SB44: Bill Text

This bill requires EAB to collect a fee from these schools to cover the losses that students, parents, or sponsors incur if a school closes unexpectedly and to use the collected fees to pay all or part of the losses incurred by students, parents, or sponsors.

This bill allows DVA to provide stipends to individuals to attend school and receive the necessary credentials to become employed at a Wisconsin veterans facility.

Currently, members of the Wisconsin National Guard, except officers and members with baccalaureate degrees, are eligible for tuition grants for reimbursement of college or technical college tuition. The grant is equal to the lesser of the actual tuition charged or the maximum resident undergraduate tuition charged by the UW-Madison for a comparable number of credits.

This bill limits the amount of the tuition grant reimbursement to the lesser of the actual tuition charged or the average resident undergraduate tuition charged by the UW System for a comparable number of credits. The qualifying schools are expanded to include public institutions of higher education under the Minnesota-Wisconsin student reciprocity agreement or under an interstate agreement that the Educational Communications Board approves.

This bill requires the adjutant general to cooperate with the federal government in the operation and maintenance of distance learning centers for the use of current and former members of the national guard and the U.S. armed forces. The bill permits the adjutant general to charge rent for nonmilitary or nonfederal users of the centers.

This bill will be referred to the Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems for a detailed analysis, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to result if the bill is enacted.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SB44, s. 1 Section 1. 5.05 (11) of the statutes is created to read:

SB44,47,4 5.05 (11) Aids to counties and municipalities. From the appropriation under s. 20.510 (1) (x), the board may provide financial assistance to eligible counties and municipalities for election administration costs.

SB44, s. 2 Section 2. 7.31 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,47,10 7.31 (5) The board shall conduct regular training and administer examinations to ensure that individuals who are certified by the board under this section are knowledgeable concerning their authority and responsibilities. The board shall pay all costs required to conduct the training and to administer the examinations from the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.510 (1) (bm) and (jm).

SB44, s. 3 Section 3. 7.31 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

SB44,47,16 7.31 (6) The board may assess municipalities for costs incurred by the board in conducting the training and certification program under this section. The amount assessed to any municipality may not exceed the costs incurred by the board that are attributable to that municipality. The board shall credit any moneys received under this subsection to the appropriation under s. 20.510 (1) (jm).

SB44, s. 4 Section 4. 7.33 (4) and (5) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB44,48,8 7.33 (4) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, each local governmental unit, as defined in s. 22.01 16.97 (7), may, and each state agency shall, upon proper application under sub. (3), permit each of its employees to serve as an election official without loss of fringe benefits or seniority privileges earned for scheduled working hours during the period specified in sub. (3), without loss of pay for scheduled working hours during the period specified in sub. (3) except as provided in sub. (5), and without any other penalty. For employees who are included in a collective bargaining unit for which a representative is recognized or certified under subch. V of ch. 111, this subsection shall apply unless otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement.

SB44,48,16 (5) Any employee of a local governmental unit, as defined in s. 22.01 16.97 (7), or state agency who obtains a paid leave of absence under sub. (4) in order to serve as an election official under s. 7.30 shall certify in writing to the head of the local governmental unit or state agency by which he or she is employed the amount of compensation that the employee receives for such service. Upon receipt of the certification, the head of the local governmental unit or state agency shall deduct that amount from the employee's pay earned for scheduled working hours during the period specified in sub. (2) when the employee is on a paid leave of absence.

SB44, s. 5 Section 5. 13.099 (1) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB44,48,19 13.099 (1) (a) "Department" means the department of administration commerce.

SB44,48,21 (b) "State housing strategy plan" means the plan developed under s. 16.31 560.9802.

SB44, s. 6 Section 6. 13.0999 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,49,3 13.0999 (2) (a) If any bill that is introduced in either house of the legislature directly or substantially affects the development, construction, cost or availability of housing in this state, the department, through the division of housing, shall prepare a report on the bill within 30 days after it is introduced. The department may request any information from other state agencies, local governments or individuals or organizations that is reasonably necessary for the department to prepare the report.

SB44, s. 7 Section 7. 13.0999 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,49,5 13.0999 (3) (a) 5. Housing costs, as defined in s. 16.30 560.9801 (3) (a) and (b).

SB44, s. 8 Section 8. 13.101 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,49,25 13.101 (6) (a) As an emergency measure necessitated by decreased state revenues and to prevent the necessity for a state tax on general property, the committee may reduce any appropriation made to any board, commission, department, or the University of Wisconsin System, or to any other state agency or activity, by such amount as it deems feasible, not exceeding 25% of the appropriations, except appropriations made by ss. 20.255 (2) (ac), (bc), (bh), (cg), and (cr), and (r), 20.395 (1), (2) (cq), (eq) to (ex) and (gq) to (gx), (3), (4) (aq) to (ax), and (6) (aq), (ar), and (at), 20.435 (6) (a) and (7) (da), and 20.445 (3) (a) and (dz) or for forestry purposes under s. 20.370 (1), or any other moneys distributed to any county, city, village, town, or school district. Appropriations of receipts and of a sum sufficient shall for the purposes of this section be regarded as equivalent to the amounts expended under such appropriations in the prior fiscal year which ended June 30. All functions of said state agencies shall be continued in an efficient manner, but because of the uncertainties of the existing situation no public funds should be expended or obligations incurred unless there shall be adequate revenues to meet the expenditures therefor. For such reason the committee may make reductions of such appropriations as in its judgment will secure sound financial operations of the administration for said state agencies and at the same time interfere least with their services and activities.

SB44, s. 9 Section 9. 13.101 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,50,5 13.101 (14) With the concurrence of the joint committee on information policy and technology, direct the department of electronic government administration to report to the committee concerning any specific information technology system project in accordance with s. 13.58 (5) (b) 4.

SB44, s. 10 Section 10. 13.101 (16) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,50,12 13.101 (16) (b) Annually, on June 15, beginning in 2004, the committee shall transfer from the permanent endowment fund to the tobacco control fund the lesser of $25,000,000 $15,054,500 for fiscal year 2003-04, and the lesser of $15,062,000 for fiscal year 2004-05 and every fiscal year thereafter, or the proceeds of, and investment earnings on, investments of the permanent endowment fund in the prior calendar year.

SB44, s. 11 Section 11. 13.121 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,50,16 13.121 (1) Current member. From the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (a) or (b) or (5), each member of the legislature shall be paid, in equal installments, the salary provided under s. 20.923.

SB44, s. 12 Section 12. 13.121 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,50,25 13.121 (4) Insurance. For the purpose of premium determinations under s. 40.05 (4) and (5) each member of the legislature shall accrue sick leave at a rate equivalent to a percentage of time worked recommended for such positions by the secretary of employment relations administration and approved by the joint committee on employment relations in the same manner as compensation for such positions is determined under s. 20.923. This percentage of time worked shall be applied to the sick leave accrual rate established under s. 230.35 (2). The approved percentage shall be incorporated into the compensation plan under s. 230.12 (1).

SB44, s. 13 Section 13. 13.123 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,51,18 13.123 (1) (a) 1. Any member of the legislature who has signified, by affidavit filed with the department of administration, the necessity of establishing a temporary residence at the state capital for the period of any regular or special legislative session shall be entitled to an allowance for expenses incurred for food and lodging for each day that he or she is in Madison on legislative business, but not including any Saturday or Sunday unless the legislator is in actual attendance on such day at a session of the legislature or a meeting of a standing committee of which the legislator is a member. The amount of the allowance for each biennial session shall be 90% of the per diem rate for travel for federal government business within the city of Madison, as established by the federal general services administration. For the purpose of determining the amount of the allowance, the secretary of employment relations administration shall certify to the chief clerk of each house the federal per diem rate in effect on December 1, or the first business day thereafter if December 1 is not a business day, in each even-numbered year. Each legislator shall file an affidavit with the chief clerk of his or her house certifying the specific dollar amount within the authorized allowance the member wishes to receive. Such affidavit, when filed, shall remain in effect for the biennial session.

SB44, s. 14 Section 14. 13.123 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,52,3 13.123 (1) (c) Each member shall certify to the chief clerk of the house in which the member serves, as promptly as may be following the 1st of each month, the number of days during the previous calendar month on which the member was in Madison on legislative business and for which the member seeks the allowance provided by this subsection. Such allowances shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (a) or (b) or (5) within one week after each calendar month; and shall be paid, upon the filing with the department of administration, the chief clerk's affidavit stating the number of days in Madison on legislative business for all members of the chief clerk's house.

SB44, s. 15 Section 15. 13.123 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,52,17 13.123 (2) Interim expenses. (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (a) or (b) or (5), each member of the legislature shall be entitled to an expense allowance for postage and clerical assistance for each full calendar month during which the legislature is in actual session 3 days or less. No allowance is payable to a representative to the assembly unless the speaker of the assembly files with the chief clerk of the assembly a written authorization for the allowance to be paid. No allowance is payable to a senator unless the majority leader of the senate files with the chief clerk of the senate a written authorization for the allowance to be paid. An authorization filed under this subsection becomes effective for the month in which it is filed and continues in effect through the month in which the speaker of the assembly or the majority leader of the senate files a written revocation of the authorization with the chief clerk of the appropriate house. The rate of such allowance shall be as follows:

SB44, s. 16 Section 16. 13.123 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,53,3 13.123 (3) (a) Any senator authorized by the committee on senate organization to attend a meeting outside the state capital, any representative to the assembly authorized by the committee on assembly organization to attend an out-of-state meeting or authorized by the speaker to attend a meeting within this state outside the state capital, and all members of the legislature required by law, legislative rule, resolution or joint resolution to attend such meetings, shall be paid no additional compensation for such services but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (a) or (b) or (5), but no legislator may be reimbursed under this subsection for expenses on any day for which the legislator submits a claim under sub. (1).

SB44, s. 17 Section 17. 13.125 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,53,9 13.125 Chaplains. The officiating chaplain of the senate and assembly shall be paid such amount as may be established by each house for each day of service from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (a) or (b) or (5). Payment shall be made on certification by the chief clerk of the senate or of the assembly, respectively, showing the amount to which each chaplain is entitled.

SB44, s. 18 Section 18. 13.14 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,53,16 13.14 (2) Floral pieces. The senate and assembly may procure floral pieces for deceased or ill members of the legislature and state officers who, in the judgment of the presiding officer and chief clerk, have been identified with the legislative process. Such expenses shall be by voucher, signed by the presiding officer or chief clerk of the respective house, and shall be drawn on the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (a) or (b) or (5).

SB44, s. 19 Section 19. 13.14 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,53,22 13.14 (3) Travel; legislative personnel. The actual and necessary expenses of legislative policy research personnel, assistants to legislators, and research staff assigned to legislative committees incident to attending meetings outside the state capital shall be reimbursed from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (a) or (b) or (5).

SB44, s. 20 Section 20. 13.20 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,54,9 13.20 (2) Pay ranges; duration of employment. All legislative employees shall be paid in accordance with the compensation and classification plan for employees in the classified civil service within ranges approved by the joint committee on legislative organization. The secretary of employment relations administration shall make recommendations concerning a compensation and classification schedule for legislative employees if requested to do so by the joint committee on legislative organization or by the committee on organization of either house. If the joint committee does not approve pay ranges for legislative employees, the committee on organization of either house may approve pay ranges for its employees. Appointments shall be made for the legislative session, unless earlier terminated by the appointing officer.

SB44, s. 21 Section 21. 13.40 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,54,14 13.40 (3) (b) An appropriation to honor a moral obligation undertaken pursuant to ss. 16.523 (8), 16.526 (8), 16.527 (10), 18.61 (5), 85.25 (5), 101.143 (9m) (i), 229.50 (7), 229.74 (7), 229.830 (7), 234.15 (4), 234.42 (4), 234.54 (4) (b), 234.626 (7), 234.93 (6), 234.932 (6), 234.933 (6), and 281.59 (13m).

SB44, s. 22 Section 22. 13.40 (3) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB44,54,17 13.40 (3) (fm) An appropriation for the 2003-05 fiscal biennium to make payments to counties, towns, villages, and cities under ss. 79.035 and 79.036.

SB44, s. 23 Section 23. 13.40 (3) (i) 1. of the statutes is repealed.

SB44, s. 24 Section 24. 13.45 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,54,24 13.45 (3) (a) For any day for which the legislator does not file a claim under s. 13.123 (1), any legislator appointed to serve on a legislative committee or a committee to which the legislator was appointed by either house or the officers thereof shall be reimbursed from the appropriations under s. 20.765 (1) (a) or (b) or (5) for actual and necessary expenses incurred as a member of the committee.

SB44, s. 25 Section 25. 13.48 (2) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,55,9 13.48 (2) (j) No later than the first day of the 7th month after the effective date of each biennial budget act, the secretary of employment relations administration shall report to the building commission, in writing, regarding the desirability of including plans for day care facility space in the plans for any construction or major remodeling project, enumerated in the state building program in the biennial budget act, for any state office building. Based upon the report of the secretary of employment relations administration, the building commission may direct that plans for day care facility space be included in the plans for that construction or major remodeling project.

SB44, s. 26 Section 26. 13.48 (14) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,55,20 13.48 (14) (c) If there is any outstanding public debt used to finance the acquisition of a building, structure or land or the construction of a building or structure that is sold or leased under par. (b), the building commission shall deposit a sufficient amount of the net proceeds from the sale or lease of the building, structure or land in the bond security and redemption fund under s. 18.09 to repay the principal and pay the interest on the debt, and any premium due upon refunding any of that debt. If there is no such debt outstanding, or, if the net proceeds exceed the amount required to repay that principal and pay that interest and premium, the building commission shall credit deposit the net proceeds or remaining net proceeds to in the appropriation account under s. 20.865 (4) (a) budget stabilization fund.

SB44, s. 27 Section 27. 13.50 (6) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,56,7 13.50 (6) (am) The cochairpersons of the joint survey committee on retirement systems or the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance, with respect to any bill or amendment specified in par. (a), or the presiding officer of either house of the legislature, with respect to any bill or amendment specified in par. (a) that is pending in his or her house, may make a determination, based on any available information, that the bill or amendment may have a significant fiscal impact on the costs, actuarial balance or goals of the Wisconsin retirement system Retirement System and order the attachment of an independent actuarial opinion on such impact. The cochairpersons or presiding officer ordering such an opinion shall direct the staff under sub. (4) to obtain the opinion. The staff shall make payment for the opinion from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (2) (ab) or (5).

SB44, s. 28 Section 28. 13.51 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,56,10 13.51 (2) (b) The secretary of employment relations administration or the secretary's designee.

SB44, s. 29 Section 29. 13.56 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,56,20 13.56 (2) Participation in certain proceedings. The cochairpersons of the joint committee for review of administrative rules or their designated agents shall accept service made under ss. 227.40 (5) and 806.04 (11). If the committee determines that the legislature should be represented in the proceeding, it shall request the joint committee on legislative organization to designate the legislature's representative for the proceeding. The costs of participation in the proceeding shall be paid equally from the appropriations under s. 20.765 (1) (a) and (b) or shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (5), if applicable, except that such costs incurred by the department of justice shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).

SB44, s. 30 Section 30. 13.57 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,56,23 13.57 (3) All expenses under sub. (1) shall be reimbursed from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (1) (a) or (b) or (5).

SB44, s. 31 Section 31. 13.58 (5) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,57,4 13.58 (5) (a) 5. Upon receipt of strategic plans from the department of electronic government administration, the joint committee on legislative organization and the director of state courts, review and transmit comments concerning the plans to the entities submitting the plans.

SB44, s. 32 Section 32. 13.58 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,57,8 13.58 (5) (b) 1. Direct the department of electronic government administration to conduct studies or prepare reports on items related to the committee's duties under par. (a).

SB44, s. 33 Section 33. 13.58 (5) (b) 4. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,57,16 13.58 (5) (b) 4. (intro.) With the concurrence of the joint committee on finance, direct the department of electronic government administration to report semiannually to the committee and the joint committee on finance concerning any specific information technology system project which is being designed, developed, tested or implemented and which the committees anticipate will have a total cost to the state exceeding $1,000,000 in the current or any succeeding fiscal biennium. The report shall include all of the following:

SB44, s. 34 Section 34. 13.81 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,57,23 13.81 (6) Reimbursement for special studies. At the end of each fiscal year, the general fund shall be reimbursed, from any other state fund, the amounts actually expended by the joint legislative council under s. 20.765 (3) (e) or (5) for the cost of making and publishing surveys and analyses of activities and policies related to such funds. The council shall bill such state funds at the end of each fiscal year for the costs so incurred, in accordance with cost records maintained by the council.

SB44, s. 35 Section 35. 13.81 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,58,4 13.81 (8) Conference on legislative procedures. Following each general election, the joint legislative council shall sponsor a conference to acquaint new legislators or legislators-elect with legislative procedures. Expenses for the conference shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (3) (e) or (5).

SB44, s. 36 Section 36. 13.83 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,58,8 13.83 (3) (c) 1. The joint legislative council shall pay the expenses incurred by the members appointed under par. (b) 1., in performing their functions on the special committee, from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (3) (e) or (5).

SB44, s. 37 Section 37. 13.90 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,58,18 13.90 (2) The cochairpersons of the joint committee on legislative organization or their designated agent shall accept service made under s. 806.04 (11). If the committee, the senate organization committee or the assembly organization committee, determines that the legislature should be represented in the proceeding, that committee shall designate the legislature's representative for the proceeding. The costs of participation in the proceeding shall be paid equally from the appropriations under s. 20.765 (1) (a) and (b) or shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (5), if applicable, except that such costs incurred by the department of justice shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).

SB44, s. 38 Section 38. 13.90 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB44,58,22 13.90 (4) The cochairpersons of the joint committee on legislative organization shall authorize payment of fees entitling the legislature to membership in national organizations from the appropriation under s. 20.765 (3) (fa) or (5).