440.992 (1) Except as otherwise provided in sub. (2), the department shall issue a certificate of registration to an individual who complies with s. 440.9915 (1) or whose application has been accepted under s. 440.9915 (2), if the individual has paid the fees specified in s. 440.9935 fee specified in s. 440.05 (1) (a).
25,2338p
Section 2338p. 440.9935 of the statutes is amended to read:
440.9935 Registration and renewal fees Renewal. An application for registration must be accompanied by a processing fee in an amount established in rules promulgated by the department. If the department determines to issue a certificate of registration to an applicant, the department shall require the applicant to pay a fee for issuing the certificate in an amount established in rules promulgated by the department. The renewal dates
date and fee for certificates of registration issued under this subchapter are specified in s. 440.08 (2) (a). Renewal applications shall be submitted to the department on a form provided by the department and shall include a fee in an amount established in rules promulgated by the department, except that for the first renewal after a certificate of registration is issued, the department shall prorate the fee based on the length of time between between issuance and renewal. The amounts established in the rules promulgated under this section shall be based on the department's administrative and enforcement costs attributable to processing applications and regulating athlete agents.
25,2338q
Section 2338q. 446.02 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
446.02 (2) (c) The examining board shall issue a certificate to a chiropractor who is licensed under this chapter, who submits satisfactory evidence that the chiropractor has completed 48 hours of postgraduate study in nutrition that is approved by the examining board, and who pays a one-time certification fee of $25.
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Section 2338r. 446.02 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:
446.02 (6m) No chiropractor may provide counsel, direction, guidance, advice, or a recommendation to a patient regarding the health effects of vitamins, herbs, or nutritional supplements unless the chiropractor has been issued a certificate under sub. (2) (c). This subsection does not apply to a chiropractor licensed under this chapter who is certified as a dietician under subch. V of ch. 448.
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Section
2338v. 452.13 (2) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
452.13 (2) (b) 3. Furnish the department of regulation and licensing with a letter authorizing the department of regulation and licensing and the department of administration commerce to examine and audit the interest-bearing common trust account whenever the department of regulation and licensing or the department of administration commerce considers it necessary.
25,2339
Section
2339. 452.13 (2) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
452.13 (2) (bm) The department of regulation and licensing shall forward to the department of administration commerce the information and documents furnished under par. (b).
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Section
2340. 452.13 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
452.13 (2) (d) The department of administration commerce is the beneficial owner of the interest accruing to the interest-bearing common trust account, minus any service charges or fees.
25,2341
Section
2341. 452.13 (2) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
452.13 (2) (e) 1. Annually, before February 1, remit to the department of administration commerce the total interest or dividends, minus service charges or fees, earned on the average daily balance in the interest-bearing common trust account during the 12 months ending on the previous December 31. A depository institution is not required to remit any amount if the total interest or dividends for that period is less than $10 before any deduction for service charges or fees.
25,2342
Section
2342. 452.13 (2) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
452.13 (2) (e) 2. When the interest remittance is sent, furnish to the department of administration commerce and to the broker maintaining the interest-bearing common trust account a statement that includes the name of the broker for whose account the remittance is made, the rate of interest applied, the amount of service charges or fees deducted, if any, and the account balance for the period that the statement covers.
25,2343
Section
2343. 452.13 (2) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
452.13 (2) (f) 2. May not assess a service charge or fee for an interest-bearing common trust account against the department of administration commerce.
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Section
2344. 452.13 (2) (f) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
452.13 (2) (f) 3. May deduct a service charge or fee from the interest earned by an interest-bearing common trust account, and if a balance remains, may deduct the remaining charge or fee from the interest earned on any other interest-bearing common trust account maintained in that depository institution, before remitting interest to the department of administration commerce.
25,2345
Section
2345. 452.13 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
452.13 (5) Rules. In consultation with the department of regulation and licensing, the department of administration commerce shall promulgate rules necessary to administer this section.
25,2345m
Section 2345m. 457.02 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
457.02 (5m) Authorize any individual who is certified or licensed under this chapter to treat alcohol or substance dependency or abuse as a specialty unless the individual is a substance abuse counselor, as defined in s. HFS 75.02 (84), Wis. Adm. Code certified substance abuse counselor, clinical supervisor, or prevention specialist under s. 440.75, or unless the individual satisfies educational and supervised training requirements established in rules promulgated by the examining board. In promulgating rules under this subsection, the examining board shall consider the requirements for qualifying as a substance abuse counselor under s. HFS 75.02 (84), Wis. Adm. Code certified substance abuse counselor, clinical supervisor, or prevention specialist under s. 440.75.
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Section
2346. 460.05 (1) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
460.05 (1) (e) 1. Graduated from a school of massage therapy or bodywork approved by the educational approval board under s. 45.54 38.50 or completed a training program approved by the department under the rules promulgated under s. 460.04 (2) (b).
25,2347
Section
2347. 460.05 (3) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
460.05 (3) The department shall grant a certificate as a massage therapist or bodyworker to a person who satisfies the requirements specified in sub. (1) (a) to (d), (g), and (h) and who includes with the application specified in sub. (1) (c) all of the following:
(a) Evidence satisfactory to the department that, during the 2-year period after March 1, 2003, the person was actively engaged in the practice of massage therapy or bodywork.
(b) An attestation that the person only recently became aware of the requirements of this chapter.
25,2347p
Section 2347p. 560.031 of the statutes is created to read:
560.031 Grants for ethanol production facilities. Notwithstanding ss. 560.135 (2), 560.138 (2) (a), and 560.17 (3), the department may not make a grant for an ethanol production facility on which construction begins after the effective date of this section .... [revisor inserts date], unless a competitive bidding process is used for the construction of the ethanol production facility.
25,2348m
Section 2348m. 560.075 of the statutes is created to read:
560.075 Repayment of grants, loans, and tax benefits. (1) In this section, "tax benefits" means the credits under ss. 71.07 (2dd), (2de), (2di), (2dj), (2dL), (2dm), (2dr), (2ds), (2dx), (3g), and (3t), 71.28 (1dd), (1de), (1di), (1dj), (1dL), (1dm), (1ds), (1dx), (3g), and (3t), and 71.47 (1dd), (1de), (1di), (1dj), (1dL), (1dm), (1ds), (1dx), (3g), and (3t).
(2) The department may not award a grant or loan under this chapter to a person or certify a person to receive tax benefits unless the department enters into an agreement with the person that requires the person to repay the grant, loan, or tax benefits if, within 5 years after receiving the grant or loan or being certified to receive tax benefits, the person ceases to conduct in this state the economic activity for which the person received the grant or loan or for which the person was certified to receive tax benefits and commences substantially the same economic activity outside this state.
25,2348q
Section 2348q. 560.125 of the statutes is created to read:
560.125 Diesel truck idling reduction grants. (1) Definitions. In this section:
(a) "Common motor carrier" has the meaning given in s. 194.01 (1).
(b) "Contract motor carrier" has the meaning given in s. 194.01 (2).
(c) "Idling reduction unit" means a device that is installed on a diesel truck to reduce the long-duration idling of the truck by providing heat, air conditioning, or electricity to the truck while the truck is stationary and the main drive engine of the truck is not operating.
(d) "Post-1998 diesel truck engine" means a heavy-duty highway diesel engine that complies with the air pollutant emission standards promulgated by the federal environmental protection agency under
42 USC 7521 for engine model year 1998 or a later engine model year.
(e) "Private motor carrier" has the meaning given in s. 194.01 (11).
(f) "Truck tractor" has the meaning given in s. 340.01 (73).
(2) Authority. Beginning on July 1, 2006, and ending on June 30, 2011, the department may award a grant to an eligible applicant for the purchase and field testing of one or more idling reduction units as provided in subs. (3) and (4).
(3) Eligible applicants. An applicant is eligible for a grant under this section only if all of the following apply:
(a) The applicant is a common motor carrier, contract motor carrier, or private motor carrier that transports freight.
(b) The applicant is headquartered in this state.
(c) The applicant pays 30 percent of the eligible costs for each idling reduction unit covered by a grant under this section without the use of grants, loans, or other financial assistance from this state or from a local governmental unit in this state.
(d) The applicant agrees to collect information relating to the operation and performance of each idling reduction unit covered by a grant under this section, as required by the department, and to report that information to the department.
(4) Grants. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the costs that an applicant has incurred or will incur to purchase and install an idling reduction unit on a truck tractor that is owned and operated by the applicant and that has a post-1998 diesel truck engine are eligible costs under this section if the use of the idling reduction unit will result, in the aggregate, in a decrease in the emissions of one or more air contaminants, as defined in s. 285.01 (1), from the truck tractor on which the idling reduction unit is installed or in a decrease in the use of energy by the truck tractor on which the idling reduction unit is installed.
(b) The following costs are not eligible costs:
1. The cost of shipping an idling reduction unit from the manufacturer to the facility where the idling reduction unit will be installed on the truck tractor.
2. The cost of operating an idling reduction unit.
3. The cost of maintaining an idling reduction unit.
(c) Subject to par. (d), the department may make a grant under this section of 70 percent of the eligible costs for not more than the following number of idling reduction units:
1. If the applicant owns and operates one truck tractor with a post-1998 diesel truck engine, one.
2. If the applicant owns and operates at least 2 but not more than 10 truck tractors with post-1998 diesel truck engines, 2.
3. If the applicant owns and operates at least 11 but not more than 50 truck tractors with post-1998 diesel truck engines, the greater of the following:
a. Two.
b. Ten percent of the number of truck tractors with post-1998 diesel truck engines that the applicant owns and operates.
4. If the applicant owns and operates at least 51 but not more than 250 truck tractors with post-1998 diesel truck engines, the greater of the following:
a. Six.
b. Seven percent of the number of truck tractors with post-1998 diesel truck engines that the applicant owns and operates.
5. If the applicant owns and operates at least 251 but not more than 500 truck tractors with post-1998 diesel truck engines, the greater of the following:
a. Eighteen.
b. Six percent of the number of truck tractors with post-1998 diesel truck engines that the applicant owns and operates.
6. If the applicant owns and operates at least 501 but not more than 2,500 truck tractors with post-1998 diesel truck engines, the greater of the following:
a. Twenty-five.
b. Five percent of the number of truck tractors with post-1998 diesel truck engines that the applicant owns and operates.
7. If the applicant owns and operates more than 2,500 truck tractors with post-1998 diesel truck engines, 3 percent of the number of truck tractors with post-1998 diesel truck engines that the applicant owns and operates.
(d) In any fiscal year, the department may not pay to any one applicant more than 20 percent of the amount appropriated under s. 20.143 (3) (sm) for the fiscal year.
(e) The department may pay a grant over more than one fiscal year, subject to the availability of funds and to par. (d).
(f) The department shall require that applicants receiving grants under this section covering more than one idling reduction unit purchase idling reduction units of more than one type and from more than one manufacturer. The department may impose other conditions on the receipt of grants.
(g) The department shall withhold payment of at least 20 percent of a grant under this section until the recipient has complied with the conditions of the grant established by the department, including providing to the department information relating to the operation and performance of each idling reduction unit covered by the grant.
(5) Information. The department shall collect information from recipients of grants under this section relating to the operation and performance of idling reduction units. The department shall summarize the information collected and make it available to common motor carriers, contract motor carriers, and private motor carriers in an accessible and cost-effective manner, such as on department's Internet site.
(5m) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules for the administration of the program under this section.
(6) Sunset. Subsections (2) to (4) do not apply after December 31, 2012.
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Section
2351. 560.137 (2) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
560.137 (2) (f) If the department awards a grant under this subsection, the department may contract directly with and pay grant proceeds directly to any person providing technical or management assistance to the grant recipient.
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Section
2352. 560.138 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
560.138 (6) If the department awards a grant under this section, the department may contract directly with and pay grant proceeds directly to any person providing technical or management assistance to the grant recipient.
25,2357m
Section 2357m. 560.155 of the statutes is repealed.
25,2361m
Section 2361m. 560.18 of the statutes is renumbered 26.40, and 26.40 (1m), as renumbered, is amended to read:
26.40 (1m) From the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (t), the The department may award grants to nonprofit organizations to develop forestry educational programs and instructional materials for use in the public schools. The department may not award a grant unless it enters into a memorandum of understanding with the grant recipient and the director of the timber management program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point regarding the use of the funds.
25,2366m
Section 2366m. 560.275 (2) (a) to (d) and (e) (intro.) of the statutes are amended to read:
560.275 (2) (a) Early stage planning grants and loans. The department may make a grant or loan from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (dk) or (ik) (c) or (ie) for the purpose of funding professional services related to completing an application to be submitted to the federal government for the purpose of obtaining early stage research and development funding or for the purpose of funding professional services that are required to accomplish specific tasks established as a condition of receiving early stage financing from 3rd parties that is necessary for business development.
(b) Matching grants and loans. 1. The department may make a grant or loan from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (dk) or (ik) (c) or (ie) for the purpose of funding professional services related to developing a proposed technologically innovative product, process, or service, if the applicant has received a grant from the federal government for a substantially similar purpose.
2. The department may make a grant or loan from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (dk) or (ik) (c) or (ie) for the purpose of funding professional services related to the accelerated commercialization of a technologically innovative product, process, or service, if the federal government has notified the applicant that the applicant will receive a grant from the federal government for a substantially similar purpose.
