Wisconsin Legislature: 2017 Wisconsin Act 364

Date of enactment: April 16, 2018
2017 Assembly Bill 845 Date of publication*: April 17, 2018

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication."

2017 WISCONSIN ACT 364

An Act relating to: revising various provisions of the statutes for the purpose of making corrections and reconciling conflicts (Correction Bill).

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

364,1 Section 1 . 15.06 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

15.06 (1) (b) The commissioner of insurance shall be nominated by the governor, and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed, to serve at the pleasure of the governor. The governor may remove from office the commissioner of insurance who was appointed for a fixed term before August 1, 1987.

Note: Removes obsolete transition provision.

364,2 Section 2 . 20.485 (1) (gk) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, is amended to read:

20.485 (1) (gk) Institutional operations. The amounts in the schedule for the care of the members of the Wisconsin veterans homes under s. 45.50, for the payment of stipends under s. 45.50 (2m) (f), for the transfer of moneys to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (ky) for payment of the state share of the medical assistance costs related to the provision of stipends under s. 45.50 (2m) (f), for the payment of assistance to indigent veterans under s. 45.43 to allow them to reside at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove, for the transfer of moneys to the appropriation accounts under pars. (kc) and, (kg), and (kj), and for the payment of grants under s. 45.82. Not more than 1 percent of the moneys credited to this appropriation account may be used for the payment of assistance to indigent veterans under s. 45.43. All moneys received under par. (m) and s. 45.51 (7) (b) and (8) and all moneys received for the care of members under medical assistance, as defined in s. 49.43 (8), shall be credited to this appropriation account. Except for the moneys transferred under this paragraph to the appropriation account under par. (kc), no moneys may be expended from this appropriation for the purposes specified in par. (kc).

Note: As a result of using the wrong version of the statute text, the cross-reference to par. (kj) was inadvertently dropped.

364,3 Section 3 . 23.0917 (5g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

23.0917 (5g) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and, (c), (d), and (e), if for a given fiscal year, the department obligates an amount from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for a subprogram under sub. (3) or (4) that is less than the annual bonding authority under that subprogram for that given fiscal year, the department may not obligate the unobligated amount in subsequent fiscal years. This subsection applies beginning with fiscal year 2011-12 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20.

Note: 2017 Wis. Act 59 created s. 23.0917 (5g) (d) and (e), which contain exceptions to the provisions of s. 23.0917 (5g) (a), but which were inadvertently not noted in s. 23.0917 (5g) (a).

364,4 Section 4 . The treatment of 29.324 (2) of the statutes by 2017 Wisconsin Act 61 is not repealed by 2017 Wisconsin Act 62. Both treatments stand.

Note: There is no conflict of substance. See also the treatment of s. 29.324 (2) (intro.) at Section 49 of this bill.

364,5 Section 5 . 35.001 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

35.001 (2) “Department" in this chapter means the department of administration.

Note: Deletes redundant language. Section 35.001 (intro.) reads: “As used in this chapter:”

364,6 Section 6 . 48.981 (2m) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

48.981 (2m) (b) 1. “Health care provider" means a physician, as defined under s. 448.01 (5), a physician assistant, as defined under s. 448.01 (6), or a nurse holding a certificate of registration license under s. 441.06 (1) or a license under s. 441.10.

Note: 1987 Wis. Act 264 replaced “registration” and “certificates of registration” for nurses with “licensure” and “licenses” in s. 441.06 (1). The reference in s. 48.981 (2m) (b) 1., as created by 1987 Wis. Act 27, was not changed accordingly.

364,7 Section 7 . 54.01 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:

54.01 (13) “Heir" means any person, including the surviving spouse, who is entitled under the statutes of intestate succession to an interest in property of a decedent. The state is an heir of the decedent and a person interested under s. 45.37 45.51 (10) and (11) when the decedent was a member of the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King or at the facilities operated by the department of veterans affairs under s. 45.50 at the time of the decedent's death.

Note: Section 45.37 (10) and (11), 2003 stats., were repealed and recreated as s. 45.51 (10) and (11) by 2005 Wis. Act 22, but the cross-reference in s. 54.01 (13) was not amended accordingly.

364,8 Section 8 . 62.23 (17) (a) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, is amended to read:

62.23 (17) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (am), cities may acquire by gift, lease, purchase, or condemnation any lands (a) within its corporate limits for establishing, laying out, widening, enlarging, extending, and maintaining memorial grounds, streets, squares, parkways, boulevards, parks, playgrounds, sites for public buildings, and reservations in and about and along and leading to any or all of the same; (b) or any lands adjoining or near to such city for use, sublease, or sale for any of the following purposes:

Note: Deletes letters indicating subdivision of the provision that is inconsistent with current style.

364,9 Section 9 . 66.0421 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:

66.0421 (1) Definitions. (intro.) In this section:

Note: Adds language consistent with current style for provisions containing multiple definitions applicable in a section.

364,10 Section 10 . The treatment of 66.1105 (4) (gm) 4. c. of the statutes by 2017 Wisconsin Act 58 is not repealed by 2017 Wisconsin Act 70. Both treatments stand.

Note: There is no conflict of substance. See also the treatment of s. 66.1105 (4) (gm) 4. c. at Sections 48 and 49 of this bill.

364,11 Section 11 . The treatment of 71.07 (3wm) (b) (intro.) of the statutes by 2017 Wisconsin Act 58 is not repealed by 2017 Wisconsin Act 59. Both treatments stand.