OC7 SB1: Bill Text

SB1, s. 17fr Section 17fr. 13.93 (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 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:

SB1,18,5 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:

SB1,18,10 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.

SB1,18,14 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:

SB1, s. 17hr Section 17hr. 13.93 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 17je Section 17je. 13.93 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 17jr Section 17jr. 13.93 (2) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 17Le Section 17Le. 13.93 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 17Lr Section 17Lr. 13.93 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 13.92 (2) (i) and amended to read:

SB1,19,4 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.

SB1, s. 17ne Section 17ne. 13.93 (2) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 13.92 (2) (j).

SB1, s. 17nr Section 17nr. 13.93 (2) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 13.92 (2) (jm) and amended to read:

SB1,19,11 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.

SB1, s. 17pe Section 17pe. 13.93 (2) (f) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 17pr Section 17pr. 13.93 (2) (g) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 17re Section 17re. 13.93 (2) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 13.92 (2) (k).

SB1, s. 17rr Section 17rr. 13.93 (2) (i) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 17te Section 17te. 13.93 (2) (j) of the statutes is renumbered 13.92 (2) (L) and amended to read:

SB1,20,2 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.

SB1, s. 17tr Section 17tr. 13.93 (2) (k) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 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:

SB1,20,8 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.

SB1,20,10 (b) (intro.) The revisor of statutes bureau legislative reference bureau may do any of the following:

SB1,20,12 (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).

SB1,20,15 (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).

SB1,20,17 (e) The revisor of statutes bureau legislative reference bureau shall prepare and keep on file a record of each change made under par. (b).

SB1,20,19 (f) The revisor of statutes bureau legislative reference bureau shall notify the agency involved of each change made under par. (b).

SB1, s. 17vr Section 17vr. 13.93 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 13.92 (2m) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB1,20,23 13.92 (2m) Printing costs. (intro.) Payments for the following costs shall be administered by the revisor of statutes legislative reference bureau:

SB1, s. 17we Section 17we. 13.93 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 13.92 (2m) (a).

SB1, s. 17wr Section 17wr. 13.93 (3) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 13.92 (2m) (b).

SB1, s. 17xe Section 17xe. 13.93 (3) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 13.92 (2m) (c).

SB1, s. 17xr Section 17xr. 13.93 (3) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 13.92 (2m) (d).

SB1, s. 18 Section 18. 13.94 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,21,19 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.

SB1, s. 19 Section 19. 13.94 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,22,2 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.

SB1, s. 20b Section 20b. 13.95 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,22,16 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.

SB1, s. 21 Section 21. 14.18 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,22,22 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.

SB1, s. 22 Section 22. 14.83 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,23,6 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.

SB1, s. 23 Section 23. 14.90 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 24 Section 24. 15.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,23,19 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 earned release review 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 earned release review 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).

SB1, s. 25 Section 25. 15.01 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,24,7 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.

SB1, s. 26 Section 26. 15.02 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,24,17 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.

SB1, s. 28 Section 28. 15.06 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,24,22 15.06 (6) Quorum. A majority of the membership of a commission constitutes a quorum to do business, except that vacancies shall not prevent a commission from doing business. This subsection does not apply to the parole earned release review commission.

SB1, s. 28e Section 28e. 15.07 (1) (a) 5m. of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,24,25 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.

SB1, s. 28m Section 28m. 15.07 (1) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,25,4 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.

SB1, s. 30 Section 30. 15.07 (2) (n) of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,25,7 15.07 (2) (n) The member appointed under s. 15.345 (6) (a) shall serve as chairperson of the managed forest land board.

SB1, s. 30c Section 30c. 15.07 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,25,14 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).

SB1, s. 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:

SB1,25,22 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).

SB1, s. 35 Section 35. 15.105 (27) of the statutes is repealed.

SB1, s. 35m Section 35m. 15.105 (30) of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,26,4 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.

SB1, s. 35p Section 35p. 15.105 (31) of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,26,9 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.

SB1, s. 37 Section 37. 15.145 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,26,17 15.145 (1) Parole Earned release review commission. There is created in the department of corrections a parole an earned release review commission consisting of 8 members. Members shall have knowledge of or experience in corrections or criminal justice. The members shall include a chairperson who is nominated by the governor, and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed, for a 2-year term expiring March 1 of the odd-numbered years, subject to removal under s. 17.07 (3m), and the remaining members in the classified service appointed by the chairperson.

SB1, s. 37e Section 37e. 15.155 (1) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,26,20 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.

SB1, s. 37f Section 37f. 15.155 (1) (a) 7. of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,26,22 15.155 (1) (a) 7. One member appointed by the speaker of the assembly.

SB1, s. 37g Section 37g. 15.155 (1) (a) 8. of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,26,24 15.155 (1) (a) 8. One member appointed by the senate majority leader.

SB1, s. 38 Section 38. 15.155 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,27,14 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.

SB1, s. 39 Section 39. 15.195 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 15.205 (4) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB1,27,20 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:

SB1, s. 40 Section 40. 15.195 (4) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 15.205 (4) (a).

SB1, s. 41 Section 41. 15.195 (4) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 15.205 (4) (b).

SB1, s. 42 Section 42. 15.195 (4) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 15.205 (4) (c).

SB1, s. 43 Section 43. 15.195 (4) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 15.205 (4) (d).

SB1, s. 44 Section 44. 15.195 (4) (dg) of the statutes is renumbered 15.205 (4) (dg).

SB1, s. 45 Section 45. 15.195 (4) (dr) of the statutes is renumbered 15.205 (4) (dr) and amended to read:

SB1,28,4 15.205 (4) (dr) The secretary of workforce development children and families or his or her designee.

SB1, s. 46 Section 46. 15.195 (4) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 15.205 (4) (e).

SB1, s. 47 Section 47. 15.195 (4) (em) of the statutes is renumbered 15.205 (4) (em).