SB21: Bill Text

SB21,1080 Section 1080. 32.197 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,536,12 32.197 Waiver of relocation assistance. An owner-occupant of property being acquired may waive his or her right to receive any relocation payments or services under this subchapter if the property being acquired is not contiguous to any property which may be acquired by the condemnor and is not part of a previously identified or proposed project where it is reasonable to conclude that acquisition by the condemnor may occur in the foreseeable future. Prior to the execution of any waiver under this section, the condemnor shall provide to the owner-occupant, in writing, full information about the specific payments and services being waived by the owner-occupant. The department of administration public service commission shall by rule establish procedures for relocation assistance waivers under this section to ensure that the waivers are voluntarily and knowledgeably executed.

SB21,1081 Section 1081. 32.20 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,537,5 32.20 Procedure for collection of itemized items of compensation. Claims for damages itemized in ss. 32.19 and 32.195 shall be filed with the condemnor carrying on the project through which condemnee's or claimant's claims arise. All such claims must be filed after the damages upon which they are based have fully materialized but not later than 2 years after the condemnor takes physical possession of the entire property acquired or such other event as determined by the department of administration public service commission by rule. If such claim is not allowed within 90 days after the filing thereof, the claimant has a right of action against the condemnor carrying on the project through which the claim arises. Such action shall be commenced in a court of record in the county wherein the damages occurred. In causes of action, involving any state commission, board or other agency, excluding counties, the sum recovered by the claimant shall be paid out of any funds appropriated to such condemning agency. Any judgment shall be appealable by either party and any amount recovered by the body against which the claim was filed, arising from costs, counterclaims, punitive damages or otherwise may be used as an offset to any amount owed by it to the claimant, or may be collected in the same manner and form as any other judgment.

SB21,1082 Section 1082. 32.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,537,12 32.25 (1) Except as provided under sub. (3) and s. 85.09 (4m), no condemnor may proceed with any activity that may involve the displacement of persons, business concerns or farm operations until the condemnor has filed in writing a relocation payment plan and relocation assistance service plan and has had both plans approved in writing by the department of administration public service commission.

SB21,1083 Section 1083. 32.25 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,537,22 32.25 (2) (h) Assure that, within a reasonable time prior to displacement, there will be available, to the extent that may reasonably be accomplished, housing meeting the standards established by the department of administration public service commission for decent, safe and sanitary dwellings. The housing, so far as practicable, shall be in areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities, public and commercial facilities and at rents or prices within the financial means of the families and individuals displaced and equal in number to the number of such displaced families or individuals and reasonably accessible to their places of employment.

SB21,1084 Section 1084. 32.26 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,537,25 32.26 (title) Authority of the department of administration public service commission.

SB21,1085 Section 1085. 32.26 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,538,4 32.26 (1) In addition to all other powers granted in this subchapter, the department of administration public service commission shall formulate local standards for decent, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations.

SB21,1086 Section 1086. 32.26 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,538,7 32.26 (2) (a) The department of administration public service commission shall promulgate rules to implement and administer ss. 32.19 to 32.27.

SB21,1087 Section 1087. 32.26 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,538,13 32.26 (2) (b) The department of administration public service commission and the department of transportation shall establish interdepartmental interagency liaison procedures for the purpose of cooperating and exchanging information to assist the department of administration public service commission in promulgating rules under par. (a).

SB21,1088 Section 1088. 32.26 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,538,20 32.26 (3) The department of administration public service commission may make investigations to determine if the condemnor is complying with ss. 32.19 to 32.27. The department commission may seek an order from the circuit court requiring a condemnor to comply with ss. 32.19 to 32.27 or to discontinue work on that part of the project which is not in substantial compliance with ss. 32.19 to 32.27. The court shall give hearings on these actions precedence on the court's calendar.

SB21,1089 Section 1089. 32.26 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,538,25 32.26 (4) Upon the request of the department of administration public service commission, the attorney general shall aid and prosecute all necessary actions or proceedings for the enforcement of this subchapter and for the punishment of all violations of this subchapter.

SB21,1090 Section 1090. 32.26 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,539,14 32.26 (5) Any displaced person may, prior to commencing court action against the condemnor under s. 32.20, petition the department of administration public service commission for review of his or her complaint, setting forth in the petition the reasons for his or her dissatisfaction. The department commission may conduct an informal review of the situation and attempt to negotiate an acceptable solution. If an acceptable solution cannot be negotiated within 90 days, the department commission shall notify all parties, and the petitioner may then proceed under s. 32.20. The informal review procedure provided by this subsection is not a condition precedent to the filing of a claim and commencement of legal action pursuant to s. 32.20. In supplying information required by s. 32.25 (2) (d), the condemnor shall clearly indicate to each displaced person his or her right to proceed under this paragraph and under s. 32.20, and shall supply full information on how the displaced person may contact the department of administration public service commission.

SB21,1091 Section 1091. 32.26 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,539,23 32.26 (6) The department of administration public service commission, with the cooperation of the attorney general, shall prepare pamphlets in simple language and in readable format describing the eminent domain laws of this state, including the reasons for condemnation, the procedures followed by condemnors, how citizens may influence the condemnation process and the rights of property owners and citizens affected by condemnation. The department commission shall make copies of the pamphlets available to all condemnors, who may be charged a price for the pamphlets sufficient to recover the costs of production.

SB21,1092 Section 1092. 32.26 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,540,4 32.26 (7) The department of administration public service commission shall provide technical assistance on relocation plan development and implementation to any condemnor carrying out a project which may result in the displacement of any person.

SB21,1093 Section 1093. 33.11 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,540,14 33.11 Goals. The primary goal of activity under this chapter shall be to improve or protect the quality of public inland lakes. In addition, compilation of basic scientific data on lakes of this state and assessment of experimental and innovative techniques of lake rehabilitation and protection shall be goals of the program. Districts may undertake protection and rehabilitation projects to achieve the purposes of such districts specified in s. 33.21. Projects may be undertaken in cooperation with the department, the University of Wisconsin System Authority, and other government agencies, and public and private organizations. Projects shall be divided into study, planning and implementation phases.

SB21,1094 Section 1094. 33.16 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,540,18 33.16 (8) The department may evaluate or contract with the University of Wisconsin System Authority to evaluate projects receiving financial assistance under this section.

SB21,1095 Section 1095. 34.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,541,4 34.01 (1) "Governing board" means the investment board in the case of the state, the housing and economic development authority Forward Wisconsin Development Authority if the authority elects to be bound by all or part of this chapter under s. 234.32 235.0289 (2), the county board or committee designated by the county board to designate public depositories in the case of a county, the city council in the case of a city, the village board in the case of a village, the town board in the case of a town, the school board in the case of a school district, the board of control in the case of a cooperative educational service agency, the clerk of court in the case of any court in this state, and any other commission, committee, board or officer of any governmental subdivision of the state not mentioned in this subsection.

SB21,1096 Section 1096. 34.01 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,541,25 34.01 (2) (a) Any loss of public moneys, which have been deposited in a designated public depository in accordance with this chapter, resulting from the failure of any public depository to repay to any public depositor the full amount of its deposit because the office of credit unions, administrator of federal credit unions, U.S. comptroller of the currency, federal home loan bank board, U.S. office of thrift supervision, federal deposit insurance corporation, resolution trust corporation, or division of banking department of financial institutions and professional standards has taken possession of the public depository or because the public depository has, with the consent and approval of the office of credit unions, administrator of federal credit unions, U.S. office of thrift supervision, federal deposit insurance corporation, resolution trust corporation, or division of banking department of financial institutions and professional standards, adopted a stabilization and readjustment plan or has sold a part or all of its assets to another credit union, bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association which has agreed to pay a part or all of the deposit liability on a deferred payment basis or because the depository is prevented from paying out old deposits because of rules of the office of credit unions, administrator of federal credit unions, U.S. comptroller of the currency, federal home loan bank board, U.S. office of thrift supervision, federal deposit insurance corporation, resolution trust corporation, or division of banking department of financial institutions and professional standards.

SB21,1097 Section 1097. 34.01 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,542,9 34.01 (4) "Public depositor" means the state or any county, city, village, town, drainage district, power district, school district, cooperative educational service agency, sewer district, or any commission, committee, board or officer of any governmental subdivision of the state or any court of this state, a corporation organized under s. 39.33 or the housing and economic development authority Forward Wisconsin Development Authority if the authority elects to be bound by all or part of this chapter under s. 234.32 235.0289 (2), which deposits any moneys in a public depository.

SB21,1098 Section 1098. 34.03 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,542,13 34.03 (3) Take such action as the division department deems necessary or appropriate for the protection, collection, compromise or settlement of any claim against or in favor of the appropriation under s. 20.144 (1) 20.142 (2) (a).

SB21,1099 Section 1099. 34.03 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,542,17 34.03 (4) Exercise all powers reasonably necessary and proper to the full and complete performance of the division's department's functions under this chapter, including but not limited to ordinary powers granted corporations.

SB21,1100 Section 1100. 34.08 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,542,21 34.08 Payment of losses. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), the appropriation in s. 20.144 (1) 20.142 (2) (a) shall be used to repay public depositors for losses until the appropriation is exhausted.

SB21,543,7 (2) Payments under sub. (1) shall be made in the order in which satisfactory proofs of loss are received by the division of banking department of financial institutions and professional standards. The payment made to any public depositor for all losses of the public depositor in any individual public depository may not exceed $400,000 above the amount of deposit insurance provided by an agency of the United States at the public depository that experienced the loss. Upon a satisfactory proof of loss, the division of banking department of financial institutions and professional standards shall direct the department of administration to draw its warrant payable from the appropriation under s. 20.144 (1) 20.142 (2) (a) and the secretary of administration shall pay the warrant under s. 16.401 (4) in favor of the public depositor that has submitted the proof of loss.

SB21,543,15 (3) Losses become fixed as of the date of loss. A public depositor experiencing a loss shall, within 60 days of the loss, assign its interest in the deposit, to the extent of the amount paid under this section, to the division of banking department of financial institutions and professional standards. Upon failure to make the assignment, the public depositor shall forfeit its right to payment under this section. Any recovery made by the division of banking department of financial institutions and professional standards under the assignment shall be repaid to the appropriation under s. 20.144 (1) 20.142 (2) (a).

SB21,1101 Section 1101. 34.10 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,544,22 34.10 Reorganization and stabilization of financial institutions. Whenever the office of credit unions, administrator of federal credit unions, U.S. comptroller of the currency, federal home loan bank board, U.S. office of thrift supervision, federal deposit insurance corporation, resolution trust corporation, or division of banking department of financial institutions and professional standards has taken charge of a credit union, bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association with a view of restoring its solvency, pursuant to law, or with a view of stabilizing and readjusting the structure of any national or state credit union, bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association located in this state, and has approved a reorganization plan or a stabilization and readjustment agreement entered into between the credit union, bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association and depositors and unsecured creditors, or when a credit union, bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association, with the approval of the office of credit unions, administrator of federal credit unions, U.S. comptroller of the currency, federal home loan bank board, U.S. office of thrift supervision, federal deposit insurance corporation, resolution trust corporation, or division of banking department of financial institutions and professional standards proposes to sell its assets to another credit union, bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association which agrees to assume a part or all of the deposit liability of such selling credit union, bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association and to pay the same on a deferred payment basis, the governing board of the public depositor may, on the approval of the division of banking department of financial institutions and professional standards, join in the execution of any reorganization plan, or any stabilization and readjustment agreement, or any depositor's agreement relative to a proposed sale of assets if, in its judgment and that of the division of banking department of financial institutions and professional standards, the reorganization plan or stabilization and readjustment agreement or proposed sale of assets is in the best interest of all persons concerned. The joining in any reorganization plan, or any stabilization and readjustment agreement, or any proposed sale of assets which meets the approval of the division of banking department of financial institutions and professional standards does not waive any rights under this chapter.

SB21,1102 Section 1102. 35.001 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,544,25 35.001 (4) "State agencies" include departments, boards, commissions, bureaus, and institutions and the University of Wisconsin System.

SB21,1103 Section 1103. 35.01 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,545,5 35.01 (3) Class 3 — All book printing required for state agencies, not otherwise classified, except university press publications and technical or semitechnical journals of the University of Wisconsin System, the Wisconsin Magazine of History, and books of the historical society.

SB21,1104 Section 1104. 35.015 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1105 Section 1105. 35.83 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,545,11 35.83 (3) (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (4m) and s. 35.835 (1) and (3), each state agency shall deliver, at the expense of the state agency, sufficient copies of each state document published by the state agency to the division for distribution to the following places in the quantities indicated:

SB21,1106 Section 1106. 35.835 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1107 Section 1107. 35.835 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1108 Section 1108. 35.93 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,545,16 35.93 (1) (a) "Agency" has the meaning given in s. 227.01 (1) and includes the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System Authority.

SB21,1109 Section 1109. Chapter 36 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,545,18 University of Wisconsin

SB21,545,19 system authority

SB21,1110 Section 1110. 36.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,546,11 36.01 (1) The legislature finds it in the public interest to provide In recognition of the constitutional obligation to provide by law for the establishment of a state university at or near the seat of state government, and for connecting with the same, from time to time, such colleges in different parts of the state as the interests of education may require, there is hereby created a state system of higher education, provided by the authority, to be known as the University of Wisconsin System, which enables students of all ages, backgrounds and levels of income to participate in the search for knowledge and individual development; which stresses undergraduate teaching as its main priority; which offers selected professional graduate and research programs with emphasis on state and national needs; which fosters diversity of educational opportunity; which promotes service to the public; which makes effective and efficient use of human and physical resources; which functions cooperatively with other educational institutions and systems; and which promotes internal coordination and the wisest possible use of resources. The principal office and one university of the system shall be located at or near the seat of state government.

SB21,1111 Section 1111. 36.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,546,21 36.01 (2) The mission of the system is to develop human resources to meet the state's workforce needs, to discover and disseminate knowledge, to extend knowledge and its application beyond the boundaries of its campuses and to serve and stimulate society by developing develop in students heightened intellectual, cultural, and humane sensitivities, scientific, professional and technological expertise, and a sense of purpose. Inherent in this broad mission are methods of instruction, research, extended training and public service designed to educate people and improve the human condition. Basic to every purpose of the system is the search for truth.

SB21,1112 Section 1112. 36.02 of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,547,2 36.02 University of Wisconsin System Authority creation; organization. (1) (a) There is created an authority, which is a public body corporate and politic, to be known as the "University of Wisconsin System Authority." The Board of Regents shall consist of the following:

SB21,547,3 1. The state superintendent of public instruction.

SB21,547,5 2. The president, or by his or her designation another member, of the technical college system board.

SB21,547,8 3. Fourteen citizen members nominated by the governor and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed for 7-year terms. At least one of the citizen members shall reside in each of this state's congressional districts.

SB21,547,25 4. Two student members nominated by the governor and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed for 2-year terms who are enrolled at least half-time and in good academic standing at institutions within the University of Wisconsin System and who are residents of this state. The student members may be selected from recommendations made by elected representatives of student governments at institutions within the University of Wisconsin System. The governor shall nominate one student member who is at least 18 years old and one undergraduate student member who is at least 24 years old and represents the views of nontraditional students, such as those who are employed or are parents. The term of the undergraduate student member who is at least 24 years old shall expire on May 1 of every even-numbered year. The governor may not nominate a student member from the same institution in any 2 consecutive terms; the 2 student members may not be from the same institution; and a student from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a student from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee may not serve on the board at the same time. If a student member loses the status upon which the appointment was based, he or she shall cease to be a member of the board.

SB21,548,2 (2) A vacancy on the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment to the board for the remainder of the unexpired term, if any.

SB21,548,5 (3) A member of the board may not be compensated for his or her services but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses, including travel expenses, incurred in the performance of his or her duties.

SB21,548,9 (4) No cause of action of any nature may arise against and no civil liability may be imposed upon a member of the board for any act or omission in the performance of his or her powers and duties under this chapter, unless the person asserting liability proves that the act or omission constitutes willful misconduct.

SB21,548,15 (5) The members of the board shall annually elect a chairperson and may elect other officers as they consider appropriate. Ten voting members of the board constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting the business and exercising the powers of the authority, notwithstanding the existence of any vacancy. The board may take action upon a vote of a majority of the members present, unless the bylaws of the authority require a larger number.

SB21,548,18 (6) The board shall appoint a chief executive officer of the authority who serves at the pleasure of the board. The chief executive office shall receive such compensation as the board fixes.

SB21,548,20 (7) The board shall provide in its operating policies for access to the board by the public, faculty, students, and employees.

SB21,1113 Section 1113. 36.03 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1114 Section 1114. 36.05 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,549,2 36.05 (1) "Academic staff" means professional and administrative personnel with duties, and subject to types of appointments, that are primarily associated with higher education institutions or their administration, but does not include faculty and staff provided under s. 16.57.

SB21,1115 Section 1115. 36.05 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,549,4 36.05 (1m) "Authority" means the University of Wisconsin System Authority.

SB21,1116 Section 1116. 36.05 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,549,7 36.05 (2) "Board of regents Regents" or "board" means the board of regents of governing the University of Wisconsin System Authority.

SB21,1117 Section 1117. 36.05 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,549,10 36.05 (5) "Chancellor" means the chief executive of an institution or a similar position designated by the board.

SB21,1118 Section 1118. 36.05 (6) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1119 Section 1119. 36.05 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,549,17 36.05 (8) "Faculty" means persons who hold the rank of professor, associate professor, assistant professor or instructor in an academic department or its functional equivalent in an institution, persons described under s. 36.13 (4) (c) and such academic staff as may be designated by the chancellor and faculty of the institution board.

SB21,1120 Section 1120. 36.05 (9m) of the statutes is repealed.