2. One majority party senator, one minority party senator, one majority party representative to the assembly and one minority party representative to the assembly, appointed as are the members of standing committees in their respective houses.
3. The secretary of health and family services or his or her designee.
4. The superintendent of public instruction or his or her designee.
5. One physician with expertise in oncology, smoking cessation or public health.
6. One student who is enrolled in an institution within the University of Wisconsin System.
7. Two high school students, including at least one minority student, as defined in s. 39.40 (1).
8. Five representatives of organizations that have as their primary organizational mission reducing the health or economic consequences of tobacco use or ameliorating the effects of tobacco use and reducing the incidence of particular diseases or health conditions associated with tobacco use.
9. One local health officer.
10. One person who is a minority group member, as defined in s. 560.036 (1) (f).
11. One member of the Wisconsin Grocers Association.
12. One member of the Wisconsin Health and Hospital Association.
(b) The members specified in par. (a) 5. to 12. shall be appointed for 3-year terms, except that if a student member appointed under par. (a) 6. or 7. loses the status upon which the appointment was based, he or she shall cease to be a member of the tobacco control council. The Governor shall designate one of the members appointed under par. (a) 5. to 12. as chairperson of the council.
(c) The council shall meet at least 4 times per year. Eleven members constitute a quorum. For the purpose of conducting business and making final recommendations under s. 255.15 (2), a majority vote of the entire council is required.
(d) If the council creates subcommittees, one subcommittee shall study the issue of those populations most adversely affected by tobacco.
SECTION 35. 15.223 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 36. 15.223 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
15.223 (3) DIVISION OF WORKFORCE EXCELLENCE. There is created in the department of workforce development a division of workforce excellence.
SECTION 36r. 15.225 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
15.225 (2) (b) Membership. The Wisconsin conservation corps board consists of 7 members appointed by the governor from various areas of the state in a manner designed to provide regional, environmental and agricultural representation. One member of the board shall be a member of an area private industry council a local workforce development board established under the job training partnership act, 29 USC 1501 to 1781 29 USC 2832.
SECTION 37. 15.225 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
15.225 (3) GOVERNOR'S WORK-BASED LEARNING BOARD. (a) There is created a governor's work-based learning board which is attached to the department of workforce development under s. 15.03.
(b) The governor's work-based learning board shall consist of the following members:
1. The governor.
2. The state superintendent of public instruction.
3. The president of the technical college system board.
4. The director of the technical college system board.
5. The secretary of workforce development.
6. The administrator of the division of workforce excellence in the department of workforce development.
7. One member who is a representative of organized labor.
8. One member who is a representative business and industry.
8m. Two members having experience in secondary vocational education and work-based learning who are not public officers and who do not possess the qualifications of the members under subds. 7. and 8.
9. One member, who is not a public officer and who does not possess the qualifications of the members under subds. 7. and 8., to represent the interests of the public.
(c) The members of the board appointed under par. (b) 7., 8., 8m. and 9. shall be appointed by the governor to serve at the pleasure of the governor.
SECTION 37g. 15.227 (24) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 38. 15.57 of the statutes is renumbered 15.57 (1).
SECTION 39. 15.57 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
15.57 (2) If the secretary of administration determines that the federal communications commission has approved the transfer of all broadcasting licenses held by the educational communications board to the broadcasting corporation, as defined in s. 39.81 (2), this section does not apply on and after the effective date of the last license transferred as determined by the secretary of administration under s. 39.88 (2).
SECTION 40g. 15.675 of the statutes is renumbered 15.495 and amended to read:
15.495 Same; attached board. (1) EDUCATIONAL APPROVAL BOARD. There is created an educational approval board which is attached to the higher educational aids board department of veterans affairs under s. 15.03. The board shall consist of not more than 7 members, who shall be representatives of state agencies and other persons with a demonstrated interest in educational programs, appointed to serve at the pleasure of the governor.
SECTION 40m. 15.98 of the statutes is created to read:
15.98 Public broadcasting transitional board; creation. (1) In this section:
(a) "Broadcasting corporation" has the meaning given in s. 39.81 (2).
(b) "Friends group" has the meaning given in s. 39.81 (5).
(2) There is created a public broadcasting transitional board consisting of the following members:
(a) The secretary of administration or his or her designee.
(b) The state superintendent of public instruction or his or her designee.
(c) The president of the University of Wisconsin System or his or her designee.
(d) The director of the technical college system or his or her designee.
(e) The president of the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities or his or her designee.
(f) Except as provided in sub. (4), the district director specified in s. 38.12 (3) (a) 1. of the Milwaukee Area Technical College district or his or her designee.
(g) One member of each house of the legislature from the political party with the most members in that house, appointed as are members of standing committees.
(h) One member of each house of the legislature from the political party with the 2nd most members in that house, appointed as are members of standing committees.
(i) Two members appointed by the governor from a list of nominees submitted by the Wisconsin Public Radio Association, for 3-year terms.
(j) One member appointed by the governor from a list of nominees submitted by a friends group organized to raise funds for television station WHA, for a 3-year term.
(k) One member appointed by the governor from a list of nominees submitted by a friends group organized to raise funds for television stations WMVS and WMVT, for a 3-year term.
(L) One member appointed by the governor who is a representative of public elementary and secondary schools, for a 3-year term.
(3) The appointment of the members specified in sub. (2) is subject to senate confirmation, except for the appointment of a member who holds an office specified in sub. (2) that is subject to senate confirmation and except for the members specified in sub. (2) (b), (g) and (h).
(4) If the district board governing the Milwaukee Area Technical College does not enter into an agreement with the broadcasting corporation under s. 38.125 (2) (a) by the date specified in s. 38.125 (2) (a) (intro.), the member specified under sub. (2) (f) shall vacate his or her membership and the governor shall appoint, subject to senate confirmation, an individual to serve as a member for a 3-year term.
(5) This section does not apply beginning on the first day of the 36th month commencing after the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date].
SECTION 40r. 16.004 (13) of the statutes is created to read:
16.004 (13) UNFUNDED PRIOR SERVICE FOR ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. Beginning in the 1999-2000 fiscal year and ending in the 2003-04 fiscal year, the department shall pay $80,000 in each fiscal year from the appropriation account under s. 20.475 (1) (d) toward the department's unfunded prior service liability under the Wisconsin retirement system that results from granting the creditable service under s. 40.02 (17) (gm).
SECTION 41. 16.009 (2) (p) of the statutes is created to read:
16.009 (2) (p) Contract with one or more organizations to provide advocacy services to potential or actual recipients of the family care benefit, as defined in s. 46.2805 (4), or their families or guardians. The board and contract organizations under this paragraph shall assist these persons in protecting their rights under all applicable federal statutes and regulations and state statutes and rules. An organization with which the board contracts for these services may not be a provider, nor an affiliate of a provider, of long-term care services, a resource center under s. 46.283 or a care management organization under s. 46.284. For potential or actual recipients of the family care benefit, advocacy services required under this paragraph shall include all of the following:
1. Providing information, technical assistance and training about how to obtain needed services or support items.
2. Providing advice and assistance in preparing and filing complaints, grievances and appeals of complaints or grievances.
3. Providing negotiation and mediation.
4. Providing individual case advocacy assistance regarding the appropriate interpretation of statutes, rules or regulations.
5. Providing individual case advocacy services in administrative hearings and legal representation for judicial proceedings regarding family care services or benefits.
SECTION 42. 16.0095 of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 43h. 16.023 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
16.023 (1m) (a) In this subsection:
1. "Land rights" means a holder's nonpossessory interest in land that imposes a limitation or affirmative obligation the purpose of which is to retain or protect natural, scenic or open space values of land, assuring the availability of land for agricultural, forest, wildlife habitat or open space use, protecting natural resources or maintaining or enhancing air or water quality.
2. "Political subdivision" means a city, village, town or county.
3. "Public funds" means funds of the United States, this state or of a political subdivision, or an instrumentality, agency or subunit of any of the foregoing.
4. "Transaction" means a conveyance of land rights that uses public funds to accomplish the conveyance.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2000, the council shall develop and distribute a form, that is in triplicate, to each register of deeds, the department of natural resources and the department of revenue that contains space for the following information:
1. The name and address of each party that is involved in a transaction.
2. The date of the transaction.
3. The approximate size of the parcel to which the land rights relate.
4. The approximate total size of the parcel of which the land rights constitute a portion.
5. The classification of the parcel under s. 70.32 (2) (a) to which the land rights relate.
6. The amount paid by the purchaser for the land rights.
7. The source of the public funds that were used in the conveyance of the land rights.
(c) For a transaction that is completed after June 30, 2000, a person who is a party to a transaction, as a purchaser or purchaser's agent or as a seller or seller's agent, shall prepare and sign the form described in par. (b). The person who prepares and signs the form shall send one copy of the form to the council and record one copy with the register of deeds of the county in which the transaction is recorded.
(d) A register of deeds, the department of natural resources and the department of revenue shall make the form available to any person who requests one.
(e) The council shall post the form on the Internet when a site for a statewide computerized land information system is created and makes such a posting possible.
SECTION 43j. 16.023 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.023 (3) Subsections (1) and to (2) do not apply after August 31, 2003.
SECTION 44. 16.15 (4) of the statutes is repealed.