AB934,8,6 215.78 Public defender board. There is created a public defender board
3consisting of 9 members appointed for staggered 3-year terms. No member may be,
4or be employed on the staff of, a judicial or law enforcement officer, district attorney,
5corporation counsel, or the state public defender. At least 5 members shall be
6members of the state bar State Bar of Wisconsin.
Note: Conforms capitalization to current style.
AB934, s. 18 7Section 18. 16.375 (3) (intro.) and (d) of the statutes are consolidated,
8renumbered 16.375 (3) and amended to read:
AB934,8,139 16.375 (3) Transfer of real property. The department may transfer real
10property obtained under sub. (2) to an applicant pursuant to under a written
11agreement that includes the following: (d) The a provision that the applicant agrees
12to pay the department an amount to utilize the real property in conformance with
13the agreement.
Note: The (intro.) and par. (d) are combined as there are no other paragraphs.
AB934, s. 19 14Section 19. 16.855 (10n) (a) (intro.) and 2. of the statutes are consolidated,
15renumbered 16.855 (10n) (a) and amended to read:
AB934,8,1716 16.855 (10n) (a) In this subsection: 2. "Minority, "minority group member" has
17the meaning given in s. 560.036 (1) (f).
Note: The (intro.) and subd. 2. are combined as there are no other subdivisions.
AB934, s. 20 18Section 20. 16.959 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB934,8,2119 16.959 (4) Train University of Wisconsin System extension
20Wisconsin-Extension staff to assist persons interested in siting wind energy
21conversion systems.
Note: Makes reference to the university extension consistent with the remainder
of the statutes.
AB934, s. 21
1Section 21. 17.16 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 17.001 and amended to
2read:
AB934,9,5 317.001 Definition. The word "cause," as used in In this chapter, unless
4qualified, "cause" means inefficiency, neglect of duty, official misconduct, or
5malfeasance in office.
Note: Moves a definition applicable to the entire chapter to a separate section at
the beginning of the chapter, consistent with current style.
AB934, s. 22 6Section 22. 18.61 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB934,9,157 18.61 (3) (a) If the state fails to pay any revenue obligation in accordance with
8its terms, and default continues for a period of 30 days or if the state fails or refuses
9to comply with this subchapter or defaults in any agreement made with the owners
10of any issue of revenue obligations, the owners of 25% in aggregate principal amount
11of the revenue obligations of the issue then outstanding, by instrument recorded in
12the office of the register of deeds of Dane county County and approved or
13acknowledged in the same manner as a deed to be recorded, may appoint a trustee
14to represent the owners of the revenue obligations for the purposes specifically
15provided in the instrument.
Note: Conforms capitalization to current style and corrects punctuation.
AB934, s. 23 16Section 23. 20.115 (4) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB934,9,1917 20.115 (4) (e) Aids to world dairy expo, inc. World Dairy Expo, Inc. The amounts
18in the schedule for aids to the world dairy expo, inc. World Dairy Expo, Inc., to be used
19for the payments under s. 93.30.
Note: Capitalizes corporate title consistent with current style.
AB934, s. 24 20Section 24. 20.250 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB934,9,22 2120.250 Medical College of Wisconsin. (intro.) There is appropriated to the
22medical college Medical College of Wisconsin, inc. Inc., for the following program:

Note: Conforms capitalization to current style.
AB934, s. 25 1Section 25. 20.285 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB934,10,192 20.285 (1) (h) Auxiliary enterprises. Except as provided under subs. (5) (i) and
3(6) (g), all moneys received by the university University of Wisconsin system System
4for or on account of any housing facility, commons, dining halls, cafeteria, student
5union, athletic activities, stationery stand or bookstore, parking facilities or car fleet,
6or such other auxiliary enterprise activities as the board designates and including
7such fee revenues as allocated by the board and including such moneys received
8under leases entered into previously with nonprofit building corporations as the
9board designates to be receipts under this paragraph, to be used for the operation,
10maintenance, and capital expenditures of activities specified in this paragraph,
11including the transfer of funds to pars. (kd) and (ke) and to nonprofit building
12corporations to be used by the corporations for the retirement of existing
13indebtedness and such other payments as may be required under existing loan
14agreements, and for optional rental payments in addition to the mandatory rental
15payments under the leases and subleases in connection with the providing of
16facilities for such activities. A separate account shall be maintained for each campus
17and extension. Upon the request of the extension or any campus within the system,
18the board of regents may transfer surplus moneys appropriated under this
19paragraph to the appropriation account under par. (kp).
Note: Conforms capitalization to current style.
AB934, s. 26 20Section 26. 20.435 (2) (gk) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act
2116
, is amended to read:
AB934,12,522 20.435 (2) (gk) Institutional operations and charges. The amounts in the
23schedule for care, other than under s. 51.06 (1r), provided by the centers for the

1developmentally disabled, to reimburse the cost of providing the services and to
2remit any credit balances to county departments that occur on and after
3July 1, 1978, in accordance with s. 51.437 (4rm) (c); for care, other than under s.
446.043, provided by the mental health institutes, to reimburse the cost of providing
5the services and to remit any credit balances to county departments that occur on and
6after January 1, 1979, in accordance with s. 51.42 (3) (as) 2.; for maintenance of
7state-owned housing at centers for the developmentally disabled and mental health
8institutes; for repair or replacement of property damaged at the mental health
9institutes or at centers for the developmentally disabled; and for reimbursing the
10total cost of using, producing, and providing services, products, and care. All moneys
11received as payments from medical assistance on and after August 1, 1978; as
12payments from all other sources including other payments under s. 46.10 and
13payments under s. 51.437 (4rm) (c) received on and after July 1, 1978; as medical
14assistance payments, other payments under s. 46.10, and payments under s. 51.42
15(3) (as) 2. received on and after January 1, 1979; as payments for the rental of
16state-owned housing and other institutional facilities at centers for the
17developmentally disabled and mental health institutes; for the sale of electricity,
18steam, or chilled water; as payments in restitution of property damaged at the
19mental health institutes or at centers for the developmentally disabled; for the sale
20of surplus property, including vehicles, at the mental health institutes or at centers
21for the developmentally disabled; and for other services, products , and care shall be
22credited to this appropriation, except that any payment under s. 46.10 received for
23the care or treatment of patients admitted under s. 51.10, 51.15, or 51.20 for which
24the state is liable under s. 51.05 (3), of patients admitted under s. 55.06 (9) (d) or (e)
25for which the state is liable under s. 55.05 (1), of forensic patients committed under

1ch. 971 or 975, admitted under ch. 975, or transferred under s. 51.35 (3), or of patients
2transferred from a state prison under s. 51.37 (5), to the Mendota mental health
3institute
Mental Health Institute or the Winnebago mental health institute Mental
4Health Institute
shall be treated as general purpose revenue — earned, as defined
5under s. 20.001 (4).
Note: Conforms capitalization to current style and adds articles for better
readability.
AB934, s. 27 6Section 27. 20.435 (6) (hx) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB934,12,197 20.435 (6) (hx) Services related to drivers, receipts. The amounts in the
8schedule for services related to drivers. All moneys received by the state treasurer
9from the driver improvement surcharge on court fines and forfeitures authorized
10under s. 346.655 and all moneys transferred from the appropriation account under
11s. 20.395 (5) (di) shall be credited to this appropriation. The secretary of
12administration shall annually transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.395
13(5) (ek) 3.76% of all moneys credited to this appropriation from the driver
14improvement surcharge. Any unencumbered moneys in this appropriation account
15may be transferred to sub. (7) (hy) and ss. 20.255 (1) (hm), 20.285 (1) (ia), 20.395 (5)
16(ci) and (di), and 20.455 (5) (h) by the secretary of administration, after consultation
17with the secretaries of health and family services and transportation, the
18superintendent of public instruction, the attorney general, and the president of the
19university University of Wisconsin system System.
Note: Conforms capitalization to current style and corrects grammar.
AB934, s. 28 20Section 28. 20.485 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB934,13,221 20.485 (1) (d) Cemetery maintenance and beautification. The amounts in the
22schedule for cemetery maintenance and beautification at the Wisconsin veterans

1memorial cemetery
Veterans Memorial Cemetery at the Wisconsin veterans home
2Veterans Home at King.
Note: Conforms capitalization to current style.
AB934, s. 29 3Section 29. 20.485 (1) (gd) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB934,13,84 20.485 (1) (gd) Veterans home cemetery operations. All moneys received from
5the estate of the decedents under s. 45.37 (15) (c) for the burial of veterans and
6non-veterans in the Wisconsin veterans memorial cemetery Veterans Memorial
7Cemetery
at the Wisconsin veterans home Veterans Home at King, to be used for that
8purpose.
Note: Conforms capitalization to current style.
AB934, s. 30 9Section 30. 20.485 (2) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB934,13,1410 20.485 (2) (em) Payments related to The Highground. From the general fund,
11as a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule to make payments under
12s. 45.03 (3) related to the veterans memorial at The Highground in Clark county
13County. Moneys may not be spent from this appropriation without the approval of
14the joint committee on finance.
Note: Conforms capitalization to current style.
AB934, s. 31 15Section 31. 20.680 (3) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB934,13,1816 20.680 (3) (g) Board of bar examiners. All moneys received from the state bar
17State Bar of Wisconsin, attorney licensing exam fees , and attorney licensing fees for
18the operational expenses of the board of bar examiners.
Note: Conforms capitalization to current style.
AB934, s. 32 19Section 32. 20.680 (3) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB934,14,220 20.680 (3) (h) Board of attorneys professional responsibility. All moneys
21received from the state bar State Bar of Wisconsin and any other revenue derived
22from the activities of the board for the operational expenses of and the expenses of

1disciplinary investigations and actions by the board of attorneys professional
2responsibility.
Note: Conforms capitalization to current style.
AB934, s. 33 3Section 33. 20.866 (2) (zb) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB934,14,94 20.866 (2) (zb) Medical college College of Wisconsin, inc. Inc.; basic science
5education and health information technology facilities.
From the capital
6improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the medical college Medical College of
7Wisconsin, inc. Inc., to aid in the construction of a basic science education facility and
8in the funding of a health information technology center. The state may contract
9public debt in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 for these purposes.
Note: Conforms capitalization to current style.
AB934, s. 34 10Section 34. 20.916 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB934,14,2311 20.916 (3) Furnishing of group transportation to place of work. The
12department of health and family services, the department of corrections , and the
13department of natural resources may, with the approval of the governor and the
14department of administration, provide group transportation, in the absence of
15convenient and public scheduled transportation, for employees to and from the
16Mendota and Winnebago mental health institutes and the centers for the
17developmentally disabled in the case of employees of the department of health and
18family services, to the Ethan Allen School, the Taycheedah Correctional Institution,
19and the Fox Lake Correctional Institution in the case of employees of the department
20of corrections, and to and from its temporary branch offices located at the Nevin fish
21hatchery
Fish Hatchery grounds in the case of employees of the department of
22natural resources. Any employee, if injured while being so transported, shall be
23deemed considered to have been in the course of his or her employment.

Note: Conforms capitalization to current style and inserts preferred term.
AB934, s. 35 1Section 35. 20.916 (4m) of the statutes is renumbered 20.916 (4m) (b) and
2amended to read:
AB934,15,163 20.916 (4m) (b) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection paragraph, if
4any state agency determines that the an employee's duties of an employee require
5the use of a motor vehicle, and use of a personal motor vehicle is authorized by the
6agency under similar circumstances, the agency shall authorize the employee to use
7a personal motorcycle for such the employee's duties and shall reimburse the
8employee for such the use of the motorcycle at rates determined biennially by the
9secretary of employment relations under sub. (8), subject to the approval of the joint
10committee on employment relations. No state agency may authorize an employee to
11use or reimburse an employee for the use of a personal motorcycle under this
12subsection paragraph if more than one individual is transported on the motorcycle.
13All allowances for the use of a motorcycle shall be paid upon approval and
14certification of the amounts payable by the head of the state agency for which the
15employee performs duties to the department of administration. In this subsection,
16"motorcycle" has the meaning given under s. 340.01 (32).
Note: Moves definition to a separate paragraph at the beginning of the subsection,
consistent with current style, and inserts specific references. See also the next section
of this bill.
AB934, s. 36 17Section 36. 20.916 (4m) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
AB934,15,1918 20.916 (4m) (a) In this subsection, "motorcycle" has the meaning given under
19s. 340.01 (32).
Note: See the previous section of this bill.
AB934, s. 37 20Section 37. 20.927 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 20.927 (1m).
Note: Accommodates the renumbering of a definition to the beginning of the
section, consistent with current style. See the next section of this bill.
AB934, s. 38
1Section 38. 20.927 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 20.927 (1g).
Note: Moves definition to the beginning of the section, consistent with current
style.
AB934, s. 39 2Section 39. 24.39 (4) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB934,16,63 24.39 (4) (h) All rights to submerged lands and rights above submerged lands
4ceded, granted, or leased to municipalities, or other persons by prior acts of the state
5[1961] that were effective prior to October 10, 1961, shall not be affected by this
6subsection or by s. 30.11 (5).
Note: Inserts the effective date of ch. 355, laws of 1961, which created this
provision, and language to clarify the applicability of this provision.
AB934, s. 40 7Section 40. 26.01 of the statutes is renumbered 26.01 (intro.) and amended
8to read:
AB934,16,9 926.01 Definition Definitions. (intro.) In this chapter, unless:
AB934,16,11 10(1) Unless the context requires otherwise , "department" means the
11department of natural resources.
Note: Accommodates the renumbering of s. 26.11 (2) by this bill.
AB934, s. 41 12Section 41. 26.11 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB934,16,1713 26.11 (1) The department is vested with power, authority , and jurisdiction in
14all matters relating to the prevention, detection, and suppression of forest fires
15outside the limits of incorporated villages and cities in the state except as provided
16in sub. s. 26.01 (2), and to do all things necessary in the exercise of such power,
17authority, and jurisdiction.
Note: Deletes unnecessary term. Village means an incorporated village under s.
990.01 (45). Changes cross-reference in accordance with renumbering by this bill.
AB934, s. 42 18Section 42. 26.11 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 26.01 (2) and amended to
19read:
AB934,17,5
126.01 (2) The term "forest "Forest fire" as used in this chapter means
2uncontrolled, wild, or running fires occurring on forest, marsh, field, cutover, or other
3lands or involving farm, city, or village property and improvements incidental to the
4uncontrolled, wild, or running fires occurring on forest, marsh, field, cutover, or other
5lands.
Note: Renumbers definition applicable to all of ch. 26 to the definitions section at
the beginning of the chapter consistent with current style.
AB934, s. 43 6Section 43. 27.11 (5) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 27.11 (5).
Note: Eliminates unnecessary paragraph designation. This provision is not
subdivided.
AB934, s. 44 7Section 44. 28.11 (6) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB934,17,148 28.11 (6) (b) 4. Within 90 days after completion of any cutting operation (,
9including timber trespass), but not more than 2 years after filing the cutting notice,
10the county shall transmit to the department on forms furnished by the department,
11a report of merchantable wood products cut. The department may conduct such any
12investigations on timber cutting operations as that it deems considers to be
13advisable, including the holding of public hearings thereon on the timber cutting
14operations
, and may assess severance share payments accordingly.
Note: Replaces parentheses and disfavored terminology to improve readability
and to conform to current style.
AB934, s. 45 15Section 45. 28.11 (11) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 28.11 (11) (a) 1. and
16amended to read:
AB934,18,617 28.11 (11) (a) 1. The county board may by resolution adopted by not less than
18two-thirds of its membership make application to the department to withdraw lands
19entered under this section. The county board shall first refer the resolution to the
20county forestry committee, which shall consult with an authorized representative of
21the department in formulating its withdrawal proposal. The county board shall not

1take final action thereon on the application until 90 days after such referral of the
2application to the forestry committee
or until the report thereon of the forestry
3committee regarding the application has been filed with the board. Such The
4application shall include the land description and, a statement of the reasons for
5withdrawal, and any restrictions or other conditions of use attached to the land
6proposed for withdrawal.
AB934,18,23 72. Upon the filing of such an application to withdraw lands under subd. 1., the
8department shall investigate the same and it may conduct a public hearing thereon
9if it deems it advisable at such time and place as it sees fit. If requested by the county
10in writing the department shall hold a public hearing
the application. During the
11course of its investigation the department shall make an examination of the
12character of the land, the volume of timber, improvements, and any other special
13values and in. In the case of withdrawal for the purpose of sale to any purchaser
14other than the state or a local unit of government it , the department shall establish
15a minimum value on the lands to be withdrawn. In making its investigation the
16department shall give full weight and consideration to the purposes and principles
17set forth in sub. (1), and it shall also weigh and consider the benefits to the people
18of the state as a whole, as well as to the county, from the proposed use against the
19benefits accruing to the people of the state as a whole and to the county under the
20continued entry of such the lands to be withdrawn. The department may conduct a
21public hearing on the application, if it considers it advisable, at a time and place that
22it determines, except that if the county requests a public hearing in writing, the
23department shall hold a public hearing
.
AB934,19,3 243. If the department finds that the benefits after withdrawal of the lands
25described in the application under subd. 2.
outweigh the benefits under continued

1entry of the lands and that the lands will be put to a better and higher use, it shall
2make an order withdrawing such the lands from entry,; otherwise it shall deny the
3application.
AB934,19,8 44. If the application is denied, the county board may, by resolution adopted by
5not less than two-thirds of its membership, appeal to a review committee. The
6department shall submit the findings of its investigation and of any hearing on a
7proposed withdrawal to the committee, which shall be composed of one the following
8members:
AB934,19,10 9a. One member appointed by the county board submitting the application for
10withdrawal; one.
AB934,19,14 11b. One member who is appointed by the governor, who is from another county
12which that has land enrolled under the county forest law, this member to be
13appointed by the governor and to
and who shall be chairperson of the review
14committee; one.
AB934,19,15 15c. One member appointed by the department; one.
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