AB21: Bill Text

AB21,73,14 13.94 (1) (dr) Biennially, beginning in 2013 2017, conduct a financial audit of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and a program evaluation audit of the economic development programs administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation under ch. 238 Forward Wisconsin Development Authority and funded by moneys appropriated under s. 20.885 or another appropriation. The legislative audit bureau shall file a copy of each audit report under this paragraph with the distributees specified in par. (b).

AB21,67 Section 67. 13.94 (1) (ms) of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,68 Section 68. 13.94 (1) (t) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,73,19 13.94 (1) (t) Annually conduct a financial audit of the University of Wisconsin System Authority. The legislative audit bureau shall file a copy of each audit report under this paragraph with the distributees specified in par. (b).

AB21,69 Section 69. 13.94 (1s) (c) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,73,23 13.94 (1s) (c) 5. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Forward Wisconsin Development Authority for the cost of the audit required to be performed under sub. (1) (dr).

AB21,70 Section 70. 13.94 (1s) (c) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,74,2 13.94 (1s) (c) 8. The University of Wisconsin System Authority for the cost of an audit performed under sub. (1) (t).

AB21,71 Section 71 . 13.94 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,74,20 13.94 (4) (a) 1. Every state department, board, examining board, affiliated credentialing board, commission, independent agency, council or office in the executive branch of state government; all bodies created by the legislature in the legislative or judicial branch of state government; any public body corporate and politic created by the legislature including specifically the University of Wisconsin System Authority, the Fox River Navigational System Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Forward Wisconsin Development Authority, a professional baseball park district, a local professional football stadium district, a local cultural arts district and a long-term care district under s. 46.2895; every Wisconsin works agency under subch. III of ch. 49; every provider of medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49; technical college district boards; every county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437; every nonprofit corporation or cooperative or unincorporated cooperative association to which moneys are specifically appropriated by state law; and every corporation, institution, association or other organization which receives more than 50% of its annual budget from appropriations made by state law, including subgrantee or subcontractor recipients of such funds.

AB21,72 Section 72 . 13.94 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB21,75,14 13.94 (4) (a) 1. Every state department, board, examining board, affiliated credentialing board, commission, independent agency, council or office in the executive branch of state government; all bodies created by the legislature in the legislative or judicial branch of state government; any public body corporate and politic created by the legislature including specifically the University of Wisconsin System Authority, the Fox River Navigational System Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Forward Wisconsin Development Authority, a professional baseball park district, a local professional football stadium district, and a local cultural arts district and a long-term care district under s. 46.2895; every Wisconsin works agency under subch. III of ch. 49; every provider of medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49; technical college district boards; every county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437; every nonprofit corporation or cooperative or unincorporated cooperative association to which moneys are specifically appropriated by state law; and every corporation, institution, association or other organization which receives more than 50% of its annual budget from appropriations made by state law, including subgrantee or subcontractor recipients of such funds.

AB21,73 Section 73. 13.94 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,75,22 13.94 (4) (b) In performing audits of long-term care districts under s. 46.2895, Wisconsin works agencies under subch. III of ch. 49, providers of medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49, corporations, institutions, associations, or other organizations, and their subgrantees or subcontractors, the legislative audit bureau shall audit only the records and operations of such providers and organizations which pertain to the receipt, disbursement or other handling of appropriations made by state law.

AB21,74 Section 74. 13.95 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,76,12 13.95 Legislative fiscal bureau. (intro.) There is created a bureau to be known as the "Legislative Fiscal Bureau" headed by a director. The fiscal bureau shall be strictly nonpartisan and shall at all times observe the confidential nature of the research requests received by it; however, with the prior approval of the requester in each instance, the bureau may duplicate the results of its research for distribution. Subject to s. 230.35 (4) (a) and (f), the director or the director's designated employees shall at all times, with or without notice, have access to all state agencies, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the University of Wisconsin System Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, Forward Wisconsin Development Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Forward Wisconsin Development Authority, and the Fox River Navigational System Authority, and to any books, records, or other documents maintained by such agencies or authorities and relating to their expenditures, revenues, operations, and structure.

AB21,75 Section 75. 13.96 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 13.96 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB21,76,16 13.96 (1) Duties of the staff. (intro.) The legislative technology services bureau shall provide:

AB21,76,18 (a) Provide and coordinate information technology support and services to the legislative branch.

AB21,76 Section 76. 13.96 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB21,76,23 13.96 (1) (b) Upon receipt of municipal boundary information at each reporting interval under s. 5.15 (4) (bg), reconcile and compile the information received to produce a statewide data base consisting of municipal boundary information for the entire state.

AB21,77 Section 77. 13.96 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB21,77,2 13.96 (1) (c) Participate, on behalf of this state, in geographic boundary information programs when offered by the U.S. bureau of the census.

AB21,78 Section 78. 14.017 (5) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 15.207 (3) (title).

AB21,79 Section 79. 14.017 (5) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 15.207 (3) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB21,77,8 15.207 (3) (intro.) There is created in the office of the governor department of children and families a read to lead development council consisting of all of the following:

AB21,80 Section 80. 14.017 (5) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 15.207 (3) (a) and amended to read:

AB21,77,12 15.207 (3) (a) The governor secretary of children and families or his or her designee, who shall serve as chairperson of the council.

AB21,81 Section 81. 14.017 (5) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 15.207 (3) (b).

AB21,82 Section 82. 14.017 (5) (a) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 15.207 (3) (c).

AB21,83 Section 83. 14.017 (5) (a) 4. of the statutes is renumbered 15.207 (3) (d) and amended to read:

AB21,77,19 15.207 (3) (d) The ranking minority members of each of the committees under subd. 3. par. (c) or members of those committees designated by the ranking minority members.

AB21,84 Section 84. 14.017 (5) (a) 5. (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 15.207 (3) (e) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB21,77,23 15.207 (3) (e) (intro.) The following members appointed by the governor secretary of children and families for 3-year terms:

AB21,85 Section 85. 14.017 (5) (a) 5. a. to k. of the statutes are renumbered 15.207 (3) (e) 1. to 11.

AB21,86 Section 86. 14.017 (5) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,87 Section 87. 14.065 of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,88 Section 88. 14.20 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 48.53 (title).

AB21,89 Section 89. 14.20 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 48.53 (1).

AB21,90 Section 90. 14.20 (1m) of the statutes is renumbered 48.53 (2) and amended to read:

AB21,78,12 48.53 (2) The council shall make recommendations to the governor secretary and state superintendent regarding recipients of grants under sub. (2) (3). The amount of each grant awarded shall be determined jointly by the governor secretary and the state superintendent. In addition to reports required under s. 15.09 (7), annually the council shall submit a report on its operation to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3).

AB21,91 Section 91. 14.20 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 48.53 (3) (a) and amended to read:

AB21,78,17 48.53 (3) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.525 (1) (f) 20.437 (1) (fm), the governor secretary may award a grant to any person other than a school board for support of a literacy improvement program.

AB21,92 Section 92. 14.20 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 48.53 (3) (b) and amended to read:

AB21,78,22 48.53 (3) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.525 20.437 (1) (q), the governor secretary may award a grant to any person other than a school board for support of a literacy or early childhood development program.

AB21,93 Section 93. 14.20 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 48.53 (3) (c).

AB21,94 Section 94. 14.26 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,95 Section 95. 14.40 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,79,7 14.40 (1) Annually not later than July 1, each legislative, administrative and judicial agency of the state government shall submit to the secretary of state a list of all positions within that agency outside the classified service and above the clerical level, excluding the faculties under the jurisdiction of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System and the department of public instruction, which are filled by appointment, and the term if there is one, together with the name of the incumbent and the date of his or her appointment.

AB21,96 Section 96. 14.46 of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,97 Section 97. 14.58 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,79,10 14.58 (1) (a) By the state treasurer personally;.

AB21,98 Section 98. 14.58 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,99 Section 99. 14.58 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,79,14 14.58 (1) (c) In the name of the state treasurer, by any clerk in the treasurer's office designated by the treasurer; or.

AB21,100 Section 100. 14.62 of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,101 Section 101. 15.05 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,79,25 15.05 (1) (b) Except as provided in pars. (c) and (d), if If a department is under the direction and supervision of a board, the board shall appoint a secretary to serve at the pleasure of the board outside the classified service. In such departments, the powers and duties of the board shall be regulatory, advisory and policy-making, and not administrative. All of the administrative powers and duties of the department are vested in the secretary, to be administered by him or her under the direction of the board. The secretary, with the approval of the board, shall promulgate rules for administering the department and performing the duties assigned to the department.

AB21,102 Section 102. 15.05 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,103 Section 103. 15.05 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,104 Section 104. 15.07 (1) (b) 15. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,80,5 15.07 (1) (b) 15. The 3 members of the lower Wisconsin state riverway board appointed under s. 15.445 (3) 15.345 (8) (b) 7.

AB21,105 Section 105. 15.07 (1) (b) 20. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,80,8 15.07 (1) (b) 20. The 3 members of the Kickapoo reserve management board appointed under s. 15.445 (2) 15.345 (7) (b) 3.

AB21,106 Section 106. 15.07 (1) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,80,20 15.07 (1) (cm) The term of one member of the government accountability board shall expire on each May 1. The terms of the 3 members of the land and water conservation board appointed under s. 15.135 (4) (b) 2. shall expire on January 1. The term of the member of the land and water conservation board appointed under s. 15.135 (4) (b) 2m. shall expire on May 1 of an even-numbered year. The terms of the appraiser members of the real estate appraisers board and the terms of the auctioneer and auction company representative members of the auctioneer board shall expire on May 1 in an even-numbered year. The terms of the members of the cemetery board shall expire on July 1 in an even-numbered year. The term of the student member of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System who is at least 24 years old shall expire on May 1 of every even-numbered year.

AB21,107 Section 107. 15.07 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB21,80,23 15.07 (2) (c) The chairperson of the charter school oversight board shall be designated by the governor.

AB21,108 Section 108. 15.07 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,81,3 15.07 (2) (d) The officers elected by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System and the technical college system board shall be known as a president, vice president and secretary.

AB21,109 Section 109. 15.07 (5) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,110 Section 110. 15.07 (5) (i) of the statutes is repealed.

AB21,111 Section 111. 15.08 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,81,9 15.08 (1m) (a) Public members appointed under s. 15.405 15.175 or 15.407 15.177 shall have all the powers and duties of other members except they shall not prepare questions for or grade any licensing examinations.

AB21,112 Section 112. 15.08 (1m) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,81,17 15.08 (1m) (am) Public members appointed under s. 15.405 15.175 or 15.407 15.177 shall not be, nor ever have been, licensed, certified, registered, or engaged in any profession or occupation licensed or otherwise regulated by the board, examining board, or examining council to which they are appointed, shall not be married to any person so licensed, certified, registered, or engaged, and shall not employ, be employed by, or be professionally associated with any person so licensed, certified, registered, or engaged.

AB21,113 Section 113. 15.085 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,81,21 15.085 (1m) (a) Public members appointed under s. 15.406 15.176 shall have all of the powers and duties of other members except that they shall not prepare questions for or grade any licensing examinations.

AB21,114 Section 114. 15.085 (1m) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,82,3 15.085 (1m) (am) Public members appointed under s. 15.406 15.176 shall not be, nor ever have been, licensed, certified, registered, or engaged in any profession or occupation licensed or otherwise regulated by the affiliated credentialing board to which they are appointed, shall not be married to any person so licensed, certified, registered, or engaged, and shall not employ, be employed by, or be professionally associated with any person so licensed, certified, registered, or engaged.

AB21,115 Section 115. 15.103 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

AB21,82,8 15.103 (6) Office of lean government. There is created an office of lean government which is attached to the department of administration under s. 15.03. The office shall be under the direction and supervision of a director who shall be employed within the classified service.

AB21,116 Section 116. 15.103 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB21,82,12 15.103 (6m) Division of personnel management. There is created in the department of administration a division of personnel management. The administrator shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary of administration.

AB21,117 Section 117. 15.105 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21,82,15 15.105 (title) Same; attached boards, commissions, bureaus, and offices.