AB21,119,2419 16.045 (1) (a) "Agency" means an office, department, independent agency,
20institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state
21government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that
22is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the
23courts, but not including an authority created in subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 36, 231,
24232, 233, 234 235, 237, 238, or 279.
AB21,251 25Section 251. 16.08 of the statutes is repealed.
AB21,252
1Section 252. 16.09 of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,120,4 216.09 Establishing efficiency programs. The office of lean government
3shall establish and administer programs for state agencies to increase the value of
4goods and services that state agencies provide with the fewest possible resources.
AB21,253 5Section 253. 16.15 (1) (ab) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,120,106 16.15 (1) (ab) "Authority" has the meaning given under s. 16.70 (2), but
7excludes the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the University
8of Wisconsin System Authority,
the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, and the
9Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Forward Wisconsin Development
10Authority
.
AB21,254 11Section 254. 16.20 of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,120,12 1216.20 Office of continuity of government. (1) Definitions. In this section:
AB21,120,1313 (a) "Disaster" has the meaning given in s. 323.02 (6).
AB21,120,1514 (b) "Office" means the office of continuity of government created under s. 15.105
15(34).
AB21,120,1716 (c) "State agency" means any office, commission, board, department, or
17independent agency in the executive branch of state government.
AB21,120,21 18(2) Continuity of government operations during a disaster. (a) In
19consultation with the administrator of the division of emergency management, the
20office shall establish and administer a continuity of government program to ensure
21the continuity of state government operations during a disaster.
AB21,121,222 (b) Except as provided in sub. (3), under the program established under par. (a),
23the office shall establish, and periodically update, for each state agency a continuity
24of operations plan for the continuity of government operations in that state agency

1during a disaster. The office shall cooperate with each state agency to administer
2that state agency's implementation of the plan established under this paragraph.
AB21,121,4 3(3) Delegation to state agencies. The office may delegate to any state agency
4the office's authority under sub. (2) (b) with respect to that state agency.
AB21,121,8 5(4) Assessments to state agencies. The department shall annually assess to
6each state agency an amount equal to that state agency's proportionate share of the
7department's annual costs incurred under this section in accordance with a method
8of apportionment determined by the department.
AB21,255 9Section 255. 16.28 of the statutes is renumbered 203.02.
AB21,256 10Section 256. 16.283 of the statutes is renumbered 203.03.
AB21,257 11Section 257. 16.285 of the statutes is renumbered 203.05.
AB21,258 12Section 258. 16.287 of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this
13act), is renumbered 203.07, and 203.07 (2) (a), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB21,121,2014 203.07 (2) (a) For the purposes of ss. 16.75 (3m), 16.855 (10m), 16.87 (2), 18.16,
1518.64, 25.185, 119.495 (2), 200.57, and 231.27 and 234.35, the department shall
16establish and periodically update a list of certified minority businesses, minority
17financial advisers and minority investment firms. Any business, financial adviser
18or investment firm may apply to the department for certification. For purposes of
19this paragraph, unless the context otherwise requires, a "business" includes a
20financial adviser or investment firm.
AB21,259 21Section 259. 16.287 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,122,322 16.287 (2) (a) For the purposes of ss. 16.75 (3m), 16.855 (10m), 16.87 (2), 18.16,
2318.64, 18.77, 25.185, 119.495 (2), 200.57, 231.27 and 234.35, the department shall
24establish and periodically update a list of certified minority businesses, minority
25financial advisers and minority investment firms. Any business, financial adviser

1or investment firm may apply to the department for certification. For purposes of
2this paragraph, unless the context otherwise requires, a "business" includes a
3financial adviser or investment firm.
AB21,260 4Section 260. 16.293 of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,122,8 516.293 Grants for economic development district. (1) From the
6appropriation under s. 20.855 (4) (d), and subject to subs. (2) and (3), the department
7may award grants to a city in the state for an economic development district that
8includes a community arts center and a mixed-use development.
AB21,122,14 9(2) Before the department makes any grant under sub. (1), the city shall submit
10to the department a financial plan for the economic development district. The
11financial plan shall include matching funds, whether cash or in-kind or both, that,
12in total, at least equal 100 percent of all grant moneys being requested and shall
13include proof, to the satisfaction of the department, of other financing for the
14economic development district.
AB21,122,16 15(3) The department may not award more than a total of $15,000,000 in grants
16under sub. (1).
AB21,261 17Section 261. 16.40 (16) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,122,2118 16.40 (16) Maintain an accounting for operating notes. Maintain an
19accounting of, forecast and administer those moneys pledged for the repayment of
20operating notes issued under subch. III of ch. 18 s. 16.526, in accordance with
21agreements entered into by the secretary under s. 16.004 (9).
AB21,262 22Section 262. 16.40 (18) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,123,423 16.40 (18) Require agencies to provide copies. Require each state agency, at
24the time that the agency submits a request to the department for an increased
25appropriation to be provided in an executive budget bill which is necessitated by the

1compensation plan under s. 230.12 or a collective bargaining agreement approved
2under s. 111.92, to provide a copy of the request to the director of the office
3administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management
4in the department and the joint committee on employment relations.
AB21,263 5Section 263. 16.40 (23) of the statutes is repealed.
AB21,264 6Section 264. 16.405 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 16.526 (1m) (a) and
7amended to read:
AB21,123,138 16.526 (1m) (a) At Subject to par. (b), at any time the department determines
9that a deficiency will occur in the funds of the state which will not permit the state
10to meet its operating obligations in a timely manner, it may prepare a request an
11authorizing certification
for the issuance of operating notes under subch. III of ch.
1218 and, subject to subs. (2) and (3), may submit the request to the building
13commission
this section.
AB21,265 14Section 265. 16.405 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB21,266 15Section 266. 16.405 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 16.526 (1m) (b) and
16amended to read:
AB21,124,417 16.526 (1m) (b) If the department proposes to submit a request to the building
18commission
prepare an authorizing certification under sub. (1) par. (a), the secretary
19shall notify the joint committee on finance in writing of the proposed action. If the
20cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the secretary that the committee has
21scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed submission
22certification within 14 working days after the date of the secretary's notification, the
23department may submit the request to the building commission issue operating
24notes pursuant to the certification
as proposed. If, within 14 working days after the
25date of the secretary's notification, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the

1secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing
2the proposed submission certification, the department may submit the request to the
3building commission
issue operating notes pursuant to the certification only upon
4approval of the committee.
AB21,267 5Section 267. 16.41 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,124,76 16.41 (4) In this section, "authority" means a body created under subch. II of
7ch. 114 or under ch. 36, 231, 233, 234 235, 237, 238, or 279.
AB21,268 8Section 268. 16.415 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,124,219 16.415 (1) Neither the secretary nor any other fiscal officer of this state may
10draw, sign, or issue, or authorize the drawing, signing, or issuing of any warrant on
11any disbursing officer of the state to pay any compensation to any person in the
12classified service of the state unless an estimate, payroll, or account for such
13compensation, containing the names of every person to be paid, bears the certificate
14of the appointing authority that each person named in the estimate, payroll, or
15account has been appointed, employed, or subject to any other personnel transaction
16in accordance with, and that the pay for the person has been established in
17accordance with, the law, compensation plan, or applicable collective bargaining
18agreement, and applicable rules of the director of the office administrator of the
19division
of state employment relations personnel management in the department
20and the administrator of the division director of the bureau of merit recruitment and
21selection in the office of state employment relations department then in effect.
AB21,269 22Section 269. 16.415 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,125,1123 16.415 (3) Any sums paid contrary to this section may be recovered from any
24appointing authority making such appointments in contravention of law or of the
25rules promulgated pursuant thereto, or from any appointing authority signing or

1countersigning or authorizing the signing or countersigning of any warrant for the
2payment of the same, or from the sureties on the official bond of any such appointing
3authority, in an action in the circuit court for any county within the state, maintained
4by the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment
5relations
personnel management in the department, or by a citizen resident therein,
6who is assessed for, and liable to pay, or within one year before the commencement
7of the action has paid, a state, city or county tax within this state. All moneys
8recovered in any action brought under this section when collected, shall be paid into
9the state treasury except that if a citizen taxpayer is plaintiff in any such action he
10or she shall be entitled to receive for personal use the taxable cost of such action and
115% of the amount recovered as attorney fees.
AB21,270 12Section 270. 16.417 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,125,1413 16.417 (1) (b) "Authority" means a body created under subch. II of ch. 114 or
14ch. 36, 231, 232, 233, 234 235, 237, 238, or 279.
AB21,271 15Section 271. 16.417 (2) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,125,1816 16.417 (2) (f) 2. An individual who is employed by the Board of Regents of the
17University of Wisconsin System Authority, but only with respect to compensation
18received within the system.
AB21,272 19Section 272. 16.42 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,125,2420 16.42 (1) (intro.) All agencies, other than including the University of Wisconsin
21System Authority and not including
the legislature and the courts, no later than
22September 15 of each even-numbered year, in the form and content prescribed by the
23department, shall prepare and forward to the department and to the legislative fiscal
24bureau the following program and financial information:
AB21,273 25Section 273. 16.50 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,126,6
116.50 (3) (b) No change in the number of full-time equivalent positions
2authorized through the biennial budget process or other legislative act may be made
3without the approval of the joint committee on finance, except for position changes
4made by the governor under s. 16.505 (1) (c), (2), or (2j), or by the investment board
5under s. 16.505 (2g), or by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System
6under s. 16.505 (2m) or (2p)
.
AB21,274 7Section 274. 16.50 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,126,178 16.50 (3) (c) The secretary may withhold, in total or in part, the funding for any
9position, as defined in s. 230.03 (11), as well as the funding for part-time or limited
10term employees until such time as the secretary determines that the filling of the
11position or the expending of funds is consistent with s. 16.505 and with the intent of
12the legislature as established by law or in budget determinations, or the intent of the
13joint committee on finance in creating or abolishing positions under s. 13.10, or the
14intent of the governor in creating or abolishing positions under s. 16.505 (1) (c) or (2),
15or the intent of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System in creating
16or abolishing positions under s. 16.505 (2m) or (2p)
. Until the release of funding
17occurs, recruitment or certification for the position may not be undertaken.
AB21,275 18Section 275. 16.50 (3) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,127,219 16.50 (3) (f) At the request of the director of the office administrator of the
20division
of state employment relations personnel management in the department,
21the secretary of administration may authorize the temporary creation of pool or
22surplus positions under any source of funds if the director determines that
23temporary positions are necessary to maintain adequate staffing levels for high
24turnover classifications, in anticipation of attrition, to fill positions for which
25recruitment is difficult. Surplus or pool positions authorized by the secretary shall

1be reported quarterly to the joint committee on finance in conjunction with the report
2required under s. 16.54 (8).
AB21,276 3Section 276. 16.505 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,127,64 16.505 (1) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (2), (2g), and (2j), (2m), and (2p),
5no position, as defined in s. 230.03 (11), regardless of funding source or type, may be
6created or abolished unless authorized by one of the following:
AB21,277 7Section 277. 16.505 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB21,278 8Section 278. 16.505 (2p) of the statutes is repealed.
AB21,279 9Section 279. 16.505 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,127,1310 16.505 (4) (b) Except as provided in par. (c), no No agency may change the
11funding source for a position authorized under this section unless the position is
12authorized to be created under a different funding source in accordance with this
13section.
AB21,280 14Section 280. 16.505 (4) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB21,281 15Section 281. 16.517 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,128,216 16.517 (1) No later than 30 days after the effective date of each biennial budget
17act, the department shall provide to the joint committee on finance a report
18indicating any initial modifications that are necessary to the appropriation levels
19established under that act for program revenue and program revenue-service
20appropriations as defined in s. 20.001 (2) (b) and (c) or to the number of full-time
21equivalent positions funded from program revenue and program revenue-service
22appropriations authorized by that act to account for any additional funding or
23positions authorized under s. 16.505 (2) or (2m) or 16.515 in the fiscal year
24immediately preceding the fiscal biennium of the budget that have not been included

1in authorizations under the biennial budget act but that should be included as
2continued budget authorizations in the fiscal biennium of the budget.
AB21,282 3Section 282. 16.517 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,128,84 16.517 (2) Modifications under sub. (1) shall be limited to adjustment of the
5appropriation or position levels to the extent required to account for higher base
6levels for the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal biennium of the budget due
7to appropriation or position increases authorized under s. 16.505 (2) or (2m) or 16.515
8during the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal biennium of the budget.
AB21,283 9Section 283. 16.52 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,128,1910 16.52 (7) Petty cash account. With the approval of the secretary, each agency
11that is authorized to maintain a contingent fund under s. 20.920 may establish a
12petty cash account from its contingent fund. The procedure for operation and
13maintenance of petty cash accounts and the character of expenditures therefrom
14shall be prescribed by the secretary. In this subsection, "agency" means an office,
15department, independent agency, institution of higher education, association,
16society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the
17constitution or any law, that is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law,
18including the legislature and the courts, but not including an authority created in
19subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 36, 231, 233, 234 235, 237, 238, or 279.
AB21,284 20Section 284. 16.526 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,128,21 2116.526 (title) Operating notes.
AB21,285 22Section 285. 16.526 (4) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,129,523 16.526 (4) (am) Authorizing certification. No financial obligations may be
24incurred under this section nor may any evidence of operating notes be issued by the
25state except pursuant to a written authorizing certification. The certification shall

1set forth the aggregate principal amount of operating notes authorized thereby, the
2purpose of the operating notes, which need not be more specific but may not be more
3general than those purposes provided in or pursuant to law, the manner of sale of the
4notes, and the form and terms of the notes. The certification shall be signed by the
5secretary, or his or her designee, and shall be transmitted to the governor.
AB21,286 6Section 286. 16.526 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,129,117 16.526 (8) procurement of services. The department may enter into a contract
8with any firm or individual engaged in financial services for the performance of any
9of its duties under this section, using selection and procurement procedures
10established by the department. A contract under this subsection is not subject to s.
1116.705 or 16.75.
AB21,287 12Section 287. 16.526 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,129,1613 16.526 (9) Provisions applicable. The provisions of section 16.527 (4) (a) to (f)
14and (6) (a), (b), and (d), (8), and (9) apply to operating notes under this section, except
15that all references to appropriation obligations shall be read to refer to operating
16notes.
AB21,288 17Section 288. 16.526 (10) of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,129,2118 16.526 (10) Full authority. This section shall constitute full authority for the
19accomplishment of all acts authorized in this section to be done. No other law
20restricting the carrying out of such acts shall be construed as applying to proceedings
21had or acts done pursuant to this section.
AB21,289 22Section 289. 16.527 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,130,423 16.527 (1) (c) The legislature finds and determines that sports and
24entertainment facilities encourage economic development and tourism in this state
25by reducing unemployment and by bringing needed capital into the state for the

1benefit and welfare of people throughout the state. It is therefore in the public
2interest and will serve a public purpose, and it is the public policy of this state, to
3assist a sports and entertainment district in the construction of sports and
4entertainment facilities under subch. VI of ch. 229.
AB21,290 5Section 290. 16.527 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,130,116 16.527 (3) (d) 1. Subject to the limitations under subds. 2. to 4., the department
7may contract appropriation obligations of the state under this section for the purpose
8of assisting a sports and entertainment district under subch. VI of ch. 229 in the
9construction of sports and entertainment facilities, including the acquisition or lease
10of property. The assistance shall be in the form of a grant to the sports and
11entertainment district.
AB21,130,1412 2. The sum of appropriation obligations issued under this section for the
13purpose under subd. 1. may not exceed $220,000,000, excluding any amounts
14representing accreted interest or original issue discount.
AB21,130,1815 3. No appropriation obligations may be issued under this section for the
16purpose under subd. 1. unless the department determines that the sports and
17entertainment district has secured additional funding for the project in an amount
18at least equal to $300,000,000.
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