SB21-SSA1,116 5Section 116. 15.103 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,25,86 15.103 (6m) Division of personnel management. There is created in the
7department of administration a division of personnel management. The
8administrator shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary of administration.
SB21-SSA1,117 9Section 117. 15.105 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,25,11 1015.105 (title) Same; attached boards, commissions, bureaus, and
11offices.
SB21-SSA1,118 12Section 118. 15.105 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,25,1613 15.105 (6) Bureau of merit recruitment and selection. There is created in the
14division of personnel management in the department of administration a bureau of
15merit recruitment and selection. The director of the bureau shall serve at the
16pleasure of the secretary of administration.
SB21-SSA1,119 17Section 119. 15.105 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,25,2118 15.105 (6m) State employees suggestion board. There is created in the
19department of administration a state employees suggestion board consisting of 3
20persons, at least one of whom shall be a state officer or employee, appointed for
214-year terms.
SB21-SSA1,120g 22Section 120g. 15.105 (26) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,120r 23Section 120r. 15.105 (28) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,121 24Section 121. 15.105 (29) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,125 25Section 125. 15.107 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,26,9
115.107 (3) Council on affirmative action. There is created in the division of
2personnel management in the department of administration a council on affirmative
3action consisting of 15 members appointed for 3-year terms. A majority of members
4shall be public members and a majority of members shall be minority persons,
5women, or persons with disabilities, appointed with consideration to the appropriate
6representation of each group. The president of the senate, the speaker of the
7assembly, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the assembly
8each shall appoint one member and the remaining members shall be appointed by
9the governor.
SB21-SSA1,125m 10Section 125m. 15.107 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,126m 11Section 126m. 15.107 (17) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,128 12Section 128. 15.135 (5) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,26,1313 15.135 (5) (title) Veterinary examining board.
SB21-SSA1,132m 14Section 132m. 15.137 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,26,2215 15.137 (4) Food safety advisory council. There is created in the department
16of agriculture, trade and consumer protection a food safety advisory council. The
17secretary of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall appoint to the council
18members reflecting a broad representation of the persons regulated under subch. II
19of ch. 97, to serve at the pleasure of the secretary. The council shall meet at least
20quarterly. The council shall advise the secretary of agriculture, trade and consumer
21protection on all aspects of food safety, including the fees charged to the persons
22regulated under subch. II of ch. 97.
SB21-SSA1,135 23Section 135. 15.16 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,27,424 15.16 (1) Employee trust funds board. (intro.) The employee trust funds
25board shall consist of the governor or the governor's designee on the group insurance

1board, the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment
2relations
personnel management in the department of administration or the
3director's administrator's designee and 11 persons appointed or elected for 4-year
4terms as follows:
SB21-SSA1,136d 5Section 136d. 15.165 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB21-SSA1,27,86 15.165 (2) Group insurance board. There is created in the department of
7employee trust funds a group insurance board. The board shall consist of the
8following members:
SB21-SSA1,27,99 (a) The governor or his or her designee.
SB21-SSA1,27,1010 (b) The attorney general or his or her designee.
SB21-SSA1,27,1111 (c) The secretary of administration or his or her designee.
SB21-SSA1,27,1312 (d) The administrator of the division of personnel management in the
13department of administration or his or her designee.
SB21-SSA1,27,1414 (e) The commissioner of insurance or his or her designee.
SB21-SSA1,27,1615 (f) One representative to the assembly appointed by the speaker of the
16assembly.
SB21-SSA1,27,1817 (g) One representative to the assembly appointed by the minority leader of the
18assembly.
SB21-SSA1,27,1919 (h) One senator appointed by the majority leader of the senate.
SB21-SSA1,27,2020 (i) One senator appointed by the minority leader of the senate.
SB21-SSA1,28,221 (j) Six persons appointed for 2-year terms, of whom one shall be an insured
22participant in the Wisconsin Retirement System who is not a teacher, one shall be
23an insured participant in the Wisconsin Retirement System who is a teacher, one
24shall be an insured participant in the Wisconsin Retirement System who is a retired
25employee, one shall be an insured employee of a local unit of government, and one

1shall be the chief executive or a member of the governing body of a local unit of
2government that is a participating employer in the Wisconsin Retirement System.
SB21-SSA1,146m 3Section 146m. 15.225 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 15.105 (15) and
4amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,28,115 15.105 (15) Labor and industry review commission. There is created a labor
6and industry review commission which is attached to the department of workforce
7development
administration under s. 15.03, except the budget of the labor and
8industry review commission shall be transmitted by the department to the governor
9without change or modification by the department, unless agreed to by the labor and
10industry review commission. The governor shall appoint an individual to serve at
11the pleasure of the governor as general counsel for the commission.
SB21-SSA1,148m 12Section 148m. 15.227 (17) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,157m 13Section 157m. 15.345 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,161m 14Section 161m. 15.347 (15) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,175 15Section 175. 15.405 (5g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,28,2216 15.405 (5g) Controlled substances board. There is created in the department
17of safety and professional services a controlled substances board consisting of the
18attorney general, the secretary of health services, and the secretary of agriculture,
19trade and consumer protection, or their designees; the chairperson of the pharmacy
20examining board, the chairperson of the medical examining board, the chairperson
21of the dentistry examining board, and the chairperson of the board of nursing,
or a
22designee; and one psychiatrist and one pharmacologist appointed for 3-year terms.
SB21-SSA1,190 23Section 190. 15.405 (12) of the statutes is renumbered 15.135 (5) (a) (intro.)
24and amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,29,4
115.135 (5) (a) Veterinary examining board. (intro.) There is created a
2veterinary examining board in the department of safety and professional services
3agriculture, trade and consumer protection. The veterinary examining board shall
4consist of the following 8 members appointed for staggered 4-year terms.:
SB21-SSA1,29,5 51. Five of the members shall be licensed veterinarians licensed in this state.
SB21-SSA1,29,6 62. One member shall be a veterinary technician certified in this state.
SB21-SSA1,29,7 73. Two members shall be public members.
SB21-SSA1,29,10 8(b) No member of the examining board may in any way be financially interested
9in any school having a veterinary department or a course of study in veterinary or
10animal technology.
SB21-SSA1,203p 11Section 203p. 15.407 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,205p 12Section 205p. 15.407 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,207p 13Section 207p. 15.407 (8) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,211p 14Section 211p. 15.407 (12) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,215p 15Section 215p. 15.407 (17) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,219 16Section 219. 15.445 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 15.345 (8), and 15.345
17(8) (a), as renumbered, is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,29,1918 15.345 (8) (a) There is created a lower Wisconsin state riverway board, which
19is attached to the department of tourism natural resources under s. 15.03.
SB21-SSA1,222m 20Section 222m. 15.707 of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,223g 21Section 223g. 15.79 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,30,622 15.79 (1) There is created a public service commission. No member of the
23commission
consisting of one chairperson and 2 commissioners. The chairperson and
24any commissioner
may not have a financial interest in a railroad, water carrier, or
25public utility. If any member the chairperson or a commissioner voluntarily becomes

1so interested, the member's chairperson's or commissioner's office shall become
2vacant. If the member chairperson or commissioner involuntarily becomes so
3interested, the member's chairperson's or commissioner's office shall become vacant
4unless the member chairperson or commissioner divests himself or herself of the
5interest within a reasonable time. Each The chairperson and each commissioner
6shall hold office until a successor is appointed and qualified.
SB21-SSA1,223r 7Section 223r. 15.79 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,30,98 15.79 (2) (intro.) A The chairperson and each commissioner of the public
9service commission may not do any of the following:
SB21-SSA1,228 10Section 228. 15.915 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,233 11Section 233. 16.003 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,30,1512 16.003 (2) Staff. Except as provided in ss. 16.548, 16.57, 978.03 (1), (1m) and
13(2), 978.04 and 978.05 (8) (b), the secretary shall appoint the staff necessary for
14performing the duties of the department. All staff shall be appointed under the
15classified service except as otherwise provided by law.
SB21-SSA1,236 16Section 236. 16.004 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,31,417 16.004 (7) (a) The secretary shall establish and maintain a personnel
18management information system which shall be used to furnish the governor, the
19legislature and the office division of state employment relations personnel
20management in the department
with current information pertaining to authorized
21positions, payroll and related items for all civil service employees, except employees
22of the office of the governor, the courts and judicial branch agencies, and the
23legislature and legislative service agencies. It is the intent of the legislature that the
24University of Wisconsin System provide position and other information to the
25department and the legislature, which includes appropriate data on each position,

1facilitates accountability for each authorized position and traces each position over
2time. Nothing in this paragraph may be interpreted as limiting the authority of the
3board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System to allocate and reallocate
4positions by funding source within the legally authorized levels.
SB21-SSA1,239r 5Section 239r. 16.004 (13) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,31,86 16.004 (13) Amortization schedule for commercial paper principal. (a) In
7this subsection, "short-term commercial paper program" means a short-term,
8general obligation debt issued in lieu of long-term, state general obligation debt.
SB21-SSA1,31,119 (b) The secretary shall establish an amortization schedule for the repayment
10of principal repayment on short-term commercial paper programs so that a uniform
11portion of the principal amount of the obligation is planned to be retired annually.
SB21-SSA1,240 12Section 240. 16.004 (16) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,247m 13Section 247m. 16.02 of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,251 14Section 251. 16.08 of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,254b 15Section 254b. 16.25 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,254d 16Section 254d. 16.25 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,32,217 16.25 (2) The board shall establish by rule department shall administer a
18program to provide length-of-service awards, described in 26 USC 457 (e) (11), to
19volunteer fire fighters in municipalities that operate volunteer fire departments or
20that contract with volunteer fire companies organized under ch. 181 or 213, to first
21responders in any municipality that authorizes first responders to provide first
22responder services, and to volunteer emergency medical technicians in any
23municipality that authorizes volunteer emergency medical technicians to provide
24emergency medical technical services in the municipality. To the extent permitted
25by federal law, the board shall design department shall administer the program so

1as to treat the length-of-service awards as a tax-deferred benefit under the Internal
2Revenue Code.
SB21-SSA1,254f 3Section 254f. 16.25 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,32,64 16.25 (3) (intro.) The board department shall promulgate rules to include the
5following design features for
administer the program so as to include all of the
6following features
:
SB21-SSA1,254h 7Section 254h. 16.25 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,32,138 16.25 (3) (c) The municipality may select from among the plans offered by
9individuals or organizations under contract with the board department under sub.
10(4) for the volunteer fire fighters, first responders, and emergency medical
11technicians who perform services for the municipality. The municipality shall pay
12the annual contributions directly to the individual or organization offering the plan
13selected by the municipality.
SB21-SSA1,254j 14Section 254j. 16.25 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,32,2415 16.25 (3) (d) 1. Subject to subd. 2., the board department shall match all annual
16municipal contributions paid for volunteer fire fighters, first responders, and
17emergency medical technicians up to $250 per fiscal year, other than contributions
18paid for the purchase of additional years of service under par. (e), to be paid from the
19appropriation account under s. 20.505 (4) (er). This amount shall be adjusted
20annually on July 1 to reflect any changes in the U.S. consumer price index for all
21urban consumers, U.S. city average, as determined by the U.S. department of labor,
22for the 12-month period ending on the preceding December 31. The board
23department shall pay all amounts that are matched under this paragraph to the
24individuals and organizations offering the plans selected by the municipalities.
SB21-SSA1,33,4
12. If the moneys appropriated under s. 20.505 (4) (er) are not sufficient to fully
2fund the contributions required to be paid by the board department under subd. 1.,
3the board department shall prorate the contributions paid for the volunteer fire
4fighters, first responders, and emergency medical technicians.
SB21-SSA1,254L 5Section 254L. 16.25 (3) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,33,206 16.25 (3) (g) A volunteer fire fighter, first responder, or emergency medical
7technician shall be paid a length of service award either in a lump sum or in a manner
8specified by rule, consisting of all municipal and state contributions made on behalf
9of the volunteer fire fighter, first responder, or emergency medical technician and all
10earnings on the contributions, less any expenses incurred in the investment of the
11contributions and earnings, after the volunteer fire fighter, first responder, or
12emergency medical technician attains 20 years of service for a municipality and
13reaches the age of 60. If a volunteer fire fighter, first responder, or emergency
14medical technician has satisfied all vesting requirements under the program but has
15less than 20 years of service for a municipality or has not reached the age of 60, the
16program shall provide for the payment of a length of service award either in a lump
17sum or in a manner specified by rule in an amount to be determined by the board
18department, but less than the amount paid to a volunteer fire fighter, first responder,
19or emergency medical technician who has attained 20 years of service for a
20municipality and has reached the age of 60.
SB21-SSA1,254n 21Section 254n. 16.25 (3) (i) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,34,222 16.25 (3) (i) 2. A volunteer fire fighter, first responder, or emergency medical
23technician who becomes disabled during his or her service as a volunteer fire fighter,
24first responder, or emergency medical technician for the municipality shall be paid

1a length of service award either in a lump sum or in a manner specified by rule, in
2an amount to be determined by the board department.
SB21-SSA1,254p 3Section 254p. 16.25 (3) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,34,84 16.25 (3) (k) The board department shall equitably allocate all moneys in
5accounts of volunteer fire fighters, first responders, and emergency medical
6technicians that have been closed to the accounts of volunteer fire fighters, first
7responders, and emergency medical technicians that have not been forfeited or
8closed.
SB21-SSA1,254r 9Section 254r. 16.25 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,34,1610 16.25 (4) (a) The board department shall establish by rule the requirements
11for, and the qualifications of, the individuals and organizations in the private sector
12that are eligible to provide administrative services and investment plans under the
13program, other than services funded from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (ec).
14In establishing the requirements and qualifications, the board department shall
15develop criteria of financial stability that each individual and organization must
16meet in order to offer the services and plans under the program.
SB21-SSA1,254t 17Section 254t. 16.25 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,34,2318 16.25 (4) (b) The board department may contract with any individual or
19organization in the private sector that seeks to provide administrative services and
20investment plans required for the program, other than services funded from the
21appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (ec), if the individual or organization fulfills the
22requirements and has the qualifications established by the board department under
23par. (a). Section 16.72 (2) (b) does not apply to any such contract.
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