2003 Wisconsin Act 33

34.045 (1) (b) Establish procedures by which state agencies and departments pay for services through compensating balances or fees, or a combination of both methods. In the case of the state treasurer's accounts, direct the state treasurer Direct the secretary of administration to maintain compensating balances, or direct the investment board to pay bank service costs as allocated by the state treasurer secretary of administration under s. 25.19 (3) directly from the income account of the state investment fund, or by a combination of such methods.

33,924g Section 924g. 34.05 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

34.05 (4) Money from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (fm) shall be deposited in a public depository located in this state that is at least 51% owned by a minority group member or minority group members, as defined in s. 560.036 (1) (f) a minority business certified by the department of commerce under s. 560.036 (2).

33,925 Section 925. 34.08 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

34.08 (2) Payments under sub. (1) shall be made in the order in which satisfactory proofs of loss are received by the division of banking. The payment made to any public depositor for all losses of the public depositor in any individual public depository may not exceed $400,000 above the amount of deposit insurance provided by an agency of the United States or by the Wisconsin Credit Union Savings Insurance Corporation at the public depository which experienced the loss. Upon a satisfactory proof of loss, the division of banking shall direct the department of administration to draw its warrant payable from the appropriation under s. 20.144 (1) (a) and the state treasurer secretary of administration shall pay the warrant under s. 14.58 16.401 (4) in favor of the public depositor that has submitted the proof of loss.

33,926 Section 926. 34.10 of the statutes is amended to read:

34.10 Reorganization and stabilization of financial institutions. Whenever the office of credit unions, administrator of federal credit unions, U.S. comptroller of the currency, federal home loan bank board, U.S. office of thrift supervision, federal deposit insurance corporation, resolution trust corporation, or division of banking or division of savings institutions has taken charge of a credit union, bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association with a view of restoring its solvency, pursuant to law, or with a view of stabilizing and readjusting the structure of any national or state credit union, bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association located in this state, and has approved a reorganization plan or a stabilization and readjustment agreement entered into between the credit union, bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association and depositors and unsecured creditors, or when a credit union, bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association, with the approval of the office of credit unions, administrator of federal credit unions, U.S. comptroller of the currency, federal home loan bank board, U.S. office of thrift supervision, federal deposit insurance corporation, resolution trust corporation, or division of banking or division of savings institutions proposes to sell its assets to another credit union, bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association which agrees to assume a part or all of the deposit liability of such selling credit union, bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association and to pay the same on a deferred payment basis, the governing board of the public depositor may, on the approval of the division of banking, join in the execution of any reorganization plan, or any stabilization and readjustment agreement, or any depositor's agreement relative to a proposed sale of assets if, in its judgment and that of the division of banking, the reorganization plan or stabilization and readjustment agreement or proposed sale of assets is in the best interest of all persons concerned. The joining in any reorganization plan, or any stabilization and readjustment agreement, or any proposed sale of assets which meets the approval of the division of banking does not waive any rights under this chapter.

33,927 Section 927. 35.24 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

35.24 (3) Reprints of the feature article shall be bound in paper covers and shall be in such quantity as is authorized for each specific reprint by the joint committee on legislative organization. The cost of reprints shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (d) or (5).

33,928 Section 928. 35.91 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

35.91 (1) The latest edition of the Wisconsin statutes shall be sold at a price, calculated to the nearest dollar, to be fixed by the department, based on cost plus 75% of the revisor's expenditures under s. 20.765 (3) (a) or (5) during the preceding biennium. The department may sell noncurrent editions of the Wisconsin statutes and Wisconsin annotations at reduced prices to be fixed by it.

33,929 Section 929. 35.93 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

35.93 (9) The department shall charge the legislature under s. 20.765 (1) (d) or (5) for the cost of distribution of the code and the register, including the costs specified in s. 35.80, and shall deposit all revenues received from their sale into the general fund.

33,930 Section 930. 36.09 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

36.09 (1) (i) Upon recommendation of the president and the administrator of the division of merit recruitment and selection in the department of employment relations office of state human resources management, the board and the secretary of employment relations director of the office shall jointly adopt general policies governing the designation of positions to be exempt from the classified service as academic staff as defined in s. 36.15 (1) (a) and (b). No position in the classified service may be designated as an academic staff position under the general policies unless the secretary of employment relations director of the office of state human resources management approves the designation.

33,931 Section 931. 36.09 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:

36.09 (1) (j) Except where such matters are a subject of bargaining with a certified representative of a collective bargaining unit under s. 111.91, the board shall establish salaries for persons not in the classified staff prior to July 1 of each year for the next fiscal year, and shall designate the effective dates for payment of the new salaries. In the first year of the biennium, payments of the salaries established for the preceding year shall be continued until the biennial budget bill is enacted. If the budget is enacted after July 1, payments shall be made following enactment of the budget to satisfy the obligations incurred on the effective dates, as designated by the board, for the new salaries, subject only to the appropriation of funds by the legislature and s. 20.928 (3). This paragraph does not limit the authority of the board to establish salaries for new appointments. The board may not increase the salaries of employees specified in ss. 20.923 (5) and (6) (m) and 230.08 (2) (d) under this paragraph unless the salary increase conforms to the proposal as approved under s. 230.12 (3) (e) or the board authorizes the salary increase to correct salary inequities under par. (h), to fund job reclassifications or promotions, or to recognize competitive factors. The board may not increase the salary of any position identified in s. 20.923 (4g) under this paragraph unless the salary increase conforms to the proposal as approved under s. 230.12 (3) (e) or the board authorizes the salary increase to correct a salary inequity or to recognize competitive factors. The board may not increase the salary of any position identified in s. 20.923 (4g) (ae) and (am) to correct a salary inequity that results from the appointment of a person to a position identified in s. 20.923 (4g) (ae) and (am) unless the increase is approved by the department of employment relations office of state human resources management. The granting of salary increases to recognize competitive factors does not obligate inclusion of the annualized amount of the increases in the appropriations under s. 20.285 (1) for subsequent fiscal bienniums. No later than October 1 of each year, the board shall report to the joint committee on finance and the departments secretary of administration and employment relations director of the office of state human resources management concerning the amounts of any salary increases granted to recognize competitive factors, and the institutions at which they are granted, for the 12-month period ending on the preceding June 30.

33,932m Section 932m. 36.11 (48) of the statutes is created to read:

36.11 (48) Report on utility charges; assessment of certain utility charges. The board shall ensure that the University of Wisconsin-Madison reports annually to the department of administration on utility charges in the following fiscal year to fund principal and interest costs incurred in purchasing the Walnut Street steam and chilled-water plant enumerated under 2003 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9106 (1) (g) 2., and the methodology used to calculate those charges. The board may not assess the utility charges until the charges are approved by the department of administration.

33,933 Section 933. 36.25 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:

36.25 (14) Graduate student financial aid. The board shall establish a grant program for minority and disadvantaged graduate students enrolled in the system. The grants shall be awarded from the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.285 (4) (b) and (gm). The board shall give preference in awarding grants under this subsection to residents of this state. The board may not make a grant under this subsection to a person whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).

33,933g Section 933g. 36.25 (14) of the statutes, as affected by 2003 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

36.25 (14) Graduate student financial aid. The board shall establish a grant program for minority and disadvantaged graduate students enrolled in the system. The grants shall be awarded from the appropriations appropriation under s. 20.285 (4) (b) and (gm). The board shall give preference in awarding grants under this subsection to residents of this state. The board may not make a grant under this subsection to a person whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).

33,934d Section 934d. 36.25 (38) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

36.25 (38) (a) In this subsection, "educational technology" has the meaning given in s. 44.70 16.99 (3).

33,935 Section 935. 36.25 (38) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

36.25 (38) (b) 6. To pay the department of electronic government administration for telecommunications services provided under s. 22.05 16.972 (1).

33,936 Section 936. 36.27 (1) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

36.27 (1) (am) 2. The approved recommendations of the secretary of employment relations director of the office of state human resources management for compensation and fringe benefits for classified staff, for unclassified employees specified in s. 230.12 (1) (a) 1. b., and for unclassified employees specified in s. 230.12 (3) (e). If these recommendations have not been approved by the joint committee on employment relations by the time the board sets academic fees, the board may raise academic fees for resident undergraduate students by an amount sufficient to fund the recommendations of the secretary of employment relations director of the office of state human resources management for compensation and fringe benefits for classified staff and for unclassified employees specified in s. 230.12 (1) (a) 1. b. and the board's recommendations for unclassified employees specified in s. 230.12 (3) (e). If the secretary of employment relations director of the office of state human resources management has not made recommendations by the time the board sets academic fees, the board may raise academic fees for resident undergraduate students by an amount sufficient to fund the board's estimate of compensation and fringe benefits for classified staff and for unclassified employees specified in s. 230.12 (1) (a) 1. b. and the board's recommendations for unclassified employees specified in s. 230.12 (3) (e). If the board sets academic fees based upon the board's estimate and the board's unapproved recommendations, and the recommendations of the board and the secretary of employment relations director of the office of state human resources management as finally approved by the joint committee on employment relations call for a lower rate of compensation and fringe benefits than the board's estimate and unapproved recommendations, the board shall lower academic student fees for resident undergraduate students for the next academic year by an amount equal to the difference between the academic fees charged and an amount sufficient to fund the approved recommendations. If the board sets academic fees based upon the board's estimate and unapproved recommendations, and the recommendations of the board and the secretary of employment relations director of the office of state human resources management as finally approved by the joint committee on employment relations call for a higher rate of compensation and fringe benefits than the board's estimate and unapproved recommendations, the board may raise academic student fees for resident undergraduate students for the next academic year by an amount equal to the difference between the academic fees charged and an amount sufficient to fund the approved recommendations.

33,939 Section 939. 36.34 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

36.34 (1) (b) The board shall establish a grant program for minority undergraduates enrolled in the system. The board shall designate all grants under this subsection as Lawton grants. Grants shall be awarded from the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.285 (4) (dd) and (g). The board may not make a grant under this subsection to a person whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).

33,939g Section 939g. 36.34 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2003 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

36.34 (1) (b) The board shall establish a grant program for minority undergraduates enrolled in the system. The board shall designate all grants under this subsection as Lawton grants. Grants shall be awarded from the appropriations appropriation under s. 20.285 (4) (dd) and (g). The board may not make a grant under this subsection to a person whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).

33,939m Section 939m. 36.34 (1) (c) 1. a. and b. and 2. (intro.) of the statutes are amended to read:

36.34 (1) (c) 1. a. For purposes of determining the appropriation under s. 20.285 (4) (dd) for fiscal year 2003-04 2005-06, "base amount" means the amount shown in the schedule under s. 20.005 for that appropriation for fiscal year 2002-03 2004-05.

b. For purposes of determining the appropriation under s. 20.285 (4) (dd) for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2003-04 2005-06, "base amount" means the appropriation determined under subd. 2. for the previous fiscal year.

2. (intro.) Annually Beginning in 2005, annually, by February 1, the board shall determine the appropriation under s. 20.285 (4) (dd) for the next fiscal year as follows:

33,940 Section 940. 36.51 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

36.51 (6) The college campus or institution may file a claim with the department of public instruction for reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred, excluding capital equipment costs, but not to exceed 15% of the cost of the meal or 50 cents per meal, whichever is less. Any cost in excess of the lesser amount may be charged to participants. If the department of public instruction approves the claim, it shall certify that payment is due and the state treasurer secretary of administration shall pay the claim from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cn).

33,942 Section 942. 38.04 (19) of the statutes is repealed.

33,943 Section 943. 38.04 (28) of the statutes is created to read:

38.04 (28) Health care education programs. From the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (ch), the board shall award grants to district boards to expand health care education programs.

33,943m Section 943m. 38.17 of the statutes is created to read:

38.17 Levy limit. (1) Definition. In this section, "debt service" includes debt service on debt issued or reissued to fund or refund outstanding municipal obligations, interest on outstanding municipal obligations, and related issuance costs and redemption premiums.

(2) Limit. Except as provided in subs. (3) and (4), no district board may increase its levy for any fiscal year to an amount that exceeds its levy for the previous fiscal year multiplied by 1.026.

(3) Adjustments. (a) 1. If a district board transfers to another governmental unit responsibility for providing any service that it provided in the preceding fiscal year, the limit otherwise applicable under sub. (2) in the current fiscal year is decreased by the cost that it would have incurred to provide that service, as determined by the department of revenue.

2. If a district board increases the services that it provides by adding responsibility for providing a service transferred to it from another governmental unit that provided the service in the previous fiscal year, the limit otherwise applicable under sub. (2) in the current fiscal year is increased by the cost of that service, as determined by the department of revenue.

(b) If the amount of debt service for a district board in the preceding fiscal year is less than the amount of debt service needed in the current fiscal year, as a result of the district board adopting a resolution before July 1, 2003, authorizing the issuance of debt, the limit otherwise applicable under sub. (2) for the current fiscal year is increased by the difference between the 2 amounts, as determined by the department of revenue.

(4) Referendum. (a) 1. A district board may exceed the levy limit under sub. (2) if it adopts a resolution to that effect and the resolution is approved in a referendum. The resolution shall specify the proposed amount of increase in the levy beyond the amount that is allowed under sub. (2).

2. Except as provided in subd. 3., the district board may call a special referendum for the purpose of submitting the resolution to the electors of the district for approval or rejection.

3. A referendum to exceed the limit under sub. (2) for the levy for the 2004-05 fiscal year shall be held at the spring primary or election or September primary or general election in 2004.

(b) The district board shall publish type A, B, C, D, and E notices of the referendum under s. 10.01 (2). Section 5.01 (1) applies in the event of failure to comply with the notice requirements of this paragraph.

(c) The referendum shall be held in accordance with chs. 5 to 12. The district board shall provide the election officials with all necessary election supplies. The form of the ballot shall correspond substantially with the standard form for referendum ballots prescribed by the elections board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). The question shall be submitted as follows: "Under state law, the percentage increase in the levy of the .... (name of district) for the next fiscal year, .... (year), is limited to ....%, resulting in a levy of $..... Shall the .... (name of district) be allowed to exceed this limit such that the percentage increase for the next fiscal year, .... (year), will be ....%, resulting in a levy of $....?".

(d) Within 14 days after the referendum, the district board shall certify the results of the referendum to the department of revenue. The limit otherwise applicable to the district under sub. (2) is increased for the next fiscal year by the amount approved by a majority of those voting on the question.

(5) Sunset. This section does not apply beginning 3 years after the effective date of the subsection .... [revisor inserts date].

33,943p Section 943p. 38.18 of the statutes is amended to read:

38.18 Contracts and bidding. All contracts made by a district board for public construction in a district shall be let by the district board to the lowest responsible bidder, and may be awarded to a minority business that is certified by the department of commerce under s. 560.036 (2), in accordance with s. 62.15 (1) to (11) and (14). For purposes of this section, the district board shall possess the powers conferred by s. 62.15 on the board of public works and the common council. All contracts made under this section shall be made in the name of the district and shall be executed by the district board chairperson and district board secretary.

33,944 Section 944. 38.28 (1m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

38.28 (1m) (a) 1. "District aidable cost" means the annual cost of operating a technical college district, including debt service charges for district bonds and promissory notes for building programs or capital equipment, but excluding all expenditures relating to auxiliary enterprises and community service programs, all expenditures funded by or reimbursed with federal revenues, all receipts under sub. (6) and ss. 38.12 (9), 38.14 (3) and (9), 118.15 (2) (a), 118.55 (7r), and 146.55 (5), all receipts from grants awarded under ss. 38.04 (8), (19), (20), (28), and (31), 38.14 (11), 38.26, 38.27, 38.31, 38.33, and 38.38, all fees collected under s. 38.24, and driver education and chauffeur training aids.

33,945 Section 945. 38.31 of the statutes is repealed.

33,946 Section 946. 38.36 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

38.36 (6) The district board may file a claim with the department of public instruction for reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred, excluding capital equipment costs, but not to exceed 15% of the cost of the meal or 50 cents per meal, whichever is less. Any cost in excess of the lesser amount may be charged to participants. If the department of public instruction approves the claim, it shall certify that payment is due and the state treasurer secretary of administration shall pay the claim from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cn).

33,946d Section 946d. 38.40 (title) of the statutes is created to read:

38.40 (title) Technical preparation, school-to-work, and work-based learning programs.

33,946e Section 946e. 38.40 (1) of the statutes is created to read:

38.40 (1) Employment and education program administration. The board shall plan, coordinate, administer, and implement the technical preparation, school-to-work, and work-based learning programs under sub. (1m) and such other employment and education programs as the governor may by executive order assign to the board. Notwithstanding any limitations placed on the use of state employment and education funds under this section or under an executive order assigning an employment and education program to the board, the board may issue a general or special order waiving any of those limitations on finding that the waiver will promote the coordination of employment and education services.

33,946f Section 946f. 38.40 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:

38.40 (1m) (intro.) Technical preparation, school-to-work, and work-based learning programs. The board shall provide all of the following programs:

33,946g Section 946g. 38.40 (1m) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

38.40 (1m) (a) A technical preparation program that includes the technical preparation program under s. 118.34.

33,946j Section 946j. 38.40 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

38.40 (2) Interagency assistance. The council on workforce investment established under 29 USC 2821 and the department of public instruction shall assist the board in providing the technical preparation, school-to-work, and work-based learning programs under sub. (1m).

33,946k Section 946k. 38.40 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

38.40 (2m) Skill standards. The board shall approve statewide skill standards for the school-to-work program under sub. (1m) (b).

33,946m Section 946m. 38.40 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

38.40 (5) Rules. The board shall promulgate rules to implement this section.

33,947 Section 947. 39.11 (16g) of the statutes is amended to read:

39.11 (16g) Expend at least $140,200 in each fiscal year 1994-95 and every fiscal year thereafter for the development and periodic update of instructional television programs that are specific to this state for use in schools. Funds may be expended for the programs from the appropriation under s. 20.225 (1) (f), (g), (h) or (m).

33,948 Section 948. 39.155 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

39.155 (1) Subject to sub. (3), all All funds appropriated to the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., under s. 20.250 (1) (a) shall be based on a per capita formula for an amount for each Wisconsin resident enrolled at the college who is paying full tuition. A student's qualification as a resident of this state shall be determined by the higher educational aids board in accordance with s. 36.27, so far as applicable.

33,950 Section 950. 39.155 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

39.155 (2) On or before January 15 and September 15 of each year, the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., shall submit to the higher educational aids board for its approval a list of the Wisconsin residents enrolled at the college who are paying full tuition. The state shall make semiannual payments to the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., from the appropriation under s. 20.250 (1) (a), upon approval of the list. If the appropriation under s. 20.250 (1) (a) is insufficient to pay the amount specified to be disbursed under s. 20.250 (1) (a), the payments shall be disbursed on a prorated basis for each student entitled to such aid. No more than 8 such payments may be made to the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., from the appropriation under s. 20.250 (1) (a), for any individual student.

33,952 Section 952. 39.155 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

33,984d Section 984d. 39.435 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

39.435 (3) Grants under sub. (1) shall not be less than $250 during any one academic year, unless the joint committee on finance approves an adjustment in the amount of the minimum grant. Grants under sub. (1) shall not exceed $1,800 $2,500 during any one academic year. The board shall, by rule, establish a reporting system to periodically provide student economic data and shall promulgate other rules the board deems necessary to assure uniform administration of the program.

33,986b Section 986b. 39.435 (7) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

39.435 (7) (a) 1. For purposes of determining the appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (fe) for fiscal year 2003-04 2005-06, "base amount" means the amount shown in the schedule under s. 20.005 for that appropriation for fiscal year 2002-03 2004-05.

33,987b Section 987b. 39.435 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

39.435 (7) (a) 2. For purposes of determining the appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (fe) for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2003-04 2005-06, "base amount" means the maximum appropriation amount determined under par. (b) for the previous fiscal year.