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15.375
(3) (a)
Creation. There is created an environmental education board
23attached to the department of
education public instruction under s. 15.03.
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24Section
76. 15.375 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.375
(3) (b) 1. The
secretary of education state superintendent of public
2instruction.
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3Section
77. 15.375 (3) (b) 6. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.375
(3) (b) 6. (intro.) One member, appointed for a 3-year term by the
5secretary of education state superintendent of public instruction, to represent each
6of the following:
AB100, s. 78
7Section
78. 15.377 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.377
(1) Council on the education of the blind. There is created in the
9department of
education public instruction a council on the education of the blind
10consisting of 3 members, who shall be visually handicapped and shall have a
11recognized interest in and a demonstrated knowledge of the problems of the visually
12handicapped, appointed by the
secretary of education
state superintendent of public
13instruction for staggered 6-year terms. "Visually handicapped" means having a) a
14visual acuity equal to or less than 20/70 in the better eye with correcting lenses, or
15b) a visual acuity greater than 20/70 in the better eye with correcting lenses, but
16accompanied by a limitation in the field of vision such that the widest diameter of the
17visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees.
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18Section
79. 15.377 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.377
(2) Governor's council on business and education partnerships. There
20is created in the department of
education public instruction a council on business and
21education partnerships consisting of representatives of private business and
22industry, agriculture, organized labor, the technical college system and the public
23school system. A majority of the members shall be representatives of private
24business and industry. Council members shall be appointed for 3-year terms.
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25Section
80. 15.377 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3) Council on instructional telecommunications. There is created
2in the department of
education public instruction a council on instructional
3telecommunications. The
secretary of education state superintendent of public
4instruction shall appoint one member to represent each of the cooperative
5educational service agencies, from nominations made by the boards of control of the
6cooperative educational service agencies, and 2 members to represent private
7primary and secondary educational institutions. Council members shall be
8appointed for 4-year terms.
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9Section
81. 15.377 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(4) Council on exceptional education. There is created in the
11department of
education public instruction a council on exceptional education
12consisting of 15 members appointed by the
secretary of education state
13superintendent of public instruction for 3-year terms. No more than 7 members of
14the council may be persons who do not have children with exceptional educational
15needs and who are representatives of the state, school districts, county handicapped
16children's education boards or cooperative educational service agencies. At least 5
17members of the council shall be parents or guardians of a child with exceptional
18educational needs, at least one member of the council shall be a school board member,
19at least one member shall be a certified teacher of regular education as defined in s.
20115.76 (9) and at least one member shall be a certified teacher of special education.
AB100, s. 82
21Section
82. 15.377 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.377
(6) Council on library and network development. There is created in
23the department of
education public instruction a council on library and network
24development composed of 15 members. Seven of the members shall be library
25science, audiovisual and informational science professionals representative of
1various types of libraries and information services, including public libraries, public
2library systems, school libraries, public and private academic libraries, special
3libraries and library educators. Eight of the members shall be public members who
4have demonstrated an interest in libraries or other types of information services.
5The members of the council shall be appointed for 3-year terms. The council shall
6meet 6 times annually and shall also meet on the call of the
secretary of education 7state superintendent of public instruction, and may meet at other times on the call
8of the chairperson or a majority of its members.
AB100, s. 83
9Section
83. 15.377 (7m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.377
(7m) Council on suicide prevention. There is created a council on
11suicide prevention in the department of
education
public instruction. The council
12shall consist of 2 persons appointed by the
secretary of education state
13superintendent of public instruction, at least one of whom is not an employe of the
14department of
education public instruction, 2 persons appointed by the secretary of
15health and social services, at least one of whom is not an employe of the department
16of health and social services, one person and one physician appointed jointly by the
17secretary of education state superintendent of public instruction and the secretary
18of health and social services and one person appointed by the executive staff director
19of the office of justice assistance in the department of administration. Members shall
20be appointed for 3-year terms.
AB100, s. 84
21Section
84. 15.435 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 85
22Section
85. 15.57 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.57
(1) The secretary of administration, the
secretary of education state
24superintendent of public instruction, the president of the university of Wisconsin
25system and the director of the technical college system board, or their designees.
AB100, s. 86
1Section
86. 15.64 of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 87
2Section
87. 15.643 of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 88
3Section
88. 15.647 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 89
4Section
89. 15.647 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 15.107 (18) and amended
5to read:
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15.107
(18) Council on charitable gaming. There is created in the
gaming
7board department of administration a council on charitable gaming consisting of 5
8residents of this state appointed for 5-year terms. Not more than 3 members of the
9council may belong to the same political party. Members of the council shall hold
10office until a successor is appointed and qualified.
AB100, s. 90
11Section
90. 15.67 of the statutes is created to read:
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1215.67 Higher educational aids board; creation. There is created a higher
13educational aids board consisting of the state superintendent of public instruction
14and 18 members, appointed to serve at the pleasure of the governor. To represent
15public institutions of higher education, the governor shall appoint 3 members of the
16board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, 2 members of the technical
17college system board, one student enrolled at least half-time and in good academic
18standing at an institution or center within the University of Wisconsin System who
19is at least 18 years old and a resident of this state and one student enrolled at least
20half-time and in good academic standing at a technical college who is at least 18
21years old and a resident of this state. To represent private institutions of higher
22education, the governor shall appoint 5 members of boards of trustees of independent
23colleges and universities in this state and one student enrolled at least half-time and
24in good academic standing at a private institution of higher education located in this
25state who is at least 18 years old and a resident of this state. The governor shall
1appoint 5 members to represent the general public. If a student member loses the
2status upon which the appointment was based, he or she shall cease to be a member
3of the higher educational aids board upon appointment to the higher educational
4aids board of a qualified successor.
AB100, s. 91
5Section
91. 15.675 of the statutes is created to read:
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615.675 Same; attached board.
(1) Educational approval board. There is
7created an educational approval board which is attached to the higher educational
8aids board under s. 15.03. The board shall consist of not more than 7 members, who
9shall be representatives of state agencies and other persons with a demonstrated
10interest in educational programs, appointed to serve at the pleasure of the governor.
AB100, s. 92
11Section
92. 15.707 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.707
(1) Historical markers council. There is created in the historical
13society a historical markers council. The council shall consist of the director of the
14historical society, the
secretary of education state superintendent of public
15instruction, the secretary of transportation, the secretary of natural resources, the
16secretary of tourism, the secretary of veterans affairs, the chairperson of the historic
17preservation review board, the president of the Wisconsin trust for historic
18preservation and the president of the Wisconsin council for local history, or their
19designees. The director of the historical society or a designee shall serve as secretary
20of the council.
AB100, s. 93
21Section
93. 15.735 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 15.195 (6) and amended
22to read:
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15.195
(6) Board on health care information. There is created a board on
24health care information which is attached to the
office of the commissioner of
25insurance department of health and family services under s. 15.03. The board shall
1consist of 9 members, a majority of whom may neither be nor represent health care
2providers, appointed for 4-year terms.
AB100, s. 94
3Section
94. 15.737 of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 95
4Section
95. 16.007 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.007
(1) (title)
Purpose
Presentment of claims. Any person who has a claim
6against the state may file the claim with the department. The claims board shall
7receive, investigate and make recommendations on all claims of
$10 $100 or more
8presented against the state which are referred to the board by the department. No
9claim or bill relating to
such a claim
which is referred to the board by the department 10shall be considered by the legislature until a recommendation thereon has been
11made by the claims board.
AB100, s. 96
12Section
96. 16.007 (6) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.007
(6) (b) 4. Payment of any claim of less than
$10 $100.
AB100, s. 97
14Section
97. 16.023 of the statutes is created to read:
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1516.023 Wisconsin land council. (1) The Wisconsin land council shall
16conduct the following functions:
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(a) Identify state land use goals and recommend these goals to the governor.
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(b) Identify state land use priorities to further the state's land use goals and
19recommend to the governor legislation to implement these priorities.
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(c) Study areas of cooperation and coordination in the state's land use statutes
21and recommend to the governor legislation to harmonize these statutes to further the
22state's land use goals.
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(d) Study areas of the state's land use statutes that conflict with each other and
24recommend to the governor legislation to resolve these conflicts to further the state's
25land use goals.
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1(e) Identify areas of the state's land use statutes that conflict with county or
2municipal land use ordinances, and areas of county or municipal land use ordinances
3that conflict with each other, and recommend to the governor legislation to resolve
4these conflicts.
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(f) Establish a technical working group that is composed of the state
6cartographer, a representative of the University of Wisconsin System who has
7expertise in land use issues and any other land use experts designated by the
8council's chairperson, to study the development of a computer-based Wisconsin land
9information system and recommend to the governor legislation to implement such
10a computer system.
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(g) Establish a state agency resource working group that is composed of
12representatives of the departments of administration, agriculture, trade and
13consumer protection, commerce, natural resources, revenue, transportation and
14other appropriate agencies to discuss, analyze and address land use issues and
15related policy issues, including the following:
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1. Gathering information about the land use plans of state agencies.
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2. Establishing procedures for the distribution of the information gathered
18under subd. 1. to other state agencies, local units of government and private persons.
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3. The creation of a system to facilitate, and to provide training and technical
20assistance for the development of, local intergovernmental land use planning.
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(h) Study the activities of local units of government in the land use area to
22determine how these activities impact on state land use goals, and recommend to the
23governor legislation that fosters coordination between local land use activities and
24state land use goals.
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1(i) Identify procedures for facilitating local land use planning efforts, including
2training and technical assistance for local units of government, and recommend to
3the governor legislation to implement such procedures.
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(j) Gather and analyze information about the land use activities in this state
5of the federal government and American Indian governments and inform the
6governor of the impact of these activities on state land use goals.
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(k) Study any other issues that are reasonably related to the state's land use
8goals, including methods for alternative dispute resolution for disputes involving
9land use issues, and recommend to the governor legislation in the areas studied by
10the council that would further the state's land use goals.
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(L) Gather information about land use issues, at its discretion, in any
12reasonable way, including the following:
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1. Establishing a state-local government-private sector working group to
14study and advise the council on land use issues.
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2. Holding public hearings or information meetings on land use issues.
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3. Conducting surveys on land use issues.
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4. Consulting with any person who is interested in land use issues.
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18(2) In conjunction with the working group established under sub. (1) (L) 1., the
19council shall, not later than one year after the effective date of this subsection ....
20[revisor inserts date], develop evaluation criteria for its functions under sub. (1). The
21council shall complete a report that contains an evaluation of its functions and
22activities not later than September 1, 2002, and shall submit the report to the chief
23clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s.
2413.172 (2), and to the governor. The report shall also include a recommendation as
25to whether the council should continue in existence past its sunset date specified in
1s. 15.107 (16) (e) and, if so, a recommendation as to whether any structural
2modifications should be made to the council's functions or to the state's land use
3programs.
AB100, s. 98
4Section
98. 16.03 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.03
(3) Report. The interagency coordinating council shall report at least
6twice annually to the board on health care information in the
office of the
7commissioner of insurance department of health and family services, concerning the
8council's activities under this section.
AB100, s. 99
9Section
99. 16.045 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.045
(5) The department shall encourage distribution of gasohol and
11alternative fuels and usage of gasohol and alternative fuels by officers and employes
12who use personal motor vehicles on state business and by residents of this state
13generally. The department shall report to the appropriate standing committees
14under s. 13.172 (3) concerning distribution and usage of gasohol and alternative fuels
15in this state, no later than
January 1 and July 1
April 30 of each year.
AB100, s. 100
16Section
100. 16.08 of the statutes is created to read:
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1716.08 Environmental science council.
(1) In this section:
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(a) "Agency" means any office, department, agency, institution of higher
19education, association, society or other body in state government created or
20authorized to be created by the constitution or any law which is entitled to expend
21moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts.
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(b) "Authority" means an authority created under ch. 231, 232, 233, 234 or 235.
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23(2) At the request of the governor or the secretary of a state department, the
24environmental science council shall do any of the following:
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1(a) Advise on issues affecting the protection and management of the
2environment and natural resources in this state.
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(b) Evaluate proposed rules that establish environmental or natural resources
4standards or other criteria.
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(c) Review the scientific and technical adequacy of environmental programs,
6guidelines, methodologies, protocols and tests.
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(d) Recommend any scientific standard or other criteria for protection of human
8health and the environment that the council determines is appropriate.
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(e) Review new information needs, the adequacy of data collection and analysis
10and the quality of agency and authority environmental plans or programs of
11research, development and demonstration.
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(f) Assess the importance of natural and anthropogenic sources of pollution.
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(g) Perform any other advisory function relating to the protection and
14management of the environment and natural resources requested by the governor.
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15(3) On its own initiative or at the request of any agency or authority, the council
16may perform any function under sub. (2).
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17(4) In performing its functions under sub. (2), the council shall be strictly
18nonpartisan, shall consult and work closely with agencies and authorities, shall use
19sound, objective and scientific reasoning, shall assess the relative risk to human
20health and the environment and shall consider economic consequences.
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21(5) The council may create any committee necessary to carry out the council's
22functions under sub. (2). If the council creates a committee under this subsection,
23the council shall appoint persons to the committee who have the scientific and
24technical expertise to carry out the purpose of the committee. The council may
25appoint council members and other persons to a committee, but the council shall
1appoint one council member to serve as chairperson of each committee created under
2this subsection.
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3(6) All agencies and authorities shall fully cooperate with and assist the council
4and any committee created by the council under sub. (5).
AB100, s. 101
5Section
101. 16.24 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.24
(1) (b) "Institution of higher education" means a public or private
7institution of higher education that is accredited by an accrediting association
8recognized by the department, and a proprietary school approved by the
department
9of education educational approval board under s.
38.51 39.51.
AB100, s. 102
10Section
102. 16.24 (10m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.24
(10m) Repayment to general fund. The secretary shall transfer from the
12tuition trust fund to the general fund an amount equal to the amount encumbered
13from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (9) (a)
in the 1996-97 fiscal year when the
14secretary determines that funds in the tuition trust fund are sufficient to make the
15transfer. The secretary may make the transfer in instalments.
AB100, s. 103
16Section
103. 16.405 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.405
(1) At any time the department determines that a deficiency will occur
18in the funds of the state which will not permit the state to meet its operating
19obligations in a timely manner, it may prepare a request for the issuance of operating
20notes under subch. III of ch. 18 and, subject to
sub.
subs. (2)
and (3), may submit the
21request to the building commission.
AB100, s. 104
22Section
104. 16.405 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.405
(2) The department may not submit a request to the building
24commission under sub. (1) unless the request is signed by the secretary and the
25governor
, and approved by the joint committee on finance.
AB100, s. 105
1Section
105. 16.405 (3) of the statutes is created to read: