20,2634e
Section 2634e. 101.31 of the statutes is created to read:
101.31 Construction career academy grant program. (1) The department shall award grants to eligible organizations that operate a construction career academy that provides high school pupils with training in construction-related careers.
(2) An organization is eligible for a grant under this section if it proposes to operate a construction career academy that meets the following minimum criteria:
(a) It has established a partnership between a school board operating a high school, or a local business or sponsoring organization, and a technical college district board or baccalaureate degree granting institution in which the partners have committed to participate in the operation of the construction career academy for a minimum of 3 years.
(b) It provides high school pupils with the opportunity to receive up to 3 years of training in construction-related careers.
(c) It incorporates industry concepts into core academic areas.
(d) It incorporates into its curriculum work experience in construction-related industries.
(e) It coordinates classroom credits with a technical college district or with a baccalaureate degree granting institution.
(f) It uses a learning community curriculum approved by the department in consultation with the department of public instruction.
(g) It awards a certificate of recognition to each pupil who successfully completes the construction career academy's plan of study.
(3) The recipient of a grant under this section shall provide matching funds equal to 50 percent of the grant amount awarded to the recipient.
(4) The recipient of a grant under this section may use the grant funds only for the following purposes:
(a) To purchase materials and equipment, fund field trips, and make improvements to facilities, or for other specific needs relating to the construction career academy.
(b) For developing a core curriculum, for professional development, or for other administrative needs of the recipient.
(5) (a) The department may award a grant for the purposes described under sub. (4) (a) in an amount that equals not more than $900 for each pupil enrolled in the construction career academy at the time that the award is granted.
(b) The department may award a grant for the purposes described under sub. (4) (b) in an amount not exceeding $50,000.
(6) The department shall promulgate rules to administer this section.
101.985 (2) (a) General licensing. (intro.) Except as provided in pars. (am) to (d), the department shall issue an elevator mechanic's license to each individual who satisfactorily completes an elevator mechanic's apprenticeship program that is approved by the U.S. department of labor or by the department of workforce development or who satisfies all of the following:
101.985 (2) (am) Requirements for individuals with prior experience. The department shall promulgate rules that establish requirements for issuing an elevator mechanic's licenses license to individuals an individual who have has performed work described under s. 101.984 (2) (a) or (b) within the scope of their
his or her employment before June 1, 2007, but who do does not satisfy all of the criteria specified in par. (a) 1. to 4 the requirements under par. (a) to be issued a license. The rules may contain a deadline before which an individual must apply for a license issued under this paragraph.
101.985 (2) (b) Licensing out-of-state mechanics. The requirements under par. (a) 1. to 4. do not apply to an individual who is licensed as an elevator mechanic under the laws of another state, if, in the opinion of the department, that state's regulation of elevator mechanics is substantially the same as this state's. The department may summarily issue an elevator mechanic's license to such an individual.
101.985 (2) (c) Emergency licensing. If the governor declares that a state of emergency exists in this state under s. 166.03 (1) (b) 1. and the department determines that the number of individuals in the state who hold elevator mechanic's licenses issued by the department under this section on the date of the declaration is insufficient to cope with the emergency, the department shall summarily issue an emergency elevator mechanic's license to any individual who is certified by an elevator contractor licensed under this subchapter as adequately qualified and able to perform the work of an elevator mechanic without direct and immediate supervision, who the department determines is so qualified and able, and who applies for an emergency elevator mechanic's license on a form prescribed by the department. An individual certified by a contractor under this subdivision may perform work as an elevator mechanic for up to a total of 5 days preceding the date the individual is issued the license. An emergency elevator mechanic's license has a term of 30 days and may be renewed by the department in the case of a continuing emergency. The department shall specify on an emergency elevator mechanic's license the geographic area in which the licensee may provide services under the license. The requirements under par. (a) 1. to 4. do not apply to an individual who applies for an emergency elevator mechanic's license.
101.985 (2) (d) Temporary licensing. If there are no elevator mechanics licensed under this subchapter available to provide services contracted for by an elevator contractor licensed under this subchapter, the elevator contractor may notify the department and request the issuance of a temporary elevator mechanic's license to any individual who is certified by the elevator contractor as adequately qualified and able to perform the work of an elevator mechanic without direct and immediate supervision and who applies for a temporary elevator mechanic's license on a form prescribed by the department. A temporary elevator mechanic's license has a term of 30 days and may be renewed by the department in the case of a continuing shortage of licensed elevator mechanics. The department shall specify on a temporary elevator mechanic's license the elevator contractor in whose employ the licensee must remain to provide services under the temporary elevator mechanic's license. The requirements under par. (a) 1. to 4. do not apply to an individual who applies for a temporary elevator mechanic's license.
20,2642
Section
2642. 102.01 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
102.01 (2) (d) "Municipality" includes a county, city, town, village, school district, sewer district, drainage district and family long-term care district and other public or quasi-public corporations.
20,2643
Section
2643. 102.04 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
102.04 (1) (a) The state, each county, city, town, village, school district, sewer district, drainage district, family long-term care district and other public or quasi-public corporations therein.
20,2644
Section
2644. 102.27 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
102.27 (2) (a) A benefit under this chapter is assignable under s. 46.10 (14) (e), 49.345 (14) (e), 301.12 (14) (e), 767.225 (1) (L), 767.513 (3), or 767.75 (1) or (2m).
20,2645
Section
2645. 102.29 (8r) of the statutes is amended to read:
102.29 (8r) No participant in a food stamp employment and training program under s. 49.13 49.79 (9) who, under s. 49.13 (2) (d) 49.79 (9) (a) 5., is provided worker's compensation coverage by the department of health and family services or by a Wisconsin works Works agency, as defined in s. 49.001 (9), or other provider under contract with the department of health and family services or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 or tribal governing body to administer the food stamp employment and training program and who makes a claim for compensation under this chapter may make a claim or maintain an action in tort against the employer who provided the employment and training from which the claim arose.
20,2647
Section
2647. 103.001 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
103.001 (6) "Employer" means any person, firm, corporation, state, county, town, city, village, school district, sewer district, drainage district, family
long-term care district and other public or quasi-public corporations as well as any agent, manager, representative or other person having control or custody of any employment, place of employment or of any employee.
20,2648
Section
2648. 103.005 (17) of the statutes is repealed.
20,2649
Section
2649. 103.005 (18) of the statutes is repealed.
20,2650
Section
2650. 106.18 of the statutes is created to read:
106.18 Youth programs in 1st class cities. From the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (1) (fm), the department shall implement and operate youth summer jobs programs in 1st class cities.
20,2650e
Section 2650e. 108.05 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
108.05 (2) (f) The department shall certify such schedule to the revisor of statutes, who legislative reference bureau, which shall when publishing the statutes include the latest such schedule then available.
20,2650r
Section 2650r. 108.10 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
108.10 (7) (b) The department may choose not to appeal and to nonacquiesce in the decision by sending a notice of nonacquiescence to the commission, to the revisor of statutes legislative reference bureau for publication in the Wisconsin administrative register and to the employer before the time expires for seeking a judicial review of the decision under sub. (4). The effect of this action is that, although the decision is binding on the parties to the case, the commission's conclusions of law, the rationale and construction of statutes in the case are not binding on the department in other cases.
20,2651
Section
2651. 108.20 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
108.20
(2m) From the moneys not appropriated under s. 20.445 (1)
(ge), (gf), (gg)
, and (gi) which that are received by the administrative account as interest and penalties under this chapter, the department shall pay the benefits chargeable to the administrative account under s. 108.07 (5) and the interest payable to employers under s. 108.17 (3m)
, and may
expend the remainder to pay interest due on advances to the unemployment reserve fund from the federal unemployment account under title XII of the social security act,
42 USC 1321 to
1324,
may to conduct research relating to the condition of the unemployment reserve fund under s. 108.14 (6), to administer the unemployment insurance program and federal or state unemployment insurance programs authorized by the governor under s. 16.54, to assist the department of justice in the enforcement of this chapter, to make payments to satisfy a federal audit exception concerning a payment from the fund or any federal aid disallowance involving the unemployment insurance program, or
may to make payments to the fund if such action is necessary to obtain a lower interest rate or deferral of interest payments on advances from the federal unemployment account under title XII of the social security act, except that any interest earned pending disbursement of federal employment security grants under s. 20.445 (1) (n) shall be credited to the general fund.
Any moneys reverting to the administrative account from the appropriations under s. 20.445 (1) (ge) and (gf) shall be utilized as provided in this subsection.
20,2651g
Section 2651g. 110.08 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
110.08 (1m) Each operator's license examiner shall receive informational training on the powers and duties of the department relating to organ donor information under s. 343.175 once every 2 years and, for operator's license examiners hired after January 1, 1997, prior to initial assignment to operator's license examining activities. The informational training under this subsection shall be developed by all organ procurement organizations, as defined in s. 343.01 (2) (dg) 340.01 (41k), in cooperation with the department.
20,2651r
Section 2651r. 110.08 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
110.08 (5) (a) Unless an alternative plan has been approved under par. (b), after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], the department shall maintain a local examining center in each municipality in which a local examining center was located on December 1, 2006. If the department closed any local examining center in a municipality between December 1, 2006, and the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], and the department maintains no other local examining center in that municipality on the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], the department shall, as soon as possible, open a local examining center in that municipality. Any local examining center required to be opened under this paragraph may not be closed by the department.
(b) In lieu of maintaining or opening a local examining center in a municipality under par. (a), the department may submit to the joint committee on finance an alternative plan for providing services that would otherwise be provided at the local examining center in the municipality. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the department within 14 working days after the date of the department's submittal of the plan that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the department may implement the plan as proposed. If, within 14 working days after the date of the department's submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan, the department may implement the plan only upon approval of the committee.
20,2652
Section
2652. 110.09 of the statutes is created to read:
110.09 Background investigations of certain persons. (1) (a) Notwithstanding ss. 111.321, 111.322, and 111.335, the department of transportation, with the assistance of the department of justice, shall conduct a background investigation of any person who has been selected to fill a position within the division of the department of transportation responsible for issuing operator's licenses and identification cards. This background investigation may include requiring the person to be fingerprinted on 2 fingerprint cards each bearing a complete set of the person's fingerprints, or by other technologies approved by law enforcement agencies. The department of justice shall submit any such fingerprint cards to the federal bureau of investigation for the purposes of verifying the identity of the person fingerprinted and obtaining records of his or her criminal arrests and convictions.
(b) Notwithstanding ss. 111.321, 111.322, and 111.335, at any interval determined appropriate by the department, the department may conduct, in the manner specified in par. (a), additional background investigations of any person for whom an initial background investigation has been conducted under par. (a) and background investigations of other persons employed by the department within the division of the department responsible for issuing operator's licenses and identification cards.
(c) The department shall promulgate rules governing confidentiality of information obtained under this subsection.
(2) Notwithstanding ss. 111.321, 111.322, and 111.335, the department shall require, as a precondition to allowing access to any information system in which is stored information maintained by the division of the department responsible for issuing operator's licenses and identification cards, that any person to whom access is granted submit to a background investigation as provided in this subsection. Notwithstanding ss. 111.321, 111.322, and 111.335, the department shall require the employer, including any state agency, of any person to whom the information will be made available to conduct the background investigation in a manner prescribed by the department. The department may require, as part of this background investigation, that the person be fingerprinted in the manner described in sub. (1) (a) and that these fingerprints be provided to the department of justice for submission to the federal bureau of investigation for the purposes of verifying the identity of the person fingerprinted and obtaining records of his or her criminal arrests and convictions. Notwithstanding ss. 111.321, 111.322, and 111.335, the department shall require that the employer certify the results of the background investigation and, based upon these results, may deny or restrict access to any information requested. In addition to the initial background investigation required under this subsection, the department may require on a periodic basis subsequent background investigations consistent with this subsection for persons with ongoing access to information. Any cost associated with the requirements under this subsection is the responsibility of the employer. For purposes of this subsection, "employer" includes a self-employed person. The department shall promulgate rules governing background investigations, and confidentiality of information obtained, under this subsection.
20,2653
Section
2653. 110.20 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
110.20 (7) Voluntary inspections. The inspection and maintenance program shall require inspection of any nonexempt vehicle which a person presents for inspection at an inspection station or at any other location where, as established under sub. (8) (bm), the vehicle may be inspected.
20,2654
Section
2654. 110.20 (8) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
110.20 (8) (title) Contractors and other inspection methods.
20,2655
Section
2655. 110.20 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 110.20 (8) (am), and 110.20 (8) (am) 1., as renumbered, is amended to read:
110.20 (8) (am) 1. The emissions test and equipment inspection of nonexempt vehicles shall may be performed by persons under contract with the department. The Each such contract shall require the contractor to operate inspection stations for a minimum of 3 years and shall provide for equitable compensation to the contractor if the operation of an inspection and maintenance program within any county is terminated within 3 years after the inspection and maintenance program in the county is begun. No officer, director or employee of the contractor may be an employee of the department or a person engaged in the business of selling, maintaining or repairing motor vehicles or of selling motor vehicle replacement or repair parts. The department shall require the contractor to operate a sufficient number of inspection stations, permanent or mobile, to ensure public convenience in those counties identified under sub. (5).
20,2656
Section
2656. 110.20 (8) (am) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
110.20 (8) (am) 1m. Each contract under subd. 1. may authorize or require the contractor to install and operate self-service inspection stations and may allow the use of different methods for emissions testing and equipment inspection, consistent with methods established under par. (bm), than those used at inspection stations that are not self-service.
20,2657
Section
2657. 110.20 (8) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
110.20 (8) (bm) The department may establish methods for emissions testing and equipment inspection of nonexempt vehicles in addition to testing and inspection by contractors. These methods may include the installation and operation by the department of self-service inspection stations and the utilization of any technology related to emissions or data transmission with which motor vehicles may be equipped. The department may establish methods for emissions testing and equipment inspection specifically applicable to self-service inspection stations, which methods shall apply equally to self-service inspection stations operated by contractors under par. (am) 1m. and self-service inspection stations operated by the department under this paragraph.
20,2658
Section
2658. 110.20 (9) (k) of the statutes is created to read:
110.20 (9) (k) Prescribe a procedure for any method for emissions testing and equipment inspection established under sub. (8) (bm).
20,2659
Section
2659. 110.20 (10m) of the statutes is amended to read:
110.20 (10m) Reinspection. The owner of a nonexempt vehicle inspected under this section is entitled, if the inspection determines that any applicable emission limitation is exceeded, to one reinspection of the same vehicle at any inspection station within this state operated by a contractor under sub. (8) (am), or at any other location where, as established under sub. (8) (bm), the vehicle was initially inspected, if the reinspection takes place within 30 days after the initial inspection or the owner presents satisfactory evidence that the repairs and adjustments which were performed on the vehicle could not have been made within 30 days of the initial inspection.
20,2660
Section
2660. 110.20 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
110.20 (11) Inspection tests; results. (a) The A contractor shall perform the tests required under the federal act, and any testing and inspection method established under sub. (8) (bm) shall include the tests required under the federal act. The tests shall include one of the approved short tests required by the federal act to determine compliance with applicable emission limitations for carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen. The department may require the contractor contractors to provide information on the fuel efficiency of the motor vehicle.
(b) The department shall require the each contractor to furnish the results of the emissions inspection in writing to the person presenting the vehicle for inspection before he or she departs from the inspection station. For emissions inspections not conducted by a contractor, the department shall require any testing and inspection method established under sub. (8) (bm) to include the contemporaneous furnishing of the results of the emissions inspection in writing to the person having the vehicle inspected. If the inspection shows that the vehicle does not comply with one or more applicable emissions limitations, the results shall include, to the extent possible, a description of the noncompliance and the adjustments or repairs likely to be needed for compliance.
20,2661
Section
2661. 110.21 of the statutes is amended to read:
110.21 Education and training related to motor vehicle emissions. The department and its contractors under s. 110.20 (8) (am) shall conduct a program of public education related to the motor vehicle emission and equipment inspection and maintenance program established under s. 110.20 (6). The program under s. 110.20 (6) may include a pilot project of motor vehicle emissions inspections for those owners who elect to present their motor vehicles for inspection.
20,2665
Section
2665. 111.70 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
111.70 (1) (j) "Municipal employer" means any city, county, village, town, metropolitan sewerage district, school district, family long-term care district, or any other political subdivision of the state, or instrumentality of one or more political subdivisions of the state, that engages the services of an employee and includes any person acting on behalf of a municipal employer within the scope of the person's authority, express or implied, but specifically does not include a local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229.
20,2666e
Section 2666e. 111.70 (4) (c) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 111.70 (4) (c) 2. a.
20,2666f
Section 2666f. 111.70 (4) (c) 2. b. of the statutes is created to read:
111.70 (4) (c) 2. b. A collective bargaining agreement
entered into between fire fighting personnel and a municipal employer may, notwithstanding s. 62.13 (5), contain dispute resolution procedures, including arbitration, that address the suspension, reduction in rank, suspension and reduction in rank, or removal of such personnel. If the procedures include arbitration, the arbitration hearing shall be public and the decision of the arbitrator shall be issued within 180 days of the conclusion of the hearing.
20,2679g
Section 2679g. 111.70 (4) (m) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
111.70 (4) (m) (title) Prohibited subjects of bargaining; school district municipal employers.
20,2679i
Section 2679i. 111.70 (4) (mc) of the statutes is created to read:
111.70 (4) (mc) Prohibited subjects of bargaining
; fire fighting personnel . In a bargaining unit containing fire fighting personnel, the municipal employer is prohibited from bargaining collectively with respect to:
1. The prohibition of access to arbitration as an alternative to the procedures in s. 62.13 (5).
2. The reduction of standards in s. 62.13 (5) (em) 1. to 7.
