Amendment ASA1-AB64

AB64-ASA1,421,16 (2) (a) Loans under sub. (1) shall be made from the appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (cu). Except as provided in par. (b), loans under sub. (1) shall be repaid at an annual interest rate of 5 percent.

AB64-ASA1,421,18 (b) The board shall forgive 25 percent of the loan and 25 percent of the interest on the loan for each school year the recipient satisfies all of the following:

AB64-ASA1,421,20 1. The recipient is employed in a school leadership position in an elementary or secondary school in this state.

AB64-ASA1,421,23 2. The recipient receives a rating of proficient or distinguished on the educator effectiveness system or the equivalent in a school that does not use the educator effectiveness system.

AB64-ASA1,422,3 (3) The board shall deposit in the general fund as general purpose revenue-earned all repayments of loans made under sub. (1) and the interest on the loans.

AB64-ASA1,704r Section 704r. 39.435 (7) of the statutes is repealed.

AB64-ASA1,705 Section 705 . 40.02 (8) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1,422,7 40.02 (8) (b) 3. For the purpose of determining a beneficiary of a deferred compensation plan under par. (a) 2., a surviving domestic partner.

AB64-ASA1,706 Section 706 . 40.02 (21d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,422,12 40.02 (21d) (intro.) “Domestic partnership" means a relationship between 2 individuals, who submitted an affidavit of domestic partnership to the department before the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], that satisfies all of the following:

AB64-ASA1,707f Section 707f. 40.03 (6) (m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1,423,2 40.03 (6) (m) 1. In consultation with the division of personnel management in the department of administration, shall annually, by April 1, submit to the joint committee on finance any changes it proposes to make to the group health insurance programs under subch. IV, other than programs under ss. 40.51 (7) and 40.55, for the following year. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the group insurance board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed changes within 21 working days after the date of the group insurance board's submittal of the proposed changes, the group insurance board may implement the proposed changes. If, within 21 working days after the date of the group insurance board's submittal of the proposed changes, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the group insurance board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed changes, the group insurance board may not implement the proposed changes without the approval of the committee.

AB64-ASA1,423,17 2. In consultation with the division of personnel management in the department of administration, submit to the joint committee on finance any changes it proposes to make to the group health insurance programs under subch. IV, other than programs under ss. 40.51 (7) and 40.55, for the following year that were not submitted to the joint committee on finance under subd. 1. if the proposed changes would have a financial impact or would affect covered benefits. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the group insurance board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed changes within 21 working days after the date of the group insurance board's submittal of the proposed changes, the group insurance board may implement the proposed changes. If, within 21 working days after the date of the group insurance board's submittal of the proposed changes, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the group insurance board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed changes, the group insurance board may not implement the proposed changes without the approval of the committee.

AB64-ASA1,708 Section 708 . 40.51 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,424,6 40.51 (2m) (a) In addition to the restriction under par. (b), neither a domestic partner of an eligible employee nor a stepchild of a current domestic partnership may not become be covered under a group health insurance plan under this subchapter unless the eligible employee submits an affidavit, designed by the group insurance board, attesting that the eligible employee and his or her domestic partner satisfy the requirements for a domestic partnership under s. 40.02 (21d). The eligible employee shall submit this affidavit to his or her employer at the time the eligible employee first enrolls in a group health insurance plan under this subchapter or at the time the eligible employee requests a change in dependent status while the eligible employee is enrolled in a group health insurance plan under this subchapter. Upon the dissolution of a domestic partnership, the eligible employee shall submit in a timely manner to his or her employer an affidavit, designed by the group insurance board, attesting to the dissolution of the domestic partnership.

AB64-ASA1,709 Section 709 . 40.51 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,424,11 40.51 (2m) (b) If an eligible employee is divorced or was a domestic partner in a dissolved domestic partnership, the eligible employee may not enroll a new spouse or domestic partner in a group health insurance plan under this subchapter until 6 months have elapsed since the date of the divorce or dissolved domestic partnership.

AB64-ASA1,709g Section 709g. 40.51 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,424,21 40.51 (6) This state shall offer to all of its employees at least 2 insured or uninsured health care coverage plans providing substantially equivalent hospital and medical benefits, including a health maintenance organization or a preferred provider plan, if those health care plans are determined by the group insurance board to be available in the area of the place of employment and are approved by the group insurance board. The group insurance board shall place each of the plans into one of 3 5 tiers established in accordance with standards adopted by the group insurance board. The tiers shall be separated according to the employee's share of premium costs.

AB64-ASA1,710 Section 710 . 40.513 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,424,24 40.513 (3) (b) The employee's spouse or domestic partner is receiving health care coverage under s. 40.51 (6).

AB64-ASA1,711 Section 711 . 40.52 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,425,13 40.52 (2) Health insurance benefits under this subchapter shall be integrated, with exceptions determined appropriate by the group insurance board, with benefits under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged and disabled. Exclusions and limitations with respect to benefits and different rates may be established for persons eligible under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged and disabled in recognition of the utilization by persons within the age limits eligible under the federal program. The plan may include special provisions for spouses, domestic partners, and other dependents covered under a plan established under this subchapter where one spouse or domestic partner is eligible under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged but the others are not eligible because of age or other reasons. As part of the integration, the department may, out of premiums collected under s. 40.05 (4), pay premiums for the federal health insurance.

AB64-ASA1,712 Section 712 . 40.55 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,425,21 40.55 (1) Except as provided in sub. (5), the state shall offer, through the group insurance board, to eligible employees under s. 40.02 (25) (bm) and to state annuitants long-term care insurance policies which have been filed with the office of the commissioner of insurance and which have been approved for offering under contracts established by the group insurance board. The state shall also allow an eligible employee or a state annuitant to purchase those policies for his or her spouse, domestic partner, or parent.

AB64-ASA1,719d Section 719d. 40.65 (7) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,426,4 40.65 (7) (am) 1. To the surviving spouse or domestic partner until the surviving spouse remarries or the surviving domestic partner enters into a new domestic partnership or marries, if the spouse was married to the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4) or the domestic partner was in a domestic partnership with the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4), 50 percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.

AB64-ASA1,719e Section 719e. 40.65 (7) (am) 1g. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1,426,10 40.65 (7) (am) 1g. To the surviving spouse until the surviving spouse remarries, if the spouse was in a domestic partnership with the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4) and the disability under sub. (4) occurred before January 1, 2018, 50 percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.

AB64-ASA1,719f Section 719f. 40.65 (7) (am) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1,426,17 40.65 (7) (am) 1m. To the surviving domestic partner until the surviving domestic partner marries, if the domestic partner was in a domestic partnership with the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4) and the disability under sub. (4) occurred before January 1, 2018, 50 percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.

AB64-ASA1,719g Section 719g. 40.65 (7) (am) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,426,22 40.65 (7) (am) 3. The total monthly amount paid under subds. 1., 1g., 1m., and 2. may not exceed 70 percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death reduced by any amounts under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6. that relate to the participant's work record.

AB64-ASA1,719h Section 719h. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,427,5 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. a. To the surviving spouse or domestic partner until the surviving spouse or domestic partner remarries or enters into a new domestic partnership, if the surviving spouse was married to the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4) or the domestic partner was in a domestic partnership with the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4), 70 percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.

AB64-ASA1,719i Section 719i. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. ag. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1,427,11 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. ag. To the surviving spouse until the surviving spouse remarries, if the spouse was in a domestic partnership with the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4) and the disability under sub. (4) occurred before January 1, 2018, 70 percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.

AB64-ASA1,719j Section 719j. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. am. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1,427,18 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. am. To the surviving domestic partner until the surviving domestic partner marries, if the domestic partner was in a domestic partnership with the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4) and the disability under sub. (4) occurred before January 1, 2018, 70 percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.

AB64-ASA1,725 Section 725 . 40.80 (2r) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,427,23 40.80 (2r) (a) 2. Assigns all or part of a participant's accumulated assets held in a deferred compensation plan under this subchapter to a spouse, former spouse, domestic partner, former domestic partner, child, or other dependent to satisfy a family support or marital property obligation.

AB64-ASA1,726 Section 726 . 41.41 (10) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,428,5 41.41 (10) (b) Each year, the department shall ascertain from the clerk of each taxation district in which the reserve or any land acquired by the board is located the aggregate gross general property tax rate for the taxation district, exclusive of the rate that applies under s. 70.58 and without respect to the school levy tax credit under s. 79.10.

AB64-ASA1,727 Section 727 . 41.41 (10) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,428,15 41.41 (10) (c) 1. Except as provided in par. (d), on or before each January 31, the department shall pay to the treasurer of each taxation district specified in par. (b), with respect to all land in the Kickapoo valley reserve and all land acquired by the board on or before January 1 of the preceding year, an amount determined by multiplying the estimated value of the land equated to the average level of assessment in the taxation district by the aggregate gross general property tax rate, exclusive of the rate that applies under s. 70.58 and without respect to the school levy tax credit under s. 79.10, that would apply to the land in that taxation district for that year if it were taxable.

AB64-ASA1,727p Section 727p. 43.24 (6) of the statutes is repealed.

AB64-ASA1,728 Section 728 . 44.16 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,428,18 44.16 (title) Circus World Museum Foundation.

AB64-ASA1,729 Section 729 . 44.16 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,428,24 44.16 (1) The Except as provided in sub. (3), the historical society may enter into a lease agreement with the Circus World Museum Foundation, Inc., for the purpose of operating Circus World Museum, located in Baraboo, Wisconsin. The lease agreement shall not include any provision for the payment of a percentage of gross admissions income at Circus World Museum to the historical society.

AB64-ASA1,730 Section 730 . 44.16 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1,429,4 44.16 (3) If a lease agreement under sub. (1) is in effect on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], the lease agreement shall terminate on January 1, 2018, or on the date that any termination occurs as provided under the lease agreement, whichever is earlier.

AB64-ASA1,731 Section 731 . 44.20 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 44.20 (1) (a).

AB64-ASA1,732 Section 732 . 44.20 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1,429,10 44.20 (1) (b) The historical society shall operate and maintain Circus World Museum. If a lease agreement under s. 44.16 (1) is in effect on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], this paragraph does not apply until the termination date of the lease agreement that is specified in s. 44.16 (3).

AB64-ASA1,732m Section 732m. 45.03 (13) (p) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,429,15 45.03 (13) (p) (intro.) Before June 30 September 15 of each even-numbered year, submit to the joint committee on finance a report describing the condition of the veterans trust fund. The report shall include information regarding all of the following:

AB64-ASA1,732n Section 732n. 45.03 (13) (p) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,429,19 45.03 (13) (p) 1. The projected revenues and expenditures of the veterans trust fund beginning with for the current fiscal year that starts immediately after the submittal of the report and each fiscal year of the following fiscal biennium.

AB64-ASA1,732p Section 732p. 45.03 (13) (p) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-ASA1,429,22 45.03 (13) (p) 1m. The actual revenues and expenditures of the veterans trust fund for the previous fiscal year.

AB64-ASA1,733 Section 733 . 45.20 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,430,4 45.20 (1) (d) “Tuition," when referring to the University of Wisconsin System, means academic fees and segregated fees; when referring to the technical colleges, means “program fees" and “additional fees" as described in s. 38.24 (1m) and (1s); and when referring to a high school, a school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), or a proprietary school that is approved under s. 38.50 440.52, means the charge for the courses for which a person is enrolled.

AB64-ASA1,734 Section 734 . 45.20 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,430,12 45.20 (2) (a) 1. The department shall administer a tuition reimbursement program for eligible veterans enrolling as undergraduates in any institution of higher education in this state, enrolling in a school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), enrolling in a proprietary school that is approved under s. 38.50 440.52, enrolling in a public or private high school, enrolling in a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), in any grade from 9 to 12, or receiving a waiver of nonresident tuition under s. 39.47.

AB64-ASA1,735 Section 735 . 45.20 (2) (a) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,430,19 45.20 (2) (a) 2. (intro.) A veteran who is a resident of this state and otherwise qualified to receive benefits under this subsection may receive the benefits under this subsection upon the completion of any correspondence courses or part-time classroom study from an institution of higher education located outside this state, from a school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), or from a proprietary school that is approved under s. 38.50 440.52, if any of the following applies:

AB64-ASA1,736 Section 736 . 45.20 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,431,8 45.20 (2) (c) 1. A veteran who meets the eligibility requirements under par. (b) 1. may be reimbursed upon satisfactory completion of an undergraduate semester in any institution of higher education in this state, or upon satisfactory completion of a course at any school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), any proprietary school that is approved under s. 38.50 440.52, any public or private high school, any tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), that operates any grade from 9 to 12, or any institution from which the veteran receives a waiver of nonresident tuition under s. 39.47. Except as provided in par. (e), the amount of reimbursement may not exceed the total cost of the veteran's tuition minus any grants or scholarships that the veteran receives specifically for the payment of the tuition, or, if the tuition is for an undergraduate semester in any institution of higher education, the standard cost of tuition for a state resident for an equivalent undergraduate semester at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, whichever is less.

AB64-ASA1,737 Section 737 . 45.20 (2) (d) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,431,16 45.20 (2) (d) 1. (intro.) Subject to subd. 1m., a veteran's eligibility for reimbursement under this subsection at any institution of higher education in this state, at a school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), at a proprietary school that is approved under s. 38.50 440.52, at a public or private high school, at a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), that operates any grade from 9 to 12, or at an institution where he or she is receiving a waiver of nonresident tuition under s. 39.47 is limited to the following:

AB64-ASA1,738h Section 738h. 45.21 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,431,22 45.21 (2) (a) The veteran is enrolled in a training course in a technical college under ch. 38 or in a proprietary school in the state approved by the educational approval board under s. 38.50 440.52, other than a proprietary school offering a 4-year degree or 4-year program, or is engaged in a structured on-the-job training program that meets program requirements promulgated by the department by rule.

AB64-ASA1,738j Section 738j. 45.21 (2) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,432,6 45.21 (2) (a) The veteran is enrolled in a training course in a technical college under ch. 38 or in a proprietary school in the state approved by the educational approval board department of safety and professional services under s. 440.52, other than a proprietary school offering a 4-year degree or 4-year program, or is engaged in a structured on-the-job training program that meets program requirements promulgated by the department by rule.

AB64-ASA1,739g Section 739g. 45.41 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 45.41 (2) (am) and amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,432,18 45.41 (2) (am) Upon application the department may make a payment to any state veterans organization that establishes that it, or its national organization, or both, has maintained a full-time service office at the regional office for 5 consecutive years out of the 10-year period immediately preceding the application. Any payment shall be as follows, calculated based on the total amount of all salaries and travel expenses under sub. (3) paid during the previous fiscal year by the state veterans organization to employees engaged in veterans claims service and stationed at the regional office:. The department shall pay an amount equal to 50 percent of all salaries and travel expenses under sub. (3) or $100,000, whichever is less, to a recipient under this paragraph.

AB64-ASA1,739h Section 739h. 45.41 (2) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB64-ASA1,739i Section 739i. 45.41 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

AB64-ASA1,739j Section 739j. 45.41 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,433,2 45.41 (2) (e) An organization that receives a payment under par. (a) or (d) (am) shall maintain records as required by the department concerning the organization's expenditure of the payment. That organization shall give the department access to those records upon request of the department, and the department may audit those records.

AB64-ASA1,739k Section 739k. 45.41 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,433,8 45.41 (3m) If the total amount of payments committed to be paid under sub. (2) (a) and (d) (am) exceeds the amount available for the payments from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (vw), the department shall prorate the reimbursement payments among the state veterans organizations receiving the payments.

AB64-ASA1,739m Section 739m. 45.41 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,433,13 45.41 (4) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (s), the department shall annually provide a payment of $120,000 $200,000 to the Wisconsin department of the Disabled American Veterans for the provision of transportation services to veterans.

AB64-ASA1,739n Section 739n. 45.41 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-ASA1,433,17 45.41 (5) From the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (vw) (vs), the department may annually grant up to $50,000 $75,000 to the Wisconsin department of the American Legion for the operation of Camp American Legion.

AB64-ASA1,739pg Section 739pg. 45.45 of the statutes is repealed.

AB64-ASA1,739pm Section 739pm. 45.46 of the statutes is amended to read: