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5"
(4k) Lottery advertising. Of the amounts appropriated to the department of
6revenue under section 20.566 (8) (q) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the
7department may not expend more than $4,358,000 in each fiscal year for advertising
8of the state lottery.".
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10"(4z)
Report on tax incentives. The department of revenue, in cooperation
11with the department of workforce development, shall by January 1, 2002, study and
12report on existing incentives in the income tax code in the form of credits and
13deductions available to employers for providing training to employees, for offering
14transportation and child care benefits to employees, for locating places of
15employment in areas of high unemployment and for employing ex-felons, recipients
16of public assistance, and minorities. The report shall include an analysis of the costs
17and effects of such credits and deductions, an analysis of such benefits offered by
18other states, and recommendations for improvements to the state's tax laws designed
19to help attract, develop, and retain a highly skilled, highly trained workforce while
20maintaining a sound, stable tax base. In developing recommendations, the
21department of revenue shall consult with groups representing the interests of
22employers, employees, taxpayers, and any other groups that the department of
23revenue considers appropriate. The report shall be submitted to the appropriate
1standing committees of the legislature, the joint committee on finance, and the
2governor.".
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4"
(1c) Prison impact assessments. The authorized FTE positions for the director
5of state courts are increased by 1.5 PR project positions for fiscal year 2001-02 and
6by 0.5 PR position to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.680 (2) (j)
7of the statutes, for the purpose of providing prison impact assessments for bills.".
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9"
(1n) Court interpreter program. The authorized FTE positions for the
10supreme court are increased by 1.0 GPR project position, for a 2-year period
11beginning on the first day of the 2nd month beginning after publication, to be funded
12from the appropriation under section 20.680 (2) (a) of the statutes, for the purpose
13of developing and administering a court interpreter testing and training program.".
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15"(1xx)
Community dental health education; report. The technical college
16system board shall prepare a report on the feasibility and cost of increasing the
17number of sites in the technical college system that offer community dental health
18education for dentists and dental hygienists. The board shall submit its report to the
19legislature, in the manner provided under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes, and to
20the governor by the first day of the 6th month beginning after the effective date of
21this subsection.".
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1"
(4x) Position decrease. The authorized FTE positions for the technology for
2educational achievement in Wisconsin, funded from the appropriation under section
320.275 (1) (g) of the statutes, are decreased by 1.0 PR position.".
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5"
(2c) Allocation of expenditure reductions. Within 30 days of the final credits
6by the department of employee trust funds to appropriations of the department of
7transportation to implement
1999 Wisconsin Act 11, section
27 (1) (b) 1., for the
8payment of contributions under the Wisconsin retirement system, the department
9of transportation shall submit a plan to the joint committee on finance for allocating
10reductions of $3,530,800 in fiscal year 2001-02 among program revenue, program
11revenue-service, segregated fund revenue, and segregated fund revenue-service
12appropriations, as defined in section 20.001 (2) (b), (c), (d), and (da) of the statutes,
13less any amount lapsed in fiscal year 2000-01 as a result of any credits by the
14department of employee trust funds to the department of transportation's
15appropriations to implement such act. The plan shall require that the amount of any
16proposed reductions from program revenue, program revenue-service, or segregated
17fund revenue-service appropriations lapse to the transportation fund. If the
18cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department of transportation that
19the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed
20plan within 14 working days after the date of the submittal, the department of
21transportation may implement the plan. If, within 14 days after the date of the
22submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department of
23transportation that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of
1reviewing the proposed plan, the department of transportation may not implement
2the plan until it is approved by the committee, as submitted or as modified.".
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4"(3b) Long-range surface transportation investment planning committee.
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(a) There is created a long-range surface transportation investment planning
6committee consisting of the governor, or a representative of the governor, and 14
7members nominated by the speaker of the assembly and the majority leader of the
8senate, acting jointly, and appointed by the governor. Members shall be nominated
9and appointed within 20 days after the effective date of this paragraph and shall
10include:
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1. A representative of the senate.
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2. A representative of the assembly.
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3. A representative of the Wisconsin Alliance of Cities.
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4. A representative of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities.
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5. A representative of the Wisconsin Towns Association.
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6. A representative of the Wisconsin Counties Association.
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7. A representative of the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association.
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8. A representative of the Wisconsin Urban and Rural Transit Association.
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9. A representative of the Citizens for a Better Environment.
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10. A representative of the American Automobile Association of Wisconsin.
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11. A representative of the Wisconsin Council of the Blind.
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12. A representative of the Wisconsin Association of Railroad Passengers.
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13. A representative of a community proposing a commuter rail initiative.
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14. A representative of the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin.
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1(b) The committee shall have the following duties: to gather information
2relating to state and local needs for surface transportation programs, including state
3highways, transit, local roads, passenger rail including commuter rail, and bicycle
4and pedestrian transportation; to involve the participation of relevant groups,
5including those with interests in all relevant transportation modes, local and state
6government, the environment, transportation program users, persons with
7disabilities, and private businesses; to assess potential future long-range funding
8needs for surface transportation programs up to a 20-year planning horizon or 2020;
9to develop a recommended multiprogram state surface transportation investment
10plan, including funding; and to prepare a report containing the committee's
11evaluation, findings, and recommendations. Not later than October 15, 2002, the
12committee shall submit the report to the governor and to the legislature in the
13manner provided under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes.
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(c) The committee shall hold its first meeting no later than 28 days after the
15effective date of this paragraph and shall select a chairperson at that meeting. The
16department of transportation and the legislative fiscal bureau shall provide staff
17assistance to the committee.".
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19"(3e)
Improvements to USH 51 in city of Madison. Notwithstanding section
2085.07 of the statutes, during the 2001-03 fiscal biennium, the department of
21transportation shall expend funds not to exceed $300,000 from federal funds
22available under
23 USC 152 for a highway improvement project on USH 51 at the
23intersection of Rieder Road in the city of Madison in Dane County, if the project is
24consistent with the requirements of
23 USC 152 and regulations promulgated under
123 USC 152. The project shall include reconstruction of the southbound lanes of USH
251 at Rieder Road to incorporate a divided deceleration and turn lane on USH 51 for
3southbound traffic turning east onto Rieder Road from USH 51 and a divided
4acceleration lane on USH 51 for traffic traveling west on Rieder Road turning south
5onto USH 51. The project shall also include installation of any traffic control signals
6necessary to allow traffic traveling west on Rieder Road to turn onto southbound
7USH 51 without requiring southbound traffic on USH 51 to stop.".
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9"
(3h) Hanson Road Bridge in Burke. Not later than December 31, 2003, the
10department of transportation shall construct the Hanson Road bridge project in the
11town of Burke in Dane County and shall reconfigure Portage Road in the town of
12Burke to accommodate such construction.".
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17"
(4b) Grants to Brown County and municipalities. From the appropriation
18under section 20.395 (1) (gs) of the statutes, as created by this act, the department
19of transportation shall award grants totaling $410,000 in January 2003 to Brown
20County, the city of Green Bay, and the village of Ashwaubenon to be used to pay costs
21associated with the CTH "VK"/Lombardi Avenue project in the city of Green Bay in
22Brown County. Grant proceeds under this subsection shall be distributed in
23proportion to the percentage of the costs of the project to be borne by each local
24governmental unit.".
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2"
(4k) Sparta overpass. In the 2001-03 fiscal biennium, from the appropriation
3under section 20.395 (2) (nx) of the statutes, the department of transportation shall
4award a grant of $496,000 to the city of Sparta in Monroe County for construction
5of a snowmobile-bicycle-pedestrian overpass over I 90 in the city of Sparta. The
6overpass shall be at least 14 feet in width and shall be located to provide convenient
7and safe access to the Elroy-Sparta State Trail, the La Crosse River State Trail, and
8nearby snowmobile trails.".
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10"
(4e) Capitol Court project. Of the amounts appropriated to the department
11of transportation under section 20.395 (3) (cq) of the statutes, as affected by this act,
12on the effective date of this subsection, the department shall allocate $250,000 for
13preliminary engineering for and construction, reconstruction, or improvement of
14highways, transportation facilities, or other functionally related or auxiliary
15facilities or structures associated with the Capitol Court project on West Capitol
16Drive in the city of Milwaukee and for associated economic development.
17Notwithstanding section 20.001 (3) (c) of the statutes, if the department has not
18expended or encumbered any funds for the project on or before June 30, 2003, the
19funds allocated under this subsection shall lapse from the appropriation account
20under section 20.395 (3) (cq) of the statutes, as affected by this act, to the
21transportation fund.".
SB55-SSA1-SA2,713,10
23"
(4y) Construction of 80th Street in Kenosha County. Notwithstanding
24limitations on the amount and use of aids provided under section 86.31 of the
1statutes, as affected by this act, or on eligibility requirements for receiving aids
2under section 86.31 of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department of
3transportation shall award a grant of $637,000 in the 2001-03 fiscal biennium to the
4village of Pleasant Prairie in Kenosha County for the construction of 80th Street
5between Cooper Road and 57th Avenue in the village of Pleasant Prairie. Payment
6of the grant under this subsection shall be made from the appropriation under
7section 20.395 (2) (fr) of the statutes, as affected by this act, before making any other
8allocation of funds under section 86.31 (3) (b) of the statutes, and is in addition to the
9village of Pleasant Prairie's entitlement, as defined in section 86.31 (1) (ar) of the
10statutes, to aids under section 86.31 of the statutes, as affected by this act.
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11(4z) Improvement of 85th Street in Kenosha County. Notwithstanding
12limitations on the amount and use of aids provided under section 86.31 of the
13statutes, as affected by this act, or on eligibility requirements for receiving aids
14under section 86.31 of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department of
15transportation shall award a grant of $609,000 in the 2001-03 fiscal biennium to the
16village of Pleasant Prairie in Kenosha County for improvements to 85th Street in the
17village of Pleasant Prairie. Payment of the grant under this subsection shall be made
18from the appropriation under section 20.395 (2) (fr) of the statutes, as affected by this
19act, before making any other allocation of funds under section 86.31 (3) (b) of the
20statutes, and is in addition to the village of Pleasant Prairie's entitlement, as defined
21in section 86.31 (1) (ar) of the statutes, to aids under section 86.31 of the statutes, as
22affected by this act.".
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1"
(5c) H
ighways designated for use by oversize vehicles. Notwithstanding
2section 348.07 (4) of the statutes, the secretary of transportation shall designate the
3following highways to which sections 348.07 (2) (f), (fm), (gm), and (gr) and 348.08
4(1) (e) and (h) of the statutes apply: STH 107 from CTH "A" in Marathon County to
5STH 64 in Lincoln County, CTH "A" from STH 97 to CTH "K" in Marathon County,
6CTH "K" from Wausau in Marathon County to Merrill in Lincoln County, CTH "Q"
7from CTH "K" to USH 51 in Lincoln County, CTH "U" from STH 107 to USH 51 in
8Marathon County, and STH 97 from STH 29 in Marathon County to STH 64 in Taylor
9County. This subsection does not apply after June 30, 2003, or, if the secretary makes
10a determination before June 30, 2003, whether to designate the highways specified
11under this subsection under section Trans 276.07, Wisconsin Administrative Code,
12on the day after such determination.".
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14"
(5e) Ashland railroad depot. From the appropriations under section 20.395
15(2) (nx) of the statutes, the department of transportation shall award a grant under
16section 85.026 (2) of the statutes of $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2002-03 to the city of
17Ashland to be used to restore the historic Ashland railroad depot, if a person, other
18than the state, contributes funds for the restoration that at least equal 20% of the
19costs of the restoration.".
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21"
(5g) Railroad crossing improvements in Ladysmith. (a) The department of
22transportation shall allocate $270,000 in the 2001-03 fiscal biennium from the
23appropriations under section 20.395 (2) (gr) and (gx) of the statutes, as affected by
24this act, for the installation of safety measures at 2 railroad crossings in the city of
1Ladysmith in Rusk County to bring the railroad crossings into compliance with
2provisions of a proposed rule of the federal railroad administration relating to
3locomotive quiet zones.
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4(b) The department of transportation shall allocate $480,000 in the 2001-03
5fiscal biennium from the appropriations under section 20.395 (2) (gr) and (gx) of the
6statutes, as affected by this act, for the construction of an underpass under the
7railroad tracks on Phillips Street for the purpose of providing emergency vehicle
8access to the entire city of Ladysmith.".
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10"
(6bg) STH 100 reconstruction. Not later than June 30, 2003, the department
11of transportation shall begin reconstruction of that portion of STH 100 between STH
1232 and STH 38 in Milwaukee County.".
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14"(6pp)
Signs in Walworth County. Not later than June 30, 2003, the
15department of transportation shall erect signs along I 43 approaching the city of
16Delavan in Walworth County identifying the downtown area of the city of Delavan
17as a "Historic Downtown" and providing directional information to the "Historic
18Downtown."".
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20"(6x)
Traffic control signals in Oak Creek. No later than June 30, 2003, the
21department of transportation shall install traffic control signals at the intersection
22of STH 38 and Oakwood Road in the city of Oak Creek in Milwaukee County.".
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1"(6q)
Signs in Marathon County. Not later than June 30, 2003, the department
2of transportation shall erect 2 signs, one for each direction of travel, along STH 29
3in Marathon County, and 2 signs, one for each direction of travel, along STH 107 in
4Marathon County. Each sign shall identify and provide directional information to
5the area that is commonly known as "Little Chicago" and shall be erected near the
6highway exit providing the most direct route from the highway to the area that is
7commonly known as "Little Chicago."".
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9"(7x)
Noise attenuation barrier in Milwaukee County; I 94 at College Avenue.
10The department of transportation shall install a noise attenuation barrier along the
11east side of I 94 at the interchange ramp providing access for northbound traffic to
12I 94 from College Avenue, in Milwaukee County. The department shall allocate
13sufficient moneys during the 2001-03 fiscal biennium from the appropriations under
14section 20.395 (3) (cq), (cv), and (cx) of the statutes, as affected by this act, to pay for
15the installation required under this subsection.".
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17"(7y)
Noise attenuation barrier in Milwaukee County; I 94 at Grange Avenue.
18The department of transportation shall install a noise attenuation barrier along the
19west side of I 94 from the intersection of I 94 and Grange Avenue and extending to
20the south, in Milwaukee County. The department shall expend funds not to exceed
21$200,000 from the appropriation under section 20.395 (3) (cq), (cv), and (cx) of the
22statutes, as affected by this act, for the installation required under this subsection.".
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1"
(3g) Mathematics position. The board of regents of the University of
2Wisconsin System shall ensure that at least one of the FTE positions authorized in
3the 2001-02 fiscal year by this act shall be filled by a faculty or staff member in the
4mathematics department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.".
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6"
(3c) Position authorizations.
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7(a) In this subsection:
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81. "Board" means the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
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92. "Limited term appointment" means an appointment under section 230.26 (1)
10of the statutes.
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11(b) Notwithstanding section 16.505 (1) of the statutes, as affected by this act,
12before July 1, 2003, the board may create up to 100 authorized FTE positions in the
13classified service of the state civil service system at the University of
14Wisconsin-Madison in positions that are frequently filled by limited term
15appointments, as determined by the board in consultation with the department of
16employment relations. The authorized FTE positions may be GPR positions, PR
17positions, or SEG positions, or any combination thereof.
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18(c) Notwithstanding section 230.15 of the statutes, the board may initially
19appoint to the positions created under paragraph (b) only individuals who have held
20limited term appointments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for at least one
21year. Individuals so appointed are not required to be certified under section 230.25
22of the statutes and are not required to have qualified for the position by competitive
23examination. Any position created under paragraph (b) may not be filled by transfer
24under section 230.29 of the statutes.
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1(d) Notwithstanding section 20.928 (1) of the statutes, before July 1, 2003, the
2board may not certify under section 20.928 (1) of the statutes any sum of money
3needed to pay any costs associated with a position created under paragraph (b) if that
4position is a GPR position.
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5(e) During the 2001-03 fiscal biennium, the board shall report quarterly to the
6department of administration and to the joint committee on finance on the number
7of positions created under paragraph (b).
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8(f) No later than September 1, 2003, the board shall submit a report to the
9governor, the department of employment relations, and to the chief clerk of each
10house of the legislature for distribution to the legislature under section 13.172 (2) of
11the statutes concerning the creation of the positions under paragraph (b). The report
12shall determine if the number of limited term appointments at the University of
13Wisconsin-Madison has been reduced as a result of the creation of positions under
14paragraph (b); document the number of individuals appointed to positions created
15under paragraph (b) and the number of years of employment that these individuals
16had as limited term appointments at the time of their appointment to the positions
17created under paragraph (b); and examine the reasons why any individual who was
18appointed to a position created under paragraph (b) subsequently terminated
19employment with the board.
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20(3e) Fringe benefits for certain limited term appointments. Notwithstanding
21section 230.26 (4) of the statutes, any person who holds a limited term appointment
22under section 230.26 (1) of the statutes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and
23is a participating employee, as defined in section 40.02 (46) of the statutes, shall
24receive paid vacation and sick leave during the period that begins on the effective
25date of this subsection and ends on June 30, 2003. For the purpose of calculating the
1amount of paid vacation and sick leave to which a person holding a limited term
2appointment is entitled under this subsection, the person shall be considered a
3permanent employee.".
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5"
(2y) Center for Dairy Profitability. Of moneys appropriated to the board of
6regents of the University of Wisconsin System under section 20.285 (1) (a) of the
7statutes, the board of regents shall allocate $250,000 for fiscal year 2001-02 for the
8development and operation of an Internet program for beginning dairy farmers
9sponsored by the University of Wisconsin Center for Dairy Profitability.".
