AB40: Bill Text

AB40,749 Section 749. 40.26 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,462,2 40.26 (5) (intro.) If a participant applies for an annuity or lump sum payment during the period in which less than 30 75 days have elapsed between the termination of employment with a participating employer and becoming a participating employee with any participating employer, all of the following shall apply:

AB40,750 Section 750. 40.30 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,462,16 40.30 (4) (b) Subject to the federal annual compensation limits under 26 USC 401 (a) (17) for a participating employee who first becomes a participating employee on or after January 1, 1996, the final average salary or final average earnings used in the benefit formula computation for each retirement system under par. (a) shall be the individual's final average salary or final average earnings under the respective retirement system, determined in accordance with the provisions of that retirement system based on the earnings covered by that retirement system and on all service permitted under that retirement system to be used in determining the final average salary or final average earnings, increased by the percentage increase in the average of the total wages, as determined under 42 USC 415 (b) (3) (A), between the date on which the individual terminated all employment covered by that retirement system and the date on which the individual terminated all employment covered by any of those retirement systems.

AB40,751 Section 751. 40.31 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,463,2 40.31 (1) General limitation. The maximum retirement benefits payable to a participant in a calendar year, excluding benefits attributable to contributions subject to any limitations under s. 40.23 (2) (a), (2m) (c) and (3) the limit under s. 40.32, may not exceed the maximum benefit limitation established under section 415 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as adjusted under section 415 (d) of the Internal Revenue Code and any applicable regulations or guidance adopted under the Internal Revenue Code, except that the limit for an individual who first became a participant before January 1, 1990, may not be less than the accrued benefits of the participant, as determined without regard to any changes to the retirement system after October 14, 1987.

AB40,752 Section 752. 40.32 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,463,12 40.32 (1) The sum of all employee post-tax contributions allocated to a participant's account under each defined contribution plan sponsored by the employer, including all employer contributions and picked-up contributions credited with interest at the effective rate under ss. 40.04 (4) (a) and (5) (b) and 40.05 (2) (g) and all employee contributions made under ss. 40.02 (17) and 40.05 (1), may not in any calendar year exceed the maximum contribution limitation established under section 415 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code, as adjusted under section 415 (d) of the Internal Revenue Code and any applicable regulations adopted by the federal department of the treasury.

AB40,753 Section 753. 40.515 of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,463,23 40.515 Health savings accounts; high-deductible health plan. (1) In addition to the health care coverage plans offered under s. 40.51 (6), beginning on January 1, 2015, the group insurance board shall offer to all state employees the option of receiving health care coverage through a high-deductible health plan and the establishment of a health savings account. Under this option, each employee shall receive health care coverage through a high-deductible health plan. The state shall make contributions into each employee's health savings account in an amount specified by the director of the office of state employment relations under s. 40.05 (4) (ah) 4. In designing a high-deductible health plan, the group insurance board shall ensure that the plan may be used in conjunction with a health savings account.

AB40,464,3 (2) The group insurance board may contract with any person to provide administrative and other services relating to health savings accounts established under this section.

AB40,464,9 (3) The group insurance board may collect fees from state agencies to pay all administrative costs relating to the establishment and operation of health savings accounts established under this section. The group insurance board shall develop a methodology for determining each state agency's share of the administrative costs. Moneys collected under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.515 (1) (tm).

AB40,464,13 (4) Beginning on January 1, 2015, to the extent practicable, any agreement with any insurer or provider to provide health care coverage to state employees under s. 40.51 (6) shall require the insurer or provider to also offer a high-deductible health plan that may be used in conjunction with a health savings account.

AB40,754 Section 754. 40.72 (4r) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,464,21 40.72 (4r) At any time after an insured employee's amount of life insurance is reduced under subs. (2) and (3) and life insurance premiums are no longer required under s. 40.05 (6) (b), the employee may convert the present value of the life insurance to pay the premiums for health or long-term care insurance provided under subch. IV, but only if the department determines that the value of the conversion is exempt from taxation under the internal revenue code Internal Revenue Code.

AB40,755 Section 755. 40.80 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,465,3 40.80 (2) (g) Serve as trustee of any deferred compensation plan established under this section, hold the assets and income of the plan in trust for the exclusive benefit of the employees who participate in the plan and their beneficiaries, and maintain the plan as an eligible deferred compensation plan, as defined in 26 USC section 457 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code, and as a governmental plan for eligible employers, as defined in 26 USC section 457 (e) (1) (A) of the Internal Revenue Code.

AB40,756 Section 756. 40.80 (2t) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,465,9 40.80 (2t) The deferred compensation board may require a deferred compensation plan under this subchapter, upon election by a participant who is a an eligible retired public safety officer, to allow for the deduction of insurance premiums for health or long-term care insurance coverage from an amount distributed from a participant's account and for the payment of the premiums directly to an insurer.

AB40,757 Section 757. 40.81 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,465,17 40.81 (2) Any local government employer, or 2 or more employers acting jointly, may also elect under procedures established by the employer or employers to contract directly with a deferred compensation plan provider to administer a deferred compensation plan or to manage any compensation deferred under the plan and may also provide a plan under section 403 (b) of the internal revenue code Internal Revenue Code under procedures established by the local government employer or employers.

AB40,758 Section 758. 40.86 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,465,23 40.86 Covered expenses. (intro.) An employee-funded reimbursement account plan may provide reimbursement to an employee for only the following expenses that are actually incurred and paid by an employee and that the board determines are consistent with the applicable requirements of the internal revenue code Internal Revenue Code:

AB40,759 Section 759. 41.23 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,466,8 41.23 Sale of excess or surplus property. The department may acquire excess or surplus property from the department of administration under ss. 16.72 (4) (b) and 16.98 (1) or from the department of transportation under s. 84.09 (5s) and, subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), the department may sell the property acquired under this section to any person at a price determined by the department of tourism. All proceeds received by the department of tourism from the sale of property under this section shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.380 (1) (h).

AB40,760 Section 760. 41.41 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,466,13 41.41 (7) (b) Lease Subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), lease land that is part of the Kickapoo valley reserve to any person for purposes consistent with the management of the reserve under sub. (3), or for agricultural purposes, and lease other land that is acquired by the board for any lawful purpose.

AB40,761 Section 761. 42.106 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,466,17 42.106 (3) The state fair park board shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the department of administration regarding the provision of police and security services to state fair park.

AB40,762 Section 762. 44.015 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,466,25 44.015 (1) Acquire any interest in real or personal property by gift, bequest or otherwise in any amount and, subject to prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), may operate, manage, sell, or rent or convey real estate acquired by gift, bequest, foreclosure or other means, upon such terms and conditions as the board of curators deems for its interests but may not sell, mortgage, transfer or dispose of in any manner or remove from its buildings, except for temporary purposes, any article therein without authority of law.

AB40,763 Section 763. 44.16 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,467,9 44.16 (1) The Subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), the historical society may enter into a lease agreement with the Circus World Museum Foundation, Inc., for the purpose of operating Circus World Museum, located in Baraboo, Wisconsin. The lease agreement shall not include any provision for the payment of a percentage of gross admissions income at Circus World Museum to the historical society. If a lease agreement under this subsection is not in effect, the historical society shall operate and maintain Circus World Museum as provided in s. 44.20 (1).

AB40,764 Section 764. 44.20 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,467,17 44.20 (1) The historical society shall operate and maintain the historic sites known as Stonefield Village, Pendarvis, Villa Louis, Old Wade House, Madeline Island Museum, Old World Wisconsin, H.H. Bennett Studios Studio, and, if the First Capitol state park has been transferred to the historical society under 1993 Wisconsin Act 16, section 9142 (1e), First Capitol. If a lease agreement under s. 44.16 (1) is not in effect, the historical society shall also operate and maintain Circus World Museum.

AB40,765 Section 765. 45.02 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,467,23 45.02 (2) (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (3) and s. 45.51 (6m), to be eligible for benefits under this chapter an applicant shall be a resident of and living in this state at the time of making application or the veteran from whom the applicant derives eligibility is deceased, and the veteran from whom eligibility is derived meets one of the following conditions:

AB40,766 Section 766. 45.03 (5) (c) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,468,6 45.03 (5) (c) 1. a. Without limitation by reason of any other provisions of the statutes except s. ss. 13.48 (14) (am) and 16.848 (1), unless otherwise required by law, the power to sell and to convey title in fee simple to a nonprofit corporation any land and any existing buildings owned by the state that are under the jurisdiction of the department for the consideration and upon the terms and conditions as in the judgment of the board are in the public interest.

AB40,767 Section 767. 45.04 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,468,14 45.04 (1) (a) "Duly authorized representative" means any person authorized in writing by the veteran to act for the veteran, the veteran's guardian if the veteran is adjudicated incompetent, or a legal representative if the veteran is deceased. Where for proper reason no representative If no person is so authorized and no guardian or legal representative has been or will be appointed, the veteran's spouse, an adult child of the veteran, or, if the veteran is unmarried, either a parent or adult sibling of the veteran shall be recognized as the duly authorized representative.

AB40,768 Section 768. 45.20 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,468,21 45.20 (1) (d) "Tuition," when referring to the University of Wisconsin System, means academic fees and segregated fees; when referring to the technical colleges, means "program fees" and "additional fees" as described in s. 38.24 (1m) and (1s); and when referring to a high school, a school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), or a proprietary school that is approved under s. 38.50 440.55, means the charge for the courses for which a person is enrolled.

AB40,769 Section 769. 45.20 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,469,4 45.20 (2) (a) 1. The department shall administer a tuition reimbursement program for eligible veterans enrolling as undergraduates in any institution of higher education in this state, enrolling in a school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), enrolling in a proprietary school that is approved under s. 38.50 440.55, enrolling in a public or private high school, enrolling in a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), in any grade from 9 to 12, or receiving a waiver of nonresident tuition under s. 39.47.

AB40,770 Section 770. 45.20 (2) (a) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,469,11 45.20 (2) (a) 2. (intro.) A veteran who is a resident of this state and otherwise qualified to receive benefits under this subsection may receive the benefits under this subsection upon the completion of any correspondence courses or part-time classroom study from an institution of higher education located outside this state, from a school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), or from a proprietary school that is approved under s. 38.50 440.55, if any of the following applies:

AB40,771 Section 771. 45.20 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,469,25 45.20 (2) (c) 1. A veteran who meets the eligibility requirements under par. (b) 1. may be reimbursed upon satisfactory completion of an undergraduate semester in any institution of higher education in this state, or upon satisfactory completion of a course at any school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), any proprietary school that is approved under s. 38.50 440.55, any public or private high school, any tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), that operates any grade from 9 to 12, or any institution from which the veteran receives a waiver of nonresident tuition under s. 39.47. Except as provided in par. (e), the amount of reimbursement may not exceed the total cost of the veteran's tuition minus any grants or scholarships that the veteran receives specifically for the payment of the tuition, or, if the tuition is for an undergraduate semester in any institution of higher education, the standard cost of tuition for a state resident for an equivalent undergraduate semester at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, whichever is less.

AB40,772 Section 772. 45.20 (2) (d) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,470,8 45.20 (2) (d) 1. (intro.) Subject to subd. 1m., a veteran's eligibility for reimbursement under this subsection at any institution of higher education in this state, at a school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), at a proprietary school that is approved under s. 38.50 440.55, at a public or private high school, at a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), that operates any grade from 9 to 12, or at an institution where he or she is receiving a waiver of nonresident tuition under s. 39.47 is limited to the following:

AB40,773 Section 773. 45.205 of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,470,11 45.205 Tuition reimbursement for students at tribal colleges. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB40,470,12 (a) "Tribal college" means any of the following:

AB40,470,13 1. The College of Menominee Nation.

AB40,470,14 2. Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College.

AB40,470,17 (b) "Tuition" means the amount charged to a student to enroll in a degree credit course. "Tuition" does not include fees or the cost of room and board, books, supplies, or equipment.

AB40,470,22 (2) Tuition reimbursement program. (a) Application. Any veteran enrolled in a tribal college may apply to the department for tuition reimbursement under this subsection on a form prescribed by the department. The application shall contain information, as determined by the department, establishing the applicant's eligibility for tuition reimbursement under this subsection.

AB40,470,24 (b) Eligibility. A veteran is eligible for tuition reimbursement under this subsection if he or she meets all of the following conditions:

AB40,471,2 1. The veteran is enrolled as a member of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state.

AB40,471,4 2. The veteran's annual household income does not exceed $50,000 plus $1,000 for each dependent in excess of 2 dependents.

AB40,471,6 3. The veteran is a resident of this state at the time of application under par. (a).

AB40,471,13 4. The veteran was a resident of this state at the time of his or her entry into service or was a resident of this state for any consecutive 12-month period after entry into service and before the date of application under par. (a). If a veteran who submits an application under par. (a) meets that consecutive 12-month residency requirement, the department may not require the veteran to reestablish that he or she meets that residency requirement when he or she later applies for any other benefit under this chapter for which that residency requirement applies.

AB40,471,15 5. The veteran does not have a bachelor's or higher degree from an institution of higher education, as defined in 20 USC 1001 (a).

AB40,471,20 (c) Benefits. 1. Subject to the limitations under par. (d), if a veteran submits an application under par. (a) and establishes his or her eligibility for tuition reimbursement under par. (b), the department shall reimburse the veteran for the total amount of his or her tribal college tuition from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (km).

AB40,471,25 2. If in any fiscal year the total amount of reimbursement payments to be paid under subd. 1. exceeds the moneys available for the payments from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (km), the department shall prorate the available moneys among the applicants for reimbursement in proportion to the approved reimbursement amounts.

AB40,472,3 (d) Limitations. 1. The department may not reimburse a veteran under this subsection for more than the following number of credits or semesters at a tribal college:

AB40,472,5 a. If the veteran served on active duty, except service on active duty for training purposes, for 90 to 180 days, 30 credits or 2 semesters.

AB40,472,7 b. If the veteran served on active duty, except service on active duty for training purposes, for 181 to 730 days, 60 credits or 4 semesters.

AB40,472,11 c. If the veteran served on active duty, except service on active duty for training purposes, for more than 730 days, 120 credits or 8 semesters, except that, for courses a veteran begins later than 10 years after the veteran's separation from service, the department may not reimburse a veteran for more than 60 credits or 4 semesters.

AB40,472,16 3. The department may not provide reimbursement under this subsection to a veteran who is delinquent in child support or maintenance payments or who owes past support, medical expenses, or birth expenses, as established by appearance of the veteran's name on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the veteran provides the department with one of the following:

AB40,472,20 a. A repayment agreement that the veteran has entered into, that has been accepted by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5), and that has been kept current for the 6-month period immediately preceding the date of the application under par. (a).

AB40,472,24 b. A statement that the veteran is not delinquent in child support or maintenance payments and does not owe past support, medical expenses, or birth expenses, signed by the department of children and families or its designee within 7 working days before the date of the application under par. (a).

AB40,473,3 4. The department may not provide reimbursement under this subsection for any semester in which the veteran is eligible for or received a grant under s. 321.40 or under 10 USC 2007.

AB40,473,5 5. The department may not provide reimbursement under this subsection for any semester for which the veteran received reimbursement under s. 45.20.

AB40,473,8 6. The department may not provide reimbursement under this subsection for any semester in which the veteran fails to receive at least a 2.0 grade point average or an average grade of "C."

AB40,473,11 7. The department shall reduce the reimbursement amount under par. (c) by the amount of any grant or scholarship the veteran receives specifically for the payment of college tuition.

AB40,473,12 (3) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section.

AB40,774 Section 774. 45.21 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,473,18 45.21 (2) (a) The veteran is enrolled in a training course in a technical college under ch. 38 or in a proprietary school in the state approved by the educational approval board under s. 38.50 440.55, other than a proprietary school offering a 4-year degree or 4-year program, or is engaged in a structured on-the-job training program that meets program requirements promulgated by the department by rule.

AB40,775 Section 775. 45.41 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,473,22 45.41 (2) (a) If the total amount paid under sub. (3) is from $1 to $2,499 $119,999, the organization shall receive an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount paid.

AB40,776 Section 776. 45.41 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,777 Section 777. 45.41 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,778 Section 778. 45.41 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,474,2 45.41 (2) (d) If the total amount paid under sub. (3) is $120,000 or more, the organization shall receive $30,000 $70,000.

AB40,779 Section 779. 45.41 (2) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,474,8 45.41 (2) (e) An organization that receives a payment under par. (a) or (d) shall maintain records as required by the department concerning the organization's expenditure of the payment. That organization shall give the department access to those records upon request of the department, and the department may audit those records.