For 2009-11 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2009 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Transportation
Rail and air transportation
Under current law, DOT administers a rail passenger route development program (program) under which DOT may fund the following:
1. Capital costs related to Amtrak service extension routes or other rail service routes between the cities of Milwaukee and Madison, Milwaukee and Green Bay, Milwaukee and Chicago, Madison and Eau Claire, and Madison and La Crosse.
2. Railroad track or rail passenger station improvements related to an Amtrak service extension route, or establishing commuter rail service, between the city of Milwaukee and Waukesha County.
3. Rail passenger station improvements related to an existing rail passenger service.
Current law provides $82,000,000 in general obligation bonding authority for the program, but does not provide for other sources of program funding. However, not more than $10,000,000 of the bonding proceeds may be used for the purposes described in items 2. and 3., above, no proceeds may be used without JCF approval, and no proceeds may be used for the purposes described in items 1. and 2., above, unless DOT provides to JCF certain information.
This bill increases the authorized general obligation bonding authority for the program from $82,000,000 to $122,000,000 but does not modify any of these other program funding limitations.
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. 20.866 (2) (up) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.866 (2) (up) Transportation; rail passenger route development. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of transportation to fund rail passenger route development under s. 85.061 (3). The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $82,000,000 $122,000,000 for this purpose. Of this amount, not more than $10,000,000 may be used to fund the purposes specified in s. 85.061 (3) (a) 2. and 3.
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LRB-0858LRB-0858/1
RCT:wlj:rs
2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Miner, BB0233 - Contaminated sediment bonding and program
For 2009-11 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2009 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Environment
Water quality
Current federal law authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to carry out projects to clean up contaminated sediment in the Great Lakes and tributaries of the Great Lakes. The federal law requires a portion of the funding for a project to be provided from a source other than the federal government. Current state law authorizes DNR to pay a portion of the costs of a project to remove contaminated sediment from Lake Michigan or Lake Superior or a tributary of Lake Michigan or Lake Superior if EPA provides federal funds for the project. The law authorizes the issuance of $17,000,000 in bonds, to be repaid from the environmental fund, for this purpose.
This bill authorizes DNR to pay a portion of the costs of a project to remove contaminated sediment from Lake Michigan or Lake Superior or a tributary of Lake Michigan or Lake Superior if the project is in a water body that DNR has identified, under the federal Clean Water Act, as being impaired and the impairment is caused by contaminated sediment. The bill eliminates the requirement that EPA provide federal funds for the project. The bill also increases the bonding authority for sediment removal projects by $5,000,000.
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. 20.866 (2) (ti) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.866 (2) (ti) Natural resources; contaminated sediment removal. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of natural resources to fund removal of contaminated sediment under s. 281.87. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $17,000,000 $22,000,000 for this purpose.
SECTION 2. 281.87 of the statutes is amended to read:
281.87 Great Lakes contaminated sediment removal. The department may expend funds from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ti) to pay a portion of the costs of a project to remove contaminated sediment from Lake Michigan or Lake Superior or a tributary of Lake Michigan or Lake Superior if federal funds are provided for the project under 33 USC 1268 (c) (12) the project is in an impaired water body that the department has identified under 33 USC 1313 (d) (1) (A) and the source of the impairment is contaminated sediment.
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LRB-0863LRB-0863/12
CMH&RAC:kjf/nwn/bjk:ph
2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Dombrowski, BB0232 - Attorney consolidation
For 2009-11 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2009 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
State government
Other state government
This bill creates a Division of Legal Services in DOA, which is authorized to provide legal services to executive branch state agencies, other than DOJ and DPI. The bill also creates an unclassified chief legal advisor position in DOA, DATCP, DCF, DOC, DHS, DNR, DOT, and DWD and permits the secretary of administration to transfer up to 3.0 FTE vacant attorney positions from state agencies to the Division of Legal Services. The chief legal advisor position is one not currently in the state civil service system.
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. 15.05 (3r) of the statutes is created to read:
15.05 (3r) CHIEF LEGAL ADVISOR. The secretary of each department specified in s. 230.08 (2) (eg) may appoint in the unclassified service a chief legal advisor.
SECTION 2. 15.103 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:
15.103 (1g) DIVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES. There is created in the department of administration a division of legal services.
SECTION 3. 16.004 (15) of the statutes is created to read:
16.004 (15) LEGAL SERVICES. (a) In this subsection, "state agency" means an office, commission, department, independent agency, or board in the executive branch of state government, including the building commission, but does not include the department of justice and the department of public instruction.
(b) The department may provide legal services to state agencies and shall assess state agencies for legal services provided by the division of legal services. The department shall credit all moneys received from state agencies under this paragraph to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (kr).
(c) During the 2010-11 fiscal year, the secretary may transfer from state agencies up to 3.0 full-time equivalent vacant attorney positions to the division of legal services. The authorized full-time equivalent positions to the department, funded from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (kr), are increased by the number of full-time equivalent positions transferred under this paragraph. The authorized full-time equivalent positions of a state agency from which a transfer is made are decreased by the number of full-time equivalent positions transferred from that state agency under this paragraph.
SECTION 4. 20.505 (1) (kr) of the statutes is created to read:
20.505 (1) (kr) Legal services. All moneys received from assessments levied against state agencies under s. 16.004 (15) (b) for legal services provided by the division of legal services in the department of administration to be used for providing those legal services.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 5. 230.08 (2) (eg) of the statutes is created to read:
230.08 (2) (eg) A chief legal advisor position in each of the following agencies:
1. Department of administration.
2. Department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.
3. Department of children and families.
4. Department of corrections.
5. Department of health services.
6. Department of natural resources.
7. Department of transportation.
8. Department of workforce development.
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LRB-0883LRB-0883/2
GMM:jld&bjk:md
2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Stinebrink, BB0229 - Child welfare provider rate regulation
For 2009-11 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2009 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Children
Under current law, a residential care center for children and youth (residential care center) and a group home must establish a per client rate for its services and must submit to DCF that rate and any change in that rate before a charge is made to any purchaser of those services.
This bill requires DCF to establish the per client rate that a residential care center or a group home may charge for its services, and the per client administrative rate that a child welfare agency may charge for the administrative portion of its treatment foster care services, for services provided beginning on January 1, 2011. The bill also freezes for 2010 at the 2009 level the per client rate that a residential care center or a group home may charge for its services and the per client administrative rate that a child welfare agency may charge for the administrative portion of its treatment foster care services. The bill defines "administrative rate" as the difference between the rate charged by a child welfare agency to a purchaser of treatment foster care services and the rate paid by the child welfare agency to a treatment foster parent for the care and maintenance of a child.
Under the bill, by October 1 annually, a residential care center or a group home must submit to DCF the per client rate that it proposes to charge for services provided in the next year and a child welfare agency must submit to DCF the proposed per client administrative rate that it proposes to charge for treatment foster care services provided in the next year. DCF must then review the proposed rate and audit the residential care center, group home, or child welfare agency to determine whether the proposed rate is appropriate to the level of services to be provided; the qualifications of the residential care center, group home, or child welfare agency to provide those services; and the reasonable and necessary costs of providing those services.
In reviewing a proposed rate, DCF must consider certain factors, including: 1) changes in the consumer price index; 2) changes in allowable costs based on current actual cost data or documented projections of costs; 3) changes in program utilization that affect the per client rate or per client administrative rate; 4) changes in DCF's expectations relating to service delivery; 5) changes in service delivery proposed by the residential care center, group home, or child welfare agency and agreed to by DCF; 6) the loss of any source of revenue that had been used to pay expenses; 7) changes in any state or federal laws, rules, or regulations that result in any change in the cost of providing services, including any changes in the minimum wage; 8) competitive factors; 9) the availability of funding to pay for the services to be provided under the proposed rate; and 10) any other factor relevant to the setting of a rate that DCF may determine by rule promulgated under the bill.
If DCF determines that a proposed rate is appropriate, DCF must approve the proposed rate. If DCF does not approve a proposed rate, DCF must negotiate with the residential care center, group home, or child welfare agency to determine an agreed to rate. If after negotiations a rate is not agreed to, the parties must engage in mediation to arrive at an agreed to rate. If after mediation a rate is not agreed to, the residential care center, group home, or child welfare agency may not provide the service for which the rate was proposed.
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. 49.343 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
49.343 (title) Rates for residential care centers and, group homes, and child welfare agencies.
SECTION 2. 49.343 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 49.343 (1g) and amended to read:
49.343 (1g) ESTABLISHMENT OF RATES. Subject to sub. (1m), each residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 48.02 (15d), and each group home, as defined in s. 48.02 (7), that is incorporated under ch. 180, 181, 185, or 193 shall establish a per client rate for its services and each child welfare agency shall establish a per client administrative rate for the administrative portion of its treatment foster care services. A residential care center for children and youth and a group home shall charge all purchasers the same rate for the same services and a child welfare agency shall charge all purchasers the same administrative rate for the same treatment foster care services.
SECTION 3. 49.343 (1d) of the statutes is created to read:
49.343 (1d) DEFINITIONS. In this section:
(a) "Administrative rate" means the difference between the rate charged by a child welfare agency to a purchaser of treatment foster care services and the rate paid by the child welfare agency to a treatment foster parent for the care and maintenance of a child.
