Under current law, the Building Commission may issue revenue bonds for major highway projects and transportation administrative facilities in a principal amount that may not exceed $2,324,377,900.
This bill increases the revenue bond limit from $2,324,377,900 to $2,708,341,000.
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. 84.59 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
84.59 (6) The building commission may contract revenue obligations when it reasonably appears to the building commission that all obligations incurred under this section can be fully paid from moneys received or anticipated and pledged to be received on a timely basis. Except as provided in this subsection, the principal amount of revenue obligations issued under this section may not exceed $2,324,377,900 $2,708,341,000, excluding any obligations that have been defeased under a cash optimization program administered by the building commission, to be used for transportation facilities under s. 84.01 (28) and major highway projects for the purposes under ss. 84.06 and 84.09. In addition to the foregoing limit on principal amount, the building commission may contract revenue obligations under this section as the building commission determines is desirable to refund outstanding revenue obligations contracted under this section, to make payments under agreements or ancillary arrangements entered into under s. 18.55 (6) with respect to revenue obligations issued under this section, and to pay expenses associated with revenue obligations contracted under this section.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 84.59 (6). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-0991 and LRB-1621. This draft incorporates material from LRB-1621.
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LRB-0992LRB-0992/3
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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Kornely, BB0184 - General obligation bonding authority for I 94 North-South Corridor
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: general obligation bonding authority for I 94 reconstruction.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
transportation
Highways
Current law provides that, among the sources for funding southeast Wisconsin freeway rehabilitation projects, DOT may contract up to $213,100,000 in public debt for the purpose of funding the Marquette interchange reconstruction project.
This bill increases from $213,100,000 to $303,300,000 the limit for this authorized general obligation bonding and allows proceeds from this bonding to also be used to fund another southeast Wisconsin freeway rehabilitation project, the reconstruction of the I 94 north-south corridor.
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. 20.395 (6) (au) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.395 (6) (au) Principal repayment and interest, Marquette interchange and I 94 north-south corridor reconstruction project projects, state funds. A sum sufficient to reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing the Marquette interchange reconstruction project and the reconstruction of the I 94 north-south corridor, as provided under ss. 20.866 (2) (uup) and 84.555, and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a).
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 20.395 (6) (au). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-0992 and LRB-1621. This draft incorporates material from LRB-1621.
SECTION 2. 20.866 (2) (uup) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.866 (2) (uup) Transportation; Marquette interchange and I 94 north-south corridor reconstruction project projects. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of transportation to fund the Marquette interchange reconstruction project under s. 84.014, as provided under s. 84.555, and the reconstruction of the I 94 north-south corridor, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m) (a). The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $213,100,000 $303,300,000 for this purpose these purposes.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 3. 84.555 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
84.555 (1m) (a) Notwithstanding sub. (1) and ss. 84.51 and 84.59, the proceeds of general obligation bonds issued under s. 20.866 (2) (uum) are allocated for expenditure obligations under s. 84.95 and s. 84.014 and the proceeds of general obligation bonds issued under s. 20.866 (2) (uup) may be used to fund expenditure obligations for the Marquette interchange reconstruction project under s. 84.014 and for the reconstruction of the I 94 north-south corridor, as defined in s. 84.014 (5m) (ag) 1.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 84.555 (1m) (a). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-0992 and LRB-0424. This draft eliminates the definition from LRB-0992 and changes the cross-reference to reference the same definition in LRB-0424.
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LRB-0994LRB-0994/P2
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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Pink, BB0200 - MA disproportionate share hospital payments
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Medical Assistance
Under current law, DHFS must supplement payments under the Medical Assistance (MA) program to hospitals that contract with relief agencies to provide health care services that are funded by a relief block grant, if DHFS determines that the hospitals serve a disproportionate number of low-income patients with special needs. These supplements must be used to offset the liability of the relief agency for the costs of the health care services provided under the contract.
This bill eliminates the requirement that MA payment supplements for disproportionate share hospitals be used to offset the liability of a relief agency for the costs of the health care services under a contract with the hospital. The bill authorizes, rather than requires, that the MA payment supplements be made to a hospital that enters into an indigent care agreement, in accordance with the federally approved state MA plan, with the county agency that administers the medical relief block grant.
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. 49.02 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 2. 49.45 (6z) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.45 (6z) (a) (intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (3) (e), from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b), (gp), (o), and (w), and (xd), the department shall may distribute funding in each fiscal year to supplement payment for services to hospitals that enter into a contract under s. 49.02 (2) to provide health care services funded by a relief block grant under this chapter indigent care agreements, in accordance with the approved state plan for services under 42 USC 1396a, with relief agencies that administer the medical relief block grant under this chapter, if the department determines that the hospitals serve a disproportionate number of low-income patients with special needs. If no medical relief block grant under this chapter is awarded or if the allocation of funds to such hospitals would exceed any limitation under 42 USC 1396b (i) (3), the department may distribute funds to hospitals that have not entered into a contract under s. 49.02 (2) indigent care agreements. The department may not distribute funds under this subsection to the extent that the distribution would do any of the following:
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 49.02 (6) (a) (intro.). This paragraph has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -0892/9, -0994/P1, and -1521/5.
SECTION 9321. Initial applicability; Health and Family Services.
(1) DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE HOSPITALS. The treatment of sections 49.02 (2) (c) and 49.45 (6z) (a) (by SECTION 2) of the statutes first applies to indigent care agreements entered into on the effective date of this subsection.
****NOTE: This is reconciled SECTION 9321 (1). This subsection has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -0892/9, -0994/P1, and -1521/5.
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LRB-0997LRB-0997/1
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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Dombrowski, BB0201 - Permit DRL to set renewal fees by rule
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
state government
Other state government
Under current law, persons who hold credentials issued by DRL are required to renew the credentials every two years. Current law specifies a fee for renewal of each credential. Current law also specifies a fee for issuance of an initial credential for which no examination is required and for issuance of a reciprocal credential. Also under current law, DRL must submit a biennial budget request containing the following: 1) a recalculation of the administrative and enforcement costs attributable to each occupation or business for which DRL issues a credential; and 2) recommended changes to the fee DRL assesses for an initial credential, to the fee for issuance of a reciprocal credential, and to each credential renewal fee.
This bill deletes the fees specified for issuance of initial and reciprocal credentials and for credential renewal. The bill requires DRL to determine the fees for the succeeding fiscal biennium by using the methodology prescribed under current law for preparing its biennial budget request. The bill requires DRL to submit to the cochairpersons of the JCF a report containing the proposed adjusted fees. The cochairpersons may hold a hearing to review the proposed adjusted fees by giving notice within 14 days after the report is delivered. Under the bill, if JCF approves the proposed adjusted fees, DRL must post the adjustments on DRL's Web site and in credential renewal notices sent to current credential holders.
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. 227.01 (13) (zx) of the statutes is created to read:
227.01 (13) (zx) Determines a fee under s. 440.03 (9) for an initial credential for which no examination is required, for a reciprocal credential, or for a credential renewal.
SECTION 2. 440.03 (9) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 440.03 (9) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:
440.03 (9) (a) (intro.) The Subject to pars. (b) and (c), the department shall include all of the following with each biennial budget request that it makes under s. 16.42 determine each fee for an initial credential for which no examination is required, for a reciprocal credential, and for a credential renewal fee by doing all of the following:
SECTION 3. 440.03 (9) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 440.03 (9) (a) 1. and amended to read:
440.03 (9) (a) 1. A recalculation of Recalculating the administrative and enforcement costs of the department that are attributable to the regulation of each occupation or business under chs. 440 to 480 and that are included in the budget request.
SECTION 4. 440.03 (9) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 440.03 (9) (a) 2. and amended to read:
440.03 (9) (a) 2. A recommended change to Not later than January 31 of each odd-numbered year, adjusting for the succeeding fiscal biennium each fee specified under s. 440.05 (1) for an initial credential for which an examination is not required, under s. 440.05 (2) for a reciprocal credential, and under, subject to s. 440.08 (2) (a), for a credential renewal, if the change an adjustment is necessary to reflect the approximate administrative and enforcement costs of the department that are attributable to the regulation of the particular occupation or business during the period in which the initial or reciprocal credential or credential renewal is in effect and, for purposes of the recommended change to each fee specified under s. 440.08 (2) (a) for a credential renewal, to reflect an estimate of any additional moneys available for the department's general program operations, during the budget period to which the biennial budget request applies, as a result of appropriation transfers that have been or are estimated to be made under s. 20.165 (1) (i) prior to and during that budget period during the fiscal biennium in progress at the time of the deadline for an adjustment under this subdivision or during the fiscal biennium beginning on the July 1 immediately following the deadline for an adjustment under this subdivision.
(b) The department may not recommend an initial credential fee that exceeds the amount of the fee that the department recommends for a renewal of the same credential, if no examination is required for the initial credential.
SECTION 5. 440.03 (9) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
440.03 (9) (c) The cemetery board may by rule impose a fee in addition to the renewal fee determined by the department under this subsection for renewal of a license granted under s. 440.91 (1).
SECTION 6. 440.03 (9) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
440.03 (9) (d) Not later than 14 days after completing proposed fee adjustments under par. (a), the department shall send a report detailing the proposed fee adjustments to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance. If, within 14 working days after the date that the department submits the report, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed adjustments, the department may not impose the fee adjustments until the committee approves the report. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the secretary, the department shall notify credential holders of the fee adjustments by posting the fee adjustments on the department's Internet Web site and in credential renewal notices sent to affected credential holders under s. 440.08 (1).
SECTION 7. 440.03 (14) (a) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
440.03 (14) (a) 1. c. The person pays the initial credential fee specified in s. 440.05 (1) determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a) and files with the department evidence satisfactory to the department that he or she is certified, registered or accredited as required under subd. 1. a.
SECTION 8. 440.03 (14) (a) 2. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
440.03 (14) (a) 2. c. The person pays the initial credential fee specified in s. 440.05 (1) determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a) and files with the department evidence satisfactory to the department that he or she is certified, registered or accredited as required under subd. 2. a.
SECTION 9. 440.03 (14) (a) 3. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
440.03 (14) (a) 3. c. The person pays the initial credential fee specified in s. 440.05 (1) determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a) and files with the department evidence satisfactory to the department that he or she is certified, registered or accredited as required under subd. 3. a.
SECTION 10. 440.03 (14) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
440.03 (14) (am) The department may promulgate rules that establish requirements for granting a license to practice psychotherapy to a person who is registered under par. (a). Rules promulgated under this paragraph shall establish requirements for obtaining such a license that are comparable to the requirements for obtaining a clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, or professional counselor license under ch. 457. If the department promulgates rules under this paragraph, the department shall grant a license under this paragraph to a person registered under par. (a) who pays the initial credential fee specified in s. 440.05 (1) determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a) and provides evidence satisfactory to the department that he or she satisfies the requirements established in the rules.
SECTION 11. 440.03 (14) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
440.03 (14) (c) The renewal dates for certificates granted under par. (a) and licenses granted under par. (am) are specified in s. 440.08 (2) (a). Renewal applications shall be submitted to the department on a form provided by the department and shall include the renewal fee specified in s. 440.08 (2) (a) determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a) and evidence satisfactory to the department that the person's certification, registration, or accreditation specified in par. (a) 1. a., 2. a., or 3. a. has not been revoked.
SECTION 12. 440.05 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
440.05 (1) (a) Initial credential: $53 An amount determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a). Each applicant for an initial credential shall pay the initial credential fee to the department when the application materials for the initial credential are submitted to the department.
SECTION 13. 440.05 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
440.05 (2) Reciprocal credential, including any credential described in s. 440.01 (2) (d) and any credential that permits temporary practice in this state in whole or in part because the person holds a credential in another jurisdiction: The applicable credential renewal fee under s. 440.08 (2) (a) determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a) and, if an examination is required, an examination fee under sub. (1).
SECTION 14. 440.08 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
440.08 (2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) and in ss. 440.51, 442.04, 444.03, 444.11, 448.065, 447.04 (2) (c) 2., 449.17 (1m) (d), and 449.18 (2) (d), the renewal dates and renewal fees for credentials are as follows:
1. Accountant, certified public: December 15 of each odd-numbered year; $59.
3. Accounting corporation or partnership: December 15 of each odd-numbered year; $56.
4. Acupuncturist: July 1 of each odd-numbered year; $70.
4m. Advanced practice nurse prescriber: October 1 of each even-numbered year; $73.
