AB40,490,3
136.03 System. There is created in this state a system of institutions of learning
2to be known as the University of Wisconsin System. The principal office and one
3university
of the system shall be located at or near the seat of state government.
AB40, s. 949 4Section 949. 36.09 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,490,115 36.09 (1) (a) The primary responsibility for governance of the system shall be
6vested in the board which shall enact policies and promulgate rules for governing the
7system, plan for the future needs of the state for university education within the
8system
, ensure the diversity of quality undergraduate programs while preserving
9the strength of the state's graduate training and research centers within the system,
10and promote the widest degree of institutional autonomy within the controlling
11limits of system-wide systemwide policies and priorities established by the board.
AB40, s. 950 12Section 950. 36.09 (1) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,490,1613 36.09 (1) (am) (intro.) The board, in consultation with the department of
14commerce
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, shall do all of the
15following for each economic development program, as defined in s. 36.11 (29r) (a),
16administered by the board:
AB40, s. 951 17Section 951. 36.09 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,491,418 36.09 (1) (e) The board shall appoint a president of the system; a chancellor for
19each institution; a dean for each college campus; the state geologist; the director of
20the laboratory of hygiene; the director of the psychiatric institute; the state
21cartographer;
and the requisite number of officers, other than the vice presidents,
22associate vice presidents, and assistant vice presidents of the system; faculty;
23academic staff; and other employees and fix the salaries, subject to the limitations
24under par. (j) and ss. 20.923 (4g) and 230.12 (3) (e), the duties and the term of office
25for each. The board shall fix the salaries, subject to the limitations under par. (j) and

1ss. 20.923 (4g) and 230.12 (3) (e), and the duties for each chancellor, vice president,
2associate vice president, and assistant vice president of the system. No sectarian or
3partisan tests or any tests based upon race, religion, national origin, or sex shall ever
4be allowed or exercised in the appointment of the employees of the system.
AB40, s. 952 5Section 952. 36.11 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,491,196 36.11 (1) (b) Except as provided in this paragraph, the board may purchase,
7have custody of, hold, control, possess, lease, grant easements and enjoy any lands,
8buildings, books, records and all other property of any nature which may be
9necessary and required for the purposes, objects and uses of the system authorized
10by law. Any lease is subject to the powers of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals
11and Clinics Authority under s. 233.03 (13) and the rights of the authority under any
12lease agreement, as defined in s. 233.01 (6).
The board shall not permit a facility that
13would be privately owned or operated to be constructed on state-owned land without
14obtaining prior approval of the building commission under s. 13.48 (12). The board
15may sell or dispose of such property as provided by law, or any part thereof when in
16its judgment it is for the best interests of the system and the state. All purchases and
17sales of real property shall be subject to the approval of the building commission. The
18provision of all leases of real property to be occupied by the board shall be the
19responsibility of the department of administration under s. 16.84 (5).
AB40, s. 953 20Section 953. 36.11 (10) of the statutes is renumbered 37.11 (10) and amended
21to read:
AB40,491,2522 37.11 (10) University fund. The board may expend such portion of the income
23of the university fund on or at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as is
24appropriated by the legislature for the erection of buildings and the purchase of
25equipment or books.
AB40, s. 954
1Section 954. 36.11 (16) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,492,42 36.11 (16) Commencement of fall semester. The board shall ensure that no
3fall semester classes at any institution, except medical school classes and 4th year
4classes at the school of veterinary medicine,
commence until after September 1.
AB40, s. 955 5Section 955. 36.11 (28) of the statutes is renumbered 37.11 (28).
AB40, s. 956 6Section 956. 36.11 (28m) of the statutes is renumbered 37.11 (28m).
AB40, s. 957 7Section 957. 36.11 (29) of the statutes is renumbered 37.11 (29) and amended
8to read:
AB40,492,159 37.11 (29) Other agreements with the University of Wisconsin Hospitals
10and Clinics Authority.
The board may enter into joint purchasing contracts and
11other contracts, rental agreements and cooperative agreements and other necessary
12arrangements with the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority
13which that may be necessary and convenient for the missions, objects, and uses of
14the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority authorized by law.
15Purchasing contracts and agreements are subject to s. 16.73 (5).
AB40, s. 958 16Section 958. 36.11 (29m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 959 17Section 959. 36.11 (29r) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 36.11 (29r) (b) 2. and
18amended to read:
AB40,493,219 36.11 (29r) (b) 2. Annually, no later than October 1, the board shall submit to
20the joint legislative audit committee and to the appropriate standing committees of
21the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) a comprehensive report assessing economic
22development programs administered by the board. The report shall include all of the
23information required under s. 560.01 (2) (am) 238.07 (2). The board shall collaborate
24with the department of commerce Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to

1make readily accessible to the public on an Internet-based system the information
2required under this subsection.
AB40, s. 960 3Section 960. 36.11 (29r) (b) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,493,54 36.11 (29r) (b) 1. The board shall coordinate any economic development
5assistance with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
AB40, s. 961 6Section 961. 36.11 (39) of the statutes is renumbered 37.11 (39) and amended
7to read:
AB40,493,108 37.11 (39) Gaylord Nelson chair of integrated environmental studies. The
9board shall may establish the Gaylord Nelson chair of integrated environmental
10studies and seek private funding for this chair.
AB40, s. 962 11Section 962. 36.11 (40) of the statutes is renumbered 37.11 (40) and amended
12to read:
AB40,493,1513 37.11 (40) Center for cooperatives. The board shall maintain a center for
14cooperatives at the University of Wisconsin-Madison university. The center shall
15comply with the requirements specified in s. 125.545 (5) (a).
AB40, s. 963 16Section 963. 36.11 (48) of the statutes is renumbered 37.11 (48) and amended
17to read:
AB40,494,218 37.11 (48) Report on utility charges; assessment of certain utility charges.
19The board shall ensure that the University of Wisconsin-Madison reports report
20annually to the department of administration on utility charges in the following
21fiscal year to fund principal and interest costs incurred in purchasing the Walnut
22Street steam and chilled-water plant enumerated under 2003 Wisconsin Act 33,
23section 9106 (1) (g) 2., and in renovating and adding an addition to the Charter Street
24heating and cooling plant enumerated under 2009 Wisconsin Act 28, section 9106 (1)
25(g)
3., and the methodology used to calculate those charges. The board may not assess

1the utility charges until the charges are approved by the department of
2administration.
AB40, s. 964 3Section 964. 36.25 (3) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,494,54 36.25 (3) (title) Agricultural demonstration stations, experiments,
5demonstrations
research and instructional programs.
AB40, s. 965 6Section 965. 36.25 (3) (a) to (c) of the statutes are renumbered 37.25 (3) (a) to
7(c), and 37.25 (3) (a) and (c), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB40,494,128 37.25 (3) (a) The board may establish through the College of Agricultural and
9Life Sciences of the University of Wisconsin-Madison university demonstration
10stations for the purpose of aiding in agricultural development. The location of the
11stations shall be determined by the board which shall consider the opportunities for
12agricultural development in various regions of the state.
AB40,494,2213 (c) The board shall, under the supervision of the dean of the College of
14Agricultural and Life Sciences of the University of Wisconsin-Madison university,
15foster research and experimentation in the control of bovine brucellosis, which is also
16known as Bang's disease, at various points within this state that the board considers
17advisable. To facilitate the bovine brucellosis research and experimentation,
18contracts may be entered into with owners of bovine animals of various classes for
19the supervised control of the animals and for the purchase of animals under
20conditions to be specified in contracts that shall be retained for control purposes.
21Payment under the contracts shall be made out of the appropriation in s. 20.285 (1)
22(a).
AB40, s. 966 23Section 966. 36.25 (3) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 36.25 (3).
AB40, s. 967 24Section 967. 36.25 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 968
1Section 968. 36.25 (5) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 36.25 (5) and amended
2to read:
AB40,495,133 36.25 (5) The board of regents, as licensee, shall manage, operate and maintain
4broadcasting station WHA and WHA-TV and shall enter into an affiliation
5agreement with the educational communications board pursuant to s. 39.14. Except
6as provided under par. (b), the agreement shall provide that the board of regents shall
7grant the educational communications board the part-time use of equipment and
8space necessary for the operations of the state educational radio and television
9networks.
The board of regents shall maintain a separate account for each revenue
10source for broadcasting station WHA and for WHA-TV which permits identification
11of the functions or activities for which expenditures are made. The board of regents
12shall maintain annual records of its expenditures for programming purposes by type
13of programming and by source of revenue.
AB40, s. 969 14Section 969. 36.25 (5) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (5) (b) and
15amended to read:
AB40,495,1816 37.25 (5) (b) The board of regents may rent space on the Madison public
17broadcast transmission tower to the educational communications board and to other
18public and commercial broadcasters.
AB40, s. 970 19Section 970. 36.25 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,495,2520 36.25 (6) (a) The board shall have charge of the geological and natural history
21survey. Under the supervision of the state geologist, appointed under s. 37.03 (1) (c),
22the survey shall study the geology, water, soils, plants, fish and animal life of the
23state and shall continue the topographic mapping of the state begun by the U.S.
24geological survey, but no money may be expended for topography unless an
25equivalent amount is expended for this purpose in the state by the U.S. government.
AB40, s. 971
1Section 971. 36.25 (6) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (6) and amended
2to read:
AB40,496,43 37.25 (6) State geologist. The state geologist shall carry out the
4responsibilities specified for him or her under s. ss. 36.25 (6) and 107.15.
AB40, s. 972 5Section 972. 36.25 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (8) and amended
6to read:
AB40,496,157 37.25 (8) Water resources research. Funds made available to the various
8state agencies for joint water resources research and data collection programs shall
9be administered and coordinated by the director of the water resources center of the
10University of Wisconsin-Madison university. Such funds shall be made available,
11on application from the state agencies concerned, when the director, after seeking the
12advice of the department of natural resources, finds the proposed projects to be
13consistent with other state projects and the needs of the state. The director shall
14make biennial reports to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for
15distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), at the convening of the legislature.
AB40, s. 973 16Section 973. 36.25 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,497,217 36.25 (9) State soils laboratory. The board shall establish a state soils and
18plant analysis laboratory at the extension in connection with the College of
19Agricultural and Life Sciences of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the
20University of Wisconsin-Extension
. The laboratory shall, at the request of the owner
21or occupant of any lands in the state and upon the payment of such fees as are
22prescribed, make field examinations and analyses of the soil and plant tissue and
23when possible interpret the results of such investigation and make appropriate
24recommendations. The board through the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
25of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
may cause an investigation to be made of

1methods of clearing cutover lands, perform experiments and demonstrations in
2conjunction therewith and provide related services to individual citizens at cost.
AB40, s. 974 3Section 974. 36.25 (10) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 975 4Section 975. 36.25 (11) of the statutes is renumbered 37.57, and 37.57 (1) and
5(5) to (7), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB40,497,116 37.57 (1) The board shall maintain the state laboratory of hygiene shall be
7attached to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The laboratory of hygiene board
8shall meet at least quarterly and may promulgate rules under ch. 227, approve the
9laboratory of hygiene budget, set fees, set priorities and make final approval of
10laboratory resources so that the laboratory can act in response to agencies' planned
11objectives and program priorities
.
AB40,497,17 12(5) The technical staff and other employees necessary to the operation of the
13laboratory shall be employed under the classified service by the director.
The board,
14upon the recommendation of the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison,
15with the approval of the laboratory of hygiene board,
shall appoint the director of the
16laboratory and such other members of its professional staff as are required for the
17administration of the laboratory.
AB40,497,23 18(5m) The laboratory of hygiene board shall create and maintain a roster of
19scientists and other persons with technical expertise who are willing to work for the
20laboratory of hygiene if the governor declares that an emergency related to public
21health exists. If the governor declares such an emergency, the laboratory of hygiene
22board shall hire as limited-term employees the requisite number of persons from the
23roster to assist the department of health services under s. 250.042.
AB40,498,4 24(6) The laboratory of hygiene board may impose a fee for each test conducted
25by the laboratory. Any test conducted for a local unit of government is exempt from

1the fee unless the test is outside the state public health care mission or is required
2under 42 USC 300f to 300j, as determined by the laboratory of hygiene board. The
3laboratory may charge state agencies through contractual arrangements for the
4actual services rendered.
AB40,498,8 5(7) The laboratory of hygiene board shall submit biennial budget requests
6reflecting joint budgetary planning with agencies served, and
any information
7required by the department of administration under s. 16.43, directly to the
8department of administration.
AB40, s. 976 9Section 976. 36.25 (12) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (12), and 37.25 (12)
10(a), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB40,498,1511 37.25 (12) (a) The board shall house, equip and maintain the psychiatric
12research institute as a program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for
13Health Sciences. The psychiatric research institute shall be a facility for research,
14development and service to the state in the field of mental health. The institute may
15exercise the powers granted under s. 46.044.
AB40, s. 977 16Section 977. 36.25 (12m) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (12m).
AB40, s. 978 17Section 978. 36.25 (13g) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (13g), and 37.25
18(13g) (a), (b) (intro.) and (d), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB40,498,2019 37.25 (13g) (a) The board shall establish at the University of
20Wisconsin-Madison university the "University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics".
AB40,498,2221 (b) (intro.) The board shall maintain, control and supervise the use of the
22University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, for the purposes of all of the following:
AB40,499,223 (d) This subsection applies only in the event that the on-campus facilities, as
24defined in s. 233.01 (7), leased to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
25Authority under s. 36.11 37.11 (28), and any improvements, modifications or other

1facilities specified in s. 233.04 (7) (c), are transferred to the board under s. 233.04 (3b)
2(b), (7g) (b) or (7p) (b).
AB40, s. 979 3Section 979. 36.25 (13m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 980 4Section 980. 36.25 (13s) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (13s) and
5amended to read:
AB40,499,146 37.25 (13s) Medical practice in underserved areas. Of the moneys
7appropriated to the board under s. 20.285 20.280 (1) (fc) (a) of the statutes, the board
8shall, beginning in fiscal year 2008-09, allocate $400,000 in each fiscal year for the
9department of family medicine and practice in the University of Wisconsin School of
10Medicine and Public Health to support the Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine,
11the Academy for Center-city Medical Education, and the Wisconsin Scholars
12Academy programs. The board may not expend any moneys allocated under this
13subsection in a fiscal year unless the board receives $400,000 in gifts and grants from
14private sources in that fiscal year for supporting such programs.
AB40, s. 981 15Section 981. 36.25 (18) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (18) and amended
16to read:
AB40,499,2017 37.25 (18) School of veterinary medicine. The board shall establish and
18maintain a school of veterinary medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
19university. Existing facilities shall be used to the maximum possible extent for
20auxiliary instructional and research support of the veterinary program.
AB40, s. 982 21Section 982. 36.25 (19) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (19), and 37.25 (19)
22(a), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB40,500,223 37.25 (19) (a) The board may establish at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
24university a model school for children with disabilities, as defined in s. 115.76 (5).

1The school shall utilize practical demonstration techniques to train teachers and
2other support personnel under s. 115.28 (7) (c).
AB40, s. 983 3Section 983. 36.25 (21) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (21), and 37.25 (21)
4(intro.), (a) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB40,500,65 37.25 (21) School of law; part-time enrollment and night courses. (intro.)
6The board shall direct the School of Law to do all the following:
AB40,500,87 (a) Allow resident students who are admitted to law school to enroll in
8part-time programs;.
AB40,500,109 (b) Allow resident students who are admitted to law school 6 years after first
10enrolling to complete requirements for a degree; and.
AB40, s. 984 11Section 984. 36.25 (21m) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (21m) and
12amended to read:
AB40,500,1513 37.25 (21m) Great Lakes Indian law program. The board shall establish a
14Great Lakes Indian law program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law
15School
university law school.
AB40, s. 985 16Section 985. 36.25 (23) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (23) and amended
17to read:
AB40,500,2218 37.25 (23) Robert M. La Follette institute of public affairs. There is
19established a Robert M. La Follette institute of public affairs at the University of
20Wisconsin-Madison
university. The institute shall engage in research, public
21service and educational activities to advance the knowledge of public affairs and the
22application of that knowledge to the needs of this state.
AB40, s. 986 23Section 986. 36.25 (24) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,501,724 36.25 (24) Employee-owned businesses program. Through the University of
25Wisconsin small business development center, in cooperation with the department

1of commerce under s. 560.07 (2m)
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation,
2the technical college system board and the University of Wisconsin-Extension, the
3board shall create, as needed, educational programs to provide training in the
4management of employee-owned businesses and shall provide technical assistance
5to employee-owned businesses in matters affecting their management and business
6operations, including assistance with governmental relations and assistance in
7obtaining management, technical and financial assistance.
AB40, s. 987 8Section 987. 36.25 (30) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,501,139 36.25 (30) Pollution prevention. The board shall maintain in the extension
10a solid and hazardous waste education center to promote pollution prevention, as
11defined in s. 299.13 (1) (dm). In cooperation with the department of natural resources
12and the department of commerce, the center shall conduct an education and
13technical assistance program to promote pollution prevention in this state.
AB40, s. 988 14Section 988. 36.25 (30m) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (30m) and
15amended to read:
AB40,501,1816 37.25 (30m) Agricultural technology and family farm programs. The board
17may establish agricultural technology and family farm programs in the College of
18Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison university.
AB40, s. 989 19Section 989. 36.25 (34) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (34) and amended
20to read:
AB40,501,2521 37.25 (34) Center for urban land economics research. The board shall
22establish a center for urban land economics research in the School of Business at the
23University of Wisconsin-Madison university to conduct research and undertake
24educational, public outreach and grant activities related to real estate and urban
25land economics.
AB40, s. 990
1Section 990. 36.25 (35m) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (35m) and
2amended to read:
AB40,502,53 37.25 (35m) Herbarium. The board shall maintain an herbarium at the
4University of Wisconsin-Madison university to be known as the "Wisconsin State
5Herbarium".
AB40, s. 991 6Section 991. 36.25 (37) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (37) and amended
7to read:
AB40,502,108 37.25 (37) Area Health Education Center. The board shall maintain at the
9University of Wisconsin-Madison university an area health education center to
10support community-based primary care training programs.
AB40, s. 992 11Section 992. 36.25 (42) of the statutes is renumbered 37.25 (42) and amended
12to read:
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