(d) A narrative description of the project, including the manner in which the project meets the criteria under sub. (4) (a) and the purpose for which the grant will be awarded or the loan made.
(e) A description of the process that the grant or loan recipient will use to evaluate the project.
(f) A plan for continuing the project beyond the grant or loan period, if appropriate.
(g) Any other information the board determines is necessary to assist in awarding a grant or approving a loan.
(2m) In the case of a county or municipal library board, whether the library board applies individually or in conjunction with other entities, an application for a loan shall be accompanied by a resolution of the governing body of each county or municipality that is served by the library board requesting the loan on behalf of the library board.
(3) The board may approve an application for one or more of the following:
(a) A grant to fund all or a portion of the cost of an educational technology or distance education project.
(b) A loan under s. 24.61 (3) (d), and a grant to subsidize that portion of the interest costs on that loan generated by the first 2 points of the annual interest rate applicable to that loan, to fund all or a portion of the cost of an educational technology or distance education project.
(c) A loan under s. 24.61 (3) (d) to fund all or a portion of the cost of an educational technology or distance education project.
(4) (a) The board shall review all applications for a grant or loan under this section and may make a grant, or approve an application for a loan, if the board finds that the project will do any of the following:
1. Enhance the educational opportunities for residents of this state.
2. Improve the administrative efficiency of public schools in this state.
3. Enhance the training and continuing education opportunities of elementary and secondary school teachers in this state.
(b) The board shall ensure that grants and loans are distributed to eligible applicants from the territory of all of the cooperative educational service agencies from which applications are received.
(c) The board may not make a grant under sub. (3) (a) unless there is a matching fund contribution from the grant recipient, including in-kind contributions, of at least 25% of the cost of the project. Contributions from private sources, including in-kind contributions, may be applied to meet the matching fund requirement.
(5) (a) A grant or loan recipient shall use the grant or loan for one or more of the following purposes:
1. Training teachers, librarians and other staff members in the use and integration of technology for educational purposes.
2. Purchasing or upgrading technology, including computer hardware and software, distance education equipment and other equipment, materials or resources related to the project, and wiring within a school or library building or to connect schools in the same school district if such wiring is directly related to the project.
3. Integrating the use of educational technology and distance education throughout the curriculum.
4. Implementing the use of technology to enhance administrative efficiencies.
5. Offering community education opportunities through distance education or educational technology to school district, municipal or county residents.
(b) Grants may not be used to supplant or replace funds otherwise available for the project.
(6) The board may require a grant or loan recipient to report to the board on the distance education and educational technology used in the school district, municipality or county for the purpose of assisting the state in planning related to distance education and educational technology if the board finds that complying with the requirement will not impose a substantial burden on the grant or loan recipient.
(7) Upon approval of an application for a loan to conduct an educational technology or distance education project, the board shall provide written notice of its approval to the board of commissioners of public lands.
(8) The board shall do all of the following:
(a) Provide consultative services to school boards and library boards to assist them in developing and implementing distance education and educational technology projects and in preparing applications for grants and loans under this section.
(b) Consult and coordinate its activities under par. (a) with the boards of control of the cooperative educational service agencies.
(c) Annually by August 15, submit a report to the joint committee on finance identifying all recipients of grants under this section in the previous fiscal year and all applicants for and recipients of loans approved by the board under this section in the previous fiscal year. The report shall indicate the purpose for which each grant was awarded and for which each loan was approved.
(9) By February 1, 2000, the secretary of administration and the board shall jointly submit to the joint committee on finance a report specifying their recommendations on whether the board and the program under this section should be continued and, if so, what changes should be made.
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Section 437
. 17.07 (3), (4), (5) and (6) of the statutes are amended to read:
17.07 (3) State officers appointed by serving in an office that is filled by appointment of the governor for a fixed term by and with the advice and consent of the senate, or appointed by serving in an office that is filled by appointment of any other officer or body for a fixed term subject to the concurrence of the governor, by the governor at any time, for cause.
(4) State officers appointed by
serving in an office that is filled by appointment of the governor with the advice and consent of the senate to serve at the pleasure of the governor, or appointed by serving in an office that is filled by appointment of any other officer or body for an indefinite term subject to the concurrence of the governor, by the governor at any time.
(5) State officers appointed
serving in an office that is filled by appointment of the governor alone for a fixed or indefinite term or to supply a vacancy in any office, elective or appointive, except justices of the supreme court and judges and the adjutant general, by the governor at pleasure; the adjutant general, by the governor, at any time, for cause or for withdrawal of federal recognition of his or her commission under 32 USC 323; and all officers appointed by the governor during the recess of the legislature whose appointments are required to be later confirmed by the senate shall be deemed to be appointed by the governor alone until so confirmed.
(6) Other state officers appointed by serving in an office that is filled by appointment of any officer or body without the concurrence of the governor, by the officer or body that appointed them having the authority to make appointments to that office, at pleasure, except that officers appointed according to merit and fitness under and subject to ch. 230 or officers whose removal is governed by ch. 230 who may be removed only in conformity with said that chapter.
27,438
Section 438
. 18.06 (10) of the statutes is repealed.
27,439g
Section 439g. 18.13 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
18.13 (4) Public intervenor. Notwithstanding s. 165.075 23.39 (2) (b), the public intervenor does not have authority to initiate any action or proceeding concerning the issuance of obligations by the building commission under this chapter.
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Section 440
. 19.21 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
19.21 (4) (b) The period of time any town, city or village public record is kept before destruction shall be as prescribed by ordinance unless a specific period of time is provided by statute. The period prescribed in the ordinance may not be less than 2 years with respect to water stubs, receipts of current billings and customer's ledgers of any municipal utility, and 7 years for other records unless a shorter period has been fixed by the public records and forms board under s. 16.61 (3) (e) and except as provided under sub. (7). This paragraph does not apply to school records of a 1st class city school district.
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Section 441
. 19.21 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
19.21 (4) (c) Any local governmental unit or agency may provide for the keeping and preservation of public records kept by that governmental unit through the use of microfilm or another reproductive device, or optical imaging or electronic formatting. A local governmental unit or agency shall make such provision by ordinance or resolution. Any such action by a subunit of a local governmental unit or agency shall be in conformity with the action of the unit or agency of which it is a part. Any photographic reproduction of a record authorized to be reproduced under this paragraph is deemed an original record for all purposes if it meets the applicable standards established in ss. 16.61 (7) and 16.612. This paragraph does not apply to public records kept by counties electing to be governed by ch. 228.
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Section 442
. 19.21 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
19.21 (5) (c) The period of time any public record shall be kept before destruction shall be determined by ordinance except that in all counties the specific period of time expressed within s. 7.23 or 59.715 or any other law requiring a specific retention period shall apply. The period of time prescribed in the ordinance for the destruction of all records not governed by s. 7.23 or 59.715 or any other law prescribing a specific retention period may not be less than 7 years, unless a shorter period is fixed by the public records and forms board under s. 16.61 (3) (e).
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Section 443
. 19.21 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
19.21 (6) A school district may provide for the destruction of obsolete school records. Prior to any such destruction, at least 60 days' notice in writing of such destruction shall be given to the historical society, which shall preserve any records it determines to be of historical interest. The historical society may, upon application, waive the notice. The period of time a school district record shall be kept before destruction shall be not less than 7 years, unless a shorter period is fixed by the public records and forms board under s. 16.61 (3) (e) and except as provided under sub. (7). This section does not apply to pupil records under s. 118.125.
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Section 444
. 19.21 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
19.21 (8) Any metropolitan sewerage commission created under ss. 66.88 to 66.918 may provide for the destruction of obsolete commission records. No record of the metropolitan sewerage district may be destroyed except by action of the commission specifically authorizing the destruction of that record. Prior to any destruction of records under this subsection, the commission shall give at least 60 days' prior notice of the proposed destruction to the state historical society, which may preserve records it determines to be of historical interest. Upon the application of the commission, the state historical society may waive this notice. Except as provided under sub. (7), the commission may only destroy a record under this subsection after 7 years elapse from the date of the record's creation, unless a shorter period is fixed by the public records and forms board under s. 16.61 (3) (e).
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Section 445
. 19.23 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
19.23 (1) Any public records, in any state office, that are not required for current use may, in the discretion of the public records and forms board, be transferred into the custody of the historical society, as provided in s. 16.61.
27,445m
Section 445m. 19.36 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
19.36 (9) Records of plans or specifications for state buildings. Records containing plans or specifications for any state-owned or state-leased building, structure or facility or any proposed state-owned or state-leased building, structure or facility are not subject to the right of inspection or copying under s. 19.35 (1) except as the department of administration otherwise provides by rule.
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Section 447
. 19.42 (10) (n) of the statutes is created to read:
19.42 (10) (n) The chief executive officer and members of the board of directors of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.
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Section 449
. 19.42 (13) (m) of the statutes is created to read:
19.42 (13) (m) The chief executive officer and members of the board of directors of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.
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Section 450
. 19.44 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
19.44 (1) (g) The identity of each person from which the individual who is required to file received, directly or indirectly, any gift or gifts having an aggregate value of more than $50 within the taxable year preceding the time of filing, except that the source of a gift need not be identified if the donation is permitted under s. 19.56 (3) (e), (em) or (f) or if the donor is the donee's parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, sister, parent-in-law, grandparent-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, spouse, fiance or fiancee.
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Section 451
. 19.45 (11) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
19.45 (11) (intro.) The legislature recognizes that all state public officials and employes and all employes of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority should be guided by a code of ethics and thus:
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Section 452
. 19.45 (11) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
19.45 (11) (d) The board of directors of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority shall establish a code of ethics for employes of the authority who are not state public officials.
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Section 453
. 19.48 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
19.48 (4) (intro.) Preserve the statements of economic interests filed with it for a period of 6 years from the date of receipt in such form, including microfilming, or optical imaging or electronic formatting, as will facilitate document retention, except that:
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Section 454
. 19.53 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
19.53 (1) In the case of a state public official
in the unclassified outside the classified service, a recommendation that the state public official be censured, suspended, or removed from office or employment. Such recommendation shall be made to the appropriate appointing authority who may censure, suspend, or take action to remove the official from office or employment.
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Section 455
. 19.56 (2) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
19.56 (2) (b) 6. Is made available to the official by the department of development or the department of tourism in accordance with sub. (3) (e), (em) or (f).
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Section 456
. 19.56 (3) (em) of the statutes is created to read:
19.56 (3) (em) A state public official who is an officer or employe of the department of tourism may solicit, receive and retain on behalf of the state anything of value for the purpose of hosting individuals in order to promote tourism.
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Section 457
. 19.56 (3) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
19.56 (3) (f) A state public official may receive and retain from the department of development anything of value which the department of development is authorized to provide under par. (e) and may receive and retain from the department of tourism anything of value which the department of tourism is authorized to provide under par. (em).
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Section 458
. 19.575 of the statutes is created to read:
19.575 Tourism activities. The department of tourism shall file a report with the board no later than April 30 annually, specifying the source and amount of anything of value received by the department of tourism during the preceding calendar year for a purpose specified in s. 19.56 (3) (em) and the program or activity in connection with which the thing is received, together with the location and date of that program or activity.
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Section 459
. 19.62 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 460
. 19.625 of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 461
. 19.63 of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 462
. 19.69 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
19.69 (2) (title) Copy to public records and forms board. A state authority that prepares a written specification of a matching program under sub. (1) shall provide to the public records and forms board a copy of the specification and any subsequent revision of the specification within 30 days after the state authority prepares the specification or the revision.
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Section 463
. 19.75 of the statutes is repealed.
27,464a
Section 464a. 19.82 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
19.82 (1) “Governmental body" means a state or local agency, board, commission, committee, council, department or public body corporate and politic created by constitution, statute, ordinance, rule or order; a governmental or quasi-governmental corporation except for the Bradley center sports and entertainment corporation; a local exposition district under subch. II of ch. 229; any public purpose corporation, as defined in s. 181.79 (1); a nonprofit corporation operating the Olympic ice training center under s. 42.11 (3); or a formally constituted subunit of any of the foregoing, but excludes any such body or committee or subunit of such body which is formed for or meeting for the purpose of collective bargaining under subch. I, IV or V of ch. 111.
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Section 464d. 19.85 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
19.85 (3) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to authorize a governmental body to consider at a meeting in closed session the final ratification or approval of a collective bargaining agreement under subch. I, IV or V of ch. 111 which has been negotiated by such body or on its behalf.
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Section 464e. 19.86 of the statutes is amended to read:
19.86 Notice of collective bargaining negotiations. Notwithstanding s. 19.82 (1), where notice has been given by either party to a collective bargaining agreement under subch. I, IV or V of ch. 111 to reopen such agreement at its expiration date, the employer shall give notice of such contract reopening as provided in s. 19.84 (1) (b). If the employer is not a governmental body, notice shall be given by the employer's chief officer or such person's designee. This section does not apply to a nonprofit corporation operating the Olympic ice training center under s. 42.11 (3).
27,466g
Section 466g. 20.001 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 20.001 (6) (a) and amended to read:
20.001 (6) (a) Applied Except as provided in par. (b), applied receipts are program or segregated revenue the appropriation of which reduces the amounts appropriated under another appropriation. The reduction is indicated in the other appropriation by the phrase “less the amounts appropriated as applied receipts under". Applied receipts shall be expended and deposited in the same manner as other program or segregated revenue.
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Section 466j. 20.001 (6) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
20.001 (6) (b) If the other appropriation under par. (a) is a sum sufficient appropriation, the reduction reduces the estimate under s. 20.005 of the dollar amounts that will be needed.
