AB163: Bill Text

AB163,20,3 15.176 (6) (a) (intro.) There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards, attached to the medical examining board, a massage therapy and bodywork therapy affiliated credentialing board. The affiliated credentialing board shall consist of the following 7 members appointed for 4-year terms:

AB163,20,13 1. Six massage therapists or bodywork therapists licensed under ch. 460 who have engaged in the practice of massage therapy or bodywork therapy for at least 2 years preceding appointment. One member appointed under this subdivision shall be a representative of a massage therapy or bodywork therapy school approved certified by the educational approval board under s. 38.50 department of financial institutions and professional standards under s. 440.52. One member appointed under this subdivision shall be a representative of a massage therapy or bodywork therapy program offered by a technical college in this state. No other members appointed under this subdivision shall be directly or indirectly affiliated with a massage therapy or bodywork therapy school or program.

AB163,51 Section 51. 15.407 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (title).

AB163,52 Section 52. 15.407 (1m) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (1m) and amended to read:

AB163,21,5 15.177 (1m) Respiratory care practitioners examining council. There is created a respiratory care practitioners examining council in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards and serving the medical examining board in an advisory capacity in the formulating of rules to be promulgated by the medical examining board for the regulation of respiratory care practitioners. The respiratory care practitioners examining council shall consist of 3 certified respiratory care practitioners, each of whom shall have engaged in the practice of respiratory care for at least 3 years preceding appointment, one physician and one public member. The respiratory care practitioner and physician members shall be appointed by the medical examining board. The members of the examining council shall serve 3-year terms. Section 15.08 (1) to (4) (a) and (6) to (10) shall apply to the respiratory care practitioners examining council, except that members of the examining council may serve more than 2 consecutive terms.

AB163,53 Section 53. 15.407 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (2), and 15.177 (2) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB163,21,11 15.177 (2) Council on physician assistants. (intro.) There is created a council on physician assistants in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards and serving the medical examining board in an advisory capacity. The council's membership shall consist of:

AB163,54 Section 54. 15.407 (2m) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (2m), and 15.177 (2m) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB163,21,18 15.177 (2m) (intro.) There is created a perfusionists examining council in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards and serving the medical examining board in an advisory capacity. The council shall consist of the following members appointed for 3-year terms:

AB163,55 Section 55. 15.407 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (3), and 15.177 (3) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB163,21,25 15.177 (3) Examining councils; board of nursing. (intro.) The following examining councils are created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards to serve the board of nursing in an advisory capacity. Section 15.08 (1) to (4) (a) and (6) to (10), applies to the examining councils.

AB163,56 Section 56. 15.407 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (5) and amended to read:

AB163,22,15 15.177 (5) Council on real estate curriculum and examinations. There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards a council on real estate curriculum and examinations consisting of 7 members appointed for 4-year terms. Five members shall be real estate brokers or salespersons licensed under ch. 452 and 2 members shall be public members. Of the real estate broker or salesperson members, one member shall be a member of the real estate examining board appointed by the real estate examining board, at least 2 members shall be licensed real estate brokers with at least 5 years of experience as real estate brokers, and at least one member shall be a licensed real estate salesperson with at least 2 years of experience as a real estate salesperson. Of the 2 public members, at least one member shall have at least 2 years of experience in planning or presenting real estate educational programs. No member of the council may serve more than 2 consecutive terms.

AB163,57 Section 57. 15.407 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (6), and 15.177 (6) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB163,22,22 15.177 (6) Pharmacist advisory council. (intro.) There is created a pharmacist advisory council in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards and serving the pharmacy examining board in an advisory capacity. The council shall consist of the following members appointed for 3-year terms:

AB163,58 Section 58. 15.407 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (7), and 15.177 (7) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB163,23,10 15.177 (7) Council on anesthesiologist assistants; duties. (intro.) There is created a council on anesthesiologist assistants in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards and serving the medical examining board in an advisory capacity. The council's membership shall consist of the following members, who shall be selected from a list of recommended appointees submitted by the president of the Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists, Inc., after the president of the Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists, Inc., has considered the recommendation of the Wisconsin Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants for the appointee under par. (b), and who shall be appointed by the medical examining board for 3-year terms:

AB163,59 Section 59. 15.407 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (8), and 15.177 (8) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB163,23,18 15.177 (8) Crematory authority council. (intro.) There is created a crematory authority council in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards consisting of the secretary of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards or a designee of the secretary, who shall serve as a nonvoting member, and the following persons appointed for 3-year terms:

AB163,60 Section 60. 15.407 (9) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (9), and 15.177 (9) (a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB163,24,2 15.177 (9) (a) (intro.) There is created a sign language interpreter council in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards consisting of the secretary of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards or a designee of the secretary and the following 8 members nominated by the governor, and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed, for 3-year terms:

AB163,61 Section 61. 15.407 (10) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (10), and 15.177 (10) (a) (intro.) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB163,24,8 15.177 (10) (a) (intro.) There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards, a dwelling code council, consisting of 11 members appointed for staggered 2-year terms. Each member shall represent at least one of the following groups:

AB163,24,13 (b) An employee of the department designated by the secretary of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards shall serve as secretary, but shall not be a member, of the council. The council shall meet at least twice a year. Seven members of the council shall constitute a quorum. For the purpose of conducting business a majority vote of the council is required.

AB163,62 Section 62. 15.407 (11) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (11) and amended to read:

AB163,24,23 15.177 (11) Contractor certification council. There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards a contractor certification council consisting of 3 members who are building contractors holding certificates of financial responsibility under s. 101.654 and who are involved in, or who have demonstrated an interest in, continuing education for building contractors. The members shall be appointed by the secretary of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards for 3-year terms.

AB163,63 Section 63. 15.407 (12) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (12), and 15.177 (12) (a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB163,25,4 15.177 (12) (a) (intro.) There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards a multifamily dwelling code council consisting of the following members appointed for 3-year terms:

AB163,64 Section 64. 15.407 (13) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (13), and 15.177 (13) (a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB163,25,11 15.177 (13) (a) (intro.) There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards a manufactured housing code council consisting of the following members appointed by the secretary of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards for 3-year terms:

AB163,65 Section 65. 15.407 (14) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (14), and 15.177 (14) (a) (intro.) and 10. and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB163,25,16 15.177 (14) (a) (intro.) There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards a conveyance safety code council consisting of the following members appointed for 3-year terms:

AB163,25,20 10. An employee of the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards, designated by the secretary of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards, who is familiar with commercial building inspections.

AB163,25,25 (b) The council shall meet at least twice a year. The employee of the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards designated by the secretary of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards under par. (a) 10. shall serve as nonvoting secretary of the council.

AB163,66 Section 66. 15.407 (16) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (16) and amended to read:

AB163,26,11 15.177 (16) Plumbers council. There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards a plumbers council consisting of 3 members. One member shall be an employee of the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards, selected by the secretary of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards, to serve as the secretary of the council. Two members, one a master plumber and one a journeyman plumber, shall be appointed by the secretary of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards for 2-year terms.

AB163,67 Section 67. 15.407 (17) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (17) and amended to read:

AB163,26,25 15.177 (17) Automatic fire sprinkler system contractors and journeymen council. There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards an automatic fire sprinkler system contractors and journeymen council consisting of 5 members. One member shall be an employee of the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards, selected by the secretary of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards, to serve as secretary of the council. Two members shall be licensed journeymen automatic fire sprinkler fitters and 2 members shall be persons representing licensed automatic fire sprinkler contractors, all appointed by the secretary of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards for staggered 4-year terms.

AB163,68 Section 68. 15.407 (18) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (18), and 15.177 (18) (a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB163,27,5 15.177 (18) (a) (intro.) There is created in the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards a building code council consisting of the following members appointed for 3-year terms:

AB163,69 Section 69. 15.945 of the statutes is repealed.

AB163,70 Section 70. 16.28 of the statutes is renumbered 203.02.

AB163,71 Section 71. 16.283 of the statutes is renumbered 203.03.

AB163,72 Section 72. 16.285 of the statutes is renumbered 203.05.

AB163,73 Section 73. 16.287 of the statutes is renumbered 203.07.

AB163,74 Section 74. 16.75 (3m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,27,13 16.75 (3m) (a) 1. "Disabled veteran-owned business" means a business certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 203.03 (3).

AB163,75 Section 75. 16.75 (3m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,27,16 16.75 (3m) (a) 2. "Disabled veteran-owned financial adviser" means a financial adviser certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 203.03 (3).

AB163,76 Section 76. 16.75 (3m) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,27,20 16.75 (3m) (a) 3. "Disabled veteran-owned investment firm" means an investment firm certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 203.03 (3).

AB163,77 Section 77. 16.75 (3m) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,27,23 16.75 (3m) (a) 4. "Minority business" means a business certified by the department of administration under s. 16.287 203.07 (2).

AB163,78 Section 78. 16.75 (3m) (c) 5. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,28,6 16.75 (3m) (c) 5. a. In determining whether a purchase, contract, or subcontract complies with the goal established under par. (b) 1. or 2. or s. 16.855 (10m) (am) 1. or 2., 16.87 (2) (b) or (c), or 25.185 (2) (a) or (b), the department shall include only amounts paid to businesses, financial advisers, and investment firms certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 203.03 or 16.287 203.07 (2), whichever is appropriate.

AB163,79 Section 79. 16.75 (3m) (c) 5. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,28,11 16.75 (3m) (c) 5. b. In determining whether a purchase, contract, or subcontract is made with a disabled veteran-owned business, the department shall include only amounts paid to disabled veteran-owned businesses certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 203.03 (3).

AB163,80 Section 80. 16.854 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,28,14 16.854 (1) (a) "Minority business" has the meaning given in s. 16.287 203.07 (1) (e).

AB163,81 Section 81. 16.854 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,28,17 16.854 (1) (b) "Minority group member" has the meaning given in s. 16.287 203.07 (1) (f).

AB163,82 Section 82. 16.855 (10m) (ac) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,28,21 16.855 (10m) (ac) In this subsection, "disabled veteran-owned business" means a business certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 203.03 (3).

AB163,83 Section 83. 16.855 (10n) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,28,24 16.855 (10n) (a) In this subsection, "minority group member" has the meaning given in s. 16.287 203.07 (1) (f).

AB163,84 Section 84. 16.87 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,29,2 16.87 (1) (am) "Disabled veteran-owned business" means a business certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 203.03 (3).

AB163,85 Section 85. 18.16 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,29,5 18.16 (1) (a) "Disabled veteran-owned financial adviser" means a financial adviser certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 203.03 (3).

AB163,86 Section 86. 18.16 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,29,8 18.16 (1) (b) "Disabled veteran-owned investment firm" means an investment firm certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 203.03 (3).

AB163,87 Section 87. 18.16 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,29,11 18.16 (1) (c) "Minority financial adviser" means a financial adviser certified by the department of administration under s. 16.287 203.07 (2).

AB163,88 Section 88. 18.16 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,29,14 18.16 (1) (d) "Minority investment firm" means an investment firm certified by the department of administration under s. 16.287 203.07 (2).

AB163,89 Section 89. 18.64 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,29,17 18.64 (1) (a) "Disabled veteran-owned financial adviser" means a financial adviser certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 203.03 (3).

AB163,90 Section 90. 18.64 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,29,20 18.64 (1) (b) "Disabled veteran-owned investment firm" means an investment firm certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 203.03 (3).

AB163,91 Section 91. 18.64 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,29,23 18.64 (1) (c) "Minority financial adviser" means a financial adviser certified by the department of administration under s. 16.287 203.07 (2).

AB163,92 Section 92. 18.64 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,30,2 18.64 (1) (d) "Minority investment firm" means an investment firm certified by the department of administration under s. 16.287 203.07 (2).

AB163,93 Section 93. 18.77 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,30,5 18.77 (1) (a) "Disabled veteran-owned financial adviser" means a financial adviser certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 203.03 (3).

AB163,94 Section 94. 18.77 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,30,8 18.77 (1) (b) "Disabled veteran-owned investment firm" means an investment firm certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 203.03 (3).

AB163,95 Section 95. 18.77 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,30,11 18.77 (1) (c) "Minority financial adviser" means a financial adviser certified by the department of administration under s. 16.287 203.07 (2).