31.385 (2) (intro.) The following standards shall apply to financial assistance under this section for dam maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment and removal safety projects:
SECTION 872b. 31.385 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 31.385 (2) (a) 1. and amended to read:
31.385 (2) (a) 1. State Except as provided in subd. 2., financial assistance for a dam safety project is limited to no more than 50% of the cost of a particular project involving dam maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment or removal and no more than $200,000 of state financial assistance for a particular the project.
SECTION 872e. 31.385 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
31.385 (2) (a) 2. A project to remove an abandoned dam shall not be subject to the 50% cost limit under subd. 1.
SECTION 872g. 31.385 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
31.385 (2) (a) 3. Financial assistance is limited to no more than $200,000 for each dam safety project.
SECTION 873b. 31.385 (2) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:
31.385 (2) (ag) Of the amounts appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (tL), at least $250,000 shall be used for projects to remove small dams that are less than 15 feet wide and that create impoundments of 50 acre-feet of water or less. A project under this paragraph to remove a small dam may include restoring the stream or river that was dammed.
SECTION 874. 31.385 (2) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
31.385 (2) (bm) The department may provide financial assistance for an activity other than the maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment or removal of the dam only if the cost of that activity will be less than the cost of the maintenance, repair, modification or removal of the dam.
SECTION 875. 31.385 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
31.385 (2) (c) (intro.) No financial assistance may be provided under this section for the maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment or removal of a dam safety project unless at least one of the following applies:
SECTION 876. 31.385 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
31.385 (2) (c) 1. The department conducts an investigation or inspection of the dam under this chapter and the owner of the dam requests financial assistance under this section within 6 months after having received department directives, based on the department's investigation or inspection of the dam, for the repair, modification or abandonment and removal of the dam or for another activity to increase the safety of the dam.
SECTION 876g. 31.385 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
31.385 (2) (c) 2. The municipality or, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district or other person applying for state financial assistance under this section has received directives from the department or is under order by the department to maintain, repair, modify, abandon or remove a dam on August 9, 1989.
SECTION 877b. 31.385 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
31.385 (3) The department shall provide municipalities and, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts and other persons receiving state financial assistance under this section with technical assistance in conducting dam maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment and removal for dam safety projects under this section. The department shall coordinate the financial assistance program under this section with other related state and federal programs.
SECTION 886. 36.11 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.11 (6) (b) The board may not make a grant under par. (a) to a person if it receives a certification under s. 49.855 (7) that the person is delinquent in child support or maintenance payments or owes past support, medical expenses or birth expenses whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).
SECTION 887. 36.11 (36) of the statutes is created to read:
36.11 (36) AQUACULTURE DEMONSTRATION FACILITY. The board shall operate the aquaculture demonstration facility authorized under 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9107 (1) (i) 3.
SECTION 887m. 36.11 (37) of the statutes is created to read:
36.11 (37) EXTENSION LOCAL PLANNING PROGRAM. The board shall offer a local planning program through the extension to educate local policymakers about local planning and the grant program under s. 16.965.
SECTION 887r. 36.11 (38) of the statutes is created to read:
36.11 (38) STUDY OF PROGRAMS IN MARATHON COUNTY. The board shall study the feasibility of expanding the offering of 4-year and graduate degree programs in Marathon County when sufficient private funds or funds from a municipality, as defined in s. 67.01 (5), have been raised to pay for the study. The board shall submit a copy of the report under this subsection to the governor, and to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2).
SECTION 888e. 36.25 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.25 (5) (a) The board of regents, as licensee, shall, except as provided in an agreement entered into under par. (c) 2., manage, operate and maintain broadcasting station WHA and WHA-TV and shall enter into an affiliation agreement with the educational communications board pursuant to s. 39.14. Except as provided under par. (b), the an affiliation agreement under this paragraph shall provide that the board of regents shall grant the educational communications board the part-time use of equipment and space necessary for the operations of the state educational radio and television networks. The board of regents shall maintain a separate account for each revenue source for broadcasting station WHA and for WHA-TV which permits identification of the functions or activities for which expenditures are made. The board of regents shall maintain annual records of its expenditures for programming purposes by type of programming and by source of revenue.
SECTION 888m. 36.25 (5) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
36.25 (5) (c) 1. In this paragraph:
a. "Broadcasting corporation" has the meaning given in s. 39.81 (2).
b. "Broadcasting station" means any broadcast station for which the board of regents holds a license.
2. No later than the first day of the 12th month beginning after the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date], the board of regents may enter into an agreement with the broadcasting corporation that requires the board of regents to do each of the following:
a. Allow the broadcasting corporation to operate any broadcasting station that is specified in the agreement.
b. Grant the broadcasting corporation operational control over any facility or asset of the board of regents that is necessary for the operation of a broadcasting station specified in subd. 2. a., except that the agreement may provide for joint use by the board of regents and the broadcasting corporation of any production facility and the agreement shall provide for the joint use by the board of regents and the broadcasting corporation of one and only one television broadcasting network facility.
c. Maintain the facilities and assets that are necessary for the operation of each broadcasting station, including a broadcasting station specified in subd. 2. a.
d. Retain the license for each broadcasting station.
e. Provide administrative services to the broadcasting corporation that are necessary for the broadcasting corporation to operate the broadcasting stations specified in subd. 2. a.
f. Provide assistance in developing and delivering elementary and secondary school educational programming. Any assistance provided under this subd. 2. f. shall be provided at no cost to private and public elementary and secondary schools.
3. An agreement under subd. 2. shall satisfy each of the following:
a. The agreement shall remain in effect until the maturity date of any public debt issued under s. 13.48 (31) (c).
b. The agreement shall ensure that the board of regents has access to broadcasting facilities and air time that is equal to or greater then the access of the board of regents prior to the effective date of this subdivision 3. b. .... [revisor inserts date].
4. An agreement under subd. 2. may specify the terms, if any, for the broadcasting corporation to compensate the board of regents or for the board of regents to compensate the broadcasting corporation for taking an action specified in subd. 2. a. to e.
5. An agreement under subd. 2. may not take effect without the approval of the secretary of administration.
6. This paragraph does not apply unless the secretary of administration determines under s. 39.88 (1) that the federal communications commission has approved the transfer of all broadcasting licenses held by the educational communications board to the broadcasting corporation.
SECTION 888s. 36.25 (5) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
36.25 (5) (d) At the request of the transitional board, as defined in s. 39.81 (7), the board of regents shall, at no charge to the transitional board, provide staff and legal, administrative and technical assistance for the transitional board to carry out the duties under s. 39.82.
SECTION 889. 36.25 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.25 (14) GRADUATE STUDENT FINANCIAL AID. The board shall establish a grant program for minority and disadvantaged graduate students enrolled in the system. The grants shall be awarded from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (4) (b). The board shall give preference in awarding grants under this subsection to residents of this state. The board may not make a grant under this subsection to a person if it receives a certification under s. 49.855 (7) that the person is delinquent in child support or maintenance payments or owes past support, medical expenses or birth expenses whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).
SECTION 890m. 36.25 (29g) of the statutes is created to read:
36.25 (29g) The board shall establish in the college of natural resources at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point a center to conduct studies and research relating to watershed management.
SECTION 891. 36.25 (30) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.25 (30) HAZARDOUS POLLUTION POLLUTION PREVENTION PROGRAM. The board shall establish maintain in the extension a hazardous pollution prevention program solid and hazardous waste education center to promote hazardous pollution prevention, as defined in s. 299.13 (1) (c) (dm). In cooperation with the department of natural resources and the department of commerce, the program center shall conduct an education and technical assistance program to promote hazardous pollution prevention in this state.
SECTION 893. 36.27 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.27 (4) (a) In the 1993-94 to 1998-99 2000-01 academic years, the board may annually exempt from nonresident tuition, but not from incidental or other fees, up to 200 students enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside as juniors or seniors in programs identified by that institution as having surplus capacity and up to 150 students enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Superior in programs identified by that institution as having surplus capacity.
SECTION 894. 36.34 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.34 (1) (b) The board shall establish a grant program for minority undergraduates enrolled in the system. The board shall designate all grants under this subsection as Lawton grants. Grants shall be awarded from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (4) (dd). The board may not make a grant under this subsection to a person if it receives a certification under s. 49.855 (7) that the person is delinquent in child support or maintenance payments or owes past support, medical expenses or birth expenses whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).
SECTION 895. 36.34 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 895m. 36.36 of the statutes is created to read:
36.36 Grants for study abroad. From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (er), the board shall award a grant of $2,000 to a resident undergraduate student to assist in paying the costs associated with the student's study abroad if the student satisfies all of the following criteria:
(1) The student demonstrates financial need for the grant, as determined by the board.
(2) The student is enrolled full-time in the system in the semester preceding the student's study abroad.
(3) The student is enrolled in a program leading to an associate or bachelor's degree.
SECTION 895t. 38.04 (10) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
38.04 (10) (d) 1. In consultation with representatives of business and labor, the board shall develop a separate approval process for district board proposals to purchase or construct facilities to be used as applied technology centers under s. 38.15 (3) (c). The board may not approve a proposal unless the board determines that all of the following apply:
a. The applied technology center is likely to maintain or increase the number of jobs in the region served by the center that require a high level of skill and provide high wages.
b. The productivity of employes who would be served by the center is likely to increase.
c. One or more businesses in the region served by the center will pay for all of the direct costs of operating the center and at least 20% of the indirect costs of operating the center, and will fund, either in cash or in kind, at least 30% of the capital costs of the center.
2. By December 1 of the year in which a center approved under subd. 1. begins operating, and annually thereafter by December 1, the district board shall report to the board the change, since the center began operating, in the wages, productivity and level of skill of the employes who have been directly served by the center.
SECTION 896. 38.04 (18) of the statutes is created to read:
38.04 (18) STATEWIDE GUIDE. Annually, the board shall produce, and distribute to students, parents, high school personnel and others, a guide containing information on all of the technical colleges and their programs.
SECTION 897b. 38.125 of the statutes is renumbered 38.125 (3) and amended to read:
38.125 (3) If the district board governing the Milwaukee area technical college determines to relinquish its public broadcasting licenses, it shall, subject to the approval of the federal communications commission, offer to assign the licenses to the educational communications board, subject to approval of the federal communications commission or, if the secretary of administration determines under s. 39.88 (1) that all the broadcasting licenses held by the educational communications board have been transferred to the broadcasting corporation, to the broadcasting corporation.
SECTION 897c. 38.125 (1) of the statutes is created to read:
38.125 (1) In this section:
(a) "District board" means the district board governing the Milwaukee Area Technical College.
(b) "Broadcasting corporation" has the meaning given in s. 39.81 (2).
(c) "Broadcasting station" means any broadcast station for which the district board holds a license.
SECTION 897d. 38.125 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
38.125 (2) (a) No later than the first day of the 12th month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], the district board may enter into an agreement with the broadcasting corporation that requires the district board to do each of the following:
1. Allow the broadcasting corporation to operate any broadcasting station that is specified in the agreement.
2. Grant the broadcasting corporation operational control over any facility or asset of the district board that is necessary for the operation of a broadcasting station specified in subd. 1., except that the agreement may provide for joint use by the district board and the broadcasting corporation of any production facility and the agreement shall provide for the joint use by the district board and the broadcasting corporation of one and only one television broadcasting network facility located in a 1st class city.
3. Maintain the facilities and assets that are necessary for the operation of each broadcasting station, including a broadcasting station specified in subd. 1.
4. Retain the license for each broadcasting station.
(b) An agreement under par. (a) shall satisfy each of the following:
1. The agreement shall remain in effect until the maturity date of any public debt issued under s. 13.48 (31) (d).
2. The agreement shall ensure that the district board has access to broadcasting facilities and air time that is equal to or greater than the access of the district board prior to the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date].
(c) An agreement under par. (a) may specify the terms, if any, for the broadcasting corporation to compensate the district board or for the district board to compensate the broadcasting corporation for taking an action specified in par. (a).
