29.563 (4) (b) 2. Conservation patron: $597.25 $595.25 or a greater amount at the applicant's option.
SECTION 62. 29.563 (12) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
29.563 (12) (a) 1. Deer: $12.25 $14.25.
SECTION 63. 29.563 (12) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
29.563 (12) (a) 2. Archer, sports or conservation patron: $12.25 $14.25 if deer tags are included; $9.25 $11.25 after open season and deer tags are not included.
SECTION 64. 29.563 (12) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
29.563 (12) (a) 3. Other hunting: $7.25 $9.25.
SECTION 65. 29.563 (13) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.563 (13) (a) Surcharge generally. The surcharge for approvals listed under subs. (2) (a) 1., 2. and 4. to 9. and (b) 1. to 8. and (4) (a) 1. and 1m. and (b) 1. and 1m. is $1 $2 and shall be added to the fee specified for these approvals under subs. (2) and (4).
SECTION 66. 29.563 (13) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.563 (13) (b) Surcharge for conservation patron license. The surcharge for licenses listed under sub. (4) (a) 2. and 2m. and (b) 2. and 2m. is $2 $4 and shall be added to the fee specified for these approvals under sub. (4).
SECTION 67. 29.563 (14) (c) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
29.563 (14) (c) 6. Each wild turkey hunting tag issued under s. 29.164 (4) (b) or sturgeon hook and line tag issued under s. 29.2285 (3) (b): 25 cents.
SECTION 68. 70.111 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.111 (3m) CHARTER SPORT FISHING BOATS. Motorboats, and the equipment used on them, which are regularly employed in carrying persons for hire for sport fishing in and upon the outlying waters, as defined in s. 29.001 (63), and the rivers and tributaries specified in s. 29.191 (5) 29.2285 (2) (a) 1. and 2. if the owner and all operators are licensed under s. 29.512 or under s. 29.514 or both and by the U.S. coast guard to operate the boat for that purpose.
SECTION 9135. Nonstatutory provisions; natural resources.
(1) TURKEY HUNTING APPROVALS; RULES. Using the procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes, the department of natural resources may promulgate rules implementing section 29.164 of the statutes, as affected by this act, for the period before the date on which permanent rules take effect, but not to exceed the period authorized under section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3) of the statutes, the department of natural resources is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.
SECTION 9435. Effective dates; natural resources.
(1) TURKEY HUNTING APPROVALS. The treatment of sections 29.164 (title), (2) (c) 2., (3) (e), (4) (title) and (b), 29.559 (1) (c), 29.563 (2) (f) and (g) and (14) (c) 6. of the statutes, the renumbering and amendment of section 29.164 (3) (a) of the statutes, and the creation of section 29.164 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes take effect on March 1, 2006.
(2) GROUSE AND WOODCOCK HUNTING STAMP. The treatment of sections 20.370 (1) (hx), 29.024 (10), 29.191 (3), 29.235 (2) and (2m), and 29.563 (2) (e) 4. of the statutes takes effect on March 1, 2006.
(3) STURGEON HOOK AND LINE TAGS. The treatment of sections 20.370 (4) (ku), (kv), and (ky), 29.191 (title), (4), and (5), 29.219 (3) (b), 29.228 (7) (b), 29.2285 (title) and (3), 29.229 (2) (k) and (5), 29.2295 (2) (m), 29.235 (2) and (2m), 29.401 (2m), 29.559 (1) (c), 29.563 (3) (cm) and (14) (c) 6., and 70.111 (3m) of the statutes takes effect on March 1, 2006.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Hummert, BB0320 - Wisconsin Historical Foundation employees
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Retirement and group insurance
Under current law, the Historical Society may contract with the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc., for the purposes of administering the Historical Society's membership program; soliciting and accepting contributions, gifts, grants, and bequests for the Historical Society; marketing the Historical Society's goods and services; providing support for the operation, management, and development of the Historical Society's programs; and performing other functions approved by the Board of Curators of the Historical Society.
This bill provides that, if the Historical Society contracts with the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc., any employee of the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc., who was previously employed by the Historical Society is eligible to receive health care coverage under a plan offered to state employees, subject to enrolling in the plan during any applicable enrollment period and to any condition established by contract or by rule.
For further information see the state 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:
SECTION 1. 20.515 (1) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
20.515 (1) (g) Health care coverage for employees of the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc. All moneys received from the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc., under s. 40.515 for the payment of health care coverage benefits for certain of its employees and the cost of administering the benefits under s. 40.515.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 40.51 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
40.51 (1) The procedures and provisions pertaining to enrollment, premium transmitted and coverage of eligible employees and employees eligible for health care coverage under s. 40.515 for health care benefits shall be established by contract or rule except as otherwise specifically provided by this chapter.
SECTION 3. 40.515 of the statutes is created to read:
40.515 Health care coverage for employees of the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc. If the historical society has entered into a contract with the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc., for any of the purposes specified in s. 44.015 (7), any employee of the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc., who was previously employed by the historical society is eligible to receive health care coverage under a plan offered to state employees under s. 40.51 (6), subject to enrolling in the plan during any applicable enrollment period and to any conditions established by contract or by rule under s. 40.51 (1).
SECTION 4. 44.015 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.015 (7) Contract with the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc., or any other nonstock, nonprofit corporation under ch. 181 for the purposes of administering the historical society's membership program, soliciting and accepting contributions, gifts, grants, and bequests for the historical society, marketing the historical society's goods and services, providing support for the operation, management, and development of the historical society's programs, and performing other functions approved by the board of curators. If the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc., enters into a contract with the historical society for any purpose under this subsection, the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc. shall provide health care coverage under s. 40.515 to its employees who were previously employed by the historical society.
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LRB-1272LRB-1272/P1
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Percy, BB0323 - Super employment and economic development zone grant program
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
commerce and economic development
Economic development
This bill requires the Department of Commerce (department) to designate certain areas of the state as extremely depressed areas and authorizes the department to award a grant to a business that locates in an area designated as an extremely depressed area, if the business will create at least 100 qualifying jobs in the area. A business may use grant proceeds to pay eligible costs. Under the bill, the department may award a grant only if the business agrees to pay at least 90 percent of the new employees a family-supporting wage and to make every reasonable effort to fill at least 75 percent of the new jobs with individuals who reside in the extremely depressed area. The department may make grant payments to an eligible business for up to five years.
The bill requires the department to promulgate rules defining "extremely depressed area," which must be an area with an unemployment rate equal to or exceeding 150 percent of the statewide average unemployment rate. The bill requires the department also to define by rule "eligible costs," "family-supporting wage," and "qualifying jobs."
For further information see the state 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:
SECTION 1. 20.143 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
20.143 (1) (cm) Super employment and economic development zone grants. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for employment and economic development zone grants under s. 560.799.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 560.799 of the statutes is created to read:
560.799 Super employment and economic development zone grant program. (1) Beginning on July 1, 2006, from the appropriation under s. 20.143 (1) (cm), the department may award a grant to an eligible business that locates in an extremely depressed area designated under sub. (3) (a), for reimbursing the business's eligible costs, if all of the following apply:
(a) The department determines that the business will create not fewer than 100 qualifying jobs in the extremely depressed area.
(b) The business enters into a written agreement with the department that specifies the conditions for use of the grant proceeds and in which the business agrees to do all of the following:
1. Compensate at a family-supporting wage not less than 90 percent of the employees in the qualifying jobs created under par. (a).
2. Make every reasonable effort to hire individuals who reside in the extremely depressed area to fill at least 75 percent of the qualifying jobs created under par. (a).
3. Submit the report required under sub. (2) by the time the report is required under sub. (2).
(2) A business that is awarded a grant under this section shall, by March 31 of the year following a year in which the department disburses grant moneys to the business, submit to the department a report detailing how the grant moneys received in that year were used.
(3) The department shall do all of the following:
(a) Designate areas in this state as extremely depressed areas. The department may not designate an area under this paragraph unless the department determines that the unemployment rate for the area equals or exceeds 150 percent of the average unemployment rate for this state.
(b) Promulgate rules defining all of the following terms:
1. "Eligible costs," which may include property taxes, utilities, job training, employee transportation, a portion of wages paid by the business to employees who reside in the extremely depressed area, and a portion of the costs incurred by the business to provide child care at the business for employees.
2. "Extremely depressed area."
3. "Family-supporting wage."
4. "Qualifying jobs."
(4) The department may pay grant proceeds to an eligible business that is awarded a grant under this section for up to 5 years.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Hummert, BB0317 - Equal Rights Division duties
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
State government
State employment
The bill makes technical changes to provisions in the state's civil service law relating to the equal rights division in DWD.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 230.85 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
230.85 (3) (b) If, after hearing, the division of equal rights finds that the respondent did not engage in or threaten a retaliatory action it shall order the complaint dismissed. The division of equal rights shall order the employee's appointing authority to insert a copy of the findings and orders into the employee's personnel file and, if the respondent is a natural person, order the respondent's appointing authority to insert such a copy into the respondent's personnel file. If the division of equal rights finds by unanimous vote that the employee filed a frivolous complaint it may order payment of the respondent's reasonable actual attorney fees and actual costs. Payment may be assessed against either the employee or the employee's attorney, or assessed so that the employee and the employee's attorney each pay a portion. To find a complaint frivolous the division of equal rights must find that either s. 814.025 (3) (a) or (b) applies or that both s. 814.025 (3) (a) and (b) apply.
SECTION 2. 230.89 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 230.89.
SECTION 3. 230.89 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
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LRB-1302LRB-1302/3
DAK:kjf:rs
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Milioto, BB0329 - Acuity-based direct care reimbursement for nursing homes
