(4i) Racine County harbor assistance grant. In the 2013-14 fiscal year, from the appropriations under sections 20.395 (2) (cq) and 20.866 (2) (uv) of the statutes, as affected by this act, notwithstanding the eligibility criteria under section 85.095 of the statutes, the department of transportation shall award a grant under section 85.095 (2) (a) of the statutes to Racine County for dredging of a boat marina located at the mouth of the Root River. The amount of the grant awarded under this subsection shall be $700,000 or the total cost of the project, whichever is less.
(4u) Town of Washington harbor assistance grant. In the 2013-15 fiscal biennium, from the appropriations under sections 20.395 (2) (cq) and 20.866 (2) (uv) of the statutes, as affected by this act, notwithstanding the eligibility criteria of section 85.095 of the statutes, the department of transportation shall award a grant under section 85.095 (2) (a) of the statutes to the town of Washington in Door County for dredging, disposal of dredged material, and related costs associated with the dredging of the west channel entrance to Detroit Harbor. The amount of the grant awarded under this subsection shall be $5,200,000 or the total cost of the project, whichever is less.
(5v) Transportation alternatives program.
(a) Notwithstanding section 85.021 (2) (a) of the statutes, as created by this act, and subject to paragraph (b), any project for which a grant was awarded under section 85.024, 2011 stats., 85.026, 2011 stats., 85.027, 2011 stats., or 85.029, 2011 stats., is eligible to proceed to completion under the transportation alternatives program under section 85.021 of the statutes, as created by this act, if the project proceeds in accordance with the provisions of the program under which the grant for the project was awarded.
(b) If a project for which a grant was awarded under section 85.024, 2011 stats., 85.026, 2011 stats., 85.027, 2011 stats., or 85.029, 2011 stats., is not commenced within 4 years after the date that the grant was awarded or one year after the effective date of this paragraph, whichever is later, the project may not proceed as provided under paragraph (a) and the grant award is rescinded. For purposes of this paragraph, a planning project is commenced when a planning study is begun and an infrastructure project is commenced when construction is begun.
(7L) County trunk highway relocation project in Sheboygan County.
(a) In this subsection:
1. "Affected local governments" means Manitowoc County, Sheboygan County, the town of Centerville in Manitowoc County, the town of Mosel in Sheboygan County, the town of Sheboygan in Sheboygan County, and the village of Cleveland in Manitowoc County.
2. "Department" means the department of transportation.
3. "Project" means the relocation of CTH "LS" to the existing Dairyland Drive in Manitowoc and Sheboygan counties and the construction of access roads to properties along existing CTH "LS."
(b) Notwithstanding limitations on the amount and use of aids provided under section 86.31 of the statutes, or on eligibility requirements for receiving aids under section 86.31 of the statutes, the department shall award a grant in the 2013-15 fiscal biennium to the affected local governments for the project if the affected local governments reach a jurisdictional transfer agreement that specifies all of the following to the satisfaction of the department:
1. The obliteration of 1.3 miles of the existing CTH "LS."
2. The construction of 2 new town road cul-de-sacs, a town through-road, or another mechanism to provide access to those properties that would lose access to CTH "LS" under the project.
3. The relocation of CTH "LS" to Dairyland Drive within termini satisfactory to all parties to the jurisdictional transfer agreement.
4. Repairs to the existing CTH "LS" within the relocated portion of the route to put it in a condition that is agreeable to the parties to the jurisdictional transfer agreement and is manageable by the municipalities that would assume jurisdiction of the road.
5. Improvements to the new CTH "LS" route necessary to put it in a condition meeting county trunk highway standards.
6. Jurisdictional responsibilities for the relocated, newly constructed, and existing roads.
7. Any other conditions that the department determines are appropriate.
(c) The amount of the grant under paragraph (b) may not exceed $4,200,000 or 50 percent of the project costs, whichever is less. Payment of the grant under paragraph (b) shall be made from the appropriation under section 20.395 (2) (ft) of the statutes, as affected by this act. Not more than $600,000 of the grant amount may be paid from amounts appropriated under section 20.395 (2) (ft) of the statutes, as affected by this act, and allocated for purposes of section 86.31 (3g) of the statutes. Not more than $3,600,000 of the grant amount may be paid from amounts appropriated under section 20.395 (2) (ft) of the statutes, as affected by this act, that are not allocated for purposes of section 86.31 (3g), (3m), or (3r) of the statutes.
(9w) Directional signs for the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help. Notwithstanding section 86.19 (2) of the statutes and any rule promulgated under section 86.19 (2) of the statutes, the department of transportation shall, in the 2013-15 fiscal biennium, erect 2 directional signs along STH 57 in Brown County for the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help. One sign shall be visible from the northbound lanes of STH 57 and shall be placed near the intersection of STH 57 and CTH "K" and the other sign shall be visible from the southbound lanes of STH 57 and shall be placed near the intersection of STH 57 and CTH "P."
20,9146
Section 9146.
Nonstatutory provisions; Treasurer.
(1c) Transfer of unclaimed property program to department of revenue.
(a) Assets and liabilities. The assets and liabilities of the office of the state treasurer that the secretary of administration determines to be primarily related to activities under chapter 177, 2011 stats., become the assets and liabilities of the department of revenue on the effective date of this paragraph.
(b) Employee transfer. All incumbent employees who hold positions in the office of the state treasurer performing duties that the secretary of administration determines to be primarily related to chapter 177, 2011 stats., and the full-time equivalent positions held by those employees, are transferred to the department of revenue on the effective date of this paragraph.
(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 revenue that they enjoyed in the office of the state treasurer 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.
(d) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the office of the state treasurer that the secretary of administration determines to be primarily related to activities under chapter 177, 2011 stats., is transferred to the department of revenue.
(e) Contracts. All contracts that were entered into by the office of the state treasurer that the secretary of administration determines to be primarily related to activities under chapter 177, 2011 stats., and that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect and are transferred to the department of revenue. The department of revenue shall carry out any obligations under such a contract until the contract is modified or rescinded by the department of revenue to the extent allowed under the contract.
(f) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated, and all orders issued, by the office of the state treasurer that the secretary of administration determines to be primarily related to activities under chapter 177, 2011 stats., and that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph, shall remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until amended or repealed by the department of revenue.
(g) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the office of the state treasurer that the secretary of administration determines to be primarily related to activities under chapter 177, 2011 stats., is transferred to the department of revenue, and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the office of the state treasurer with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department of revenue.
20,9148
Section 9148.
Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin System.
(1e) Definition. In this section, "board" means the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
(1i) Incentive grants.
(a) Within 90 days after the effective date of this paragraph, the board shall submit to the secretary of administration and the joint committee on finance a plan for the establishment of the incentive grant program under section 36.25 (52) of the statutes, as created by this act. The plan shall include all of the following:
1. Application procedures and procedures and criteria for awarding grants.
2. A plan to establish performance goals and accountability measures for each grant recipient.
3. A plan to track and report program results reported by grant recipients.
4. An acknowledgment that the amounts awarded are not base building.
(c) If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the board within 14 working days after the date of the board's submission of the plan under paragraph (a) that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the board may implement the plan, but only upon approval of the secretary of administration. If, within 14 working days after the date of the board's submission of the plan under paragraph (a), the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance notify the board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the board may implement the plan only upon approval of the committee and the secretary of administration.
(d) Notwithstanding section 36.25 (52) (a) of the statutes, as created by this act, the board may award grants under section 36.52 (52) (a) of the statutes, as created by this act, only as provided in a plan that is approved under paragraph (c).
(2c) Flexible option initiative. Of the moneys appropriated to the board under section 20.285 (1) (gb) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the board shall allocate $650,000 in the first fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect, and $1,300,000 in the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect, to fund the University of Wisconsin Flexible Option initiative.
(3i) Funding for medical school programs. From the appropriation under section 20.285 (1) (gb) of the statutes, as affected by this act, in each fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect the board shall allocate $1,500,000 for the Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine and the Training in Urban Medicine and Public Health Program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
(4i) Translational imaging research.
(a) Of the moneys appropriated under section 20.285 (1) (gb) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the board shall allocate $3,750,000 in the fiscal biennium in which this paragraph takes effect for costs incurred by the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center that relate to translational imaging research, research imaging and scanning, research imaging equipment, and the Wisconsin Oncology Network. The funds allocated by the board under this paragraph shall be funds that would have been otherwise allocated to the University of Wisconsin System and not to any University of Wisconsin institution or the University of Wisconsin-Extension.
(b) The board may not expend the funds allocated under paragraph (a) unless it receives an equivalent amount for the same purpose from federal, private, or other sources.
(c) The board shall submit to the joint committee on finance a plan for the expenditure of the funds allocated under paragraph (a). If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the board within 14 working days after the date on which the board submits the plan that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the board may expend the funds as provided in the plan. If, within 14 working days after the date on which the board of regents submits the plan, the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance notify the board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the board may implement the plan for the expenditure of the funds only upon approval by the committee.
(4L) Account balances; methodology. The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall develop a methodology for the calculation of program revenue balances and reserves, expressed in both dollars and as percentages of total annual expenses, for the University of Wisconsin System as a whole and for individual University of Wisconsin institutions, as defined in section 36.05 (9) of the statutes, and the extension. By September 1, 2013, the Board of Regents shall submit its proposed methodology to the joint legislative audit committee for approval, modification, or disapproval.
(4m) Limits on account balances; distribution and expenditure of funds.
(a) In this subsection, "institution" has the meaning given in section 36.05 (9) of the statutes and includes the extension.
(b) By January 1, 2014, the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall submit to the joint committee on finance all of the following:
1. Proposed limits on program revenue account balances for the University of Wisconsin System as a whole and for each individual institution and proposed reports relating to the limits.
2. Proposed policies regarding the annual distribution of tuition and fee revenue and state general purpose revenue to each institution.
3. Proposed policies regarding the expenditure of tuition and fee revenue and state general purpose revenue by each institution.
(c) If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the Board of Regents within 14 working days after the date on which the Board of Regents submits the proposals under paragraph (b) that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing one or more proposals, the Board of Regents shall implement the proposals. If, within 14 working days after the date on which the Board of Regents submits the proposals, the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance notify the secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing a proposal, the Board of Regents may implement the proposal only as approved by the committee.
(4n) Tuition
and segregated fees .
(a) 1. Notwithstanding section 36.27 (1) (a) of the statutes, the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System may not charge resident undergraduates enrolled in an institution or college campus in the 2013-14 or 2014-15 academic year more in academic fees than it charged resident undergraduates enrolled in that institution or college campus in the 2012-13 academic year.
2. The limit under subdivision 1. does not apply to differential tuition approved by the Board of Regents before June 1, 2011.
(b) The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall ensure that the allocable segregated fees charged students enrolled in an institution or college campus in the 2013-14 and 2014-15 academic years do not exceed the allocable segregated fees charged students enrolled in that institution or college campus in the 2012-13 academic year.
(5e) Funding plan. Within 90 days after the effective date of this subsection, the board shall submit a plan to the joint committee on finance that identifies the sources of the program revenues under section 20.285 (1) (gb) of the statutes, as affected by this act, which the board proposes to use to make the allocations required under section 36.25 (52) (a) of the statutes, as created by this act, and subsections (2c), (3i), and (4i) (a) and to make the transfer to the appropriation account under section 20.235 (1) (ke) of the statutes, as created by this act. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the board within 14 working days after the date of the board's submission of the plan that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the board may make the allocations and the transfer as specified in the plan. If, within 14 working days after the date of the board's submission of the plan, the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance notify the board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, then, notwithstanding section 36.25 (52) (a) of the statutes, as created by this act, subsections (2c), (3i), and (4i) (a), and section 20.285 (1) (gb) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the board may make the allocations and the transfer specified in the plan only upon approval by the committee.
20,9149
Section 9149.
Nonstatutory provisions; Veterans Affairs.
(1) Appointment of certain individuals to positions in classified service of state civil service system. Notwithstanding section 230.15 (1) of the statutes, on the effective date of this subsection, the incumbent employees holding the unclassified positions specified in section 230.08 (2) (xm), 2011 stats., and one of the unclassified division administrator positions specified in section 230.08 (2) (e) 13., 2011 stats., shall be appointed to comparable positions in the classified service in the department of veterans affairs, as determined by the secretary of veterans affairs. The administrator of the division of merit recruitment and selection in the office of state employment relations shall waive the requirement for competitive examination under section 230.15 (1) of the statutes with respect to the classified positions and shall certify the incumbent employees for appointment to the classified positions. The administrator shall determine the employee's probationary status under section 230.28 of the statutes, except that the employee shall receive credit toward his or her probationary period for the time that the employee had been employed in any unclassified position immediately prior to appointment.
(2) Emergency rules concerning tribal college tuition reimbursement program. The department of veterans affairs may promulgate emergency rules under section 227.24 of the statutes implementing section 45.205 of the statutes, as created by this act. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes, emergency rules promulgated under this subsection remain in effect until July 1, 2014, or the date on which permanent rules take effect, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a) and (3) of the statutes, the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.
(2q) Veterans home task force.
(a) There is created a veterans home task force to be chaired by the secretary of veterans affairs or his or her designee.
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:
1. Two members from the department of administration who are appointed by the secretary of administration or his or her designee.
2. Two members from the department of corrections who are appointed by the secretary of corrections or his or her designee.
3. Two members from the department of health services who are appointed by the secretary of health services or his or her designee.
4. Two members from the department of military affairs who are appointed by the adjutant general or his or her designee.
5. Two members from the department of veterans affairs who are appointed by the secretary of veterans affairs or his or her designee.
(c) The task force shall conduct a study relating to the future operations of Wisconsin veterans homes and cemeteries and correctional facilities for veterans. The study shall include a 20-year operational plan that includes recommendations for improving coordination between the state agencies that are represented by members of the task force and for delivering services in Wisconsin veterans homes in the most cost-effective manner.
(d) The task force shall address all of the following issues in the study:
1. The issue of whether to enter into a contract for an operational manager to assume management responsibilities for Wisconsin veterans homes.
2. The issue of whether there should be an increase in the number or size of skilled nursing facilities at Wisconsin veterans homes.
3. The issue of whether property located at Wisconsin veterans homes should be used for the Challenge Academy program operated by the department of military affairs under section 321.03 (1) (c) of the statutes.
4. The issue of whether there should be an increase in the number or size of veteran memorial cemeteries constructed or operated under section 45.61 of the statutes, as affected by this act.
5. The issue of whether to construct correctional facilities to house incarcerated veterans.
6. The issue of whether to broaden the authority of the department of administration to develop and implement proposals for the future development of Wisconsin veterans homes.
7. Any other issue relating to the future operation of veterans homes.
(e) The task force shall prepare a report that contains the results and recommendations of the study and shall submit the report to the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes no later than July 1, 2014, or one year after the effective date of this paragraph, whichever is later.
20,9150
Section 9150.
Nonstatutory provisions; Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
(1q) Response to audit.
(a) Definitions. In this subsection:
1. "Audit report" means the legislative audit bureau's report 13-7, submitted to the joint legislative audit committee in May 2013 and setting forth the legislative audit bureau's findings, conclusions, and recommendations concerning improvement of WEDC's administration of its economic development programs, its financial and personnel management, and the governance of its operations.
2. "Economic development program" has the meaning given in section 238.01 (3) of the statutes.
3. "WEDC" means the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
(b) Appropriations.
1. `Operations and economic development programs.' In fiscal year 2014-15, the joint committee on finance may supplement, from the appropriation under section 20.865 (4) (a) of the statutes, the appropriation under section 20.192 (1) (a) of the statutes for the purposes specified in section 20.192 (1) (a) of the statutes, and may supplement, from the appropriation under section 20.865 (4) (u) of the statutes, the appropriations under section 20.192 (1) (r) and (s) of the statutes for the purposes specified in section 20.192 (1) (r) and (s) of the statutes, if all of the following occur:
a. WEDC submits a report to the joint committee on finance that shows that WEDC is complying with the recommendations of the legislative audit bureau in the audit report.
b. The chief executive officer of WEDC testifies concerning WEDC's report under subdivision 1. a. at the second quarterly meeting of the joint committee on finance in fiscal year 2013-14.
