Amendment SSA1-AB133

AB133-SSA1,1546,8 (1w) Report to legislature regarding reserve judges. The director of state courts shall, by October 1, 2000, submit a report to the governor, to the members of the joint committee on finance, and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes, regarding the recruitment, retention and compensation of reserve judges.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9147 Section 9147. Nonstatutory provisions; technical college system.

AB133-SSA1,1546,15 (2d) Incentive grants. Notwithstanding section 16.42 (1) (e) of the statutes, in submitting information under section 16.42 of the statutes for the purposes of the 2001-03 biennial budget bill, the technical college system board shall submit information concerning the appropriation under section 20.292 (1) (dc) of the statutes as though the amount that was appropriated in the 1998-99 fiscal year constitutes the base level for that appropriation.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9148 Section 9148. Nonstatutory provisions; technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board.

AB133-SSA1,1546,21 (1g) Telecommunications access; preexisting contracts. The technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board may not require, as a condition for receiving a grant in the 1999-2000 fiscal year under section 44.73 (6) of the statutes, as affected by this act, that a public or private school that is a member of the KSCADE network applies for the rate discounts specified under 47 USC 254.

AB133-SSA1,1547,10 (1vt) Passive review. Notwithstanding sections 13.101 (3) (a) and 20.865 (4) (u) of the statutes, if the technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board submits a request to the joint committee on finance to supplement the appropriation under section 20.275 (1) (s), (t) or (tm) of the statutes, as affected by this act, and submits information related to the board's estimated program demand and final, annualized costs to the committee, and if the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the board within 14 working days after the date of the board's request and submittal of information that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the request and information, the request is considered approved. If, within 14 working days after the submission of the request and information, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the board that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the request, the request may be granted only upon approval of the committee.

AB133-SSA1,1547,15 (1w) Projections and funding for 2001-03 biennial budget. Notwithstanding section 16.42 (1) of the statutes, in submitting information under section 16.42 of the statutes for the purposes of the 2001-03 biennial budget, the technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board shall include information concerning all of the following:

AB133-SSA1,1547,17 (a) Projections concerning the ultimate size of the educational telecommunications access program.

AB133-SSA1,1547,19 (b) How much of the funding required for the educational telecommunications access program should be drawn from universal service fund assessments.

AB133-SSA1,1547,22 (c) Other funding sources if the recommended funding from the universal service fund is less than the total projected costs for the educational telecommunications access program.

AB133-SSA1,1547,25 (d) How long entities participating in the educational telecommunications access program should continue to receive subsidies under the program and how best to phase out the program.

AB133-SSA1,1548,1 (2x) Rules relating to educational technology training grants.

AB133-SSA1,1548,9 (a) Subject to paragraph (b), the technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board shall use the procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes to promulgate the rules required under section 44.72 (1) (d) of the statutes, as created by this act, for a period not to exceed the period authorized under section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b) and (3) of the statutes, the board need not provide evidence of the necessity of preserving the public peace, health, safety or welfare in promulgating the rules under this paragraph.

AB133-SSA1,1548,18 (b) The board shall submit the proposed rules under paragraph (a) to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on information policy. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed rules within 14 working days after the date of the board's submittal, the board may proceed to promulgate the rules. If, within 14 working days after the date of the board's submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed rules, the board shall not promulgate the rules until the committee approves the rules.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9149 Section 9149. Nonstatutory provisions; tourism.

AB133-SSA1,1549,6 (1to) Grant for upgrade of Aztalan State Park. From the appropriation under section 20.380 (1) (kg) of the statutes, as created by this act, the department of tourism shall make a grant of $75,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 to the department of natural resources for the purpose of completing the upgrading of Aztalan State Park, including the development of an overall public education and research strategy, as well as a long-term interpretive and management plan that includes establishing an interpretive visitor's center, opening other portions of the site to the public and using visual effects to enhance the experience of visitors to the park. The state historical society shall work with management personnel of Aztalan State Park to facilitate timely completion of the upgrade. The department of natural resources shall deposit the grant proceeds in the appropriation account under section 20.370 (1) (mk) of the statutes.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9150 Section 9150. Nonstatutory provisions; transportation.

AB133-SSA1,1549,13 (2) Richard I. Bong air museum. Of the amounts appropriated to the department of transportation under section 20.395 (2) (nx) of the statutes, the department shall award a grant of $1,000,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 to the city of Superior for the purpose of constructing the Richard I. Bong air museum in Superior, except that the amount of the grant awarded under this subsection may not exceed 80% of the costs of constructing the air museum.

AB133-SSA1,1550,2 (2c) Entitlement to supplements for unbudgeted compensation adjustments. Notwithstanding section 20.928 of the statutes, the department of transportation is not entitled to any supplements for unbudgeted compensation adjustments under section 20.928 of the statutes for the 1999-2001 fiscal biennium for any position funded from the appropriation under section 20.395 (3) (bq) of the statutes, except for any supplement that exceeds an adjustment increase for that position above the level established for fiscal year 1998-99 of 5.8% in fiscal year 1999-2000 and 6.1% in fiscal year 2000-01, as determined by the secretary of administration, and for any position funded from the appropriation under section 20.395 (3) (cq) of the statutes, as affected by this act, except for any supplement that exceeds an adjustment increase for that position above the level established for fiscal year 1998-99 of 2.5% in fiscal year 1999-2000 and 3% in fiscal year 2000-01, as determined by the secretary of administration.

AB133-SSA1,1550,6 (2g) Flambeau River Recreational Bridge project. Of the amounts appropriated to the department of transportation under section 20.395 (2) (nx) of the statutes, the department shall allocate $190,400 in the 1999-2001 fiscal biennium to the city of Park Falls for the Flambeau River Recreational Bridge project.

AB133-SSA1,1550,12 (2h) Little Lake Butte des Morts Trestle Trail Causeway project. Of the amounts appropriated to the department of transportation under section 20.395 (2) (nx) of the statutes, the department shall allocate $80,000 in the 1999-2001 fiscal biennium to the city of Menasha for the Little Lake Butte des Morts Trestle Trail Causeway project, except that the amount allocated under this subsection may not exceed 50% of the costs of the project.

AB133-SSA1,1550,17 (3) Milwaukee lakeshore bicycle and pedestrian facilities grants. The department of transportation shall award grants from the appropriation under section 20.395 (2) (ny) of the statutes, as created by this act, to the department of natural resources for the purpose of constructing pedestrian and bicycle facilities along Lake Michigan in the city of Milwaukee.

AB133-SSA1,1550,24 (3g) Kinnickinnic River Bike Trail project. Notwithstanding section 85.245 (1) of the statutes, before approving any other project to receive federal funds distributed under section 85.245 of the statutes, the secretary of transportation shall approve the Kinnickinnic River Bike Trail project in the city of Milwaukee to receive federal funds distributed under section 85.245 of the statutes if the project is consistent with the requirements of 23 USC 149 and regulations promulgated under 23 USC 149.

AB133-SSA1,1551,4 (3m) Annual outdoor advertising sign permit fee. If the department of transportation establishes an annual fee under section 84.30 (10m) of the statutes, as created by this act, during the 1999-2001 fiscal biennium, the department shall design the fee to collect not more than $510,000 in fiscal year 2000-01.

AB133-SSA1,1551,11 (3v) Proposals for transportation planning, access and infrastructure improvements. Notwithstanding section 16.42 (1) of the statutes, the department of transportation shall work with the city of Green Bay, the city of La Crosse, the city of Milwaukee and the city of Oshkosh to develop proposals for transportation planning, access and infrastructure improvements for inclusion in the department's submission under section 16.42 of the statutes for the purposes of the 2001-03 biennial budget act.

AB133-SSA1,1551,14 (5xy) Transfer of authority and records from the department of transportation to the department of commerce. On July 1, 2000, all of the following apply:

AB133-SSA1,1551,17 (a) All equipment, supplies and records of the department of transportation pertaining to mobile homes that exceed the statutory size under section 348.07 (2) of the statutes are transferred to the department of commerce.

AB133-SSA1,1552,4 (b) All rules pertaining to mobile homes that exceed the statutory size under section 348.07 (2) of the statutes that have been promulgated by the department of transportation, that are in effect on July 1, 2000, and that do not conflict with the rules of the department of commerce shall become rules of the department of commerce and shall remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the department of commerce. All orders pertaining to mobile homes that exceed the statutory size under section 348.07 (2) of the statutes that have been issued by the department of transportation, that are in effect on July 1, 2000, and that do not conflict with orders of the department of commerce shall become orders of the department of commerce and shall remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until modified or rescinded by the department of commerce.

AB133-SSA1,1552,10 (c) Any matter relating to mobile homes that exceed the statutory size under section 348.07 (2) of the statutes that is pending with the department of transportation on July 1, 2000, is transferred to the department of commerce, and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the department of transportation with respect to the pending matter are considered to have been submitted to or taken by the department of commerce.

AB133-SSA1,1552,14 (d) The department of commerce may collect any amount payable under the statutes before July 1, 2000, for the costs of materials, activities or services that were provided by the department of transportation and that relate to mobile homes that exceed the statutory size under section 348.07 (2) of the statutes.

AB133-SSA1,1552,19 (e) Any person who, on the first day of the 6th month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph, has been issued a license by the department of transportation to sell mobile homes that exceed the statutory size under section 348.07 (2) of the statutes is considered to have received that license under section 101.951 or 101.952 of the statutes, as created by this act, whichever is appropriate.

AB133-SSA1,1552,23 (6) Radio services positions. The authorized FTE positions for the department of transportation are increased by 7.0 SEG positions, to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.395 (5) (dq) of the statutes, as affected by this act, for the performance of duties primarily related to radio services.

AB133-SSA1,1553,3 (7c) Hartford Heritage Auto Museum. Notwithstanding section 86.91 (1) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department of transportation shall erect directional signs along USH 41 near the interchange with STH 60 for the Hartford Heritage Auto Museum located in Hartford in Washington County. The department may not charge any fee related to signs erected under this subsection.

AB133-SSA1,1553,7 (7d) Airport perimeter fencing. Notwithstanding section 114.34 (1) and (3) of the statutes, the department of transportation shall provide a 20% match to any federal funds received during the 1999-2001 fiscal biennium for the construction of airport perimeter fencing.

AB133-SSA1,1553,13 (7e) Meehan Station historic site. The secretary of transportation shall allocate not more than $14,900 in fiscal year 1999-2000 from the appropriation under section 20.395 (3) (cq) of the statutes, as affected by this act, for directional signs, an historical marker, land acquisition activities, landscaping and historic information materials relating to the Meehan Station historic site located 6 miles west of Plover in Portage County.

AB133-SSA1,1553,16 (7f) Traffic control signals in St. Croix Falls. The department of transportation shall install traffic control signals at the intersection of USH 8 and 218th Street in the city of St. Croix Falls in Polk County.

AB133-SSA1,1553,21 (7g) State trunk highway addition study. The department of transportation shall, under section 84.295 (2) of the statutes, study whether Tolles Road in Rock County should be added to the state trunk highway system, and, by June 30, 2000, submit a report presenting the results of that study to the governor, and to the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes.

AB133-SSA1,1553,24 (8g) Sidewalks in Wisconsin Rapids. The department of transportation shall install sidewalks along both sides of STH 54 between 32nd Street and 48th Street northeast of Wisconsin Rapids in Wood County.

AB133-SSA1,1553,25 (9g) Installation of railroad crossing gates.

AB133-SSA1,1554,7 (a) The department of transportation shall allocate from the appropriations under section 20.395 (2) (gr) and (gx) of the statutes, as affected by this act, $287,100 for the installation of railroad crossing gates at the intersection of West Clark Street and the Wisconsin Central Railroad tracks and at the intersection of Water Street and the Wisconsin Central Railroad tracks, both of which are located in Stevens Point in Portage County. The city of Stevens Point shall pay at least 10% of the installation costs.

AB133-SSA1,1554,12 (b) The department of transportation shall expend from the appropriations under section 20.395 (2) (gr) and (gx) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the cost of the installation of railroad crossing gates at the intersection of Swarthout Road and the Canadian Pacific railroad tracks northwest of Fall River in Columbia County.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9151 Section 9151. Nonstatutory provisions; treasurer.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9152 Section 9152. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9153 Section 9153. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9154 Section 9154. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin System.

AB133-SSA1,1554,17 (1d) Information technology.

AB133-SSA1,1555,2 (a) The board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall develop a plan to help ensure that students who receive information technology training from the University of Wisconsin System and who are employed as student workers in the information technology area at the University of Wisconsin System are retained as employes in the information technology area for the duration of their enrollment. The board of regents shall submit a copy of this plan to the members of the joint committee on finance before November 1, 1999.

AB133-SSA1,1555,5 (b) The board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall submit a report to the members of the joint committee on finance no later than September 1, 2000, that contains all of the following information:

AB133-SSA1,1555,7 1. The number of new student information technology positions filled during the 1999-2000 fiscal year at each University of Wisconsin System institution.

AB133-SSA1,1555,10 2. The range of salaries at each University of Wisconsin System institution for students employed in information technology positions during the 1999-2000 fiscal year.

AB133-SSA1,1555,13 3. The average salary at each University of Wisconsin System institution for students employed in information technology positions during the 1999-2000 fiscal year.

AB133-SSA1,1555,17 4. The number of students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System who received information technology training from an University of Wisconsin System institution during the 1999-2000 fiscal year, their areas of training and the costs associated with their training.

AB133-SSA1,1555,20 5. For each University of Wisconsin System institution, the turnover rates for students employed in information technology positions during the 1999-2000 fiscal year.

AB133-SSA1,1555,23 6. For each University of Wisconsin System institution, the average length of employment in information technology positions for those students whose employment included employment during the 1999-2000 fiscal year.

AB133-SSA1,1556,4 (1w) Funding for compensation increases. The board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System may not use any of the following funding relating to the Madison initiative for merit-based salary increases for any person who is a member of the faculty, as defined in section 36.05 (8) of the statutes, or of the academic staff, as defined in section 36.05 (1) of the statutes, unless the increases are made for the purpose of retaining the person:

AB133-SSA1,1556,6 (a) Under section 20.285 (1) (a) of the statutes, $5,500,000 appropriated in the 1999-2000 fiscal year.

AB133-SSA1,1556,8 (b) Under section 20.285 (1) (a) of the statutes, $9,500,000 appropriated in the 2000-01 fiscal year.

AB133-SSA1,1556,10 (c) Under section 20.285 (1) (im) of the statutes, $2,961,500 appropriated in the 1999-2000 fiscal year.

AB133-SSA1,1556,12 (d) Under section 20.285 (1) (im) of the statutes, $5,115,400 appropriated in the 2000-01 fiscal year.

AB133-SSA1,1556,22 (2c) Passive review. Notwithstanding sections 13.101 (3) (a) and 20.865 (4) (a) of the statutes, if the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System submits a request to the joint committee on finance to supplement the appropriation under section 20.285 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by this act, and if the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the board of regents within 14 days after the date of the board's request that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the request, the request is approved. If, within 14 working days after the date of the submission of the request, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the board of regents that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the request, the request may be granted only upon approval of the committee.

AB133-SSA1,1557,2 (2j) State agency vehicle fleet management consolidations. The board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall direct the administration of the University of Wisconsin-Madison to cooperate fully with the department of administration in conducting the study required under Section 9101 (18h) of this act.

AB133-SSA1,1557,7 (2m) Brownfields case studies. The Robert M. LaFollette Institute of Public Affairs and the Department of Urban and Regional Planning of the University of Wisconsin-Madison are requested to conduct a study comparing the expected costs and returns of redeveloping a contaminated property with the expected costs and returns of developing an uncontaminated property.

AB133-SSA1,1557,15 (2t) Ginseng research. Notwithstanding section 16.50 (1) (a) and (2) of the statutes, the secretary of administration shall require submission of expenditure estimates from the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System for ginseng research under section 20.285 (1) (qd) of the statutes, as created by this act, and shall not approve any expenditure estimates for ginseng research in the 1999-2001 fiscal biennium unless the board of regents receives funds from the Ginseng Board of Wisconsin equal to 20% of the amount appropriated under section 20.285 (1) (qd) of the statutes, as created by this act.

AB133-SSA1,1557,24 (2w) Overseas market study. In the 2000-01 fiscal year, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee shall conduct a market research and feasibility study related to expanding the programming and the presence of the University of Wisconsin System overseas. The study shall not include the feasibility of purchasing overseas real estate. The board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall allocate $250,000 from the appropriation under section 20.285 (1) (a) of the statutes for the study. Upon completion of the study, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee shall submit a copy of a report summarizing its findings to the governor, and to the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes.

AB133-SSA1,1558,13 (3m) Funding of 1999-2001 University of Wisconsin System faculty and academic staff pay adjustments. Notwithstanding section 16.505 (4) (b) of the statutes, for employes who are eligible to receive compensation adjustments under section 230.12 (3) (e) of the statutes, the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System may use moneys appropriated under section 20.285 (1) (im) of the statutes to pay for the compensation adjustments approved under section 230.12 (3) (e) of the statutes for the 1999-2001 fiscal biennium, but only up to an amount that equals the difference between the amount that the University of Wisconsin System, under section 20.928 (1) of the statutes, certifies is needed under section 20.865 (1) (ci), (d), (ic) and (j) of the statutes to fully fund the compensation adjustments and the amount that the secretary of administration determines is required under section 20.865 (1) (ci), (d), (ic) and (j) of the statutes to pay for the compensation adjustments.

AB133-SSA1,1558,18 (3x) Aquaculture demonstration facility. The board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall submit to the joint committee on finance for its approval a plan for the construction and operation of the aquaculture demonstration facility authorized under Section 9107 (1) (i) 3. of this act that includes all of the following:

AB133-SSA1,1558,19 (a) A description of the physical characteristics of the facility.

AB133-SSA1,1558,20 (b) The facility's functions.

AB133-SSA1,1558,21 (c) How and by whom the facility's functions will be carried out.

AB133-SSA1,1558,22 (d) The number of persons necessary to staff the facility.

AB133-SSA1,1558,23 (e) The facility's estimated, annual operating cost.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9155 Section 9155. Nonstatutory provisions; veterans affairs.

AB133-SSA1,1559,7 (2e) Study and report on health care aid grant program. The department of veterans affairs shall review the health care aid grant program and examine program modifications that could restrain the expenditure growth of the program. No later than December 31, 1999, the department shall submit a report presenting the results of the review and examination, including any program changes that the department believes should be made in the program, to the joint committee on finance.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9156 Section 9156. Nonstatutory provisions; World Dairy Center Authority.

AB133-SSA1, s. 9157 Section 9157. Nonstatutory provisions; workforce development.

AB133-SSA1,1559,13 (1) Community youth grant. Notwithstanding section 49.175 (1) (vL) of the statutes, as created by this act, the following organizations shall receive the following grant amounts from the moneys allocated under section 49.175 (1) (vL) of the statutes, as created by this act, without participating in a competitive process:

AB133-SSA1,1559,15 (a) The Wisconsin chapters of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, $1,300,000 in each fiscal year of the 1999-2001 biennium.

AB133-SSA1,1559,17 (b) The Silver Spring Neighborhood Association, $75,000 in each fiscal year of the 1999-2001 biennium.

AB133-SSA1,1559,19 (c) The Safe and Sound initiative in Milwaukee, $1,000,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2000-2001.

AB133-SSA1,1559,21 (d) Wisconsin Good Samaritan Project, Inc., $125,000 in each fiscal year of the 1999-2001 biennium.

AB133-SSA1,1559,23 (e) The Youth Leadership Academy, Inc., and the United Community Center, $500,000 in each fiscal year of the 1999-2001 biennium.

AB133-SSA1,1559,25 (f) The Milwaukee Passports for Youth Program, $150,000 in each fiscal year of the 1999-2001 biennium.

AB133-SSA1,1560,1 (2) Governor's work-based learning board.

AB133-SSA1,1560,6 (a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the department of workforce development primarily related to the functions of the division of connecting education and work, as determined by the secretary of administration, shall become the assets and liabilities of the governor's work-based learning board.

AB133-SSA1,1560,11 (b) Employe transfers. On the effective date of this paragraph, all positions in the department of workforce development that are primarily related to the division of connecting education and work and the incumbent employes holding those positions, as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred to the governor's work-based learning board.

AB133-SSA1,1560,18 (c) Employe status. Employes transferred under paragraph (b ) have all the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the governor's work-based learning board that they enjoyed in the division of connecting education and work in the department of workforce development immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employe so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.

AB133-SSA1,1560,23 (d) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the department of workforce development that is primarily related to the functions of the division of connecting education and work, as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the governor's work-based learning board.

AB133-SSA1,1561,5 (e) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the department of workforce development on the effective date of this paragraph that is primarily related to the division of connecting education and work, as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the governor's work-based learning board. All materials submitted to or actions taken by the department of workforce development with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the governor's work-based learning board.

AB133-SSA1,1561,13 (f) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of workforce development in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the functions of the division of connecting education and work, as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect and are transferred to the governor's work-based learning board. The governor's work-based learning board shall carry out any obligations under those contracts unless modified or rescinded by the governor's work-based learning board to the extent allowed under the contract.