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 finance
This bill transfers $4,200,000 in fiscal year 2005-06 and $800,000 in fiscal year 2006-07 from the environmental fund to the general fund.
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 9235. Appropriation changes; natural resources.
(1) ENVIRONMENTAL FUND TRANSFER. There is transferred from the environmental fund to the general fund $4,200,000 in fiscal year 2005-06 and $800,000 in fiscal year 2006-07.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Walker, BB0415 - Petroleum inspection fund transfer to general fund
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 finance
This bill transfers $10,860,600 in fiscal year 2005-06 and $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2006-07 from the petroleum inspection fund to the general fund.
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 9208. Appropriation changes; commerce.
(1) PETROLEUM INSPECTION FUND TRANSFER. There is transferred from the petroleum inspection fund to the general fund $10,860,600 in fiscal year 2005-06 and $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2006-07.
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LRB-1606LRB-1606/2
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Binau, BB0366 - Transfer of OSHA program
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Education
Higher education
Currently DHFS and the Department of Commerce, in conjunction with the UW System's State Laboratory of Hygiene (lab), conduct federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) testing, pursuant to a contract with OSHA. This bill transfers the entire responsibility for this testing, along with incumbent employees and positions, to the lab.
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 9152. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin System.
(1) OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION TESTING.
(a) Positions and employees.
1. The authorized FTE positions for the department of health and family services, funded from the appropriations under section 20.435 (1) (a), (gm), and (m) of the statutes, are decreased by 10.5 FTE positions, for the purpose of providing occupational safety and health administration testing.
2. The authorized FTE positions for the department of commerce, funded from the appropriation under section 20.143 (3) (m) of the statutes, are decreased by 9.0 FTE positions, for the purpose of providing occupational safety and health administration testing.
3. The authorized FTE positions for the state laboratory of hygiene, funded from the appropriation under section 20.285 (1) (fd) of the statutes, are increased by 0.95 FTE position, for the purpose of providing occupational safety and health administration testing.
4. The authorized FTE positions for the state laboratory of hygiene, funded from the appropriation under section 20.285 (1) (i) of the statutes, are increased by 0.5 position, for the purpose of providing occupational safety and health administration testing.
5. The authorized FTE positions for the state laboratory of hygiene, funded from the appropriation under section 20.285 (1) (m) of the statutes, are increased by 21.55 FTE positions, for the purpose of providing occupational safety and health administration testing.
6. All incumbent employees in the departments of health and family services and commerce who perform occupational safety and health administration testing are transferred on the effective date of this subdivision to the state laboratory of hygiene. Employees transferred under this subdivision have all the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the employment commission that they enjoyed before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class must serve a probationary period.
(b) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, that relates to occupational safety and health administration testing of the departments of health and family services and commerce is transferred to the state laboratory of hygiene.
(c) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the departments of health and family services and commerce that relate to occupational safety and health administration testing and that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect and are transferred to the state laboratory of hygiene. The state laboratory of hygiene shall carry out any obligations under such a contract until the state laboratory of hygiene modifies or rescinds the contract to the extent allowed.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Kraus - Lapses from Program Revenue Appropriation Accounts
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 finance
This bill requires the secretary of administration to lapse moneys to the general fund from a number of program revenue appropriation accounts. The appropriations are made to the following state entities: the Office of State Employment Relations in DOA, DATCP, DHFS, DOJ, DPI, DOC, DORL, DOR, and DVA; the Department of Commerce, the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands, the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board, and the Technical College System Board; and OCI.
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 9255. Appropriation changes; other.
(1) STATE AGENCY APPROPRIATION LAPSES TO THE GENERAL FUND.
(a) Appropriation lapses to the general fund. Subject to paragraph (b), in the fiscal years indicated, from the following appropriation accounts, the secretary of administration shall lapse to the general fund the amounts indicated:
(b) Prohibited appropriation lapses and transfers. The secretary of administration may not lapse or transfer moneys to the general fund from any appropriation account specified in paragraph (a) if the lapse or transfer would violate a condition imposed by the federal government on the expenditure of the moneys or if the lapse or transfer would violate the federal or state constitution.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Statz, BB0397 - Exemption from recycling tipping fees
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Environment
Recycling
Current law imposes a recycling fee of $3 per ton on most solid waste that is disposed of at a licensed solid waste disposal facility, such as a landfill. This bill creates an exemption from the recycling fee for certain waste material disposed of by companies that make paper or paperboard from wastepaper. The material to which the exemption applies is waste material that cannot be used to make paper or paperboard, and the material must have been acquired in the normal course of recycling.
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. 289.645 (4) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
289.645 (4) (e) 1. Subject to subd. 2., the recycling fee does not apply to waste material that is acquired during the normal course of recycling operations by a person that makes paper or paperboard from wastepaper, if the waste material cannot be used to make paper or paperboard.
2. The maximum weight of waste material to which the exemption in subd. 1. applies in a year is 5 percent of the weight of all waste material from the facility at which the person makes paper or paperboard from wastepaper that is disposed of in that year.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Percy - Training assistance 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
