Amendment SA2-AB64

AB64-SA2,17,12 (j) The program provides substance abuse and mental health treatment services through providers that are certified by the department of health services.

AB64-SA2,17,16 (k) The program requires participants to pay a reasonable amount for their treatment, based on their income and available assets, and pursues and uses all possible resources available through insurance and federal, state, and local aid programs, including cash, vouchers, and direct services.

AB64-SA2,17,23 (L) The program is developed with input from, and implemented in collaboration with, one or more circuit court judges, the district attorney, the state public defender, local law enforcement officials, county agencies responsible for providing social services, including services relating to alcohol and other drug addiction, child welfare, mental health, and the Wisconsin Works program, the departments of corrections, children and families, and health services, private social services agencies, and substance abuse treatment providers.

AB64-SA2,17,25 (m) The county complies with other eligibility requirements established by the department of justice to promote the objectives listed in pars. (a) and (b).”.

AB64-SA2,18,1 28. Page 860, line 10: delete “20.155 (3) (r)" and substitute “20.155 (3) (a), (r)".

AB64-SA2,18,2 29. Page 860, line 11: delete “and (rm)" and substitute “ , and (rm)".

AB64-SA2,18,3 30. Page 863, line 12: after that line insert:

AB64-SA2,18,4 “ Section 1712b. 227.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA2,18,7 227.01 (1) “Agency" means a board, commission, committee, department or officer in the state government, except the governor, a district attorney or a military or judicial officer. “Agency" includes the small farm higher education debt council.”.

AB64-SA2,18,8 31. Page 868, line 20: after that line insert:

AB64-SA2,18,9 “ Section 1771d. 238.126 of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA2,18,14 238.126 Program targeting. Beginning with the 2017-19 fiscal biennium, the corporation shall target new funding it receives in the appropriations under s. 20.192 (1) (a) and (r) toward economic development programs that benefit small businesses, start-ups, businesses located in rural areas, and businesses certified under ss. 16.283, 16.285, and 16.287.”.

AB64-SA2,18,15 32. Page 869, line 21: after that line insert:

AB64-SA2,18,16 “ Section 1774o. 238.165 of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA2,18,24 238.165 Entrepreneurial tax credit access grants. (1) The corporation shall establish and administer a program to make grants under this section. The corporation may award a grant under the program to a person who intends to use the grant to secure financing for making expenditures that would qualify for a credit under s. 71.07 (2dy) or (3g) (a) 2., 71.28 (1dy) or (3g) (a) 2., or 71.47 (1dy) or (3g) (a) 2., if the expenditures are made for a business located in this state that has fewer than 25 employees in this state or less than $5,000,000 in gross receipts for the taxable year in which the person applies for a grant under this section.

AB64-SA2,19,9 (2) Any person who wishes to receive a grant under this section shall complete and submit an application to the corporation and enter into an agreement with the corporation to use the grant to secure financing for making expenditures described under sub. (1) and to repay any or all of the grant proceeds to the corporation if the person fails to comply with the agreement. An agreement under this subsection may provide that repayment shall be obtained through full or partial repayment of the principal amount of the grant plus interest, through receipt of a share of future profits from or an interest in a product or process, or through any other appropriate means.

AB64-SA2,19,15 (3) (a) No person may receive a grant under this section unless the person has submitted business and financing plans to a commercial lending institution and submitted copies of the plans to the corporation. Before awarding a grant, the corporation shall verify that the lender has approved the person's plans and will underwrite a loan for expenditures described under sub. (1), contingent on the person receiving a grant under this section.

AB64-SA2,19,19 (b) The amount of any grant awarded under this section is the amount equal to 95 percent of the tax credit that the recipient could otherwise receive for making expenditures described under sub. (1), except that the amount of the grant may not exceed an amount equal to 20 percent of the cost of the project that is being financed.

AB64-SA2,19,22 (c) The corporation shall require, as a condition of the grant, that the recipient contribute to a project an amount that is not less than the amount the recipient receives as a grant under this section for the project.

AB64-SA2,20,2 (4) A person who receives a grant under this section to secure financing for making an expenditure described under sub. (1) may not claim a credit under s. 71.07 (2dy) or (3g) (a) 2., 71.28 (1dy) or (3g) (a) 2., or 71.47 (1dy) or (3g) (a) 2. for that expenditure.

AB64-SA2,20,5 (5) (a) The corporation shall pay grants under this section from the appropriation under s. 20.192 (1) (r). The total amount that the corporation may award under this section in a fiscal year is $8,000,000.

AB64-SA2,20,7 (b) The corporation shall establish policies and procedures to administer this section.

AB64-SA2,20,9 (c) The corporation may not award grants under this section after January 1, 2019.”.

AB64-SA2,20,10 33. Page 898, line 1: before that line insert:

AB64-SA2,20,11 “ Section 1850m. 301.093 of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA2,20,15 301.093 Grants for female juvenile services. The department shall provide grants to counties to provide females in the juvenile justice system with gender-responsive and culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and developmentally appropriate services.”.

AB64-SA2,20,16 34. Page 939, line 25: after that line insert:

AB64-SA2,20,17 “ Section 2257s. 977.08 (4m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA2,21,2 977.08 (4m) (c) Unless otherwise provided by a rule promulgated under s. 977.02 (7r) or by a contract authorized under sub. (3) (f), for cases assigned on or after July 29, 1995, and before the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], private local attorneys shall be paid $40 per hour for time spent related to a case, excluding travel, and $25 per hour for time spent in travel related to a case if any portion of the trip is outside the county in which the attorney's principal office is located or if the trip requires traveling a distance of more than 30 miles, one way, from the attorney's principal office.

AB64-SA2,2257t Section 2257t. 977.08 (4m) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA2,21,11 977.08 (4m) (d) Unless otherwise provided by a rule promulgated under s. 977.02 (7r) or by a contract authorized under sub. (3) (f), for cases assigned on or after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], private local attorneys shall be paid $50 per hour for time spent related to a case, excluding travel, and $25 per hour for time spent in travel related to a case if any portion of the trip is outside the county in which the attorney's principal office is located or if the trip requires traveling a distance of more than 30 miles, one way, from the attorney's principal office.”.

AB64-SA2,21,12 35. Page 1017, line 13: after that line insert:

AB64-SA2,21,20 “(3m) Initial members; small farm higher education debt council. Notwithstanding the length of term for certain members of the small farm higher education debt council that is specified in section 15.137 (7) (intro.) of the statutes, the initial member appointed under section 15.137 (7) (a) of the statutes shall have a term expiring on July 1, 2019, the initial member appointed under section 15.137 (7) (b) of the statutes shall have a term expiring on July 1, 2020, and the initial member appointed under section 15.137 (7) (c) of the statutes shall have a term expiring on July 1, 2021.”.

AB64-SA2,21,22 36. Page 1022, line 19: after that line, before the material inserted by assembly amendment 20 to assembly substitute amendment 1, insert:

AB64-SA2,22,7 “(3c) Technical assistance to examine criminal justice system issues. The governor, supreme court, and the legislature, by December 31, 2017, are requested to jointly request that the Council of State Governments Justice Center provide technical assistance in conjunction with the state's existing justice system to examine areas including crime, arrests, prison admissions, length of confinement and supervision time, probation and postrelease supervision populations, recidivism rates, behavioral health, unemployment, incarceration resulting from revocation of community supervision, and modifying sentences based on risk. The technical assistance received shall be coordinated by the legislative council staff.”.

AB64-SA2,22,8 37. Page 1067, line 6: after that line insert:

AB64-SA2,22,9 “(5f) Procurement from Wisconsin businesses.

AB64-SA2,22,12 (a) The treatment of section 66.0145 of the statutes and the creation of section 16.754 (2) (a) of the statutes first apply to purchases made in the fiscal year that begins in the year after this paragraph takes effect.

AB64-SA2,22,15 (b) The treatment of section 16.754 (2m) of the statutes first applies to responses made and bids submitted in the fiscal year that begins in the year after this paragraph takes effect.”.

AB64-SA2,22,16 38. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB64-SA2,22,17 “ Section 1. 13.172 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA2,22,23 13.172 (1) In this section, “agency" means an office, department, agency, institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, and any authority created in subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 231, 233, 234, 238, 239, or 279.

AB64-SA2,2 Section 2. 13.48 (13) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA2,23,13 13.48 (13) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) or (c), every building, structure or facility that is constructed for the benefit of or use of the state, any state agency, board, commission or department, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Fox River Navigational System Authority, the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, or any local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229 if the construction is undertaken by the department of administration on behalf of the district, shall be in compliance with all applicable state laws, rules, codes and regulations but the construction is not subject to the ordinances or regulations of the municipality in which the construction takes place except zoning, including without limitation because of enumeration ordinances or regulations relating to materials used, permits, supervision of construction or installation, payment of permit fees, or other restrictions.

AB64-SA2,3 Section 3. 13.62 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA2,23,18 13.62 (2) “Agency" means any board, commission, department, office, society, institution of higher education, council, or committee in the state government, or any authority created in subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 231, 232, 233, 234, 237, 238, 239, or 279, except that the term does not include a council or committee of the legislature.

AB64-SA2,4 Section 4. 13.94 (1) (dt) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA2,23,24 13.94 (1) (dt) Biennially, beginning in 2019, conduct a financial audit of the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority and a program evaluation audit of the programs administered by the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority under ch. 239. The legislative audit bureau shall file a copy of each audit report under this paragraph with the distributees specified in par. (b).

AB64-SA2,5 Section 5. 13.94 (1s) (c) 9. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64-SA2,24,2 13.94 (1s) (c) 9. The Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority for the cost of the audit required to be performed under sub. (1) (dt).

AB64-SA2,6 Section 6. 13.94 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA2,24,20 13.94 (4) (a) 1. Every state department, board, examining board, affiliated credentialing board, commission, independent agency, council or office in the executive branch of state government; all bodies created by the legislature in the legislative or judicial branch of state government; any public body corporate and politic created by the legislature including specifically the Fox River Navigational System Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, a professional baseball park district, a local professional football stadium district, a local cultural arts district, and a long-term care district under s. 46.2895; every Wisconsin works agency under subch. III of ch. 49; every provider of medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49; technical college district boards; every county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437; every nonprofit corporation or cooperative or unincorporated cooperative association to which moneys are specifically appropriated by state law; and every corporation, institution, association or other organization which receives more than 50 percent of its annual budget from appropriations made by state law, including subgrantee or subcontractor recipients of such funds.

AB64-SA2,7 Section 7. 13.95 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA2,25,9 13.95 Legislative fiscal bureau. (intro.) There is created a bureau to be known as the “Legislative Fiscal Bureau" headed by a director. The fiscal bureau shall be strictly nonpartisan and shall at all times observe the confidential nature of the research requests received by it; however, with the prior approval of the requester in each instance, the bureau may duplicate the results of its research for distribution. Subject to s. 230.35 (4) (a) and (f), the director or the director's designated employees shall at all times, with or without notice, have access to all state agencies, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Fox River Navigational System Authority, and to any books, records, or other documents maintained by such agencies or authorities and relating to their expenditures, revenues, operations, and structure.

AB64-SA2,8 Section 8. 16.002 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA2,25,15 16.002 (2) “Departments" means constitutional offices, departments, and independent agencies and includes all societies, associations, and other agencies of state government for which appropriations are made by law, but not including authorities created in subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 231, 232, 233, 234, 237, 238, 239, or 279.

AB64-SA2,9 Section 9. 16.004 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA2,25,22 16.004 (4) Freedom of access. The secretary and such employees of the department as the secretary designates may enter into the offices of state agencies and authorities created under subch. II of ch. 114 and under chs. 231, 233, 234, 237, 238, 239, and 279, and may examine their books and accounts and any other matter that in the secretary's judgment should be examined and may interrogate the agency's employees publicly or privately relative thereto.

AB64-SA2,10 Section 10. 16.004 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA2,26,2 16.004 (5) Agencies and employees to cooperate. All state agencies and authorities created under subch. II of ch. 114 and under chs. 231, 233, 234, 237, 238, 239, and 279, and their officers and employees, shall cooperate with the secretary and shall comply with every request of the secretary relating to his or her functions.

AB64-SA2,11 Section 11. 16.004 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA2,26,11 16.004 (12) (a) In this subsection, “state agency" means an association, authority, board, department, commission, independent agency, institution, office, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, including the legislature, the office of the governor, and the courts, but excluding the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority, and the Fox River Navigational System Authority.

AB64-SA2,12 Section 12. 16.045 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA2,26,18 16.045 (1) (a) “Agency" means an office, department, independent agency, institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, but not including an authority created in subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 231, 232, 233, 234, 237, 238, 239, or 279.

AB64-SA2,13 Section 13. 16.15 (1) (ab) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA2,26,23 16.15 (1) (ab) “Authority" has the meaning given under s. 16.70 (2), but excludes the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority, and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

AB64-SA2,14 Section 14. 16.41 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA2,27,2 16.41 (4) In this section, “authority" means a body created under subch. II of ch. 114 or under ch. 231, 233, 234, 237, 238, 239, or 279.

AB64-SA2,15 Section 15 . 16.417 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA2,27,5 16.417 (1) (b) “Authority" means a body created under subch. II of ch. 114 or ch. 231, 232, 233, 234, 237, 238, 239, or 279.

AB64-SA2,16 Section 16. 16.52 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA2,27,16 16.52 (7) Petty cash account. With the approval of the secretary, each agency that is authorized to maintain a contingent fund under s. 20.920 may establish a petty cash account from its contingent fund. The procedure for operation and maintenance of petty cash accounts and the character of expenditures therefrom shall be prescribed by the secretary. In this subsection, “agency" means an office, department, independent agency, institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, but not including an authority created in subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 231, 233, 234, 237, 238, 239, or 279.

AB64-SA2,17 Section 17. 16.528 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA2,27,23 16.528 (1) (a) “Agency" means an office, department, independent agency, institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, but not including an authority created in subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 231, 233, 234, 237, 238, 239, or 279.

AB64-SA2,18 Section 18. 16.53 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA2,28,9 16.53 (2) Improper invoices. If an agency receives an improperly completed invoice, the agency shall notify the sender of the invoice within 10 working days after it receives the invoice of the reason it is improperly completed. In this subsection, “agency" means an office, department, independent agency, institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, that is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, but not including an authority created in subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 231, 233, 234, 237, 238, 239, or 279.

AB64-SA2,19 Section 19. 16.54 (9) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA2,28,16 16.54 (9) (a) 1. “Agency" means an office, department, independent agency, institution of higher education, association, society or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, which is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, but not including an authority created in subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 231, 233, 234, 237, 238, 239, or 279.

AB64-SA2,20 Section 20. 16.765 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA2,29,3 16.765 (1) Contracting agencies, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Fox River Navigational System Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation shall include in all contracts executed by them a provision obligating the contractor not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, handicap, sex, physical condition, developmental disability as defined in s. 51.01 (5), sexual orientation as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), or national origin and, except with respect to sexual orientation, obligating the contractor to take affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunities.

AB64-SA2,21 Section 21. 16.765 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA2,29,22 16.765 (2) Contracting agencies, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Fox River Navigational System Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation shall include the following provision in every contract executed by them: “In connection with the performance of work under this contract, the contractor agrees not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, handicap, sex, physical condition, developmental disability as defined in s. 51.01 (5), sexual orientation or national origin. This provision shall include, but not be limited to, the following: employment, upgrading, demotion or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship. Except with respect to sexual orientation, the contractor further agrees to take affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunities. The contractor agrees to post in conspicuous places, available for employees and applicants for employment, notices to be provided by the contracting officer setting forth the provisions of the nondiscrimination clause".

AB64-SA2,22 Section 22. 16.765 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA2,30,15 16.765 (5) The head of each contracting agency and the boards of directors of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Fox River Navigational System Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation shall be primarily responsible for obtaining compliance by any contractor with the nondiscrimination and affirmative action provisions prescribed by this section, according to procedures recommended by the department. The department shall make recommendations to the contracting agencies and the boards of directors of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Fox River Navigational System Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation for improving and making more effective the nondiscrimination and affirmative action provisions of contracts. The department shall promulgate such rules as may be necessary for the performance of its functions under this section.

AB64-SA2,23 Section 23. 16.765 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA2,30,25 16.765 (6) The department may receive complaints of alleged violations of the nondiscrimination provisions of such contracts. The department shall investigate and determine whether a violation of this section has occurred. The department may delegate this authority to the contracting agency, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Fox River Navigational System Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, or the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation for processing in accordance with the department's procedures.

AB64-SA2,24 Section 24. 16.765 (7) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64-SA2,31,12 16.765 (7) (intro.) When a violation of this section has been determined by the department, the contracting agency, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Fox River Navigational System Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, or the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, the contracting agency, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Fox River Navigational System Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, or the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation shall:

AB64-SA2,25 Section 25. 16.765 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read: