Other state government
Currently, a sum certain is appropriated to DOA from the revenues that DOA receives from state agencies for printing, mail, communication, and information technology services provided by DOA to the agencies.
This bill instead appropriates to DOA all the revenues that DOA receives from state agencies for these purposes. The change permits DOA to increase the amounts that it charges agencies for these services in some cases, thereby decreasing other programmatic expenditures by corresponding amounts.
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. 20.505 (1) (kL) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.505 (1) (kL) Printing, mail, communication, and information technology services; agencies. From All moneys received from the sources specified in ss. 16.971, 16.972, 16.973, and 16.974 (3), to provide for the purpose of providing printing, mail processing, electronic communications, and information technology development, management, and processing services to state agencies, the amounts in the schedule.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Ziegler, BB0357 - Computer aid payments
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
local government
Under current law, computers and computer-related equipment, cash registers, and fax machines are exempt from the imposition of property taxes. The state, however, provides aid to each taxing jurisdiction in which such property is located in an amount equal to the amount that the taxing jurisdiction would have received had such property been taxable. The full amount of the state aid payments are paid on or before the first Monday in May. Under this bill, beginning in 2007, the full amount of the state aid payments are paid on or before the 4th Monday in July.
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:
SECTION 1. 79.095 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
79.095 (4) PAYMENT. The department shall calculate the payments due each taxing jurisdiction under this section by multiplying the full value as of the January 1 of the preceding year of the property that is exempt under s. 70.11 (39) and (39m) and that is located in the jurisdiction by the full-value gross tax rate of the jurisdiction for the preceding year. The department shall certify the amount of the payment due each taxing jurisdiction to the department of administration, which shall make the payments on or before the first Monday in May except that, beginning in 2007, the department of administration shall make the payments on or before the 4th Monday in July. For purposes of ch. 121, school districts shall treat the payments made in July under this subsection as if they had been received in the previous school year.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Hanle, BB0356 - TEACH--Expanded Telecommunications Services
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Other educational and cultural agencies
Under current law, DOA administers an Educational Telecommunications Access Program under which DOA provides, or contracts for provision of, Internet access and two-way interactive video links to educational agencies. Under that program, an educational agency, subject to certain exceptions, may request access to either one data line for Internet access or one video link and is charged a monthly fee for that access. Any costs incurred by DOA that exceed that monthly fee are paid from the universal service fund, which is a separate trust fund that consists of contributions made by certain telecommunications providers and that is used to promote universal access to telecommunications services (universal service). In addition, DOA receives aid from a federal program that supports universal service, commonly referred to as the E-Rate Program, that DOA uses to pay administrative expenses and to reimburse the Building Commission for public debt incurred in providing educational technology infrastructure to school districts and public libraries.
This bill permits an educational agency that is eligible for a rate discount under the E-Rate Program, specifically an elementary school, a secondary school, or a library, to request data lines, video links, and bandwidth access in addition to what is provided under the Educational Telecommunications Access Program. The bill requires DOA to apply for aid under the E-Rate Program to cover the costs of those additional data lines and video links and that additional bandwidth access and, to the extent that the aid does not cover those costs, to require an educational agency to pay DOA a monthly fee that is sufficient to cover those costs.
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:
SECTION 1. 16.971 (17) of the statutes is created to read:
16.971 (17) Provide educational agencies that are eligible for a rate discount on telecommunications services under 47 USC 254 with additional telecommunications access under s. 16.998 and contract with telecommunications providers to provide that access.
SECTION 2. 16.993 (9) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 3. 16.995 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.995 (3m) PUBLIC DEBT REPAYMENT. To the extent that sufficient moneys for the provision of educational telecommunications access under s. 16.997 are available in the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (4) (mp) after payment of the administrative expenses specified in s. 20.505 (4) (mp), the department shall use those available moneys to reimburse s. 20.505 (4) (es) and (et) for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing educational technology infrastructure financial assistance under this section and to make full payment of the amounts determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m).
SECTION 4. 16.997 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 16.997 (2) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:
16.997 (2) (a) (intro.) Allow an educational agency to make a request to the department for access to either one data line or one video link, except that any as follows:
1. Any educational agency may request access to additional data lines if the agency shows to the satisfaction of the department that the additional data lines are more cost-effective than a single data line and except that a.
2. A school district that operates more than one high school or a public library board that operates more than one library facility may request access to both a data line and a video link and access to more than one data line or video link.
SECTION 5. 16.997 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
16.997 (2) (a) 3. An educational agency that is eligible for a rate discount on telecommunications services under 47 USC 254 may request access to additional data lines and video links and to increased bandwidth access as provided in s. 16.998.
SECTION 6. 16.997 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.997 (2) (b) Establish eligibility requirements for an educational agency to participate in the program established under sub. (1) and to receive additional telecommunications access under s. 16.998, including a requirement that a charter school sponsor use data lines and video links to benefit pupils attending the charter school and a requirement that Internet access to material that is harmful to children, as defined in s. 948.11 (1) (b), is blocked on the computers of secured correctional facilities that are served by data links and video links subsidized under this section.
SECTION 7. 16.997 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.997 (2) (c) Establish specifications for data lines and video links for which access is provided to an educational agency under the program established under sub. (1) or for which additional access is provided to an educational agency under s. 16.998.
SECTION 8. 16.997 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.997 (2) (f) Ensure that secured correctional facilities that receive access under this section to data lines and video links use them or that receive additional access under s. 16.998 to data lines, video links, and bandwidth use those data lines and video links and that bandwidth only for educational purposes.
SECTION 9. 16.997 (2g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.997 (2g) (intro.) An educational agency that is provided access to a data line under the program established under sub. (1) or to an additional data line under s. 16.998 may not do any of the following:
SECTION 10. 16.997 (2r) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.997 (2r) (a) A public library board that is provided access to a data line under the program established under sub. (1) or to an additional data line under s. 16.998 may enter into a shared service agreement with a political subdivision that provides the political subdivision with access to any excess bandwidth on the data line that is not used by the public library board, except that a public library board may not sell, resell, or transfer in consideration for money or anything of value to a political subdivision access to any excess bandwidth. A shared service agreement under this paragraph is not valid unless the agreement allows the public library board to cancel the agreement at any time after providing notice to the political subdivision.
SECTION 11. 16.998 of the statutes is created to read:
16.998 Educational telecommunications; additional access. An educational agency that is eligible for a rate discount for telecommunications services under 47 USC 254 may request data lines, video links, and bandwidth access that is in addition to what is provided under the program under s. 16.997 (1). The department shall apply for aid under 47 USC 254 to cover the costs of the data lines, video links, and bandwidth access that are provided under this section and shall credit any aid received to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (4) (mp). To the extent that the aid does not fully cover those costs, the department shall require an educational agency to pay the department a monthly fee that is sufficient to cover those costs and shall credit any monthly fee received to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (4) (Lm).
SECTION 12. 20.505 (4) (Lm) of the statutes is created to read:
20.505 (4) (Lm) Educational telecommunications; additional services. All moneys received for the provision of telecommunications services to educational agencies under s. 16.998 to provide, or contract for the provision of, those services to those agencies.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 13. 20.505 (4) (mp) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.505 (4) (mp) Federal e-rate aid. All federal moneys received under 47 USC 254 for the provision of educational telecommunications access to educational agencies under s. 16.997 to pay administrative expenses relating to the receipt and disbursement of those federal moneys and to reimburse pars. (es) and (et) as provided in s. 16.995 (3m) and all federal moneys received under 47 USC 254 for the provision of additional educational telecommunications access to educational agencies under s. 16.998 to reduce the rates charged those educational agencies for those services as provided in s. 16.998.
SECTION 14. 20.865 (4) (gm) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Statz, BB0348 - Commercial fishing approvals
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Natural resources
Fish, game, and wildlife
This bill increases the fees for commercial fishing and fishing guide licenses issued to residents and nonresidents and for wholesale fish dealer licenses. The bill also authorizes DNR to charge fees for certain permits that it issues in regulating the commercial harvesting of certain species of fish.
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. 29.519 (1) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.519 (1) (title) LICENSE LICENSES; PERMITS; FEES AUTHORIZED.
SECTION 2. 29.519 (1) (bg) of the statutes is created to read:
29.519 (1) (bg) The department may charge the fee specified in s. 29.563 (7) (c) 2g. for the 2nd and any subsequent permit issued to allot individual licensee catch quotas for a given year. The department may charge the reduced fee specified in s. 29.563 (7) (c) 2m. for the issuance of any such permit for a species for which, during the year that the permit is in effect, there is no open fishing season.
SECTION 3. 29.519 (1) (bn) of the statutes is created to read:
29.519 (1) (bn) The department may charge the fee specified in s. 29.563 (7) (c) 2r. for the 2nd and any subsequent permit issued to regulate fishing for a species for which there is a harvest limit but for which there is no allotment of catch quotas to individual licensees.
SECTION 4. 29.519 (1) (br) of the statutes is created to read:
29.519 (1) (br) The department may charge the fee specified in s. 29.563 (7) (c) 2w. for the transfer of a permit issued under par. (bg) or (bn).
SECTION 5. 29.519 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.519 (7) COMMERCIAL FISHING BOARDS. The Lake Superior and Lake Michigan commercial fishing boards established under s. 15.345 (2) and (3) shall review and consider applications for a transfer of license licenses under this section and shall approve or deny applications on the basis of rules promulgated by the department. The boards shall recommend to the department species harvest limits and formulas for the allotment of individual licensee catch quotas when the department establishes species harvest limits for allocation among licensees. The boards shall assist the department in establishing criteria for identifying inactive licensees. The criteria established for identifying inactive licensees shall be the basis for rules governing the issuance of licenses. The boards may also advise the department on all other commercial fishing matters relating to Lake Michigan and Lake Superior.
SECTION 6. 29.563 (5) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
29.563 (5) (a) 1. Guide: $39.25 $59.25.
SECTION 7. 29.563 (5) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
29.563 (5) (a) 2. Sport trolling: $100 $149.25.
SECTION 8. 29.563 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
29.563 (5) (b) 1. Guide: $99.25 $149.25.
