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22(7d)
Rules for harbor assistance program. In the 2001-03 fiscal biennium,
23the department of transportation shall amend any rules that have been promulgated
24to administer the harbor assistance program under section 85.095 of the statutes to
25specifically provide that a facility that is used by a ferry service or cruise ship
1constitutes a commercial transportation facility for purposes of determining
2eligibility under the program.
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3(7tk) Sidewalk reconstruction in Wisconsin Rapids. Not later than June 30,
42003, the department of transportation shall reconstruct the sidewalk on the south
5side of Plover Road between the railroad tracks and 36th Street in Wisconsin Rapids
6in Wood County. Notwithstanding section 66.0907 of the statutes, the sidewalk shall
7be 7 feet in width and 6 inches in depth.
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9(1)
Report of abandoned property. Notwithstanding section 177.17 (4) (a) 1.
10of the statutes, as affected by this act, if this subsection takes effect after October 31,
112001, the report due under section 177.17 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes, as affected by this
12act, by November 1, 2002, shall cover the 2 preceding calendar years.
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13(2)
Service charges concerning abandoned property. Notwithstanding
14section 177.06 (3) (b) of the statutes, as affected by this act, if this subsection takes
15effect after October 31, 2001, a holder may assess a service charge on or before
16December 31 of the 2nd calendar year covered in the report required by November
171, 2002, under section 177.17 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes, as affected by this act, with
18respect to any property that is described in section 177.06 (1) of the statutes and that
19is required to be listed in the report.
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20Section 9154.
Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin
Hospitals and Clinics Authority.
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21Section 9155.
Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin
Hospitals and Clinics Board.
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22Section 9156.
Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin
System.
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1(2mp) Reports on transfer credits. The president of the University of
2Wisconsin System, the president of the board of regents of the University of
3Wisconsin System, the president of the technical college system board, and the
4director of the technical college system shall submit reports no later than October 15,
52001, April 15, 2002, October 15, 2002, and April 15, 2003, to the education
6committees of the assembly and the senate on all of the following:
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7(a) The status of implementing the plan under
1999 Wisconsin Act 9,
Section 89154 (4g), concerning transfer of credits from the technical college system to the
9University of Wisconsin System.
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10(b) Identification of occupations in high demand by geographic region and a
11plan to expand educational programs to meet the needs identified.
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12(2x)
Digital television conversion funding cooperation. The board of regents
13of the University of Wisconsin System shall cooperate fully with the educational
14communications board in an effort to secure the greatest possible federal financial
15participation in the digital television conversion project enumerated under
Section 169107 (1) (c) of this act.
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18(1)
Servicing primary mortgage loans.
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(a)
Plan. The department of veterans affairs and the department of
20administration shall develop a plan for the most cost-effective method of servicing
21loans purchased under section 45.79 (5) (a) 10. of the statutes, as created by this act.
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(b)
Funding. The secretary of administration may not direct that moneys
23appropriated to the department of veterans affairs under section 20.485 (3) (wd),
24(wg), and (wp) of the statutes, as created by this act, be encumbered or expended until
25after the plan developed under paragraph (a
) is completed.
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1(c)
Escrow payments. Notwithstanding section 45.79 (5) (a) of the statutes, as
2affected by this act, the department of veterans affairs may not hold monthly escrow
3payments made by borrowers until after the plan developed under paragraph (a) is
4completed.
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5(3)
Transfer of approval of veterans training.
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(a)
Transfer of positions and employees. On the effective date of this paragraph,
73.0 FTE FED positions in the educational approval board, and the incumbent
8employees holding those positions, are transferred to the department of veterans
9affairs. The educational approval board and the department of veterans affairs shall
10jointly determine the employees to be transferred under this paragraph and shall
11jointly develop a plan for the orderly transfer thereof. In the event of any
12disagreement between the educational approval board and the department of
13veterans affairs, the secretary of administration shall resolve the dispute and shall
14develop a plan for the orderly transfer thereof.
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(b)
Employee status. Employees transferred under paragraph (a
) have all the
16rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the
17statutes in the department of veterans affairs that they enjoyed in the educational
18approval board immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4)
19of the statutes, no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in
20class is required to serve a probationary period.
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21(4)
Education center grant. From the appropriation under section 20.485 (2)
22(vj) of the statutes, as created by this act, the department of veteran affairs may
23provide, in the 2001-03 fiscal biennium, one grant of $200,000 to the Wisconsin
24Veterans War Memorial/Milwaukee, Inc., for a veterans education center.
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25(5mk)
Mobile claims officer and regional coordinator positions.
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1(a) The department of veterans affairs, in consultation with Wisconsin
2veterans service organizations, county veterans' service officer organizations, and
3county veterans' service officers, shall study whether additional mobile claims
4officers are needed to provide claim and benefit assistance to veterans located
5outside the department's southeastern regional service area. If the department
6determines that additional mobile claims officers are needed, the department may
7submit a proposal to the joint committee on finance to increase the number of
8authorized positions in the department for mobile claims officers. If the
9cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the secretary of veterans affairs within
1014 working days after receiving the proposal that the cochairpersons have scheduled
11a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposal, the number of authorized
12positions are increased by the number proposed. If, within 14 working days after
13receiving the proposal, the cochairpersons notify the secretary of veterans affairs
14that the cochairpersons have scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the
15proposal, the number of authorized positions may be increased only as approved by
16the committee. The number of authorized positions for mobile claims officers that
17are proposed by the department and approved by the committee under this
18paragraph may not exceed the limits under section 45.35 (4) (d) of the statutes, as
19created by this act.
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20(b) The department of veterans affairs, in consultation with Wisconsin
21veterans service organizations, county veterans' service officer organizations, and
22county veterans' service officers, shall study whether additional regional
23coordinators are needed to provide claim and benefit assistance to veterans located
24outside the department's southeastern regional service area. If the department and
25the Wisconsin veterans service organizations, county veterans' service officer
1organizations, and county veterans' service officers with which the department
2consults determine that additional regional coordinators are needed, the
3department shall submit a proposal to the joint committee on finance to increase the
4number of authorized positions in the department for regional coordinators. If the
5cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the secretary of veterans affairs within
614 working days after receiving the proposal that the cochairpersons have scheduled
7a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposal, the number of authorized
8positions are increased by the number proposed. If, within 14 working days after
9receiving the proposal, the cochairpersons notify the secretary of veterans affairs
10that the cochairpersons have scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the
11proposal, the number of authorized positions may be increased only as approved by
12the committee. The number of authorized positions for regional coordinators that
13are proposed by the department and approved by the committee under this
14paragraph may not exceed the limits under section 45.35 (4) (b) of the statutes, as
15created by this act.
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16(c) Notwithstanding section 13.101 (3) (a) of the statutes, if the committee
17approves the position increase under paragraph (a) or (b), the committee may
18supplement the appropriation account under section 20.485 (2) (u) of the statutes
19and is not required to find that an emergency exists.
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20(6c) Grant for a supportive living environment for veterans. From the
21appropriation account under section 20.485 (2) (rm) of the statutes, as affected by
22this act, in fiscal year 2001-02, the department of veterans affairs shall provide one
23grant of $25,000 to Armitage, Inc., to establish a supportive living environment for
24veterans in the city of Onalaska.
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1(7e) Cost-effective transportation services for veterans. The department
2of veterans affairs and the department of administration, jointly, shall determine the
3most cost-effective methods for providing statewide transportation services to
4disabled veterans under section 45.43 (7m) of the statutes, as created by this act.
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6(2)
Transfer of position and incumbent employee; electrician.
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(a)
Position transfer.
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81. On the effective date of this subdivision, the authorized FTE positions for the
9department of workforce development, funded from the appropriation under section
1020.445 (1) (kc) of the statutes, are decreased by 1.0 PR-S position having
11responsibility for small projects requiring the services of an electrician.
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122. On the effective date of this subdivision, the authorized FTE positions for the
13department of administration, funded from the appropriation under section 20.505
14(5) (ka) of the statutes, as affected by this act, are increased by 1.0 PR-S position
15having responsibility for small projects requiring the services of an electrician.
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163. On the effective date of this subdivision, the incumbent employee holding the
17position specified in subdivision 1
. is transferred to the department of
18administration.
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(b)
Employee status. The employee transferred under paragraph (a
) 3. shall
20have all the same rights and the same statutes under subchapter V of chapter 111
21and chapter 230 of the statutes in the department of workforce development
22immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes,
23if the employee so transferred has attained permanent status in class, that employee
24is not required to serve a probationary period.
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1(3f) Study regarding the provision or sale of impounded vehicles to
2low-income individuals. The department of workforce development shall study the
3feasibility of instituting and administering a program that would provide unclaimed,
4impounded vehicles to low-income individuals or that would provide for the sale of
5these vehicles to low-income individuals at below-market prices. In conducting the
6study, the department of workforce development shall consult with the department
7of transportation and local units of government. No later than June 30, 2002, the
8department shall submit a report documenting the findings of its study to the
9members of the joint committee on finance and, in the manner provided under
10section 13.172 (3) of the statutes, to the appropriate standing committees of the
11legislature.
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12(6)
Transfer of medical assistance eligibility.
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(a)
Position decreases.
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141. On the effective date of this subdivision, the authorized FTE positions for the
15department of workforce development, funded from the appropriation under section
1620.445 (1) (kc) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2001, are decreased by 6.5
17PR positions.
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182. On the effective date of this subdivision, the authorized FTE positions for the
19department of workforce development, funded from the appropriation under section
2020.445 (1) (ha) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2001, are decreased by 0.3
21PR position.
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223. On the effective date of this subdivision, the authorized FTE positions for the
23department of workforce development, funded from the appropriation under section
2420.445 (1) (gb) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2001, are decreased by 0.2
25PR position.
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1(b)
Transfer of positions and employees.
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21. On the effective date of this subdivision, 8.18 FTE FED positions in the
3department of workforce development, and the incumbent employees holding those
4positions, are transferred to the department of health and family services.
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52. On the effective date of this subdivision, 4.82 FTE GPR positions in the
6department of workforce development, and the incumbent employees holding those
7positions, are transferred to the department of health and family services.
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83. On the effective date of this subdivision, there are transferred from the
9department of workforce development to the department of health and family
10services 7.0 FTE incumbent employees holding the positions specified in paragraph
11(a).
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124. The departments of workforce development and health and family services
13shall jointly determine the employees to be transferred under subdivisions 1. to 3
.
14and shall jointly develop a plan for the orderly transfer thereof. In the event of any
15disagreement between the departments, the secretary of administration shall
16resolve the dispute and shall develop a plan for the orderly transfer thereof.
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(c)
Employee status. Employees transferred under paragraph (b
) have all the
18rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the
19statutes in the department of health and family services that they enjoyed in the
20department of workforce development immediately before the transfer.
21Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employee so transferred who
22has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.
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23(8)
Food stamp reinvestment.
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(a) In this subsection "cost allocation resolution moneys" means the moneys
25appropriated under section 20.445 (3) (nL) of the statutes that were allocated on
1September 25, 1998, by the joint committee on finance to reimburse the federal
2government for expenditures that were not approved by the federal departments of
3labor and health and human services in a cost allocation plan that was developed and
4submitted by the department of workforce development in the 1997-98 federal fiscal
5year.
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(b) From the appropriation under section 20.445 (3) (nL) of the statutes, the
7department of workforce development shall reallocate cost allocation resolution
8moneys to local food stamp reinvestment activities.
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9(8x) Community youth grants. Notwithstanding section 49.175 (1) (z) of the
10statutes, as affected by this act, from the moneys allocated under section 49.175 (1)
11(z) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department of workforce development
12shall provide grants in each fiscal year of the 2001-03 fiscal biennium to the
13Wisconsin chapters of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to improve social,
14academic, and employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive temporary
15assistance for needy families under
42 USC 601 et seq. The total amount of grants
16that are provided under this subsection in each fiscal year of the 2001-03 fiscal
17biennium shall be $500,000.
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18(8y) Community reinvestment in certain Wisconsin works contracts. The
19department of workforce development may not extend the deadline for the
20expenditures, by Wisconsin works agencies, of community reinvestment funds that
21were earned as part of contracts that were entered into under section 49.143 of the
22statutes and have a term that begins on September 1, 1997, and ends on December
231, 1999.
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24(9c) Local youth apprenticeship grant to Wisconsin Plastics Valley
25Consortium. From the appropriation under section 20.445 (7) (b) of the statutes, the
1governor's work-based learning board shall distribute not less than $64,100 nor
2more than $128,300 in fiscal year 2001-02 as a local youth apprenticeship grant
3under section 106.13 (3m) (b) of the statutes, as affected by this act, to the Wisconsin
4Plastics Valley Consortium for the implementation and coordination of a local youth
5apprenticeship program.
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6(9e) Wisconsin works contracts for the 2002-03 contract period.
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7(a) Definitions. In this subsection:
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1. "Department" means the department of workforce development.
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2. "Draft contract terms" means the draft contract terms issued by the
10department of workforce development on May 14, 2001, for Wisconsin works
11contracts having a term that begins on January 1, 2002, and ends on December 31,
122003.
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133. "Wisconsin works" has the meaning given in section 49.141 (1) (p) of the
14statutes.
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154. "Wisconsin works agency" has the meaning given in section 49.001 (9) of the
16statutes.
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5. "Wisconsin works contract" means a contract to administer Wisconsin works
18under section 49.143 of the statutes, as affected by this act.
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19(b) Performance bonuses. Each Wisconsin works contract having a term that
20begins on January 1, 2002, and ends on December 31, 2003, shall require the
21department to do all of the following:
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221. Pay a Wisconsin works agency an amount equal to 2% of the total amount
23of the contract if the agency meets the performance standards for restricted
24performance bonus that are required under paragraph (d) and the agency is
25otherwise eligible to receive payment under the contract.
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12. Pay a Wisconsin works agency an amount equal to 2% of the total amount
2of the contract if the agency meets the performance standards for unrestricted
3performance bonus that are required under paragraph (d) and the agency is
4otherwise eligible to receive payment under the contract.
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5(c) Sanctions for unallowable expenses. Each Wisconsin works contract having
6a term that begins on January 1, 2002, and ends on December 31, 2003, shall require
7a Wisconsin works agency that submits to the department unallowable expenses, as
8identified by the department or in an audit sponsored by the department or
9legislative audit bureau to pay to the department a sanction equal to 50% of the total
10amount of unallowable expenses that were submitted by the Wisconsin works
11agency.
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12(d) Performance standards. Each Wisconsin works contract having a term that
13begins on January 1, 2002, and ends on December 31, 2003, shall include the
14performance standards specified in the department's draft contract terms except
15that each contract shall specify all of the following:
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161. That the department may only grant a Wisconsin works agency a one-case
17credit for purposes of determining whether the agency meets the base contract
18benchmark and whether the agency is eligible to contract with the department under
19section 49.143 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes, as created by this act.
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2. That no Wisconsin works agency may receive a one-case credit for purposes
21of determining whether the agency is eligible for unrestricted bonus funds.
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3. That the performance standards the department uses to determine whether
23the Wisconsin works agency meets the base contract benchmark and whether the
24Wisconsin works agency is eligible to contract with the department under section
2549.143 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes, as created by this act, include an extension request
1standard that requires timely processing of requests for extensions and timely
2documentation of those requests on the client assistance for reemployment and
3economic support computer system.
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44. That the department may not apply the extension requests standard under
5subdivision 3. to determine whether a Wisconsin works agency is eligible to receive
6unrestricted bonus funds.
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75. That, if the Wisconsin works agency has an average score of 6.5 on each
8survey item under the financial management standards and is otherwise eligible to
9receive payment under the contract, the agency shall be eligible for unrestricted
10bonus funds.
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116. That the significant audit finding item that is part of the financial
12management performance standard includes an audit finding that the unallowable
13or questioned costs, as identified by the department or in an audit sponsored by the
14department or legislative audit bureau, exceed a percentage of the total amount of
15the contract that is determined by the department.
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16(e) Community reinvestment funds. No Wisconsin works contract having a
17term that begins on January 1, 2002, and ends on December 31, 2003, may include
18a provision that provides community reinvestment funds to a Wisconsin works
19agency.
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20(f) Contracting process. Not later than the first day of the first month beginning
21after the effective date of this paragraph, the department shall amend the draft
22contract terms to specify that in subsequent contracts the department shall use the
23contracting process specified under section 49.143 (1) of the statutes, as affected by
24this act.
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1(9q) Food stamp transfer. No later than March 1, 2002, the department of
2health and family services and the department of workforce development shall
3submit a proposal to the secretary of administration for supplemental expenditure
4and position authority necessary to transfer all administrative functions related to
5the food stamp program authorized under
7 USC 2011 to
2036 from the department
6of workforce development to the department of health and family services. If the
7secretary of administration approves the plan, the secretary shall submit the
8proposal to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance. If the
9cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the secretary of administration within
1014 working days after receiving the proposal that the cochairpersons have scheduled
11a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposal, the secretary of administration
12shall approve the proposed expenditure and position authority, as authorized under
13current law. If, within 14 working days after receiving the proposal, the
14cochairpersons notify the secretary of administration that the cochairpersons have
15scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposal, the secretary of
16administration may not approve the proposed expenditure and position authority,
17except as approved by the committee and as authorized under current law.
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19(1)
State agency appropriations reductions.
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(a)
Appropriations reductions. Except as provided in paragraph (b), the largest
21sum certain appropriation for state operations made to the following state agencies
22from general purpose revenue in the 2001-03 fiscal biennium is reduced by the
23amounts in each fiscal year indicated:
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1(b)
Submission of requests to the joint committee on finance for reallocating
2appropriations reductions. Any state agency specified in paragraph (a) may submit
3a request to the joint committee on finance under section 13.10 of the statutes to
4reallocate any of the reductions under paragraph (a) to other sum certain
5appropriations for state operations made to the agency from general purpose
6revenue.
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7(2)
Information technology management board; initial terms. 8Notwithstanding section 15.215 (1) of the statutes, as created by this act, of the
9members other than state officers first appointed to serve as members of the
10information technology management board, the governor shall designate one to
11serve for a term expiring on May 1, 2003, and one to serve for a term expiring on May
121, 2005.
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13(2x)
Study of public broadcasting services. The president of the University
14of Wisconsin System and the chairperson of the educational communications board
15shall jointly submit a report to the secretary of administration suggesting methods
16by which the University of Wisconsin-Extension and the educational
17communications board can improve coordination with regard to provision of public
18broadcasting services in this state. The report shall include specific identification
19of methods by which the University of Wisconsin-Extension and the educational
20communications board can achieve operational efficiencies through greater
21cooperation and sharing of resources between the agencies.
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22(2y)
Report on efforts to secure funding for digital television conversion
23project. No later than June 1, 2003, the president of the University of Wisconsin
24System and the educational communications board shall submit a report to the
25building commission concerning their efforts to secure federal financial participation
1to finance the digital television conversion project enumerated under
Section 9107
2(1) (c) of this act.
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3(2z)
Review of space needs of department of veterans affairs. The
4department of veterans affairs and the department of administration shall jointly
5conduct a review of the current and future space needs of the department of veterans
6affairs for departmental offices and for the Wisconsin veterans museum. The review
7shall include an analysis of the options available to meet those needs. No later than
8July 1, 2002, the department of veterans affairs and the department of
9administration shall jointly submit a report to the building commission describing
10the review and providing recommendations and alternatives for action to meet the
11space needs.
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13(1)
Consolidation of appropriations.
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(a) The unencumbered balance in the appropriation account under section
1520.505 (3) (g), 1999 stats., is transferred to the appropriation account under section
1620.505 (1) (j) of the statutes, as affected by this act.
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(b) The unencumbered balance in the appropriation account under section
1820.505 (4) (gm), 1999 stats., is transferred to the appropriation account under section
1920.505 (1) (j) of the statutes, as affected by this act.
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(c) The unencumbered balance in the appropriation account under section
2120.505 (3) (h), 1999 stats., is transferred to the appropriation account under section
2220.505 (4) (h) of the statutes, as affected by this act.
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(d) The unencumbered balance in the appropriation account under section
2420.505 (1) (ma), 1999 stats., is transferred to the appropriation account under section
2520.505 (1) (mb) of the statutes, as affected by this act.
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1(e) The unencumbered balance in the appropriation account under section
220.505 (1) (mc), 1999 stats., is transferred to the appropriation account under section
320.505 (1) (mb) of the statutes, as affected by this act.
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(f) The unencumbered balance in the appropriation account under section
520.505 (1) (n), 1999 stats., is transferred to the appropriation account under section
620.505 (1) (mb) of the statutes, as affected by this act.