SB45, s. 2292 23Section 2292. 165.87 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 165.87 and amended
24to read:
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1165.87 Law enforcement training fund. Twenty-seven fifty-fifths of all
2moneys
Moneys collected from penalty assessments under this section shall be
3credited
s. 757.05 and transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (2)
4(i) and utilized (kp) and (kq) shall be used in accordance with ss. 20.455 (2) and s.
5165.85 (5) and (5m). The moneys credited to the appropriation account under s.
620.455 (2) (i), except for the moneys transferred to s. 20.455 (2) (jb),
and shall
7constitute the law enforcement training fund.
SB45, s. 2293 8Section 2293. 165.87 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2294 9Section 2294. 165.87 (1) (bn) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2295 10Section 2295. 165.87 (1) (bp) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2296 11Section 2296. 165.87 (1) (br) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2297 12Section 2297. 165.87 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2298 13Section 2298. 165.87 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 757.05.
SB45, s. 2299 14Section 2299. 165.90 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1064,2015 165.90 (4) (intro.) If the department approves a plan, the department shall
16certify the program as eligible to receive aid under s. 20.455 (2) (d) and (hn) (kt). Prior
17to January 15, of the year for which funding is sought, the department shall
18distribute from the appropriations under s. 20.455 (2) (d) and (hn) (kt) to each eligible
19program the amount necessary to implement the plan, subject to the following
20limitations:
SB45, s. 2300 21Section 2300. 165.90 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1064,2322 165.90 (4) (a) A program may use funds received under s. 20.455 (2) (d) or (hn)
23(kt) only for law enforcement operations.
SB45, s. 2301 24Section 2301. 165.90 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1165.90 (4) (b) A program shall, prior to the receipt of funds under s. 20.455 (2)
2(d) or (hn) (kt) for the 2nd and any subsequent year, submit a report to the
3department regarding the performance of law enforcement activities on the
4reservation in the previous fiscal year.
SB45, s. 2302 5Section 2302. 166.15 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1065,106 166.15 (1) (f) "Nuclear incident" means any sudden or nonsudden release of
7ionizing radiation, as defined under s. 254.31 (3g), from radioactive waste being
8stored or disposed of in a waste repository or transported. "Nuclear incident" does
9not include any release of radiation from radioactive waste being transported under
10routine operations.
SB45, s. 2303 11Section 2303. 166.20 (7g) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2304 12Section 2304. 168.12 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1065,2013 168.12 (1) Except as provided in subs. (1g) and (1r), there is imposed a
14petroleum inspection fee at the rate of 3 cents per gallon specified in sub. (1e) on all
15petroleum products that are received by a supplier for sale in this state or for sale
16for export to this state. The department of revenue shall determine when a
17petroleum product is received under this subsection in the same manner that it
18determines under s. 78.07 when motor vehicle fuel is received. The fee shall be paid
19under s. 168.125 and shall be based on the number of gallons reported under s.
20168.125.
SB45, s. 2305 21Section 2305. 168.12 (1e) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1065,2322 168.12 (1e) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the petroleum inspection fee is
233 cents per gallon.
SB45,1066,624 (b) 1. On or before January 1 of each even-numbered year, beginning with
25January 1, 2002, the department shall determine the total amount claimed as

1reimbursement for claims that have been submitted under s. 101.143 (3) and that are
2unpaid as of the preceding June 30. If that total exceeds $10,000,000, the
3department shall increase the petroleum inspection fee, effective the following April
41, by the amount per gallon, rounded to the nearest 0.1 cent, that the department
5estimates will annually generate revenue equal to the amount by which the total of
6the unpaid claims exceeds $10,000,000.
SB45,1066,157 2. On or before January 1 of each even-numbered year, beginning with January
81, 2002, the department shall determine the unencumbered balance in the petroleum
9inspection fund as of the preceding June 30. If that balance exceeds $10,000,000 and
10if no revenue obligations issued under s. 101.143 (9m) are outstanding, the
11department shall reduce the petroleum inspection fee, effective the following April
121, by the amount per gallon, rounded to the nearest 0.1 cent, that the department
13estimates will reduce the revenue raised annually by the fee in an amount equal to
14$5,000,000 or the amount by which that balance exceeds $10,000,000, whichever is
15greater.
SB45,1066,1716 3. The department shall notify the department of revenue of any change in the
17petroleum inspection fee under this paragraph.
SB45, s. 2306 18Section 2306. 170.12 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1066,2519 170.12 (6) (a) The boundaries of the location where sunken logs may be raised
20pursuant to the permit. The area covered by the permit shall be contiguous, shall
21be contained within a single quarter section
and may not exceed 160 acres. A permit
22may not cover submerged lands that are not contained within Lake Michigan, Lake
23Superior, Star Lake in Villas County, Boom Lake in Oneida County, Rib Lake in
24Taylor County or the Fox River. No location may be covered by more than one permit
25under this section.
SB45, s. 2307
1Section 2307. 177.01 (10) of the statutes is renumbered 177.01 (10) (a).
SB45, s. 2308 2Section 2308. 177.01 (10) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1067,63 177.01 (10) (b) "Intangible property" does not include a credit balance issued
4to a commercial customer account by a business association in the ordinary course
5of business, unless the credit balance is property described in s. 177.06 (1) or (2) held
6by a banking organization or financial organization.
SB45, s. 2309 7Section 2309. 195.28 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1067,168 195.28 (2) Installation costs. The cost of any signal or other crossing
9protection device which is ordered installed under sub. (1) and the cost of installing
10any such device shall be paid by the department from the appropriations under s.
1120.395 (2) (gj), (gr) and (gx). This subsection applies only if, prior to the order under
12sub. (1), the secretary of transportation or the railroad grade crossings committee
13has recommended that the office consider improvements to the railroad grade
14crossing as provided in 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9150 (5), or if,
15regardless of the recommendation concerning the crossing, the office determines
16that immediate improvements to the crossing are necessary to protect public safety.
SB45, s. 2310 17Section 2310. 196.02 (7m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1067,1918 196.02 (7m) Submittal of information. (a) Notwithstanding sub. (4) (a), (b)
193., (6) or (7):
SB45,1067,2320 1. The commission may require a telecommunications utility to submit
21information to the commission only if the commission reduces, to the extent
22practicable, any burden on the telecommunications utility that results from
23complying with the requirement.
SB45,1067,2524 2. A telecommunications utility is not required to provide any information to
25the commission unless the commission certifies each of the following:
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1a. The information is necessary for the commission to enforce a requirement
2under this chapter.
SB45,1068,43 b. The information is not unnecessarily duplicative of information that is in the
4commission's possession.
SB45,1068,65 (b) The commission shall promulgate rules that establish requirements and
6procedures for making a certification specified in par. (a) 2.
SB45, s. 2311 7Section 2311. 196.14 of the statutes is renumbered 196.14 (intro.) and
8amended to read:
SB45,1068,10 9196.14 Public record exception. (intro.) The commission may shall
10withhold from public inspection any information which would of the following:
SB45,1068,12 11(1) Any information that commission determines may aid a competitor of a
12public utility in competition with the public utility.
SB45, s. 2312 13Section 2312. 196.14 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1068,1714 196.14 (2) Any information that is designated as confidential by a public utility
15when the public utility submits the information to the commission and that the
16public utility shows to the satisfaction of the commission may aid a competitor of the
17public utility.
SB45, s. 2313 18Section 2313. 196.19 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1069,219 196.19 (1m) (b) A telecommunications utility may not offer a new
20telecommunications service to the public without first filing a tariff for that offering
21with the commission. A proposed tariff offering a new telecommunications service
22shall be effective on the date specified in the tariff but not earlier than 10 days after
23the date on which the tariff is filed with the commission
, unless the commission,
24either upon complaint or upon its own motion, suspends the operation of the new
25tariff by serving written notice of the suspension on the telecommunications utility

1within 10 days after the date of filing. The notice shall include a statement of the
2reason under par. (c) upon which the commission believes the tariff may be modified.
SB45, s. 2314 3Section 2314. 196.19 (1m) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2315 4Section 2315. 196.194 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1069,55 196.194 (3) Firm increment contracts. (a) In this subsection:
SB45,1069,86 1. "Control area" means an electric power system or combination of electric
7power systems that, as determined by the commission, is subject to a common
8automatic control scheme.
SB45,1069,109 2. "Firm customer" means an industrial or commercial customer of a public
10utility that is provided firm service by the public utility.
SB45,1069,1311 3. "Firm increment" means the amount by which the estimated electric usage
12of a firm customer for a 12-month period that is determined at the beginning of the
13period exceeds the actual electric usage of the firm customer during the period.
SB45,1069,1614 4. "Firm service" means retail electric service that a public utility may not
15interrupt on the basis of anticipated or actual shortages of electric capacity within
16a control area.
SB45,1069,1817 5. "Interruptible customer" means an industrial or commercial customer of a
18public utility that is provided interruptible service by the public utility.
SB45,1069,2119 6. "Interruptible service" means retail electric service that a public utility may
20interrupt on the basis of anticipated or actual shortages of electric capacity within
21a control area.
SB45,1070,222 (b) Notwithstanding ss. 196.03, 196.19, 196.20, 196.21, 196.22, 196.37, 196.60
23and 196.604, the commission may approve the filing of a tariff that allows a firm
24customer to enter into contracts to sell a firm increment to an interruptible customer
25in the same control area if the commission determines that such sales by a firm

1customer will contribute to energy conservation and load management that are
2designed to reduce the energy needs of firm customers.
SB45,1070,83 (c) If the commission approves the filing of a tariff specified in par. (b) and a firm
4customer provides written notice to the public utility that filed the tariff that the firm
5customer has entered into a contract specified in par. (b) with an interruptible
6customer, the public utility shall, for each unit of firm increment that the firm
7customer sells to the interruptible customer under the contract, do each of the
8following for the duration of the contract period:
SB45,1070,119 1. Reduce the amount of firm service that it provides to the firm customer by
10the amount of each unit and provide interruptible service to the firm customer in the
11amount of each unit.
SB45,1070,1312 2. Provide firm service to the interruptible customer in amount equal to 80%
13of each unit.
SB45,1070,1514 (d) A notice under par. (c) shall describe the terms of a contract specified in par.
15(b), including the duration of the contract period.
SB45,1070,1816 (e) The commission shall promulgate rules establishing requirements and
17procedures for sales of firm increment under a tariff approved under par. (b),
18including requirements for determining an amount of firm increment.
SB45, s. 2316 19Section 2316. 196.218 (1) (a) and (b) of the statutes are repealed.
SB45, s. 2317 20Section 2317. 196.218 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1071,321 196.218 (3) (a) 3. The commission shall designate the method by which the
22contributions under this paragraph shall be calculated and collected. The method
23shall ensure that the contributions are sufficient to generate the amounts
24appropriated necessary to fully fund the appropriations under ss. 20.155 (1) (q),
2520.275 (1) (s), (t) and (tm) and 20.285 (1) (q). Contributions may be based only on the

1gross operating revenues from the provision of broadcast services identified by the
2commission under subd. 2. and on intrastate telecommunications services in this
3state of the telecommunications providers subject to the contribution.
SB45, s. 2318 4Section 2318. 196.218 (4r) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 44.73 (title).
SB45, s. 2319 5Section 2319. 196.218 (4r) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2320 6Section 2320. 196.218 (4r) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 44.70 (1m).
SB45, s. 2321 7Section 2321. 196.218 (4r) (a) 2. and 2m. of the statutes are renumbered 44.70
8(3g) and (3j).
SB45, s. 2322 9Section 2322. 196.218 (4r) (a) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 44.70 (6).
SB45, s. 2323 10Section 2323. 196.218 (4r) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 44.73 (1) and
11amended to read:
SB45,1071,1612 44.73 (1) The commission board, in consultation with the department and the
13board
, shall promulgate rules establishing an educational telecommunications
14access program to provide school districts, private schools, cooperative educational
15service agencies, technical college districts, private colleges and public library
16boards
educational agencies with access to data lines and video links.
SB45, s. 2324 17Section 2324. 196.218 (4r) (c) (intro.), 1., 2., 3. and 4. of the statutes are
18renumbered 44.73 (2) (intro.), (a), (b), (c) and (d) and amended to read:
SB45,1071,2019 44.73 (2) (intro.) The rules promulgated under par. (b) sub. (1) shall do all of
20the following:
SB45,1072,521 (a) Allow a school district, private school, cooperative educational service
22agency, technical college district, private college and public library board
an
23educational agency
to make a request to the board for access to either one data line
24or one video link, except that if any educational agency may request access to
25additional data lines if the agency shows to the satisfaction of the board that the

1additional data lines are more cost-effective than a single data line and except that

2a school district that operates more than one high school the rules shall allow the
3school district to
may request access to both a data line and a video link and to request
4access to more than one data line or video link. The board shall forward requests
5received under this subdivision to the commission and the department.
SB45,1072,126 (b) Establish eligibility requirements for a school district, private school,
7cooperative educational service agency, technical college district, private college and
8public library board
an educational agency to participate in the program established
9under par. (b). The requirements shall prohibit a participant in the program from
10receiving assistance from the universal service fund for the purpose specified in sub.
11(5) (a) 3. for educational telecommunications access that is substantially similar to
12the access provided to the participant under the program
sub. (1).
SB45,1072,1613 (c) Establish specifications for a data line or lines and video link that links for
14which access
is provided to a school district, private school, cooperative educational
15service agency, technical college district, private college and public library board
an
16educational agency
under the program established under par. (b) sub. (1).
SB45,1072,2517 (d) Require a school district, private school, cooperative educational service
18agency, technical college district, private college and public library board
an
19educational agency
to pay the department not more than $250 per month for each
20data line or video link that is provided to the school district, private school,
21cooperative educational service agency, technical college district, private college and
22public library board
educational agency under the program established under par.
23(b)
sub. (1), except that the charge may not exceed $100 per month for each data line
24or video link that relies on a transport medium that operates at a speed of 1.544
25megabits per second.
SB45, s. 2325
1Section 2325. 196.218 (4r) (c) 5. of the statutes is renumbered 44.73 (2) (e).
SB45, s. 2326 2Section 2326. 196.218 (4r) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 44.73 (3) and
3amended to read:
SB45,1073,74 44.73 (3) The commission board shall submit an annual report to the board
5department on the status of providing data lines and video links that are requested
6under par. (c) 1. sub. (2) (a) and the impact on the universal service fund of any
7payment under sub. (5) (a) 5. contracts under s. 16.974 (7).
SB45, s. 2327 8Section 2327. 196.218 (4r) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 44.73 (4) and
9amended to read:
SB45,1073,1610 44.73 (4) If the federal communications commission promulgates or modifies
11rules that provide rate discounts for telecommunications services to school districts,
12private schools, cooperative educational service agencies, technical college districts,
13private colleges or public library boards
educational agencies under 47 USC 254, the
14governor shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance that includes any
15recommended changes to statutes or rules with respect to funding the program
16established under par. (b) sub. (1).
SB45, s. 2328 17Section 2328. 196.218 (4r) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 44.73 (5) and
18amended to read:
SB45,1074,219 44.73 (5) Notwithstanding pars. (b) and (c) subs. (1) and (2), technical college
20districts are not eligible to participate in the program established under par. (b) sub.
21(1)
before April 1, 1998. In consultation with the commission, the The board shall
22determine by April 1, 1998, whether there are sufficient moneys in the appropriation
23under s. 20.275 (1) (s) (t) to include technical college districts in the program
24established under par. (b) sub. (1). If the board determines that there are sufficient

1moneys, technical college districts are eligible to participate in the program
2established under par. (b) sub. (1) beginning on April 1, 1998.
SB45, s. 2329 3Section 2329. 196.218 (4r) (g) of the statutes is renumbered 44.73 (6) and
4amended to read:
SB45,1074,185 44.73 (6) From the appropriation under s. 20.275 (1) (s) or (tm), the board may
6award an annual grant to a school district or private school that had in effect on
7October 14, 1997, a contract for access to a data line or video link, as documented by
8the commission board. The board shall determine the amount of the grant, which
9shall be equal to the cost incurred by the state to provide telecommunications access
10to a school district or private school under a contract entered into under s. 16.974 (7)
11(a) or (c) less the amount that the school district or private school would be paying
12under par. (c) 4. sub. (2) (d) if the school district or private school were participating
13in the program established under par. (b) sub. (1), except that the amount may not
14be greater than the cost that a school district or private school incurs under the
15contract in effect on October 14, 1997. A school district or private school receiving
16a grant under this paragraph subsection is not eligible to participate in the program
17under par. (b) sub. (1). No grant may be awarded under this paragraph subsection
18after June 30, 2002.
SB45, s. 2330 19Section 2330. 196.218 (5) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2331 20Section 2331. 196.218 (5) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1074,2521 196.218 (5) (a) 5. To pay costs incurred under contracts under s. 16.974 (7) to
22the extent that these costs are not paid under sub. (4r) (c) 4. s. 44.73 (2) (d), except
23that no moneys in the universal service fund may be used to pay installation costs
24that are necessary for a political subdivision to obtain access to bandwidth under a
25shared service agreement under s. 44.73 (2r) (a).
SB45, s. 2332
1Section 2332. 196.218 (5) (a) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
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