SB44-SSA1, s. 2373 13Section 2373. 227.44 (2s) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2376 14Section 2376 . 227.47 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,872,2415 227.47 (2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a proposed or final
16decision of the personnel employment relations commission, hearing examiner or
17arbitrator concerning an appeal of the decision of the secretary of employment
18relations made under s. 230.09 (2) (a) or (d) shall not be accompanied by findings of
19fact or conclusions of law. If within 30 days after the commission issues a decision
20in such an appeal either party files a petition for judicial review of the decision under
21s. 227.53 and files a written notice with the commission that the party has filed such
22a petition, the commission shall issue written findings of fact and conclusions of law
23within 90 days after receipt of the notice. The court shall stay the proceedings
24pending receipt of the findings and conclusions.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2377
1Section 2377. 227.47 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2003 Wisconsin Act ....
2(this act), is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,873,133 227.47 (2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a proposed or final
4decision of the employment relations commission, hearing examiner or arbitrator
5concerning an appeal of the decision of the secretary of employment relations
6director of the office of state human resources management made under s. 230.09 (2)
7(a) or (d) shall not be accompanied by findings of fact or conclusions of law. If within
830 days after the commission issues a decision in such an appeal either party files
9a petition for judicial review of the decision under s. 227.53 and files a written notice
10with the commission that the party has filed such a petition, the commission shall
11issue written findings of fact and conclusions of law within 90 days after receipt of
12the notice. The court shall stay the proceedings pending receipt of the findings and
13conclusions.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2378 14Section 2378. 227.52 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,873,1815 227.52 (3) Those decisions of the division of banking that are subject to review,
16prior to any judicial review, by the banking review board, and decisions of the division
17of banking relating to savings banks or savings and loan associations, but no other
18institutions subject to the jurisdiction of the division of banking
.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2379 19Section 2379. 227.52 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2380 20Section 2380. 227.53 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,874,421 227.53 (1) (a) 1. Proceedings for review shall be instituted by serving a petition
22therefor personally or by certified mail upon the agency or one of its officials, and
23filing the petition in the office of the clerk of the circuit court for the county where
24the judicial review proceedings are to be held. If the agency whose decision is sought
25to be reviewed is the tax appeals commission, the banking review board, the credit

1union review board, or the savings and loan institutions review board or the savings
2bank review board
, the petition shall be served upon both the agency whose decision
3is sought to be reviewed and the corresponding named respondent, as specified under
4par. (b) 1. to 5. 4.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2382 5Section 2382. 227.53 (1) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,874,96 227.53 (1) (b) 4. The savings and loan institutions review board, the division
7of savings institutions banking, except if the petitioner is the division of savings
8institutions
banking, the prevailing parties before the savings and loan institutions
9review board shall be the named respondents.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2383 10Section 2383. 227.53 (1) (b) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2384 11Section 2384. 227.53 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,874,1912 227.53 (1) (d) Except in the case of the tax appeals commission, the banking
13review board, the credit union review board, and the savings and loan institutions
14review board and the savings bank review board, the agency and all parties to the
15proceeding before it, shall have the right to participate in the proceedings for review.
16The court may permit other interested persons to intervene. Any person petitioning
17the court to intervene shall serve a copy of the petition on each party who appeared
18before the agency and any additional parties to the judicial review at least 5 days
19prior to the date set for hearing on the petition.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2384e 20Section 2384e. 230.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,875,1121 230.01 (2) It is the policy of the state and the responsibility of the secretary
22director and the administrator to maintain a system of personnel management
23which fills positions in the classified service through methods which apply the merit
24principle, with adequate civil service safeguards. It is the policy of this state to
25provide for equal employment opportunity by ensuring that all personnel actions

1including hire, tenure or term, and condition or privilege of employment be based on
2the ability to perform the duties and responsibilities assigned to the particular
3position without regard to age, race, creed or religion, color, disability, sex, national
4origin, ancestry, sexual orientation or political affiliation. It is the policy of this state
5to take affirmative action which is not in conflict with other provisions of this chapter.
6It is the policy of the state to ensure its employees opportunities for satisfying careers
7and fair treatment based on the value of each employee's services. It is the policy of
8this state to encourage disclosure of information under subch. III and to ensure that
9any employee employed by a governmental unit is protected from retaliatory action
10for disclosing information under subch. III. It is the policy of this state to correct pay
11inequities based on gender or race in the state civil service system.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2384m 12Section 2384m. 230.02 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,875,15 13230.02 Liberal construction of statutes. Statutes applicable to the
14department office shall be construed liberally in aid of the purposes declared in s.
15230.01.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2385 16Section 2385. 230.03 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,875,1817 230.03 (8) "Commission" means the personnel employment relations
18commission.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2386e 19Section 2386e. 230.03 (9) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2386m 20Section 2386m. 230.03 (9e) of the statutes is created to read:
SB44-SSA1,875,2121 230.03 (9e) "Director" means the director of the office.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2386s 22Section 2386s. 230.03 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,875,2423 230.03 (10) "Division" means the division of merit recruitment and selection
24in the department office.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2387 25Section 2387. 230.03 (10e) of the statutes is created to read:
SB44-SSA1,876,2
1230.03 (10e) "Division of equal rights" means the division of equal rights in the
2department of workforce development.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2387e 3Section 2387e. 230.03 (10r) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,876,64 230.03 (10r) "Job group" means a set of classifications combined by the
5department office on the basis of similarity in responsibility, pay range and nature
6of work.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2387m 7Section 2387m. 230.03 (10w) of the statutes is created to read:
SB44-SSA1,876,88 230.03 (10w) "Office" means the office of state human resources management.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2387s 9Section 2387s. 230.03 (13) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2387w 10Section 2387w. 230.04 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,876,11 11230.04 (title) Powers and duties of the secretary director.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2388 12Section 2388. 230.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,876,1613 230.04 (1) The secretary director is charged with the effective administration
14of this chapter. All powers and duties, necessary to that end, which are not
15exclusively vested by statute in the commission, the division of equal rights, the
16administrator or appointing authorities, are reserved to the secretary director.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2389 17Section 2389. 230.04 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,877,818 230.04 (1m) The secretary director may delegate, in writing, any of his or her
19functions set forth in this chapter to an appointing authority, within prescribed
20standards if the secretary director finds that the agency has personnel management
21capabilities to perform such functions effectively and has indicated its approval and
22willingness to accept such responsibility by written agreement. If the secretary
23director determines that any agency is not performing such delegated function
24within prescribed standards, the secretary director shall forthwith withdraw such
25delegated function. Subject to the approval of the joint committee on finance, the

1secretary director may order transferred to the department office from the agency to
2which delegation was made such agency staff and other resources as necessary to
3perform such functions if increased staff was authorized to that agency as a
4consequence of such delegation or if the department office reduced staff or shifted
5staff to new responsibilities as a result of such delegation. Any delegatory action
6taken under s. 230.09 (2) (a) or (d) or 230.13 (1) by an appointing authority may be
7appealed to the personnel commission under s. 230.44 (1) (b). The secretary director
8shall be a party in such an appeal.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2389d 9Section 2389d. 230.04 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,877,1310 230.04 (2) The secretary director may utilize the services of technical or
11specialized personnel to assist in implementing and maintaining a sound personnel
12management program. These services may be obtained from persons inside or
13outside of state service.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2389h 14Section 2389h. 230.04 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,877,1915 230.04 (3) The secretary director may issue enforceable orders on all matters
16relating to the administration, enforcement and effect of this chapter and the rules
17prescribed thereunder except on matters relating to the provisions of subch. III or
18to those provisions of subch. II for which responsibility is specifically charged to the
19administrator.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2389p 20Section 2389p. 230.04 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,877,2221 230.04 (4) The secretary director shall establish and maintain a collective
22bargaining capability under s. 111.815 (2).
SB44-SSA1, s. 2389s 23Section 2389s. 230.04 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,878,224 230.04 (5) The secretary director shall promulgate rules on all matters relating
25to the administration of the department office and the performance of the duties

1assigned to the secretary director, except on matters relating to those provisions of
2subch. II for which responsibility is specifically charged to the administrator.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2390 3Section 2390. 230.04 (7) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2390b 4Section 2390b. 230.04 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,878,65 230.04 (8) The secretary director shall establish an employee performance
6evaluation program under s. 230.37 (1).
SB44-SSA1, s. 2390c 7Section 2390c. 230.04 (9) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,878,88 230.04 (9) (intro.) The secretary director shall do all of the following:
SB44-SSA1, s. 2390d 9Section 2390d. 230.04 (9) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 230.455 and
10amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,878,17 11230.455 Division of affirmative action. Establish an affirmative action
12subunit reporting directly to the secretary.
The division of affirmative action subunit
13shall advise and assist the secretary director, the administrator and agency heads
14on establishing policies and programs to ensure appropriate affirmative action. The
15subunit division of affirmative action shall advise and assist the secretary director
16in monitoring such programs and shall provide staff to the council on affirmative
17action council.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2390e 18Section 2390e. 230.04 (9m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,878,2119 230.04 (9m) The secretary director shall conduct periodic reviews and
20evaluations of the written records of hiring decisions made by appointing authorities
21under ss. 230.21 (1m), 230.25 (1p) and 230.27 (2k).
SB44-SSA1, s. 2390f 22Section 2390f. 230.04 (9r) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,878,2423 230.04 (9r) (b) (intro.) The secretary director shall keep a record of all of the
24following:
SB44-SSA1, s. 2390g 25Section 2390g. 230.04 (10) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,879,4
1230.04 (10) (a) The secretary director may require all agencies and their
2officers to comply with the secretary's director's request to furnish current
3information pertaining to authorized positions, payroll and related items regarding
4civil service and employment relations functions.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2390h 5Section 2390h. 230.04 (10) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,879,116 230.04 (10) (b) The secretary director shall request from each agency and each
7agency shall furnish to the secretary director relevant racial, ethnic, gender and
8disability information on every new employee hired by the agency including limited
9term, project, seasonal and sessional employees. The secretary director shall
10maintain the data to permit a periodic review of the agency's affirmative action plan
11accomplishments.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2390i 12Section 2390i. 230.04 (10) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,879,1813 230.04 (10) (c) The secretary director shall request from each agency and each
14agency shall furnish to the secretary director relevant information regarding the
15prior military service, if any, of every new employee hired by the agency including
16limited term, project, seasonal and sessional employees. The secretary director shall
17maintain the data to permit a periodic review of the progress being made to provide
18employment opportunities in civil service for veterans and disabled veterans.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2390j 19Section 2390j. 230.04 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,879,2120 230.04 (11) The secretary director may provide by rule for an understudy
21program to assure continuity in selected positions.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2390k 22Section 2390k. 230.04 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,879,2523 230.04 (12) The secretary director shall keep in the office an official roster of
24all permanent classified employees which shall include classification titles, pay and
25employment status changes and appropriate dates thereof.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2390L
1Section 2390L. 230.04 (13) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,880,22 230.04 (13) (intro.) The secretary director shall do all of the following:
SB44-SSA1, s. 2390m 3Section 2390m. 230.04 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,880,64 230.04 (14) The secretary director shall establish, by rule, the scope and
5minimum requirements of a state employee grievance procedure relating to
6conditions of employment.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2390n 7Section 2390n. 230.04 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,880,118 230.04 (15) The secretary director shall review and either approve or
9disapprove each determination by an agency head regarding the classification of a
10state employee as a protective occupation participant for purposes of the Wisconsin
11retirement system.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2390nm 12Section 2390nm. 230.04 (16) of the statutes is created to read:
SB44-SSA1,880,1413 230.04 (16) The director may appoint an executive assistant outside the
14classified service.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2390p 15Section 2390p. 230.046 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,880,1916 230.046 (5) (c) An agreement has been entered into by the trainee and the
17appointing authority relative to employment with the state, together with such other
18terms and conditions as may be necessary under the rules of the secretary director
19whenever on-the-job trainees are employed; and
SB44-SSA1, s. 2390q 20Section 2390q. 230.046 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,880,2421 230.046 (7) Establish internships. The secretary director shall establish in the
22classified service in-service training internships designed to give rigorous training
23in public service administration for periods not to exceed 3 years under the direct
24supervision of experienced administrators.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2390r 25Section 2390r. 230.046 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,881,5
1230.046 (8) Cooperate for scholarship loans. To stimulate the interest of
2qualified students of exceptional merit in government career service, the secretary
3director shall cooperate with the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin
4System in providing opportunities for recipients of public service scholarship loans
5to secure employment under the internship plan.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2390s 6Section 2390s. 230.046 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,881,117 230.046 (9) Tuition refund program. The secretary director may establish by
8rule in the classified service a tuition refund program to supplement departmental
9training, to encourage employee job-related development and, upon satisfactory
10completion of training under this program to refund to the employee, an amount not
11to exceed the cost of tuition and necessary fees.
SB44-SSA1, s. 2390t 12Section 2390t. 230.046 (10) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44-SSA1,881,1413 230.046 (10) Department functions Functions of the office. (intro.) The
14department office may do all of the following:
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