(c) No later than July 1, 2018, submit a report to the joint committee on finance and the joint legislative audit committee that includes all of the following:
1. A description of the department's efforts to establish a systematic process for comprehensively identifying and assessing the capital-related project needs of all Wisconsin veterans homes.
2. A description of the department's efforts to use the information gathered under the process described in subdivision 1. to complete a 10-year facilities plan for the Wisconsin veterans homes and to help develop the department's required 6-year facilities plans in the future.
(2f) Study concerning women veterans. From the appropriation under section 20.485 (2) (u) of the statutes, the department of veterans affairs shall allocate $20,000 in the 2017-19 fiscal biennium for the purpose of conducting a study concerning the needs of women veterans in Wisconsin.
59,9150
Section 9150.
Nonstatutory provisions; Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
(1) GPR expenditure limitation. Notwithstanding the cap on expenditures under section 20.192 (1) (a) of the statutes, no more than $1,519,500 may be expended from that appropriation in fiscal year 2017-18.
(3f) Fabrication laboratory grant program. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation shall develop and implement an economic development program that is similar to the fabrication laboratory grant program under section 238.145, 2015 stats. From the appropriation under section 20.192 (1) (a) or (r) of the statutes, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation shall allocate at least $500,000 in each fiscal year of the 2017-19 fiscal biennium for the purpose of awarding grants under that economic development program.
(3i) Fabrication laboratory grants.
(a) Definitions. In this subsection:
1. “Fabrication laboratory” means a high-technology workshop equipped with computer-controlled additive and subtractive manufacturing components.
2. “Nonprofit organization” means an organization that is described in section
501 (c) (3) or (6) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is exempt from federal income tax.
(b) Grants. From the appropriation under section 20.192 (1) (a) or (r) of the statutes, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation shall allocate $100,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $300,000 in fiscal year 2018-19 for the purpose of awarding grants to one or more nonprofit organizations for the provision of services to school districts in this state in which the school board has adopted a resolution to initiate a fabrication laboratory. The services provided under a grant awarded under this paragraph shall include the development of curricula for fabrication laboratories, in-school coaching and ongoing professional development for district personnel, and other assistance related to fabrication laboratories, as determined by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
(3t) Reconciliation.
(a) If August 2017 Special Session Assembly Bill 1, as shown by Senate Substitute Amendment 1, or August 2017 Special Session Senate Bill 1, as shown by Senate Substitute Amendment 1, is enacted substantially without change, then the treatment of sections 20.835 (2) (cp), 71.07 (3wm), and 71.28 (3wm) of the statutes in this act supersedes the treatment in those bills as shown by those substitute amendments.
(b) If August 2017 Special Session Assembly Bill 1, as shown by Senate Substitute Amendment 1, or August 2017 Special Session Senate Bill 1, as shown by Senate Substitute Amendment 1, is not enacted substantially without change, then the treatment of sections 20.835 (2) (cp), 71.07 (3wm), and 71.28 (3wm) of the statutes in this act and all cross-references to section 238.396 of the statutes in this act are void.
(3w) Marathon County Development Corporation.
(a) Definition. In this subsection, “minority-owned business" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, or corporation that is at least 30 percent owned by a minority group member or members, as defined in section 16.287 (1) (f) of the statutes, who are U.S. citizens or persons lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, as defined under
8 USC 1101 (a) (20).
(b) Revolving loan fund grant. From the appropriation under section 20.192 (1) (a) or (r) of the statutes, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation shall grant $100,000 to MCDEVCO, Inc., doing business as the Marathon County Development Corporation, in the 2017-18 fiscal year for a revolving loan program for minority-owned businesses in Marathon County.
59,9151
Section 9151.
Nonstatutory provisions; Workforce Development.
(1) Fast Forward grants for technical colleges. Of the amounts appropriated to the department of workforce development under section 20.445 (1) (b) of the statutes, the department shall allocate not less than $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 for grants to technical colleges for workforce training programs under section 106.27 (1) of the statutes.
(2) Fast Forward grants for nursing training programs. Of the amounts appropriated to the department of workforce development under section 20.445 (1) (b) of the statutes, the department shall allocate not less than $1,500,000 in the 2017-19 fiscal biennium for grants for nursing training programs under section 106.27 (1) (e) of the statutes.
(3) Worker's compensation position transfer.
(a) Employee transfer. On the effective date of this paragraph, 4.5 FTE positions and the incumbent employees holding those positions in the department of workforce development who perform duties relating to worker's compensation hearings, as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred to the department of administration.
(b) Employee status. The employees transferred under paragraph (a) have all the rights and the same status under chapter 230 of the statutes in the department of administration that the employees enjoyed in the department of workforce development immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employee transferred under paragraph (a
) who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.
(5q) Grant to support the Building Occupational Skills for Success program. From the appropriation under section 20.445 (1) (b) of the statutes, the department of workforce development shall provide a grant of $200,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 to the Milwaukee Development Corporation for the purpose of supporting the Building Occupational Skills for Success program that is designed to provide students with the skills and tools needed to become future business owners if all of the following are satisfied:
(a) The Milwaukee Development Corporation or any other organization provides equal matching funds to support the Building Occupational Skills for Success program.
(b) The Milwaukee Development Corporation agrees to make the Building Occupational Skills for Success program curriculum available, upon request, to any school board, operator of a charter school authorized under section 118.40 (2r) or (2x) of the statutes, private school, tribal school, or any nonprofit organization after the program has been implemented in Milwaukee Public Schools for one year.
(c) The Milwaukee Development Corporation agrees to submit a report to the joint committee on finance that summarizes the results of the Building Occupational Skills for Success program by no later than 90 days after the program has been implemented in Milwaukee Public Schools for one year.
(5y) Technical education equipment grants; emergency rules. Using the procedure under section 227.24 of the statues, the department of workforce development may promulgate the rules required under section 106.275 of the statutes for the period before the effective date of the permanent rules promulgated under section 106.275 of the statues but not to exceed the period authorized under section 227.24 (1) (c) of the statues, 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.
59,9152
Section 9152.
Nonstatutory provisions; Other.
(1) Study on public benefits and chronic absenteeism. The departments of children and families, public instruction, health services, and workforce development, together with any other relevant programs or agencies the departments identify as appropriate, shall collaborate to prepare a report on the population overlap of families that receive public benefits and children who are absent from school for 10 percent or more of the school year. The agencies shall submit the report on or before December 30, 2018, to the governor and appropriate standing committees of the legislature under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes.
(1i) Required general fund structural balance. Section 20.003 (4m) of the statutes shall not apply to the action of the legislature in adopting any legislation during the 2017-18 legislative session.
59,9201
Section 9201.
Fiscal changes; Administration.
(1) Division of personnel management lapse. Notwithstanding section 20.001 (3) (a) of the statutes, from the appropriation account to the department of administration under section 20.505 (1) (kz) of the statutes, there is lapsed to the general fund $2,800,000 in fiscal year 2018-19.
59,9202
Section 9202.
Fiscal changes; Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
59,9203
Section 9203.
Fiscal changes; Arts Board.
59,9204
Section 9204.
Fiscal changes; Building Commission.
59,9205
Section 9205.
Fiscal changes; Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board.
59,9206
Section 9206.
Fiscal changes; Children and Families.
59,9207
Section 9207.
Fiscal changes; Circuit Courts.
59,9208
Section 9208.
Fiscal changes; Corrections.
59,9209
Section 9209.
Fiscal changes; Court of Appeals.
59,9210
Section 9210.
Fiscal changes; District Attorneys.
59,9211
Section 9211.
Fiscal changes; Educational Approval Board.
59,9212
Section 9212.
Fiscal changes; Educational Communications Board.
59,9213
Section 9213.
Fiscal changes; Elections Commission.
59,9214
Section 9214.
Fiscal changes; Employee Trust Funds.
59,9215
Section 9215.
Fiscal changes; Employment Relations Commission.
(1) Unspent program revenue. Notwithstanding section 20.001 (3) (a) of the statutes, at the end of each fiscal year in the 2017-19 fiscal biennium, there is lapsed to the general fund any unencumbered balance exceeding 10 percent of that fiscal year's expenditures from the appropriation account under section 20.425 (1) (i) of the statutes.
59,9216
Section 9216.
Fiscal changes; Ethics Commission.
59,9217
Section 9217.
Fiscal changes; Financial Institutions.
59,9218
Section 9218.
Fiscal changes; Governor.
59,9219
Section 9219.
Fiscal changes; Health and Educational Facilities Authority.
59,9220
Section 9220.
Fiscal changes; Health Services.
(1m) Graduate medical training support grants.
(a) In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of health services under section 20.435 (4) (b) of the statutes, the dollar amount for fiscal year 2017-18 is decreased by $63,000 for grants to support graduate medical training under section 146.64 of the statutes. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of health services under section 20.435 (4) (b) of the statutes, the dollar amount for fiscal year 2018-19 is decreased by $63,000 for grants to support graduate medical training under section 146.64 of the statutes.
(b) In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of health services under section 20.435 (4) (bf) of the statutes, the dollar amount for fiscal year 2017-18 is increased by $63,000 for grants to support graduate medical training under section 146.64 of the statutes. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of health services under section 20.435 (4) (bf) of the statutes, the dollar amount for fiscal year 2018-19 is increased by $63,000 for grants to support graduate medical training under section 146.64 of the statutes.
(5p) General aids and local assistance. In the 2019-21 fiscal biennium, the department of health services may expend from the appropriation under section 20.435 (1) (b) of the statutes in addition to the amount in the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes, 20 percent of the moneys received from overpayments and incorrect payments as a result of the audit under Section 9120 (6p) for the purposes for which the appropriation under section 20.435 (1) (b) of the statutes is made.
(5q) Community aids and Medical Assistance payments. In the 2019-21 fiscal biennium, the department of health services may expend from the appropriation under section 20.435 (7) (b) of the statutes in addition to the amount in the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes, 20 percent of the moneys received from overpayments and incorrect payments as a result of the audit under Section 9120 (6p) for the purposes for which the appropriation under section 20.435 (7) (b) of the statutes is made.
(5r) Grants for community programs. In the 2019-21 fiscal biennium, the department of health services may expend from the appropriation under section 20.435 (7) (bc) of the statutes in addition to the amount in the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes, 20 percent of the moneys received from overpayments and incorrect payments as a result of the audit under Section 9120 (6p) of this act for the purposes for which the appropriation under section 20.435 (7) (bc) of the statutes is made.
(5s) Services for sex-trafficking victims. In the 2019-21 fiscal biennium, the department of children and families may expend from the appropriation under section 20.437 (1) (e) of the statutes in addition to the amount in the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes, 20 percent of the moneys received from overpayments and incorrect payments as a result of the audit under Section 9120 (6p) of this act for the purposes for which the appropriation under section 20.437 (1) (e) of the statutes is made.
59,9221
Section 9221.
Fiscal changes; Higher Educational Aids Board.
59,9222
Section 9222.
Fiscal changes; Historical Society.
59,9223
Section 9223.
Fiscal changes; Housing and Economic Development Authority.
59,9224
Section 9224.
Fiscal changes; Insurance.
59,9225
Section 9225.
Fiscal changes; Investment Board.
59,9226
Section 9226.
Fiscal changes; Joint Committee on Finance.
59,9227
Section 9227.
Fiscal changes; Judicial Commission.
59,9228
Section 9228.
Fiscal changes; Justice.
(1p) Internet crimes against children. There is transferred from the appropriation account under section 20.455 (2) (Lp) of the statutes to the appropriation account under section 20.455 (2) (hd) of the statutes $750,000 in each fiscal year in the 2017-19 fiscal biennium.
(9p) Law enforcement overtime grants. Of the moneys in the appropriation account under section 20.455 (3) (g) of the statutes that have been received from a settlement and that are not committed to a specific purpose under the terms of the settlement, there is transferred $2,000,000 in the 2017-18 fiscal year to the appropriation account under section 20.455 (2) (jc) of the statutes to provide grants under the law enforcement overtime grant program.
(15t) Alternatives to incarceration grant program. Of the moneys in the appropriation account under section 20.455 (3) (g) of the statutes that have been received from a settlement and that are not committed to a specific purpose under the terms of the settlement, there is transferred $500,000 in the 2017-18 fiscal year to the appropriation account under section 20.455 (2) (jd) of the statutes to provide grants under the alternatives to incarceration grant program.
(19p) Wisconsin court appointed special advocate association grants. Of the moneys in the appropriation account under section 20.455 (3) (g) of the statutes that have been received from a settlement and that are not committed to a specific purpose under the terms of the settlement, there is transferred $160,000 in the 2017-18 fiscal year to the appropriation account under section 20.455 (5) (kr) of the statutes to provide grants under section 165.967 of the statutes.
59,9229
Section 9229.
Fiscal changes; Legislature.
59,9230
Section 9230.
Fiscal changes; Lieutenant Governor.
59,9231
Section 9231.
Fiscal changes; Local Government.
59,9232
Section 9232.
Fiscal changes; Military Affairs.
59,9233
Section 9233.
Fiscal changes; Natural Resources.
59,9234
Section 9234.
Fiscal changes; Public Defender Board.
59,9235
Section 9235.
Fiscal changes; Public Instruction.
59,9236
Section 9236.
Fiscal changes; Public Lands, Board of Commissioners of.
59,9237
Section 9237.
Fiscal changes; Public Service Commission.
(1) Universal service fund transfer. There is transferred from the universal service fund to the appropriation account under section 20.155 (3) (r) of the statutes $6,000,000 in the 2017-18 fiscal year.
(2) Federal e-rate transfer.
(a) There is transferred from the appropriation account under section 20.505 (4) (mp) of the statutes to the appropriation account under section 20.155 (3) (r) of the statutes $5,000,000 in the 2017-18 fiscal year.
(b) There is transferred from the appropriation account under section 20.505 (4) (mp) of the statutes to the universal service fund $7,500,000 in fiscal year 2017-18.
59,9238
Section 9238.
Fiscal changes; Revenue.
(1b) General program operations. Notwithstanding section 20.001 (3) (a) of the statutes, from the appropriation account to the department of revenue under section 20.566 (3) (a) of the statutes, there is lapsed to the general fund $134,500 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $80,600 in fiscal year 2018-19.
59,9239
Section 9239.
Fiscal changes; Safety and Professional Services.
