20.866 (2) (ym) Building commission; capital equipment acquisition. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient to the state building commission to acquire capital equipment for state departments and agencies. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $117,042,900 $126,335,000 for this purpose.
25,471g
Section 471g. 20.866 (2) (z) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.866 (2) (z) Building commission; other public purposes. (intro.) From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient to the building commission for relocation assistance and capital improvements for other public purposes authorized by law but not otherwise specified in this chapter. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $1,558,901,000 $1,758,901,000 for this purpose. Of this amount:
25,471m
Section 471m. 20.866 (2) (zbt) of the statutes is created to read:
20.866 (2) (zbt) Children's research institute. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the building commission to provide a grant to the Children's Hospital and Health System for construction of a children's research institute in the city of Wauwatosa. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 for this purpose.
25,471p
Section 471p. 20.866 (2) (ze) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.866 (2) (ze) Historical society; self-amortizing facilities. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the historical society to acquire, construct, develop, enlarge or improve facilities at historic sites, but not including the Wisconsin history center. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $3,173,600 $1,157,000 for this purpose.
25,471q
Section 471q. 20.866 (2) (zem) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.866 (2) (zem) Historical society; historic records. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the historical society to construct a storage facility and to acquire and install systems and equipment necessary to prepare historic records for transfer to new storage facilities. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $400,000 $15,400,000 for this purpose.
25,471r
Section 471r. 20.866 (2) (zf) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.866 (2) (zf) Historical society; historic sites. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the historical society to acquire, construct, develop, enlarge or improve historic sites and facilities. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $1,839,000 $3,107,800 for this purpose.
25,471t
Section 471t. 20.866 (2) (zj) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.866 (2) (zj) Military affairs; armories and military facilities. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of military affairs to acquire, construct, develop, enlarge, or improve armories and other military facilities. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $24,393,800 $27,463,900 for this purpose.
25,472c
Section 472c. 20.866 (2) (zo) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.866 (2) (zo) Veterans affairs; refunding bonds. From the funds and accounts under s. 18.04 (6) (b), a sum sufficient for the department of veterans affairs to fund, refund, or acquire the whole or any part of public debt as set forth in s. 18.04 (5). The building commission may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $840,000,000 $1,015,000,000 for these purposes, exclusive of any amount issued to fund public debt contracted under par. (zn).
25,472e
Section 472e. 20.866 (2) (zp) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.866 (2) (zp) Veterans affairs; self-amortizing facilities. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of veterans affairs to acquire, construct, develop, enlarge or improve facilities at state veterans homes. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $34,412,600 $34,912,600 for this purpose.
25,472t
Section 472t. 20.866 (2) (zx) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.866 (2) (zx) State fair park board; board facilities. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the state fair park board to acquire, construct, develop, enlarge, or improve state fair park board facilities. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $13,587,100 $14,787,100 for this purpose.
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Section 479m. 20.867 (3) (bq) of the statutes is created to read:
20.867 (3) (bq) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; children's research institute. A sum sufficient to reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing the construction of a children's research institute in the city of Wauwatosa, to make the payments determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m) that are attributable to the proceeds of obligations incurred in financing the construction of the institute.
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482. 20.867 (3) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.867 (3) (h) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates. A sum sufficient to guarantee full payment of principal and interest costs for self-amortizing or partially self-amortizing facilities enumerated under ss. 20.190 (1) (j), 20.245 (1) (j), 20.285 (1) (ih),
(im), (je), (jq), (kd), (km), and (ko), 20.370 (7) (eq) and 20.485 (1) (go) if moneys available in those appropriations are insufficient to make full payment, and to make full payment of the amounts determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m) if the appropriation under s. 20.190 (1) (j), 20.245 (1) (j), 20.285 (1) (ih),
(im), (je), (jq), (kd), (km), or (ko), or 20.485 (1) (go) is insufficient to make full payment of those amounts. All amounts advanced under the authority of this paragraph shall be repaid to the general fund whenever the balance of the appropriation for which the advance was made is sufficient to meet any portion of the amount advanced. The department of administration may take whatever action is deemed necessary including the making of transfers from program revenue appropriations and corresponding appropriations from program receipts in segregated funds and including actions to enforce contractual obligations that will result in additional program revenue for the state, to ensure recovery of the amounts advanced.
25,482m
Section 482m. 20.875 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.875 (title) Budget stabilization Taxpayer protection fund.
25,482n
Section 482n. 20.875 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.875 (1) Transfers to fund. (intro.) There is appropriated to the budget stabilization taxpayer protection fund:
25,482p
Section 482p. 20.875 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.875 (2) Transfers from fund. (intro.) There is appropriated from the budget stabilization taxpayer protection fund to the general fund:
25,482r
Section 482r. 20.875 (2) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.875 (2) (q) Budget stabilization Taxpayer protection fund transfer. The amounts in the schedule to be transferred no later than October 15 of each year.
25,484m
Section 484m. 20.903 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.903 (2) (c) All expenditures authorized by this subsection are subject to the estimate approval procedure provided in s. 16.50 (2). Notwithstanding pars. (a), (b) and (bn), the maximum amounts that may be expended from a program revenue or program revenue-service appropriation which is limited to the amounts in the schedule are the amounts in the schedule, except as authorized by the department of administration under s. 16.515 or the joint committee on finance under s. 13.101. Nothing in this paragraph requires the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System to report any overdrafts in program revenue accounts to the department of administration.
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Section
485. 20.905 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.905 (1) Manner of payment. Payments to the state may be made in legal tender, postal money order, express money order, bank draft, or certified check. Payments to the state may also be made by personal check or individual check drawn in the ordinary course of business unless otherwise required by individual state agencies. Payments to the state made by a debit or credit card approved by the depository selection board may be accepted by state agencies. Prior to authorizing the use of a card, the depository selection board shall determine how any charges associated with the use of the card shall be paid, unless the method of payment of such charges is specified by law. Unless otherwise specifically prohibited by law, payments to the state may be made by electronic funds transfer.
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486. 20.905 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.905 (2) Protested payment. If a personal check tendered to make any payment to the state is not paid by the bank on which it is drawn, if an electronic funds transfer does not take place because of insufficient funds, or if a demand for payment under a debit or credit card transaction is not paid by the bank upon which demand is made, the person by whom the check has been tendered, the person whose funds were to be electronically transferred, or the person entering into the debit or credit card transaction shall remain liable for the payment of the amount for which the check was tendered, the amount that was to be electronically transferred, or the amount agreed to be paid by debit or credit card and for all legal penalties, additions and a charge set by the depository selection board which is comparable to charges for unpaid drafts made by establishments in the private sector. In addition, the officer to whom the check was tendered, to whom the electronic funds transfer was promised, or to whom the debit or credit card was presented may, if there is probable cause to believe that a crime has been committed, provide any information or evidence relating to the crime to the district attorney of the county having jurisdiction over the offense for prosecution as provided by law. If any license has been granted upon any such check, any such electronic funds transfer, or any such debit or credit card transaction, the license shall be subject to cancellation for the nonpayment of the check, the failure to make the electronic funds transfer, or failure of the bank to honor the demand for payment authorized by debit or credit card.
25,486m
Section 486m. 20.907 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.907 (1m) Reporting. State agencies shall, by December 1 annually, submit a report to the joint committee on finance and the department of administration on expenditures made by the agency during the preceding fiscal year from nonfederal funds received as gifts, grants, bequests or devises. The department of administration shall prescribe a form, which the department may modify as appropriate for the various state agencies, that each state agency must use to report its expenditures as required under this subsection. The form shall require the expenditures to be reported in aggregate amounts as determined by the department of administration. The report shall also include a listing of in-kind contributions, including goods and services, received and used by the state agency during the preceding fiscal year. This subsection does not apply to the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
25,487b
Section 487b. 20.923 (4) (c) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
25,487e
Section 487e. 20.923 (4) (e) 1m. of the statutes is repealed.
25,487r
Section 487r. 20.923 (4) (g) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
20.923 (4) (g) 1m. Employee trust funds, department of: secretary.
25,488g
Section 488g. 21.49 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
21.49 (2m) Information regarding attendance. The department shall promulgate by rule the number of days after commencement of a course that a guard member shall provide the department with the following information regarding his or her intent to seek reimbursement for a course under this section:
(a) The guard member's name.
(b) The qualifying school that the guard member is attending.
(c) Whether the guard member is enrolled full time or part time at the qualifying school.
(d) An estimate of the tuition grant that will be claimed after the completion date of the course.
25,488m
Section 488m. 21.49 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
21.49 (3) (b) 1. Be submitted to the department for approval of payment no later than 90 60 days after the completion date of the course;
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Section
490. 21.72 (1) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
21.72 (1) (a) 4. A license, certificate of approval, provisional license, conditional license, certification, certification card, registration, permit, training permit, or approval specified in s. 49.45 (2) (a) 11., 51.42 (7) (b) 11., 51.421 (3) (a), 146.50 (5) (a) or (b), (6g) (a), (7), or (8) (a) or (f), 250.05 (5), 252.23 (2), 252.24 (2), 254.176, 254.178 (2) (a), 254.20 (2), (3), or (4), 254.64 (1) (a) or (b), 254.71 (2), 255.08 (2) (a), or 343.305 (6) (a) or a permit for the operation of a campground specified in s. 254.47 (1).
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Section 490m. 23.09 (18m) of the statutes is created to read:
23.09 (18m) Managed forest land aids for closed lands. (a) In this subsection "municipality" means a town, village, or city.
(b) From the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (br), the department shall make payments to each municipality that has land entered on the tax roll as closed land under s. 77.84 (1) on July 1 of the applicable fiscal year.
(c) The amount of the payment made in a fiscal year to an eligible municipality shall equal the municipality's proportionate share of the annual amount. The annual amount for fiscal year 2005-06 is $1,213,000. The annual amount for fiscal year 2006-07 and for each subsequent year is $1,113,000.
(d) An eligible municipality's proportionate share shall equal the number of acres within its boundaries that is entered on the tax roll as closed land under s. 77.84 (1) on July 1 of the fiscal year, divided by the total number of acres that is entered on the tax roll as closed land under s. 77.84 (1) throughout the state on that same date, multiplied by the applicable annual amount as specified under par. (c).
(e) Each municipality shall pay to the county in which the municipality is located 20 percent of the amounts the municipality receives under this subsection for closed land located in that county.
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Section
491. 23.09 (25) of the statutes is repealed.
25,491b
Section 491b. 23.0917 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (3) (a) Beginning with fiscal year 2000-01 and ending with fiscal year 2009-10, the department may obligate moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition to acquire land for the purposes specified in s. 23.09 (2) (d) and grants for these purposes under s. 23.096, except as provided under ss. 23.197 (2m), (3m) (b), (7m), and (8) and 23.198 (1) (a). As soon as practicable, and not later than fiscal year 2009-2010, the department shall obligate moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition to acquire public land from the board of commissioners of public lands under s. 24.59 (1).
25,491e
Section 491e. 23.0917 (3) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (3) (c) (intro.) In obligating moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition, the department shall give first priority to the acquisition of public land from the board of commissioners of public lands under s. 24.59 (1). The department shall give second priority to all of the following purposes and to awarding grants under s. 23.096 for all the following purposes:
25,491f
Section 491f. 23.0917 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (4) (a) Beginning with fiscal year 2000-01 and ending with fiscal year 2009-10, the department may obligate moneys under the subprogram for property development and local assistance. As soon as practicable, and not later than fiscal year 2009-10, the department shall obligate moneys under the subprogram for property development and local assistance to acquire public land from the board of commissioners of public lands under s. 24.59 (1) if the moneys obligated under the subprogram for land acquisition are insufficient to acquire that land as required under sub. (3) (a). Moneys obligated under this subprogram may be only used for nature-based outdoor recreation, except as provided under par. (cm).
25,491fg
Section 491fg. 23.0917 (4) (cm) 4m. of the statutes is created to read:
23.0917 (4) (cm) 4m. Acquisition of public land under s. 24.59 (1).
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Section 491fr. 23.0917 (4) (d) 4m. of the statutes is created to read:
23.0917 (4) (d) 4m. If the department is required under par. (a) to obligate moneys from this subprogram to acquire public land from the board of commissioners of public lands under s. 24.59 (1), the department shall give priority to that acquisition.
25,491g
Section 491g. 23.0917 (5m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (5m) (a) Beginning in fiscal year 1999-2000, the department, subject to the approval of the governor and the joint committee on finance under sub. (6) (6m), may obligate under the subprogram for land acquisition any amount not in excess of the total bonding authority for that subprogram for the acquisition of land.
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Section 491i. 23.0917 (6c) of the statutes is created to read:
23.0917 (6c) Use of proceeds of certain sales. If the department acquires public land from the board of commissioners of public land under s. 24.59 (1) and subsequently sells that land, it shall credit the proceeds of that sale to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (7) (ah).
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Section 491k. 23.0917 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:
23.0917 (6m) Review by joint committee on finance. (a) In addition to obtaining any necessary approval of the building commission under s. 13.48 or 13.488, the department may not obligate from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for a given project or activity any moneys unless it first notifies the joint committee on finance in writing of the proposal. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department within 14 working days after the date of the department's notification that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposal, the department may obligate the moneys. If, within 14 working days after the date of the notification by the department, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposal, the department may obligate the moneys only upon approval of the committee unless par. (b) applies.
(b) If the committee does not hold the meeting to review the proposal within 75 days after the cochairpersons notify the department that a meeting has been scheduled, the department may obligate the moneys.
(c) The procedures under pars. (a) and (b) apply only to an amount for a project or activity that exceeds $300,000, except as provided in par. (d).
(d) The procedures under pars. (a) and (b) apply to any land acquisition under sub. (5m).
(e) This subsection does not apply to land acquired by the department under s. 24.59 (1).
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Section 491m. 23.0917 (8) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (8) (d) The department may not acquire land using moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) without the prior approval of a majority of the members-elect, as defined in s. 59.001 (2m), of the county board of supervisors of the county in which the land is located if at least 66% of the land in the county is owned or under the jurisdiction of the state, the federal government, or a local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.0131 (1) (a). Before determining whether to approve the acquisition, the county in which the land is located shall post notices that inform the residents of the community surrounding the land of the possible acquisitions. This paragraph does not apply to land acquired by the department under s. 24.59 (1).
25,491n
Section 491n. 23.0917 (8) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
23.0917 (8) (e) The department may not acquire land using moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) without the prior approval of a majority of the members-elect, as defined in s. 59.001 (2m), of the town board of the town in which the land is located if at least 35 percent of the land in the town is owned or under the jurisdiction of the state, the federal government, or a local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.0131 (1) (a). Before determining whether to approve the acquisition, the town in which the land is located shall post notices that inform the residents of the town surrounding the land of the possible acquisitions. This paragraph does not apply to land acquired by the department under s. 24.59 (1).
25,491p
Section 491p. 23.10 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
23.10 (1m) The department shall designate a conservation warden as the chief warden and may designate one or more deputy chief wardens. The chief warden shall have the duty to direct, supervise, and control conservation wardens in the performance of their duties under sub. (1) and s. 29.921.
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Section 491s. 23.14 of the statutes is amended to read:
23.14 Approval required before new lands acquired. Prior to the initial acquisition of any lands by the department after July 1, 1977, for any new facility or project, the proposed initial acquisition shall be submitted to the governor for his or her approval. New facilities or projects include, without limitation because of enumeration, state parks, state forests, recreation areas, public shooting, trapping or fishing grounds or waters, fish hatcheries, game farms, forest nurseries, experimental stations, endangered species preservation areas, picnic and camping grounds, hiking trails, cross-country ski trails, bridle trails, nature trails, bicycle trails, snowmobile trails, youth camps, land in the lower Wisconsin state riverway as defined in s. 30.40 (15), natural areas and wild rivers. This section does not apply to the acquisition of public land from the board of commissioners of public lands under s. 24.59 (1).
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Section
492. 23.15 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
