Amendment AA122-ASA1-AB75

AB75-ASA1-AA122,68,2 275. Page 1307, line 22: after "following" insert ", for retention pay for assistant district attorneys and assistant state public defenders".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,68,3 276. Page 1307, line 22: delete "20.455" and substitute "20.455,".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,68,4 277. Page 1308, line 11: delete that line and substitute:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,68,6 "(b) If the attorney general transfers moneys under sub. (1) in a fiscal year, the attorney general shall on June 30 of that fiscal year transfer from".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,68,8 278. Page 1308, line 13: delete "$1,000,000" and substitute "the amount transferred under sub. (1)".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,68,9 279. Page 1308, line 15: delete that line and substitute:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,68,11 "(c) If the attorney general transfers moneys under sub. (1) in a fiscal year, the attorney general shall on June 30 of that fiscal year transfer".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,68,13 280. Page 1308, line 17: delete "$1,000,000" and substitute "the amount transferred under sub. (1)".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,68,15 281. Page 1310, line 11: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 1312, line 7.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,68,17 282. Page 1312, line 20: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 1315, line 23.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,68,19 283. Page 1319, line 18: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 1320, line 5.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,68,21 284. Page 1320, line 10: delete "active voice or nonvoice" and substitute "active retail voice".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,69,5 285. Page 1320, line 14: delete the material beginning with "that the" and ending with "subscriber." on line 15 and substitute "with an assigned telephone number, including a communication service provided via a voice over Internet protocol connection. If a communications provider provides multiple communications service connections to a subscriber, the communications provider shall impose a separate fee under this subdivision on each of the first 10 connections and one additional fee for each 10 additional connections per billed account.".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,69,9 286. Page 1320, line 18: delete "fee."" and substitute "fee," or, if the communications provider combines the fee with a charge imposed under s. 256.35 (3), the communications provider shall identify the combined fee and charge as "charge for funding countywide 911 systems plus police and fire protection fee."".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,69,10 287. Page 1321, line 18: after that line insert:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,69,12 " Section 2454kg. 196.20 (4) (c) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,69,16 196.20 (4) (c) 1. If an electric public utility has an approved fuel cost plan, the commission shall defer any under-collection or over-collection of fuel costs that are outside of the utility's symmetrical fuel cost annual tolerance, as established by the commission, for subsequent rate recovery or refund.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,69,20 2. The commission may commence a proceeding to adjust rates for an electric public utility outside of a general rate case proceeding if the utility's actual fuel costs are outside of the utility's fuel cost annual tolerance, as established by the commission.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,69,23 3. Approval of a fuel cost plan and any rate adjustment for deferred fuel costs or refund of over-collected fuel costs shall be determined by the commission after opportunity for hearing.

AB75-ASA1-AA122, s. 2454kr Section 2454kr. 196.20 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,70,2 196.20 (4) (d) The commission shall promulgate a rule to implement this subsection.".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,70,3 288. Page 1322, line 18: after that line insert:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,70,4 " Section 2463m. 196.31 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,70,10 196.31 (2m) From the appropriation under s. 20.155 (1) (j), the commission shall make an annual grant of $300,000 to a nonstock, nonprofit corporation that is described under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and that has a history of advocating on behalf of residential ratepayers for affordable rates, for the purpose of offsetting the general expenses of the corporation, including salary, benefit, rent, and utility expenses.".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,70,12 289. Page 1322, line 19: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 1323, line 11.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,70,14 290. Page 1325, line 18: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 1326, line 5.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,70,16 291. Page 1326, line 25: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 1327, line 20.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,70,18 292. Page 1328, line 7: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 1329, line 24.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,70,19 293. Page 1363, line 5: after that line insert:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,70,20 " Section 2574h. 281.14 of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,70,21 281.14 Wisconsin River monitoring and study. (1) In this section:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,70,22 (a) "Nonpoint source" has the meaning given in s. 281.16 (1) (e).

AB75-ASA1-AA122,70,23 (b) "Point source" has the meaning given in s. 283.01 (12).

AB75-ASA1-AA122,71,4 (2) The department shall conduct a program to monitor and study the introduction of nutrients from point sources and nonpoint sources into the Wisconsin River from the city of Merrill to the Castle Rock Flowage dam. The department shall seek to do all of the following under this subsection:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,71,5 (a) Identify the amounts of nutrients being introduced into the river.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,71,8 (b) Characterize and quantify the nutrients, in particular nitrogen and phosphorus, introduced into the river from nonpoint sources relative to climate, land use, soil type, elevation, and drainage.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,71,12 (c) Collect water quality information for locations on the river itself and for major tributaries and major impoundments to use in evaluating the biological, physical, and chemical properties of the water and to use as data in watershed and river models.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,71,15 (d) Use watershed and river models and the information collected under this subsection and from other sources to forecast the effect on water quality of different methods of reducing the amounts of nutrients introduced into the river.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,71,17 (e) Develop tools to use in selecting and implementing methods of reducing the amounts of nutrients introduced into the river.".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,71,18 294. Page 1391, line 7: delete lines 7 to 9.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,71,19 295. Page 1391, line 10: delete "(b) 1." and substitute "283.31 (8) (a)".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,71,21 296. Page 1391, line 11: delete the material beginning with "or" and ending with "subd. 2" on line 12.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,71,22 297. Page 1391, line 13: delete lines 13 to 17 and substitute:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,71,24 "(b) Of each fee paid under par. (a), $95 shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (4) (mi).

AB75-ASA1-AA122,72,4 (c) The department shall annually submit a report to the joint committee on finance and, under s. 13.172 (3), to the standing committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over agricultural and environmental matters describing the use of the moneys credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (4) (mi) under par. (b).".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,72,6 298. Page 1396, line 5: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 1397, line 4.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,72,8 299. Page 1397, line 24: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 1398, line 25.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,72,9 300. Page 1399, line 3: after that line insert:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,72,10 " Section 2657u. 289.67 (1) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,72,13 289.67 (1) (cm) Amount of environmental repair fee. Except as provided under par. pars. (cv) and (d), the environmental repair fee imposed under par. (a) is 20 cents per ton.".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,72,14 301. Page 1399, line 6: delete "par." and substitute "par. pars. (cv) and".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,72,15 302. Page 1399, line 9: after that line insert:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,72,16 " Section 2658e. 289.67 (1) (cv) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,73,2 289.67 (1) (cv) Environmental repair fee for certain sediments. The environmental repair fee imposed under par. (a) is $4.05 per ton for solid or hazardous waste disposed of on or after July 1, 2009, that consists of sediments that are contaminated with PCBs, as defined in s. 299.45 (1) (a), and that are removed from the bed of a navigable water of this state in connection with a phase of a project to remedy contamination of the bed of the navigable water if the quantity of the sediments removed, either in the phase or in combination with other planned phases of the project, will exceed 200,000 cubic yards and if removal of sediments under the project began before the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date].".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,73,3 303. Page 1450, line 9: after that line insert:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,73,4 " Section 2773s. 321.45 of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,73,5 321.45 Military family financial aid. (1) In this section:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,73,7 (a) "Immediate family" means the spouse and dependent children of a service member who are residents of this state.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,73,10 (b) "Service member" means a member of a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces or of the national guard who is a resident of this state and who is serving on active duty in the U.S. armed forces.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,73,13 (2) The department shall provide financial aid to eligible members of the immediate family of service members. The department shall promulgate rules establishing eligibility criteria and the amount of financial aid.".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,73,14 304. Page 1496, line 20: after "under s." insert "66.1038 or".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,73,15 305. Page 1497, line 6: delete lines 6 to 22.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,73,18 306. Page 1538, line 1: after "chiropractor" insert "unless the claim for the services related to the copayment, coinsurance, or deductible is reduced by an equal amount".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,73,19 307. Page 1538, line 5: delete "and" and substitute "or".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,73,20 308. Page 1550, line 9: delete lines 9 to 12.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,73,21 309. Page 1555, line 12: delete lines 12 to 15.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,73,22 310. Page 1556, line 20: delete lines 20 to 23.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,73,23 311. Page 1561, line 1: delete lines 1 to 4.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,73,24 312. Page 1576, line 4: delete "but not more than $100,000".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,74,2 313. Page 1576, line 7: delete "but not more than $100,000".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,74,4 314. Page 1576, line 16: delete "The" and substitute "Except as provided in subd. 1m., the".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,74,6 315. Page 1576, line 20: delete the material beginning with "but not" and ending with "$100,000" on line 21.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,74,8 316. Page 1576, line 22: delete the material beginning with "but not" and ending with "$100,000" on line 23.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,74,9 317. Page 1576, line 23: after that line insert:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,74,13 "1m. If an eligible employee earned wages greater than $100,000, the department may award to a person certified under sub. (2) tax benefits for each such employee in an amount equal to up to 10 percent of the first $100,000 in wages paid by the person to that employee.".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,74,14 318. Page 1591, line 25: after that line insert:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,74,15 " Section 3121g. 560.799 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,74,23 560.799 (5m) Additional tax benefits for significant capital expenditures. If the department determines that a business certified under sub. (5) makes a significant capital expenditure in the enterprise zone, the department may certify the business to receive additional tax benefits in an amount to be determined by the department, but not exceeding 10 percent of the business' capital expenditures. The department shall, in a manner determined by the department, allocate the tax benefits a business is certified to receive under this subsection over the remainder of the time limit of the enterprise zone under sub. (4).

AB75-ASA1-AA122, s. 3121r Section 3121r. 560.799 (6) (g) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,75,2 560.799 (6) (g) 3. The definition of "significant capital expenditure" for purposes of sub. (5m).".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,75,3 319. Page 1592, line 8: delete lines 8 to 12.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,75,4 320. Page 1592, line 16: delete "$14" and substitute " $16".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,75,5 321. Page 1592, line 16: delete "$48" and substitute " $50".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,75,6 322. Page 1594, line 16: after "under s." insert "66.1038 or".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,75,7 323. Page 1596, line 2: delete lines 2 to 8.

AB75-ASA1-AA122,75,13 324. Page 1611, line 25: after "insured." insert "If an insured brings a civil action against an insurer relating to a preexisting condition exclusion denial determination or a rescission with respect to which an independent review organization has issued a decision, the decision of the independent review organization is presumed to be correct and the insured has the burden of rebutting the presumption.".

AB75-ASA1-AA122,75,14 325. Page 1612, line 11: after that line insert:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,75,15 " Section 3192m. 632.835 (7) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1-AA122,75,19 632.835 (7) (c) An insurer is not liable for punitive damages for actions taken in compliance with any decision rendered by a certified independent review organization under this section relating to a preexisting condition exclusion denial determination or a rescission.".