SB21: Bill Text

SB21,928 Section 928. 20.923 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,498,24 20.923 (8) Deputies. Salaries for deputies appointed pursuant to ss. 13.94 (3) (b), 15.04 (2), 230.04 (16), and 551.601 (1) shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary shall not exceed the maximum of the salary range one range below the salary range of the executive salary group to which the department or agency head is assigned. The positions of assistant secretary of state, assistant state treasurer and associate director of the historical society shall be treated as an unclassified deputies deputy for pay purposes under this subsection. The salary of the deputy director of the office of business development in the department of administration is assigned to executive salary group 2.

SB21,929 Section 929 . 20.923 (8) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB21,499,10 20.923 (8) Deputies. Salaries for deputies appointed pursuant to ss. 13.94 (3) (b), 15.04 (2), and 551.601 (1) shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary shall not exceed the maximum of the salary range one range below the salary range of the executive salary group to which the department or agency head is assigned. The associate director of the historical society shall be treated as an unclassified deputy for pay purposes under this subsection. The salary of the deputy director of the office of business development in the department of administration financial institutions and professional standards is assigned to executive salary group 2.

SB21,930 Section 930. 20.923 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,499,24 20.923 (9) Assistant deputy secretary and executive assistants. Salaries for assistant deputy secretaries and executive assistants appointed under ss. 15.05 (3) and 15.06 (4m) shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary for an assistant deputy secretary or an executive assistant appointed under s. 15.05 (3) or 15.06 (4m), other than the salary for the executive assistant to the director of the technical college system, may not exceed the maximum of the salary range 2 ranges below the salary range for the executive salary group to which the department or agency head is assigned. The position of administrative assistant to the lieutenant governor shall be treated as are executive assistants for pay purposes under this subsection. The salary for the executive assistant appointed under s. 230.04 (16) shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary for that position may not exceed the maximum of the salary range 2 ranges below the salary range for the executive salary group to which the appointing authority is assigned.

SB21,931 Section 931. 20.923 (12) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,932 Section 932. 20.923 (14) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, is repealed.

SB21,933 Section 933. 20.923 (18) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,500,12 20.923 (18) (a) The office division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration shall determine what positions in the classified service are comparable positions to the unclassified positions of 3 sales representatives of prison industries and one sales manager of prison industries who are appointed under s. 303.01 (10). For each such unclassified position, the office division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration shall determine the minimum salary for each comparable position in the classified service and shall set an amount equal to that minimum salary as the salary for that unclassified position.

SB21,934 Section 934. 20.924 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,500,16 20.924 (1) (a) Shall authorize the design and construction of any building, structure or facility costing in excess of $760,000 $3,000,000 regardless of funding source, only if that project is enumerated in the authorized state building program.

SB21,935 Section 935. 20.924 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,500,24 20.924 (1) (b) Shall authorize the acquisition of land, or the repair, remodeling or improvement to any existing building, structure or facility costing in excess of $760,000 $3,000,000, regardless of funding source, only if that project is enumerated in the authorized state building program. This paragraph does not apply to the acquisition of land by the building commission in the city of Madison within a block number specified in s. 13.48 (18). This paragraph does not apply to projects authorized under s. 16.858.

SB21,936 Section 936. 20.924 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,501,7 20.924 (1) (d) Shall exercise considered judgment in supervising the implementation of the state building program, and may under s. 13.48 (2) (at) authorize limited changes in the project program, and in the project budget if the commission determines that unanticipated program conditions or bidding conditions require the change to effectively and economically construct the project. However, total state funds for major projects under the authorized state building program for each agency shall not be exceeded.

SB21,937 Section 937. 20.924 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,501,11 20.924 (1) (e) May under s. 13.48 (2) (at) authorize the application of federal grants or private gift funds or other moneys in addition to or in lieu of the projects and project funds enumerated in the authorized state building program.

SB21,938 Section 938. 20.924 (1) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,501,16 20.924 (1) (em) May under s. 13.48 (2) (at) substitute any available source of funding in whole or in part for borrowing authority under s. 20.866 (2) (s) to (zm) and (zz) that is authorized to be used to fund a project enumerated under the authorized state building program.

SB21,939 Section 939 . 20.927 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,501,24 20.927 (1m) Except as provided under subs. (2) and (3), no funds of this state or of any county, city, village, town or long-term care district under s. 46.2895 or of any subdivision or agency of this state, including an authority created in ch. 36 or 233, or of any subdivision or agency of any county, city, village or town and no federal funds passing through the state treasury shall be authorized for or paid to a physician or surgeon or a hospital, clinic or other medical facility for the performance of an abortion.

SB21,940 Section 940 . 20.927 (1m) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB21,502,9 20.927 (1m) Except as provided under subs. (2) and (3), no funds of this state or of any county, city, village, or town or long-term care district under s. 46.2895 or of any subdivision or agency of this state, including an authority created in ch. 36 or 233, or of any subdivision or agency of any county, city, village or town and no federal funds passing through the state treasury shall be authorized for or paid to a physician or surgeon or a hospital, clinic or other medical facility for the performance of an abortion.

SB21,941 Section 941. 20.9275 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,502,13 20.9275 (1) (b) "Local governmental unit" means a city, village, town, or county or long-term care district under s. 46.2895 or an agency or subdivision of a city, village, town, or county.

SB21,942 Section 942. 20.9275 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,502,19 20.9275 (1) (g) "State agency" means an office, department, agency, institution of higher education, association, society or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, which is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature, the courts and an authority created in ch. 36, 231, or 233.

SB21,943 Section 943. 20.928 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,503,2 20.928 (1) Each state agency head shall certify to the department of administration, at such time and in such manner as the secretary of administration prescribes, the sum of money needed by the state agency from the appropriations under s. 20.865 (1) (c), (ci), (cj), (d), (i), (ic), (j), (s), (si), and (t). Upon receipt of the certifications together with such additional information as the secretary of administration prescribes, the secretary shall determine the amounts required from the respective appropriations to supplement state agency budgets.

SB21,944 Section 944. 20.928 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,945 Section 945. 20.928 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,946 Section 946. 23.09 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,503,11 23.09 (3) (b) If the department and the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System Authority enter into an agreement to create a faculty position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a forest landscape ecologist, the department and the University of Wisconsin-Madison shall develop an annual work plan for the ecologist. In developing the annual work plan, the department shall consult with the council on forestry.

SB21,947 Section 947. 23.09 (12) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,503,18 23.09 (12) (c) State aid under this subsection to any county shall be distributed by the department according to the procedures adopted in rules promulgated by the natural resources board department. State aid granted to any county under this subsection shall be matched by the county and the state's share may not exceed one-half of the actual cost of the project. Personnel, equipment, and materials furnished by the county may be included in computing the county share contribution.

SB21,948 Section 948. 23.09 (20m) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,503,25 23.09 (20m) (a) 3. "Nonprofit conservation organization" has the meaning given in s. 23.0955 (1) means a nonprofit corporation, a charitable trust, or other nonprofit association whose purposes include the acquisition of property for conservation purposes and that is described in section 501 (c) (3) of the internal revenue code and is exempt from federal income tax under section 501 (a) of the internal revenue code.

SB21,949 Section 949. 23.091 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,504,6 23.091 (2) Master plan. The department may designate a recreational area only after a master plan for use and management of the area is prepared, public hearings on the plan are held in the county where the largest portion of land in the project is located, the procedures prescribed in s. 1.11 are complied with, and the plan is approved by the natural resources board secretary.

SB21,950 Section 950. 23.0912 (1b) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,504,9 23.0912 (1b) (b) "Nonprofit conservation organization" has the meaning given in s. 23.0955 (1) 23.09 (20m) (a) 3.

SB21,951 Section 951. 23.0915 (2) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,504,17 23.0915 (2) (d) (intro.) In a given fiscal year, in addition to expending the amount designated for a purpose under sub. (1) (a) or (c) to (k), or the amount equal to the expenditure limit for that purpose, as adjusted under pars. (a) and (b), whichever amount is applicable, the department may also expend for that purpose up to 50% of the designated amount for that purpose for the given fiscal year for a project or activity if the natural resources board secretary determines all of the following:

SB21,952 Section 952. 23.0916 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,504,23 23.0916 (2) (b) Authority to prohibit access; earlier acquisitions; trails. (intro.) Except as provided in par. (c), the person receiving a stewardship grant subject to par. (a) or (am) may prohibit public access for one or more nature-based outdoor activities only if the natural resources board secretary determines that it is necessary to do so in order to do any of the following:

SB21,953 Section 953. 23.0916 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,505,5 23.0916 (2) (c) Authority to prohibit access; later acquisitions. (intro.) For acquisitions of land or easements that are not for state trails or the ice age trail the person receiving a stewardship grant subject to par. (am) may prohibit public access for one or more nature-based outdoor activities only if the natural resources board secretary determines that it is necessary to do so in order to do any of the following:

SB21,954 Section 954. 23.0916 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,505,15 23.0916 (3) (b) Authority to prohibit access; earlier acquisitions; trails. The department may prohibit public access on land or an easement subject to par. (a) for one or more nature-based outdoor activities if the natural resources board secretary determines that it is necessary to do so to protect public safety, protect a unique animal or plant community, or accommodate usership patterns, as defined by rule by the department. This paragraph applies to all acquisitions of land in fee simple and easements on former managed forest land that occur on former managed forest land before July 1, 2011, and to the acquisition of easements on former managed forest land for state trails and the ice age trail that occur on or after July 1, 2011.

SB21,955 Section 955. 23.0916 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,505,23 23.0916 (3) (c) Authority to prohibit access; later acquisitions. The department may prohibit public access on land or an easement subject to par. (a) for one or more nature-based outdoor activities only if the natural resources board secretary determines that it is necessary to do so to protect public safety or to protect a unique animal or plant community. This paragraph applies to acquisitions of land in fee simple and easements on former managed forest land for purposes other than for state trails and the ice age trail that occur on or after July 1, 2011.

SB21,956 Section 956. 23.0916 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,957 Section 957. 23.0916 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,506,2 23.0916 (5) Rules. (intro.) The natural resources board department, by rule, shall develop all of the following:

SB21,958 Section 958. 23.09165 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,506,5 23.09165 (1) (c) "Nonprofit conservation organization" has the meaning given in s. 23.0955 (1) 23.09 (20m) (a) 3.

SB21,959 Section 959. 23.0917 (1) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,506,8 23.0917 (1) (dm) "Nonprofit conservation organization" has the meaning given in s. 23.0955 (1) 23.09 (20m) (a) 3.

SB21,960 Section 960. 23.0917 (4) (cm) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,506,11 23.0917 (4) (cm) 4. Infrastructure improvements to the Kettle Moraine Springs fish hatchery. This subdivision does not apply after June 30, 2017 2018.

SB21,961 Section 961. 23.0917 (5) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,506,19 23.0917 (5) (d) (intro.) For a given fiscal year, in addition to obligating the amount of the annual bonding authority for a subprogram under sub. (3) or (4), or the amount equal to the annual bonding authority for that subprogram, as adjusted under pars. (a) and (b), whichever amount is applicable, the department may also obligate for that subprogram up to 100% of the annual bonding authority for that subprogram for that given fiscal year for a project or activity if the natural resources board secretary determines that all of the following conditions apply:

SB21,962 Section 962. 23.0917 (8) (h) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,506,24 23.0917 (8) (h) Beginning with fiscal year 2015-16, the department may not obligate moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) under the land acquisition subprogram if the annual general fund debt service on amounts obligated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) exceeds $54,305,700.

SB21,963 Section 963. 23.0918 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,507,8 23.0918 (2) Unless the natural resources board secretary determines otherwise in a specific case, only the income from the gifts, grants, or bequests in the fund is available for expenditure. The natural resources board secretary may authorize expenditures only for preserving, developing, managing, or maintaining land under the jurisdiction of the department that is used for any of the purposes specified in s. 23.09 (2) (d). In this subsection, unless otherwise provided in a gift, grant, or bequest, principal and income are determined as provided under subch. XI of ch. 701.

SB21,964 Section 964. 23.092 (1b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,507,11 23.092 (1b) In this section, "nonprofit conservation organization" has the meaning given in s. 23.0955 (1) 23.09 (20m) (a) 3.

SB21,965 Section 965. 23.095 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,507,15 23.095 (2m) Prohibition on land in Kickapoo valley reserve. No person may damage or attempt to damage any natural resource or archaeological feature located in the Kickapoo valley reserve under s. 41.41 23.0927 (2).

SB21,966 Section 966. 23.0953 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,507,21 23.0953 (4) A county may not convert the land, or any rights in the land, acquired with grant moneys awarded under sub. (2) (a) 2. to a use that is inconsistent with the type of nature-based outdoor recreation or conservation activity for which the grant was awarded unless the natural resources board secretary approves the conversion.

SB21,967 Section 967. 23.0955 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,968 Section 968. 23.0956 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,969 Section 969. 23.0957 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,970 Section 970. 23.096 (1) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,508,2 23.096 (1) (ag) "Nonprofit conservation organization" has the meaning given in s. 23.0955 (1) 23.09 (20m) (a) 3.

SB21,971 Section 971. 23.096 (2m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,508,8 23.096 (2m) (intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (2) (b), in each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, the department may award grants under this section that equal up to 75 percent of the acquisition costs of the property if the natural resources board secretary determines that all of the following apply:

SB21,972 Section 972. 23.097 (1g) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,508,15 23.097 (1g) The department shall award grants to counties, cities, villages, towns, and nonprofit organizations for up to 50% of the cost of tree management plans, tree inventories, brush residue projects, the development of tree management ordinances, tree disease evaluations, public education concerning trees in urban areas and other tree projects removing, saving, and replacing trees in urban areas that have been damaged by disease, infestation, or catastrophic storm events.

SB21,973 Section 973. 23.097 (1r) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,974 Section 974. 23.098 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,508,19 23.098 (1) (c) "Nonprofit conservation organization" has the meaning given in s. 23.0955 (1) 23.09 (20m) (a) 3.

SB21,975 Section 975. 23.117 (4) of the statutes is amended to read: