Veterans Affairs
Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs will hold a public hearing on the 18th day of February, 1999 at 10:15 a.m., in the 8th floor board room at 30 West Mifflin Street in Madison, Wisconsin.
Analysis Prepared by the Department of Veterans Affairs
Statutory authority: s.45.35(3)
Statutes interpreted: ss.45.351(2), 45.356, 1995, Stats., 45.356 and 45.80, 1981, Stats.
The creation of VA 1.19 codifies the Department's internal loan write-off criteria. It will also assure that veterans have a full opportunity to provide relevant information by subjecting the decisionmaking to the administrative hearing process.
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
This rule is not expected to have an adverse impact on small businesses.
Fiscal Estimate
A copy of the proposed rules and the full fiscal estimate may be obtained by writing to:
John Rosinski
Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs
P.O. Box 7843
Madison WI 53707-7843
(608) 266-7916
Notice of Hearing
Veterans Affairs
Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs will hold a public hearing on the 18th day of February, 1999 at 10:30 a.m., in the 8th floor board room at 30 West Mifflin Street in Madison, Wisconsin.
Analysis Prepared by the Department of Veterans Affairs
Statutory authority: s.45.35(3) and 45.36
Statute interpreted: s.45.36
The amendment of s. VA 1.10 (7), will allow the department to release pertinent information from a veteran's file to a party attempting to collect a delinquent debt from the veteran. The information may only be released to a party under contract with the state, which would assure that the party maintain the confidentiality of the information.
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
This rule is not expected to have an adverse impact on small businesses.
Fiscal Estimate
A copy of the proposed rules and the full fiscal estimate may be obtained by writing to:
John Rosinski
Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs
P.O. Box 7843
Madison WI 53707-7843
(608) 266-7916
Notice of Hearing
Workforce Development
(Prevailing Wage Rates, Chs. DWD 290-294)
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to ss. 66.293 (5) and 103.49 (3g), Stats., the Department of Workforce Development proposes to hold a public hearing to consider the amendment of s. DWD 290.155, Wis. Adm. Code, on thresholds for application of the prevailing wage rates for state or local public works projects.
Hearing Information
February 11, 1999 Room 400X, G.E.F. 1 Bldg.
Thursday 201 E. Washington Ave.
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. MADISON, WI
The hearing will be held in an accessible building. If you have special needs or circumstances which may make communication or accessibility difficult at the hearing, please call (608) 267-9403, at least 10 days prior to the hearing date. Accommodations such as ASL interpreters, English translators, or materials in audio tape format will be made available on request to the fullest extent possible.
Analysis Prepared by the Dept. of Workforce Development
Authority for rule: ss. 66.293 (5) and 103.49 (3g), Stats.
Statutes interpreted: ss. 66.293 (5) and 103.49 (3g), Stats.
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development proposes an order to amend s. DWD 290.155, relating to the annual adjustment of the minimum estimated project costs for the application of the requirement to obtain a determination of prevailing wage rates for workers employed on state or local public works projects.
The state prevailing wage laws require that, when a state agency or local governmental unit constructs a public works project, it must obtain a prevailing wage rate determination from the Department of Workforce Development and require that the contractors and subcontractors on the project pay their employes in accordance with those wage rates. Under ss. 66.293 (5) and 103.49 (3g), Stats., and the current s. DWD 290.155, Wis. Adm. Code, the state prevailing wage rate laws do not apply to any “single-trade public works project" (a project involving the employment of only one trade) whose estimated cost is below $32,000, and it does not apply to any “multi-trade public works project" whose estimated cost is below $160,000.
Under ss. 66.293 (5) and 103.49 (3g), Stats., and s. DWD 290.15, the Department is required to adjust the dollar amounts of the threshold limits each year, in proportion to any change in construction costs since the limits were last determined. The proposed rule changes the threshold limits to $33,000 for single-trade projects and $164,000 for multi-trade projects, based on a 2.6% increase in the construction cost index between November 1997 and December 1998.
Text of Rule
SECTION 1. DWD 290.155 is amended to read:
DWD 290.155 This chapter does not apply to any single-trade public works project for which the estimated cost of completion is below $32,000 $33,000, and any multi-trade public works project for which the estimated cost of completion is below $160,000 $164,000.
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The proposed rule does not affect small business.
Fiscal Estimate
Under the proposed rule, a state or local government with a public works project that costs more than $32,000 but less than $33,000 for a single-trade project or more than $160,000 but less than $164,000 for a multi-trade project will not be covered by the prevailing wage requirement.
Written Comments
Interested persons are invited to appear at the hearings and will be afforded the opportunity to make an oral presentation of their positions. Persons making oral presentations are requested to submit their facts, views, and suggested rewording in writing. Persons unable to attend the hearing or those who wish to supplement their hearing testimony may submit written comments no later than February 19, 1999. Written comments will be given the same consideration as testimony presented at the hearings. Written comments may be submitted to:
Elaine Pridgen
Department of Workforce Development
P.O. Box 7946
Madison, WI 53708
Call (608) 267-9403 for questions on internal processing of the rule.
Contact Information
For substantive questions concerning the proposed rule, call:
Gary Shealy
Construction Wage Standards Section Chief
Telephone (608) 266-3193
Notice of Submission of Proposed Rules to the Presiding Officer of each House of the Legislature, Under S. 227.19, Stats.
Please check the Bulletin of Proceedings for further information on a particular rule.
Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
(CR 98-97):
Chs. ATCP 102 and 105 - Relating to motor vehicle fuel pricing.
Financial Institutions (Savings Banks, Savings & Loans)
(CR 98-137):
SS. DFI-SB 1.03 and 15.01 and DFI-SL 1.03 and 15.01 - Relating to codifying a policy authorizing savings banks and savings and loan associations to invest in limited liability companies.
SS. NR 25.02, 25.06 and 25.09 - Relating to commercial fishing for alewife and smelt on Lake Michigan and Green Bay.
