Amendment AA1-ASA1-SB40

SB40-ASA1-AA1, s. 729m Section 729m. 36.11 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,154,7 36.11 (1) (e) The board, with the approval of the building commission, may sell or lease state-owned residence halls to another state agency or nonstate nonprofit agency for purposes of alternate use. This paragraph does not apply to property that is sold under s. 16.848.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,154,8 828. Page 464, line 7: delete lines 7 to 18.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,154,9 829. Page 464, line 18: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,154,10 " Section 731g. 36.11 (22) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,154,16 36.11 (22) (d) Annually, each institution shall report to the office of justice assistance in the department of administration justice statistics on sexual assaults and on sexual assaults by acquaintances of the victims that occurred on each campus of the institution in the previous year. The office department of justice assistance shall include the statistics in appropriate crime reports published by the office department.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,154,17 830. Page 465, line 4: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,154,18 " Section 732d. 36.11 (48m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,154,21 36.11 (48m) Monthly pay period. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], the board shall convert the system payroll system from a biweekly pay period to a monthly pay period.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,154,22 831. Page 466, line 14: delete lines 14 and 15.

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SB40-ASA1-AA1,154,24 " Section 732ye. 36.27 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,155,7 36.27 (1) (a) Subject to pars. (am), (ar), (b), and (c), the board may establish for different classes of students differing tuition and fees incidental to enrollment in educational programs or use of facilities in the system. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the board may charge any student who is not exempted by this section a nonresident tuition. The board may establish special rates of tuition and fees for the extension and summer sessions and such other studies or courses of instruction as the board deems advisable.

SB40-ASA1-AA1, s. 732ym Section 732ym. 36.27 (1) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,155,11 36.27 (1) (am) (intro.) The Except as provided in par. (ar), the board may not increase academic fees for resident undergraduate students beyond an amount sufficient to fund all of the following:

SB40-ASA1-AA1, s. 732ys Section 732ys. 36.27 (1) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,155,14 36.27 (1) (ar) 1. In fiscal years 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, and 2010-11, the board may not do any of the following:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,155,16 a. Increase academic fees for undergraduate students by more than 4 percent above the academic fees in effect for the previous fiscal year.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,155,19 b. Except as provided in subd. 2., increase the total nonallocable segregated fees for undergraduate students by more than 4 percent above the total nonallocable segregated fees in effect for the previous fiscal year.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,156,2 2. If a majority of the undergraduate students enrolled in an institution who vote in a referendum that is open only to undergraduate students approve an increase in the total nonallocable segregated fees for undergraduate students for one or more fiscal years by an amount greater than the maximum increase allowed in subd. 1. b., the board may increase total nonallocable segregated fees for undergraduate students at the institution for the fiscal year or years by the amount approved in the referendum. This subdivision applies only if all of the following are satisfied:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,156,4 a. More than 10 percent of the undergraduate students enrolled in the institution at the time of the referendum vote to approve the increase.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,156,7 b. The ballot used in the referendum identifies the amount of the increase and the fiscal year or years to which the increase applies and explains the reasons for the increase.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,156,9 833. Page 466, line 16: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 467, line 2.

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SB40-ASA1-AA1,156,11 " Section 733mr. 36.27 (3n) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,156,14 36.27 (3n) (b) 2. An Except as provided in subd. 2m., an unremarried surviving spouse of an eligible veteran. The remission under this subdivision applies only during the first 10 years after the veteran died.

SB40-ASA1-AA1, s. 733mw Section 733mw. 36.27 (3n) (b) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,156,20 36.27 (3n) (b) 2m. An unremarried surviving spouse of an eligible veteran who had a child with the eligible veteran. The remission under this subdivision applies only until 10 years after the youngest child that the spouse had with the eligible veteran reaches or would have reached 18 years of age, or during the first 10 years after the veteran died, whichever is longer.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,156,21 835. Page 467, line 16: delete lines 16 to 19.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,156,22 836. Page 467, line 20: delete lines 20 to 24 and substitute:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,156,24 " Section 735g. 36.27 (3p) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 36.27 (3p) (b) 1. and amended to read:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,157,3 36.27 (3p) (b) 1. The Except as provided in subd. 2. and par. (bm), the board shall grant full remission of nonresident tuition, academic fees, and segregated fees charged for 128 credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer, less the amount".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,157,6 837. Page 468, line 2: after "veteran." insert "A student who at any time is granted a remission under par. (bg) is not eligible for a remission under this subdivision.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,157,7 838. Page 468, line 2: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,157,8 " Section 735g. 36.27 (3p) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,157,11 36.27 (3p) (b) 2. The board shall grant a remission under subd. 1. to a person for the lesser of the following, less the number of credits or semesters for which the person received remission of fees under s. 38.24 (8):

SB40-ASA1-AA1,157,12 a. One hundred twenty-eight credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,157,14 b. Until completion of a sufficient number of credits to be awarded a bachelor's degree in the person's major field of study.

SB40-ASA1-AA1, s. 735m Section 735m. 36.27 (3p) (bg) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,157,23 36.27 (3p) (bg) 1. Except as provided in par. (bm), the board shall grant remission of nonresident tuition, academic fees, and segregated fees charged for 48 credits or until completion of a sufficient number of credits to be awarded a graduate degree in the student's field of study, whichever is less, less the amount of any academic fees or segregated fees paid under 10 USC 2107 (c) or 38 USC 3104 (a) (7) (A), to any student enrolled as a graduate student who is a veteran. A student who at any time after January 1, 2008, was granted a remission under par. (b) 1. or s. 38.24 (8) (b) is not eligible for a remission under this paragraph.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,158,3 2. The amount of a remission granted under subd. 1. to a graduate student may not exceed the amount of a remission granted under par. (b) 1. to a resident undergraduate student at the same institution for the same number of credits.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,158,4 839. Page 468, line 8: delete lines 8 to 11.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,158,5 840. Page 469, line 8: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,158,6 " Section 736tr. 36.30 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,158,12 36.30 Sick leave. Leave of absence for persons holding positions under s. 20.923 (4g) and (5), faculty and academic staff personnel with pay, owing to sickness, shall be regulated by rules of the board, except that unused sick leave shall accumulate from year to year. A person who is initially employed in a position specified in this subsection after the effective date of this section .... [revisor inserts date], shall only receive 6 paid sick leave days in any year.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,158,13 841. Page 475, line 19: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,158,19 "(7) Reports. No later than March 1 and September 1 of each year, the Board of Regents shall submit to the joint committee on information policy and technology a report that documents for each information technology project within the system with an actual or projected cost greater than $1,000,000 or that the board has identified as a large, high-risk information technology project under sub. (2) (a) all of the following:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,158,20 (a) Original and updated project cost projections.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,158,22 (b) Original and updated completion dates for the project and any stage of the project.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,158,24 (c) An explanation for any variation between the original and updated costs and completion dates under pars. (a) and (b).

SB40-ASA1-AA1,159,2 (d) A copy of any contract entered into by the board for the project and not provided in a previous report.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,159,3 (e) All sources of funding for the project.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,159,5 (f) The amount of any funding provided for the project through a master lease under s. 16.76 (4).

SB40-ASA1-AA1,159,7 (g) Information about the status of the project, including any portion of the project that has been completed.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,159,9 (h) Any other information about the project, or related information technology projects, requested by the joint committee on information policy and technology.".

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SB40-ASA1-AA1,159,12 " Section 737m. 38.14 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,159,18 38.14 (4) Gifts and grants. The district board may accept gifts, grants and bequests to be used in the execution of its functions and may accept grants to provide fiscal and management services relating to the duties of the former office of justice assistance in the department of administration that are described under s. 16.964, 2005 stats., for the office of justice assistance in the department of administration justice or its subsidiaries or, if applicable, its successor agency.".

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SB40-ASA1-AA1,159,20 " Section 737m. 38.17 of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,159,21 38.17 Levy limit. (1) Definition. In this section:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,159,24 (a) "Debt service" includes debt service on debt issued or reissued to fund or refund outstanding municipal obligations, interest on outstanding municipal obligations, and related issuance costs and redemption premiums.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,160,4 (b) "Valuation factor" means a percentage equal to the average percentage change in the statewide equalized valuation due to new construction, less improvements removed, as determined for the January 1 equalized valuations in the 5 years preceding the levy, but not less than zero.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,160,6 (2) Limit. (a) Except as provided in subs. (3) and (4), no district board may levy in 2007 more than it levied in the previous year increased by the valuation factor.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,160,8 (b) Except as provided in subs. (3) and (4), no district board may levy in 2008 or 2009 more than the amount determined as follows:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,160,9 1. Increase the amount levied in the previous year by the valuation factor.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,160,14 2. If the district board offers a collegiate transfer program, reduce the amount determined under subd. 1. by the difference between the amount generated by the district in that school year under s. 38.24 (1m) (a) and the amount that would have been generated by the district in that school year under s. 38.24 (1m) (a) if the applicable percentage under s. 38.24 (1m) (a) had been 37 percent.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,160,19 (3) Adjustments. (a) 1. If a district board transfers to another governmental unit responsibility for providing any service that it provided in the preceding fiscal year, the limit otherwise applicable under sub. (2) in the current fiscal year is decreased by the cost that it would have incurred to provide that service, as determined by the department of revenue.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,160,24 2. If a district board increases the services that it provides by adding responsibility for providing a service transferred to it from another governmental unit that provided the service in the previous fiscal year, the limit otherwise applicable under sub. (2) in the current fiscal year is increased by the cost of that service, as determined by the department of revenue.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,161,6 (b) 1. If the amount of debt service for a district board in the preceding fiscal year is less than the amount of debt service needed in the current fiscal year, as a result of the district board adopting a resolution before July 1, 2007, authorizing the issuance of debt, the limit otherwise applicable under sub. (2) for the current fiscal year is increased by the difference between the 2 amounts, as determined by the department of revenue.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,161,12 2. The limit otherwise applicable under this section does not apply to amounts levied by a district board for the payment of any general obligation debt service, including debt service on debt issued or reissued to fund or refund outstanding municipal obligations, interest on outstanding municipal obligations, or the payment of related issuance costs or redemption premiums, authorized on or after July 1, 2007, by a referendum and secured by the full faith and credit of the district.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,161,18 (4) Referendum. (a) 1. A district board may exceed the levy limit under sub. (2) if it adopts a resolution to that effect and the resolution is approved in a referendum. The resolution shall specify the proposed amount of increase in the levy beyond the amount that is allowed under sub. (2), and shall specify whether the proposed amount of increase is for the next fiscal year only or if it will apply on an ongoing basis.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,161,21 2. Except as provided in subd. 3., the district board may call a special referendum for the purpose of submitting the resolution to the electors of the district for approval or rejection.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,161,23 3. A referendum to exceed the limit under sub. (2) for the 2008 levy shall be held at the spring primary or election or September primary or general election in 2008.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,162,3 (b) The district board shall publish type A, B, C, D, and E notices of the referendum under s. 10.01 (2). Section 5.01 (1) applies in the event of failure to comply with the notice requirements of this paragraph.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,162,12 (c) The referendum shall be held in accordance with chs. 5 to 12. The district board shall provide the election officials with all necessary election supplies. The form of the ballot shall correspond substantially with the standard form for referendum ballots prescribed by the elections board under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). The question shall be submitted as follows: "Under state law, the percentage increase in the levy of the .... (name of district) for the .... (next) fiscal year is limited to .... percent, resulting in a levy of $..... Shall the .... (name of district) be allowed to exceed this limit such that the percentage increase for the .... (next) fiscal year will be .... percent, resulting in a levy of $....?"

SB40-ASA1-AA1,162,18 (d) Within 14 days after the referendum, the district board shall certify the results of the referendum to the department of revenue. The limit otherwise applicable to the district under sub. (2) is increased for the next fiscal year by the amount approved by a majority of those voting on the question. If the resolution specifies that the increase is for one year only, the amount of the increase shall be subtracted from the base used to calculate the limit for the 2nd succeeding fiscal year.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,162,23 (5) Penalty. The department of revenue shall notify the board of any amount levied by a district board that exceeds the district's limit under this section. The board shall reduce the district's state aid under s. 38.28 in the same fiscal year in which the excess levy occurred by an amount equal to the amount of the excess levy. The amount of the reduction shall lapse to the general fund.".

SB40-ASA1-AA1,162,24 845. Page 475, line 25: after that line insert:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,163,1 " Section 373g. 38.16 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,163,7 38.16 (3) Notwithstanding sub. (1), beginning in 2010 and annually thereafter any district board that offers a collegiate transfer program shall reduce its property tax levy by an amount equal to the amount of revenue generated by the district in that school year under s. 38.24 (1m) (a) less the amount of revenue that would have been generated by the district in that school year under s. 38.24 (1m) (a) if the applicable percentage under s. 38.24 (1m) (a) had been 37 percent.

SB40-ASA1-AA1, s. 737r Section 737r. 38.175 of the statutes is created to read:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,163,11 38.175 Enterprise centers. (1) In the section, "enterprise center" means a revenue - generating operation such as a bookstore, cafeteria, or day care center. "Enterprise center" includes a public broadcasting station.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,163,13 (2) Beginning in the 2009-10 school year, a district board may not do any of the following:

SB40-ASA1-AA1,163,14 (a) Use property taxes or state aid to fund the operation of an enterprise center.

SB40-ASA1-AA1,163,16 (b) Transfer more than 10 percent of the revenue generated by an enterprise center in any school year to fund the operation of another enterprise center.".

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