AB21: Bill Text

AB21,108,25 (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.

AB21,210 Section 210. 15.407 (11) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (11) and amended to read:

AB21,109,10 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.

AB21,211 Section 211. 15.407 (12) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (12), and 15.177 (12) (a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB21,109,16 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:

AB21,212 Section 212. 15.407 (13) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (13), and 15.177 (13) (a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB21,109,23 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:

AB21,213 Section 213. 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:

AB21,110,3 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:

AB21,110,7 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.

AB21,110,12 (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.

AB21,214 Section 214. 15.407 (16) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (16) and amended to read:

AB21,110,23 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.

AB21,215 Section 215. 15.407 (17) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (17) and amended to read:

AB21,111,12 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.

AB21,216 Section 216. 15.407 (18) of the statutes is renumbered 15.177 (18), and 15.177 (18) (a) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB21,111,17 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:

AB21,217 Section 217. 15.435 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,111,21 15.435 (1) (a) 1. The chief executive officer of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Forward Wisconsin Development Authority and the secretary of revenue or their designees.

AB21,218 Section 218. 15.445 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 15.345 (7), and 15.345 (7) (a), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB21,112,3 15.345 (7) (a) Creation. There is created a Kickapoo reserve management board which is attached to the department of tourism natural resources under s. 15.03.

AB21,219 Section 219. 15.445 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 15.345 (8), and 15.345 (8) (a), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB21,112,7 15.345 (8) (a) There is created a lower Wisconsin state riverway board, which is attached to the department of tourism natural resources under s. 15.03.

AB21,220 Section 220. 15.57 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,112,11 15.57 (1) The secretary of administration, the state superintendent of public instruction, the president of the University of Wisconsin System Authority and the director of the technical college system board, or their designees.

AB21,221 Section 221. 15.57 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,112,14 15.57 (5) One member appointed by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System Authority for a 4-year term.

AB21,222 Section 222. 15.67 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,112,17 15.67 (1) (a) 1. One member of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System Authority.

AB21,223 Section 223. 15.737 (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB21,112,19 15.737 (title) Same; councils.

AB21,224 Section 224. 15.91 of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,225 Section 225. 15.915 (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,226 Section 226. 15.915 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 15.135 (6), and 15.135 (6) (a), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB21,113,3 15.135 (6) (a) There is created a veterinary diagnostic laboratory board which is attached to the University of Wisconsin System department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection under s. 15.03.

AB21,227 Section 227. 15.915 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 15.135 (5), and 15.135 (5) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB21,113,11 15.135 (5) Laboratory of hygiene board. (intro.) There is created in the University of Wisconsin System a laboratory of hygiene under the direction and supervision of the a laboratory of hygiene board to direct and supervise a laboratory of hygiene and which is attached to the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection under s. 15.03. The board shall consist of the following members:

AB21,228 Section 228. 15.915 (6) of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,229 Section 229. 15.917 of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,230 Section 230. 15.94 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,113,17 15.94 (2m) The president chairperson, or by his or her designation another member, of the board of regents Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System Authority.

AB21,231 Section 231. 15.945 of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,232 Section 232. 16.002 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,113,24 16.002 (2) "Departments" means constitutional offices, departments, and independent agencies and includes all societies, associations, and other agencies of state government for which appropriations are made by law, but not including authorities created in subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 36, 231, 232, 233, 234 235, 237, 238, or 279.

AB21,233 Section 233. 16.003 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,114,4 16.003 (2) Staff. Except as provided in ss. 16.548, 16.57, 978.03 (1), (1m) and (2), 978.04 and 978.05 (8) (b), the secretary shall appoint the staff necessary for performing the duties of the department. All staff shall be appointed under the classified service except as otherwise provided by law.

AB21,234 Section 234. 16.004 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,114,11 16.004 (4) Freedom of access. The secretary and such employees of the department as the secretary designates may enter into the offices of state agencies and authorities created under subch. II of ch. 114 and under chs. 36, 231, 233, 234 235, 237, 238, and 279, and may examine their books and accounts and any other matter that in the secretary's judgment should be examined and may interrogate the agency's employees publicly or privately relative thereto.

AB21,235 Section 235. 16.004 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,114,17 16.004 (5) Agencies and employees to cooperate. All state agencies and authorities created under subch. II of ch. 114 and under chs. 36, 231, 233, 234 235, 237, 238, and 279, and their officers and employees, shall cooperate with the secretary and shall comply with every request of the secretary relating to his or her functions.

AB21,236 Section 236. 16.004 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,115,6 16.004 (7) (a) The secretary shall establish and maintain a personnel management information system which shall be used to furnish the governor, the legislature and the office division of state employment relations personnel management in the department with current information pertaining to authorized positions, payroll and related items for all civil service employees, except employees of the office of the governor, the courts and judicial branch agencies, and the legislature and legislative service agencies. It is the intent of the legislature that the University of Wisconsin System provide position and other information to the department and the legislature, which includes appropriate data on each position, facilitates accountability for each authorized position and traces each position over time. Nothing in this paragraph may be interpreted as limiting the authority of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System to allocate and reallocate positions by funding source within the legally authorized levels.

AB21,237 Section 237 . 16.004 (7) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB21,115,21 16.004 (7) (a) The secretary shall establish and maintain a personnel management information system which shall be used to furnish the governor, the legislature and the division of personnel management in the department with current information pertaining to authorized positions, payroll and related items for all civil service employees, except employees of the office of the governor, the courts and judicial branch agencies, and the legislature and legislative service agencies. It is the intent of the legislature that the University of Wisconsin System provide position and other information to the department and the legislature, which includes appropriate data on each position, facilitates accountability for each authorized position and traces each position over time. Nothing in this paragraph may be interpreted as limiting the authority of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System to allocate and reallocate positions by funding source within the legally authorized levels.

AB21,238 Section 238. 16.004 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,116,3 16.004 (9) Agreements to maintain an accounting for operating notes. The secretary may enter into agreements to maintain an accounting of, forecast and administer those moneys that are in the process of collection by the state and that are pledged for the repayment of operating notes issued under subch. III of ch. 18 s. 16.526, in accordance with resolutions of the building commission certifications authorizing the issuance of the operating notes.

AB21,239 Section 239. 16.004 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,116,13 16.004 (12) (a) In this subsection, "state agency" means an association, authority, board, department, commission, independent agency, institution, office, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, including the legislature, the office of the governor, and the courts, but excluding the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the University of Wisconsin System Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Forward Wisconsin Development Authority, and the Fox River Navigational System Authority.

AB21,240 Section 240. 16.004 (16) of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,241 Section 241. 16.004 (19) of the statutes is created to read:

AB21,116,19 16.004 (19) Payments to the University of Wisconsin System Authority. (a) Subject to par. (b), the secretary shall pay quarterly to the University of Wisconsin System Authority one-quarter of the amounts appropriated under section 20.285 (1) (a).

AB21,116,24 (b) The secretary may make quarterly payments under par. (a) only if the University of Wisconsin System Authority has made the payments due under the lease agreement under s. 36.11 (27m) (a), the payments due for municipal services under s. 70.119 (7) (a), and any other payments for any obligation otherwise due to the state.

AB21,242 Section 242. 16.004 (20) of the statutes is created to read:

AB21,117,6 16.004 (20) Office services. (a) In this subsection, "shared services agency" means the department of financial institutions, the department of safety and professional services, the public service commission, the state fair park board, the educational communications board, the higher educational aids board, the state historical society, the technical college system board, the department of tourism, the board of commissioners of public lands, and the government accountability board.

AB21,117,11 (b) The department shall administer for each shared services agency its responsibilities to provide human resources services, payroll services, finance services, budget functions, and procurement functions. The department may charge agencies for services provided to them under this subsection in accordance with a methodology determined by the department.

AB21,243 Section 243. 16.004 (20) (a) of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB21,117,20 16.004 (20) (a) In this subsection, "shared services agency" means the department of financial institutions, the department of safety and professional services and professional standards, the public service commission, the state fair park board, the educational communications board, the higher educational aids board, the state historical society, the technical college system board, the department of tourism, the board of commissioners of public lands, and the government accountability board.

AB21,244 Section 244. 16.008 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,118,15 16.008 (2) The state shall pay for extraordinary police services provided directly to state facilities, as defined in s. 70.119 (3) (e), in response to a request of a state officer or agency responsible for the operation and preservation of such facilities. The University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority shall pay for extraordinary police services provided to facilities of the authority described in s. 70.11 (38). The University of Wisconsin System Authority shall pay for extraordinary police services provided to facilities of the authority described in s. 70.11 (38c). The Fox River Navigational System Authority shall pay for extraordinary police services provided to the navigational system, as defined in s. 237.01 (5). Municipalities or counties that provide extraordinary police services to state facilities may submit claims to the claims board for actual additional costs related to wage and disability payments, pensions and worker's compensation payments, damage to equipment and clothing, replacement of expendable supplies, medical and transportation expense, and other necessary expenses. The clerk of the municipality or county submitting a claim shall also transmit an itemized statement of charges and a statement that identifies the facility served and the person who requested the services. The board shall obtain a review of the claim and recommendations from the agency responsible for the facility prior to proceeding under s. 16.007 (3), (5), and (6).

AB21,245 Section 245. 16.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,118,22 16.01 (1) In this section, "agency" means any office, department, agency, institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law which is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, and any authority created under subch. II of ch. 114 or ch. 36, 231, 233, or 234 235.

AB21,246 Section 246. 16.01 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,119,3 16.01 (2) (d) Work closely with all state agencies, including the University of Wisconsin System and the technical college system and the University of Wisconsin System Authority, with the private sector, and with groups concerned with women's issues to develop long-term solutions to women's economic and social inequality in this state.

AB21,247 Section 247. 16.01 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,119,8 16.01 (3) (intro.) All state agencies, including the University of Wisconsin System and the technical college system, shall fully cooperate with and assist the women's council. To that end, a representative of a state agency shall, upon request by the women's council:

AB21,248 Section 248. 16.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,119,16 16.02 (2) The acid deposition research council shall, by July 1 of each even-numbered year, submit a report of its work summarizing its recommendations under sub. (1) (a) to (c) and the results of the research reviewed under sub. (1) (d) and shall file the report with the governor, the secretary, the chairperson of the natural resources board secretary of natural resources, and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (2).

AB21,249 Section 249. 16.04 (1e) of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,250 Section 250. 16.045 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,119,24 16.045 (1) (a) "Agency" means an office, department, independent agency, institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, but not including an authority created in subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 36, 231, 232, 233, 234 235, 237, 238, or 279.

AB21,251 Section 251. 16.08 of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,252 Section 252. 16.09 of the statutes is created to read: