AB100-ASA1,811,13
13149.155 Additional duties of board. The board shall do all of the following:
AB100-ASA1,811,15
14(1) Adopt policies for the administration of this chapter, including delegation
15of any part of its powers and its own procedures.
AB100-ASA1,811,17
16(5) Seek to qualify the plan as a state pharmacy assistance program, as defined
17in
42 CFR 423.464.
AB100-ASA1,811,19
18(6) Annually submit a report to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) and to the
19governor on the operation of the plan.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2057m
22Section 2057m. 149.16 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 149.155 (2) and
23amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,811,2524
149.155
(2) The plan administrator shall perform Perform all eligibility and
25administrative claims payment functions relating to the plan.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2058c
1Section 2058c. 149.16 (3) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 149.155 (3) and
2amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,812,53
149.155
(3) The plan administrator shall establish Establish a premium billing
4procedure for collection of premiums from insured persons. Billings shall be made
5on a periodic basis as determined by the
department
board.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2058m
6Section 2058m. 149.16 (3) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 149.155 (4), and
7149.155 (4) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,812,108
149.155
(4) (intro.)
The plan administrator shall perform Perform all necessary
9functions to assure timely payment of benefits to covered persons under the plan,
10including:
AB100-ASA1,812,1716
149.17
(1) Subject to
ss. 149.14 (5m),
s. 149.143
and 149.146 (2) (b), a rating
17plan calculated in accordance with generally accepted actuarial principles.
AB100-ASA1,813,424
153.05
(6m) The department may contract with the group insurance board for
25the provision of data collection and analysis services related to health maintenance
1organizations and insurance companies that provide health insurance for state
2employees. The department shall establish contract fees for the provision of the
3services. All moneys collected under this subsection shall be credited to the
4appropriation under s. 20.435
(4) (1) (hg).
AB100-ASA1,813,86
153.05
(14) With respect to health care information required to be collected
7under this section from health care providers that are not hospitals or ambulatory
8surgery centers, the department shall do all of the following:
AB100-ASA1,813,119
(a) Develop procedures to ensure that data are submitted consistently and
10accurately, including clarifying the place-of-service codes and types of ancillary
11services that are required to be reported.
AB100-ASA1,813,1312
(b) Work directly with individual physician practice groups to identify and
13correct data submission errors.
AB100-ASA1,813,1514
(c) Develop and publish standard reports under s. 153.45 (1) (a) that are
15understandable by individuals other than medical professionals.
AB100-ASA1,813,1616
(d) Make program data available in a timely fashion.
AB100-ASA1,813,1917
(e) Enter into a memorandum of understanding with the department of
18regulation and licensing to improve the timeliness of updating physician information
19and to improve the assessment process under s. 153.60 (1).
AB100-ASA1,814,1721
153.60
(1) The department shall, by the first October 1 after the
22commencement of each fiscal year, estimate the total amount of expenditures under
23this chapter for the department and the board for that fiscal year for data collection,
24database development and maintenance, generation of data files and standard
25reports, orientation and training provided under s. 153.05 (9) (a) and maintaining
1the board. The department shall assess the estimated total amount for that fiscal
2year
, less the estimated total amount to be received for purposes of administration
3of this chapter under s. 20.435
(4) (1) (hi) during the fiscal year
, and the
4unencumbered balance of the amount received for purposes of administration of this
5chapter under s. 20.435
(4) (1) (hi) from the prior fiscal year
and the amount in the
6appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (dg), 1997 stats., for the fiscal year, to
7health care providers, other than hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers, who are
8in a class of health care providers from whom the department collects data under this
9chapter in a manner specified by the department by rule. The department shall
10obtain approval from the board for the amounts of assessments for health care
11providers other than hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. The department
12shall work together with the department of regulation and licensing to develop a
13mechanism for collecting assessments from health care providers other than
14hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. No health care provider that is not a
15facility may be assessed under this subsection an amount that exceeds $75 per fiscal
16year. All payments of assessments shall be credited to the appropriation under s.
1720.435
(4) (1) (hg).
AB100-ASA1,815,419
153.60
(3) The department shall, by the first October 1 after the
20commencement of each fiscal year, estimate the total amount of expenditures
21required for the collection, database development and maintenance and generation
22of public data files and standard reports for health care plans that voluntarily agree
23to supply health care data under s. 153.05 (6r). The department shall assess the
24estimated total amount for that fiscal year to health care plans in a manner specified
25by the department by rule and may enter into an agreement with the office of the
1commissioner of insurance for collection of the assessments. Each health plan that
2voluntarily agrees to supply this information shall pay the assessments on or before
3December 1. All payments of assessments shall be deposited in the appropriation
4under s. 20.435
(4) (1) (hg) and may be used solely for the purposes of s. 153.05 (6r).
AB100-ASA1,815,126
153.65
(1) The department may, but is not required to, provide, upon request
7from a person, a data compilation or a special report based on the information
8collected by the department. The department shall establish user fees for the
9provision of these compilations or reports, payable by the requester, which shall be
10sufficient to fund the actual necessary and direct cost of the compilation or report.
11All moneys collected under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation
12under s. 20.435
(4) (1) (hi).
AB100-ASA1,815,1414
157.061
(2g) "Cemetery board" means the board created in s. 15.405 (3m).
AB100-ASA1,816,916
157.08
(2) (b) Before a cemetery authority sells or encumbers any cemetery
17land, except for a sale described in par. (a), the cemetery authority shall notify the
18department cemetery board in writing of the proposed sale or encumbrance. If
19within 60 days after the
department cemetery board is notified of the proposed sale
20or encumbrance the
department cemetery board notifies the cemetery authority in
21writing that the
department cemetery board objects to the sale or encumbrance the
22cemetery authority may not sell or encumber the cemetery land unless the
23department cemetery board subsequently notifies the cemetery authority in writing
24that the objection is withdrawn. The
department
cemetery board may object to a sale
25or encumbrance only if it determines that the cemetery authority will not be
1financially solvent or that the rights and interests of owners of cemetery lots and
2mausoleum spaces will not be adequately protected if the sale or encumbrance
3occurs. The
department cemetery board may, before the expiration of the 60-day
4period, notify the cemetery authority in writing that the
department cemetery board 5approves of the sale or encumbrance. Upon receipt of the
department's cemetery
6board's written approval, the cemetery authority may sell or encumber the cemetery
7land and is released of any liability under this paragraph. The
department cemetery
8board shall make every effort to make determinations under this paragraph in an
9expeditious manner.
AB100-ASA1,816,1411
157.08
(5) Subsections (1) and (2) (b) do not apply to a religious society
12organized under ch. 187, and sub. (2) (b) does not apply to a cemetery authority that
13is not required to be
registered licensed under s. 440.91 (1) and that is not organized
14or conducted for pecuniary profit.
AB100-ASA1,816,1816
157.11
(11) Exemption for certain nonprofit cemeteries. Subsection (9g) does
17not apply to a cemetery authority that is not required to be
registered licensed under
18s. 440.91 (1) and that is not organized or conducted for pecuniary profit.
AB100-ASA1,816,2220
157.128
(3) (b) A cemetery consisting of less than 20 contiguous acres may be
21dedicated by a cemetery authority that is not required to be
registered licensed under
22s. 440.91 (1) and that is not organized or conducted for pecuniary profit.
AB100-ASA1,817,524
157.19
(5) (a) This section does not apply to care funds under s. 157.11 (9g) that
25are deposited with a city or county as provided under s. 157.11 (9g) (a), to care funds
1of a cemetery for which a certification under s. 157.63 is effective, to preneed trust
2funds of a cemetery for which a certification under s. 440.92 (9) is effective, or to care
3funds or preneed trust funds of a cemetery authority that is not required to be
4registered licensed under s. 440.91 (1) and that is not organized or conducted for
5pecuniary profit.
AB100-ASA1,817,97
157.625
(3) Section 157.62 does not apply to a cemetery authority that is not
8required to be
registered licensed under s. 440.91 (1) and that is not organized or
9conducted for pecuniary profit.
AB100-ASA1,817,2111
157.65
(2) The department of justice or any district attorney, upon informing
12the department of justice, may commence an action in circuit court in the name of
13the state to restrain by temporary or permanent injunction any violation of this
14subchapter. The court may, prior to entry of final judgment, make such orders or
15judgments as may be necessary to restore to any person any pecuniary loss suffered
16because of the acts or practices involved in the action, if proof of such loss is submitted
17to the satisfaction of the court. The department of justice may subpoena persons and
18require the production of books and other documents, and may request the
19department of regulation and licensing board described in s. 15.405 (3m) or the
20department of commerce to exercise its authority under sub. (1) to aid in the
21investigation of alleged violations of this subchapter.
AB100-ASA1,818,223
165.755
(1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a court shall impose under ch. 814
24a crime laboratories and drug law enforcement surcharge of
$7 $8 if the court
1imposes a sentence, places a person on probation, or imposes a forfeiture for a
2violation of state law or for a violation of a municipal or county ordinance.
AB100-ASA1,818,4
4165.89 (title)
Grants to certain counties for law enforcement programs.
AB100-ASA1,818,8
5(4) Notwithstanding subs. (1) and (2) and any criteria and procedures
6developed under sub. (3), the department shall allocate $300,000 to Forest County
7each fiscal year from the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (2) (kq) to fund law
8enforcement services.
AB100-ASA1,818,10
10165.91 (title)
Grants to tribes for law enforcement programs.
AB100-ASA1,818,2512
168.01
(2) "Supplier" includes a person who imports, or acquires immediately
13upon import, petroleum products by pipeline or marine vessel from a state, territory
14or possession of the United States or from a foreign country into a terminal and who
15is registered under
26 USC 4101 for tax-free transactions in gasoline. "Supplier"
16also includes a person who produces in this state; or imports into a terminal or bulk
17plant; or acquires immediately upon import by truck, railcar or barge into a terminal;
18alcohol or alcohol derivative products. "Supplier" also includes a person who
19produces, manufactures or refines petroleum products in this state. "Supplier" also
20includes a person who acquires petroleum products pursuant to an industry terminal
21exchange agreement
or by a 2-party exchange under section 4105 of the Internal
22Revenue Code. "Supplier" does not include a retail dealer or wholesaler who merely
23blends alcohol with gasoline before the sale or distribution of the product and does
24not include a terminal operator who merely handles in a terminal petroleum
25products consigned to the terminal operator.
AB100-ASA1,819,82
168.12
(1) Except as provided in subs. (1g) and (1r), there is imposed a
3petroleum inspection fee at the rate of
3 2 cents per gallon on all petroleum products
4that are received by a supplier for sale in this state or for sale for export to this state.
5The department of revenue shall determine when a petroleum product is received
6under this subsection in the same manner that it determines under s. 78.07 when
7motor vehicle fuel is received. The fee shall be paid under s. 168.125 and shall be
8based on the number of gallons reported under s. 168.125.
AB100-ASA1,819,1310
180.0122
(1) (u) Application for certificate of authority, $100, and
$2 $3 for
11every $1,000 or fraction thereof of the foreign corporation's capital exceeding $60,000
12employed or to be employed in this state, computed as provided in s. 180.1503, as
13shown by the application.
AB100-ASA1,819,2015
180.0122
(1) (w) Application for certificate of withdrawal, $40, and in case that
16application shows that the foreign corporation employs in this state capital in excess
17of the amount of capital on which a fee has previously been paid, computed as
18provided in s. 180.1520 (2) (f), an additional fee which, with previous payments made
19on account of capital employed in this state, will amount to
$2 $3 for each $1,000 or
20fraction thereof of the excess.
AB100-ASA1,820,222
180.0122
(1) (y) Annual report of a foreign corporation, $65, and in case the
23annual report shows that the foreign corporation employs in this state capital in
24excess of the amount of capital on which a fee has previously been paid, computed
25as provided in s. 180.1503, an additional fee which, with previous payments made
1on account of capital employed in this state, will amount to
$2 $3 for each $1,000 or
2fraction thereof of the excess.
AB100-ASA1,820,16
4182.028 School corporations. Any corporation formed for the establishment
5and maintenance of schools, academies, seminaries, colleges
, or universities or for
6the cultivation and practice of music shall have power to enact bylaws for the
7protection of its property, and provide fines as liquidated damages upon its members
8and patrons for violating the bylaws, and may collect the same in tort actions, and
9to prescribe and regulate the courses of instruction therein, and to confer such
10degrees and grant such diplomas as are usually conferred by similar institutions or
11as shall be appropriate to the courses of instruction prescribed, except that no
12corporation shall operate or advertise a school that is subject to s.
45.54 38.50 (10)
13without complying with the requirements of s.
45.54
38.50. Any stockholder may
14transfer his or her stock to the corporation for its use; and if the written transfer so
15provides the stock shall be perpetually held by the board of directors with all the
16rights of a stockholder, including the right to vote.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2097m
17Section 2097m. 196.20 (7) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 196.20 (7) (c) 1.
18and amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,820,2219
196.20
(7) (c) 1.
The Except as provided in subd. 2., the commission shall only
20approve a mitigation payment agreement that is received by the commission before
21June 10, 2003, and, if the commission finds the agreement to be reasonable, shall not
22subsequently modify the agreement.
AB100-ASA1,821,324
196.20
(7) (c) 2. If the commission receives a mitigation payment agreement
25before June 10, 2003, and does not determine that the agreement is unreasonable
1before November 11, 2003, mitigation payments in accordance with the terms of the
2agreement shall be recoverable in rates, notwithstanding any subsequent
3limitations imposed by the commission on the mitigation payments.
AB100-ASA1,821,85
196.218
(3) (e) Except as provided in
par. (f) and s. 196.196 (2) (d), a
6telecommunications provider or other person may not establish a surcharge on
7customers' bills to collect from customers contributions required under this
8subsection.
AB100-ASA1,821,1910
196.218
(3) (f) Notwithstanding ss. 196.196 (1) and (5) (d) 2., 196.20 (2m), (5)
11and (6), 196.213 and 196.215, a telecommunications utility that provides local
12exchange service may make adjustments to local exchange service rates for the
13purpose of recovering the portion of its contributions to the universal service fund
14that is determined by the commission under par. (a) 4.
A telecommunications utility
15that adjusts local exchange service rates for the purpose of recovering all or any
16amount of that portion shall identify on customer bills a single amount that is the
17total amount of the adjustment. The public service commission shall provide
18telecommunications utilities the information necessary to identify such amounts on
19customer bills.
AB100-ASA1,821,2521
196.219
(3m) Late payment charges. (a)
Maximum allowed. 1. Except as
22provided in subds. 2. and 3., a telecommunications utility may not impose a late
23payment charge on a retail consumer at a rate that exceeds $1.50 upon $100 for each
24month computed upon the declining principal balance of any amount that is not paid
25when due.
AB100-ASA1,822,4
12. Except as provided in subd. 3., if the maximum late payment charge for any
2month that is allowed under subd. 1. is less than $5 for that month, the
3telecommunications utility may impose a late payment charge that does not exceed
4$5 for that month. This subdivision does not apply to residential retail consumers.
AB100-ASA1,822,85
3. The commission may allow a telecommunications utility to impose a late
6payment charge at a rate that is greater than that allowed under subd. 1. or 2. if the
7commission determines that the greater amount is consistent with the factors
8specified in s. 196.03 (6).
AB100-ASA1,822,119
(c)
Commission jurisdiction. The commission does not have jurisdiction over
10late payment charges except as may be necessary to enforce the requirements of this
11subsection.
AB100-ASA1,823,213
196.491
(3) (gm) The commission may not approve an application filed after
14October 29, 1999, under this subsection for a certificate of public convenience and
15necessity for a high-voltage transmission line that is designed for operation at a
16nominal voltage of 345 kilovolts or more unless the approval includes the condition
17that the applicant shall pay the fees specified in sub. (3g) (a). If the commission has
18approved an application under this subsection for a certificate of public convenience
19and necessity for a high-voltage transmission line that is designed for operation at
20a nominal voltage of 345 kilovolts or more that was filed after April 1,
1999, and
21before October 29, 1999, the commission shall require the applicant to pay the fees
22specified in sub. (3g) (a). For any application subject to this paragraph, the
23commission shall determine the
cost net book value of the high-voltage transmission
24line, identify the counties, towns, villages and cities through which the high-voltage
1transmission line is routed and allocate the amount of investment associated with
2the high-voltage transmission line to each such county, town, village and city.
