SB21: Bill Text

SB21,600,18 41.16 (1) (a) 1. A nonprofit organization, as defined in s. 106.13 (4) (3m) (a) 1r., whose purposes include tourism to or within the state or a particular region in the state.

SB21,1422 Section 1422. 41.23 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,601,2 41.23 Sale of excess or surplus property. The department may acquire excess or surplus property from the department of administration under ss. s. 16.72 (4) (b) and 16.98 (1) or from the department of transportation under s. 84.09 (5s) and, subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), the department may sell the property acquired under this section to any person at a price determined by the department of tourism. All proceeds received by the department of tourism from the sale of property under this section shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.380 (1) (h).

SB21,1423 Section 1423. 41.40 of the statutes is renumbered 23.0925, and 23.0925 (1), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB21,601,7 23.0925 (1) The department may acquire land from the federal government adjacent to the Kickapoo River, and may determine the boundaries of the Kickapoo valley reserve under s. 41.41 23.0927 (2).

SB21,1424 Section 1424. 41.41 of the statutes is renumbered 23.0927, and 23.0927 (1) (a), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB21,601,11 23.0927 (1) (a) "Board" Notwithstanding s. 24.01 (2), "board" means the Kickapoo reserve management board.

SB21,1425 Section 1425. 41.53 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,601,17 41.53 (1) (h) Annually, award an amount equal to at least 5% of all state and federal funds received by the board in that year for grants to artists and arts organizations to artists who are minority group members and arts groups composed principally of minority group members. In this paragraph, "minority group member" has the meaning specified in s. 16.287 203.07 (1) (f).

SB21,1426 Section 1426. 41.60 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,601,24 41.60 (1) (c) "Nonprofit business development organization" means a housing and community development authority created under s. 66.1335 (1), redevelopment corporation, as defined in s. 66.1301 (3) (s), redevelopment authority created under s. 66.1333 (3), community development corporation, as defined in s. 234.94 235.94 (2), or any nonprofit organization whose primary purpose is to promote the economic development of a particular area or region in the state.

SB21,1427 Section 1427. 42.09 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,602,9 42.09 (3) (b) The board shall develop policies encouraging each private person entering into an agreement with the board under this subsection to agree that his or her goal shall be to ensure that at least 25% of the employees hired to perform construction work in connection with state fair park facilities or to perform professional services in connection with the construction or development of those facilities will be minority group members, as defined in s. 16.287 203.07 (1) (f), and that at least 5% of the employees hired to perform construction work in connection with state fair park facilities or to perform professional services in connection with the construction or development of those facilities will be women.

SB21,1428 Section 1428. 43.58 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,602,18 43.58 (5) The library board may employ competent persons to deliver lectures upon scientific, literary, historical or educational subjects; and may cooperate with the University of Wisconsin System Authority, technical college district boards, the historical society, the department, cooperative educational service agencies, school boards and other educational institutions to secure such lectures or to foster and encourage by other means the wider use of books and other resource, reference and educational materials upon scientific, historical, economic, literary, educational and other useful subjects.

SB21,1429 Section 1429. 44.10 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,603,11 44.10 (1) The historical society, through its board of curators, in its corporate capacity and as trustee of the state may enter into agreements with the University of Wisconsin System Authority or such other public or quasi-public institutions, agencies or corporations as the board of curators of the society shall designate to serve as the regional records depository for a given area. Said agreements shall specify the area to be served by the depository, and the methods of accessioning, cataloging, care, housing, preservation and servicing of these and such other material as may be placed by the historical society or in the name of the historical society in such regional depositories under such agreements, it being the intent of this section to provide an orderly, uniform statewide system for the retention and preservation of important court, county and local public records on a manageable basis and under proper professional care in the region of origin. Only where such arrangements cannot be accomplished may the said society transfer such records to the state archives. Said society shall compile and maintain for reference purposes as soon as may be convenient a union list of the records of county, city, village, town, school district, or other local governmental unit, or court, title to which is transferred to it under s. 44.09 (1).

SB21,1430 Section 1430. 44.11 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB21,603,14 44.11 Central depository library. (1) In this section, "board" means the board of curators of the historical society.

SB21,604,3 (2) The board may participate in the formation and maintenance of a nonprofit-sharing corporation sponsored by participating colleges, universities, and libraries for the purpose of providing and operating a central library depository at a location in a midwestern state for the storage of little used books and other library and research materials of participating institutions, and which corporation may also perform any other functions for the benefit of participating institutions, including correlating library catalogs of the participating institutions, coordinating and planning the purchasing by each institution of costly or infrequently used books and research materials in order to avoid unnecessary duplication, and facilitating the loaning of library books and other library and research materials between participating institutions. The board shall possess all powers necessary or convenient to accomplish the foregoing, including the authority to designate representatives or members of such corporation in accordance with its articles and bylaws.

SB21,604,10 (3) The board may make use of and pay for the use of the facilities and services of such nonprofit-sharing corporation, but the board shall retain title to all books and materials deposited with such corporation for storage or loaned to other participating institutions and the authority of the board to expend funds for the purchase of land, the construction of buildings and additions to buildings and the purchase of equipment for the purpose of providing such facilities shall be limited to funds appropriated under s. 20.245.

SB21,1431 Section 1431. 44.14 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,604,23 44.14 (1) It is the purpose of this section to establish a more economical system of handling federal documents in this state in such a way as to effect savings of staff and space to the participating libraries, both state and local; to make such documents more available to more of the people, colleges and libraries of the state, in accordance with the purposes of the federal depository act of 1895 and the needs of the citizens of the state; and to make possible substantial economies in the publication costs of such documents at the federal level as well. To this end the state documents depository established by s. 44.06 may acquire and establish a central state depository and loan collection of federal documents for the benefit of the University of Wisconsin System Authority, the state law library, the depository libraries and such other college and public libraries in this state as may desire to share in the benefits of this loan collection.

SB21,1432 Section 1432. 44.14 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,605,6 44.14 (2) The University of Wisconsin System Authority and the public and other participating libraries, federal regulations permitting, may transfer outright or may loan indefinitely to this central depository any or all federal documents now in their possession which in their opinion are so little used for ready reference purposes as to make their retention unnecessary if copies are available on loan from the central depository loan collection.

SB21,1433 Section 1433. 44.31 (1r) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,605,9 44.31 (1r) "Division of hearings and appeals" means the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration.

SB21,1434 Section 1434. 44.40 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,605,12 44.40 (3m) A state agency may appeal to the division of hearings and appeals under ch. 227 any determination made by the officer under this section.

SB21,1435 Section 1435. 44.42 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,605,16 44.42 (3) A political subdivision or school board may appeal to the division of hearings and appeals under ch. 227 any determination made by the officer under this section.

SB21,1436 Section 1436. 45.03 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,605,22 45.03 Department of veterans affairs. (1) Policy. It is the policy of the state to give provide health, educational, and economic assistance to veterans and their dependents who are residents of this state to the extent and under the conditions determined by the board department within the limitations set forth in this section.

SB21,1437 Section 1437. 45.03 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,606,10 45.03 (6) Coordination duties. The department shall coordinate the activities of all state agencies and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority performing functions relating to the medical, hospital, or other remedial care; placement and training; and educational, economic, or vocational rehabilitation of veterans. In particular, the department shall coordinate the activities of the technical college system board, state selective service administration, department of health services, department of workforce development, department of public instruction, the University of Wisconsin System Authority and other educational institutions, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, and all other departments or agencies performing any of the functions specified, to the end that the benefits provided in this section may be made available to veterans as promptly and effectively as possible.

SB21,1438 Section 1438. 45.03 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,606,19 45.03 (10) Training and employment of veterans. The department, in cooperation with the shall operate programs in this state to enhance the employment opportunities of veterans of the U.S. armed forces, including the employment program funded under 38 U.S.C. 41 and 42. Such programs shall be administered by state employees and shall provide services only to eligible individuals. The department of workforce development and state selective service administration and any other federal, state, or local agency, shall cooperate with the department to formulate and carry out plans for the training and employment of veterans.

SB21,1439 Section 1439. 45.10 of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,606,23 45.10 Veteran appearances. The department may reimburse any veteran who incurred travel expenses relating to an appearance that occurred at the request of the state, subject to the following:

SB21,606,25 (1) A veteran seeking reimbursement shall submit to the department documentation of travel expenses incurred.

SB21,607,3 (2) Notwithstanding ss. 16.53 (12) (c) and 20.916 (8) and (9), the department may reimburse all documented travel expenses but reimbursement shall not exceed $2,000 annually per veteran.

SB21,1440 Section 1440. 45.20 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,607,10 45.20 (1) (d) "Tuition," when referring to the University of Wisconsin System, means academic fees and segregated fees; when referring to the technical colleges, means "program fees" and "additional fees" as described in s. 38.24 (1m) and (1s); and when referring to a high school, a school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), or a proprietary school that is approved authorized under s. 38.50 440.52, means the charge for the courses for which a person is enrolled.

SB21,1441 Section 1441 . 45.20 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,607,18 45.20 (2) (a) 1. The department shall administer a tuition reimbursement program for eligible veterans enrolling as undergraduates in any institution of higher education in this state, enrolling in a school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), enrolling in a proprietary school that is approved authorized under s. 38.50 440.52, enrolling in a public or private high school, enrolling in a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), in any grade from 9 to 12, or receiving a waiver of nonresident tuition under s. 39.47.

SB21,1442 Section 1442 . 45.20 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB21,608,2 45.20 (2) (a) 1. The department shall administer a tuition reimbursement program for eligible veterans enrolling as undergraduates in any institution of higher education in this state, enrolling in a school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), enrolling in a proprietary school that is authorized under s. 440.52, enrolling in a public or private high school, enrolling in a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), in any grade from 9 to 12, or receiving a waiver of nonresident tuition under s. 39.47 36.27 (7).

SB21,1443 Section 1443. 45.20 (2) (a) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,608,9 45.20 (2) (a) 2. (intro.) A veteran who is a resident of this state and otherwise qualified to receive benefits under this subsection may receive the benefits under this subsection upon the completion of any correspondence courses or part-time classroom study from an institution of higher education located outside this state, from a school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), or from a proprietary school that is approved authorized under s. 38.50 440.52, if any of the following applies:

SB21,1444 Section 1444 . 45.20 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,608,23 45.20 (2) (c) 1. A veteran who meets the eligibility requirements under par. (b) 1. may be reimbursed upon satisfactory completion of an undergraduate semester in any institution of higher education in this state, or upon satisfactory completion of a course at any school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), any proprietary school that is approved authorized under s. 38.50 440.52, any public or private high school, any tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), that operates any grade from 9 to 12, or any institution from which the veteran receives a waiver of nonresident tuition under s. 39.47. Except as provided in par. (e), the amount of reimbursement may not exceed the total cost of the veteran's tuition minus any grants or scholarships that the veteran receives specifically for the payment of the tuition, or, if the tuition is for an undergraduate semester in any institution of higher education, the standard cost of tuition for a state resident for an equivalent undergraduate semester at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, whichever is less.

SB21,1445 Section 1445 . 45.20 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB21,609,13 45.20 (2) (c) 1. A veteran who meets the eligibility requirements under par. (b) 1. may be reimbursed upon satisfactory completion of an undergraduate semester in any institution of higher education in this state, or upon satisfactory completion of a course at any school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), any proprietary school that is authorized under s. 440.52, any public or private high school, any tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), that operates any grade from 9 to 12, or any institution from which the veteran receives a waiver of nonresident tuition under s. 39.47 36.27 (7). Except as provided in par. (e), the amount of reimbursement may not exceed the total cost of the veteran's tuition minus any grants or scholarships that the veteran receives specifically for the payment of the tuition, or, if the tuition is for an undergraduate semester in any institution of higher education, the standard cost of tuition for a state resident for an equivalent undergraduate semester at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, whichever is less.

SB21,1446 Section 1446 . 45.20 (2) (d) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,609,21 45.20 (2) (d) 1. (intro.) Subject to subd. 1m., a veteran's eligibility for reimbursement under this subsection at any institution of higher education in this state, at a school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), at a proprietary school that is approved authorized under s. 38.50 440.52, at a public or private high school, at a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), that operates any grade from 9 to 12, or at an institution where he or she is receiving a waiver of nonresident tuition under s. 39.47 is limited to the following:

SB21,1447 Section 1447 . 45.20 (2) (d) 1. (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB21,610,5 45.20 (2) (d) 1. (intro.) Subject to subd. 1m., a veteran's eligibility for reimbursement under this subsection at any institution of higher education in this state, at a school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), at a proprietary school that is authorized under s. 440.52, at a public or private high school, at a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), that operates any grade from 9 to 12, or at an institution where he or she is receiving a waiver of nonresident tuition under s. 39.47 36.27 (7) is limited to the following:

SB21,1448 Section 1448. 45.21 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,610,12 45.21 (2) (a) The veteran is enrolled in a training course in a technical college under ch. 38 or in a proprietary school in the state approved authorized by the educational approval board under s. 38.50 department of financial institutions and professional standards under s. 440.52, other than a proprietary school offering a 4-year degree or 4-year program, or is engaged in a structured on-the-job training program that meets program requirements promulgated by the department by rule.

SB21,1449 Section 1449. 45.31 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,610,15 45.31 (2) "Authority" means the Forward Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.

SB21,1450 Section 1450. 45.34 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,610,18 45.34 (1) (a) 2. A home and eligible rehabilitation of a home, as defined in s. 234.49 235.49 (1) (d).

SB21,1451 Section 1451. 45.37 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,611,2 45.37 (6) (b) Loans made under this section may be purchased by the authority from the veterans housing loan fund under s. 234.41 235.41. All receipts of interest, except amounts retained as servicing fees by the authorized lenders servicing the loans purchased by the authority, and principal on the loans, payments of losses by insurers not used for restoration of the property securing the loans, and any other collections, shall be deposited by the authority into the veterans housing bond redemption fund under s. 234.43 235.43 and shall be disbursed from the fund as provided in s. 234.43 235.43 (2).

SB21,1452 Section 1452. 45.40 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,611,5 45.40 (6) Expanded eligibility. The eligibility requirements under s. 45.02 (2) do not apply to a person applying for assistance under this section.

SB21,1453 Section 1453. 45.44 (1) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,611,9 45.44 (1) (a) 5. A license, certification, registration, or permit issued under s. 89.06, 89.072, 94.10 (2), (3), or (3g), 94.50 (2), 94.704, 95.60, 97.17 (2), 97.175 (2), 97.22 (2), 98.145, 98.146, 98.18 (1) (a), or 168.23 (3).

SB21,1454 Section 1454 . 45.44 (1) (a) 14. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,611,12 45.44 (1) (a) 14. A license, certification, certification card, or permit issued under s. 252.23, 252.24, 254.176, 254.178, 254.20, 254.71, and 256.15.

SB21,1455 Section 1455 . 45.44 (1) (a) 14. of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB21,611,16 45.44 (1) (a) 14. A license, certification, certification card, or permit issued under s. ss. 97.33, 254.176, 254.178, 254.20, 254.71, and 256.15.

SB21,1456 Section 1456. 45.44 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,612,2 45.44 (1) (b) "Licensing agency" means the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection; the department of children and families; the department of financial institutions; the department of health services; the department of natural resources; the department of public instruction; the department of revenue; the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards and its examining boards and affiliated credentialing boards; the department of transportation; the department of workforce development; the board of commissioners of public lands; the government accountability board; or the office of the commissioner of insurance.

SB21,1457 Section 1457. 45.45 of the statutes is renumbered 235.26, and 235.26 (title), (1), (2), (3), (4) (intro.), (a), (b), (c) (intro.), 5. and 6. and (d) and (5) (a) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read.

SB21,612,7 235.26 (title) Grant to VETransfer Global Entrepreneurship Collective, Inc.

SB21,612,11 (1) Payment. From the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (vm), the department The authority shall pay $500,000 to VETransfer, Inc. Global Entrepreneurship Collective, in fiscal year 2013-14 2016-2017, subject to the requirements under subs. (2) to (5).

SB21,612,18 (2) Grants to veteran-owned start-up businesses. Of the moneys VETransfer Global Entrepreneurship Collective, Inc., receives under sub. (1), VETransfer Global Entrepreneurship Collective, Inc., shall grant at least $300,000 to veterans who are residents of this state or to businesses owned by veterans who are residents of this state. A veteran or a veteran's business that is awarded a grant under this subsection may use the grant only to pay for costs associated with the start-up of a business located in this state that the veteran owns.

SB21,612,23 (3) Veteran entrepreneurship training. Of the moneys VETransfer Global Entrepreneurship Collective, Inc., receives under sub. (1), VETransfer Global Entrepreneurship Collective, Inc., may use up to $200,000 to provide entrepreneurial training and related services to veterans who are residents of this state.

SB21,613,3 (4) Reporting requirements. (intro.) Annually, by March 1, until 2018 or one year following the date established by the department authority under sub. (5) (a), VETransfer Global Entrepreneurship Collective, Inc., shall submit to the secretary, the governor, and the secretary of administration authority and the secretary of veterans affairs a report that includes all of the following:

SB21,613,5 (a) The most recent financial statement for VETransfer Global Entrepreneurship Collective, Inc.

SB21,613,8 (b) A detailed description of the criteria VETransfer Global Entrepreneurship Collective, Inc., used to determine who received a grant under sub. (2) during the previous year.

SB21,613,16 (c) (intro.) A verified statement describing in detail the grants VETransfer Global Entrepreneurship Collective, Inc., made under sub. (2), and the expenditures VETransfer Global Entrepreneurship Collective, Inc., made under sub. (3), during the previous year, signed by an independent certified public accountant and the director or principal officer of VETransfer Global Entrepreneurship Collective, Inc., to attest to the accuracy of the verified statement. The verified statement shall include all of the following concerning each award of a grant VETransfer Global Entrepreneurship Collective, Inc., made under sub. (2) during the previous year:

SB21,613,18 5. Any information the grant recipient submitted to VETransfer Global Entrepreneurship Collective, Inc., to apply for the grant.