AB75, s. 25
12Section
25. 15.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.01
(2) "Commission" means a 3-member governing body in charge of a
14department or independent agency or of a division or other subunit within a
15department, except for the Wisconsin waterways commission which shall consist of
165 members and the
parole earned release review commission which shall consist of
178 members. A Wisconsin group created for participation in a continuing interstate
18body, or the interstate body itself, shall be known as a "commission", but is not a
19commission for purposes of s. 15.06. The
parole
earned release review commission
20created under s. 15.145 (1) shall be known as a "commission", but is not a commission
21for purposes of s. 15.06.
AB75, s. 26
22Section
26. 15.05 (3r) of the statutes is created to read:
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15.05
(3r) Chief legal advisor. The secretary of each department specified in
24s. 230.08 (2) (eg) may appoint in the unclassified service a chief legal advisor.
AB75, s. 27
25Section
27. 15.06 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.06
(6) Quorum. A majority of the membership of a commission constitutes
2a quorum to do business, except that vacancies shall not prevent a commission from
3doing business. This subsection does not apply to the
parole earned release review
4commission.
AB75, s. 28
5Section
28. 15.07 (1) (b) 10. of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 29
6Section
29. 15.07 (1) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.07
(1) (cm) The term of one member of the government accountability board
8shall expire on each May 1. The terms of 3 members of the
development finance 9economic policy board appointed under s. 15.155
(1) (a) 6. (2) (a) 4. shall expire on May
101 of every even-numbered year and the terms of the other 3 members appointed
11under s. 15.155
(1) (a) 6. (2) (a) 4. shall expire on May 1 of every odd-numbered year.
12The terms of the 3 members of the land and water conservation board appointed
13under s. 15.135 (4) (b) 2. shall expire on January 1. The term of the member of the
14land and water conservation board appointed under s. 15.135 (4) (b) 2m. shall expire
15on May 1 of an even-numbered year. The terms of members of the real estate board
16shall expire on July 1. The terms of the appraiser members of the real estate
17appraisers board and the terms of the auctioneer and auction company
18representative members of the auctioneer board shall expire on May 1 in an
19even-numbered year. The terms of the members of the cemetery board shall expire
20on July 1 in an even-numbered year. The term of the student member of the Board
21of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System who is at least 24 years old shall
22expire on May 1 of every even-numbered year.
AB75, s. 30
23Section
30. 15.07 (5) (h) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 31
24Section
31. 15.103 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:
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115.103
(1g) Division of legal services. There is created in the department of
2administration a division of legal services.
AB75, s. 32
3Section
32. 15.135 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 33
4Section
33. 15.137 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
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15.137
(3) Land and water resource council. (a)
Voting members. There is
6created in the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection a land and
7water resource council with the following voting members:
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1. A representative of an agricultural organization appointed for a 4-year term.
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2. A representative of an environmental organization appointed for a 4-year
10term.
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3. A representative of county government appointed for a 4-year term.
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4. The secretary of agriculture, trade and consumer protection or the
13secretary's designee.
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5. The secretary of natural resources or the secretary's designee.
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6. The dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences of the University
16of Wisconsin-Madison or the dean's designee.
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7. The chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Extension or the chancellor's
18designee.
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(b)
Nonvoting members. In addition to the voting members under par. (a), the
20Wisconsin state conservationist of the natural resource conservation service of the
21federal department of agriculture and the Wisconsin state executive director of the
22farm service agency of the federal department of agriculture may serve as nonvoting
23members of the land and water resource council.
AB75, s. 34
24Section
34. 15.145 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.145
(1) Parole
Earned release review commission. There is created in the
2department of corrections
a parole an earned release review commission consisting
3of 8 members. Members shall have knowledge of or experience in corrections or
4criminal justice. The members shall include a chairperson who is nominated by the
5governor, and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed, for a 2-year term
6expiring March 1 of the odd-numbered years, subject to removal under s. 17.07 (3m),
7and the remaining members in the classified service appointed by the chairperson.
AB75, s. 35
8Section
35. 15.155 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 36
9Section
36. 15.155 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
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15.155
(2) Economic policy board. (a) There is created an economic policy
11board attached to the department of commerce under s. 15.03 consisting of all of the
12following:
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1. The secretary of commerce or the secretary's designee.
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2. The secretary of workforce development or the secretary's designee.
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3. The director of the technical college system or the director's designee.
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4. Six other members nominated by the governor, and with the advice and
17consent of the senate appointed, for 2-year terms.
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5. One member appointed by the speaker of the assembly.
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6. One member appointed by the senate majority leader.
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(b) The members appointed under par. (a) 4. shall represent the scientific,
21technical, labor, small business, minority business, as defined in s. 560.036 (1) (e),
22rural, and financial communities of this state.
AB75, s. 37
23Section
37. 15.155 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 38
24Section
38. 15.155 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 39
25Section
39. 15.155 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
AB75, s. 40
1Section
40. 15.157 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 15.917 (1) and 15.917 (1)
2(intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
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15.917
(1) Rural health development council. (intro.) There is created in the
4department of commerce University of Wisconsin System a rural health
5development council consisting of 13 members nominated by the governor, and with
6the advice and consent of the senate appointed, for 5-year terms, and the secretaries
7of commerce and health services, or their designees. The appointed members shall
8include all of the following:
AB75, s. 41
9Section
41. 15.207 (24) (a) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.207
(24) (a) 7. Subject to par. (d), two members who are nominated by
a
11children's services network established the Wisconsin Works agency or agencies in
12Milwaukee County under s. 49.143
(2) (b) and who are residents of
the a geographical
13area established under s. 49.143 (6)
that is served by the children's services network 14in Milwaukee County.
AB75, s. 42
15Section
42. 15.207 (24) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.207
(24) (d) If the department of children and families establishes more
17than one geographical area in Milwaukee County under s. 49.143 (6), the
children's
18services networks established Wisconsin Works agency or agencies in Milwaukee
19County under s. 49.143
(2) (b), in nominating members under par. (a) 7., shall
20nominate residents of different geographical areas established under s. 49.143 (6)
21and, when the term of a member appointed under par. (a) 7. ends or if a vacancy
22occurs in the membership of the council under par. (a) 7.,
those children's services
23networks the Wisconsin Works agency or agencies shall nominate a resident of a
24different geographical area established under s. 49.143 (6) from the geographical
1area of the member who is being replaced according to a rotating order of succession
2determined by the
children's services networks Wisconsin Works agency or agencies.
AB75, s. 43
3Section
43. 15.917 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
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415.917 (title)
Same; attached council.
AB75, s. 44
5Section
44. 16.002 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.002
(2) "Departments" means constitutional offices, departments, and
7independent agencies and includes all societies, associations, and other agencies of
8state government for which appropriations are made by law, but not including
9authorities created in subch. II of ch. 114 or subch. III of ch. 149 and in chs.
52, 231,
10232, 233, 234, 235, 237, and 279.
AB75, s. 45
11Section
45. 16.004 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.004
(4) Freedom of access. The secretary and such employees of the
13department as the secretary designates may enter into the offices of state agencies
14and authorities created under subch. II of ch. 114 or subch. III of ch. 149 and under
15chs.
52, 231, 233, 234, 237, and 279, and may examine their books and accounts and
16any other matter that in the secretary's judgment should be examined and may
17interrogate the agency's employees publicly or privately relative thereto.
AB75, s. 46
18Section
46. 16.004 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.004
(5) Agencies and employees to cooperate. All state agencies and
20authorities created under subch. II of ch. 114 or subch. III of ch. 149 and under chs.
2152, 231, 233, 234, 237, and 279, and their officers and employees, shall cooperate with
22the secretary and shall comply with every request of the secretary relating to his or
23her functions.
AB75, s. 47
24Section
47. 16.004 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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116.004
(12) (a) In this subsection, "state agency" means an association,
2authority, board, department, commission, independent agency, institution, office,
3society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the
4constitution or any law, including the legislature, the office of the governor, and the
5courts, but excluding the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority,
6the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan
7Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority,
the Wisconsin Quality Home
8Care Authority, and the Fox River Navigational System Authority.
AB75, s. 48
9Section
48. 16.004 (15) of the statutes is created to read:
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16.004
(15) Legal services. (a) In this subsection, "state agency" means an
11office, commission, department, independent agency, or board in the executive
12branch of state government, including the building commission, but does not include
13the department of justice and the department of public instruction.
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(b) The department may provide legal services to state agencies and shall
15assess state agencies for legal services provided by the division of legal services. The
16department shall credit all moneys received from state agencies under this
17paragraph to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (kr).
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(c) During the 2010-11 fiscal year, the secretary may transfer from state
19agencies up to 3.0 full-time equivalent vacant attorney positions to the division of
20legal services. The authorized full-time equivalent positions to the department,
21funded from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (kr), are increased by the
22number of full-time equivalent positions transferred under this paragraph. The
23authorized full-time equivalent positions of a state agency from which a transfer is
24made are decreased by the number of full-time equivalent positions transferred from
25that state agency under this paragraph.
AB75, s. 49
1Section
49. 16.009 (1) (em) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.009
(1) (em) 6. An adult family home, as defined in s. 50.01 (1)
(a) or (b).
AB75, s. 50
3Section
50. 16.009 (1) (em) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
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16.009
(1) (em) 7. A residential care apartment complex, as defined in s. 50.01
5(1d).
AB75, s. 51
6Section
51. 16.04 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.04
(1) (am) Establish guidelines for the use by agencies of charter air travel
8or travel by private aircraft.
The guidelines shall prohibit an employee of an agency
9from using a private aircraft to travel outside of this state for the conduct of state
10business.
AB75, s. 52
11Section
52. 16.045 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.045
(1) (a) "Agency" means an office, department, independent agency,
13institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state
14government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that
15is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the
16courts, but not including an authority created in subch. II of ch. 114 or subch. III of
17ch. 149 or in ch.
52, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 237, or 279.
AB75, s. 53
18Section
53. 16.15 (1) (ab) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.15
(1) (ab) "Authority" has the meaning given under s. 16.70 (2), but
20excludes the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Lower Fox
21River Remediation Authority,
the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, and the
22Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority.
AB75, s. 54
23Section
54. 16.18 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.18
(5) No county may receive a grant under this section in an amount
25exceeding
$500,000 $600,000 in any state fiscal year.
AB75, s. 55
1Section
55. 16.19 of the statutes is amended to read:
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216.19 Civil legal services for the indigent. Annually, the department shall
3pay the amount appropriated under s. 20.505 (1)
(e)
(jc) to the Wisconsin Trust
4Account Foundation, Inc., to provide civil legal services to indigent persons. The
5Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., shall distribute the amount received as
6grants to programs that provide civil legal services to indigent persons, and those
7programs may use the grant funds to match other federal and private grants. The
8grants may be used only for the purposes for which the funding was provided.
AB75, s. 56
9Section
56. 16.26 of the statutes is renumbered 196.3742 and amended to
10read:
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11196.3742 Weatherization Federal weatherization assistance. 12Notwithstanding s. 16.54 (2) (a), the
department
commission shall administer
13federal funds available to this state under the weatherization assistance for
14low-income persons program, as amended,
42 USC 6861 to
6873. The
department 15commission shall administer the funds in accordance with
42 USC 6861 to
6873 and
16regulations adopted under
42 USC 6861 or
6873.
AB75, s. 57
17Section
57. 16.27 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 196.3744 (title) and
18amended to read:
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19196.3744 (title)
Low-income
Federal low-income energy assistance.
AB75, s. 58
20Section
58. 16.27 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 196.3744 (1), and 196.3744
21(1) (e), as renumbered, is amended to read:
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196.3744
(1) (e) "Low-income warm room program volunteer" means a person
23who is eligible for assistance under
42 USC 8621 to
8629, whose dwelling, in
24comparison to the dwellings of other persons eligible for assistance under
42 USC
258621 to
8629, has a high ratio of space to occupant, and who volunteers to take the
1training under sub. (2) (b) and to cooperate with the
department commission in the
2installation and operation of low-income warm room program materials in his or her
3dwelling.
AB75, s. 59
4Section
59. 16.27 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 196.3744 (2) and amended
5to read:
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196.3744
(2) Administration. (a) The
department commission shall
7administer low-income energy assistance as provided in this section to assist an
8eligible household to meet the costs of home energy with low-income home energy
9assistance benefits authorized under
42 USC 8621 to
8629.
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(b) The
department commission shall administer a low-income warm room
11program to install low-income warm room program materials in the dwellings of
12low-income warm room program volunteers and to train the low-income warm room
13program volunteers and the members of each low-income warm room program
14volunteer's household in the operation of the low-income warm room program
15materials to achieve maximum health and heating efficiency.
AB75, s. 60
16Section
60. 16.27 (3) (am) (intro.), 2., 3., 4. and 5. (intro.) of the statutes, as
17affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), are renumbered 196.3744 (3) (am)
18(intro.), 2., 3., 4. and 5. (intro.) and amended to read:
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196.3744
(3) (am) (intro.) Subject to s. 16.54 (2), the
department commission 20shall
do all of the following, within the limits of the availability of federal funds
21received under
42 USC 8621 to
8629:
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2. By October 1 of every year from the appropriation under s.
20.505 (1) (mb) 2320.155 (3) (m), determine the total amount available for payment of heating
24assistance under sub. (6) and determine the benefit schedule.
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13. From the appropriation under s.
20.505 (1) (mb) 20.155 (3) (m), allocate
2$1,100,000 in each federal fiscal year for the
department's commission's expenses in
3administering the funds to provide low-income energy assistance
under this section.
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4. From the appropriation under s.
20.505 (1) 20.155 (3) (n), allocate $2,900,000
5in each federal fiscal year for the expenses of a county department, another local
6governmental agency
, or a private nonprofit organization in administering under
7sub. (4) the funds to provide low-income energy assistance
under this section.
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5. (intro.) From the appropriation under s.
20.505 (1) (mb) 20.155 (3) (m):