Amendment SSA1-SB55

SB55-SSA1, s. 9138 Section 9138. Nonstatutory provisions; personnel commission.

SB55-SSA1, s. 9139 Section 9139. Nonstatutory provisions; public defender board.

SB55-SSA1,1350,2 (1) Misdemeanor offender diversion program. The public defender board, in consultation with the director of state courts and the Wisconsin District Attorneys Association, shall develop alternative charging and sentencing options for misdemeanor crimes in order to divert misdemeanor offenders from imprisonment, and shall submit a proposal describing the recommended options to the secretary of administration by July 1, 2002. The proposal shall address, among other topics, alternative charging and sentencing options for nonviolent crimes against property. If the secretary of administration approves the proposal, he or she shall submit the proposal to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the secretary of administration within 14 working days after the date of his or her submittal that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposal, the public defender board and the director of state courts, in conjunction with the Wisconsin District Attorneys Association, shall implement the portions of the proposal that are permitted under state statutes or rules. If, within 14 working days after the date of the secretary's submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposal, the proposal may be implemented only upon approval of the committee.

SB55-SSA1,1350,9 (2q) Quarterly savings report. At the end of each quarter in fiscal years 2001-02 and 2002-03, the public defender board shall submit to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance a report of the amount of savings recognized by the public defender board during the previous 3 months. The public defender board shall request additional funding from the joint committee on finance in accordance with the method provided under section 13.10 of the statutes, if a shortfall occurs in any appropriation to the public defender board.

SB55-SSA1, s. 9140 Section 9140. Nonstatutory provisions; public instruction.

SB55-SSA1,1350,11 (6c) Plan for distribution of federal aid.

SB55-SSA1,1350,19 (a) The state superintendent of public instruction shall develop a plan for federal aids received for the 2001-02 federal fiscal year and a plan for federal aids received for the 2002-03 federal fiscal year, for which the state superintendent acts as the agent of receipt and disbursement, that consider the funding needs of school districts, the Wisconsin School for the Deaf, the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, and cooperative educational service agencies and that distribute to these educational agencies and schools the maximum amount of federal aid authorized by federal law.

SB55-SSA1,1351,10 (b) The state superintendent of public instruction shall submit the plan under paragraph (a) for federal aids received for the 2001-02 federal fiscal year to the joint committee on finance by October 31, 2001, or within 30 days after enactment of federal legislation authorizing the disbursement of the federal aid, whichever is later, and shall submit the plan under paragraph (a) for federal aids received for the 2002-03 federal fiscal year to the joint committee on finance by October 31, 2002, or within 30 days after enactment of federal legislation authorizing the disbursement of the federal aid, whichever is later. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the state superintendent of public instruction that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the plan within 14 working days after submission, the state superintendent shall distribute the federal aid as proposed in the plan. If, within 14 working days after the date of submission, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the state superintendent that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the plan, the state superintendent may not distribute the federal aid until the committee approves a plan. Upon approval of a plan, the state superintendent shall distribute the federal aid as provided in the approved plan.

SB55-SSA1,1351,14 (6mk) Expenditure of federal funds. The department of public instruction shall expend $100,000 from the appropriation under section 20.255 (3) (mm) of the statutes before July 1, 2002, for the purposes of the grant program under section 44.74 of the statutes, as created by this act.

SB55-SSA1, s. 9141 Section 9141. Nonstatutory provisions; public lands, board of commissioners of.

SB55-SSA1, s. 9142 Section 9142. Nonstatutory provisions; public service commission.

SB55-SSA1,1351,18 (2) Transitional provisions; water and sewer service to manufactured home parks. On the effective date of this subsection, each of the following applies:

SB55-SSA1,1351,22 (a) Assets and liabilities. The assets and liabilities of the public service commission primarily related to the regulation of water and sewer service provided to manufactured home parks, as determined by the secretary of administration, shall become the assets and liabilities of the department of commerce.

SB55-SSA1,1352,2 (b) Tangible personal property. All tangible personal property, including records, of the public service commission primarily related to the regulation of water and sewer service provided to manufactured home parks, as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of commerce.

SB55-SSA1,1352,9 (c) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the public service commission in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the regulation of water and sewer service provided to manufactured home parks, as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect and are transferred to the department of commerce. The department of commerce shall carry out any obligations under such a contract until the contract is modified or rescinded by the department of commerce to the extent allowed under the contract.

SB55-SSA1,1352,19 (d) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the public service commission that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph and that are primarily related to the regulation of water and sewer service provided to manufactured home parks, as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until amended or repealed by the department of commerce. All orders issued by the public service commission that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph and that are primarily related to the regulation of water and sewer service provided to manufactured home parks, as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until modified or rescinded by the department of commerce.

SB55-SSA1,1353,2 (e) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the public service commission on the effective date of this paragraph and that is primarily related to the regulation of water and sewer service provided to manufactured home parks, as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of commerce and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the public service commission with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department of commerce.

SB55-SSA1,1353,7 (2z) Distributed generation rules. The public service commission shall submit in proposed form the rules required under section 196.191 (2) and (3) of the statutes, as created by this act, to the legislative council staff under section 227.15 (1) of the statutes no later than the first day of the 6th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection.

SB55-SSA1, s. 9143 Section 9143. Nonstatutory provisions; regulation and licensing.

SB55-SSA1,1353,9 (3c) Form for eye examinations.

SB55-SSA1,1353,15 (a) By January 1, 2002, the medical examining board and the optometry examining board shall jointly develop a form to be used for eye examinations under section 118.135 of the statutes, as created by this act. The form shall provide a place for the examining physician or optometrist to indicate which of the required elements of the examination were performed and whether follow-up care is recommended.

SB55-SSA1,1353,18 (b) By May 31, 2002, the department of regulation and licensing shall distribute the form to school districts and charter schools as provided under section 440.03 (16) of the statutes, as created by this act.

SB55-SSA1, s. 9144 Section 9144. Nonstatutory provisions; revenue.

SB55-SSA1,1353,25 (1) Income apportionment for financial organizations; rules. The department of revenue shall submit in proposed form rules related to the apportionment of the income of financial organizations under sections 71.04 (4) (e) and 71.25 (6) (e) of the statutes, as created by this act, to the legislative council staff under section 227.15 (1) of the statutes no later than the first day of the 4th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection.

SB55-SSA1,1354,1 (2e) Shared revenue population adjustment.

SB55-SSA1,1354,7 (a) Notwithstanding section 79.005 (2) of the statutes, the population used for purposes of determining 2001 shared revenue payments under section 79.03 of the statutes and 2001 county mandate relief payments under section 79.058 of the statutes shall be the population determined by the department of administration under section 16.96 of the statutes for the statements provided to municipalities and counties in the year 2000 under section 79.015 of the statutes.

SB55-SSA1,1354,14 (b) Notwithstanding section 79.005 (2) of the statutes, the department of administration shall provide, to the best of its ability, 2001 and 2002 population estimates that are reconciled with the most recent federal decennial census to the department of revenue on or before August 1, 2001. The department of revenue shall use the reconciled estimates to prepare the statement of estimated 2002 shared revenue and county mandate relief payments provided on or before September 15, 2001, under section 79.015 of the statutes.

SB55-SSA1,1354,20 (c) Notwithstanding section 79.005 (2) of the statutes, the department of administration shall provide, to the best of its ability, 2000 and 2001 population estimates that are reconciled with the most recent federal decennial census to the department of revenue on or before August 1, 2002. The department of revenue shall use the reconciled estimates to calculate corrections to 2001 shared revenue and county mandate relief payments under section 79.08 of the statutes.

SB55-SSA1,1354,25 (2x) Volunteer income tax assistance program. The department of revenue shall, in undertaking the program described in section 73.03 (56) of the statutes, as created by this act, work with the Internal Revenue Service and the University of Wisconsin-Extension to recruit sufficient volunteers to meet the demand, no later than January 1, 2002, for the volunteer income tax assistance program.

SB55-SSA1,1355,4 (2z) Study on moving tax-processing activities. The department of revenue shall study the feasibility of moving its tax-processing activities in Madison to a location in southwestern Wisconsin. No later than January 1, 2003, the department of revenue shall report the results of its study to the governor and the legislature.

SB55-SSA1,1355,8 (3z) Adoption of federal income tax law changes. Changes to the Internal Revenue Code made by P.L. 106-554 apply to the definitions of the "Internal Revenue Code" in chapter 71 of the statutes at the time that those changes apply for federal income tax purposes.

SB55-SSA1, s. 9145 Section 9145. Nonstatutory provisions; secretary of state.

SB55-SSA1, s. 9146 Section 9146. Nonstatutory provisions; state fair park board.

SB55-SSA1,1355,11 (1) State fair park police services.

SB55-SSA1,1355,15 (a) On the effective date of this paragraph, 6.0 full-time equivalent positions in the state fair park board having duties primarily related to the state fair park police and the incumbents in those positions, as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred to the department of administration.

SB55-SSA1,1355,21 (b) Employees transferred under paragraph (a) have all the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the department of administration that they enjoyed in the state fair park board immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.

SB55-SSA1, s. 9147 Section 9147. Nonstatutory provisions; supreme court.

SB55-SSA1, s. 9148 Section 9148. Nonstatutory provisions; technical college system.

SB55-SSA1,1356,4 (1f) Truck driver training center. The director of the technical college system shall determine the opening date of the truck driver training center at Waukesha County Technical College and notify the director of state courts of that date. The technical college system board may not award grants for truck driver training under section 38.04 (31) of the statutes, as created by this act, until the first day of the twelfth month beginning after the date of that notice.

SB55-SSA1, s. 9149 Section 9149. Nonstatutory provisions; technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board.

SB55-SSA1,1356,13 (3mk) Internet data line grant program. From the appropriation under section 20.275 (1) (i) of the statutes, the technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board shall, in consultation with the department of public instruction, award grants in the 2001-02 fiscal year to public library boards on behalf of public libraries that did not have access to high-speed Internet data lines as of May 1, 2001. Grants awarded under this subsection may be used for infrastructure, wiring, communications hardware, and computer and access costs associated with the installation and use of high-speed Internet data lines in public libraries.

SB55-SSA1, s. 9150 Section 9150. Nonstatutory provisions; tobacco control board.

SB55-SSA1, s. 9151 Section 9151. Nonstatutory provisions; tourism.

SB55-SSA1,1356,22 (1mk) Grant for moving historic home. From the appropriation under section 20.380 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department of tourism shall provide a grant of $35,000 in fiscal year 2001-02 to the New Berlin Historical Society for costs associated with moving the Theodora Winton Youmans home to the New Berlin historic park. The department of tourism shall enter into an agreement with the New Berlin Historical Society that specifies the uses for the grant proceeds and reporting and auditing requirements.

SB55-SSA1, s. 9152 Section 9152. Nonstatutory provisions; transportation.

SB55-SSA1,1356,24 (2) Position authorization; employee transfer.

SB55-SSA1,1357,3 (a) The authorized FTE positions for the department of transportation are decreased by 1.0 SEG position for the performance of duties primarily related to printing services.

SB55-SSA1,1357,13 (b) On the effective date of this paragraph, 1.0 FTE position in the department of transportation performing duties primarily related to printing services and the incumbent employee holding that position, as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred to the department of administration. The employee transferred under this paragraph has all the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the department of administration that the employee enjoyed in the department of transportation immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.

SB55-SSA1,1358,6 (3) Airport financing committee. There is created an airport financing committee consisting of members appointed by the governor. The governor shall appoint members representing the department of transportation, the department of commerce, airport managers, airlines serving this state, the general aviation community, the people of this state, and private businesses having an interest in transportation policy and financing. The committee shall select its officers and the person appointed chairperson shall call the committee's first meeting. The committee shall review and evaluate this state's airport system needs and the current system of funding those needs and shall recommend changes, if any, to better meet those needs. The committee shall evaluate, among other things: aircraft registration fees; aviation fuel taxes and fees; allocation of sales tax receipts from the sale of aircraft, parts, and services; and the allocation of other moneys for airport financing. The committee's recommendations, if any, should, if enacted, generate revenue in amounts equal to or greater than the sum of moneys appropriated for aeronautical activities in fiscal year 2002. Not later than December 31, 2002, the committee shall submit a report containing the committee's evaluation, findings, and recommendations to the governor, and to the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes.

SB55-SSA1,1358,14 (3d) Port Arthur Road extension in city of Ladysmith. From the appropriation under section 20.395 (2) (fq) of the statutes, as created by this act, the department of transportation shall allocate $200,000 or 80% of the cost of the project, whichever is less, in the 2001-03 fiscal biennium to fund a project to close a portion of College Avenue in the city of Ladysmith and to extend Port Arthur Road east to STH 27 in the city of Ladysmith, if the city of Ladysmith provides a local contribution toward the costs of the project in an amount equal to at least 20% of the cost of the project.

SB55-SSA1,1358,19 (3mp) Overpayment of state transit operating aids. Notwithstanding section 85.20 (4m) (er) of the statutes, the department of transportation shall waive repayment by the city of Rhinelander of any outstanding balance of overpayments of state transit operating aids distributed by the department to the city for the calendar years 1997 through 1999.

SB55-SSA1,1359,6 (4) Grants to local professional football stadium districts. From the appropriation under section 20.395 (1) (gr) of the statutes, as created by this act, the department of transportation shall award grants in January 2002 to a local professional football stadium district created under subchapter IV of chapter 229 of the statutes for the development, construction, reconstruction, or improvement of parking lots, garages, transportation facilities, or other functionally related or auxiliary facilities or structures on the site of the existing parking lot facility, of a football stadium, as defined in section 229.821 (6) of the statutes. Within 30 days of receipt of the grants under this subsection, the local professional football stadium district shall provide all grant proceeds to the professional football team described in section 229.823 of the statutes to be used by the professional football team for the purposes of the grants specified in this subsection.

SB55-SSA1,1359,11 (4c) Wausau City Square Park Pedestrian Pathway. In the 2001-03 fiscal biennium, from the appropriation under section 20.395 (2) (nx) of the statutes, the department of transportation shall award a grant to the city of Wausau for the project known as the City Square Park Pedestrian Pathway, if the city of Wausau contributes funds for the project that at least equal 20% of the costs of the project.

SB55-SSA1,1359,16 (4d) Halfway Creek Bike Trail project. In the 2001-03 fiscal biennium, from the appropriation under section 20.395 (2) (nx) of the statutes, the department of transportation shall award a grant to the village of Holmen for the project known as the Halfway Creek Bike Trail, if a person, other than the state, contributes funds for the project that at least equal 20% of the costs of the project.

SB55-SSA1,1359,20 (4nk) Clayton pedestrian facility. In the 2001-03 fiscal biennium, the department of transportation shall construct a grade-separated pedestrian crossing of USH 45 in the town of Clayton in Winnebago County if the town of Clayton contributes funds for the project that at least equal 50% of the costs of the project.

SB55-SSA1,1360,7 (4x) Menasha recreational trail. Notwithstanding limitations on the amount and use of aids provided under section 86.31 of the statutes, as affected by this act, or on eligibility requirements for receiving aids under section 86.31 of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department of transportation shall award a grant of $25,000 in the 2001-03 fiscal biennium to the town of Menasha in Winnebago County for the construction of a recreational trail along Cold Spring Road in the town of Menasha. Payment of the grant under this subsection shall be made from the appropriation under section 20.395 (2) (fr) of the statutes, as affected by this act, before making any other allocation of funds under section 86.31 (3) (b) of the statutes, and is in addition to the town of Menasha's entitlement, as defined in section 86.31 (1) (ar) of the statutes, to aids under section 86.31 of the statutes, as affected by this act.

SB55-SSA1,1360,15 (5) Parking facility grant. The department of transportation shall award a grant of $420,700 to Kenosha County from the appropriation under section 20.395 (1) (bs) of the statutes, as affected by this act, in fiscal year 2001-02 to provide 50% of the local share required for a congestion mitigation and air quality improvement project under section 85.245 of the statutes relating to a parking facility in the city of Kenosha. No grant may be awarded under this subsection unless Kenosha County makes a matching fund contribution toward the local share required for the project that is equal to the amount of the grant awarded under this subsection.

SB55-SSA1,1361,3 (5w) Marquette interchange reconstruction project. From the appropriations under section 20.395 (3) (cr) and (cy) of the statutes, as created by this act, the department of transportation shall allocate $160,643,900 in the 2001-03 fiscal biennium, including $75,150,000 in federal interstate cost estimate funds, for the Marquette interchange reconstruction project specified under section 84.014 of the statutes, as created by this act. Except for the allocation of federal interstate cost estimate funds, the department may reduce the amount of any allocation under this subsection if allocating such amount would result in the loss of any federal highway funds. Funds from any allocation reduction under this subsection may be used to fund other southeast Wisconsin freeway reconstruction projects. Funds allocated under this subsection for the Marquette interchange reconstruction project may not be used to fund interim repairs, as defined in section 84.014 (1) (a) of the statutes, as created by this act.

SB55-SSA1,1361,15 (5x) Request on southeast Wisconsin freeway reconstruction. By the date specified by the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance for the submission of requests for consideration at the next quarterly meeting of the committee under section 13.10 of the statutes occurring after the effective date of this subsection, the department of transportation shall submit a request for the transfer of moneys from the appropriations under section 20.395 (3) (cq), (cv), and (cx) of the statutes, as affected by this act, to the appropriations under section 20.395 (3) (cr), (cw), and (cy) of the statutes, as created by this act, to allocate funds for reconstruction of the southeast Wisconsin freeways. The department's request, and the committee's action on the request, may not include funding allocated for projects in other parts of the state or other funding that is not allocated to reconstruction of southeast Wisconsin freeways.

SB55-SSA1,1362,2 (5y) Request on West Canal Street reconstruction project funding. Notwithstanding section 16.42 (1) of the statutes, the department of transportation shall include in its 2003-05 biennial budget request to the department of administration a request for a grant of not more than $5,000,000, to be funded from Indian gaming receipts, as defined in section 569.01 (1m) of the statutes, if additional funds are needed in the 2003-05 fiscal biennium to complete the West Canal Street reconstruction project specified under section 84.03 (3) of the statutes, as created by this act. If a request for additional funding is made under this subsection, the request shall include a recommendation for statutory changes needed to require the city of Milwaukee to make a matching contribution equal to the amount of the grant to be awarded by the department of transportation in the 2003-05 fiscal biennium.

SB55-SSA1,1362,3 (5z) Computerized information systems.

SB55-SSA1,1362,15 (a) The department of transportation shall study, and prepare a report on, the department's computerized information systems and the department's plan for utilizing its data processing resources, including the use of those resources for database redesign for the division of motor vehicles. In preparing its report under this paragraph, the department of transportation shall consult with the department of electronic government, as created by this act. The department of transportation shall include in the report recommendations concerning the potential benefits of coordinating data processing resource planning among other state agencies. By the date specified by the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance for submission of requests for consideration at the 4th quarterly meeting of the committee under section 13.10 of the statutes for the 2001-02 fiscal year, the department shall submit the report to the committee for review and approval.

SB55-SSA1,1363,3 (b) Notwithstanding section 16.50 (1) of the statutes, as affected by this act, and section 16.50 (2) of the statutes, of the moneys appropriated to the department of transportation under section 20.395 (5) (cq) of the statutes for fiscal year 2002-03, the secretary of administration may not waive submission of expenditure estimates and may not approve such estimates as to $2,000,000 for departmental data processing resources, including division of motor vehicles database redesign, and for study by a consultant of the department's computerized information systems and information technology needs, unless the joint committee on finance approves the report submitted under paragraph (a). As part of its approval of the report, the committee may transfer any portion of the $2,000,000 to the appropriation account under section 20.395 (4) (aq) of the statutes, as affected by this act, for the purpose of conducting a study, by a consultant, of the department's computerized information systems and information technology needs.

SB55-SSA1,1363,11 (6b) Business signs in Kenosha County. Notwithstanding the eligibility criteria established under section 86.195 of the statutes, upon application and payment of fees ordinarily required for the mounting of business signs, the department of transportation shall mount business signs meeting the specifications under section 86.195 of the statutes, and rules promulgated under that section, for Tenuta's Delicatessen and Liquors, located in the city of Kenosha in Kenosha County. The business signs shall be mounted on the specific information signs on I 94 approaching the interchange at I 94 and 52nd Street in Kenosha County.

SB55-SSA1,1363,14 (6d) Traffic control signals in Grantsburg. Not later than June 30, 2003, the department of transportation shall install traffic control signals at the intersection of STH 48 and STH 70 in the village of Grantsburg in Burnett County.

SB55-SSA1,1363,17 (6dd) Traffic control signals in Spooner. Not later than June 30, 2003, the department of transportation shall install traffic control signals at the intersection of USH 63 and West Beaver Brook Avenue in the city of Spooner in Washburn County.

SB55-SSA1,1363,21 (6e) Wayland Academy. Notwithstanding section 86.19 (1) of the statutes, the department of transportation shall erect directional signs along USH 151 in the vicinity of STH 33 for Wayland Academy located in Beaver Dam in Dodge County not later than June 30, 2003.

SB55-SSA1,1364,2 (7d) Rules for harbor assistance program. In the 2001-03 fiscal biennium, the department of transportation shall amend any rules that have been promulgated to administer the harbor assistance program under section 85.095 of the statutes to specifically provide that a facility that is used by a ferry service or cruise ship constitutes a commercial transportation facility for purposes of determining eligibility under the program.

SB55-SSA1,1364,7 (7tk) Sidewalk reconstruction in Wisconsin Rapids. Not later than June 30, 2003, the department of transportation shall reconstruct the sidewalk on the south side of Plover Road between the railroad tracks and 36th Street in Wisconsin Rapids in Wood County. Notwithstanding section 66.0907 of the statutes, the sidewalk shall be 7 feet in width and 6 inches in depth.

SB55-SSA1, s. 9153 Section 9153. Nonstatutory provisions; treasurer.

SB55-SSA1,1364,12 (1) Report of abandoned property. Notwithstanding section 177.17 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes, as affected by this act, if this subsection takes effect after October 31, 2001, the report due under section 177.17 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes, as affected by this act, by November 1, 2002, shall cover the 2 preceding calendar years.

SB55-SSA1,1364,19 (2) Service charges concerning abandoned property. Notwithstanding section 177.06 (3) (b) of the statutes, as affected by this act, if this subsection takes effect after October 31, 2001, a holder may assess a service charge on or before December 31 of the 2nd calendar year covered in the report required by November 1, 2002, under section 177.17 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes, as affected by this act, with respect to any property that is described in section 177.06 (1) of the statutes and that is required to be listed in the report.

SB55-SSA1, s. 9154 Section 9154. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.

SB55-SSA1, s. 9155 Section 9155. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board.

SB55-SSA1, s. 9156 Section 9156. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin System.

SB55-SSA1,1365,6 (2mp) Reports on transfer credits. The president of the University of Wisconsin System, the president of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, the president of the technical college system board, and the director of the technical college system shall submit reports no later than October 15, 2001, April 15, 2002, October 15, 2002, and April 15, 2003, to the education committees of the assembly and the senate on all of the following:

SB55-SSA1,1365,9 (a) The status of implementing the plan under 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, Section 9154 (4g), concerning transfer of credits from the technical college system to the University of Wisconsin System.

SB55-SSA1,1365,11 (b) Identification of occupations in high demand by geographic region and a plan to expand educational programs to meet the needs identified.

SB55-SSA1,1365,16 (2x) Digital television conversion funding cooperation. The board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall cooperate fully with the educational communications board in an effort to secure the greatest possible federal financial participation in the digital television conversion project enumerated under Section 9107 (1) (c) of this act.

SB55-SSA1, s. 9157 Section 9157. Nonstatutory provisions; veterans affairs.

SB55-SSA1,1365,18 (1) Servicing primary mortgage loans.

SB55-SSA1,1365,21 (a) Plan. The department of veterans affairs and the department of administration shall develop a plan for the most cost-effective method of servicing loans purchased under section 45.79 (5) (a) 10. of the statutes, as created by this act.

SB55-SSA1,1365,25 (b) Funding. The secretary of administration may not direct that moneys appropriated to the department of veterans affairs under section 20.485 (3) (wd), (wg), and (wp) of the statutes, as created by this act, be encumbered or expended until after the plan developed under paragraph (a ) is completed.

SB55-SSA1,1366,4 (c) Escrow payments. Notwithstanding section 45.79 (5) (a) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department of veterans affairs may not hold monthly escrow payments made by borrowers until after the plan developed under paragraph (a) is completed.

SB55-SSA1,1366,5 (3) Transfer of approval of veterans training.

SB55-SSA1,1366,14 (a) Transfer of positions and employees. On the effective date of this paragraph, 3.0 FTE FED positions in the educational approval board, and the incumbent employees holding those positions, are transferred to the department of veterans affairs. The educational approval board and the department of veterans affairs shall jointly determine the employees to be transferred under this paragraph and shall jointly develop a plan for the orderly transfer thereof. In the event of any disagreement between the educational approval board and the department of veterans affairs, the secretary of administration shall resolve the dispute and shall develop a plan for the orderly transfer thereof.

SB55-SSA1,1366,20 (b) Employee status. Employees transferred under paragraph (a ) have all the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the department of veterans affairs that they enjoyed in the educational approval board immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.

SB55-SSA1,1366,24 (4) Education center grant. From the appropriation under section 20.485 (2) (vj) of the statutes, as created by this act, the department of veteran affairs may provide, in the 2001-03 fiscal biennium, one grant of $200,000 to the Wisconsin Veterans War Memorial/Milwaukee, Inc., for a veterans education center.

SB55-SSA1,1366,25 (5mk) Mobile claims officer and regional coordinator positions.