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(4) (b) Except as provided under pars. (bc) and (bp), accumulated unused
18sick leave under ss. 13.121 (4), 36.30, 230.35 (2), 233.10
, and 757.02 (5) and subch.
19I or V of ch. 111 of any eligible employee shall, at the time of death, upon qualifying
20for an immediate annuity or for a lump sum payment under s. 40.25 (1) or upon
21termination of creditable service and qualifying as an eligible employee under s.
2240.02 (25) (b) 6. or 10., be converted, at the employee's current basic pay rate, to
23credits for payment of health insurance premiums on behalf of the employee or the
24employee's surviving insured dependents. Any supplemental compensation that is
1paid to a state employee who is classified under the state classified civil service as
2a teacher, teacher supervisor
, or education director for the employee's completion of
3educational courses that have been approved by the employee's employer is
4considered as part of the employee's basic pay for purposes of this paragraph. The
5full premium for any eligible employee who is insured at the time of retirement, or
6for the surviving insured dependents of an eligible employee who is deceased, shall
7be deducted from the credits until the credits are exhausted and paid from the
8account under s. 40.04 (10), and then deducted from annuity payments, if the
9annuity is sufficient. The department shall provide for the direct payment of
10premiums by the insured to the insurer if the premium to be withheld exceeds the
11annuity payment.
Except as provided in par. (bd), upon Upon conversion of an
12employee's unused sick leave to credits under this paragraph or par. (bf), the
13employee or, if the employee is deceased, the employee's surviving insured
14dependents may
initiate deductions from those credits or may elect to delay
15initiation of deductions from those credits
for any period of time, but only if the
16employee or surviving insured dependents are covered by a comparable health
17insurance plan or policy during the period beginning on the date of the conversion
18and ending on the
last day of the 2nd month after the date on which the employee
19or surviving insured dependents later elect to initiate deductions from those credits.
20If an employee or an employee's surviving insured dependents elect to delay
21initiation of deductions from those credits, an employee or the employee's surviving
22insured dependents may only later elect to initiate deductions from those credits
23during the annual enrollment period under par. (be). A health insurance plan or
24policy is considered comparable if it provides hospital and medical benefits that are
1substantially equivalent to the standard health insurance plan established under s.
240.52 (1).
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(4) (be) The department shall establish an annual enrollment period
6during which an employee or, if the employee is deceased, an employee's surviving
7insured dependents may elect to initiate or delay continuation of deductions from the
8employee's sick leave credits under par. (b). An employee or surviving insured
9dependent may elect to continue or delay continuation of such deductions any
10number of times. If an employee or surviving insured dependent has initiated the
11deductions but later elects to delay continuation of the deductions, the employee or
12surviving insured dependent must be covered by a comparable health insurance plan
13or policy during the period beginning on the date on which the employee or surviving
14insured dependent delays continuation of the deductions and ending on the date on
15which the employee or surviving insured dependent later elects to continue the
16deductions. A health insurance plan or policy is considered comparable if it provides
17hospital and medical benefits that are substantially equivalent to the standard
18health insurance plan established under s. 40.52 (1).".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,394,2121
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(1) (bm) "Eligible employee" has the meaning given in s. 632.745 (5) (a).
SB55-ASA1-AA1,395,223
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(1) (d) "Employer" means any person doing business or operating an
24organization in this state and employing at least 2
eligible employees, except that for
1a person operating a farm business the person must employ at least one
eligible 2employee. "Employer" does not include an employer as defined in s. 40.02 (28).
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(2) (a) 3. The
administrator selected under subd. 2., or the department
5if no administrator has been selected under subd. 2., shall enter into contracts with
6insurers who are to provide health care coverage under the health care coverage
7program.
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(2) (a) 4. The department
or the administrator selected under subd. 2. 10shall solicit and accept bids and shall enter into a contract for marketing the health
11care coverage program.
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(2) (a) 5. The department
or the administrator selected under subd. 2. 14shall maintain a toll-free telephone number to provide information on the health
15care coverage program.
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(2) (d) All insurance rates for health care coverage under the program
18shall be
published annually in a single publication that is made available to
19employers and employees
in a manner determined by the board. Rates that apply
20to coverage for small employers, as defined in s. 635.02 (7), shall be published at least
21annually, as required in s. 635.12. The rates may be listed by county or by any other
22regional factor that the board considers appropriate.
Annually, the board shall
23submit a report to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3)
24specifying the average insurance rate for health care coverage under the program by
25county or by any other regional factor the board considers appropriate.
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(3) (a) Offer health care coverage under one or more plans to all of its
3permanent eligible employees
who have a normal work week of 30 or more hours and
,
4if permitted by any plan offered by an insurer under the health care coverage
5program, may offer health care coverage under
one or more plans such a plan to any
6of its other employees.
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(3) (b) Provide health care coverage under one or more plans to at least
950% of its
permanent eligible employees
who have a normal work week of 30 or more
10hours and who do not otherwise receive health care coverage as a dependent under
11any other plan that is not offered by the employer or a percentage of such employees
12specified by the board, whichever percentage is greater.
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(3) (c) Pay for each
eligible employee at least 50%
but not more than 100%
15of the lowest premium rate that would be of the lowest premium rate for single
16coverage that is available to the employer for that employee's coverage under the
17health care coverage program.
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(5) (bm) Notwithstanding par. (am), the department, in consultation
21with the board, may limit the requirement under par. (am) to compliance with s.
22635.19.
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(6) (b) An insurance agent may not sell any health care coverage under
25the health care coverage program on behalf of an insurer unless he or she is
employed
1by the insurer or has a contract with the insurer to sell the health care coverage on
2behalf of listed by the insurer
under s. 628.11.
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(6) (d) The board may establish training requirements that an insurance
5agent must satisfy, in addition to any requirements under s. 628.04 (3), to sell health
6care coverage under the health care coverage program.
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(6m) The secretary of administration shall lapse from the appropriation
9under s. 20.515 (2) (g) to the general fund the amounts necessary to repay the loan
10from the state life insurance fund under s. 607.25 when the secretary of
11administration, after consulting with the board, determines that funds in the
12appropriation under s. 20.515 (2) (g) are sufficient to make the lapse. The amounts
13that are required to be lapsed under s. 20.515 (2) (g) shall equal the amount necessary
14to pay all principal and interest costs on the loan, less any amount that is lapsed to
15the general fund under s. 20.515 (2) (a) at the end of the 2001-03 fiscal biennium.
16The secretary of administration may lapse the amounts under s. 20.515 (2) (g) in
17installments.".
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(4) Advertising. The department shall plan and conduct a program of
21advertising and promotion designed to attract interested persons to this state and
22to stimulate the enjoyment of its recreational opportunities by residents and
23nonresidents alike. Any contracts engaging a private agency to conduct an
24advertising or promotion program under this subsection shall reserve to the
1department the right to terminate the contract if the service is unsatisfactory to the
2department. The department shall encourage and coordinate the efforts of public
3and private organizations to publicize the facilities and attractions of the state for
4the purpose of stimulating their enjoyment by residents and tourists.
The
5department shall advertise historic sites and state parks with funding from the same
6appropriation account or accounts.".
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(4) (c) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the
10department of
natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry, the department
11of transportation, the department of commerce, the department of administration,
12the state historical society and the University of Wisconsin-Extension shall
13cooperate with and assist the board in matters related to its functions.
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(5) (e) Consult and cooperate with the department of agriculture, trade
16and consumer protection, the department of
natural resources fish, wildlife, parks,
17and forestry, the department of transportation, the department of commerce, the
18department of administration, the state historical society, the University of
19Wisconsin-Extension, any federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in
20this state that appoints a liaison representative to the board regarding the
21management of the Kickapoo valley reserve.
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(9) State natural areas. The board shall dedicate as a state natural area
24under s. 23.27 any land that is a part of the Kickapoo valley reserve and any land that
1has been acquired by the board if the department of
natural resources fish, wildlife,
2parks, and forestry identifies the land as appropriate for dedication.".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,399,55
41.19
(1) (b) "Nonprofit organization" has the meaning given in s. 108.02 (19).
SB55-ASA1-AA1,399,107
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(2m) (c) (intro.) Subject to par. (d), from the
appropriation appropriations 8under s. 20.380 (1) (bm)
and (kg), the department shall
, in the fiscal biennium in
9which an area is selected under par. (a), award a grant to the applicant on behalf of
10an the area
of the state selected under par. (a) if all of the following apply:
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(2m) (d) The department may not
, under par. (c), award
to an applicant
13on behalf of an area selected under par. (a) more than one grant per fiscal year
to an
14applicant on behalf of an area under par. (c) and may not or award grants to the
15applicant for more than 2 fiscal years. Grants awarded to an applicant under par.
16(c) may not exceed $25,000 in the first fiscal year, or $15,000 in the 2nd fiscal year,
17in which the applicant receives a grant
under par. (c).
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(2r) From the appropriations under s. 20.380 (1) (bm) and (kg), the
20department may award to a nonprofit organization that is located in an area of the
21state that was selected under sub. (2m) (a) grants of up to $5,000 in any fiscal year
22after the fiscal biennium in which the area was selected under sub. (2m) (a). Grant
23proceeds must be used to promote historic and prehistoric attractions in the area,
24and may be used for such purposes as interpretive or directional signs, website
1development, advertising, and public relations. The department may award grants
2under this subsection to a nonprofit organization that received grants under sub.
3(2m) (c) as an applicant on behalf of an area of the state selected under sub. (2m) (a).".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,400,6
5"
Section 1404b. 41.41 (13) (intro.) of the statutes, as created by 2001
6Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
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(13) Report on generating revenue and resubmitting building plans. 8(intro.) After consulting with the department of
natural resources fish, wildlife,
9parks, and forestry and any tribal government with whom the Kickapoo reserve
10management board or the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway board has entered into
11a memorandum of understanding, the Kickapoo reserve management board, in
12conjunction with the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway board, shall prepare and
13submit to the building commission and to the joint committee on finance a report that
14includes all of the following:".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,400,2217
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(2) (a) The state fair park board may not alter or renovate any building,
18appurtenance, fixture, exhibit or other structure or facility at state fair park that is
19owned by the board but that was owned by the
former department of natural
20resources on July 29, 1995, without the permission of the department
of fish, wildlife,
21parks, and forestry, but the board may provide routine maintenance without the
22department's permission.
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(b) The state fair park board shall allow the department of
natural resources 24fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry access to and use of the buildings, appurtenances,
1fixtures, exhibits and other structures and facilities described in par. (a) so that the
2department may prepare, display and dismantle exhibits during events occurring at
3state fair park.".
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(5) Keep its main library and museum rooms open at all reasonable hours
7on business days for the reception of the residents of this state who may wish to visit
8the library or museum. Except as provided under subs. (5g) and (5m), the historical
9society may collect a fee from residents and shall collect a fee from nonresidents for
10admission to historic sites or buildings acquired, leased or operated by the historical
11society, including areas within state parks or on other state-owned lands which
12incorporate historic buildings, restorations, museums or remains and which are
13operated by the historical society by agreement with the department of
natural
14resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry or other departments, or for lectures,
15pageants or similar special events, or for admission to defray the costs of special
16exhibits in its several buildings of documents, objects or other materials not part of
17the historical society's regular collections but brought in on loan from other sources
18for such special exhibitions or for use of the main library. The historical society shall
19take action on a continuing basis to raise funds from private sources for the operation
20of its main library. The historical society may procure and sell or otherwise dispose
21of postcards, souvenirs and other appropriate merchandise to help defray the costs
22of operating its several plants and projects.".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,402,5
144.12
(1) The state farm and craft museum, located at Nelson Dewey
state park 2State Park, may be developed by cooperation of the department of
natural resources 3fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry, the society, and such other agencies as may be
4interested therein in accordance with such arrangements as the department of
5natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry and society agree upon.".
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(5m) (a) There is established, to be administered by the historical society
9and department of
natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry, a program for
10submerged cultural resources of this state.
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(5m) (b) The historical society, in consultation with the department of
13natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry, shall coordinate the activities of
14the state relating to the preservation, management and public use of submerged
15cultural resources. The historical society may enter into agreements with federal
16and state agencies, political subdivisions and nonprofit organizations regarding the
17preservation, management and use of submerged cultural resources and the
18management of bottomland preserves. On or before February 1 of each
19odd-numbered year, the historical society shall submit a report to the governor and
20to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate
21standing committees under s. 13.172 (3), on submerged cultural resources activities
22and implementation of this subsection.
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(5m) (c) The historical society and department of
natural resources fish,
2wildlife, parks, and forestry may by rule designate areas of the bed of any stream or
3lake as bottomland preserves, for the purpose of enhancing preservation,
4management and public use of any submerged cultural resources within the
5bottomland preserve. A bottomland preserve may encompass more than one object
6or archaeological site.
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(5m) (e) The historical society and department of
natural resources fish,
9wildlife, parks, and forestry may promulgate rules relating to the access, use,
10stewardship, management, protection and recreational development of bottomland
11preserves, and the preservation, conservation, curation and display of submerged
12cultural resources and objects removed from underwater archaeological sites.
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(1) (c) Game farms, fish hatcheries, nurseries and other production
15facilities operated by the department of
natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and
16forestry.".
SB55-ASA1-AA1,403,19
18"board, the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
, or the
19Wisconsin
School Educational Services Program for the Deaf
and Hard of Hearing.".
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(4) (ib)
Refund of medical relief and general relief. 1. All moneys
23received from counties as provided under s. 49.45 (53), to be expended for the state
24share of medical assistance program benefits administered under s. 49.45 and for
1relief block grants to counties under ss. 49.025 and 49.027. Notwithstanding s.
220.002 (1), the department of health and family services may transfer funds from this
3appropriation to the appropriation under par. (b) or to the appropriation under par.
4(bt).
SB55-ASA1-AA1,404,55
2. This paragraph does not apply after June 30, 2005.
SB55-ASA1-AA1,404,107
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(4) (ic)
Medical relief and general relief refund administrative costs. 1.
8All moneys received from entities for additional departmental administrative costs
9to process claims under s. 49.45 (2) (a) 2m., to be used for administrative contract
10costs for the medical assistance program.
SB55-ASA1-AA1,404,1111
2. This paragraph does not apply after June 30, 2005.".
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(6) (c) A recipient of a grant awarded under this subsection may use grant
15moneys only for educational technology purposes, as defined by the board by rule.
16A recipient of a grant awarded under this subsection may not use grant moneys for
17sectarian worship, sectarian instruction, or proselytization.
