 80% of the project's costs or $960,000,
21whichever is less. Adams County's contribution may be in matching funds or in-kind
22contributions or both. The amount expended under this subsection shall be
23considered an expenditure for an inland water project as provided in section 30.92
24(4) (b) 6. of the statutes. This project need not be placed on the priority list under
1section 30.92 (3) (a) of the statutes. This subsection does not apply after June 30,
22000.
AB100-engrossed,2369,13
3(9c) Recreational boating project; Lone Rock boat landing. From the
4appropriation under section 20.370 (5) (cq) of the statutes, the department of natural
5resources shall provide to Richland County the amount that is necessary for soil
6erosion control at Lone Rock boat landing on the Wisconsin River, but the amount
7may not exceed $10,000. Notwithstanding section 30.92 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes, as
8affected by this act, Richland County need not contribute any moneys to match the
9amount provided under this subsection. The amount expended under this
10subsection shall be considered an expenditure for an inland water project as provided
11in section 30.92 (4) (b) 6. of the statutes. This project need not be placed on the priority
12list under section 30.92 (3) (a) of the statutes. This subsection does not apply after
13June 30, 2000.
AB100-engrossed,2369,17
14(10g) Dry cleaner environmental response program. No later than August
151, 1998, the department of natural resources shall mail to each dry cleaning facility
16of which it is aware notice of the dry cleaner environmental response programs under
17sections 292.65 and 292.66 of the statutes, as created by this act.
AB100-engrossed,2369,21
18(10m) Urban forestry grant for Milwaukee. From the appropriation under
19section 20.370 (5) (bw) of the statutes, the department of natural resources shall
20provide $50,000 in fiscal year 1997-98 and $50,000 in fiscal year 1998-1999 to the
21city of Milwaukee for a tree planting demonstration project.
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22(10n) Private forest grants; rules. Using the procedure under section 227.24
23of the statutes, the department of natural resources may promulgate rules under
24section 26.38 (3) of the statutes, as created by this act, for the period before the
25effective date of the permanent rules promulgated under section 26.38 (3) of the
1statutes, as created by this act, but not to exceed the period authorized under section
2227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a) and (2)
3(b) of the statutes, the department is not required to make a finding of emergency.
AB100-engrossed,2370,7
4(10t) Rule for managed forest land. The department of natural resources
5shall submit in proposed form the rule required under section 77.82 (1) (bn) of the
6statutes, as created by this act, for review under section 227.15 (1) of the statutes no
7later than September 1, 1998.
AB100-engrossed,2370,14
8(10x) Fire suppression grants; rules. Using the procedure under section
9227.24 of the statutes, the department of natural resources may promulgate rules
10under section 26.145 (3) of the statutes, as created by this act, for the period before
11the effective date of the permanent rules promulgated under section 26.145 (3) of the
12statutes, as created by this act, but not to exceed the period authorized under section
13227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a) and (2)
14(b) of the statutes, the department is not required to make a finding of emergency.
AB100-engrossed,2370,15
15(11t) Legislation concerning data bases.
AB100-engrossed,2370,17
16(a) In this subsection, "personally identifiable information" has the meaning
17given in section 19.62 (5) of the statutes.
AB100-engrossed,2371,3
18(b) No later than January 1, 1998, the department of natural resources shall
19submit to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance and of the joint
20committee on information policy proposed legislation in proper form for introduction
21concerning providing access to records held by the department that contain
22personally identifiable information relating to persons holding approvals issued
23under chapter 29 of the statutes, as affected by this act, and to persons who have
24registered all-terrain vehicles or snowmobiles or who have been issued registration
25or certificate of number cards for boats. In preparing the legislation, the department
1shall consider issues concerning public access to records, issues concerning privacy,
2issues concerning assessment of access fees and the use of any access fees collected
3to fund the department's information technology activities.
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4(11x) Wildlife damage program.
AB100-engrossed,2371,8
5(a) The department of natural resources shall submit proposed rules required
6under section 29.598 of the statutes, as affected by this act, to the legislative council
7staff for review under section 227.15 (1) of the statutes within 45 days after the
8effective date of this paragraph.
AB100-engrossed,2371,14
9(b) Using the procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes, the department
10of natural resources shall promulgate rules required under section 29.598 of the
11statutes, as affected by this act, for the period before the effective date of the rules
12submitted under paragraph (a), but not to exceed one year. Notwithstanding section
13227.24 (1) and (3) of the statutes, the department is not required to make a finding
14of emergency.
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15(12m)
Farm-raised fish; rules for fish farm permits. The department of
16natural resources shall consult with the aquaculture industry advisory council
17appointed by the secretary of agriculture and with the Wisconsin Aquaculture
18Association in promulgating the rules under section 29.521 (2) (f) of the statutes, as
19created by this act. The department shall submit the proposed rules under section
2029.521 (2) (f) of the statutes, as created by this act, for review under section 227.15
21(1) of the statutes no later than the first day of the 7th month beginning after the
22effective date of this subsection.
AB100-engrossed,2372,3
24(1)
Report on representation of sexually violent persons. By October 1,
251998, the state public defender shall submit a report to the legislature in the manner
1provided in section 13.172 (2) of the statutes and to the governor specifying and
2evaluating the time spent by the state public defender in representing persons under
3chapter 980 of the statutes, as affected by this act.
AB100-engrossed,2372,16
4(2t) Efficiency measures. No later than the 30th day beginning after
5publication, the public defender board shall submit a report to the governor and to
6the joint committee on finance recommending how reductions in fiscal year 1997-98
7of $816,900 and in fiscal year 1998-99 of $987,600, resulting from budgetary
8efficiency measures, should be allocated among sum certain appropriations made to
9the public defender board from general purpose revenue. If the cochairpersons of the
10committee do not notify the public defender board that the committee has scheduled
11a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the report within 14 working days after the
12date of the submittal, the recommendation may be implemented as proposed by the
13public defender board. If, within 14 working days after the date of the submittal, the
14cochairpersons of the committee notify the public defender board that the committee
15has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the report, the
16recommendation may be implemented only upon approval of the committee.
AB100-engrossed,2372,20
18(1) Residential schools. Within 30 days after the effective date of this
19subsection, and by October 1, 1998, the state superintendent of public instruction
20shall submit to the joint committee on finance a plan specifying all of the following:
AB100-engrossed,2372,23
21(a) How the state superintendent will allocate $74,000 of the supplement
22under
Section 9132 (2r) of this act in each fiscal year of the 1997-99 biennium for
23maintenance projects at the Wisconsin School for the Deaf.
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1(b) How the state superintendent will allocate $17,200 of the supplement
2under
Section 9132 (2r) of this act in each fiscal year of the 1997-99 biennium for
3maintenance projects at the Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped.
AB100-engrossed,2373,4
4(3)
Transfer of positions and employes.
AB100-engrossed,2373,8
5(a) On the effective date of this paragraph, 4.6 FTE positions in the department
6of public instruction that are primarily related to school-to-work programs, as
7determined by the secretary of administration, and the incumbent employes holding
8those positions, are transferred to the department of workforce development.
AB100-engrossed,2373,14
9(b) Employes transferred under paragraph (a) have all the rights and the same
10status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the
11department of workforce development that they enjoyed in the department of public
12instruction immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of
13the statutes, no employe so transferred who has attained permanent status in class
14is required to serve a probationary period.
AB100-engrossed,2373,20
15(4)
Educational technology block grants. Notwithstanding section 44.72 (2)
16(c) of the statutes, as created by this act, if in a common school district the annual
17meeting required to be held between May 15, 1997, and September 30, 1997, has been
18held before the effective date of this subsection, the school district is eligible for a
19grant under section 44.72 (2) (a) or (b) of the statutes, as created by this act, in the
201997-98 school year if the school board adopts a resolution requesting the grant.
AB100-engrossed,2374,5
21(5m) Newsline. The department of public instruction, in consultation with the
22Wisconsin Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in the city of
23Milwaukee, shall enter into a 2-year contract with the National Federation of the
24Blind to provide the Newsline electronic information service from the Wisconsin
25Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in the city of Milwaukee
1and from a location in the city of Madison selected by the department in consultation
2with the Wisconsin Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in
3the city of Milwaukee. The department shall use the moneys transferred to the
4appropriation account under section 20.255 (1) (ke) of the statutes under
Section 59241 (1n) of this act to pay the costs of the contract.
AB100-engrossed,2374,6
6(5n) Transfer of environmental education board.
AB100-engrossed,2374,11
7(a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets
8and liabilities of the department of public instruction primarily related to the
9functions of the environmental education board, as determined by the secretary of
10administration, shall become the assets and liabilities of the board of regents of the
11University of Wisconsin System.
AB100-engrossed,2374,16
12(b) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all
13tangible personal property, including records, of the department of public instruction
14that is primarily related to the functions of the environmental education board, as
15determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the board of regents
16of the University of Wisconsin System.
AB100-engrossed,2374,23
17(c) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the department of public
18instruction on the effective date of this paragraph that is primarily related to the
19environmental education board, as determined by the secretary of administration,
20is transferred to the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System. All
21materials submitted to or actions taken by the department of public instruction with
22respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken
23by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
AB100-engrossed,2375,6
24(d) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of public
25instruction in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related
1to the functions of the environmental education board, as determined by the
2secretary of administration, remain in effect and are transferred to the board of
3regents of the University of Wisconsin System. The board of regents of the
4University of Wisconsin System shall carry out any obligations under those contracts
5unless modified or rescinded by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin
6System to the extent allowed under the contract.
AB100-engrossed,2375,15
7(e) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the department of public
8instruction in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related
9to the environmental education board remain in effect until their specified
10expiration date or until amended or repealed by the board of regents of the University
11of Wisconsin System. All orders issued by the department of public instruction in
12effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the
13environmental education board remain in effect until their specified expiration date
14or until modified or rescinded by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin
15System.
AB100-engrossed,2375,20
16(5r) Expenditure of funds by the standards development council. The
17department of public instruction shall provide to the standards development council,
18at its request, in the 1997-99 fiscal biennium up to $49,000 from the appropriation
19under section 20.255 (1) (dw) of the statutes to review and modify proposed standards
20under section 14.23 of the statutes, as created by this act.
AB100-engrossed,2376,6
21(6m)
Additional aid for county handicapped children's education boards.
22From the appropriation under section 20.255 (2) (bi) of the statutes, as created by this
23act, the department of public instruction, in the 1997-98 fiscal year, shall pay to each
24county handicapped children's education board whose aid under section 121.135 of
25the statutes in the 1996-97 school year was less than its aid under section 121.135
1of the statutes in the 1995-96 school year the amount by which its aid under section
2121.135 of the statutes in the 1996-97 school year was less than its aid under section
3121.135 of the statutes in the 1995-96 school year. If the appropriation under section
420.255 (2) (bi) of the statutes, as created by this act, is insufficient to pay the full
5amount of aid under this subsection, the moneys shall be prorated among the entitled
6county handicapped children's education boards.
AB100-engrossed,2376,7
7(6sr) Youth options program.
AB100-engrossed,2376,14
8(a) Using the procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes, the department
9of public instruction shall promulgate the rules required under section 118.55 (7r)
10(dg) 3. of the statutes, as created by this act, for the period before the effective date
11of the permanent rules promulgated under that section, but not to exceed the period
12authorized under section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes. Notwithstanding
13section 227.24 (1) and (3) of the statutes, the department is not required to make a
14finding of emergency.
AB100-engrossed,2376,18
15(b) Notwithstanding section 118.37 (5) (b), 1995 stats., and
Section 9340 (5x)
16of this act, the rules promulgated under section 118.55 (7r) (dg) 3. of the statutes, as
17created by this act, apply to pupils attending a technical college under section 118.37,
181995 stats., in the 1998 spring semester.
AB100-engrossed,2376,24
19(7s) Report on debt service. Within 30 days after the effective date of this
20subsection, each school board shall submit to the department of public instruction
21a schedule of its debt service payments. Within 30 days after the effective date of this
22subsection, the common council of a 1st class city shall submit to the department of
23public instruction a schedule of its debt service payments on debt issued on behalf
24of the school district operating under chapter 119 of the statutes.
AB100-engrossed,2377,1
1(1)
Educational telecommunications access.
AB100-engrossed,2377,10
2(a) Subject to paragraph (b), using the procedure under section 227.24 of the
3statutes, the public service commission shall promulgate the rules required under
4section 196.218 (4r) (b) of the statutes, as created by this act, for the period before
5the effective date of permanent rules promulgated under section 196.218 (4r) (b) of
6the statutes, as created by this act, but not to exceed the period authorized under
7section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes. Notwithstanding section 227.24 of the
8statutes, the commission need not provide evidence of the necessity of preservation
9of the public peace, health, safety or welfare in promulgating rules under this
10paragraph.
AB100-engrossed,2377,23
11(b) The public service commission shall submit the proposed rules under
12paragraph (a) to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on information policy and
13to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the
14committees do not notify the commission that one or both of the committees has
15scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed rules within 14
16working days after the date of the commission's submittal, the commission may
17proceed to promulgate the rules. If, within 14 working days after the date of the
18commission's submittal, the cochairpersons of either committee notify the
19commission that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing
20the proposed rules, the commission shall not promulgate the rules until that
21committee approves the rules. The public service commission shall submit the
22proposed rules to the committees under this paragraph no later than the 60th day
23after the effective date of this paragraph.
AB100-engrossed,2378,3
1(a) The public service commission shall, no later than January 1, 1999, submit
2a report to the legislature under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes, and to the
3governor, that contains recommendations for each of the following:
AB100-engrossed,2378,7
41. Reducing any programmatic and funding differences between the
5educational telecommunications access program established under section 196.218
6(4r) of the statutes, as created by this act, and the assistance for institutions program
7specified in section PSC 160.11, Wisconsin Administrative Code.
AB100-engrossed,2378,11
82. A date after which school districts, technical colleges, private colleges and
9public library boards may no longer be eligible to participate in the educational
10telecommunications access program established under section 196.218 (4r) of the
11statutes, as created by this act.
AB100-engrossed,2378,14
12(b) The public service commission and the technology for educational
13achievement in Wisconsin board shall, no later than August 15, 1998, submit a joint
14report to the joint committee on finance that includes each of the following:
AB100-engrossed,2378,17
151. The amounts encumbered under the appropriations under sections 20.155
16(1) (q) and 20.275 (1) (s) and (t) of the statutes, as created by this act, during the
171997-98 fiscal year.
AB100-engrossed,2378,20
182. A summary of the programs, including activities and recipient classes,
19funded under the appropriations specified in subdivision 1. during the 1997-98 fiscal
20year.
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213. An assessment of the amounts necessary to fund the programs supported by
22the appropriations specified in subdivision 1. in the 1998-99 fiscal year.
AB100-engrossed,2378,24
234. A recommendation on whether the appropriations specified in subdivision
241. should be increased for the 1998-99 fiscal year.
AB100-engrossed,2379,4
15. A recommendation on whether school districts with special needs relating
2to size, location or geography should be provided with additional data lines or video
3links under the educational telecommunications access program established under
4section 196.218 (4r) of the statutes, as created by this act.
AB100-engrossed,2379,11
5(c) In fiscal years 1997-98 and 1998-99, the public service commission shall,
6no later than 90 days after it calculates the contribution amounts that are required
7to be paid into the universal service fund by telecommunications utilities, as defined
8in section 196.01 (10) of the statutes, that provide basic local exchange service, as
9defined in section 196.01 (1g) of the statutes, report to the joint committee on finance
10the portion of the contributions determined by the commission under section 196.218
11(3) (a) 4. of the statutes, as created by this act.
AB100-engrossed,2379,15
12(2sb) Executive assistants. The authorized FTE positions for the public
13service commission are increased by 2.0 PR executive assistant positions, to be
14funded from the appropriation under section 20.155 (1) (g) of the statutes, for the
15purpose of the assisting the commissioners of the public service commission.
AB100-engrossed,2379,18
16(2sbb) P
osition decrease. The authorized FTE positions for the public service
17commission are decreased by 2.0 PR positions to reflect an offsetting position
18reduction for the positions authorized under subsection (2sb).
AB100-engrossed,2379,20
20(1mg) Licensing of certain dentists.
AB100-engrossed,2380,2
21(a) Notwithstanding section 447.04 (1) (a) of the statutes, the dentistry
22examining board shall grant a license to practice dentistry under chapter 447 of the
23statutes to an individual who submits an application to the department of regulation
24and licensing by July 1, 1998, pays the fee specified in section 440.05 (2) of the
1statutes and submits evidence satisfactory to the dentistry examining board that he
2or she satisfies all of the following:
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31. Is licensed to practice dentistry in another jurisdiction of the United States
4or Canada.
AB100-engrossed,2380,7
52. Meets the requirements of section DE 2.04 (1) (a) to (d) and (f) to (i) of the
6Wisconsin Administrative Code that are in effect on the effective date of this
7subdivision.
AB100-engrossed,2380,11
83. Has completed a clinical licensure examination that was comparable to the
9examination that was required for licensure by the dentistry examining board at the
10time that the individual was granted an initial license to practice dentistry in the
11other jurisdiction.
AB100-engrossed,2380,14
12(b) A license granted under paragraph (a) has the same force and effect as a
13license granted under chapter 447 of the statutes and is subject to renewal under
14section 447.05 of the statutes.
AB100-engrossed,2380,19
16(2m) Report on alternative methods of filing. The department of revenue
17shall identify potential savings from using alternative methods of filing and paying
18taxes and shall submit a report listing those savings to the joint committee on finance
19at the committee's first quarterly meeting in 1998 under section 13.10 of the statutes.
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20(2mf) Tax amnesty. The department of revenue shall submit a proposal for a
21tax amnesty program to be conducted during the 1997-98 fiscal year to the joint
22committee on finance at the committee's 4th quarterly meeting in 1997 under section
2313.10 of the statutes. This proposed tax amnesty program shall be materially similar
24to the tax amnesty program conducted in 1985. The joint committee on finance may
1modify the department's proposal to ensure that it is materially similar to the tax
2amnesty program conducted in 1985.
AB100-engrossed,2381,5
3(2n) Grant from investment and local impact fund. The investment and local
4impact fund board shall grant $480,000 to the city of Ladysmith from the fund under
5section 70.395 (2) (b) of the statutes.
AB100-engrossed,2381,9
6(2r) Alternate fuels tax rates. Notwithstanding section 78.405 of the
7statutes, as affected by this act, the department of revenue shall calculate the rates
8for the alternate fuel tax on November 1, 1997, and those rates are effective from
9November 1, 1997, until April 1, 1998.
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10(2v)
Drug tax. The legislature intends that, irrespective of the
11constitutionality of the affix and display requirements under section 139.89 of the
12statutes and the rules that interpret that section, all other civil and administrative
13procedures that are related to the civil obligation to pay the tax, interest and
14penalties required under subchapter IV of chapter 139 of the statutes are severable
15from those affix and display requirements and are to remain in full force and effect.
16To the extent necessary to effectuate the legislature's intent, the civil obligation to
17pay the tax, interest and penalties required under subchapter IV of chapter 139 of
18the statutes is retroactively reimposed beginning with the effective date under
1989
19Wisconsin Act 122, section
3203 (48) (a).
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20(2x) Estimated tax payments.
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21(a) Notwithstanding sections 71.09 and 71.29 of the statutes, as affected by
22this act, and sections 71.48 and 77.947 of the statutes, the increase in the payments
23that are due under those sections before the effective date of this paragraph solely
24because of this act shall be prorated among, and paid with, estimated payments that
25are due under those sections after the effective date of this paragraph.
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1(b) A corporation that may be treated as a tax-option corporation or a
2qualified subchapter S subsidiary because of this act may treat any portion of a
3payment of estimated taxes for its taxable year that begins in 1997 that the
4corporation or its qualified subchapter S subsidiary makes before the effective date
5of this paragraph as a payment made by a shareholder of the corporation on the
6effective date of this paragraph, if the corporation so elects on or before the original
7due date of the corporation's return under chapter 71 of the statutes, as affected by
8this act, for its taxable year that begins in 1997, in the manner that the department
9of revenue prescribes. That election is irrevocable.
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10(3t) Report on auditors. The department of revenue, on or before January 1,
112000, shall report to the joint committee on finance on the activities of the auditors
12the positions of whom are authorized by this act, on the amount of revenue that they
13generated and on the amount of revenue that could be generated by additional
14auditors.
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15(4z) Integrated tax system plan. The department of revenue shall submit a
16plan to the joint committee on finance on the development of an integrated tax
17system. The joint committee on finance may not release the funds for that project
18until it receives a satisfactory plan.
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19(6g) Study of debt collection. The department of revenue shall submit to the
20joint committee on finance, at its 4th quarterly meeting in 1998 under section 13.10
21of the statutes, a study of centralized debt collection for state government. The
22department of revenue shall consider working with local units of government in a
23coordinated fashion to collect debts.
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24(7k) Adult entertainment tax rules. The department of revenue shall submit
25in final form permanent rules that specify the products and services that are subject
1to the tax under subchapter XIII of chapter 77 of the statutes, as created by this act,
2to the legislative council staff under section 227.15 of the statutes. The department
3of revenue may also promulgate emergency rules that specify those products and
4services.
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6(1)
Efficiency measures. The supreme court shall endeavor to ensure that
7expenditures from the sum of general purpose revenue appropriations under
8sections 20.625, 20.660 and 20.680 of the statutes shall be less than the sum of the
9amounts shown for general purpose revenue appropriations under sections 20.625,
1020.660 and 20.680 of the statutes in the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the
11statutes by at least $1,175,000 for the 1997-98 fiscal year and by at least $1,175,000
12for the 1998-99 fiscal year.