AB100: Bill Text

AB100,116,12 (2) An individual who, or committee, group or corporation that, is subject to sub. (1) shall pay the fee specified in sub. (1) together with the continuing report filed under s. 11.20 (4) in January of each year. If an individual, committee, group or corporation registers under s. 11.05 or changes status so that sub. (1) becomes applicable to the individual, committee, group or corporation during a calendar year, the individual, committee, group or corporation shall pay the fee for that year with the filing of the individual's, committee's, group's or corporation's registration statement under s. 11.05 or at any time before the change in status becomes effective.

AB100,117,2 (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a candidate or personal campaign committee. Subsection (1) does not apply to any registrant under s. 11.05 for any biennial period during which the registrant does not make disbursements exceeding a total of $2,500. In this subsection, a "biennial period" begins on January 1 of each odd-numbered year and ends on December 31 of each even-numbered year.

AB100, s. 2 Section 2. 11.20 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,117,11 11.20 (4) Continuing reports under s. 11.06 (1) by committees or individuals supporting or opposing candidates for office, including committees of a political party, and by individuals or, groups or corporations supporting or opposing a referendum shall be received by the appropriate filing officer no earlier than January 1 and no later than January 31; and no earlier than July 1 and no later than July 20. Individuals, committees, groups and corporations to which s. 11.055 (1) applies shall pay the fee imposed under that subsection with their continuing reports filed in January of each odd-numbered year.

AB100, s. 3 Section 3. 11.60 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,117,16 11.60 (3m) Notwithstanding sub. (1), any person, including any committee, group or corporation, who is subject to a requirement to pay a filing fee under s. 11.055 and who fails to pay that fee within the time prescribed in that section shall forfeit $500 plus treble the amount of the fee payable by that person.

AB100, s. 4 Section 4. 13.101 (5m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 5 Section 5. 13.101 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,118,12 13.101 (6) (a) As an emergency measure necessitated by decreased state revenues and to prevent the necessity for a state tax on general property, the committee may reduce any appropriation made to any board, commission, department, the university of Wisconsin system or to any other state agency or activity by such amount as it deems feasible, not exceeding 25% of the appropriations, except appropriations made by ss. 20.255 (2) (ac), (bc), (bh), (bm), (cg) and (cr), 20.395 (1), (2) (cq), (eq) to (ex) and (gq) to (gx), (3), (4) (aq) to (ax) and (6) (aq) and (ar), 20.435 (1) (c), (6) (a) and (7) (da) and 20.445 (3) (a) and (d) (dz) or for forestry purposes under s. 20.370 (1), or any other moneys distributed to any county, city, village, town or school district. Appropriations of receipts and of a sum sufficient shall for the purposes of this section be regarded as equivalent to the amounts expended under such appropriations in the prior fiscal year which ended June 30. All functions of said state agencies shall be continued in an efficient manner, but because of the uncertainties of the existing situation no public funds should be expended or obligations incurred unless there shall be adequate revenues to meet the expenditures therefor. For such reason the committee may make reductions of such appropriations as in its judgment will secure sound financial operations of the administration for said state agencies and at the same time interfere least with their services and activities.

AB100, s. 6 Section 6. 13.101 (6) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB100,119,8 13.101 (6) (a) As an emergency measure necessitated by decreased state revenues and to prevent the necessity for a state tax on general property, the committee may reduce any appropriation made to any board, commission, department, the university of Wisconsin system or to any other state agency or activity by such amount as it deems feasible, not exceeding 25% of the appropriations, except appropriations made by ss. 20.255 (2) (ac), (bc), (bh), (bm), (cg) and (cr), 20.395 (1), (2) (cq), (eq) to (ex) and (gg) to (gx), (3), (4) (aq) to (ax) and (6) (aq) and (ar), 20.435 [(1) (c)], (6) (a) and (7) (da) and 20.445 (3) (a) and (dz) or for forestry purposes under s. 20.370 (1), or any other moneys distributed to any county, city, village, town or school district. Appropriations of receipts and of a sum sufficient shall for the purposes of this section be regarded as equivalent to the amounts expended under such appropriations in the prior fiscal year which ended June 30. All functions of said state agencies shall be continued in an efficient manner, but because of the uncertainties of the existing situation no public funds should be expended or obligations incurred unless there shall be adequate revenues to meet the expenditures therefor. For such reason the committee may make reductions of such appropriations as in its judgment will secure sound financial operations of the administration for said state agencies and at the same time interfere least with their services and activities.

AB100, s. 7 Section 7. 13.101 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,119,12 13.101 (11) The committee may approve a clean water fund program interest rate change as specified under s. 281.58 (12) (f) or a safe drinking water loan program interest rate change as specified under s. 281.61 (11) (b).

AB100, s. 8 Section 8. 13.123 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,119,24 13.123 (3) (a) Any senator authorized by the committee on senate organization to attend a meeting outside the state capital, any representative to the assembly authorized by the committee on assembly organization to attend an out-of-state meeting or authorized by the speaker to attend a meeting within this state outside the state capital, and all members of the legislature required by law, legislative rule, resolution or joint resolution to attend such meetings, shall be paid no additional compensation for such services but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (a) or (b), but no legislator may be reimbursed under this subsection for expenses on any day for which the legislator submits a claim under sub. (1). Any expenses incurred by a legislator under s. 14.82 shall be reimbursed from the appropriation under s. 20.315 (1) (q).

AB100, s. 9 Section 9. 13.45 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,120,6 13.45 (3) (a) For any day for which the legislator does not file a claim under s. 13.123 (1), any legislator appointed to serve on a legislative committee or a committee to which the legislator was appointed by either house or the officers thereof shall be reimbursed from the appropriations under ss. 20.315 (1) (q) and 20.765 (1) (a) or (b) for actual and necessary expenses incurred as a member of the committee.

AB100, s. 10 Section 10. 13.48 (26) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,121,6 13.48 (26) (title) Clean water Environmental improvement annual finance plan approval. The building commission shall review the versions of the biennial finance plan and any amendments to the biennial finance plan submitted to it by the department of natural resources and the department of administration under s. 281.59 (3) (bm) and the recommendations of the joint committee on finance and the standing committees to which the versions of the biennial finance plan and any amendments were submitted under s. 281.59 (3) (bm). The building commission shall consider the extent to which that version of the biennial finance plan that is updated to reflect the adopted biennial budget act will maintain the clean water fund in perpetuity. The building commission shall consider the extent to which the implementation of the clean water fund program, the safe drinking water loan program and the land recycling loan program, as set forth in the biennial finance plan updated to reflect the adopted biennial budget act, implements legislative intent on the clean water fund program, the safe drinking water loan program and the land recycling loan program. The building commission shall, no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of the biennial budget act, either approve or disapprove the biennial finance plan that is updated to reflect the adopted biennial budget act, except that the building commission may not disapprove those amounts that the legislature approves under s. 281.59 (3) (c) (3e) (a), (3m) (a) and (3s) (a). If the building commission disapproves the version of the biennial finance plan that is updated to reflect the adopted biennial budget act, it must notify the department of natural resources and the department of administration of its reasons for disapproving the plan, and those departments must revise that version of the biennial finance plan and submit the revision to the building commission.

AB100, s. 11 Section 11. 13.63 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,122,3 13.63 (1) Licenses. An application for a license to act as a lobbyist may be obtained from and filed with the board. An applicant shall include his or her social security number on the application. The application shall be signed, under the penalty for making false statements under s. 13.69 (6m), by the lobbyist. Upon approval of the application and payment of the applicable license fee under s. 13.75 (1) or (1m) to the board, the board shall issue a license which entitles the licensee to practice lobbying on behalf of each registered principal who or which has filed an authorization under s. 13.65 for that lobbyist and paid the authorization fee under s. 13.75 (4). The license shall expire on December 31 of each even-numbered year. No The board shall not issue a license to an applicant who does not provide his or her social security number. The board shall refuse to issue a license or shall suspend any existing license for failure of an applicant or licensee to pay court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse as provided in a memorandum of understanding entered into under s. 49.857. No other application may be disapproved by the board except an application for a license by a person who is ineligible for licensure under s. 13.69 (4) or an application by a lobbyist whose license has been revoked under s. 13.69 (7) and only for the period of such ineligibility or revocation. Denial Except with respect to a license that is denied or suspended pursuant to a memorandum of understanding entered into under s. 49.857, denial or suspension of a license may be reviewed under ch. 227.

AB100, s. 12 Section 12. 13.64 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,122,8 13.64 (1) (a) If the principal is an individual, the name and address of the individual's employer, if any, or the individual's principal place of business if self-employed, and a description of the business activity in which the individual or the individual's employer is engaged and the individual's social security number.

AB100, s. 13 Section 13. 13.64 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,122,21 13.64 (2) The registration shall expire on December 31 of each even-numbered year. The board shall refuse to accept a registration statement filed by an individual who does not provide his or her social security number. The board shall refuse to accept a registration statement filed by an individual or shall suspend any existing registration of an individual for failure of the registrant to pay court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse as provided in a memorandum of understanding entered into under s. 49.857. If all lobbying by or on behalf of the principal which is not exempt under s. 13.621 ceases, the board shall terminate the principal's registration and any authorizations under s. 13.65 as of the day after the principal files a statement of cessation and expense statements under s. 13.68 for the period covering all dates on which the principal was registered.

AB100, s. 14 Section 14. 13.83 (3) (f) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,122,23 13.83 (3) (f) 5. The department of education public instruction.

AB100, s. 15 Section 15. 13.94 (1) (eg) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,123,6 13.94 (1) (eg) Annually conduct a financial audit of the gaming board division of gaming in the department of administration and biennially conduct a performance evaluation audit of the gaming board division of gaming in the department of administration. The legislative audit bureau shall file a copy of each audit report under this paragraph with the department of justice and with the distributees specified in par. (b).

AB100, s. 16 Section 16. 13.94 (1) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,123,15 13.94 (1) (em) Annually conduct a financial audit of the state lottery, and, to the extent of the department of revenue's participation, of any multistate multijurisdictional lotteries in which the state participates under ch. 565, and biennially conduct a performance audit of the state lottery and, to the extent of the department of revenue's participation, of those multistate multijurisdictional lotteries, as provided in s. 565.37 (1). The legislative audit bureau shall file a copy of each audit report under this paragraph with the department of justice and with the distributees specified in par. (b).

AB100, s. 17 Section 17. 13.94 (1s) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,123,19 13.94 (1s) (bm) The legislative audit bureau may charge the gaming board department of administration for the cost of the audits required to be performed under sub. (1) (eg).

AB100, s. 18 Section 18. 13.94 (7) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 19 Section 19. 14.015 (2) (a) 4m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,123,22 14.015 (2) (a) 4m. The chief justice of the supreme court.

AB100, s. 20 Section 20. 14.017 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,124,14 14.017 (2) State council on alcohol and other drug abuse. There is created in the office of the governor a state council on alcohol and other drug abuse consisting of the governor, the attorney general, the secretary of education state superintendent of public instruction, the secretary of health and social services, the commissioner of insurance, the secretary of corrections, the secretary of transportation and the chairperson of the pharmacy examining board, or their designees; a representative of the controlled substances board; a representative of any governor's committee or commission created under subch. I of ch. 14 to study law enforcement issues; 6 members, one of whom is a consumer representing the public at large, with demonstrated professional, research or personal interest in alcohol and other drug abuse problems, appointed for 4-year terms; a representative of an organization or agency which is a direct provider of services to alcoholics and other drug abusers; a member of the Wisconsin County Human Service Association, Inc., who is nominated by that association; and 2 members of each house of the legislature, representing the majority party and the minority party in each house, chosen as are the members of standing committees in their respective houses. Section 15.09 applies to the council.

AB100, s. 21 Section 21. 14.017 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,124,17 14.017 (3) Standards development council. (a) There is created in the office of the governor a standards development council consisting of all of the following:

AB100,124,18 1. The lieutenant governor, who shall serve as chairperson of the council.

AB100,124,20 2. A representative of the department of public instruction appointed by the state superintendent of public instruction.

AB100,124,23 3. The chairpersons of the committees in the assembly and senate whose subject matter is elementary and secondary education or members of those committees designated by the chairpersons.

AB100,124,25 4. The ranking minority member of each of the committees under subd. 3. or members of those committees designated by the ranking minority members.

AB100,125,2 5. One member appointed by the governor to serve at the pleasure of the governor.

AB100,125,3 (b) Section 15.09 applies to the standards development council.

AB100, s. 22 Section 22. 14.20 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,125,5 14.20 Literacy improvement aids. (1) In this section:

AB100,125,6 (a) "Local governmental unit" has the meaning given in s. 16.97 (7).

AB100,125,7 (b) "Nonprofit organization" has the meaning given in s. 108.02 (19).

AB100,125,10 (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.525 (1) (f), the governor may provide a grant to any local governmental unit or nonprofit organization for support of a literacy improvement program.

AB100, s. 23 Section 23. 14.23 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,125,17 14.23 Standards development council. (1) By the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], the governor shall submit to the standards development council pupil academic standards in mathematics, science, reading and writing, geography and history. The council shall review the standards and may modify them. By September 15, 1997, the council shall transmit its recommended standards to the governor.

AB100,125,20 (2) By October 15, 1997, the governor shall approve or disapprove the recommended standards. If the governor approves the standards, he or she may issue the approved standards as an executive order.

AB100,125,23 (3) The council shall periodically review the standards issued under sub. (2) and may recommend changes to the governor. If the governor approves the changes he or she may issue them as an executive order.

AB100, s. 24 Section 24. 14.40 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,126,7 14.40 (1) Annually not later than July 1, each legislative, administrative and judicial agency of the state government shall submit to the secretary of state a list of all positions within that agency outside the classified service and above the clerical level, excluding the faculties under the jurisdiction of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System and the department of education public instruction, which are filled by appointment, and the term if there is one, together with the name of the incumbent and the date of his or her appointment.

AB100, s. 25 Section 25. 14.563 (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 26 Section 26. 14.563 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 15.103 (4) and amended to read:

AB100,126,14 15.103 (4) Division of trust lands and investments. There is created a division of trust lands and investments which is attached to the office of the state treasurer department of administration under s. 15.03. This division is under the direction and supervision of the board of commissioners of public lands.

AB100, s. 27 Section 27. 14.82 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,127,11 14.82 (1) Minnesota-Wisconsin. (intro.) There is created a commission of 5 citizens nominated by the governor, and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed, for staggered 5-year terms, to represent this state on the joint Minnesota-Wisconsin boundary area commission. Any vacancy shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term. To assist the commission, there is created a legislative advisory committee comprising 4 senators and 6 representatives to the assembly appointed as are the members of standing committees in their respective houses, and a technical advisory committee of 2 members appointed by the governor and one member each appointed by the governing board or head of the following agencies, to represent such agencies: the department of justice, the department of administration, the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the department of natural resources, the department of health and family services, the public service commission, the department of tourism and the department of commerce. The members of the commission and the members of its advisory committees shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, from the appropriation made by s. 20.315 (1) (q), on vouchers approved by the Wisconsin member of the commission selected to serve as its chairperson or vice chairperson. All other expenses incurred by the commission in the course of exercising its powers and duties, unless met in some other manner specifically provided by statute, shall be paid by the commission out of its own funds.

AB100, s. 28 Section 28. 14.90 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,127,16 14.90 (2) The members of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (3) (be) (a) for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The commission has the powers and duties granted and imposed under s. 39.80.

AB100, s. 29 Section 29. 14.90 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,127,20 14.90 (3) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (3) (be) (a), the department of administration shall pay the costs of membership in and costs associated with the midwestern higher education compact.

AB100, s. 30 Section 30. Subchapter VI of chapter 14 [precedes 14.91] of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 31 Section 31. 15.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,128,8 15.01 (2) "Commission" means a 3-member governing body in charge of a department or independent agency or of a division or other subunit within a department, except for the education commission which shall consist of 11 members, the Wisconsin waterways commission which shall consist of 5 members, the parole commission which shall consist of 5 members and the Fox river management commission which shall consist of 7 members. A Wisconsin group created for participation in a continuing interstate body, or the interstate body itself, shall be known as a "commission", but is not a commission for purposes of s. 15.06. The parole commission created under s. 15.145 (1) shall be known as a "commission", but is not a commission for purposes of s. 15.06.

AB100, s. 32 Section 32. 15.01 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,128,20 15.01 (6) "Division," "bureau," "section" and "unit" means the subunits of a department or an independent agency, whether specifically created by law or created by the head of the department or the independent agency for the more economic and efficient administration and operation of the programs assigned to the department or independent agency. The office of justice assistance in the department of administration and the office of credit unions in the department of financial institutions have the meaning of "division" under this subsection. The office of health care information in the office of the commissioner of insurance, the office of the long-term care ombudsman under the board on aging and long-term care and the office of educational accountability in the department of education public instruction have the meaning of "bureau" under this subsection.

AB100, s. 33 Section 33. 15.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,128,24 15.02 (1) Separate constitutional offices. The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state superintendent of public instruction and state treasurer each head a staff to be termed the "office" of the respective constitutional officer.

AB100, s. 34 Section 34. 15.02 (3) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,129,6 15.02 (3) (c) 2. The principal subunit of the division is the "bureau". Each bureau shall be headed by a "director". The office of health care information in the office of the commissioner of insurance, the office of the long-term care ombudsman under the board on aging and long-term care and the office of educational accountability in the department of education public instruction have the meaning of "bureau" under this subdivision.

AB100, s. 35 Section 35. 15.04 (1) (h) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 36 Section 36. 15.06 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,129,12 15.06 (1) (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and s. 15.37, the members of commissions shall be nominated by the governor, and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed, for staggered 6-year terms expiring on March 1 of the odd-numbered years.

AB100, s. 37 Section 37. 15.06 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 38 Section 38. 15.06 (3) (a) 6. of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 39 Section 39. 15.06 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,129,19 15.06 (4) Chairperson; administrative duties. The administrative duties of each commission, other than the education commission, shall be vested in its chairperson, to be administered by the chairperson under the statutes and rules of the commission and subject to the policies established by the commission.

AB100, s. 40 Section 40. 15.06 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,129,25 15.06 (4m) Executive assistant. Each commission chairperson under s. 230.08 (2) (m) and each commissioner of the public service commission may appoint an executive assistant to serve at his or her pleasure outside the classified service. The executive assistant shall perform duties as the chairperson or commissioner prescribes.

AB100, s. 41 Section 41. 15.06 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,130,6 15.06 (5) Frequency of meetings; place. Every commission shall meet on the call of the chairperson or a majority of its members, except that the education commission shall meet on the call of the chairperson or a majority of its voting members. Every commission shall maintain its offices in Madison, but may meet or hold hearings at such other locations as will best serve the citizens of this state.

AB100, s. 42 Section 42. 15.06 (6) of the statutes is amended to read: