27,254
Section 254
. 16.20 (10) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (10) (title).
27,255m
Section 255m. 16.20 (10) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.20 (10) (a) Authorization; classification. The board may employ corps enrollees. The board shall classify these enrollees as corps members, assistant crew leaders or, crew leaders or regional crew leaders.
27,255r
Section 255r. 16.20 (10) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (10) (a).
27,256
Section 256
. 16.20 (10) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (10) (b).
27,257m
Section 257m. 16.20 (10) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.20 (10) (c) Wages. Corps members shall be paid at the prevailing federal minimum wage or the applicable state minimum wage established under ch. 104, whichever is greater. Assistant crew leaders and, crew leaders and regional crew leaders may be paid more than the prevailing federal minimum wage or applicable state minimum wage but may not be paid more than twice the hourly wage of a corps member. The board may waive the wage limitation of a regional crew leader. Corps enrollees shall receive their pay for the previous pay period on the last working day of the current pay period.
27,257r
Section 257r. 16.20 (10) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (10) (c).
27,257v
Section 257v. 16.20 (10) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
16.20 (10) (cm) Wages of certain crew leaders. Notwithstanding par. (c), a corps enrollee who, on the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], is a crew leader and is paid more than twice the hourly wage of a corps member may be paid the greater of the hourly wage that he or she is receiving on the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], or an hourly wage not exceeding twice the hourly wage of a corps member. This paragraph does not apply to assistant crew leaders or regional crew leaders.
27,257x
Section 257x. 16.20 (10) (cm) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (10) (cm).
27,258
Section 258
. 16.20 (10) (d) to (f) of the statutes are renumbered 106.215 (10) (d) to (f).
27,259m
Section 259m. 16.20 (10) (fm) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.20 (10) (fm) Group health care coverage. (intro.) The board may provide group health care coverage, including group health care coverage offered by the state under s. 40.51, to any of the following:
27,259r
Section 259r. 16.20 (10) (fm) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (10) (fm) (intro.).
27,260m
Section 260m. 16.20 (10) (fm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
16.20 (10) (fm) 1. Corps enrollees who have been crew leaders, regional crew leaders or a combination thereof for at least 2 years.
27,260r
Section 260r. 16.20 (10) (fm) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (10) (fm) 1.
27,261m
Section 261m. 16.20 (10) (fm) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
16.20 (10) (fm) 2. Crew leaders or regional crew leaders who are discharging special responsibilities, as determined by the board.
27,261r
Section 261r. 16.20 (10) (fm) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (10) (fm) 2.
27,262
Section 262
. 16.20 (10) (g) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (10) (g) (title).
27,263m
Section 263m. 16.20 (10) (g) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
16.20 (10) (g) 1. A person who is employed as a corps enrollee for a 6-month to one-year period of continuous employment, as determined by standards adopted by the board, and who receives a satisfactory employment evaluation upon termination of employment is entitled to an incentive payment of $500 prorated in the same proportion as the number of hours of employment completed by that person bears to 2,080 hours or an education voucher that is worth at least $1,000 double the monetary value of the prorated incentive payment, but not more than $2,200 prorated in the same proportion as the number of hours of employment completed by that person bears to 2,080 hours. No corps enrollee may receive more than 2 incentive payments or 4 education vouchers.
27,263r
Section 263r. 16.20 (10) (g) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (10) (g) 1. and amended to read:
106.215 (10) (g) 1. A person who is employed as a corps enrollee for a 6-month to one-year period of continuous employment, as determined by standards adopted by the board, and who receives a satisfactory employment evaluation upon termination of employment is entitled to an incentive payment of $500 prorated in the same proportion as the number of hours of employment completed by that person bears to 2,080 hours or an education voucher that is worth at least double the monetary value of the prorated incentive payment, but not more than $2,200 $2,400 prorated in the same proportion as the number of hours of employment completed by that person bears to 2,080 hours. No corps enrollee may receive more than 2 incentive payments or 4 education vouchers.
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Section 264
. 16.20 (10) (g) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (10) (g) 2.
27,265
Section 265
. 16.20 (10) (g) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (10) (g) 3.
27,266
Section 266
. 16.20 (10) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (10) (h).
27,267
Section 267
. 16.20 (11) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (11) (title).
27,268m
Section 268m. 16.20 (11) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.20 (11) (a) Age. In order to qualify for employment as a corps member or an assistant crew leader, a person is required to have attained the age of 18 years but may not have attained the age of 26 years at the time he or she accepts employment. In order to qualify for employment as a crew leader or a regional crew leader, a person is required to have attained the age of 18 years at the time he or she accepts employment.
27,268r
Section 268r. 16.20 (11) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (11) (a).
27,268t
Section 268t. 16.20 (11) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (11) (b).
27,269
Section 269
. 16.20 (11) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.20 (11) (c) Enrollment period. In order to qualify for employment as a corps enrollee, a person is required to sign a statement of intention to serve in the Wisconsin conservation corps program for a 6-month to one-year period. This statement does not obligate the board to provide employment for the enrollee for that period.
27,269m
Section 269m. 16.20 (11) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (11) (c).
27,270m
Section 270m. 16.20 (11) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.20 (11) (d) Training and skills. No training or skills are required in order to qualify for employment as a corps member. The board shall establish minimum levels of performance, training and skills required to qualify for employment as or promotion to assistant crew leader or, crew leader or regional crew leader.
27,270r
Section 270r. 16.20 (11) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (11) (d).
27,271
Section 271
. 16.20 (11) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (11) (e).
27,272
Section 272
. 16.20 (12) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (12) (title).
27,273m
Section 273m. 16.20 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.20 (12) (a) Standards. The board shall establish standards for the selection of full-time and part-time corps enrollees from among those persons who are qualified and seek employment.
27,273r
Section 273r. 16.20 (12) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (12) (a).
27,274
Section 274
. 16.20 (12) (am) and (b) of the statutes are renumbered 106.215 (12) (am) and (b).
27,275m
Section 275m. 16.20 (12) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (12) (c) and amended to read:
106.215 (12) (c) Hiring procedure. The board shall develop procedures for the hiring of corps enrollees in cooperation with the department of industry, labor and human relations. The board shall utilize any appropriate local job service office in the area of a project to distribute applications, conduct interviews and evaluate applicants and make recommendations concerning the hiring of corps enrollees. The board may utilize project sponsors who are sponsoring long-term projects to conduct interviews, evaluate applicants and make recommendations concerning the hiring of corps enrollees.
27,276
Section 276
. 16.20 (13) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (13) (title).
27,277m
Section 277m. 16.20 (13) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.20 (13) (a) Enrollment period.
The normal enrollment period for a corps member who is not promoted to assistant crew leader is one year. The board may authorize the employment of a corps member who is not promoted to assistant crew leader beyond the normal 6-month to one-year enrollment period for a limited time, not to exceed one year, if the corps member has a disability. The normal enrollment period for a corps member who is promoted to assistant crew leader or for a person who is hired as assistant crew leader is 2 years. The board may authorize the employment of a corps member or assistant crew leader beyond the normal enrollment period for a limited time, not to exceed 3 months, under special circumstances where continued employment is required in order to complete a project in progress. The normal enrollment period for a crew leader or a regional crew leader is 2 years. The board may extend the employment of a crew leader beyond the normal enrollment period if the crew leader possesses special experience, training or skills valuable to the program. The board may extend the employment of a regional crew leader for an unlimited time.
27,277r
Section 277r. 16.20 (13) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 106.215 (13) (a).
27,278
Section 278
. 16.20 (13) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 106.215 (13) (b).
27,279
Section 279
. 16.21 of the statutes is renumbered 41.41, and 41.41 (4) (c), (5) (e) and (12) (a), as renumbered, are amended to read:
41.41 (4) (c) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the department of natural resources, the department of transportation, the department of development, the department of administration, the state historical society and the university of Wisconsin-extension shall cooperate with and assist the board in matters related to its functions.
(5) (e) Consult and cooperate with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the department of natural resources, the department of transportation, the department of development, the department of administration, the state historical society, the university of Wisconsin-extension, the Winnebago tribe and any other Indian tribe which appoints a liaison representative to the board regarding the management of the Kickapoo valley reserve.
(12) (a) The department of natural resources shall have police supervision over the Kickapoo valley reserve, other land acquired by the board and all publicly owned rights-of-way adjacent thereto, and its duly appointed agents may arrest, with or without warrant, any person on that property committing an offense against the laws of the state or in violation of any rule of the board in force on that property, and deliver the person to circuit court for the county where the offense is committed and make and execute a complaint charging the person with the offense committed. The district attorney of the county where the offense is committed shall appear and prosecute all actions arising under this paragraph. This paragraph does not preclude exercise of concurrent law enforcement jurisdiction in or adjacent to the reserve, or on other land acquired by the board, by any authority to whom jurisdiction is granted by law.
27,280
Section
280. 16.22 (title), (1) and (2) (intro.) and (a) to (g) of the statutes are renumbered 106.40 (title), (1) and (2) (intro.) and (a) to (g).
27,281
Section
281. 16.22 (2) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 106.40 (2) (h) and amended to read:
106.40 (2) (h) From the appropriations under s. 20.505 (4) (j) and (p) 20.445 (1) (jc) and (pe), award grants to persons providing national service programs, giving priority to the greatest extent practicable to persons providing youth corps programs.
27,282
Section
282. 16.22 (2) (i) to (L) and (3) of the statutes are renumbered 106.40 (2) (i) to (L) and (3).
27,283
Section 283
. 16.352 (5) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 16.352 (5).
27,284
Section 284
. 16.352 (5) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
27,284m
Section 284m. 16.354 of the statutes is repealed.
27,285
Section 285
. 16.39 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.39 (3) Application procedure. A household may apply after September 30 and before May 16 of any year for weatherization assistance from the county department under s. 46.215 (1) (n) or 46.22 (1) (b) 10.
4m. a. to e. and shall have the opportunity to do so on a form prescribed by the department for that purpose.
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Section 286
. 16.39 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.39 (4) (b) A household entirely composed of persons receiving aid to families with dependent children under s. 49.19, food stamps under 7 USC 2011 to 2029, or supplemental security income or state supplemental payments under 42 USC 1381 to 1383c or s. 49.177 49.77.
27,287
Section 287
. 16.41 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.41 (4) In this section, “authority" means a body created under ch. 231, 233 or 234.
27,288p
Section 288p. 16.42 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.42 (1) (intro.) All agencies, other than the legislature and the courts, no later than September 15 of each even-numbered year, in the form and content prescribed by the department subject to the requirements of sub. (3), shall prepare and forward to the department and to the legislative fiscal bureau the following program and financial information:
27,288q
Section 288q. 16.42 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
16.42 (3) (a) In this subsection:
1. “Agency" has the meaning given in s. 16.52 (7).
2. “Zero-based budgeting" means compilation of a budget in which each component is justified on the basis of cost, need and relation to the statutory responsibilities of the agency for which the budget is made.
(b) For the period consisting of the fiscal biennia from 1997-99 to 2005-07, the department shall require
each agency to submit one budget request prepared using the principles of zero-based budgeting for each of its activities, units and programs. Insofar as practicable, the department shall require 20% of the agencies to submit a budget request under this subsection for each fiscal biennium during this period.
27,288r
Section 288r. 16.475 of the statutes is created to read:
16.475 Information technology budget plan. (1) In this section:
(a) “Agency" has the meaning given in s. 16.97 (1).
(b) “Information technology" has the meaning given in s. 16.97 (6).
(2) In March of each odd-numbered year, the governor shall submit to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance an information technology budget plan that includes at least the following information:
(a) The amounts anticipated to be expended by each agency in the current fiscal biennium and the amounts requested by each agency for expenditure in the succeeding fiscal biennium for information technology operations and improvements.
(b) An evaluation of how such proposed expenditures would conform with the planning of the agency with respect to its business operations, the strategic plan of the agency for the use and application of information technology and the applicable strategic plan for the use and application of information technology under s. 13.90 (6), 16.971 (2) (m), 36.11 (31) or 758.19 (7).
(c) A recommendation for each agency concerning what amount of each agency's proposed expenditures should be funded in the succeeding fiscal biennium, including the funding sources and methods of financing for each expenditure, based on the appropriateness of the expenditure in relation to the agency's information technology plan and priorities and in relation to proposed total state information technology expenditures, the statewide strategic plan under s. 16.971 (2) (m) and priorities indicated in that plan.
(d) An identification of each information technology system or application in each recommendation that has not been previously funded and the anticipated total cost of designing, implementing and providing continued support for the system or application.
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Section 290
. 16.50 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.50 (3) Limitation on increase of force and salaries. No department, except the legislature or the courts, may increase the pay of any employe, expend money or incur any obligation except in accordance with the estimate that is submitted to the secretary as provided in sub. (1) and approved by the secretary or the governor. No change in the number of full-time equivalent positions authorized through the biennial budget process or other legislative act may be made without the approval of the joint committee on finance, except for position changes made by the governor under s. 16.505 (1) (c) or (2), by the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board under s. 16.505 (2n) or by the board of regents of the university of Wisconsin system under s. 16.505 (2m). The secretary may withhold, in total or in part, the funding for any position, as defined in s. 230.03 (11), as well as the funding for part-time or limited term employes until such time as the secretary determines that the filling of the position or the expending of funds is consistent with s. 16.505 and with the intent of the legislature as established by law or in budget determinations, or the intent of the joint committee on finance creating or abolishing positions under s. 13.10, the intent of the governor creating or abolishing positions under s. 16.505 (1) (c) or (2) or the intent of the board of regents of the university of Wisconsin system in creating or abolishing positions under s. 16.505 (2m). Until the release of funding occurs, recruitment or certification for the position may not be undertaken. The secretary shall submit a quarterly report to the joint committee on finance of any position changes made by the governor under s. 16.505 (1) (c). No pay increase may be approved unless it is at the rate or within the pay ranges prescribed in the compensation plan or as provided in a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111. At the request of the secretary of employment relations, the secretary of administration may authorize the temporary creation of pool or surplus positions under any source of funds if the secretary of employment relations determines that temporary positions are necessary to maintain adequate staffing levels for high turnover classifications, in anticipation of attrition, to fill positions for which recruitment is difficult. Surplus or pool positions authorized by the secretary shall be reported quarterly to the joint committee on finance in conjunction with the report required under s. 16.54 (8).
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Section 293
. 16.505 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
