For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
State government
Public utility regulation
This bill transfers $18,185,300 in fiscal year 2005-06 and $16,949,400 in fiscal year 2006-07 from the utility public benefits 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 9201. Appropriation changes; administration.
(1) UTILITY PUBLIC BENEFITS FUND TRANSFER. There is transferred from the utility public benefits fund to the general fund $18,185,300 in fiscal year 2005-06 and $16,949,400 in fiscal year 2006-07.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Binau, BB0447 - Wisconsin higher education grant increase
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, the Higher Educational Aids Board awards Wisconsin higher education grants (WHEG grants) to undergraduates enrolled at least half time at nonprofit public institutions of higher education or tribally controlled colleges in this state. Currently, a WHEG grant may not exceed $2,500 for any academic year. This bill increases that maximum grant amount to $3,000 for any academic year.
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. 39.435 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.435 (3) Grants under sub. (1) shall not be less than $250 during any one academic year, unless the joint committee on finance approves an adjustment in the amount of the minimum grant. Grants under sub. (1) shall not exceed $2,500 $3,000 during any one academic year. The board shall, by rule, establish a reporting system to periodically provide student economic data and shall promulgate other rules the board deems necessary to assure uniform administration of the program.
SECTION 9322. Initial applicability; higher educational aids board.
(1) WISCONSIN HIGHER EDUCATION GRANTS. The treatment of section 39.435 (3) of the statutes first applies to Wisconsin higher education grants awarded by the Higher Educational Aids Board for the 2005-06 academic year.
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LRB-1795LRB-1795/4
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Kraus, BB0448 - Conflict of interest provisions affecting Lottery Division employees
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Gambling
Current law prohibits any employee in the Lottery Division of DOR (division) or the executive assistant or secretary or deputy secretary of revenue from having a direct or indirect interest in, or being employed by, any lottery vendor while serving as an employee in the division or as the executive assistant or as secretary or deputy secretary of revenue or for two years following the person's termination of service.
This bill provides that an employee in the division who terminates employment with DOR on or after the bill's effective date may be employed by a vendor at any time after his or her date of termination if DOR has entered into a contract with the vendor to perform lottery functions that were previously performed by the employee while he or she was employed in the division.
In addition, the bill provides that no employee in the division may discuss with a vendor who is attempting to obtain a major procurement contract any matter relating to the future employment of the employee with the vendor unless the discussion relates to employment with a vendor that is entering into a contract to perform the employee's services and the division administrator provides prior written consent.
Finally, the bill provides that, if a contract for a major procurement is for services that were performed by employees in the division, the contract may not be entered into unless the contract requires the vendor to offer employment to those employees in the division who performed those services and whose position was terminated.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 565.05 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
565.05 (1) (intro.) No Except as provided in sub. (1m), no employee in the lottery division of the department or the executive assistant or the secretary or deputy secretary of revenue may do any of the following:
SECTION 2. 565.05 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
565.05 (1m) An employee in the lottery division of the department who terminates employment with the department may be employed by a vendor at any time after his or her date of termination if the department has entered into a contract, on or after the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], with the vendor to perform lottery functions that were previously performed by the employee while he or she was employed in the lottery division.
SECTION 3. 565.05 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
565.05 (3) No employee in the lottery division may discuss with a vendor who is attempting to obtain a major procurement contract under s. 565.25 any matter relating to the future employment of the employee with the vendor unless the discussion relates to employment under s. 565.25 (3) (cm) and the administrator provides prior written consent.
SECTION 4. 565.25 (3) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
565.25 (3) (cm) If a contract for a major procurement is for services that were performed by employees in the lottery division before the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], the contract may not be entered into unless the contract requires the vendor to offer employment to those employees in the lottery division who performed those services and whose positions were terminated on or after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date].
SECTION 9341. Initial applicability; revenue.
(1) MAJOR PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS. The treatment of section 565.25 (3) (cm) of the statutes first applies to major procurement contracts entered into on the effective date of this subsection.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Koskinen - Sales and use tax on electronic versions of certain tangible personal property
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
taxation
Other taxation
This bill imposes the sales tax and the use tax on audiovisual works, finished artwork, literary works, and audio works that are delivered electronically to a purchaser.
This bill will be referred to the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions for a detailed analysis, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
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. 77.51 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 77.51 (1d).
SECTION 2. 77.51 (1bk) of the statutes is created to read:
77.51 (1bk) "Audio works" means works that result from the fixation of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds, including prerecorded or live music, prerecorded or live readings of books or other written materials, prerecorded or live speeches, and digitized sound files that are downloaded to a telephone handset. "Audio works" does not include broadcast radio services or sounds accompanying an audiovisual work.
SECTION 3. 77.51 (1bm) of the statutes is created to read:
77.51 (1bm) "Audiovisual works" means a series of related images that, when shown in succession, impart an impression of motion, together with sound, including motion pictures, musical videos, and live events. "Audiovisual works" does not include broadcast television services or cable television system services.
SECTION 4. 77.51 (3s) of the statutes is created to read:
77.51 (3s) "Finished artwork" means the final art used for actual reproduction by photomechanical or other processes or for display purposes. "Finished artwork" also includes all of the following items regardless of whether such items are reproduced:
(a) Drawings.
(b) Paintings.
(c) Designs.
(d) Photographs.
(e) Lettering.
(f) Paste-ups.
(g) Mechanicals.
(h) Assemblies.
(i) Charts.
(j) Graphs.
(k) Illustrative materials.
SECTION 5. 77.51 (7d) of the statutes is created to read:
77.51 (7d) "Literary works" means works, not including audiovisual works, audio works, and computer software that are expressed in words, numbers, or other verbal or numerical symbols or indicia, including books and periodicals.
SECTION 6. 77.51 (13) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
77.51 (13) (e) A person selling tangible personal property, audiovisual works, finished artwork, literary works, or audio works to a service provider who transfers the property, audiovisual work, finished artwork, literary work, or audio work in conjunction with the selling, performing or furnishing of any service and the property, audiovisual work, finished artwork, literary work, or audio work is incidental to the service, unless the service provider is selling, performing or furnishing services under s. 77.52 (2) (a) 7., 10., 11. and 20. This subsection does not apply to sub. (2).
SECTION 7. 77.51 (13) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
77.51 (13) (f) A service provider who transfers tangible personal property, audiovisual works, finished artwork, literary works, or audio works in conjunction with but not incidental to the selling, performing or furnishing of any service and a service provider selling, performing or furnishing services under s. 77.52 (2) (a) 7., 10., 11. and 20. This subsection does not apply to sub. (2).
SECTION 8. 77.51 (14) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:
