2:00 - 3:00 p.m. 125 South Webster St.
Room 041
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Copies of Rule and Contact Person
Lori Slauson, Administrative Rules &
Federal Grants Coordinator
Department of Public Instruction
125 South Webster Street
P.O. Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707
Written comments on the proposed rules received by Ms. Slauson at the above address no later than March 20, 2000, will be given the same consideration as testimony presented at the hearing. Comments submitted via email will not be accepted as formal testimony.
Analysis by the Department of Public Instruction
1999 Wisconsin Act 9 created a grant to supplement aid under s. 121.08, Stats., to school districts that meet the following requirements:
1.
The school district had an enrollment in the previous school year of fewer than 500 pupils.
2.
The school district is at least 200 square miles in area.
3.
At least 65% of the real property in the school district is exempt from taxation under s. 70.11, Stats., owned by or held in trust for a federally recognized American Indian tribe or owned by the federal government.
The department shall award $350 for each pupil enrolled in an eligible school district that can verify through the clerks of municipalities in which the school district is located that it meets the criteria under 2 and 3. The department shall verify that the school district is eligible under 1. If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ad), Stats., is insufficient to pay the full amount, the funds shall be prorated among the entitled school districts.
The Act appropriated $125,000 beginning in the 1999-2000 school year. Since the timelines are too stringent to implement this grant program by the statutory October 15, 1999 date, the department is requiring applications to be submitted by April 3, 2000 and annually thereafter by October 15.
Fiscal Estimate
Under s. 20.255 (2) (ad), Stats., 1999 Wisconsin Act 9 appropriated $125,000 in the 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 school year for the department to award supplemental aid to school districts meeting specific criteria. As required by the Act, the rule establishes criteria and procedures for awarding supplemental aid to eligible school districts. The department shall award $350 for each pupil enrolled in the district. If the funds appropriated for the program are insufficient, the funds shall be prorated among the entitled school districts. The rules will have no fiscal effect on local governments or small businesses.
It is assumed that there will be additional costs to the department to administer this program. It is expected that these costs will be absorbed by the agency.
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The proposed rules are not anticipated to have a fiscal effect on small businesses as defined under s. 227.114(1)(a), Stats.
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, relating to the annual adjustment of thresholds for application of the prevailing wage rates for state or local public works projects.
Hearing Information
Date & Time Location
February 28, 2000 Room 400X
Monday GEF #1 Bldg.
1:30 p.m. 201 East Washington Ave.
MADISON, WI
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.
An accessible entrance to the building is available via a ramp from the corner of Washington Avenue and Webster Street to the Webster Street door. If you have special needs or circumstances that 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 audiotape format will be made available on request to the fullest extent possible.
Analysis Prepared by the Dept. of Workforce Development
Statutory authority for rule: ss. 66.293 (5) and 103.49 (3g)
Statutes interpreted: ss. 66.293 (5) and 103.49 (3g)
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development proposes an order to amend s. DWD 290.155, relating to the annual adjustment of thresholds for application of the prevailing wage rates for 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, 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 $33,000, and it does not apply to any “multi-trade public works project" whose estimated cost is below $164,000.
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 thresholds each year in proportion to any change in construction costs since the thresholds were last determined. The proposed rule changes the thresholds to $34,000 for single-trade projects and $168,000 for multi-trade projects based on a 2.3% increase in the construction cost index between December 1998 and December 1999.
Text of Rule
SECTION 1. DWD 290.155 is amended to read:
DWD 290.155 Minimum estimated project costs. This chapter does not apply to any single-trade public works project for which the estimated cost of completion is below $33,000
$34,000, and any multi-trade public works project for which the estimated cost of completion is below $164,000 $168,000.
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 $33,000 but less than $34,000 for a single-trade project or more than $164,000 but less than $168,000 for a multi-trade project will not be covered by the prevailing wage requirement.
Contact Information
For substantive questions concerning the proposed rule, call:
Patricia Hewitt
Construction Wage Standards Section Chief
Telephone (608) 266-6469
Written Comments
Written comments on the proposed rules received at the following address no later than Friday, March 3,
2000, will be given the same consideration as testimony presented at the hearing.
Elaine Pridgen
Office of Legal Counsel
Dept. of Workforce Development
P.O. Box 7946
Madison, WI 53707-7946
Telephone (608) 267-9403
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.
S. CSB 2.25 - Relating to the scheduling of certain drugs under ch. 961, Stats., the Uniform Controlled Substances Act.
Administrative Rules Filed With The
Revisor Of Statutes Bureau
The following administrative rules have been filed with the Revisor of Statutes Bureau and are in the process of being published. The date assigned to each rule is the projected effective date. It is possible that the publication of these rules could be delayed. Contact the Revisor of Statutes Bureau at (608) 266-7275 for updated information on the effective dates for the listed rules.
An order affecting ch. HFS 145, relating to control of communicable diseases.
Effective 04-01-00.
