AB75: Bill Text

AB75,1692,9 (a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the department of workforce development that are primarily related to refugee assistance services, including refugee cash and medical assistance; targeted assistance and employee training; refugee social services; older refugees; preventive health; health screening; interpreter training; and bilingual materials development, as determined by the secretary of administration, shall become the assets and liabilities of the department of children and families.

AB75,1692,14 (b) Positions and employees. On the effective date of this paragraph, all positions and all incumbent employees holding those positions in the department of workforce development performing duties that are primarily related to refugee assistance services, as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred to the department of children and families.

AB75,1692,20 (c) Employee status. Employees transferred under paragraph (b ) have all the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the department of children and families that they enjoyed in the department of workforce development immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.

AB75,1692,25 (d) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the department of workforce development that is primarily related to refugee assistance services, as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of children and families.

AB75,1693,7 (e) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the department of workforce development on the effective date of this paragraph that is primarily related to refugee assistance services, as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of children and families. All materials submitted to or actions taken by the department of workforce development with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department of children and families.

AB75,1693,14 (f) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of workforce development in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to refugee assistance services, as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect and are transferred to the department of children and families. The department of children and families shall carry out any obligations under those contracts unless modified or rescinded by the department of children and families to the extent allowed under the contract.

AB75,1693,22 (g) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the department of workforce development in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to refugee assistance services, remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the department of children and families. All orders issued by the department of workforce development in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to refugee assistance services, remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until modified or rescinded by the department of children and families.

AB75, s. 9157 Section 9157. Nonstatutory provisions; Other.

AB75,1694,10 (1) Coordinating administration of programs. The department of children and families, the department of health services, the department of workforce development, and the department of administration shall in conjunction develop a plan, by July 1, 2010, for streamlining enrollment processes, coordinating computer systems, and developing compatible billing methodologies under the public benefit programs administered by the departments for the purpose of coordinating the administration of those programs and creating a system in which a single smart card may be used for all of those programs. The plan shall include a process for implementing the proposed changes. If the departments determine that statutory changes, including for transferring funds between agencies, are necessary for implementing the plan, the departments shall, by July 1, 2010, prepare any proposed legislation that is necessary for the implementation.

AB75, s. 9201 Section 9201. Fiscal changes; Administration.

AB75,1694,13 (1) Lapse or transfer of unencumbered moneys in appropriation accounts and funds.

AB75,1694,16 (a) In this subsection, "state agency" has the meaning given in section 20.001 (1) of the statutes, but does not include the investment board or the department of employee trust funds.

AB75,1694,21 (b) Notwithstanding sections 20.001 (3) (a) to (c) and 25.40 (3) of the statutes, but subject to paragraph (c), the secretary of administration shall lapse or transfer to the general fund from the unencumbered balances of appropriations to state agencies, other than sum sufficient appropriations and appropriations of federal revenues, an amount equal to $160,000,000 during the 2009-11 fiscal biennium.

AB75,1694,25 (c) 1. The secretary of administration may not lapse or transfer moneys under paragraph (b) if the lapse would violate a condition imposed by the federal government on the expenditure of the money or if the lapse or transfer would violate the federal or state constitution.

AB75,1695,5 2. From appropriations under sections 20.525, 20.625, 20.660, 20.680, and 20.765 of the statutes, for the purpose of accomplishing the lapse and transfer of moneys under paragraph (b), the secretary may lapse from sum certain appropriation accounts or subtract from the expenditure estimates for any other types of appropriations, or both.

AB75,1695,12 (d) Notwithstanding section 234.165 (2) of the statutes, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority shall pay to the state in fiscal year 2010-11 $250,000 of its actual surplus under section 234.165 of the statutes and in fiscal year 2011-12 shall pay to the state $250,000 of its actual surplus under section 234.165 of the statutes. The amount paid to the state under this paragraph shall be deposited in the general fund and shall be considered part of the amount that the secretary of administration must lapse or transfer under paragraph (b ).

AB75, s. 9202 Section 9202. Fiscal changes; Aging and Long-Term Care Board.

AB75, s. 9203 Section 9203. Fiscal changes; Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

AB75,1695,17 (1) Agricultural chemical cleanup fund transfer. There is transferred from the agricultural chemical cleanup fund to the general fund $500,000 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2010-2011.

AB75,1695,20 (2) Agrichemical management fund transfer. There is transferred from the agrichemical management fund to the general fund $500,000 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2010-2011.

AB75, s. 9204 Section 9204. Fiscal changes; Arts Board.

AB75, s. 9205 Section 9205. Fiscal changes; Board for People with Developmental Disabilities.

AB75, s. 9206 Section 9206. Fiscal changes; Building Commission.

AB75, s. 9207 Section 9207. Fiscal changes; Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board.

AB75, s. 9208 Section 9208. Fiscal changes; Children and Families.

AB75,1696,8 (1) Milwaukee child welfare services. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of children and families under section 20.437 (1) (cx) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2009, the dollar amount is increased by $3,000,000 for the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

AB75,1696,14 (2) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families programs. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of children and families under section 20.437 (2) (dz) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2009, the dollar amount is decreased by $22,529,000 for the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect for the purposes for which the appropriation is made.

AB75,1696,20 (3) Federal block grant aids. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of children and families under section 20.437 (2) (md) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2009, the dollar amount is increased by $47,175,000 for the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect for the purposes for which the appropriation is made.

AB75, s. 9209 Section 9209. Fiscal changes; Circuit Courts.

AB75, s. 9210 Section 9210. Fiscal changes; Commerce.

AB75,1697,3 (1) Health professional loan programs. The unencumbered balance in the appropriation account under section 20.143 (1) (jL), 2007 stats., and the unencumbered balance in the appropriation account under section 20.143 (1) (jm), 2007 stats., are transferred to the appropriation account under section 20.285 (1) (jc) of the statutes, as affected by this act.

AB75, s. 9211 Section 9211. Fiscal changes; Corrections.

AB75,1697,5 (1) Juvenile correctional services deficit reduction.

AB75,1697,17 (a) Subject to paragraph (b), if notwithstanding sections 16.50 (2), 16.52, 20.002 (11), as affected by this act, and 20.903 of the statutes there is a deficit in the appropriation account under section 20.410 (3) (hm), 2007 stats., at the close of fiscal year 2008-09, any unencumbered balance in the appropriation account under section 20.410 (3) (ho), 2007 stats., at the close of fiscal year 2008-09, less the amounts required under that paragraph to be remitted to counties or transferred to the appropriation account under section 20.410 (3) (kx) of the statutes, and any unencumbered balance in the appropriation account under section 20.410 (3) (hr), 2007 stats., at the close of fiscal year 2008-09, shall be transferred to the appropriation account under section 20.410 (3) (hm) of the statutes, as affected by Section 313 of this act, except that the total amount of the unencumbered balances transferred under this paragraph may not exceed the amount of that deficit.

AB75,1697,25 (b) If the deficit specified in paragraph (a ) is less than the total amount of the unencumbered balances available for transfer under paragraph (a), the total amount transferred from the appropriation accounts under section 20.410 (3) (ho) and (hr), 2007 stats., to the appropriation account under section 20.410 (3) (hm) of the statutes, as affected by Section 313 of this act, under paragraph (a) shall equal the amount of that deficit and the amount transferred from each of those appropriation accounts shall be in proportion to the respective unencumbered balance available for transfer from each of those appropriation accounts.

AB75,1698,6 (2) General program operations for the department of corrections. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of corrections under section 20.410 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2009, the dollar amount is increased by $21,000,000 for the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect for the purposes for which the appropriation is made.

AB75, s. 9212 Section 9212. Fiscal changes; Court of Appeals.

AB75, s. 9213 Section 9213. Fiscal changes; District Attorneys.

AB75, s. 9214 Section 9214. Fiscal changes; Educational Communications Board.

AB75, s. 9215 Section 9215. Fiscal changes; Employee Trust Funds.

AB75,1698,17 (1) Transfer of certain moneys relating to the pharmacy benefits program to the department of health services. Before July 1, 2011, the secretary of employee trust funds shall transfer from the employee trust fund to the appropriation account under section 20.435 (4) (jz) of the statutes, as affected by this act, any remaining moneys related to the pharmacy benefits program under section 40.53, 2007 stats. The secretary shall develop a methodology to determine the amount to be transferred.

AB75, s. 9216 Section 9216. Fiscal changes; Employment Relations Commission.

AB75, s. 9217 Section 9217. Fiscal changes; Financial Institutions.

AB75, s. 9218 Section 9218. Fiscal changes; Fox River Navigational System Authority.

AB75, s. 9219 Section 9219. Fiscal changes; Government Accountability Board.

AB75, s. 9220 Section 9220. Fiscal changes; Governor.

AB75, s. 9221 Section 9221. Fiscal changes; Health and Educational Facilities Authority.

AB75, s. 9222 Section 9222. Fiscal changes; Health Services.

AB75,1699,6 (1) Medical Assistance general purpose revenue lapse. Notwithstanding section 20.001 (3) (b) of the statutes, there is lapsed to the general fund from the appropriation account of the department of health services under section 20.435 (4) (b) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2009, $306,000,000 in fiscal year 2008-09.

AB75,1699,12 (2) Medical Assistance trust fund appropriation. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of health services under section 20.435 (4) (w) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2009, the dollar amount is increased by $62,000,000 for the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect for the purposes for which the appropriation is made.

AB75,1699,13 (3) Balance transfers.

AB75,1699,17 (a) The unencumbered balance of the appropriation to the department of health services under section 20.435 (5) (i) of the statutes, as affected by this act, is transferred to the appropriation account under section 20.435 (1) (i) of the statutes, as affected by this act, on the effective date of this paragraph.

AB75,1699,21 (b) The unencumbered balance of the appropriation to the department of health services under section 20.435 (5) (ky) of the statutes, as affected by this act, is transferred to the appropriation account under section 20.435 (1) (ky) of the statutes, as created by this act, on the effective date of this paragraph.

AB75,1699,25 (c) The unencumbered balance of the appropriation to the department of health services under section 20.435 (5) (kz) of the statutes, as affected by this act, is transferred to the appropriation account under section 20.435 (1) (kz) of the statutes, as created by this act, on the effective date of this paragraph.

AB75,1700,4 (d) The unencumbered balance of the appropriation to the department of health services under section 20.435 (5) (ma) of the statutes, as affected by this act, is transferred to the appropriation account under section 20.435 (1) (ma) of the statutes, as created by this act, on the effective date of this paragraph.

AB75,1700,8 (e) The unencumbered balance of the appropriation to the department of health services under section 20.435 (5) (md) of the statutes, as affected by this act, is transferred to the appropriation account under section 20.435 (1) (md) of the statutes, as created by this act, on the effective date of this paragraph.

AB75,1700,12 (f) The unencumbered balance of the appropriation to the department of health services under section 20.435 (5) (na) of the statutes, as affected by this act, is transferred to the appropriation account under section 20.435 (1) (na) of the statutes, as created by this act, on the effective date of this paragraph.

AB75, s. 9223 Section 9223. Fiscal changes; Higher Educational Aids Board.

AB75, s. 9224 Section 9224. Fiscal changes; Historical Society.

AB75, s. 9225 Section 9225. Fiscal changes; Housing and Economic Development Authority.

AB75, s. 9226 Section 9226. Fiscal changes; Insurance.

AB75, s. 9227 Section 9227. Fiscal changes; Investment Board.

AB75, s. 9228 Section 9228. Fiscal changes; Joint Committee on Finance.

AB75, s. 9229 Section 9229. Fiscal changes; Judicial Commission.

AB75, s. 9230 Section 9230. Fiscal changes; Justice.

AB75, s. 9231 Section 9231. Fiscal changes; Legislature.

AB75, s. 9232 Section 9232. Fiscal changes; Lieutenant Governor.

AB75, s. 9233 Section 9233. Fiscal changes; Local Government.

AB75, s. 9234 Section 9234. Fiscal changes; Lower Wisconsin State Riverway Board.

AB75, s. 9235 Section 9235. Fiscal changes; Medical College of Wisconsin.

AB75, s. 9236 Section 9236. Fiscal changes; Military Affairs.

AB75, s. 9237 Section 9237. Fiscal changes; Natural Resources.

AB75,1701,8 (1) Nonprofit conservation organization aids lapse. Notwithstanding section 20.001 (3) (c) of the statutes, from the appropriation account to the department of natural resources under section 20.370 (5) (aw) of the statutes there is lapsed to the conservation fund $18,700 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $12,200 in fiscal year 2010-2011.

AB75,1701,12 (2) Recreational boating aids lapse. Notwithstanding section 20.001 (3) (c) of the statutes, from the appropriation account to the department of natural resources under section 20.370 (5) (cq) of the statutes there is lapsed to the conservation fund $248,200 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $222,000 in fiscal year 2010-2011.

AB75,1701,16 (3) Lake protection aids lapse. Notwithstanding section 20.001 (3) (c) of the statutes, from the appropriation account to the department of natural resources under section 20.370 (6) (ar) of the statutes there is lapsed to the conservation fund $403,800 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $233,600 in fiscal year 2010-2011.

AB75,1701,20 (4) River protection aids lapse. Notwithstanding section 20.001 (3) (c) of the statutes, from the appropriation account to the department of natural resources under section 20.370 (6) (aw) of the statutes there is lapsed to the conservation fund $9,100 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $5,900 in fiscal year 2010-2011.

AB75,1701,25 (5) Southeastern lakes recreational boating access lapse. Notwithstanding section 20.001 (3) (c) of the statutes, from the appropriation account to the department of natural resources under section 20.370 (7) (fr) of the statutes there is lapsed to the conservation fund $12,100 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $7,900 in fiscal year 2010-2011.

AB75,1702,5 (6) Recreational boating access lapse. Notwithstanding section 20.001 (3) (c) of the statutes, from the appropriation account to the department of natural resources under section 20.370 (7) (ft) of the statutes there is lapsed to the conservation fund $24,100 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $15,700 in fiscal year 2010-2011.

AB75,1702,10 (7) Mississippi and St. Croix rivers management lapse. Notwithstanding section 20.001 (3) (c) of the statutes, from the appropriation account to the department of natural resources under section 20.370 (7) (fw) of the statutes there is lapsed to the conservation fund $7,500 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $4,900 in fiscal year 2010-2011.

AB75,1702,15 (8) Facilities acquisition, development and maintenance lapse. Notwithstanding section 20.001 (3) (c) of the statutes, from the appropriation account to the department of natural resources under section 20.370 (7) (hq) of the statutes there is lapsed to the conservation fund $1,100 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $700 in fiscal year 2010-2011.

AB75,1702,19 (9) Recycling and renewable energy fund transfer for wildlife damage claims and abatement. In fiscal year 2010-11, $350,000 is transferred to the appropriation account under section 20.370 (5) (fq) of the statutes from the recycling and renewable energy fund.

AB75, s. 9238 Section 9238. Fiscal changes; Public Defender Board.

AB75, s. 9239 Section 9239. Fiscal changes; Public Instruction.

AB75,1703,2 (1) Aid to public library systems; general fund. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under section 20.255 (3) (e) of the statutes, the dollar amount is decreased by $11,297,400 for the 2008-09 fiscal year to decrease funding for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

AB75,1703,7 (2) Aid to public library systems; universal service fund. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under section 20.255 (3) (qm) of the statutes, the dollar amount is increased by $11,297,400 for the 2008-09 fiscal year to increase funding for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

AB75, s. 9240 Section 9240. Fiscal changes; Public Lands, Board of Commissioners of.

AB75, s. 9241 Section 9241. Fiscal changes; Public Service Commission.

AB75, s. 9242 Section 9242. Fiscal changes; Regulation and Licensing.

AB75, s. 9243 Section 9243. Fiscal changes; Revenue.