13.90 (1) (intro.) The joint committee on legislative organization shall be the policy-making board for the legislative reference bureau, the revisor of statutes bureau, the legislative fiscal bureau, the legislative audit bureau and the legislative technology services bureau. The committee shall:
20,17br
Section 17br. 13.90 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.90 (1m) (a) In this subsection, "legislative service agency" means the legislative council staff, the legislative audit bureau, the legislative fiscal bureau, the legislative reference bureau, the revisor of statutes bureau and the legislative technology services bureau.
20,17dr
Section 17dr. 13.92 (1) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
13.92 (1) (b) 5. In cooperation with the revisor of statutes, prepare Prepare a biennial list of numerical cross-references in the statutes to other parts of the statutes.
20,17fe
Section 17fe. 13.92 (2) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
20,17fh
Section 17fh. 13.92 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 13.92 (3) (a).
20,17fm
Section 17fm. 13.92 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
13.92 (3) (b) Notwithstanding s. 230.08 (2) (fc), those employees holding positions in the classified service at the revisor of statutes bureau on the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], who have achieved permanent status in class before that date, if they become employed by the legislative reference bureau under 2007 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9130 (1f) (d) 1. or 2., shall retain, while serving in the unclassified service at the legislative reference bureau, those protections afforded employees in the classified service under ss. 230.34 (1) (a) and 230.44 (1) (c) relating to demotion, suspension, discharge, layoff, or reduction in base pay. Each such employee shall also have reinstatement privileges to the classified service as provided under s. 230.31 (1) and any other reinstatement privileges or restoration rights provided under an applicable collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111 covering the employee on the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date].
20,17fr
Section 17fr. 13.93 (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
20,17he
Section 17he. 13.93 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 13.92 (1) (bm), and 13.92 (1) (bm) (intro.), 2. and 13. (intro.), as renumbered, are amended to read:
13.92 (1) (bm) Duties of the bureau Revision of statutes. (intro.) The revisor of statutes legislative reference bureau shall prepare copy for the biennial Wisconsin statutes, and for this purpose it:
2. May renumber any chapter or section of the statutes for the purpose of revision, and shall change reference numbers to agree with any renumbered chapter or section. Where the term "preceding section" or similar expressions are used in the statutes the revisor of statutes bureau may change the same by inserting the proper section or chapter reference.
13. (intro.) Shall, whenever any statute is affected by any act of the legislature, and may, at the revisor's bureau's discretion, ensure that the statutory language does not discriminate on the basis of sex by making the following corrections, which shall have no substantive effect:
20,17hr
Section 17hr. 13.93 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.
20,17je
Section 17je. 13.93 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
20,17jr
Section 17jr. 13.93 (2) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
20,17Le
Section 17Le. 13.93 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
20,17Lr
Section 17Lr. 13.93 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 13.92 (2) (i) and amended to read:
13.92 (2) (i) Serve as editor of the biennial Wisconsin statutes. In preparing each edition, if 2 or more acts of a legislative session affect the same statutory unit without taking cognizance of the effect thereon of the other acts and if the revisor chief finds that there is no mutual inconsistency in the changes made by each such act, the revisor chief shall incorporate the changes made by each act into the text of the statutory unit and document the incorporation in a note to the section. For each such incorporation, the revisor chief shall include in a correction bill a provision formally validating the incorporation. Section 990.07 is not affected by printing decisions made by the revisor chief under this paragraph.
20,17ne
Section 17ne. 13.93 (2) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 13.92 (2) (j).
20,17nr
Section 17nr. 13.93 (2) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 13.92 (2) (jm) and amended to read:
13.92 (2) (jm) Attend all scheduled meetings and serve as the nonvoting secretary of the committee for review of administrative rules under s. 13.56. The chief of the legislative reference bureau may designate an employee to perform the duties under this paragraph.
20,17pe
Section 17pe. 13.93 (2) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
20,17pr
Section 17pr. 13.93 (2) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
20,17re
Section 17re. 13.93 (2) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 13.92 (2) (k).
20,17rr
Section 17rr. 13.93 (2) (i) of the statutes is repealed.
20,17te
Section 17te. 13.93 (2) (j) of the statutes is renumbered 13.92 (2) (L) and amended to read:
13.92 (2) (L) In cooperation with the law revision committee, systematically examine and identify for revision by the legislature the statutes and session laws to eliminate defects, anachronisms, conflicts, ambiguities, and unconstitutional or obsolete provisions. The revisor chief shall prepare and, at each session of the legislature, present to the law revision committee bills that eliminate identified defects, anachronisms, conflicts, ambiguities, and unconstitutional or obsolete provisions. These bills may include minor substantive changes in the statutes and session laws necessary to accomplish the purposes of this paragraph. The revisor chief may resubmit to the law revision committee in subsequent sessions of the legislature any bill prepared under this paragraph that was not enacted.
20,17tr
Section 17tr. 13.93 (2) (k) of the statutes is repealed.
20,17ve
Section 17ve. 13.93 (2m) of the statutes is renumbered 13.92 (4), and 13.92 (4) (title), (a), (b) (intro.), (c), (d), (e) and (f), as renumbered, are amended to read:
13.92 (4) (title) Duties of revisor and bureau; Wisconsin administrative code. (a) The revisor of statutes bureau legislative reference bureau shall prepare copy for publication in the Wisconsin administrative code.
(b) (intro.) The revisor of statutes bureau
legislative reference bureau may do any of the following:
(c) The revisor of statutes bureau legislative reference bureau may insert in the Wisconsin administrative code a note explaining any change made under par. (b).
(d) Sections 227.114, 227.116, 227.135 and 227.14 to 227.24 do not apply to any change made by the revisor of statutes bureau legislative reference bureau under par. (b).
(e) The revisor of statutes bureau legislative reference bureau shall prepare and keep on file a record of each change made under par. (b).
(f) The revisor of statutes bureau legislative reference bureau shall notify the agency involved of each change made under par. (b).
20,17vr
Section 17vr. 13.93 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 13.92 (2m) (intro.) and amended to read:
13.92 (2m) Printing costs. (intro.) Payments for the following costs shall be administered by the revisor of statutes legislative reference bureau:
20,17we
Section 17we. 13.93 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 13.92 (2m) (a).
20,17wr
Section 17wr. 13.93 (3) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 13.92 (2m) (b).
20,17xe
Section 17xe. 13.93 (3) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 13.92 (2m) (c).
20,17xr
Section 17xr. 13.93 (3) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 13.92 (2m) (d).
20,18
Section 18. 13.94 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
13.94 (4) (a) 1. Every state department, board, examining board, affiliated credentialing board, commission, independent agency, council or office in the executive branch of state government; all bodies created by the legislature in the legislative or judicial branch of state government; any public body corporate and politic created by the legislature including specifically the Fox River Navigational System Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, and the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, a professional baseball park district, a local professional football stadium district, a local cultural arts district and a family long-term care district under s. 46.2895; every Wisconsin works agency under subch. III of ch. 49; every provider of medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49; technical college district boards; development zones designated under s. 560.71; every county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437; every nonprofit corporation or cooperative or unincorporated cooperative association to which moneys are specifically appropriated by state law; and every corporation, institution, association or other organization which receives more than 50% of its annual budget from appropriations made by state law, including subgrantee or subcontractor recipients of such funds.
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Section 19. 13.94 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.94 (4) (b) In performing audits of family long-term care districts under s. 46.2895, Wisconsin works agencies under subch. III of ch. 49, providers of medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49, corporations, institutions, associations, or other organizations, and their subgrantees or subcontractors, the legislative audit bureau shall audit only the records and operations of such providers and organizations which pertain to the receipt, disbursement or other handling of appropriations made by state law.
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Section 20b. 13.95 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
13.95 Legislative fiscal bureau. (intro.) There is created a bureau to be known as the "Legislative Fiscal Bureau" headed by a director. The fiscal bureau shall be strictly nonpartisan and shall at all times observe the confidential nature of the research requests received by it; however, with the prior approval of the requester in each instance, the bureau may duplicate the results of its research for distribution. Subject to s. 230.35 (4) (a) and (f), the director or the director's designated employees shall at all times, with or without notice, have access to all state agencies, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, and the Fox River Navigational System Authority, and to any books, records, or other documents maintained by such agencies or authorities and relating to their expenditures, revenues, operations, and structure.
20,21
Section 21. 14.18 of the statutes is amended to read:
14.18 Assistance from department of workforce development children and families. The governor may enter into a cooperative arrangement with the department of
workforce development children and families under which the department assists the governor in providing temporary assistance for needy families under
42 USC 601 et. seq.
20,22
Section 22. 14.83 of the statutes is amended to read:
14.83 Interstate insurance receivership commission. There is created an interstate insurance receivership commission as specified in s. 601.59 (3). The member of the commission representing this state shall be the commissioner of insurance or his or her designated representative. The commission member shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed from the appropriation under s. 20.145 (1) (g) 1. for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties. The commission has the powers and duties granted and imposed under s. 601.59.
20,23
Section 23. 14.90 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
20,24
Section 24. 15.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
15.01 (2) "Commission" means a 3-member governing body in charge of a department or independent agency or of a division or other subunit within a department, except for the Wisconsin waterways commission which shall consist of 5 members and the parole commission which shall consist of 8 members. A Wisconsin group created for participation in a continuing interstate body, or the interstate body itself, shall be known as a "commission", but is not a commission for purposes of s. 15.06. The parole commission created under s. 15.145 (1) shall be known as a "commission", but is not a commission for purposes of s. 15.06. The sentencing commission created under s. 15.105 (27) shall be known as a "commission" but is not a commission for purposes of s. 15.06 (1) to (4m), (7), and (9).
20,25
Section 25. 15.01 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
15.01 (6) "Division," "bureau," "section" and "unit" means the subunits of a department or an independent agency, whether specifically created by law or created by the head of the department or the independent agency for the more economic and efficient administration and operation of the programs assigned to the department or independent agency. The office of justice assistance in the department of administration, the office of energy independence in the department of administration, the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program in the department of administration, and the office of credit unions in the department of financial institutions have the meaning of "division" under this subsection. The office of the long-term care ombudsman under the board on aging and long-term care and the office of educational accountability in the department of public instruction have the meaning of "bureau" under this subsection.
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Section 26. 15.02 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
15.02 (3) (c) 1. The principal subunit of the department is the "division". Each division shall be headed by an "administrator". The office of justice assistance in the department of administration, the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program in the department of administration, and the office of credit unions in the department of financial institutions have the meaning of "division" and the executive staff director of the office of justice assistance in the department of administration, the director of the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program in the department of administration, and the director of credit unions have the meaning of "administrator" under this subdivision.
20,28e
Section 28e. 15.07 (1) (a) 5m. of the statutes is created to read:
15.07 (1) (a) 5m. Members of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board appointed under s. 15.96 (1) (ag) shall be appointed as provided in that section.
20,28m
Section 28m. 15.07 (1) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
15.07 (1) (a) 6. Members of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board appointed under s. 15.96 (8) (1) (h) shall be appointed by the governor without senate confirmation.
20,30
Section 30. 15.07 (2) (n) of the statutes is created to read:
15.07 (2) (n) The member appointed under s. 15.345 (6) (a) shall serve as chairperson of the managed forest land board.
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Section 30c. 15.07 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
15.07 (4) Quorum. A majority of the membership of a board constitutes a quorum to do business and, unless a more restrictive provision is adopted by the board, a majority of a quorum may act in any matter within the jurisdiction of the board. This subsection does not apply to actions of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board, the ethics board, or the school district boundary appeal board as provided in ss. 15.96 (2), 19.47 (4) and 117.05 (2) (a).
20,30g
Section 30g. 15.07 (4) of the statutes, as affected by
2007 Wisconsin Act 1 and 2007 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
15.07 (4) Quorum. A majority of the membership of a board constitutes a quorum to do business and, unless a more restrictive provision is adopted by the board, a majority of a quorum may act in any matter within the jurisdiction of the board. This subsection does not apply to actions of the government accountability board, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board, or the school district boundary appeal board as provided in ss. 5.05 (1e), 15.96 (2), and 117.05 (2) (a).
20,35
Section 35. 15.105 (27) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 35m. 15.105 (30) of the statutes is created to read:
15.105 (30) Office of energy independence. There is created an office of energy independence in the department of administration. The office shall be headed by an executive director and shall have staff sufficient to carry out the duties under s. 16.956.
20,35p
Section 35p. 15.105 (31) of the statutes is created to read:
15.105 (31) Office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program. There is created an office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program in the department of administration. The director of the office shall be appointed by the secretary of administration.
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Section 37e. 15.155 (1) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
15.155 (1) (a) 6. Six other members appointed nominated by the governor, and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed, for 2-year terms.
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Section 37f. 15.155 (1) (a) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
15.155 (1) (a) 7. One member appointed by the speaker of the assembly.
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Section 37g. 15.155 (1) (a) 8. of the statutes is created to read:
15.155 (1) (a) 8. One member appointed by the senate majority leader.
20,38
Section 38. 15.155 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
15.155 (5) Small business regulatory review board. There is created a small business regulatory review board, attached to the department of commerce under s. 15.03. The board shall consist of a representative of the department of administration; a representative of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection; a representative of the department of children and families; a representative of the department of commerce; a representative of the department of health and family services; a representative of the department of natural resources; a representative of the department of regulation and licensing; a representative of the department of revenue; a representative of the department of workforce development; 6 representatives of small businesses, as defined in s. 227.114 (1), who shall be appointed for 3-year terms; and the chairpersons of one senate and one assembly committee concerned with small businesses, appointed as are members of standing committees. The representatives of the departments shall be selected by the secretary of that department.
20,39
Section 39. 15.195 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 15.205 (4) (intro.) and amended to read:
15.205 (4) Child abuse and neglect prevention board. (intro.) There is created a child abuse and neglect prevention board which is attached to the department of health and family services children and families under s. 15.03. The board shall consist of 20 members as follows:
20,40
Section 40. 15.195 (4) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 15.205 (4) (a).
20,41
Section 41. 15.195 (4) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 15.205 (4) (b).
20,42
Section 42. 15.195 (4) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 15.205 (4) (c).
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Section 43. 15.195 (4) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 15.205 (4) (d).
