Amendment ASA1-AB75

AB75-ASA1, s. 2478e Section 2478e. 227.01 (13) (zz) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1,1328,6 227.01 (13) (zz) Adjusts motor vehicle liability limit amounts under s. 344.11.

AB75-ASA1, s. 2478em Section 2478em. 227.24 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,1328,11 227.24 (1) (c) A rule promulgated under par. (a) takes effect upon publication in the official state newspaper on the legislative reference bureau's Web site or on any later date specified in the rule and, except as provided under sub. (2), remains in effect only for 150 days.

AB75-ASA1, s. 2478f Section 2478f. 227.24 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,1328,22 227.24 (1) (d) A rule promulgated under par. (b) takes effect upon publication in the official state newspaper on the legislative reference bureau's Web site or on any later date specified in the rule and remains in effect for one year or until it is suspended or the proposed rule corresponding to it is objected to by the joint committee for review of administrative rules, whichever is sooner. If a rule under par. (b) is suspended or a proposed rule under s. 186.235 (21), 215.02 (18) or 220.04 (8) is objected to by the joint committee for review of administrative rules, any person may complete any transaction entered into or committed to in reliance on that rule and shall have 45 days to discontinue other activity undertaken in reliance on that rule.

AB75-ASA1, s. 2478g Section 2478g. 227.24 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,1329,10 227.24 (3) Filing. An agency shall file a rule promulgated under sub. (1) with the legislative reference bureau as provided in s. 227.20, together with an electronic copy of the rule that the legislative reference bureau shall publish on the legislative reference bureau's Web site, shall mail a copy to the chief clerk of each house and to each member of the legislature at the time that the rule is filed and shall take any other step it considers feasible to make the rule known to persons who will be affected by it. The legislative reference bureau shall insert in the notice section of each issue of the register a brief description of each rule under sub. (1) that is currently in effect. Each copy, notice or description of a rule promulgated under sub. (1) (a) shall be accompanied by a statement of the emergency finding by the agency or by a statement that the rule is promulgated at the direction of the joint committee for review of administrative rules under s. 227.26 (2) (b).

AB75-ASA1, s. 2478j Section 2478j. 227.26 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,1329,15 227.26 (2) (e) Notice. When the committee suspends a rule, it shall publish a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, of the suspension in the official state newspaper on the legislature's Web site for a reasonable period of time and give any other notice it considers appropriate.

AB75-ASA1, s. 2478k Section 2478k. 227.26 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,1329,24 227.26 (3) Public hearings by state agencies. By a majority vote of a quorum of the committee, the committee may require any agency to hold a public hearing in respect to recommendations made under sub. (2) and to report its action to the committee within the time specified by the committee. The agency shall publish a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, of the hearing in the official state newspaper on the legislature's Web site for a reasonable period of time and give any other notice which the committee directs. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with s. 227.18 and shall be held not more than 60 days after receipt of notice of the requirement.

AB75-ASA1, s. 2480 Section 2480. 227.54 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,1330,4 227.54 Stay of proceedings. The institution of the proceeding for review shall not stay enforcement of the agency decision. The reviewing court may order a stay upon such terms as it deems proper, except as otherwise provided in ss. 49.17 (7), 96.43 196.43, 253.06, and 448.02 (9).

AB75-ASA1, s. 2481 Section 2481. 230.01 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,1330,7 230.01 (3) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to either infringe upon or supersede the rights guaranteed state employees under subch. V or VI of ch. 111.

AB75-ASA1, s. 2482 Section 2482. 230.03 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,1330,18 230.03 (3) "Agency" means any board, commission, committee, council, or department in state government or a unit thereof created by the constitution or statutes if such board, commission, committee, council, department, unit, or the head thereof, is authorized to appoint subordinate staff by the constitution or statute, except a legislative or judicial board, commission, committee, council, department, or unit thereof or an authority created under subch. II of ch. 114 or subch. III of ch. 149 or under ch. 52, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 237, or 279. "Agency" does not mean any local unit of government or body within one or more local units of government that is created by law or by action of one or more local units of government.

AB75-ASA1, s. 2483 Section 2483. 230.04 (18) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1,1330,24 230.04 (18) The director may provide any services and materials to agencies and may charge the agencies for providing the services and materials. The director shall establish by rule a methodology for determining the costs of services and materials charged to state agencies under this subsection. All moneys received from the charges shall be deposited in the appropriation account under s. 20.545 (1) (k).

AB75-ASA1, s. 2484 Section 2484. 230.046 (10) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,1331,2 230.046 (10) (a) Conduct off-the-job employee development and training programs relating to functions under this chapter or subch. V or VI of ch. 111.

AB75-ASA1, s. 2485 Section 2485. 230.05 (9) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1,1331,7 230.05 (9) The administrator may provide any services and materials to agencies and may charge the agencies for providing the services and materials. All moneys received from the charges shall be deposited in the appropriation account under s. 20.545 (1) (k).

AB75-ASA1, s. 2487 Section 2487. 230.08 (2) (pd) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,1331,10 230.08 (2) (pd) The chairperson of the parole earned release review commission.

AB75-ASA1, s. 2488 Section 2488. 230.12 (3) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,1332,10 230.12 (3) (e) 1. The director, after receiving recommendations from the board of regents, shall submit to the joint committee on employment relations a proposal for adjusting compensation and employee benefits for employees under ss. 20.923 (4g), (5) and (6) (m) and 230.08 (2) (d) who are not included in a collective bargaining unit under subch. V or VI of ch. 111 for which a representative is certified. The proposal shall include the salary ranges and adjustments to the salary ranges for the university senior executive salary groups 1 and 2 established under s. 20.923 (4g). The proposal shall be based upon the competitive ability of the board of regents to recruit and retain qualified faculty and academic staff, data collected as to rates of pay for comparable work in other public services, universities and commercial and industrial establishments, recommendations of the board of regents and any special studies carried on as to the need for any changes in compensation and employee benefits to cover each year of the biennium. The proposal shall also take proper account of prevailing pay rates, costs and standards of living and the state's employment policies. The proposal for such pay adjustments may contain recommendations for across-the-board pay adjustments, merit or other adjustments and employee benefit improvements. Paragraph (b) and sub. (1) (bf) shall apply to the process for approval of all pay adjustments for such employees under ss. 20.923 (4g), (5) and (6) (m) and 230.08 (2) (d). The proposal as approved by the joint committee on employment relations and the governor shall be based upon a percentage of the budgeted salary base for such employees under ss. 20.923 (4g), (5) and (6) (m) and 230.08 (2) (d). The amount included in the proposal for merit and adjustments other than across-the-board pay adjustments is available for discretionary use by the board of regents.

AB75-ASA1, s. 2489 Section 2489. 230.35 (2d) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,1332,15 230.35 (2d) (e) For employees who are included in a collective bargaining unit for which a representative is recognized or certified under subch. V or VI of ch. 111, this subsection shall apply unless otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement.

AB75-ASA1, s. 2490 Section 2490. 230.35 (3) (e) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,1332,20 230.35 (3) (e) 6. For employees who are included in a collective bargaining unit for which a representative is recognized or certified under subch. V or VI of ch. 111, this paragraph shall apply unless otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement.

AB75-ASA1, s. 2490h Section 2490h. 230.44 (1) (i) of the statutes is created to read:

AB75-ASA1,1332,24 230.44 (1) (i) Decisions affecting certain county employees by the department of children and families. A decision of the department of children and families relating to a county employee under s. 49.826 (3) (b).

AB75-ASA1, s. 2493 Section 2493. 230.88 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB75-ASA1,1333,9 230.88 (2) (b) No collective bargaining agreement supersedes the rights of an employee under this subchapter. However, nothing in this subchapter affects any right of an employee to pursue a grievance procedure under a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V or VI of ch. 111, and if the division of equal rights determines that a grievance arising under such a collective bargaining agreement involves the same parties and matters as a complaint under s. 230.85, it shall order the arbitrator's final award on the merits conclusive as to the rights of the parties to the complaint, on those matters determined in the arbitration which were at issue and upon which the determination necessarily depended.

AB75-ASA1, s. 2505 Section 2505. 243.10 (1) (form) of the statutes is amended to read:

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AB75-ASA1,1333,13 WISCONSIN BASIC POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR FINANCES AND PROPERTY

AB75-ASA1,1334,7 NOTICE: THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT. BEFORE SIGNING THIS DOCUMENT, YOU SHOULD KNOW THESE IMPORTANT FACTS. BY SIGNING THIS DOCUMENT, YOU ARE NOT GIVING UP ANY POWERS OR RIGHTS TO CONTROL YOUR FINANCES AND PROPERTY YOURSELF. IN ADDITION TO YOUR OWN POWERS AND RIGHTS, YOU ARE GIVING ANOTHER PERSON, YOUR AGENT, BROAD POWERS TO HANDLE YOUR FINANCES AND PROPERTY. THIS BASIC POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR FINANCES AND PROPERTY MAY GIVE THE PERSON WHOM YOU DESIGNATE (YOUR "AGENT") BROAD POWERS TO HANDLE YOUR FINANCES AND PROPERTY, WHICH MAY INCLUDE POWERS TO ENCUMBER, SELL OR OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF ANY REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY WITHOUT ADVANCE NOTICE TO YOU OR APPROVAL BY YOU. THE POWERS WILL EXIST AFTER YOU BECOME DISABLED, OR INCAPACITATED, IF YOU CHOOSE THAT PROVISION. THIS DOCUMENT DOES NOT AUTHORIZE ANYONE TO MAKE MEDICAL OR OTHER HEALTH CARE DECISIONS FOR YOU. IF YOU OWN COMPLEX OR SPECIAL ASSETS SUCH AS A BUSINESS, OR IF THERE IS ANYTHING ABOUT THIS FORM THAT YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND, YOU SHOULD ASK A LAWYER TO EXPLAIN THIS FORM TO YOU BEFORE YOU SIGN IT.

AB75-ASA1,1334,21 IF YOU WISH TO CHANGE YOUR BASIC POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR FINANCES AND PROPERTY, YOU MUST COMPLETE A NEW DOCUMENT AND REVOKE THIS ONE. YOU MAY REVOKE THIS DOCUMENT AT ANY TIME BY DESTROYING IT, BY DIRECTING ANOTHER PERSON TO DESTROY IT IN YOUR PRESENCE OR BY SIGNING A WRITTEN AND DATED STATEMENT EXPRESSING YOUR INTENT TO REVOKE THIS DOCUMENT. IF YOU REVOKE THIS DOCUMENT, YOU SHOULD NOTIFY YOUR AGENT AND ANY OTHER PERSON TO WHOM YOU HAVE GIVEN A COPY OF THE FORM. YOU ALSO SHOULD NOTIFY ALL PARTIES HAVING CUSTODY OF YOUR ASSETS. THESE PARTIES HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY TO YOU UNLESS YOU ACTUALLY NOTIFY THEM OF THE REVOCATION. IF YOUR AGENT IS YOUR SPOUSE OR DOMESTIC PARTNER AND YOUR MARRIAGE IS ANNULLED, OR YOU ARE DIVORCED, OR THE DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP IS TERMINATED AFTER SIGNING THIS DOCUMENT, THIS DOCUMENT IS INVALID.

AB75-ASA1,1334,25 SINCE SOME 3RD PARTIES OR SOME TRANSACTIONS MAY NOT PERMIT USE OF THIS DOCUMENT, IT IS ADVISABLE TO CHECK IN ADVANCE, IF POSSIBLE, FOR ANY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS THAT MAY BE IMPOSED.

AB75-ASA1,1335,2 YOU SHOULD SIGN THIS FORM ONLY IF THE AGENT YOU NAME IS RELIABLE, TRUSTWORTHY AND COMPETENT TO MANAGE YOUR AFFAIRS.

AB75-ASA1,1335,7 I .... (insert your name and address) appoint .... (insert the name and address of the person appointed) as my agent to act for me in any lawful way with respect to the powers initialed below. If the person appointed is unable or unwilling to act as my agent, I appoint .... (insert name and address of alternate person appointed) to act for me in any lawful way with respect to the powers initialed below.

AB75-ASA1,1335,9 TO GRANT ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING POWERS, INITIAL THE LINE IN FRONT OF EACH POWER YOU ARE GRANTING.

AB75-ASA1,1335,11 TO WITHHOLD A POWER, DO NOT INITIAL THE LINE IN FRONT OF IT. YOU MAY, BUT NEED NOT, CROSS OUT EACH POWER WITHHELD.

AB75-ASA1,1335,12 HANDLING MY MONEY AND PROPERTY

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AB75-ASA1,1335,15 _____ 1. PAYMENTS OF BILLS: My agent may make payments that are necessary or appropriate in connection with the administration of my affairs.

AB75-ASA1,1335,21 _____ 2. BANKING: My agent may conduct business with financial institutions, including endorsing all checks and drafts made payable to my order and collecting the proceeds; signing in my name checks or orders on all accounts in my name or for my benefit; withdrawing funds from accounts in my name; opening accounts in my name; and entering into and removing articles from my safe deposit box.

AB75-ASA1,1335,24 _____ 3. INSURANCE: My agent may obtain insurance of all types, as considered necessary or appropriate, settle and adjust insurance claims and borrow from insurers and 3rd parties using insurance policies as collateral.

AB75-ASA1,1336,3 _____ 4. ACCOUNTS: My agent may ask for, collect and receive money, dividends, interest, legacies and property due or that may become due and owing to me and give receipt for those payments.

AB75-ASA1,1336,7 _____ 5. REAL ESTATE: My agent may manage real property; sell, convey and mortgage realty for prices and on terms as considered advisable; foreclose mortgages and take title to property in my name; and execute deeds, mortgages, releases, satisfactions and other instruments relating to realty.

AB75-ASA1,1336,9 _____ 6. BORROWING: My agent may borrow money and encumber my assets for loans as considered necessary.

AB75-ASA1,1336,13 _____ 7. SECURITIES: My agent may buy, sell, pledge and exchange securities of all kinds in my name; sign and deliver in my name transfers and assignments of securities; and consent in my name to reorganizations, mergers or exchange of securities for new securities.

AB75-ASA1,1336,17 _____ 8. INCOME TAXES: My agent may make and sign tax returns; represent me in all income tax matters before any federal, state, or local tax collecting agency; and receive confidential information and perform any acts that I may perform, including receiving refund checks and the signing of returns.

AB75-ASA1,1336,19 _____ 9. TRUSTS: My agent may transfer at any time any of my property to a living trust that has been established by me before the execution of this document.

AB75-ASA1,1336,20 PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

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AB75-ASA1,1336,25 _____ 10. LEGAL ACTIONS: My agent may retain attorneys on my behalf; appear for me in all actions and proceedings to which I may be a party; commence actions and proceedings in my name; and sign in my name all documents or pleadings of every description.

AB75-ASA1,1337,3 _____ 11. PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE: My agent may hire accountants, attorneys, clerks, workers and others for the management, preservation and protection of my property and estate.

AB75-ASA1,1337,4 GENERAL AUTHORITY

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AB75-ASA1,1337,12 _____ 12. GENERAL: My agent may do any act or thing that I could do in my own proper person if personally present, including managing or selling tangible assets, disclaiming a probate or nonprobate inheritance and providing support for a minor child or dependent adult. The specifically enumerated powers of the basic power of attorney for finances and property are not a limitation of this intended broad general power except that my agent may not take any action prohibited by law and my agent under this document may not:

AB75-ASA1,1337,13 a. Make medical or health care decisions for me.

AB75-ASA1,1337,14 b. Make, modify or revoke a will for me.

AB75-ASA1,1337,17 c. Other than a burial trust agreement under section 445.125, Wisconsin Statutes, enter into a trust agreement on my behalf or amend or revoke a trust agreement, entered into by me.

AB75-ASA1,1337,21 d. Change any beneficiary designation of any life insurance policy, qualified retirement plan, individual retirement account or payable on death account or the like whether directly or by canceling and replacing the policy or rollover to another plan or account.

AB75-ASA1,1337,23 e. Forgive debts owed to me or disclaim or waive benefits payable to me, except a probate or nonprobate inheritance.

AB75-ASA1,1337,24 f. Appoint a substitute or successor agent for me.

AB75-ASA1,1337,25 g. Make gifts.

AB75-ASA1,1338,2 COMPENSATION TO AGENT FROM PRINCIPAL'S FUNDS

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AB75-ASA1,1338,6 _____ 13. compensation. My agent may receive compensation only in an amount not greater than that usual for the services to be performed if expressly authorized in the special instructions portion of this document.

AB75-ASA1,1338,7 ACCOUNTING

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AB75-ASA1,1338,12 _____ 14. accounting. My agent shall render an accounting (monthly) (quarterly) (annually) (CIRCLE ONE) to me or to .... (insert name and address) during my lifetime and a final accounting to the personal representative of my estate, if any is appointed, after my death.

AB75-ASA1,1338,13 NOMINATION OF GUARDIAN

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AB75-ASA1,1338,17 _____ 15. GUARDIAN: If necessary, I nominate .... (name) of .... (address) as guardian of my person and I nominate .... (name) of .... (address) as guardian of my estate.

AB75-ASA1,1338,18 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

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AB75-ASA1,1338,20 _____ 16. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:

AB75-ASA1,1338,22 ON THE FOLLOWING LINES YOU MAY GIVE SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING THE POWERS GRANTED TO YOUR AGENT.

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