The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 31.19 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 31.19 (1m) and amended to read:

31.19 (1m) DETERMINATION OF DAM SIZE. For the purposes of this section, a dam is considered to be a large dam if either of the following applies:

(a) It has a structural height of 25 feet or more and impounds more than 15 acre-feet of water; or.

(b) It has a structural height of more than 6 feet and impounds more than 50 acre-feet or more of water.

SECTION 2. 31.19 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:

31.19 (1g) DEFINITIONS. In this section:

(a) "High hazard dam" means a large dam the failure of which would probably cause loss of human life.

(b) "Low hazard dam" means a large dam the failure of which would probably not cause significant property damage or loss of human life.

(c) "Significant hazard dam" means a large dam the failure of which would probably cause significant property damage but would probably not cause loss of human life.

SECTION 3. 31.19 (2) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

31.19 (2) (title) DECENNIAL LARGE DAM INSPECTION.

SECTION 4. 31.19 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

31.19 (2) (a) Requirement Inspection by the department. Except as provided under par. (b), at least once every 10 years the department shall conduct a detailed inspection of each high hazard dam which is maintained or operated in or across navigable waters and each significant hazard dam.

SECTION 5. 31.19 (2) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:

31.19 (2) (ag) Owner responsibility. 1. Owners of each high hazard dam, each significant hazard dam, and each low hazard dam shall engage a professional engineer registered under s. 443.04 to inspect the dam as specified in this paragraph.

2. An owner of a high hazard dam shall cause the dam to be inspected at least 4 times between each inspection conducted by the department under par. (a). An owner of a significant hazard dam shall cause the dam to be inspected at least 2 times between each inspection conducted by the department under par. (a). An owner of a low hazard dam shall cause the dam to be inspected at least once every 10 years.

3. The owner of a dam required to be inspected under this paragraph shall submit to the department, no later than 90 days after the date of the inspection, a report of the results of the inspection. The report shall include information on any deficiencies in the dam, recommendations for addressing those deficiencies, and recommendations on improving the safety and structural integrity of the dam.

SECTION 6. 31.19 (2) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:

31.19 (2) (ar) Dam classification. The department shall classify each dam in this state as a high hazard, significant hazard, or low hazard dam for the purpose of this section.
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LRB-0974LRB-0974/1
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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE

DOA:......Grinde, BB0241 - Revenue shortfall trigger
For 2009-11 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2009 BILL

AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
State Government
State finance
Under current law, after enactment of the biennial budget act, if the secretary of administration determines that authorized expenditures will exceed revenues in the current or forthcoming fiscal year by more than 0.5 percent of estimated general purpose revenue (GPR) appropriations for that fiscal year, the governor must submit a bill making recommendations for correcting the imbalance between projected revenues and authorized expenditures. This bill increases the threshold to 2 percent of estimated GPR appropriations for that fiscal year.
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. 16.50 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.50 (5) DISBURSEMENTS. The secretary may not draw a warrant for payment of any expenditures incurred by any department nor may any department make any expenditure for which the approval of the secretary or the governor is necessary under this section, including any expenditure under s. 20.867, unless the expenditure was made in accordance with an estimate submitted to and approved by the secretary or by the governor. In the event that the secretary determines that previously authorized expenditures will exceed revenues in the current or forthcoming fiscal year by more than 0.5% 2 percent of the estimated general purpose revenue appropriations for that fiscal year, he or she may not decline to approve an estimate or to draw a warrant under this subsection, but shall instead proceed under sub. (7).

SECTION 2. 16.50 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.50 (7) (a) If following the enactment of the biennial budget act in any biennium the secretary determines that previously authorized expenditures will exceed revenues in the current or forthcoming fiscal year by more than one-half of one 2 percent of the estimated general purpose revenue appropriations for that fiscal year, he or she may not take any action under sub. (2) and shall immediately notify the governor, the presiding officers of each house of the legislature and the joint committee on finance.
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LRB-0975LRB-0975/1
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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE

DOA:......Grinde, BB0242 - Temporary reallocations to the general fund
For 2009-11 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2009 BILL

AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
State Government
State finance
Currently, in any fiscal year, the secretary of administration may temporarily reallocate moneys to the general fund from other state funds in an amount not to exceed, at any one time, 5 percent of the total general purpose revenue appropriations for that fiscal year. This bill increases that amount to 10 percent.
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. 20.002 (11) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

20.002 (11) (b) 2. Except as provided in subd. 3, the secretary of administration shall limit the total amount of any temporary reallocations to the general fund at any one time during a fiscal year to an amount equal to 5% 10 percent of the total amounts shown in the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) of appropriations of general purpose revenues, calculated by the secretary as of that time and for that fiscal year.
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LRB-0976LRB-0976/3
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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE

DOA:......Grinde, BB0243 - Exclusion of tobacco settlement appropriation obligation repayment from GPR appropriation cap
For 2009-11 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2009 BILL

AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
State government
State finance
Current statutes contain a rule of procedure governing legislative action on certain bills affecting general purpose revenue (GPR). Generally, the rule provides that the amount appropriated from GPR may not exceed the amount appropriated from GPR in the prior fiscal year, increased by any percentage increase in this state's aggregate personal income. There are a number of exclusions under current law from this GPR appropriation limitation. This bill provides that any amount appropriated to pay debt service on appropriation obligations issued to purchase tobacco settlement revenues is excluded from the limitation.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 13.40 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

13.40 (2) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. sub. (3) and (3m), the amount appropriated from general purpose revenue for each fiscal biennium, excluding any amount under an appropriation specified in sub. (3) (a) to (i), as determined under sub. (4), may not exceed the sum of:

SECTION 2. 13.40 (3) (k) of the statutes is created to read:

13.40 (3) (k) An appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (bq).

SECTION 3. 13.40 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.
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LRB-1008LRB-1008/2
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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE

DOA:......Steinmetz, BB0313 - Revocation of Extended Supervision
For 2009-11 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2009 BILL

AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Correctional system
Adult correctional system
Currently, a person who is convicted of a crime is sentenced to a bifurcated sentence, which requires the person to serve a portion of his or her sentence incarcerated and a portion of the sentence in the community under extended supervision. If a person violates any condition of his or her release to extended supervision, the person's extended supervision is revoked, he or she is returned to prison, and the division of Hearings and Appeals within DOA or DOC (reviewing authority) makes a recommendation to the court that convicted the person as to how long the person should remain in prison. After it receives the reviewing authority's recommendation, the court may order the person to remain in prison for a period of time that does not exceed the time remaining on his or her bifurcated sentence.
Under this bill, the reviewing authority determines how long to imprison the person whose extended supervision is revoked and enters its own order for the person to remain in prison for a period of time that does not exceed the time remaining on his or her bifurcated sentence.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 302.113 (9) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

302.113 (9) (am) If a person released to extended supervision under this section violates a condition of extended supervision, the reviewing authority may revoke the extended supervision of the person. If the extended supervision of the person is revoked, the person shall be returned to the circuit court for the county in which the person was convicted of the offense for which he or she was on extended supervision, and the court reviewing authority shall order the person to be returned to prison for any specified period of time that does not exceed the time remaining on the bifurcated sentence. The time remaining on the bifurcated sentence is the total length of the bifurcated sentence, less time served by the person in confinement under the sentence before release to extended supervision under sub. (2) and less all time served in confinement for previous revocations of extended supervision under the sentence. The court order returning a person to prison under this paragraph shall provide the person whose extended supervision was revoked with credit in accordance with ss. 304.072 and 973.155.

SECTION 2. 302.113 (9) (at) of the statutes is repealed.

SECTION 3. 302.113 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

302.113 (9) (b) A person who is returned to prison after revocation of extended supervision shall be incarcerated for the entire period of time specified by the court order under par. (am). The period of time specified under par. (am) may be extended in accordance with sub. (3). If a person is returned to prison under par. (am) for a period of time that is less than the time remaining on the bifurcated sentence, the person shall be released to extended supervision after he or she has served the period of time specified by the court order under par. (am) and any periods of extension imposed in accordance with sub. (3).
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LRB-1010LRB-1010/P3
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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE

DOA:......Wavrunek, BB0248 - Provide discretion in escorting sexually violent persons on supervised release
For 2009-11 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2009 BILL

AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
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