(4) The department shall determine the requirements for the formation of health care education and training consortia for allied health professionals.
(5) In distributing grants under this section, the department shall give preference to rural hospitals, health systems with a rural hospital or rural clinic, and rural educational entities.
59,1662
Section 1662
. 146.82 (2) (a) 16. of the statutes is amended to read:
146.82 (2) (a) 16. To a designated representative of the long-term care ombudsman under s. 16.009 (4), for the purpose of protecting and advocating the rights of an individual 60 years of age or older who resides in a long-term care facility, as specified in s. 16.009 (4) (b), or an individual 60 years of age or older who is an enrollee of the family care program, the Family Care Partnership Program, the program of all-inclusive care for the elderly, or the self-directed services option.
59,1664
Section 1664
. 146.98 of the statutes is repealed.
59,1672
Section 1672
. 165.055 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
165.055 (2) The deputy attorney general shall give a bond to the state in the sum of $5,000, with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the governor, conditioned for the faithful performance of the deputy attorney general's duties and the The attorney general shall be responsible for all acts of the deputy attorney general.
59,1672g
Section 1672g. 165.10 of the statutes is created to read:
165.10 Limits on expenditure of discretionary settlement funds. Notwithstanding s. 20.455 (3), before the attorney general may expend settlement funds under s. 20.455 (3) (g) that are not committed under the terms of the settlement, the attorney general shall submit to the joint committee on finance a proposed plan for the expenditure of the funds. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the attorney general within 14 working days after the submittal that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan, the attorney general may expend the funds to implement the proposed plan. If, within 14 working days after the submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the attorney general that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan, the attorney general may expend the funds only to implement the plan as approved by the committee.
59,1673d
Section 1673d. 165.25 (17) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
59,1673h
Section 1673h. 165.25 (17) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 323.29 (3) (a) 1. and amended to read:
323.29 (3) (a) 1. Provide staff support for the
interoperability council under s. 16.9645 and oversight of the development and operation of a statewide public safety interoperable communication system.
(b) The department may do any of the following:
59,1673p
Section 1673p. 165.25 (17) (am) of the statutes is renumbered 323.29 (3) (b) 1. and amended to read:
323.29 (3) (b) 1. Charge a public safety agency
, as defined in s. 256.35 (1) (g), that is a state agency a fee for use of the statewide public safety interoperable communication system under this subsection section.
59,1673t
Section 1673t. 165.25 (17) (bm) of the statutes is renumbered 323.29 (3) (b) 2. and amended to read:
323.29 (3) (b) 2. Charge a person that is not a state agency a fee for use of the statewide public safety interoperable communication system under this subsection section.
59,1673v
Section 1673v. 165.25 (18) and (19) of the statutes are created to read:
165.25 (18) Crime laboratories; deoxyribonucleic acid analysis. Determine the amount required to fund the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (2) (Lm).
(19) Crime laboratories; deoxyribonucleic acid analysis surcharges. If the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (2) (Lp) is anticipated to go into deficit, promptly notify the joint committee on finance in writing of the anticipated deficit.
59,1673x
Section 1673x. 165.95 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
165.95 (2) The department of justice shall make grants to counties to enable them to establish and operate programs, including suspended and deferred prosecution programs and programs based on principles of restorative justice, that provide alternatives to prosecution and incarceration for criminal offenders who abuse alcohol or other drugs. The department of justice shall make the grants from the appropriations under s. 20.455 (2) (em), (jd), (kn), and (kv). The department of justice shall collaborate with the departments of corrections and health and family services in establishing this grant program.
59,1674
Section 1674
. 165.986 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
165.986 (1) The department of justice shall provide grants from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (kb) to cities to employ additional uniformed law enforcement officers whose primary duty is beat patrolling. A city is eligible for a grant under this section subsection in fiscal year 1994-95 if the city has a population of 25,000 or more. A city may receive a grant for a calendar year if the city applies for a grant before September 1 of the preceding calendar year. Grants shall be awarded to the 10 eligible cities submitting an application for a grant that have the highest rates of violent crime index offenses in the most recent full calendar year for which data is available under the uniform crime reporting system of the federal bureau of investigation.
59,1675
Section 1675
. 165.986 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
165.986 (2) A city applying to the department of justice for a grant under this section sub. (1) shall include a proposed plan of expenditure of the grant moneys. The grant moneys that a city receives under this section
sub. (1) may be used for salary and fringe benefits only. Except as provided in sub. (3), the positions for which funding is sought must be created on or after April 21, 1994, and result in a net increase in the number of uniformed law enforcement officers assigned to beat patrol duties.
59,1676
Section 1676
. 165.986 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
165.986 (3) (intro.) During the first 6 months of the first year of a grant under sub. (1), a city may, with the approval of the department, use part of the grant for the payment of salary and fringe benefits for overtime provided by uniformed law enforcement officers whose primary duty is beat patrolling. A city may submit a request to the department for a 3-month extension of the use of the grant for the payment of overtime costs. To be eligible to use part of the first year's grant for overtime costs, the city shall provide the department with all of the following:
59,1677
Section 1677
. 165.986 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
165.986 (4) The department shall develop criteria which, notwithstanding s. 227.10 (1), need not be promulgated as rules under ch. 227, for use in determining the amount to grant to cities under this section sub. (1). The department may not award an annual grant under sub. (1) in excess of $150,000 to any city. The department shall review any application and plan submitted under sub. (2) to determine if that application and plan meet the requirements of this section. The grant that a city receives under this section sub. (1) may not supplant existing local resources.
59,1678
Section 1678
. 165.986 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
165.986 (5) A city may receive a grant under sub. (1) for 3 consecutive years without submitting a new application each year. For each year that a city receives a grant under sub. (1), the city shall provide matching funds of at least 25 percent of the amount of the grant.
59,1679
Section 1679
. 165.986 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
165.986 (6) The department may make grants under sub. (1) to additional cities with a population of 25,000 or more after fiscal year 1994-95. Eligibility for the grants under this subsection shall be determined and allocations made as provided in this section.
59,1680
Section 1680
. 165.986 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
165.986 (7) From the appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (jc), the department shall make grants in amounts determined by the department to cities with a population of 25,000 or more to reimburse overtime costs for uniformed law enforcement officers whose primary duty is beat patrolling, except that the department may award no more $400,000 to a city for a calendar year. The grants may be used for salary and fringe benefits only. The grants may be awarded only to the 10 eligible cities submitting an application for a grant that have the highest rates of violent crime index offenses in the most recent full calendar year for which data is available under the uniform crime reporting system of the federal bureau of investigation. A city may receive a grant for a calendar year if the city applies before September 1 of the preceding calendar year and provides the department all of the following:
(a) The reasons why uniformed law enforcement officers assigned to beat patrol duties need to work overtime.
(b) The status of the hiring and training of new uniformed law enforcement officers who will have beat patrol duties.
(c) A proposed plan of expenditure of the grant moneys.
59,1680b
Section 1680b. 165.989 of the statutes is created to read:
165.989 Community institution security cost reimbursement grants. (1) In this section, “community institution” means a building used by members of a community to engage in social gatherings, educational activities, or other community-building activities that is owned by a corporation, organization, or association described in section
501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code that is exempt from taxation under section
501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(2) The department of justice shall establish policies and procedures for the distribution of grants from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (3) (g) to reimburse community institutions that have expanded security measures or installed additional security infrastructure in response to continuous or ongoing security threats that the institution has received. Grants may be awarded to pay reasonable and necessary security costs that shall be determined by the department in consultation with the community institution and local law enforcement agencies. Grant funds may not be awarded to pay for overtime costs of the community institution's employees or for the hiring of private security personnel in response to a security threat. Notwithstanding s. 227.10 (1), the department need not promulgate the required policies and procedures as rules under ch. 227.
(3) Any community institution may apply to the department of justice for a grant under this section and shall include in the application detailed documentation of the security threats received, the corresponding expansion of security measures or installation of additional security infrastructure, and proof of the associated expenses incurred for which the community institution seeks a reimbursement grant. The department shall review each application and may award a grant to an eligible community institution for up to 50 percent of the actual security expenses incurred by the community institution. Grants awarded under this section may not exceed $200,000 per fiscal biennium.
59,1680c
Section 1680c. 165.989 of the statutes, as created by 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.
59,1680d
Section 1680d. 167.10 (3) (b) 8. of the statutes is created to read:
167.10 (3) (b) 8. The possession of fireworks by a person who is not a resident of this state if the person does not use the fireworks in this state.
59,1680e
Section 1680e. 167.10 (3) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
167.10 (3) (bm) Paragraph (a) applies to a person transporting fireworks under par. (b) 7. if, in the course of transporting the fireworks through a city, town, or village, the person remains in that city, town, or village for a period of at least 12 72 hours.
59,1680f
Section 1680f. 167.10 (3) (c) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
167.10 (3) (c) 6. Any individual or group of individuals. A permit issued to a group of individuals confers the privileges under the permit to each member of the group.
59,1680g
Section 1680g. 167.10 (3) (f) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
167.10 (3) (f) 4. The date or dates and location of permitted use.
59,1680h
Section 1680h. 167.10 (6m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
167.10 (6m) (d) The department of safety and professional services shall issue a 4-year license to manufacture fireworks or devices listed under sub. (1) (e), (f), or (i) to (n) to a person who complies with the rules of the department promulgated under par. (e).
Notwithstanding s. 101.19 (1g) (j), the license fee is $100. The department may not issue a license to a person who does not comply with the rules promulgated under par. (e). The department may revoke a license under this subsection for the refusal to permit an inspection at reasonable times by the department or for a continuing violation of the rules promulgated under par. (e).
59,1680m
Section 1680m. 168.04 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
168.04 (4) (a) In this subsection, “gasoline-ethanol fuel blend” includes such a fuel blend for both automotive and nonautomotive uses.
(b) Except as provided under par. (c), compliance with the requirements, established by the department by rule under sub. (1), of ASTM D4814-17 or the most current version of testing methods adopted by the department may be demonstrated by testing a gasoline-ethanol fuel blend or testing the gasoline base stock from which the gasoline-ethanol fuel blend is produced.
(c) The department may promulgate rules that require that a gasoline-ethanol fuel blend and the gasoline base stock from which the gasoline-ethanol fuel blend is produced meet the requirements of ASTM D4814-17, or the most current version of testing methods adopted by the department. A rule promulgated under this paragraph may not take effect sooner than July 1, 2019.
59,1682
Section 1682
. 178.0120 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
178.0120 (2) (b) The department may collect an expedited service fee, established by rule, for processing in an expeditious manner a record required or permitted to be filed with the department under this chapter, except that the fee to expedite processing to within one hour of filing shall be $500 and the fee to expedite processing to within 4 hours of filing shall be $250. Notwithstanding s. 178.0110, the $500 or $250 expedited processing fee, if applicable, applies to a partnership regardless of the date the partnership was formed.
59,1690
Section 1690
. 182.01 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
182.01 (4) (d) Processing, in an expeditious manner, a document required or permitted to be filed with the department, except that the fee to expedite processing to within one hour of filing shall be $500 and the fee to expedite processing to within 4 hours of filing shall be $250.
59,1691
Section 1691
. 182.028 of the statutes is amended to read:
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. 38.50 440.52 (10) without complying with the requirements of s. 38.50 440.52. 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.
59,1691c
Section 1691c. 196.01 (5) (b) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
196.01 (5) (b) 7. A state agency, as defined in s. 20.001 (1), that may own, operate, manage, or control all or any part of a plant or equipment for the production, transmission, delivery, or furnishing of water either directly or indirectly for the public.
59,1691d
Section 1691d. 196.218 (3) (a) 2e. of the statutes is created to read:
196.218 (3) (a) 2e. No later than 30 days after the close of a fiscal year:
a. The commission shall estimate the amount of unencumbered balances under s. 20.155 (1) (q) and (3) (rm) for that fiscal year that will transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.155 (3) (r).
b. The department of public instruction shall provide the commission with the department's estimate of the total amount of unencumbered balances under s. 20.255 (1) (q) and (3) (q), (qm), and (r) for that fiscal year that will transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.155 (3) (r).
c. The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall provide the commission with the board's estimate of the amount of unencumbered balance under s. 20.285 (1) (q) for that fiscal year that will transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.155 (3) (r).
59,1691h
Section 1691h. 196.218 (3) (a) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
196.218 (3) (a) 2m. No later than 30 days after the close of a fiscal biennium, the department of administration shall provide the commission with the department's estimate of the amount of unencumbered balance under s. 20.505 (4) (s) for that fiscal biennium that will transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.155 (3) (r).
59,1691p
Section 1691p. 196.218 (3) (a) 2s. of the statutes is created to read:
196.218 (3) (a) 2s. Thirty days after the close of a fiscal year or as soon as practicable thereafter, the commission shall determine the sum of the estimates specified in subd. 2e. a., b., and c. If the close of a fiscal year is also the close of a fiscal biennium, the sum shall include the estimate specified in subd. 2m. In the subsequent fiscal year, the commission shall transfer from the universal service fund to the appropriation account under s. 20.155 (3) (rm) an amount equal to $2,000,000 less the sum determined under this subdivision.
59,1691r
Section 1691r. 196.218 (3) (a) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
196.218 (3) (a) 3. (intro.) The commission shall designate the method by which the contributions under this paragraph shall be calculated and collected. The method shall ensure that the contributions are sufficient to generate and, to the extent practicable, do not exceed the following amounts:
59,1691t
Section 1691t. 196.218 (3) (a) 3. am. of the statutes is created to read:
196.218 (3) (a) 3. am. The amount appropriated under s. 20.155 (3) (rm).
59,1692
Section 1692
. 196.218 (3) (a) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
196.218 (3) (a) 3. b. The amounts appropriated under ss. 20.255 (1) (q) and (3) (q), (qm), and (r), 20.285 (1) (q), and 20.505 (4) (s), (t), (tm), (tu), and (tw).
59,1693
Section 1693
. 196.218 (5) (a) 10. of the statutes is amended to read:
196.218 (5) (a) 10. To make broadband expansion grants and administer the program under s. 196.504.
59,1695
Section 1695
. 196.504 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 196.504 (1) (ac).
59,1695e
Section 1695e. 196.504 (1) (ab) of the statutes is created to read:
196.504 (1) (ab) “Economic development” has the meaning given in s. 196.796 (1) (c).
59,1695m
Section 1695m. 196.504 (1) (ad) of the statutes is created to read:
196.504 (1) (ad) “Fixed wireless service” has the meaning given in s. 77.51 (3rn), except that it does not include mobile wireless service, as defined in s. 77.51 (7k), or telecommunications services, as defined in s. 77.51 (21n), transmitted through the use of satellite.
59,1695s
Section 1695s. 196.504 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read: