1999 Wisconsin Act 9

9,877p Section 877p. 33.44 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

33.44 (3) Five Six commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

9,877r Section 877r. 33.44 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

33.44 (7) The board of commissioners shall meet at least quarterly, and at other times on the call of the chairperson or on the petition of 5 6 of the members.

9,884a Section 884a. 34.01 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

34.01 (2) (a) Any loss of public moneys, which have been deposited in a designated public depository in accordance with this chapter, resulting from the failure of any public depository to repay to any public depositor the full amount of its deposit because the office of credit unions, administrator of federal credit unions, U.S. comptroller of the currency, federal home loan bank board, U.S. office of thrift supervision, federal deposit insurance corporation, resolution trust corporation, division of banking or division of savings and loan institutions has taken possession of the public depository or because the public depository has, with the consent and approval of the office of credit unions, administrator of federal credit unions, U.S. office of thrift supervision, federal deposit insurance corporation, resolution trust corporation, division of banking or division of savings and loan institutions, adopted a stabilization and readjustment plan or has sold a part or all of its assets to another credit union, bank, savings bank or savings and loan association which has agreed to pay a part or all of the deposit liability on a deferred payment basis or because the depository is prevented from paying out old deposits because of rules of the office of credit unions, administrator of federal credit unions, U.S. comptroller of the currency, federal home loan bank board, U.S. office of thrift supervision, federal deposit insurance corporation, resolution trust corporation, division of banking or division of savings and loan institutions.

9,885a Section 885a. 34.10 of the statutes is amended to read:

34.10 Reorganization and stabilization of financial institutions. Whenever the office of credit unions, administrator of federal credit unions, U.S. comptroller of the currency, federal home loan bank board, U.S. office of thrift supervision, federal deposit insurance corporation, resolution trust corporation, division of banking or division of savings and loan institutions has taken charge of a credit union, bank, savings bank or savings and loan association with a view of restoring its solvency, pursuant to law, or with a view of stabilizing and readjusting the structure of any national or state credit union, bank, savings bank or savings and loan association located in this state, and has approved a reorganization plan or a stabilization and readjustment agreement entered into between the credit union, bank, savings bank or savings and loan association and depositors and unsecured creditors, or when a credit union, bank, savings bank or savings and loan association, with the approval of the office of credit unions, administrator of federal credit unions, U.S. comptroller of the currency, federal home loan bank board, U.S. office of thrift supervision, federal deposit insurance corporation, resolution trust corporation, division of banking or division of savings and loan institutions proposes to sell its assets to another credit union, bank, savings bank or savings and loan association which agrees to assume a part or all of the deposit liability of such selling credit union, bank, savings bank or savings and loan association and to pay the same on a deferred payment basis, the governing board of the public depositor may, on the approval of the division of banking, join in the execution of any reorganization plan, or any stabilization and readjustment agreement, or any depositor's agreement relative to a proposed sale of assets if, in its judgment and that of the division of banking, the reorganization plan or stabilization and readjustment agreement or proposed sale of assets is in the best interest of all persons concerned. The joining in any reorganization plan, or any stabilization and readjustment agreement, or any proposed sale of assets which meets the approval of the division of banking does not waive any rights under this chapter.

9,886 Section 886. 36.11 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

36.11 (6) (b) The board may not make a grant under par. (a) to a person if it receives a certification under s. 49.855 (7) that the person is delinquent in child support or maintenance payments or owes past support, medical expenses or birth expenses whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).

9,887 Section 887. 36.11 (36) of the statutes is created to read:

36.11 (36) Aquaculture demonstration facility. (a) The board, in consultation with representatives of the aquaculture industry, shall operate the aquaculture demonstration facility authorized under 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9107 (1) (i) 3.

(b) The board shall ensure that the aquaculture demonstration facility provides applied research and training to aquaculturists, including Native American aquaculturists, and to personnel at state fish hatcheries and that the research and training emphasize all of the following areas related to aquaculture:

1. Environmental impact.

2. Water quality.

3. Appropriate water use.

4. Fish health science.

5. Innovative aquaculture methods and practices.

6. Demonstration, education and outreach activities through the extension.

9,887d Section 887d. 36.11 (36m) of the statutes is created to read:

36.11 (36m) School safety research. The board shall direct the schools of education and other appropriate research-oriented departments within the system, to work with the technical college system board under s. 38.04 (27), school districts, private schools and the department of public instruction to present to school districts and private schools the results of research on models for and approaches to improving school safety and reducing discipline problems in schools and at school activities.

9,887m Section 887m. 36.11 (37) of the statutes is created to read:

36.11 (37) Extension local planning program. The board shall offer a local planning program through the extension to educate local policymakers about local planning and the grant program under s. 16.965.

9,887r Section 887r. 36.11 (38) of the statutes is created to read:

36.11 (38) Study of programs in Marathon County. The board shall study the feasibility of expanding the offering of 4-year and graduate degree programs in Marathon County when sufficient private funds or funds from a municipality, as defined in s. 67.01 (5), have been raised to pay for the study. The board shall submit a copy of the report under this subsection to the governor, and to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2).

9,887s Section 887s. 36.11 (39) of the statutes is created to read:

36.11 (39) Gaylord Nelson chair of integrated environmental studies . The board shall establish the Gaylord Nelson chair of integrated environmental studies and seek private funding for this chair.

9,887t Section 887t. 36.11 (40) of the statutes is created to read:

36.11 (40) Center for cooperatives. The board shall maintain a center for cooperatives at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

9,889 Section 889. 36.25 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:

36.25 (14) Graduate student financial aid. The board shall establish a grant program for minority and disadvantaged graduate students enrolled in the system. The grants shall be awarded from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (4) (b). The board shall give preference in awarding grants under this subsection to residents of this state. The board may not make a grant under this subsection to a person if it receives a certification under s. 49.855 (7) that the person is delinquent in child support or maintenance payments or owes past support, medical expenses or birth expenses whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).

9,890m Section 890m. 36.25 (29g) of the statutes is created to read:

36.25 (29g) The board shall establish in the college of natural resources at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point a center to conduct studies and research relating to watershed management.

9,891 Section 891. 36.25 (30) of the statutes is amended to read:

36.25 (30) Hazardous pollution Pollution prevention program. The board shall establish maintain in the extension a hazardous pollution prevention program solid and hazardous waste education center to promote hazardous pollution prevention, as defined in s. 299.13 (1) (c) (dm). In cooperation with the department of natural resources and the department of commerce, the program center shall conduct an education and technical assistance program to promote hazardous pollution prevention in this state.

9,891b Section 891b. 36.25 (30g) of the statutes is amended to read:

36.25 (30g) Recycling market development program. The board shall establish in the extension, in cooperation with the recycling market development board, a program of education and technical assistance related to recycling market development. The program shall serve waste generators, as defined in s. 287.40 (4); solid waste scrap brokers, dealers and processors; business entities that use or could use recovered materials or that produce or could produce products from recovered materials and persons who provide support services to those business entities; and the general public.

9,891g Section 891g. 36.25 (44) of the statutes is created to read:

36.25 (44) International business development. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee shall collaborate with other institutions to develop and implement programs and training for Wisconsin businesses and University of Wisconsin System faculty in the area of international business development.

9,891k Section 891k. 36.25 (45) of the statutes is created to read:

36.25 (45) Stray voltage research. The board shall establish a stray voltage research program to conduct research on all of the following in the order of priority listed in pars. (a) to (e):

(a) Stray voltage problems on farms. The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences of the University of Wisconsin-Madison shall conduct on-site research under this paragraph.

(b) The nature of animal responses to stray voltage.

(c) Farms with potentially unique stray voltage problems.

(d) Field and economic performance analysis of electrical mitigation devices and systems.

(e) Research recommended in the Minnesota Science Advisors' Report to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.

9,891m Section 891m. 36.27 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

36.27 (1) (a) Subject to par. pars. (am) and (c), the board may establish for different classes of students differing tuition and fees incidental to enrollment in educational programs or use of facilities in the system. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the board may charge any student who is not exempted by this section a nonresident tuition. The board may establish special rates of tuition and fees for the extension and summer sessions and such other studies or courses of instruction as the board deems advisable.

9,891r Section 891r. 36.27 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

36.27 (1) (am) The board may not increase academic fees for resident undergraduate students beyond an amount sufficient to fund all of the following:

1. In a fiscal year beginning in an even-numbered year, the amount shown in the schedule under s. 20.285 (1) (im) for that fiscal year and in a fiscal year beginning in an odd-numbered year, the highest amount shown in the schedule under s. 20.285 (1) (im) for that fiscal year in the substitute amendment, offered by the joint committee on finance, to the biennial budget bill; the engrossed biennial budget bill; or the enrolled biennial budget bill.

2. The approved recommendations of the secretary of employment relations for compensation and fringe benefits for classified staff, for unclassified employes specified in s. 230.12 (1) (a) 1. b. and for unclassified employes specified in s. 230.12 (3) (e). If these recommendations have not been approved by the joint committee on employment relations by the time the board sets academic fees, the board may raise academic fees for resident undergraduate students by an amount sufficient to fund the recommendations of the secretary of employment relations for compensation and fringe benefits for classified staff and for unclassified employes specified in s. 230.12 (1) (a) 1. b. and the board's recommendations for unclassified employes specified in s. 230.12 (3) (e). If the secretary of employment relations has not made recommendations by the time the board sets academic fees, the board may raise academic fees for resident undergraduate students by an amount sufficient to fund the board's estimate of compensation and fringe benefits for classified staff and for unclassified employes specified in s. 230.12 (1) (a) 1. b. and the board's recommendations for unclassified employes specified in s. 230.12 (3) (e). If the board sets academic fees based upon the board's estimate and the board's unapproved recommendations, and the recommendations of the board and the secretary of employment relations as finally approved by the joint committee on employment relations call for a lower rate of compensation and fringe benefits than the board's estimate and unapproved recommendations, the board shall lower academic student fees for resident undergraduate students for the next academic year by an amount equal to the difference between the academic fees charged and an amount sufficient to fund the approved recommendations. If the board sets academic fees based upon the board's estimate and unapproved recommendations, and the recommendations of the board and the secretary of employment relations as finally approved by the joint committee on employment relations call for a higher rate of compensation and fringe benefits than the board's estimate and unapproved recommendations, the board may raise academic student fees for resident undergraduate students for the next academic year by an amount equal to the difference between the academic fees charged and an amount sufficient to fund the approved recommendations.

3. The projected loss in revenue caused by a change in the number of enrolled undergraduate, graduate, resident and nonresident students from the previous academic year.

4. State-imposed costs not covered by general purpose revenue, as determined by the board. Beginning on December 15, 2000, and annually thereafter, the board shall report costs under this subdivision to the secretary of administration.

5. Distance education, nontraditional courses and intersession courses.

6. Differential tuition that is approved by the board and that is not included in the amount shown in the schedule under s. 20.285 (1) (im).

9,891s Section 891s. 36.27 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

36.27 (1) (b) Beginning on December 15, 2000, and annually thereafter, the board shall submit a report to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) containing the amount by which expenditures from s. 20.285 (1) (im) in the previous fiscal year exceeded the amount shown in the schedule for that appropriation in the previous fiscal year, the purposes for which the additional revenues were spent and the amount spent for each purpose.

9,893 Section 893. 36.27 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

36.27 (4) (a) In the 1993-94 to 1998-99 2000-01 academic years, the board may annually exempt from nonresident tuition, but not from incidental or other fees, up to 200 students enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside as juniors or seniors in programs identified by that institution as having surplus capacity and up to 150 students enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Superior in programs identified by that institution as having surplus capacity.

9,894 Section 894. 36.34 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

36.34 (1) (b) The board shall establish a grant program for minority undergraduates enrolled in the system. The board shall designate all grants under this subsection as Lawton grants. Grants shall be awarded from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (4) (dd). The board may not make a grant under this subsection to a person if it receives a certification under s. 49.855 (7) that the person is delinquent in child support or maintenance payments or owes past support, medical expenses or birth expenses whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).

9,894m Section 894m. 36.34 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

36.34 (1) (c) 1. In this paragraph:

a. For purposes of determining the appropriation under s. 20.285 (4) (dd) for fiscal year 2000-01, "base amount" means the amount shown in the schedule under s. 20.005 for that appropriation for fiscal year 1999-2000.

b. For purposes of determining the appropriation under s. 20.285 (4) (dd) for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2000-01, "base amount" means the appropriation determined under subd. 2. for the previous fiscal year.

2. Annually, by February 1, the board shall determine the appropriation under s. 20.285 (4) (dd) for the next fiscal year as follows:

a. The board shall determine the percentage by which the resident undergraduate academic fees charged for the current academic year at each institution within the University of Wisconsin System has increased or decreased from the resident undergraduate academic fees charged for the previous academic year.

b. The appropriation for the next fiscal year shall be the result obtained by increasing, to the nearest $100, the base amount by the highest percentage increase determined under subd. 2. a., except that if the resident undergraduate academic fees for the current academic year decreased or did not change from the resident undergraduate academic fees charged for the previous academic year at each institution specified in subd. 2. a., the appropriation shall be the base amount.

9,895 Section 895. 36.34 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

9,895m Section 895m. 36.36 of the statutes is created to read:

36.36 Grants for study abroad. From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (er), the board shall award a grant of $2,000 to a resident undergraduate student to assist in paying the costs associated with the student's study abroad if the student satisfies all of the following criteria:

(1) The student demonstrates financial need for the grant, as determined by the board.

(2) The student is enrolled full-time in the system in the semester preceding the student's study abroad.

(3) The student is enrolled in a program leading to an associate or bachelor's degree.

9,895n Section 895n. 36.55 of the statutes is created to read:

36.55 Reporting employment harassment and discrimination claims. By September 1 of each even-numbered year, the president shall submit a report to the chief clerk of each house for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) that contains a description of each employment harassment or discrimination claim filed against the board or an employe of the board and resolved in favor of the claimant, the amount of any settlement paid to or judgment entered for the claimant and a description of any discipline of board employes resulting from the resolution of the claim.

9,895s Section 895s. 36.56 of the statutes is created to read:

36.56 Grants for forestry cooperatives. (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (qm), the center for cooperatives under s. 36.11 (40) may award grants to persons to form forestry cooperatives under ch. 185 that consist primarily of private, nonindustrial owners of woodland. A grant recipient shall provide matching funds equal to 50% of the grant amount awarded. The match may be in the form of money or in-kind services or both, but may not include money received from the state.

(2) In each fiscal year, the center for cooperatives may not encumber funds from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (qm) for administrative expenses if the amounts encumbered in that fiscal year for administrative expenses exceed 5% of the total expenditures from the appropriation for the fiscal year.

9,895t Section 895t. 38.04 (10) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

38.04 (10) (d) 1. In consultation with representatives of business and labor, the board shall develop a separate approval process for district board proposals to purchase or construct facilities to be used as applied technology centers under s. 38.15 (3) (c). The board may not approve a proposal unless the board determines that all of the following apply:

a. The applied technology center is likely to maintain or increase the number of jobs in the region served by the center that require a high level of skill and provide high wages.

b. The productivity of employes who would be served by the center is likely to increase.

c. One or more businesses in the region served by the center will pay for all of the direct operating costs of services provided at the center and at least 20% of the indirect operating costs of services provided at the center, pursuant to a contract under s. 38.14 (3) (a), and will fund, either in cash or in kind, at least 30% of the capital costs of the center.

d. The district board consulted with representatives of business and labor on the development of the center.

2. By December 1 of the year in which a center approved under subd. 1. begins operating, and annually thereafter by December 1, the district board shall report to the board the change, since the center began operating, in the wages, productivity and level of skill of the employes who have been directly served by the center.

9,896 Section 896. 38.04 (18) of the statutes is created to read:

38.04 (18) Statewide guide. Annually, the board shall produce, and distribute to students, parents, high school personnel and others, a guide containing information on all of the technical colleges and their programs.