Wisconsin Legislature: 27,6260

27,6242 Section 6242 . 228.05 of the statutes is amended to read:

228.05 Marginal references. The register of deeds of any county having a population of 500,000 or more who has copied a document by microphotography, microfilm, or optical imaging or electronic formatting that is accepted by him or her for recording or filing shall also, as a substitute for marginal references required, prepare an index for documents of ancillary nature for which marginal references are required. Such index for ancillary documents shall be prepared and maintained to show the document number or volume and page of the original recording or filing plus a record of any recordings or filings affecting or pertinent to such original recording or filing requiring marginal references subsequent to the date on which the county begins such recording or recopying by microphotography, microfilm, or optical imaging or electronic formatting.

27,6243 Section 6243 . 230.03 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

230.03 (3) “Agency" means any state board, commission, committee, council, or department in the state or unit thereof created by the constitution or statutes if such board, commission, committee, council, department, unit or the head thereof, is authorized to appoint subordinate staff by the constitution or statute, except a legislative or judicial board, commission, committee, council, department or unit thereof or an authority created under ch. 231, 232, 233, 234 or 235.

27,6244 Section 6244 . 230.048 of the statutes is repealed.

27,6245 Section 6245 . 230.08 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

230.08 (2) (b) All officers and employes of the state appointed by the governor whether subject to confirmation or not, unless otherwise provided.

27,6246 Section 6246 . 230.08 (2) (e) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

“230.08 (2) (e) 3. Development — 5 4.

27,6246m Section 6246m. 230.08 (2) (e) 3. of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

230.08 (2) (e) 3. Development Commerce — 4 7.

27,6248m Section 6248m. 230.08 (2) (e) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

230.08 (2) (e) 4. Employment relations — 4 3.

27,6249 Section 6249 . 230.08 (2) (e) 4f. of the statutes is created to read:

230.08 (2) (e) 4f. Financial institutions — 4.

27,6250 Section 6250 . 230.08 (2) (e) 4m. of the statutes is amended to read:

230.08 (2) (e) 4m. Gaming commission board — 4 3.

27,6251 Section 6251 . 230.08 (2) (e) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

230.08 (2) (e) 5. Health and social services — 7 5.

27,6252 Section 6252 . 230.08 (2) (e) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

230.08 (2) (e) 6. Industry, labor and human relations — 7 8.

27,6253 Section 6253 . 230.08 (2) (e) 9. of the statutes is renumbered 230.08 (2) (e) 3g. and amended to read:

230.08 (2) (e) 3g. Public instruction Education — 5.

27,6253m Section 6253m. 230.08 (2) (e) 11. of the statutes is amended to read:

230.08 (2) (e) 11. Revenue — 3 4.

27,6258 Section 6258. 230.08 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

230.08 (2) (g) One stenographer appointed by each elective executive officer, other than the state treasurer, and one deputy or assistant appointed by each elective executive officer except the attorney general and superintendent of public instruction.

27,6258m Section 6258m. 230.08 (2) (gm) of the statutes is created to read:

230.08 (2) (gm) The executive director of the gaming board, appointed under s. 561.03.

27,6260 Section 6260 . 230.08 (2) (j) of the statutes is repealed.

27,6261 Section 6261 . 230.08 (2) (jg) of the statutes is repealed.

27,6263 Section 6263 . 230.08 (2) (L) 1. of the statutes is repealed.

27,6264 Section 6264 . 230.08 (2) (L) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 230.08 (2) (em) and amended to read:

230.08 (2) (em) Office The director of commissioner of credit unions, created under s. 15.59.

27,6266 Section 6266 . 230.08 (2) (L) 4. of the statutes is repealed.

27,6267 Section 6267 . 230.08 (2) (L) 6. of the statutes is repealed.

27,6268 Section 6268 . 230.08 (2) (L) 7. of the statutes is repealed.

27,6272 Section 6272 . 230.08 (2) (mp) of the statutes is repealed.

27,6274m Section 6274m. 230.08 (2) (t) of the statutes is created to read:

230.08 (2) (t) All employes of the office of the state superintendent of public instruction.

27,6275 Section 6275 . 230.08 (2) (xm) of the statutes is repealed.

27,6275m Section 6275m. 230.08 (2) (yz) of the statutes is created to read:

230.08 (2) (yz) The staff of the Wisconsin sesquicentennial commission.

27,6276 Section 6276 . 230.08 (2) (zm) of the statutes is repealed.

27,6277m Section 6277m. 230.08 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

230.08 (4) (a) The number of administrator positions specified in sub. (2) (e) includes all administrator positions specifically authorized by law to be employed outside the classified service in each department, board or commission and the historical society. In this paragraph, “department" has the meaning given under s. 15.01 (5), “board" means the educational communications board, investment board, public defender board, gaming board and technical college system board and “commission" means the public service commission and the gaming commission. Notwithstanding sub. (2) (z), no division administrator position exceeding the number authorized in sub. (2) (e) may be created in the unclassified service.

27,6279 Section 6279 . 230.09 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

230.09 (2) (g) When filling a new or vacant position, if the secretary determines that the classification for a position is different than that provided for by the legislature as established by law or in budget determinations, or as authorized by the joint committee on finance under s. 13.10, or as specified by the governor creating positions under s. 16.505 (1) (c) or (2), the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board creating positions under s. 16.505 (2n) or the board of regents of the university of Wisconsin system creating positions under s. 16.505 (2m), or is different than that of the previous incumbent, the secretary shall notify the administrator and the secretary of administration. The administrator shall withhold action on the selection and certification process for filling the position. The secretary of administration shall review the position to determine that sufficient funds exist for the position and that the duties and responsibilities of the proposed position reflect the intent of the legislature as established by law or in budget determinations, the intent of the joint committee on finance acting under s. 13.10, the intent of the governor creating positions under s. 16.505 (1) (c) or (2), the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board creating positions under s. 16.505 (2n) or the intent of the board of regents of the university of Wisconsin system creating positions under s. 16.505 (2m). The administrator may not proceed with the selection and certification process until the secretary of administration has authorized the position to be filled.

27,6280 Section 6280 . 230.14 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

230.14 (4) The administrator may charge an agency a fee to announce any vacancy to be filled in a classified or unclassified position in that agency. Funds received under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.512 (1) (ka).

27,6281 Section 6281 . 230.147 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

230.147 (1) Each appointing authority of an agency with more than 100 authorized permanent full-time equivalent positions shall prepare and implement a plan of action to employ persons who, at the time determined under sub. (4), receive aid under s. 49.19 with the goal of making the ratio of those persons occupying permanent positions in the agency to the total number of persons occupying permanent positions in the agency equal to the ratio of the average case load receiving aid under s. 49.19 in this state in the previous fiscal year, as determined by the department of health and social services, to the average number of persons in the state civilian labor force in the preceding fiscal year, as determined by the department of industry, labor and human relations.

27,6282 Section 6282 . 230.147 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

230.147 (2) Each appointing authority of an agency with 100 or fewer authorized permanent full-time equivalent positions is encouraged to employ persons who, at the time determined under sub. (4), receive aid under s. 49.19 to attempt to make the ratio of those persons occupying permanent positions in the agency to the total number of persons occupying permanent positions in the agency equal to the ratio of the average case load receiving aid under s. 49.19 in this state in the previous fiscal year, as determined by the department of health and social services, to the average number of persons in the state civilian labor force in the preceding fiscal year, as determined by the department of industry, labor and human relations.

27,6283 Section 6283 . 230.213 of the statutes is amended to read:

230.213 Affirmative action procedures for corrections positions. The administrator may, to meet affirmative action objectives, establish such recruitment, examination and certification procedures for positions in the department of corrections and for positions in juvenile correctional institutions within the division of youth services in the department of health and social services as will enable the department of corrections and the division of youth services in the department of health and social services to increase the number of employes of a specified gender or a specified racial or ethnic group in those positions. The administrator shall design the procedures to obtain a work force in the department of corrections and in juvenile correctional institutions within the division of youth services in the department of health and social services that reflects the relevant labor pool. The administrator may determine the relevant labor pool from the population of the state or of a particular geographic area of the state, whichever is more appropriate for achieving the affirmative action objective.

27,6283m Section 6283m. 230.213 of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

27,6284g Section 6284g. 230.29 of the statutes is renumbered 230.29 (1) and amended to read:

230.29 (1) A Subject to sub. (2), a transfer may be made from one position to another only if specifically authorized by the administrator.

27,6284m Section 6284m. 230.29 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

230.29 (2) This section does not apply to an employe of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board.

27,6285 Section 6285. 230.36 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

230.36 (1) If a conservation warden, conservation patrol boat captain, conservation patrol boat engineer, state forest ranger, conservation field employe of the department of natural resources who is subject to call for fire control duty, member of the state patrol, state motor vehicle inspector, lifeguard, excise tax investigator employed by the department of revenue, special criminal investigation agent employed by the department of justice, special tax agent, state drivers' license examiner, state fair park police officer, University of Wisconsin System police officer and other state facilities police officer and patrol officer, security officer, watcher, engineer, engineering aide, building construction superintendent, fire fighter employed at the Wisconsin Veterans Home, or guard or institutional aide or a state probation and parole officer or any other employe whose duties include supervision and discipline of inmates or wards of the state at a state penal institution, including a secured correctional facility, as defined in s. 48.02 (15m), or while on parole supervision outside of the confines of the institutions, or supervision of persons placed on probation or community supervision by a court of record, or supervision and care of patients at a state mental institution, and university of Wisconsin hospital and clinics the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics suffers injury while in the performance of his or her duties, as defined in subs. (2) and (3); or any other state employe who is not listed in this subsection and who is ordered by his or her appointing authority to accompany any employe listed in this subsection while the listed employe is engaged in the duties defined in sub. (3), or any other state employe who is not listed in this subsection and who is ordered by his or her appointing authority to perform the duties, when permitted, in lieu of the listed employe and while so engaged in the duties defined in sub. (3), suffers injury as defined in sub. (2) the employe shall continue to be fully paid by the employing agency upon the same basis as paid prior to the injury, with no reduction in sick leave credits, compensatory time for overtime accumulations or vacation and no reduction in the rate of earning sick leave credit or vacation. The full pay shall continue while the employe is unable to return to work as the result of the injury or until the termination of his or her employment upon recommendation of the appointing authority. At any time during the employe's period of disability the appointing authority may order physical or medical examinations to determine the degree of disability at the expense of the employing agency.

27,6287 Section 6287 . 230.36 (3) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

230.36 (3) (c) (intro.) A guard, institution aide, or other employe at the university of Wisconsin hospital and clinics University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics or at a state penal or mental institution, including a secured correctional facility, as defined in s. 48.02 (15m), and a state probation and parole officer, at all times while:

27,6288m Section 6288m. 230.36 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

230.36 (6) Any person who is employed by the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, who suffers an injury as defined in sub. (2) between June 29, 1996, and June 30, 1997, shall be covered under this section if the person, had he or she been a state employe, would have been covered under this section.

27,6289 Section 6289 . 230.44 (1) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

230.44 (1) (g) Decisions by the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority. Appeal of a personnel decision by the chief executive officer of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, or by a person delegated by the chief executive officer to make personnel decisions, if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

1. The appeal is by an employe of the authority who holds a position that would be included in the classified service if the employe were a state employe.

2. The personnel decision is a demotion, layoff, suspension, discharge or reduction in base pay and the appeal alleges that the decision was not for just cause.

27,6290 Section 6290 . 230.44 (1) (g) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

27,6292 Section 6292 . 230.45 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

230.45 (1) (e) Hear appeals, when authorized under county merit system rules under s. 49.50 49.33 (4), from any interested party.

27,6293 Section 6293 . 230.45 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

230.45 (3) The commission shall promulgate rules establishing a schedule of filing fees to be paid by any person who files an appeal under sub. (1) (c) or (e) or s. 230.44 (1) (a) or (b) with the commission on or after the effective date of the rules promulgated under this subsection. Fees paid under this subsection shall be deposited in the general fund as general purpose revenue — earned.

27,6295 Section 6295 . 230.80 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

230.80 (4) “Governmental unit" means any association, authority, board, commission, department, independent agency, institution, office, society or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, including the legislature, the office of the governor and the courts. “Governmental unit" does not mean the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority or any political subdivision of the state or body within one or more political subdivisions which is created by law or by action of one or more political subdivisions.

27,6296 Section 6296 . 231.01 (5) (a) 6. of the statutes is created to read:

231.01 (5) (a) 6. The University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.

27,6297b Section 6297b. 231.13 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

231.13 (2) The authority shall pledge the revenues derived and to be derived from a project and other related health facilities, educational facilities or child care centers for the purposes specified in sub. (1), and additional bonds may be issued which may rank on a parity with other bonds relating to the project to the extent and on the terms and conditions provided in the bond resolution. Such pledge shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made, the revenues so pledged by the authority shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act and the lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the authority, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the bond resolution nor any financing statement, continuation statement or other instrument by which a pledge is created or by which the authority's interest in revenues is assigned need be filed or recorded in any public records in order to perfect the lien thereof as against 3rd parties, except that a copy thereof shall be filed in the records of the authority and with the secretary of state department of financial institutions.

27,6298 Section 6298 . 231.20 of the statutes is amended to read:

231.20 Waiver of construction and bidding requirements. In exercising its powers under s. 101.12, the department of industry, labor and human relations development or any city, village, town or county may, within its discretion for proper cause shown, waive any particular requirements relating to public buildings, structures, grounds, works and improvements imposed by law upon projects under this chapter; the requirements of s. 101.13 may not be waived, however. If, however, the prospective lessee so requests in writing, the authority shall, through the participating health institution, participating educational institution or participating child care provider as its agent, call for construction bids in such manner as is determined by the authority with the approval of the lessee.

27,6299 Section 6299 . 231.35 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

231.35 (3) (intro.) Subject to sub. (4), the authority may guarantee a loan under this section that is made on or before the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], if all of the following apply:

27,6300 Section 6300 . 231.35 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

231.35 (6) (b) The authority may use money from the rural hospital loan fund to guarantee loans that it makes made for the purposes described in sub. (3) (b), if the authority sets out the terms and conditions of the guarantee in a guarantee agreement that complies with the rules promulgated by the department of development under sub. (7) (b).