(c) The department of public instruction shall submit in proposed form the rules required under paragraph (a) to the legislative council staff under section 227.15 (1) of the statutes no later than January 1, 2018.
59,9136
Section 9136.
Nonstatutory provisions; Public Lands, Board of Commissioners of.
59,9137
Section 9137.
Nonstatutory provisions; Public Service Commission.
59,9138
Section 9138.
Nonstatutory provisions; Revenue.
(1) Forestation state tax. For the property tax assessments as of January 1, 2017, the department of revenue shall prescribe a form for the property tax bills prepared under section 74.09 of the statutes that indicates that the state no longer imposes the forestation state tax. The form shall also indicate the amount of the forestation state tax that the taxpayer paid in the previous year.
(1f) Sales and use tax audits; statistical sampling. Using the procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes, the department of revenue shall promulgate the rules required under section 77.59 (2g) of the statutes for the period before the effective date of the permanent rule promulgated under section 77.59 (2g) of the statutes but not to exceed the period authorized under section 227.24 (1) (c) of the statutes, subject to extension under section 227.24 (2) of the statutes. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3) of the statutes, the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.
59,9139
Section 9139.
Nonstatutory provisions; Safety and Professional Services.
(12) Professional assistance procedures; emergency rules. The department may use the procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes to promulgate rules under section 440.03 (1c) of the statutes for the period before the effective date of the permanent rule promulgated under section 440.03 (1c) of the statutes but not to exceed the period authorized under section 227.24 (1) (c) of the statutes, subject to one extension of 60 days under section 227.24 (2) of the statutes. If the department uses this procedure to promulgate these rules, the department shall promulgate the rules no later than the 60th day after the effective date of this subsection. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3) of the statutes, the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.
(17w) Occupational license study.
(a) Definitions. In this subsection:
1. “Department” means the department of safety and professional services.
2. “Occupational license” means any of the following:
a. A license, permit, certification, registration, or other approval granted under section 167.10 (6m) or chapters 101, 145, or 440 to 480 of the statutes.
b. A license, permit, certification, registration, or other approval not included under subdivision 2. a. if granted to a person by this state in order that the person may engage in a profession, occupation, or trade in this state or in order that the person may use one or more titles in association with his or her profession, occupation, or trade.
(b) Report. No later than December 31, 2018, the department shall submit a report to the governor and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the legislature under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes. The report shall include the department's recommendations for the elimination of occupational licenses based on all of the following:
1. The department's evaluation of whether the unregulated practice of the profession, occupation, or trade can clearly harm or endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the public, and whether the potential for the harm is recognizable and not remote or speculative.
2. The department's evaluation of whether the public reasonably benefits from the occupational license requirement.
3. The department's evaluation of whether the public can be effectively protected by any means other than requiring an occupational license.
4. The department's analysis of whether licensure requirements for the regulated profession, occupation, or trade exist in other states.
5. The department's estimate of the number of individuals or entities that are affected by the occupational license requirement.
6. The department's estimate of the total financial burden imposed on individuals or entities as a result of the occupational licensure requirement, including education or training costs, examination fees, private credential fees, occupational license fees imposed by the state, and other costs individuals or entities incur in order to obtain the required occupational license.
7. Any statement or analysis provided by the agency or board administering the occupational license.
8. The department's evaluation of the tangible or intangible barriers people may face in obtaining an occupational license.
59,9140
Section 9140.
Nonstatutory provisions; Secretary of State.
59,9141
Section 9141.
Nonstatutory provisions; State Fair Park Board.
59,9142
Section 9142.
Nonstatutory provisions; Supreme Court
(5f) Decisions of labor and industry review commission. The chief justice of the supreme court is requested to do all of the following:
(a) Conduct a survey of decisions and orders of the labor and industry review commission under chapters 102 and 108 and sections 106.52 (4), 106.56 (4), and 111.39 of the statutes, citing the statutes interpreted by the commission and whether the decisions and orders were the subjects of actions for judicial review filed in circuit court.
(b) Submit a report of the survey's findings to the governor and to the joint committee on finance by July 1, 2018.
59,9143
Section 9143.
Nonstatutory provisions; Technical College System.
59,9144
Section 9144.
Nonstatutory provisions; Tourism.
(1) Financial management position transfer.
(a)
Employee transfer. On the effective date of this paragraph, 1.0 FTE position and the incumbent employee holding the position in the department of tourism who performs duties relating to financial management, as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of administration.
(b) Employee status. The employee transferred under paragraph (a) has all the rights and the same status under chapter 230 of the statutes in the department of administration that he or she enjoyed in the department of tourism immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.
(2t) Marketing campaign for the city of Pittsville. From the appropriation under section 20.380 (1) (b) of the statutes, in fiscal year 2017-18, the department of tourism shall award a grant of $7,500 to the city of Pittsville for, as determined by the city, signage and a landmark to market the city of Pittsville as the geographical center of Wisconsin.
(3t) Improvement of property used for ski jumping competitions.
(a) From the appropriation under section 20.380 (1) (b) of the statutes, in fiscal year 2017-18, the department of tourism shall award a grant of $75,000 to Vernon County for the purpose of improving structures and other property in Vernon County that are used to facilitate a national or international ski jumping competition.
(b) Vernon County shall distribute all of the grant moneys under paragraph (a) within 2 years after its receipt of the grant moneys.
(c) Each person receiving a distribution of grant moneys from Vernon County under paragraph (b) shall contribute to the improvements specified under paragraph (a) an amount from nonstate revenue sources that is equal to at least 33 percent of the amount of the distribution the person receives.
59,9145
Section 9145.
Nonstatutory provisions; Transportation.
(1f) Transportation engineering and construction study. The department of transportation
in consultation with the transportation projects commission shall enter into an agreement with an independent engineering firm that has not previously conducted business with the state for the preparation, and delivery to the department
and commission , of a report by no later than January 1, 2019, that does all of the following:
(a) Reviews the standards of all other states related to transportation engineering and highway construction and recommends any best practices.
(b) Analyzes the process the department of transportation uses for determining project priority and assesses whether the process uses reasonable financing and completion time assumptions.
(c) Evaluates the allocation of funds to the state highway rehabilitation, major highway development, and southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects programs.
(1t) Elimination of positions.
(a) The department of transportation shall eliminate 100 SEG positions in fiscal year 2017-18 and 100 SEG positions in fiscal year 2018-19.
(b) The department of transportation shall eliminate private management consultant positions in the local assistance program as necessary to accomplish the lapses required under Section 9245 (2t) of this act.
(c) No later than January 1, 2019, the department of transportation shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance identifying the positions eliminated under paragraphs (a) and (b) and the appropriation accounts to be reduced.
(2f) Transportation projects commission funding. Not later than March 1, 2018, the transportation projects commission shall submit a request to the joint committee on finance for not more than an additional 4.0 GPR-funded positions. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the commission within 14 working days after the submittal that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the request, the commission may expend the funds. If, within 14 working days after the submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the commission that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the request, the commission may expend the funds only as approved by the committee.
(2i) Construction work on sth 23. If the cost of a construction contract related to a project enumerated under section 84.013 (3) (ra) of the statutes is lower than the cost projected by the department of transportation for that project, the department shall reserve the first $19,400,000 of all such contract savings from all sources, including state and federal moneys and the proceeds of bonds, for construction work on STH 23 in the 2017-19 biennium. If the department of transportation does not expend these moneys by January 1, 2019, the department may expend the moneys on other major highway projects.
(2j) Rehabilitation work on sth 23. The department of transportation shall conduct rehabilitation work on STH 23 in Sheboygan County and Fond du Lac County in the 2017-19 biennium.
(3i) Airport improvement project funding.
(a) Notwithstanding section 114.34 of the statutes, in fiscal year 2017-18, from the appropriation under section 20.395 (2) (dq) of the statutes, the department of transportation shall award a grant of $4,000,000 to the city of Wisconsin Rapids for improvements to the Alexander Field airport.
(b) Notwithstanding section 114.34 of the statutes, in fiscal year 2017-18, from the appropriation under section 20.395 (2) (dq) of the statutes, the department of transportation shall award a grant of $1,700,000 to the Appleton International Airport for design services and construction related to making improvements necessary for the airport to be an airport rescue and firefighting facility.
(4c) Peshtigo Fire Museum directional signs. Notwithstanding any eligibility criteria or other criteria or specification under section 86.196 of the statutes, in fiscal year 2017-18, the department of transportation shall erect 2 tourist-oriented directional signs, one for each direction of travel, along USH 41 in Marinette County for the Peshtigo Fire Museum in the town of Peshtigo. The department may not charge a fee exceeding $1,000 related to signs erected under this subsection, which fee shall be paid by the historical society from the appropriation account under section 20.245 (1) (a) of the statutes.
(4d) Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding harbor assistance grant. In the 2017-18 fiscal year, from the appropriations under sections 20.395 (2) (cq) and 20.866 (2) (uv) of the statutes, notwithstanding the eligibility criteria under section 85.095 of the statutes, the department of transportation shall award a grant under section 85.095 (2) (a) of the statutes to Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding for dredging and dockwall construction. The amount of the grant awarded under this subsection shall be $3,200,000 or the total cost of the project, whichever is less.
(4w)
Study of consolidation of segregated funds in local program .
(a) The department of transportation shall study the effects of consolidating state moneys in the surface transportation program and replacing these funds with federal moneys from the state highway program
and shall report its findings to the joint committee on finance no later than May 1, 2018 .
(b) The department of transportation may
submit a request to make transfers of state and federal moneys between the
surface transportation program and state highway program to the joint committee on finance under section 13.10 of the statutes .
A request made under this paragraph shall include an estimate of the potential savings or costs to local governments and the state that could be associated with the request.
(5f) Disaster damage aid payment. Notwithstanding section 86.34 (1m) and (2) of the statutes, in the 2017-18 fiscal year, from the appropriation under section 20.395 (1) (fs) of the statutes, the department of transportation shall make an aid payment of $64,000 to the town of Lafayette in Chippewa County.
(6b) Tolling implementation study.
(a) The department of transportation shall enter into a contract under which the department of transportation may expend not more than $2,500,000 from the appropriation under section 20.395 (4) (aq) of the statutes for the purpose of the contractor conducting a tolling implementation study that includes all of the following:
1. An analysis to support the completion of the federal tolling application process.
2. A tolling concepts of operation plan that outlines the policies, procedures, and operations needed to govern roadway tolling.
3. A traffic and revenue analysis including the revenue needed to support toll revenue-supported debt.
4. An evaluation or reevaluation of federal environmental requirements, including required documentation.
(b) No later than January 1, 2019, the contractor conducting the study under paragraph (a) shall report its findings to the department of transportation and the legislature under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes.
(7m) Reimbursement to village of Rib Lake. In the 2017-18 fiscal year, from the appropriation under section 20.395 (2) (js) of the statutes, the department of transportation shall provide $20,000 to the village of Rib Lake in Taylor County to reimburse the village for costs incurred in the design of a safe routes to school project.
(8m) Traffic control signals in city of Greenfield. The department of transportation shall study the potential installation of traffic control signals at the intersection of Layton Avenue and 124th Street near the entrance and exit to I 43 in the city of Greenfield in Milwaukee County. The department of transportation shall report its findings to the senate and assembly standing committees having jurisdiction over transportation matters no later than June 30, 2018.
(10c) State highway 154 rehabilitation. In the 2017-19 fiscal biennium, the department of transportation shall complete the rehabilitation project on STH 154 in Sauk County between the village of Loganville and the Richland County-Sauk County border. The project shall include milling, overlay, and safety improvements to existing facilities.
(10d) Prohibiting funding of north leg of Zoo interchange project. Notwithstanding section 84.0145 (3) (b) of the statutes, in the 2017-19 fiscal biennium, the department of transportation may not provide funding from any source, including state and federal moneys, the proceeds of bonds, or savings realized from project costs that are lower than the costs projected by the department of transportation, for the north leg of the Zoo interchange project between Swan Boulevard and Burleigh Street in Milwaukee County.
59,9146
Section 9146.
Nonstatutory provisions; Treasurer.
59,9147
Section 9147.
Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority; Medical College of Wisconsin.
59,9148
Section 9148.
Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin System.
(2) University of Wisconsin Flexible Option programs. The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall ensure that, no later than December 1, 2019, the total number of accredited competency-based degree and certificate programs offered under the University of Wisconsin Flexible Option platform is increased by
at least 25 percent over the total number of such programs that are offered on the effective date of this subsection.
(2p) Teacher residency program. No later than December 1, 2019, the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall ensure that at least one school of education within the University of Wisconsin System has partnered with a school district to develop a teacher residency program.
(2q) Annual financial audit of the University of Wisconsin System.
(a) Definitions. In this subsection:
1. “Board" has the meaning given in section 36.05 (2) of the statutes.
2. “System" has the meaning given in section 36.05 (12) of the statutes.
(b)
No financial audit by legislative audit bureau. Notwithstanding section 13.94 (1) (t) of the statutes, the legislative audit bureau shall
not conduct a financial audit of the system for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 fiscal years.
(c) Contract for financial audit. The board shall contract with an independent accounting firm licensed under chapter 442 of the statutes for purposes of conducting an annual financial audit of the system for fiscal year 2017-18 and fiscal year 2018-19. This accounting firm shall report to the board and shall provide all of the following to the board, the governor, the joint legislative audit committee, and the joint committee on finance:
1. The audited financial statements.
2. Performance improvement observations.
3. A management letter complete with internal control deficiencies and audit differences.
(d) Legislative audit bureau assistance. The accounting firm with which the board contracts under paragraph (c) may use the legislative audit bureau to assist in conducting the audit to the extent the work relied upon does not modify the audit opinion with the exception of accepting the prior year's unqualified opinion.
(3t) Resident undergraduate tuition. Notwithstanding section 36.27 (1) (a) of the statutes,the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System may not charge resident undergraduates enrolled in an institution or college campus in the 2017-18 or 2018-19 academic year more in academic fees than it charged resident undergraduates enrolled in that institution or college campus in the 2016-17 academic year.
59,9149
Section 9149.
Nonstatutory provisions; Veterans Affairs.
(1e) Crisis intervention services demonstration program. From the appropriation under section 20.485 (2) (u) of the statutes, the department of veterans affairs shall allocate $60,000 each fiscal year of the 2017-19 fiscal biennium for a crisis intervention services demonstration program administered by the department.
