AB40-ASA1,435,1613 (e) The legislative reference bureau shall incorporate into the appropriate
14chapters of the Wisconsin administrative code each permanent rule filed with the
15legislative reference bureau under s. 227.20 (1) and, for each chapter of the
16administrative code affected by a rule, do all of the following:
AB40-ASA1,435,2017 1. Publish the chapter in the appropriate end-of-month register in accordance
18with the filing deadline for publication established in the rules procedures manual
19published under s. 227.15 (7) or in an end-of-month register agreed to by the
20submitting agency and the legislative reference bureau.
AB40-ASA1,436,221 2. Publish the chapter in the Wisconsin administrative code published on the
22Internet on the first day of the month following the date of publication of the
23end-of-month register in which the chapter is published under subd. 1. and sub. (2)
24(c) 1. and publish the chapter in the Wisconsin administrative code published on any

1other electronic media under par. (a) on or after the day after the date of publication
2of that end-of-month register.
AB40-ASA1,436,53 3. If the chapter is affected by a rule that adopts standards under s. 101.055
4(3) (a) or 227.21 (2) (a), publish, in conjunction with the publication of the chapter
5under subd. 2., any Web addresses provided under s. 101.055 (3) (a) or 227.21 (2) (c).
AB40-ASA1,436,126 (f) If a chapter of the Wisconsin administrative code is published in an
7end-of-month register under sub. (2) (c) 2., the legislative reference bureau shall
8publish the chapter in the Wisconsin administrative code published on the Internet
9on the first day of the month following the date of publication of that end-of-month
10register and shall publish the chapter in the Wisconsin administrative code
11published on any other electronic media under par. (a) on or after the day after the
12date of publication of that end-of-month register.
AB40-ASA1,578 13Section 578. 36.09 (1) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,436,1614 36.09 (1) (L) The board shall possess all powers necessary or convenient for the
15operation of the system except as limited in this chapter and ss. 13.48 (14) (am) and
1616.848 (1)
.
AB40-ASA1,579 17Section 579. 36.11 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,437,818 36.11 (1) (b) Except as provided in this paragraph and ss. 13.48 (14) (am) and
1916.848 (1)
, the board may purchase, have custody of, hold, control, possess, lease,
20grant easements and enjoy any lands, buildings, books, records and all other
21property of any nature which may be necessary and required for the purposes, objects
22and uses of the system authorized by law. Any lease by the board is subject to the
23powers of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority under s.
24233.03 (13) and the rights of the authority under any lease agreement, as defined in
25s. 233.01 (6). The board shall not permit a facility that would be privately owned or

1operated to be constructed on state-owned land without obtaining prior approval of
2the building commission under s. 13.48 (12). The Subject to prior action under s.
313.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), the
board may sell or dispose of such property as
4provided by law, or any part thereof when in its judgment it is for the best interests
5of the system and the state. All purchases and sales of real property shall be subject
6to the approval of the building commission. The provision of all leases of real
7property to be occupied by the board shall be the responsibility of the department of
8administration under s. 16.84 (5).
AB40-ASA1,580 9Section 580. 36.11 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,437,1310 36.11 (1) (e) The Subject to prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1),
11the
board, with the approval of the building commission, may sell or lease
12state-owned residence halls to another state agency or nonstate nonprofit agency for
13purposes of alternate use.
AB40-ASA1,581 14Section 581. 36.11 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,437,1915 36.11 (3) (b) The Subject to s. 36.31 (2m), the board shall establish policies for
16the appropriate transfer of credits between institutions within the system, including
17the designation of those courses which shall be transferable between and within
18institutions without loss of credit toward graduation or toward completion of a
19specific course of study.
AB40-ASA1,582 20Section 582. 36.11 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,437,2321 36.11 (3) (c) The Subject to s. 36.31 (2m), the board may establish policies for
22the appropriate transfer of credits with other educational institutions outside the
23system.
AB40-ASA1,583 24Section 583. 36.11 (3) (cm) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,438,2
136.11 (3) (cm) 5. Core general education courses that are subject to the
2agreement required under s. 36.31 (2m).
AB40-ASA1,584 3Section 584. 36.11 (22) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,438,94 36.11 (22) (d) Annually, each institution shall report to the office of justice
5assistance in the department of administration
department of justice statistics on
6sexual assaults and on sexual assaults by acquaintances of the victims that occurred
7on each campus of the institution in the previous year. The office of justice assistance
8department of justice shall include the statistics in appropriate crime reports
9published by the office department.
AB40-ASA1,585 10Section 585. 36.11 (28) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,438,1611 36.11 (28) Lease agreement with the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and
12Clinics Authority.
Subject to 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, section 9159 (2) (k), and subject
13to any prior lease entered into under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1),
the board shall
14negotiate and enter into a lease agreement with the University of Wisconsin
15Hospitals and Clinics Authority that meets the requirements under s. 233.04 (7) and
16shall comply with s. 233.04 (7g).
AB40-ASA1,585m 17Section 585m. 36.11 (58) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,438,2218 36.11 (58) Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. The board may
19not allow the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism to occupy any facilities
20owned or leased by the board. No employee of the system may perform any work
21related to the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism as part of his or her
22duties as an employee.
AB40-ASA1,586d 23Section 586d. 36.115 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,438,2524 36.115 (5) (a) The personnel systems developed under subs. (2) and (3) shall be
25implemented on July 1, 2013 2015.
AB40-ASA1,586h
1Section 586h. 36.115 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,439,152 36.115 (6) All system employees holding positions in the classified or
3unclassified service of the civil service system under ch. 230 on June 30, 2013 2015,
4shall be included in the personnel systems developed under subs. (2) and (3). System
5employees holding positions in the classified service on June 30, 2013 2015, who have
6achieved permanent status in class on that date, shall retain, while serving in the
7positions in the system, those protections afforded employees in the classified service
8under ss. 230.34 (1) (a) and 230.44 (1) (c) relating to demotion, suspension, discharge,
9layoff, or reduction in base pay. Such employees shall also have reinstatement
10privileges to the classified service as provided under s. 230.31 (1). System employees
11holding positions in the classified service on June 30, 2013 2015, who have not
12achieved permanent status in class on that date are eligible to receive the
13protections, privileges, and rights preserved under this subsection if they
14successfully complete service equivalent to the probationary period required in the
15classified service for the positions which they hold on that date.
AB40-ASA1,591 16Section 591. 36.25 (52) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,439,2017 36.25 (52) Incentive grants. (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1)
18(gb), the board shall allocate $11,250,000 in fiscal year 2013-14 and $11,250,000 in
19fiscal year 2014-15 to award grants to institutions and the extension to provide
20funding for the following programs:
AB40-ASA1,439,2121 1. Economic development programs, as defined in s. 36.11 (29r) (a).
AB40-ASA1,439,2322 2. Programs that have as their objective the development of an educated and
23skilled workforce, such as the following:
AB40-ASA1,440,3
1a. Increasing the number of bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees awarded
2in fields for   which occupational demand is high or in fields that the board and the
3department of workforce development jointly determine to be   high-demand fields.
AB40-ASA1,440,54 b. Increasing the number of opportunities available to students to gain work
5experience in their fields through internships or cooperative work experiences.
AB40-ASA1,440,66 c. Increasing or enhancing research and development.
AB40-ASA1,440,117 3. Programs to improve the affordability of postsecondary education for
8resident undergraduates, including reducing the time required to obtain a degree,
9increasing the opportunities available for high school pupils to earn credit toward a
10postsecondary degree, and improving the transfer of credit between institutions of
11higher education.
AB40-ASA1,440,1312 (b) The board may award grants under par. (a) for the creation or expansion of
13programs, courses, or services for a period of up to 3 years.
AB40-ASA1,593 14Section 593. 36.27 (3n) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,440,1715 36.27 (3n) (am) In determining a person's residency at the time of entry into
16service under par. (a) 1m. a. or b., the state from which the person entered service
17is irrelevant.
AB40-ASA1,594 18Section 594. 36.27 (3n) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,440,2519 36.27 (3n) (b) (intro.) Except as provided in subds. 1. to 3. and par. (bg), the
20board shall grant full remission of academic fees and segregated fees for 128 credits
21or 8 semesters, whichever is longer, less the number of credits or semesters for which
22the person received remission of fees under s. 38.24 (7) and less the amount of any
23academic fees or segregated fees paid under 38 USC 3319, to any resident student
24who maintains a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 and is also any of the
25following:
AB40-ASA1,595
1Section 595. 36.27 (3n) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,441,42 36.27 (3n) (b) 1. A spouse of an eligible veteran. The remission under this
3subdivision applies only during the first 10 years after the eligible veteran received
4the service-connected disability rating.
AB40-ASA1,596 5Section 596. 36.27 (3n) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,441,86 36.27 (3n) (b) 2. Except as provided in subd. 2m., an An unremarried surviving
7spouse of an eligible veteran. The remission under this subdivision applies only
8during the first 10 years after the veteran died.
AB40-ASA1,597 9Section 597. 36.27 (3n) (b) 2m. of the statutes is repealed.
AB40-ASA1,598 10Section 598. 36.27 (3p) (a) 1r. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,441,1711 36.27 (3p) (a) 1r. (intro.) "Veteran" means a person who is verified by the
12department of veterans affairs as being a resident of this state for purposes of
13receiving benefits under ch. 45,; as being a resident of this state at the time of his or
14her entry into the U.S. armed forces or forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces,
15or as being a resident of this state for at least 5 consecutive years immediately
16preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which the person registers at
17an institution;
and as meeting any of the following conditions:
AB40-ASA1,599 18Section 599. 36.27 (3p) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,441,2119 36.27 (3p) (am) In determining a person's residence at the time of entry into
20service under par. (a) 1r., the state from which the person entered service is
21irrelevant.
AB40-ASA1,600 22Section 600. 36.27 (3p) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,442,423 36.27 (3p) (b) Except as provided in par. (bg), the board shall grant full
24remission of nonresident tuition, academic fees, and segregated fees charged for 128
25credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer, less the number of credits or semesters

1for which the person received remission of fees under s. 38.24 (8) and less the amount
2of any academic fees or segregated fees paid under 10 USC 2107 (c), 38 USC 3104 (a)
3(7) (A), or 38 USC 3313, to any student who is a veteran and maintains a cumulative
4grade point average of at least 2.0
.
AB40-ASA1,600g 5Section 600g. 36.27 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 36.27 (6) (a).
AB40-ASA1,600r 6Section 600r. 36.27 (6) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,442,97 36.27 (6) (b) The board may provide students with the opportunity to pay an
8additional fee to support an inter-institutional student government organization.
9The board may not require students to pay the fee.
AB40-ASA1,601 10Section 601. 36.31 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,442,1111 36.31 (2m) (a) In this subsection:
AB40-ASA1,442,1312 1. "Association" means the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and
13Universities.
AB40-ASA1,442,1614 2. "Core general education courses" means courses generally required for an
15undergraduate degree that are prerequisite or otherwise in addition to the courses
16required for an undergraduate degree in a specific course of study.
AB40-ASA1,442,1817 3. "Private college" means a private, nonprofit institution of higher education
18that is a member of the association.
AB40-ASA1,443,319 (b) Notwithstanding s. 36.09 (4), the Board of Regents and the technical college
20system board shall, and the governing boards of tribally controlled colleges in this
21state and the association, on behalf of private colleges, may, enter into and
22implement an agreement that identifies core general education courses totaling not
23fewer than 30 credits and establishes policies for ensuring that, beginning in the
242014-15 academic year, credits for completing the courses are transferable and
25would satisfy general education requirements at the receiving institution or college,

1between and within each institution, college campus, and technical college, and each
2tribally controlled college and private college that elects to participate in the
3agreement.
AB40-ASA1,443,74 (c) The Board of Regents and the technical college system board shall ensure
5that the governing bodies of tribally controlled colleges and the association, on behalf
6of private colleges, have an opportunity to elect to participate in the agreement
7specified in par. (b).
AB40-ASA1,602 8Section 602. 36.33 (title) and (1) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,444,2 936.33 (title) Sale or lease and relocation of agricultural lands. (1)
10Legislative intent. The legislature finds and determines that, because of the
11problems resulting from the development of the city of Madison around certain
12agricultural lands of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the desirability of
13consolidating lands used for agricultural instruction, research and extension
14purposes, the desirability of disposing of agricultural lands no longer needed by the
15university and the need for land of better quality and of greater quantity for the
16purpose of improving and expanding agricultural research, it is in the public interest
17for the board to sell or lease, in whole or in part, and subject to any prior action under
18s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1),
the agricultural lands and improvements thereon
19owned by the board and located in sections 19, 20 and 30, township 7 north, range
209 east, Dane County; sections 25 and 27, township 7 north, range 8 east, Dane
21County; sections 34 and 35, township 38 north, range 11 east, Oneida County; and
22section 22, township 22 north, range 8 east, Portage County; and to purchase other
23agricultural lands outside of the Madison urban area and to construct thereon the
24necessary buildings and improvements. The foregoing policy determination is made

1without reference to or intention of limiting the powers which the board may
2otherwise have.
AB40-ASA1,603 3Section 603. 36.33 (2) (title) and (a) (intro.) of the statutes are amended to
4read:
AB40-ASA1,444,85 36.33 (2) (title) Method of sale or lease; assessments. (a) (intro.) The Subject
6to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), the
board, in selling or
7leasing any part of the agricultural lands and improvements thereon, mentioned in
8sub. (1), shall sell or lease on the basis of either of the following:
AB40-ASA1,604 9Section 604. 36.33 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,444,1210 36.33 (3) Building commission approval. The sale, lease and purchase of
11agricultural lands mentioned in sub. (1) is subject to prior action under s. 13.48 (14)
12(am) or 16.848 (1) and
shall be subject to the approval of the building commission.
AB40-ASA1,605g 13Section 605g. 36.585 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 36.585 (1) (ar).
AB40-ASA1,605r 14Section 605r. 36.585 (1) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,444,1615 36.585 (1) (ag) "Interconnection" means linking with a third-party network for
16the mutual exchange of traffic.
AB40-ASA1,606 17Section 606. 36.585 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,444,2218 36.585 (2) The board may use telecommunications services procured by the
19board only for the purpose of carrying out its mission. The Except as provided in sub.
20(3m), the
board shall not offer, resell, or provide telecommunications services, that
21are available from a private telecommunications carrier to the general public or to
22any other public or private entity.
AB40-ASA1,607 23Section 607. 36.585 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 36.585 (3), and 36.585
24(3) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,445,6
136.585 (3) (intro.) Beginning Except as provided in sub. (3m), beginning July
21, 2013, the board may not be, and shall ensure that no institution or college campus
3is and that the extension is not, a member, shareholder, or partner in or with any
4third-party entity or other person that offers, resells, or provides
5telecommunications services to the general public or to any public or private entity
6unless at least one of the following applies:
AB40-ASA1,608 7Section 608. 36.585 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,445,118 36.585 (3m) (a) In this subsection, "third-party entity" includes the Broadband
9Optical Research, Education and Sciences Network, Internet2, and the Northern
10Tier Network Consortium, and does not include WiscNet or its affiliates, successors,
11or assigns.
AB40-ASA1,445,1412 (b) The board, an institution or college campus, or the extension may serve as
13a member, shareholder, or partner in or with a third-party entity that satisfies either
14of the following:
AB40-ASA1,445,1815 1. The primary purpose of the third-party entity is to advance academic
16research of higher education establishments and the board, institution, college
17campus, or extension served as a member, shareholder, or partner in or with the
18third-party entity on February 1, 2013.
AB40-ASA1,445,2219 2. Prior to service as a member, shareholder, or partner, the secretary of
20administration issues a determination to the board, institution, college campus, or
21extension that the primary purpose of the third-party entity is to advance academic
22research of higher education establishments.
AB40-ASA1,445,2423 (c) The board, an institution or college campus, or the extension may use the
24services of a third-party entity that satisfies par. (b) 1. or 2.
AB40-ASA1,446,5
1(d) The board, an institution or college campus, or the extension may
2participate in the operations of, provide telecommunications services for the purpose
3of interconnection to, or provide technical support services to, a third-party entity
4that satisfies par. (b) 1. or 2., but only in connection with the use of services under
5par. (c).
AB40-ASA1,608b 6Section 608b. 36.585 (3r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40-ASA1,446,87 36.585 (3r) Beginning on January 1, 2014, the board may not do any of the
8following:
AB40-ASA1,446,109 (a) Employ any individual who is also employed by WiscNet or its affiliates,
10successors, or assigns.
AB40-ASA1,446,1211 (b) Allow WiscNet or its affiliates, successors, or assigns to occupy any facilities
12owned or leased by the board.
AB40-ASA1,446,1413 (c) Jointly own any assets or property with WiscNet or its affiliates, successors,
14or assigns.
AB40-ASA1,608c 15Section 608c. 36.65 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40-ASA1,446,2016 36.65 (2) (a) Performance. The graduation rate, the total number of graduates,
17the time needed to graduate, the number of credits needed to obtain a degree, the
18number of degrees awarded in fields specified in s. 36.25 (52) (a) 2. a.,
retention rates,
19placement of graduates, and the percentage of residents and nonresidents who
20reside in this state 10 years after graduation.
AB40-ASA1,608g 21Section 608g. 36.65 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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