Amendment AA1-ASA1-SB55

SB55-ASA1-AA1,391,14 40.05 (1) (a) 2. For each participating employee whose formula rate is determined under s. 40.23 (2m) (e) 2., 5.5% 5% of each payment of earnings.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1398p Section 1398p. 40.05 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,391,17 40.05 (1) (a) 3. For each participating employee whose formula rate is determined under s. 40.23 (2m) (e) 3., 6% 5% of each payment of earnings.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1398q Section 1398q. 40.05 (1) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,391,20 40.05 (1) (a) 4. For each participating employee whose formula rate is determined under s. 40.23 (2m) (e) 4., 8% 5% of each payment of earnings.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1398r Section 1398r. 40.05 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1398s Section 1398s. 40.05 (2n) of the statutes is repealed.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1398t Section 1398t. 40.32 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,392,7 40.32 (1) The sum of all contributions allocated to a participant's account under each defined contribution plan sponsored by the employer, including all employer contributions and picked-up contributions credited with interest at the effective rate under ss. 40.04 (4) (a) and (5) (b) and 40.05 (2) (g) and all employee contributions made under ss. 40.02 (17) and 40.05 (1) and (2m), may not in any calendar year exceed the maximum contribution limitation established under section 415 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,392,8 731. Page 534, line 23: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,392,9 " Section 1398r. 40.05 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,392,14 40.05 (4) (a) 1. For health insurance, each insured employee shall contribute $5 per month and shall contribute the balance of the required premium amounts after applying required employer contributions, if any, and each insured retired employee shall contribute the balance of the required premium amounts after applying required employer contributions, if any.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,392,15 732. Page 534, line 23: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,392,16 " Section 1398s. 40.05 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,394,2 40.05 (4) (b) Except as provided under pars. (bc) and (bp), accumulated unused sick leave under ss. 13.121 (4), 36.30, 230.35 (2), 233.10, and 757.02 (5) and subch. I or V of ch. 111 of any eligible employee shall, at the time of death, upon qualifying for an immediate annuity or for a lump sum payment under s. 40.25 (1) or upon termination of creditable service and qualifying as an eligible employee under s. 40.02 (25) (b) 6. or 10., be converted, at the employee's current basic pay rate, to credits for payment of health insurance premiums on behalf of the employee or the employee's surviving insured dependents. Any supplemental compensation that is paid to a state employee who is classified under the state classified civil service as a teacher, teacher supervisor, or education director for the employee's completion of educational courses that have been approved by the employee's employer is considered as part of the employee's basic pay for purposes of this paragraph. The full premium for any eligible employee who is insured at the time of retirement, or for the surviving insured dependents of an eligible employee who is deceased, shall be deducted from the credits until the credits are exhausted and paid from the account under s. 40.04 (10), and then deducted from annuity payments, if the annuity is sufficient. The department shall provide for the direct payment of premiums by the insured to the insurer if the premium to be withheld exceeds the annuity payment. Except as provided in par. (bd), upon Upon conversion of an employee's unused sick leave to credits under this paragraph or par. (bf), the employee or, if the employee is deceased, the employee's surviving insured dependents may initiate deductions from those credits or may elect to delay initiation of deductions from those credits for any period of time, but only if the employee or surviving insured dependents are covered by a comparable health insurance plan or policy during the period beginning on the date of the conversion and ending on the last day of the 2nd month after the date on which the employee or surviving insured dependents later elect to initiate deductions from those credits. If an employee or an employee's surviving insured dependents elect to delay initiation of deductions from those credits, an employee or the employee's surviving insured dependents may only later elect to initiate deductions from those credits during the annual enrollment period under par. (be). A health insurance plan or policy is considered comparable if it provides hospital and medical benefits that are substantially equivalent to the standard health insurance plan established under s. 40.52 (1).

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1398t Section 1398t. 40.05 (4) (bd) of the statutes is repealed.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1398u Section 1398u. 40.05 (4) (be) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,394,18 40.05 (4) (be) The department shall establish an annual enrollment period during which an employee or, if the employee is deceased, an employee's surviving insured dependents may elect to initiate or delay continuation of deductions from the employee's sick leave credits under par. (b). An employee or surviving insured dependent may elect to continue or delay continuation of such deductions any number of times. If an employee or surviving insured dependent has initiated the deductions but later elects to delay continuation of the deductions, the employee or surviving insured dependent must be covered by a comparable health insurance plan or policy during the period beginning on the date on which the employee or surviving insured dependent delays continuation of the deductions and ending on the date on which the employee or surviving insured dependent later elects to continue the deductions. A health insurance plan or policy is considered comparable if it provides hospital and medical benefits that are substantially equivalent to the standard health insurance plan established under s. 40.52 (1).".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,394,19 733. Page 535, line 6: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,394,20 " Section 1400b. 40.98 (1) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,394,21 40.98 (1) (bm) "Eligible employee" has the meaning given in s. 632.745 (5) (a).

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1400c Section 1400c. 40.98 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,395,2 40.98 (1) (d) "Employer" means any person doing business or operating an organization in this state and employing at least 2 eligible employees, except that for a person operating a farm business the person must employ at least one eligible employee. "Employer" does not include an employer as defined in s. 40.02 (28).

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1400d Section 1400d. 40.98 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,395,7 40.98 (2) (a) 3. The administrator selected under subd. 2., or the department if no administrator has been selected under subd. 2., shall enter into contracts with insurers who are to provide health care coverage under the health care coverage program.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1400e Section 1400e. 40.98 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,395,11 40.98 (2) (a) 4. The department or the administrator selected under subd. 2. shall solicit and accept bids and shall enter into a contract for marketing the health care coverage program.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1400em Section 1400em. 40.98 (2) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,395,15 40.98 (2) (a) 5. The department or the administrator selected under subd. 2. shall maintain a toll-free telephone number to provide information on the health care coverage program.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1400f Section 1400f. 40.98 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,395,25 40.98 (2) (d) All insurance rates for health care coverage under the program shall be published annually in a single publication that is made available to employers and employees in a manner determined by the board. Rates that apply to coverage for small employers, as defined in s. 635.02 (7), shall be published at least annually, as required in s. 635.12. The rates may be listed by county or by any other regional factor that the board considers appropriate. Annually, the board shall submit a report to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3) specifying the average insurance rate for health care coverage under the program by county or by any other regional factor the board considers appropriate.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1400g Section 1400g. 40.98 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,396,6 40.98 (3) (a) Offer health care coverage under one or more plans to all of its permanent eligible employees who have a normal work week of 30 or more hours and, if permitted by any plan offered by an insurer under the health care coverage program, may offer health care coverage under one or more plans such a plan to any of its other employees.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1400h Section 1400h. 40.98 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,396,12 40.98 (3) (b) Provide health care coverage under one or more plans to at least 50% of its permanent eligible employees who have a normal work week of 30 or more hours and who do not otherwise receive health care coverage as a dependent under any other plan that is not offered by the employer or a percentage of such employees specified by the board, whichever percentage is greater.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1400i Section 1400i. 40.98 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,396,17 40.98 (3) (c) Pay for each eligible employee at least 50% but not more than 100% of the lowest premium rate that would be of the lowest premium rate for single coverage that is available to the employer for that employee's coverage under the health care coverage program.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1400j Section 1400j. 40.98 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 40.98 (5) (am).

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1400k Section 1400k. 40.98 (5) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,396,22 40.98 (5) (bm) Notwithstanding par. (am), the department, in consultation with the board, may limit the requirement under par. (am) to compliance with s. 635.19.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1400L Section 1400L. 40.98 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,397,2 40.98 (6) (b) An insurance agent may not sell any health care coverage under the health care coverage program on behalf of an insurer unless he or she is employed by the insurer or has a contract with the insurer to sell the health care coverage on behalf of listed by the insurer under s. 628.11.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1400m Section 1400m. 40.98 (6) (d) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,397,6 40.98 (6) (d) The board may establish training requirements that an insurance agent must satisfy, in addition to any requirements under s. 628.04 (3), to sell health care coverage under the health care coverage program.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1400n Section 1400n. 40.98 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,397,17 40.98 (6m) The secretary of administration shall lapse from the appropriation under s. 20.515 (2) (g) to the general fund the amounts necessary to repay the loan from the state life insurance fund under s. 607.25 when the secretary of administration, after consulting with the board, determines that funds in the appropriation under s. 20.515 (2) (g) are sufficient to make the lapse. The amounts that are required to be lapsed under s. 20.515 (2) (g) shall equal the amount necessary to pay all principal and interest costs on the loan, less any amount that is lapsed to the general fund under s. 20.515 (2) (a) at the end of the 2001-03 fiscal biennium. The secretary of administration may lapse the amounts under s. 20.515 (2) (g) in installments.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,397,18 734. Page 535, line 6: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,397,19 " Section 1400m. 41.11 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,398,6 41.11 (4) Advertising. The department shall plan and conduct a program of advertising and promotion designed to attract interested persons to this state and to stimulate the enjoyment of its recreational opportunities by residents and nonresidents alike. Any contracts engaging a private agency to conduct an advertising or promotion program under this subsection shall reserve to the department the right to terminate the contract if the service is unsatisfactory to the department. The department shall encourage and coordinate the efforts of public and private organizations to publicize the facilities and attractions of the state for the purpose of stimulating their enjoyment by residents and tourists. The department shall advertise historic sites and state parks with funding from the same appropriation account or accounts.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,398,7 735. Page 535, line 12: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,398,8 " Section 1404c. 41.41 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,398,13 41.41 (4) (c) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the department of natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry, the department of transportation, the department of commerce, the department of administration, the state historical society and the University of Wisconsin-Extension shall cooperate with and assist the board in matters related to its functions.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1404d Section 1404d. 41.41 (5) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,398,21 41.41 (5) (e) Consult and cooperate with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the department of natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry, the department of transportation, the department of commerce, the department of administration, the state historical society, the University of Wisconsin-Extension, any federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state that appoints a liaison representative to the board regarding the management of the Kickapoo valley reserve.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1404e Section 1404e. 41.41 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,399,2 41.41 (9) State natural areas. The board shall dedicate as a state natural area under s. 23.27 any land that is a part of the Kickapoo valley reserve and any land that has been acquired by the board if the department of natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry identifies the land as appropriate for dedication.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,399,3 736. Page 535, line 12: delete that line and substitute:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,399,4 " Section 1404. 41.19 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,399,5 41.19 (1) (b) "Nonprofit organization" has the meaning given in s. 108.02 (19).

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1405 Section 1405. 41.19 (2m) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,399,10 41.19 (2m) (c) (intro.) Subject to par. (d), from the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.380 (1) (bm) and (kg), the department shall, in the fiscal biennium in which an area is selected under par. (a), award a grant to the applicant on behalf of an the area of the state selected under par. (a) if all of the following apply:

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1403 Section 1403. 41.19 (2m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,399,17 41.19 (2m) (d) The department may not, under par. (c), award to an applicant on behalf of an area selected under par. (a) more than one grant per fiscal year to an applicant on behalf of an area under par. (c) and may not or award grants to the applicant for more than 2 fiscal years. Grants awarded to an applicant under par. (c) may not exceed $25,000 in the first fiscal year, or $15,000 in the 2nd fiscal year, in which the applicant receives a grant under par. (c).

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1404 Section 1404. 41.19 (2r) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,400,3 41.19 (2r) From the appropriations under s. 20.380 (1) (bm) and (kg), the department may award to a nonprofit organization that is located in an area of the state that was selected under sub. (2m) (a) grants of up to $5,000 in any fiscal year after the fiscal biennium in which the area was selected under sub. (2m) (a). Grant proceeds must be used to promote historic and prehistoric attractions in the area, and may be used for such purposes as interpretive or directional signs, website development, advertising, and public relations. The department may award grants under this subsection to a nonprofit organization that received grants under sub. (2m) (c) as an applicant on behalf of an area of the state selected under sub. (2m) (a).".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,400,4 737. Page 535, line 24: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,400,6 " Section 1404b. 41.41 (13) (intro.) of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,400,14 41.41 (13) Report on generating revenue and resubmitting building plans. (intro.) After consulting with the department of natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry and any tribal government with whom the Kickapoo reserve management board or the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway board has entered into a memorandum of understanding, the Kickapoo reserve management board, in conjunction with the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway board, shall prepare and submit to the building commission and to the joint committee on finance a report that includes all of the following:".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,400,15 738. Page 536, line 14: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,400,16 " Section 1405k. 42.09 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,400,22 42.09 (2) (a) The state fair park board may not alter or renovate any building, appurtenance, fixture, exhibit or other structure or facility at state fair park that is owned by the board but that was owned by the former department of natural resources on July 29, 1995, without the permission of the department of fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry, but the board may provide routine maintenance without the department's permission.

SB55-ASA1-AA1,401,3 (b) The state fair park board shall allow the department of natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry access to and use of the buildings, appurtenances, fixtures, exhibits and other structures and facilities described in par. (a) so that the department may prepare, display and dismantle exhibits during events occurring at state fair park.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,401,4 739. Page 537, line 19: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,401,5 " Section 1409s. 44.02 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,401,22 44.02 (5) Keep its main library and museum rooms open at all reasonable hours on business days for the reception of the residents of this state who may wish to visit the library or museum. Except as provided under subs. (5g) and (5m), the historical society may collect a fee from residents and shall collect a fee from nonresidents for admission to historic sites or buildings acquired, leased or operated by the historical society, including areas within state parks or on other state-owned lands which incorporate historic buildings, restorations, museums or remains and which are operated by the historical society by agreement with the department of natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry or other departments, or for lectures, pageants or similar special events, or for admission to defray the costs of special exhibits in its several buildings of documents, objects or other materials not part of the historical society's regular collections but brought in on loan from other sources for such special exhibitions or for use of the main library. The historical society shall take action on a continuing basis to raise funds from private sources for the operation of its main library. The historical society may procure and sell or otherwise dispose of postcards, souvenirs and other appropriate merchandise to help defray the costs of operating its several plants and projects.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,401,23 740. Page 537, line 21: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,401,24 " Section 1412. 44.12 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,402,5 44.12 (1) The state farm and craft museum, located at Nelson Dewey state park State Park, may be developed by cooperation of the department of natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry, the society, and such other agencies as may be interested therein in accordance with such arrangements as the department of natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry and society agree upon.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,402,6 741. Page 538, line 5: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,402,7 " Section 1414c. 44.47 (5m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,402,10 44.47 (5m) (a) There is established, to be administered by the historical society and department of natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry, a program for submerged cultural resources of this state.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1414d Section 1414d. 44.47 (5m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,402,22 44.47 (5m) (b) The historical society, in consultation with the department of natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry, shall coordinate the activities of the state relating to the preservation, management and public use of submerged cultural resources. The historical society may enter into agreements with federal and state agencies, political subdivisions and nonprofit organizations regarding the preservation, management and use of submerged cultural resources and the management of bottomland preserves. On or before February 1 of each odd-numbered year, the historical society shall submit a report to the governor and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3), on submerged cultural resources activities and implementation of this subsection.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1414e Section 1414e. 44.47 (5m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,403,6 44.47 (5m) (c) The historical society and department of natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry may by rule designate areas of the bed of any stream or lake as bottomland preserves, for the purpose of enhancing preservation, management and public use of any submerged cultural resources within the bottomland preserve. A bottomland preserve may encompass more than one object or archaeological site.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1414f Section 1414f. 44.47 (5m) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,403,12 44.47 (5m) (e) The historical society and department of natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry may promulgate rules relating to the access, use, stewardship, management, protection and recreational development of bottomland preserves, and the preservation, conservation, curation and display of submerged cultural resources and objects removed from underwater archaeological sites.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 1414g Section 1414g. 44.57 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,403,16 44.57 (1) (c) Game farms, fish hatcheries, nurseries and other production facilities operated by the department of natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry.".