XX30 Lieutenant Governor.
XX31 Local Government.
XX32 Military Affairs.
XX33 Natural Resources.
XX34 Public Defender Board.
XX35 Public Instruction.
XX36 Public Lands, Board of Commissioners of.
XX37 Public Service Commission.
XX38 Revenue.
XX39 Safety and Professional Services.
XX40 Secretary of State.
XX41 State Fair Park Board.
XX42 Supreme Court.
XX43 Technical College System.
XX44 Tourism.
XX45 Transportation.
XX46 Treasurer.
XX47 University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority;
Medical College of Wisconsin.
XX48 University of Wisconsin System.
XX49 Veterans Affairs.
XX50 Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
XX51 Workforce Development.
XX52 Other.
For example, for general nonstatutory provisions relating to the State
Historical Society, see Section 9122. For any agency that is not assigned a two-digit
identification number and that is attached to another agency, see the number of the
latter agency. For any other agency not assigned a two-digit identification number
or any provision that does not relate to the functions of a particular agency, see
number “52" (Other) within each type of provision.
Separate section numbers and headings appear for each type of provision and
for each state agency, even if there are no provisions included in that section number
and heading. Section numbers and headings for which there are no provisions will
be deleted in enrolling and will not appear in the published act.
Following is a list of the most commonly used abbreviations appearing in the
analysis.
DATCP Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
DCF Department of Children and Families
DETF Department of Employee Trust Funds
DFI Department of Financial Institutions
DHS Department of Health Services
DMA Department of Military Affairs
DNR Department of Natural Resources
DOA Department of Administration
DOC Department of Corrections
DOJ Department of Justice
DOR Department of Revenue
DOT Department of Transportation
DPI Department of Public Instruction
DSPS Department of Safety and Professional Services
DVA Department of Veterans Affairs
DWD Department of Workforce Development
JCF Joint Committee on Finance
LRB Legislative Reference Bureau
OCI Office of the Commissioner of Insurance
PSC Public Service Commission
SHS State Historical Society
TCS Technical College System
UW University of Wisconsin
WEDC Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
WHEDA Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority
WHEFA Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority
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AGRICULTURE
This bill changes the amount of license fees and agricultural chemical cleanup
surcharges that manufacturers and distributors of fertilizer and of soil or plant
additives, manufacturers and labelers of pesticides, dealers and distributors of
restricted-use pesticides, and commercial applicators of pesticides are required to
pay to DATCP, and provides that many of these fees are reduced depending on the
amount available in the agricultural chemical cleanup fund. The bill also requires
a licensed pesticide manufacturer or labeler who stops selling or distributing a
pesticide to pay a final license fee and a final agricultural chemical cleanup
surcharge, and changes the amount of each license fee received from a pesticide
manufacturer or labeler that is deposited into the environmental fund. The bill also
eliminates the requirement that a pesticide manufacturer or labeler pay an
environmental cleanup surcharge for certain pesticide products intended for use on
wood, and creates a reduced feed inspection fee and weights and measures inspection
fee for licensed commercial feed distributors who distribute less than 200 tons of
commercial feed per year. In addition, the bill eliminates the classification of an
“exempt buyer,” which under current law allows certain licensed commercial feed
manufacturers or distributors to claim credits against certain required inspection
fees. The bill also increases the maximum amount of corrective action costs, incurred
in response to a harmful discharge of an agricultural chemical, that may be incurred
while still remaining eligible for a 75 percent reimbursement from DATCP.
This bill repeals the farm to school program, under which DATCP promotes
programs that connect schools with nearby farms to provide children with locally
produced foods in school meals, and eliminates the farm to school council, which
advises DATCP and reports to the legislature about the needs and opportunities for
farm to school programs.
This bill increases the general obligation bonding authority for the Soil and
Water Resource Management Program, which awards grants to counties to help fund
their land and water conservation activities, by $7,000,000. The bill also requires
DATCP and DNR, when preparing their annual grant allocation plan for making
these grants, to consider the existence of any impaired water bodies or agricultural
enterprise areas, and to give priority to projects that are in or near, or that affect,
those areas.
This bill transfers the Agricultural Education and Workforce Development
Council from DATCP to DWD and adds the secretary of workforce development as
a member of the council's executive committee. In addition, the bill requires the
Veterinary Examining Board to create, by rule, a procedure for addressing
allegations that a licensed veterinarian's or veterinary technician's ability to practice
is impaired by alcohol or other drugs.
Commerce and economic development
Economic development
This bill makes several changes to the appropriations for WEDC, including
capping WEDC's expenditure of general purpose revenue at $12,474,000 in fiscal
year 2017-18 and $18,774,000 in each fiscal year thereafter and requiring that the
balance in the appropriation from the economic development fund for WEDC's
operations and programs be $0 before WEDC may expend moneys from its general
purpose revenue appropriation for that purpose.
This bill repeals the prohibition that, with one exception, WEDC may not
originate any new loan after June 30, 2017. Instead, the bill places the following
limitations on each loan WEDC originates after that date:
1. With one exception, the loan must be funded, not from appropriations, but
only from repayments to WEDC of other loans.
2. The loan may not be forgivable upon the loan recipient's achievement of one
or more conditions or goals.
The bill also requires each new lending program WEDC implements or
administers to adhere as closely as practicable to commonly accepted commercial
lending practices.
Under this bill, WEDC may cancel the designation of an enterprise zone if
WEDC revokes all of the certifications for tax benefits within that zone. After WEDC
cancels a designation, WEDC may designate a new enterprise zone. The bill also
provides that if a current enterprise zone expires after 12 years, as required under
current law, WEDC may designate a new enterprise zone.
This bill specifies that WEDC may certify no more than $10,000,000 of tax
credits under the historic rehabilitation tax credit each year. The bill also requires
that the tax credits be awarded competitively, based on the potential to create jobs,
the benefit to the state of certifying the credit relative to the cost of the credit, the
projected impact on the local economy, the likelihood that the activity would occur
without the credit, and the number of historic rehabilitation tax credits certified in
the same county or municipality in prior years. In addition, the bill provides that if
the activity for which the person claims a credit creates fewer full-time jobs than
projected, as reported to DOR, the person must repay to DOR the amount of the credit
claimed in proportion to the number of full-time jobs created compared to the
number of full-time jobs projected.
This bill provides that WEDC must provide at least $500,000 in grants in each
of the fiscal years 2017-18 and 2018-19 through its grant program for fabrication
laboratories.
Under current law, WEDC may certify a business as a qualified new business
venture if, among other requirements, for taxable years beginning after December
31, 2010, the business has not received more than $8,000,000 in investments that
qualified for tax credits under the early stage seed investment program. This bill
raises that threshold to $12,000,000 for taxable years beginning after December 31,
2016.
Business organizations and financial institutions
This bill specifies one-hour and four-hour expedited processing fees for
business entity filings with DFI. Under current law, DFI establishes all expedited
processing fees by rule.
Correctional system
Adult correctional system
This bill eliminates the parole commission as of January 1, 2018, and transfers
to DOC the responsibility for interviewing inmates who are eligible for parole,
making parole decisions, and determining appropriate programming for inmates
seeking to be paroled. Under current law, a person who is convicted of committing
a crime before December 31, 1999, may become eligible for parole after being
confined in prison, a county house of corrections, or certain other facilities for a
portion of his or her sentence for the crime. When he or she becomes eligible for
parole, an eight-member parole commission within DOC consisting of a chairperson
nominated by the governor and seven commission members appointed by the
chairperson handles parole matters.
This bill directs the Legislative Audit Bureau to conduct a study of the policies
and procedures of DOC and the Division of Hearings and Appeals in DOA for the
probation and parole revocation process.
Juvenile correctional system
This bill increases from 16 to 18 the age under which a person who is sentenced
to the Wisconsin state prisons must be placed at a juvenile correctional facility or a
secured residential care center for children and youth, unless DOC determines based
on various factors that placement in a state prison, other than the Wisconsin Secure
Program Facility, is appropriate.
This bill changes the amounts that DOC charges, or that DCF deducts from
allocations, to counties for the costs of certain juvenile correctional services DOC
provides according to per person daily cost assessments (daily rates). The bill
establishes the following daily rates:
1. For fiscal year 2017-18, the daily rate is $344 for care in a Type 1 juvenile
correctional facility, and $344 for care for juveniles transferred from a juvenile
correctional institution.
2. For fiscal year 2018-19, the daily rate is $352 for care in a Type 1 juvenile
correctional facility, and $352 for care for juveniles transferred from a juvenile
correctional institution.
Courts and procedure
Public defender
This bill consolidates several appropriations to the Office of the State Public
Defender into one general appropriation to cover all operational costs of the Office
of the State Public Defender. The bill also allows the Public Defender Board to
request authorization for certain additional full-time or part-time positions to be
funded from general purpose revenues from the governor rather than from JCF.
Other courts and procedure
This bill also authorizes the Joint Committee on Employment Relations to
review and establish annual salaries for judges and justices under a proposal
submitted by the director of state courts. Under current law, annual salaries for
judges and justices are reviewed and established in the state compensation plan in
the same manner as positions in the state classified service.
This bill moves the appropriations for administering the Judicial Commission
to the Supreme Court. Under current law, the Judicial Commission investigates any
misconduct or permanent disability of a judge or court commissioner. The Supreme
Court reviews and determines the appropriate discipline or action to take in
response to the Judicial Commission's investigation.
Generally under current law, when a petition is filed for judicial review of an
agency action, the agency must provide the court with a typewritten or printed record
of the agency's administrative proceeding. The bill allows the Division of Hearings
and Appeals to instead provide a court with a copy of an audio or video recording of
the proceeding, unless the court orders the preparation of a transcript.
This bill eliminates the Judicial Council and its appropriations.
Education
