Wisconsin Legislature: 27,91

15.57 (1) The secretary of administration, the secretary of education state superintendent of public instruction, the president of the university of Wisconsin system and the director of the technical college system board, or their designees.

27,85d Section 85d. 15.57 (6) of the statutes is repealed.

27,85g Section 85g. 15.57 (6g) of the statutes is created to read:

15.57 (6g) The president of the Wisconsin Public Radio Association.

27,85h Section 85h. 15.57 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:

15.57 (6m) One member with a demonstrated interest in public television who resides within the coverage area of an education television channel subject to s. 39.11 (3).

27,85j Section 85j. 15.577 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

27,85k Section 85k. 15.577 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

27,85km Section 85km. 15.615 (title) of the statutes is repealed.

27,85L Section 85L. 15.615 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

27,85n Section 85n. 15.617 of the statutes is repealed.

27,86 Section 86 . 15.64 of the statutes is repealed.

27,87 Section 87 . 15.643 of the statutes is repealed.

27,89m Section 89m. 15.647 of the statutes is repealed.

27,90m Section 90m. 15.67 of the statutes is created to read:

15.67 Higher educational aids board; creation. (1) There is created a higher educational aids board consisting of the state superintendent of public instruction and the following members appointed for 3-year terms, except that the members specified under pars. (a) 5. and 6. and (b) 3. shall be appointed for 2-year terms:

(a) To represent public institutions of higher education, all of the following:

1. One member of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

2. One member of the technical college system board.

3. One financial aids administrator within the University of Wisconsin System.

4. One financial aids administrator within the technical college system.

5. One undergraduate student enrolled at least half-time and in good academic standing at an institution or center within the University of Wisconsin System who is at least 18 years old and a resident of this state.

6. One student enrolled at least half-time and in good academic standing at a technical college who is at least 18 years old and a resident of this state.

(b) To represent private, nonprofit institutions of higher education, all of the following:

1. One member of a board of trustees of an independent college or university in this state.

2. One financial aids administrator of a private nonprofit institution of higher education located in this state.

3. One undergraduate student enrolled at least half-time and in good academic standing at a private, nonprofit institution of higher education located in this state who is at least 18 years old and a resident of this state.

(2) If a student member under sub. (1) loses the status upon which the appointment was based, he or she shall cease to be a member of the higher educational aids board upon appointment to the higher educational aids board of a qualified successor.

27,91 Section 91 . 15.675 of the statutes is created to read:

15.675 Same; attached board. (1) Educational approval board. There is created an educational approval board which is attached to the higher educational aids board under s. 15.03. The board shall consist of not more than 7 members, who shall be representatives of state agencies and other persons with a demonstrated interest in educational programs, appointed to serve at the pleasure of the governor.

27,92c Section 92c. 15.707 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

27,92e Section 92e. 15.707 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

27,92m Section 92m. 15.707 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

15.707 (3) Historical society endowment fund council. There is created in the historical society a historical society endowment fund council consisting of 10 members, including at least one representative of each of the following:

(a) The historical society.

(b) The Wisconsin Humanities Council.

(d) The arts board.

(e) Wisconsin public radio.

(f) Wisconsin public television.

27,92v Section 92v. 15.735 (title) of the statutes is repealed.

27,92w Section 92w. 15.735 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

27,93 Section 93 . 15.735 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 15.195 (6) and amended to read:

15.195 (6) Board on health care information. There is created a board on health care information which is attached to the office of the commissioner of insurance department of health and family services under s. 15.03. The board shall consist of 9 members, a majority of whom may neither be nor represent health care providers, appointed for 4-year terms.

27,94 Section 94 . 15.737 of the statutes is repealed.

27,94e Section 94e. 15.915 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

15.915 (2) (a) The president of the university of Wisconsin system, the chancellor of the university of Wisconsin-Madison, the secretary of health and family services, the secretary of natural resources and the secretary of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, or their designees.

27,94k Section 94k. 15.915 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

15.915 (2) (b) An employe of the department of health and family services appointed by the secretary of health and family services, an employe of the department of natural resources appointed by the secretary of natural resources, a A representative of local health departments who is not an employe of the department of health and family services, one physician representing clinical laboratories and, one member representing private environmental testing laboratories, none of whom may be employes of the laboratory of hygiene one member representing occupational health laboratories and 3 additional members, one of whom shall be a medical examiner or coroner, appointed for 3-year terms. No member appointed under this paragraph may be an employe of the laboratory of hygiene.

27,94m Section 94m. 15.915 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

27,94mm Section 94mm. 15.917 of the statutes is created to read:

15.917 Same; councils. (1) Council on the Institute for Excellence in Urban Education. There is created in the University of Wisconsin System a council on the Institute for Excellence in Urban Education. The council shall consist of all of the following, appointed for 2-year terms:

(a) Two senators, at least one of whom is a resident of Milwaukee County, appointed as are members of standing committees in the senate.

(b) Two representatives to the assembly, at least one of whom is a resident of Milwaukee County, appointed as are members of standing committees in the assembly.

(c) One member of the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Education, appointed by the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

(d) One resident of Milwaukee County, appointed by the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

27,94n Section 94n. 15.947 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

27,96m Section 96m. 16.009 (1) (em) 7. of the statutes is created to read:

16.009 (1) (em) 7. A residential care apartment complex, as defined in s. 50.01 (1d).

27,96r Section 96r. 16.0095 of the statutes is created to read:

16.0095 Medicare upper limit consultant. The department shall hire a consultant, to be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (bm), to determine and recommend to the the department of health and family services the aggregate payments that should be made for inpatient nursing home services under medical assistance under subch. IV of ch. 49 such that the aggregate payments will not exceed the amount that is estimated to be the amount that would have been paid under the federal medicare program's payment principles. The consultant's recommendations to the department of health and family services shall be nonbinding.

27,97 Section 97 . 16.023 of the statutes is created to read:

16.023 Wisconsin land council. (1) The Wisconsin land council shall conduct the following functions:

(a) Identify state land use goals and recommend these goals to the governor.

(b) Identify state land use priorities to further the state's land use goals and recommend to the governor legislation to implement these priorities.

(c) Study areas of cooperation and coordination in the state's land use statutes and recommend to the governor legislation to harmonize these statutes to further the state's land use goals.

(d) Study areas of the state's land use statutes that conflict with each other and recommend to the governor legislation to resolve these conflicts to further the state's land use goals.

(e) Identify areas of the state's land use statutes that conflict with county or municipal land use ordinances, and areas of county or municipal land use ordinances that conflict with each other, and recommend to the governor legislation to resolve these conflicts.

(f) Establish a technical working group that is composed of the state cartographer, a representative of the University of Wisconsin System who has expertise in land use issues and any other land use experts designated by the council's chairperson, to study the development of a computer-based Wisconsin land information system and recommend to the governor legislation to implement such a computer system.

(g) Establish a state agency resource working group that is composed of representatives of the departments of administration, agriculture, trade and consumer protection, commerce, natural resources, revenue, transportation and other appropriate agencies to discuss, analyze and address land use issues and related policy issues, including the following:

1. Gathering information about the land use plans of state agencies.

2. Establishing procedures for the distribution of the information gathered under subd. 1. to other state agencies, local units of government and private persons.

3. The creation of a system to facilitate, and to provide training and technical assistance for the development of, local intergovernmental land use planning.

(h) Study the activities of local units of government in the land use area to determine how these activities impact on state land use goals, and recommend to the governor legislation that fosters coordination between local land use activities and state land use goals.

(i) Identify procedures for facilitating local land use planning efforts, including training and technical assistance for local units of government, and recommend to the governor legislation to implement such procedures.

(j) Gather and analyze information about the land use activities in this state of the federal government and American Indian governments and inform the governor of the impact of these activities on state land use goals.

(k) Study any other issues that are reasonably related to the state's land use goals, including methods for alternative dispute resolution for disputes involving land use issues, and recommend to the governor legislation in the areas studied by the council that would further the state's land use goals.

(L) Gather information about land use issues, at its discretion, in any reasonable way, including the following:

1. Establishing a state-local government-private sector working group to study and advise the council on land use issues.

2. Holding public hearings or information meetings on land use issues.

3. Conducting surveys on land use issues.

4. Consulting with any person who is interested in land use issues.

(m) Enter into a memorandum of understanding with the land information board to ensure cooperation between the council and the board and to avoid duplication of activities.

(2) In conjunction with the working group established under sub. (1) (L) 1., the council shall, not later than one year after the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], develop evaluation criteria for its functions under sub. (1). The council shall complete a report that contains an evaluation of its functions and activities not later than September 1, 2002, and shall submit the report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), and to the governor. The report shall also include a recommendation as to whether the council should continue in existence past its sunset date specified in s. 15.107 (16) (e) and, if so, a recommendation as to whether any structural modifications should be made to the council's functions or to the state's land use programs.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply after August 31, 2003.

27,97m Section 97m. 16.025 of the statutes is repealed.

27,98 Section 98 . 16.03 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.03 (3) Report. The interagency coordinating council shall report at least twice annually to the board on health care information in the office of the commissioner of insurance department of health and family services, concerning the council's activities under this section.