(1tc) Study.
(a) In this subsection:
1. "Board" means the Board of Regents of the system.
2. "System" means the University of Wisconsin System.
(b) There is created a Special Task Force on UW Restructuring and Operational Flexibilities to study the system. The task force shall consist of the following members:
1. Six members appointed by the speaker of the assembly, including 3 business or public leaders, 2 current or former system chancellors or board members, and one member of the assembly.
2. Six members appointed by the senate majority leader, including 3 business or public leaders, 2 current or former system chancellors, or board members, and one member of the senate.
3. One member of the senate appointed by the senate minority leader and one member of the assembly appointed by the minority leader in the assembly.
4. Two members appointed by the governor.
5. One member appointed by the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance.
(c) The member appointed under paragraph (b) 5. shall serve as chairperson of the task force. The president of the system, the secretary of administration, and the legislative fiscal bureau shall provide staff services for the task force.
(d) In conducting its study, the task force shall address the following issues:
1. Whether there is a need to restructure the system and make recommendations as to a new governance structure.
2. How system employees and those system employees assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison would transition from the state personnel system to the new personnel systems.
3. Whether tuition flexibility can be extended to the system while ensuring access and affordability, and what role the legislature should have in establishing tuition.
4. How compensation plans for system employees should be determined in future biennia.
5. Additional operational flexibilities that could be provided to system institutions.
6. How articulation and the transfer of credits between system institutions could be improved.
(e) By January 1, 2012, the task force shall submit its report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature, as determined by the speaker of the assembly and the president of the senate, in the manner provided under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes, and to the joint committee on finance.
(f) Section 15.04 (1) (c) of the statutes applies to the task force as if it were a committee created under that paragraph. Task force expenses shall be paid from the appropriation under section 20.855 (7) (a) of the statutes, as created by this act.
(2c) The legislative audit bureau shall prepare a financial and performance evaluation audit of the use of broadband services by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and the board's relationship with Wisconsin's Research and Education Network, known as WiscNet. The audit shall examine issues of statutory compliance, competition, cost shifting, financing, collaboration, and access when considering the current structure and possible recommendations going forward. By January 1, 2013, the legislative audit bureau shall file its report as provided in section 13.94 (1) (b) of the statutes.
(3) System administration general program operations.
(a) In this subsection:
1. "Board" means the Board of Regents of the system.
2. "Reduction amount" means the difference between the total amounts shown in the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation under section 20.285 (3) (a) of the statutes for fiscal years 2009-10 and 2010-11 and the total amounts shown in the schedule under that appropriation for fiscal years 2011-12 and 2012-13.
3. "System" means the University of Wisconsin System.
(am) The board shall allocate the reductions in general purpose revenue appropriated to the system under this act to the institutions within the system based upon each institution's share of the system's general purpose revenue, academic fees, and nonresident tuition, excluding debt service, utilities, financial aid, separately budgeted tuition, and extension credit programs.
(b) No later than September 1, 2011, the board shall submit a plan to the secretary of administration and the joint committee on finance specifying the board's preferences for allocating the reduction amount among general program operations of the system administration. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the board within 14 working days after the date of the board's submittal that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the plan may be implemented as proposed by the board. If, within 14 working days after the date of the board's submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan, the plan may be implemented only upon approval of the committee.
32,9153
Section 9153.
Nonstatutory provisions; Veterans Affairs.
(2i) Recommendations regarding veterans trust fund. On or before June 30, 2012, the board of veterans affairs and the secretary of veterans affairs shall jointly provide recommendations regarding the adoption of a viable long-term funding source for the veterans trust fund. The department of veterans affairs shall submit the recommendations to the governor, the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the chairs of the appropriate standing committees under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes, and the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance.
(2j) Information regarding veterans trust fund. In submitting information under section 16.42 of the statutes for purposes of the 2013-15 biennial budget act, the department of veterans affairs shall include an estimate of the amount of revenues that will be deposited into the veterans trust fund during that biennium and recommendations for amounts to be appropriated from the veterans trust fund for that biennium.
The total amount that is recommended to be appropriated may not be greater than the estimate of the total amount to be deposited.
32,9154
Section 9154.
Nonstatutory provisions; Workforce Development.
(1) Local agency reimbursement contracts.
(a) Positions and employees. On the effective date of this paragraph, one position and the incumbent employee, if any, holding that position in the department of workforce development performing duties that are primarily related to local agency reimbursement contracts for programs administered by the department of children and families, as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred to the department of children and families.
(b) Employee status. Any employee transferred under paragraph (a) has 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 he or she 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.
(2c) Prevailing wage exemption; nursing home. Section 66.0903 of the statutes, as affected by this act, does not apply to a project of public works involving the erection, construction, repair, remodeling, or demolition of a nursing home in a county having a population of less than 50,000, the erection, construction, repair, remodeling, or demolition of which commences no later than one year after the effective date of this subsection.
32,9155
Section 9155.
Nonstatutory provisions; Other.
(1j) Judicial compensation commission.
(a) There is created a judicial compensation commission consisting of 2 members appointed by the governor, one member appointed by the president of the senate, one member appointed by the speaker of the assembly, one member appointed by the dean of the Marquette University Law School, one member appointed by the dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School, and one member appointed by the president of the State Bar of Wisconsin. The judicial compensation commission shall elect one of its members as chairperson. Members of the judicial compensation commission shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred as members of the judicial compensation commission.
(b) The judicial compensation commission shall review the salaries of the justices of the supreme court, court of appeals judges, and judges of circuit court. Not later than December 1, 2012, the judicial compensation commission shall submit a written report to the governor and the joint committee on employment relations that includes recommendations on salaries of the justices of the supreme court, court of appeals judges, and judges of circuit court.
(c) Notwithstanding section 20.923 (2) (b) of the statutes, for fiscal biennium 2013-15, the joint committee on employment relations shall review the recommendations submitted by the judicial compensation commission and shall approve the recommendations unless a majority of its members agree not to approve the recommendations. If a majority of members of the judicial compensation commission agree to modify the recommendations submitted by the judicial compensation commission, it shall state the reasons for the modifications in writing.
(d) Notwithstanding section 20.923 (2) (b) of the statutes, for the fiscal biennium 2013-15, the governor shall provide funding sufficient to implement the recommendations submitted by the judicial compensation commission and approved by the joint committee on employment relations under paragraph (c). If the salary adjustment approved by the joint committee on employment relations is less than the percentage increase of any across-the-board pay adjustments for any other position in the classified service, the annual salary adjustment for any supreme court justice or judge of the court of appeals or circuit court is increased to equal the percentage increase of the highest across-the-board pay adjustment provided for any position in the classified service.
(e) The director of state courts shall provide staff and support services to the judicial compensation commission.
(f) This subsection does not apply after December 1, 2012.
(3c) State agency attorney pay progression plan. The Wisconsin State Attorneys Association and the director of the office of state employment relations shall develop a pay progression plan for attorneys who are included in the collective bargaining unit under section 111.825 (1) (f) 3. of the statutes, to be funded from any salary savings resulting from hiring new attorneys to fill the positions of attorneys who will retire from state employment during the 2011-13 fiscal biennium. The plan shall include a detailed description of how a pay progression system would be structured and administered and the fiscal cost of the pay progression system in the 2011-13 fiscal biennium, by fund source, and the projected costs of the pay progression system in the succeeding 4 fiscal biennia. Before October 1, 2011, the Wisconsin State Attorneys Association and the director of the office of state employment relations shall submit the proposed plan to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the Wisconsin State Attorneys Association and the director of the office of state employment relations within 14 working days after the date of the submittal of the plan that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the plan, the plan may be implemented as proposed by the Wisconsin State Attorneys Association and the director of the office of state employment relations. If, within 14 days after the date of the submittal of the plan, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the Wisconsin State Attorneys Association and the director of the office of state employment relations that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the plan, the plan may only be implemented as approved by the committee.
(3f) Payment of brownfields grant program encumbrances. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation shall pay from the appropriation account under section 20.192 (1) (r) of the statutes, as created by this act, the outstanding encumbrances under section 20.143 (1) (qm), 2009 stats., for grants under section 560.13, 2009 stats.
(3g) Brownfield site assessment grants. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation shall
give priority in awarding brownfield site assessment grants under section 238.133 of the statutes, as affected by this act, in fiscal year 2011-12 to applicants that would have been on the funding list of the department of natural resources for awards for fiscal year 2010-11 for brownfield site assessment grants under section 292.75, 2009 stats.
(3r) Wage increase for initial collective bargaining agreement.
(a) In this subsection:
1. "Consumer price index change" has the meaning given in section 111.81 (3n) of the statutes.
2. "General employee" has the meaning given in section 111.81 (9g) of the statutes, as affected by this act.
(b) Notwithstanding section 111.91 (3) (b) of the statutes, as affected by this act, in the first collective bargaining agreement that it negotiates after the effective date of this paragraph with each collective bargaining unit containing a general employee, the state is prohibited from bargaining with respect to a proposal that does any of the following:
1. If there is an increase in the consumer price index change, provides for total base wages for authorized positions in the proposed collective bargaining agreement that exceed the total base wages for authorized positions 180 days before July 1, 2011, by a greater percentage than the consumer price index change.
2. If there is a decrease or no change in the consumer price index change, provides for any change in total base wages for authorized positions in the proposed collective bargaining agreement from the total base wages for authorized positions 180 days before July 1, 2011.
32,9201
Section 9201.
Fiscal changes; Administration.
(1q) Transfer from general fund to transportation fund. In addition to the transfer required under section 16.5185 of the statutes, as created by this act, during the 2011-13 fiscal biennium, the secretary of administration shall transfer $125,000,000 from the general fund to the transportation fund.
32,9203
Section 9203.
Fiscal changes; Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
(1f) Fertilizer research funding. In fiscal year 2012-13, the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall transfer from the agrichemical management fund to the appropriation account under section 20.115 (7) (h) of the statutes an amount equal to 7 cents per ton of fertilizer sold or distributed in this state during the 12 months ending on June 30, 2012.
32,9210
Section 9210.
Fiscal changes; Commerce.
(1) Petroleum inspection fund transfer to the transportation fund. There is transferred from the petroleum inspection fund to the transportation fund $19,500,000 in each fiscal year of the 2011-13 fiscal biennium.
(2) Economic development transfer. The unencumbered balances in the appropriation accounts under section 20.143 (1) (a), (b), (bk), (bt), (c), (cf), (d), (dr), (e), (em), (er), (ew), (fi), (fj), (fy), (g), (gc), (gh), (gm), (gv), (h), (hm), (hr), (ie), (ig), (io), (ir), (k), (k), (kb), (kf), (kg), (kh), (kj), and (kt) of the statutes are transferred to the appropriation account under section 20.192 (1) (k) of the statutes.
(2q) Manufactured housing rehabilitation and recycling program. The unencumbered balance in the appropriation account under section 20.143 (1) (jp) of the statutes is transferred to the appropriation account under section 20.165 (2) (j) of the statutes, as affected by this act.
(3) Economic development transfer; federal moneys. The unencumbered balances in the appropriation accounts under section 20.143 (1) (m), (mr), (n), and (o) of the statutes are transferred to the appropriation account under section 20.192 (1) (m) of the statutes.
32,9218
Section 9218.
Fiscal changes; Government Accountability Board.
(3i) Wisconsin election campaign fund transfer. On the effective date of this subsection, the unencumbered balance in the Wisconsin election campaign fund is transferred to the general fund.
(3j) Democracy trust fund transfer. On the effective date of this subsection, the unencumbered balance in the democracy trust fund is transferred to the general fund.
32,9219
Section 9219.
Fiscal changes; Governor.
(1u) Appropriation lapses and reestimates. The governor shall take actions during the 2011-13 and 2013-15 fiscal biennia to ensure that from general purpose revenue appropriations to the office of the governor under section 20.525 of the statutes an amount equal to $582,200 is lapsed from sum certain appropriation accounts or is subtracted from the expenditure estimates for any other types of appropriations, or both, in each fiscal biennium.
32,9224
Section 9224.
Fiscal changes; Housing and Economic Development Authority.
(1f) Transfer of surplus to general fund. Notwithstanding section 234.165 (2) of the statutes, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority shall pay to the state in fiscal year 2011-12 $900,000 of its actual surplus under section 234.165 of the statutes and in fiscal year 2012-13 shall pay to the state $900,000 of its actual surplus under section 234.165 of the statutes. The amount paid to the state under this subsection shall be deposited in the general fund.
32,9230
Section 9230.
Fiscal changes; Legislature.
(1) Appropriation lapses and reestimates. The cochairpersons of the joint committee on legislative organization shall take actions during the 2011-13 and 2013-15 fiscal biennia to ensure that from general purpose revenue appropriations to the legislature under section 20.765 of the statutes an amount equal to $9,232,200 is lapsed from sum certain appropriation accounts or is subtracted from the expenditure estimates for any other types of appropriations, or both, in each fiscal biennium.
32,9235
Section 9235.
Fiscal changes; Natural Resources.
(8) All-terrain vehicle program 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) (cv) of the statutes there is lapsed to the conservation fund $1,299,900 in fiscal year 2011-12.
32,9245
Section 9245.
Fiscal changes; Supreme Court.
(2f) Appropriation lapses and reestimates. The chief justice of the supreme court, acting as administrative head of the judicial system, shall take actions during the 2011-13 and 2013-15 fiscal biennia to ensure that from general purpose revenue and program revenue appropriations to the circuit courts under section 20.625 of the statutes, to the court of appeals under section 20.660 of the statutes, and to the supreme court under 20.680 of the statutes an amount equal to $16,960,400 is lapsed from sum certain appropriation accounts or is subtracted from the expenditure estimates for any other types of appropriations, or both, in each fiscal biennium.
32,9253
Section 9253.
Fiscal changes; Veterans Affairs.
(1i) Fund transfer. There is transferred from the general fund to the veterans trust fund $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2011-12.
(1j) Appropriation for military funeral honors. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of veterans affairs under section 20.485 (2) (dm) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2009 and 2011, the dollar amount is increased by $68,900 for the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.
(2u) Transfer of funds to the veterans trust fund.
(a) On June 30 of 2012 and 2013, the department of veterans affairs may transfer all or part of the unencumbered balance of any of the appropriations under section 20.485 (1) (g), (gd), (gk), or (i) of the statutes from the general fund to the veterans trust fund.
(b) The department of veterans affairs may not transfer money under this subsection unless it first notifies the joint committee on finance in writing of the proposal. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department within 14 working days after the date of the department's notification that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposal, the department may transfer the money. If, within 14 working days after the date of the notification by the department, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposal, the department may transfer the money only upon approval of the committee. A proposal as submitted by the department is approved unless a majority of the members of the committee who attend the meeting to review the proposal vote to modify or deny the proposal.
32,9255
Section 9255.
Fiscal changes; Other.
(1) Lapse of unencumbered moneys from state agency general purpose revenue and program revenue appropriation accounts.
(a) In this subsection, "executive branch state agency" means any office, department, or independent agency in the executive branch of state government.
(b) Notwithstanding section 20.001 (3) (a) to (c) of the statutes, but subject to paragraph (e
), the secretary of administration shall lapse to the general fund from the unencumbered balances of general purpose revenue and program revenue appropriations to executive branch state agencies, other than sum sufficient appropriations and appropriations of federal revenues, an amount equal to $174,300,000 in the 2011-13 fiscal biennium and $174,300,000 in the 2013-15 fiscal biennium. Before lapsing any moneys under this paragraph, the secretary shall develop a plan for lapsing the moneys and shall submit the plan to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the secretary within 14 working days after the date of the submittal of the plan that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the plan, the plan may be implemented by the secretary. If, within 14 days after the date of the submittal of the plan, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the plan, moneys may be lapsed only after the plan has been approved by the committee.
(c) Subject to paragraph (e), the secretary of administration shall lapse to the general fund, from the unencumbered balances of program revenue appropriations to the following executive branch state agencies, and the courts, the following amounts in each fiscal year of each fiscal biennium indicated:
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(d) Subject to paragraph (e), the secretary of administration shall lapse to the general fund, from the unencumbered balances of general purpose revenue and program revenue appropriations to the following executive branch state agencies, the following amounts in each fiscal year of each fiscal biennium indicated:
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(e) 1. The secretary of administration may not lapse moneys under paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) if the lapse would violate a condition imposed by the federal government on the expenditure of the moneys or if the lapse would violate the federal or state constitution. The secretary also may not lapse any amount from program revenue appropriations under section 20.285 of the statutes.
