SB21: Bill Text

SB21,1341,18 173.41 (2) (e) A veterinarian licensed under ch. 453 89 practicing in the normal course of veterinary business within the scope of the license is not required to obtain a license under this subsection.

SB21,3521 Section 3521. 173.41 (12) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1341,24 173.41 (12) (a) 4. If persons sell or offer to sell dogs at the temporary dog market for 2 or more consecutive days, employ or contract with a veterinarian licensed under ch. 453 89 to conduct an examination of the dogs offered for sale at the temporary dog market on each day on which dogs are offered for sale and to review the information provided under par. (b).

SB21,3522 Section 3522. 174.13 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1342,15 174.13 (2) Any officer or pound which has custody of an unclaimed dog may release the dog to the University of Wisconsin System Authority, the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., or to any other educational institution of higher learning chartered under the laws of the state and accredited to the University of Wisconsin System Authority, upon requisition by the institution. The requisition shall be in writing, shall bear the signature of an authorized agent, and shall state that the dog is requisitioned for scientific or educational purposes. If a requisition is made for a greater number of dogs than is available at a given time, the officer or pound may supply those immediately available and may withhold from other disposition all unclaimed dogs coming into the officer's or pound's custody until the requisition is fully discharged, excluding impounded dogs as to which ownership is established within a reasonable period. A dog left by its owner for disposition is not considered an unclaimed dog under this section. If operated by a county, city, village or town, the officer or pound is entitled to the payment of $1 for each dog requisitioned. An institution making a requisition shall provide for the transportation of the dog.

SB21,3523 Section 3523. 177.30 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1342,24 177.30 (2) The administrator, at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice, may examine the records of any person to determine whether the person has complied with this chapter. The administrator may designate the division of banking department of financial institutions and professional standards or other appropriate regulatory authority to examine the records of regulated institutions to determine if the institutions have complied with this chapter. The administrator may conduct the examination even if the person believes it is not in possession of any property reportable or deliverable under this chapter.

SB21,3524 Section 3524. 182.028 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1343,13 182.028 School corporations. Any corporation formed for the establishment and maintenance of schools, academies, seminaries, colleges or universities or for the cultivation and practice of music shall have power to enact bylaws for the protection of its property, and provide fines as liquidated damages upon its members and patrons for violating the bylaws, and may collect the same in tort actions, and to prescribe and regulate the courses of instruction therein, and to confer such degrees and grant such diplomas as are usually conferred by similar institutions or as shall be appropriate to the courses of instruction prescribed, except that no corporation shall operate or advertise a school that is subject to s. 38.50 (10) without complying with the requirements of s. 38.50. Any stockholder may transfer his or her stock to the corporation for its use; and if the written transfer so provides the stock shall be perpetually held by the board of directors with all the rights of a stockholder, including the right to vote.

SB21,3525 Section 3525. 186.098 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1343,23 186.098 (12) Loans to members. A credit union may make loans to members secured by assignment or transfer of stock certificates or other evidence of the borrower's ownership interest in a corporation formed for the cooperative ownership of real estate. Sections 846.10 and 846.101, as they apply to a foreclosure of a mortgage involving a one-family residence, apply to a proceeding to enforce the lender's rights in security given for a loan under this subsection. The office of credit unions shall promulgate joint rules with the division of banking department of financial institutions and professional standards that establish procedures for enforcing a lender's rights in security given for a loan under this subsection.

SB21,3526 Section 3526. 186.235 (15) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1344,7 186.235 (15) (b) Witness fees shall be the same as fees under s. 814.67 (1) (b) and (c). The fees of witnesses who are called by the office in the interests of the state shall be paid by the state upon presentation of proper vouchers approved by the office of credit unions and charged to the appropriation under s. 20.144 (1) 20.142 (2) (g). A witness subpoenaed by the office at the instance of a party other than the office shall not be entitled to payment of fees by the state unless the office certifies that the testimony was material to the purpose for which the subpoena was issued.

SB21,3527 Section 3527. 186.314 (2m) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1344,16 186.314 (2m) (e) Upon approval by the credit union members of the proposition for conversion under par. (c), the credit union shall take all necessary action under ch. 214 or 221 to complete the conversion to a savings bank or state bank. Within 90 days after receipt from the division of banking department of financial institutions and professional standards of a certificate of incorporation as a savings bank or state bank, the credit union shall file a copy of the certificate with the office of credit unions and the office of credit unions shall issue to a converting credit union a certificate of conversion to a savings bank or state bank.

SB21,3528 Section 3528. 194.01 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1344,21 194.01 (11) "Private motor carrier" means any person except a common or contract motor carrier engaged in the who provides transportation of property or passengers by commercial motor vehicle other than an automobile or trailer used therewith, upon the public highways and is not a contract motor carrier.

SB21,3529 Section 3529. 196.218 (3) (a) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1344,24 196.218 (3) (a) 3. b. The amounts appropriated under ss. 20.255 (3) (q), (qm), and (r), 20.285 (1) (q), and 20.505 (4) (s), (t), (tm), (tu), and (tw).

SB21,3530 Section 3530 . 196.218 (3) (a) 3. b. of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB21,1345,4 196.218 (3) (a) 3. b. The amounts appropriated under ss. 20.255 (3) (q), (qm), and (r), 20.285 (1) (q), and 20.505 (4) (s).

SB21,3531 Section 3531. 196.218 (5) (a) 6. of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,3532 Section 3532. 196.218 (5) (a) 10. of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1345,7 196.218 (5) (a) 10. To make broadband expansion grants under s. 196.504.

SB21,3533 Section 3533. 196.49 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1345,12 196.49 (4) The commission may not issue a certificate under sub. (1), (2), or (3) for the construction of electric generating equipment and associated facilities unless the commission determines that brownfields, as defined in s. 238.13 235.13 (1) (a) or s. 560.13 (1) (a), 2009 stats., are used to the extent practicable.

SB21,3534 Section 3534. 196.491 (3) (a) 2m. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1345,17 196.491 (3) (a) 2m. b. The applicant proposes alternative construction sites for the facility that are contiguous or proximate, provided that at least one of the proposed sites is a brownfield, as defined in s. 238.13 235.13 (1) (a), or the site of a former or existing large electric generating facility.

SB21,3535 Section 3535. 196.491 (3) (d) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1345,20 196.491 (3) (d) 8. For a large electric generating facility, brownfields, as defined in s. 238.13 235.13 (1) (a), are used to the extent practicable.

SB21,3536 Section 3536. 196.504 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1345,25 196.504 (2) (a) To make broadband expansion grants to eligible applicants for the purpose of constructing broadband infrastructure in underserved areas designated under par. (d). Grants awarded under this section shall be paid from the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.155 (3) (g) (k), (r), and (rm).

SB21,3537 Section 3537. 196.504 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1346,8 196.504 (2) (c) To establish criteria for evaluating applications and awarding grants under this section. The criteria shall prohibit grants that have the effect of subsidizing the expenses of a telecommunication provider or the monthly bills of telecommunications customers. The criteria shall give priority to projects that include matching funds, that involve public-private partnerships, that affect areas with no broadband service providers, that are scalable, or that affect a large geographic area or a large number of underserved individuals or communities.

SB21,3538 Section 3538. 200.49 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1346,11 200.49 (1) (b) "Minority group member" has the meaning given under s. 16.287 203.07 (1) (f).

SB21,3539 Section 3539. 200.57 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1346,16 200.57 (1) (a) "Disabled veteran-owned financial adviser" and "disabled veteran-owned investment firm" mean a financial adviser and investment firm, respectively, certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 203.03 (3).

SB21,3540 Section 3540. 200.57 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1346,20 200.57 (1) (b) "Minority financial adviser" and "minority investment firm" mean a financial adviser and investment firm, respectively, certified by the department of administration under s. 16.287 203.07 (2).

SB21,3541 Section 3541. Chapter 203 (title) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1346,22 chapter 203

SB21,1346,23 business development

SB21,3542 Section 3542. 203.01 of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1346,25 203.01 Definitions. In this chapter:

SB21,1347,2 (1) "Department" means the department of financial institutions and professional standards.

SB21,1347,4 (2) "Secretary" means the secretary of financial institutions and professional standards.

SB21,3543 Section 3543. 214.01 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1347,7 214.01 (1) (f) "Department" means the department of financial institutions and professional standards.

SB21,3544 Section 3544. 214.01 (1) (im) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,3545 Section 3545. 214.04 (21) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1347,25 214.04 (21) (b) The rules of the division department shall provide that any remote service unit shall be available for use, on a nondiscriminatory basis, by any state or federal savings bank which has its principal place of business in this state, by any other state or federal savings bank obtaining the consent of a state or federal savings bank that has its principal place of business in this state and is using the terminal and by all customers designated by a savings bank using the unit. This paragraph does not authorize a savings bank which has its principal place of business outside this state to conduct business as a savings bank in this state. A remote service unit shall be available for use, on a nondiscriminatory basis, by any credit union, state or national bank or state or federal savings and loan association, whose home office is located in this state, if the credit union, bank or savings and loan association requests to share its use, subject to joint rules established by the division of banking, the office of credit unions and the division department. The division department by order may authorize the installation and operation of a remote service unit in a mobile facility, after notice and hearing upon the proposed service stops of the mobile facility.

SB21,3546 Section 3546. 214.48 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1348,7 214.48 (4) (a) An independent qualified appraiser, designated by the board of directors, who is properly licensed and certified by the department of safety and professional services or by another entity authorized to govern appraisal licensure and certification and who meets the requirements of title XI of the financial institutions reform, recovery and enforcement act of 1989, 12 USC 3331 to 3351 and regulations adopted pursuant to those sections.

SB21,3547 Section 3547. 214.715 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1348,12 214.715 (2) Employees of the division department may not be subject to any civil liability or penalty, or to any criminal prosecution, for any error in judgment or discretion made in good faith and upon reasonable grounds in any action taken or omitted under this chapter by the employee in an official capacity.

SB21,3548 Section 3548. 214.72 (1) (am) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,3549 Section 3549. 214.72 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1348,19 214.72 (1) (b) "Financial regulator" means the department secretary and deputy secretary, and an administrator having duties related to financial institutions, a supervisor of data processing, legal counsel, and a financial institution examiner employed by the department and includes any member of a financial regulator's immediate family, as defined in s. 19.42 (7).

SB21,3550 Section 3550. 214.725 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1348,23 214.725 (5) Employees of the division department or other designated agents may administer oaths and examine and take and preserve testimony under oath as to anything in the affairs or ownership of the savings bank or the entity examined.

SB21,3551 Section 3551. 214.78 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1349,6 214.78 (3) A person who subpoenaes a witness shall advance the fees and mileage of the witness. Witness fees shall be the same as fees under s. 814.67 (1) (b) and (c). The fees of witnesses who are called by the review board in the interests of the state shall be paid by the state upon presentation of proper vouchers approved by the chairperson of the review board and charged to the appropriation under s. 20.144 (1) 20.142 (2) (g).

SB21,3552 Section 3552. 215.01 (6) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,3553 Section 3553. 215.01 (6f) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1349,10 215.01 (6f) "Department" means the department of financial institutions and professional standards.

SB21,3554 Section 3554. 215.02 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1349,16 215.02 (4) Immunity. Employees of the division department shall not be subject to any civil liability or penalty, nor to any criminal prosecution, for any error in judgment or discretion made in good faith and upon reasonable grounds in any action taken or omitted under this chapter by the employee in the employee's official capacity.

SB21,3555 Section 3555. 215.04 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1349,19 215.04 (1) (b) Review the acts, orders, and determinations of the division department under this chapter.

SB21,3556 Section 3556. 215.04 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,1350,2 215.04 (3) Witness fees. A person who causes a witness to be subpoenaed shall advance the fees and mileage expense of the witness. Witness fees shall be the same as fees under s. 814.67 (1) (b) and (c). The fees of witnesses who are called by the review board in the interests of the state shall be paid by the state upon presentation of proper vouchers approved by the chairperson of the review board and charged to the appropriation under s. 20.144 (1) 20.142 (2) (g).

SB21,3557 Section 3557. 217.02 (2k) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1350,5 217.02 (2k) "Department" means the department of financial institutions and professional standards.

SB21,3558 Section 3558. 217.02 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,3559 Section 3559. 218.02 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,3560 Section 3560. 218.02 (1) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1350,10 218.02 (1) (dm) "Department" means the department of financial institutions and professional standards.

SB21,3561 Section 3561. 218.04 (1) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1350,13 218.04 (1) (bm) "Department" means the department of financial institutions and professional standards.

SB21,3562 Section 3562. 218.04 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,3563 Section 3563. 218.05 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1350,17 218.05 (1) (cm) "Department" means the department of financial institutions and professional standards.

SB21,3564 Section 3564. 218.05 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,3565 Section 3565. 219.09 (1) (h) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,1350,20 219.09 (1) (h) The University of Wisconsin System Authority.

SB21,3566 Section 3566. 220.01 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,3567 Section 3567. 221.0303 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: