Amendment SA1-AB532

SENATE AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 532

January 4, 2018 - Offered by Senator LeMahieu.

AB532-SA1,1,2 At the locations indicated, amend the bill, as shown by assembly substitute amendment 1, as follows:

AB532-SA1,1,3 1. Page 2, line 8: after “authority," insert “making appropriations,".

AB532-SA1,1,4 2. Page 9, line 9: after that line insert:

AB532-SA1,1,6 “ Section 2b. 20.155 (1) (q) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, is amended to read:

AB532-SA1,1,12 20.155 (1) (q) Universal telecommunications service; broadband service. From the universal service fund, the amounts in the schedule for the promotion of broadband service and universal telecommunications service for the purposes specified in s. 196.218 (5) (a) 1., 4., 8., 9., and 10. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each year shall be transferred to the appropriation account under sub. (3) (r).

AB532-SA1,2d Section 2d. 20.155 (3) (r) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, is amended to read:

AB532-SA1,2,8 20.155 (3) (r) Broadband expansion grants; transfer funding. From the universal service fund, all moneys transferred from the appropriation accounts under par. (rm), sub. (1) (q), and ss. 20.255 (1) (q) and (3) (q), (qm), and (r), 20.285 (1) (q) and 20.505 (4) (s), under s. 196.218 (3) (a) 2s. a., 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, section 9236 (1v), and under 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, section 9237 (1) and (2) (a), for broadband expansion grants under s. 196.504.

AB532-SA1,2e Section 2e. 20.155 (3) (rm) of the statutes, as created by 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, is amended to read:

AB532-SA1,2,15 20.155 (3) (rm) Broadband grants; other funding. From the universal service fund, as a continuing appropriation, all moneys transferred under s. 196.218 (3) (a) 2s. b., for broadband expansion grants under s. 196.504. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (c), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each year shall be transferred to the appropriation account under sub. (3) (r).

AB532-SA1,2h Section 2h. 20.255 (1) (q) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, is amended to read:

AB532-SA1,2,23 20.255 (1) (q) Digital learning collaborative. From the universal service fund, the amounts in the schedule for a digital learning collaborative for the statewide web academy and for the delivery of digital content and collaborative instruction under s. 115.28 (53) and (54). Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each year shall be transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.155 (3) (r).

AB532-SA1,2L Section 2L. 20.255 (3) (q) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, is amended to read:

AB532-SA1,3,7 20.255 (3) (q) Periodical and reference information databases; Newsline for the Blind. From the universal service fund, the amounts in the schedule for the Newsline for the Blind, provided by the Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, and to contract for periodical and reference information databases under s. 115.28 (26). Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each year shall be transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.155 (3) (r).

AB532-SA1,2m Section 2m. 20.255 (3) (qm) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, is amended to read:

AB532-SA1,3,13 20.255 (3) (qm) Aid to public library systems. From the universal service fund, the amounts in the schedule for state aid to public library systems under s. 43.24. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each year shall be transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.155 (3) (r).

AB532-SA1,2o Section 2o. 20.255 (3) (r) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, is amended to read:

AB532-SA1,3,19 20.255 (3) (r) Library service contracts. From the universal service fund, the amounts in the schedule for library service contracts under s. 43.03 (6) and (7). Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each year shall be transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.155 (3) (r).

AB532-SA1,2r Section 2r. 20.285 (1) (q) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, is amended to read:

AB532-SA1,4,2 20.285 (1) (q) Telecommunications services. From the universal service fund, the amounts in the schedule to provide telecommunications services as specified in s. 196.218 (5) (a) 6. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each year shall be transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.155 (3) (r).

AB532-SA1,2u Section 2u. 20.505 (4) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB532-SA1,4,15 20.505 (4) (s) Telecommunications access for educational agencies, infrastructure grants, and teacher training grants. Biennially, from the universal service fund, the amounts in the schedule to make payments to telecommunications providers under contracts under s. 16.971 (13), (14), and (15) to the extent that the amounts due are not paid from the appropriation under sub. (1) (is), to make payments to telecommunications providers under contracts under s. 16.971 (16) to the extent that the amounts due are not paid from the appropriation under sub. (1) (kL), to make grants to school district consortia under s. 16.997 (7), to make information technology infrastructure grants under s. 16.9945, and to make educational technology teacher training grants under s. 16.996. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (b), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each odd-numbered year shall be transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.155 (3) (r).

AB532-SA1,2y Section 2y. 20.505 (4) (s) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Acts 59 and .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB532-SA1,5,2 20.505 (4) (s) Telecommunications access for educational agencies, infrastructure grants, and teacher training grants. Biennially, from the universal service fund, the amounts in the schedule to make payments to telecommunications providers under contracts under s. 16.971 (13), (14), and (15) to the extent that the amounts due are not paid from the appropriation under sub. (1) (is), to make payments to telecommunications providers under contracts under s. 16.971 (16) to the extent that the amounts due are not paid from the appropriation under sub. (1) (kL), to make grants to school district consortia under s. 16.997 (7), and to make educational technology teacher training grants under s. 16.996.”.

AB532-SA1,5,3 3. Page 25, line 25: after that line insert:

AB532-SA1,5,5 “ Section 45d. 196.218 (3) (a) 2e. a., b. and c. of the statutes, as created by 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, are amended to read:

AB532-SA1,5,8 196.218 (3) (a) 2e. 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).

AB532-SA1,5,12 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).

AB532-SA1,5,16 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).

AB532-SA1,45h Section 45h. 196.218 (3) (a) 2m. of the statutes, as created by 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, is amended to read:

AB532-SA1,5,23 196.218 (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).

AB532-SA1,45p Section 45p. 196.218 (3) (a) 2s. of the statutes, as created by 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, is renumbered 196.218 (3) (a) 2s. (intro.) and amended to read:

AB532-SA1,6,7 196.218 (3) (a) 2s. (intro.) 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 all of the following apply:

AB532-SA1,6,10 b. There is transferred 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 subd. 2s. (intro.).

AB532-SA1,45t Section 45t. 196.218 (3) (a) 2s. a. of the statutes is created to read:

AB532-SA1,6,14 196.218 (3) (a) 2s. a. There is transferred from the universal service fund to the appropriation account under s. 20.155 (3) (r) an amount equal to the sum determined under subd. 2s. (intro.).”.

AB532-SA1,6,15 4. Page 28, line 22: after that line insert:

AB532-SA1,6,17 “ Section 57m. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:

AB532-SA1,6,19 (1) The repeal and recreation of section 20.505 (4) (s) of the statutes takes effect on July 1, 2019.”.

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