42.12 (1) Beginning on July 1, 1992, in each fiscal year, the state fair park board may award a grant to the city of West Allis to be used to provide crowd and traffic control services related to events held at the state fair park, including events associated with the Olympic Ice Training Center under s. 42.11.
20,781v
Section 781v. 42.13 of the statutes is created to read:
42.13 Financial reports. (1) The state fair park board shall make quarterly reports to the department of administration and the joint committee on finance projecting the revenues and expenditures for the ensuing quarter for each of the board's program revenue appropriation accounts.
(2) (a) The state fair park board shall annually submit to the department of administration a plan to ensure that there are sufficient revenues to meet projected expenditures under the board's program revenue appropriation accounts and to eliminate any deficits that have developed in those accounts.
(b) The department of administration may approve or approve with modifications each plan submitted by the state fair park board under par. (a). The department shall forward the plan as approved to the joint committee on finance by November 15 of each year. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan within 14 working days after the date of the secretary's submittal, any portion of the plan that does not require the action of the legislature or the action of the committee under another law may be implemented. If, within 14 working days after the date of the secretary's submittal, the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance notify the secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan, no part of the plan may be implemented without the approval of the committee.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply after December 31, 2013.
20,781x
Section 781x. 43.70 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
43.70 (3) Immediately upon making such apportionment, the state superintendent shall certify to the department of administration the estimated amount that each school district is entitled to receive under this section and shall notify each school district administrator of the estimated amount so certified for his or her school district. The department of administration shall distribute each school district's aid entitlement in one payment on or before May 1. The amount paid to each school district shall be based upon the amount in the appropriation account under s. 20.255 (2) (s) on April 15. All moneys Moneys distributed under this section shall may be expended only for the purchase of instructional materials from the state historical society for use in teaching Wisconsin history and for the purchase of library books and other instructional materials for school libraries, but not for public library facilities operated by school districts under s. 43.52, in accordance with rules promulgated by the state superintendent. In addition, a school district may use up to 25 percent of the moneys received in a fiscal year under this section to purchase school library computers and related software if the school board consults with the person who supervises the school district's libraries and the computers and software are housed in the school library. Appropriate records of such
all purchases under this section shall be kept and necessary reports thereon shall be made to the state superintendent.
20,782
Section
782. 44.02 (28) of the statutes is created to read:
44.02 (28) Annually distribute the amount appropriated under s. 20.245 (1) (b) as a grant to the Wisconsin Black Historical Society and Museum to fund the operations of that society and museum.
20,782m
Section 782m. 45.03 (13) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
45.03 (13) (f) Provide services related to post-traumatic stress disorder to service members and veterans, which shall include at least one of the following services:
1. Outreach services to service members and veterans who may be experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder.
2. Information on the availability of post-traumatic stress disorder medical services and referrals to those services.
20,783
Section
783. 45.03 (20) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.03 (20) Transfer of funds to the veterans trust fund. If the balance in the appropriation account under s. 20.485 (1) (gk) is in excess of the amount needed for the care of the members of the Wisconsin veterans homes under s. 45.50 and the payment of stipends under s. 45.50 (9) during fiscal year 2006-07 2007-08 or 2008-09, the department may request permission from the joint committee on finance to transfer the excess moneys to the veterans trust fund. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department within 14 working days after the date of receipt of the department's request that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the transfer, the transfer may be made as proposed by the department. If, within 14 working days after the date of receipt of the department's request, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed transfer, the transfer may be made only upon approval of the committee. The total amount transferred under this subsection may not exceed $16,000,000 $7,000,000.
20,783m
Section 783m. 45.045 of the statutes is created to read:
45.045 Veteran registry. The department shall establish a voluntary statewide registry that will collect information from veterans and inform veterans on health issues, including post-traumatic stress disorder, Agent Orange, and Gulf War syndrome.
20,784
Section
784. 45.20 (2) (d) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
45.20 (2) (d) 2. b. A statement that the veteran is not delinquent in child support or maintenance payments and does not owe past support, medical expenses or birth expenses, signed by the department of workforce development children and families or its designee within 7 working days before the date of the application.
20,785
Section
785. 45.33 (2) (b) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
45.33 (2) (b) 1. b. A statement that the person is not delinquent in child support or maintenance payments and does not owe past support, medical expenses, or birth expenses, signed by the department of workforce development children and families or its designee within 7 working days before the date of the application.
20,785d
Section 785d. 45.40 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.40 (1) (b) The maximum amount that any veteran may receive under this subsection per occurrence during a consecutive 12-month period may not exceed $2,000 $3,000.
20,785g
Section 785g. 45.40 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
20,785m
Section 785m. 45.40 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.40 (3) Limitations. The total cumulative amount that any veteran may receive under this section may not exceed $5,000 $7,500.
20,786
Section
786. 45.42 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.42 (6) (b) Provides to the department a statement that the applicant is not delinquent in child support or maintenance payments and does not owe past support, medical expenses, or birth expenses, signed by the department of workforce development children and families or its designee within 7 working days before the date of the application.
20,786g
Section 786g. 45.43 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.43 (1) The department shall administer a program to provide assistance to persons who served in the U.S. armed forces or in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces and who were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable. The department shall provide assistance to persons whose need for services is based upon homelessness, incarceration, or other circumstances designated by the department by rule. The department shall designate the assistance available under this section, which may include assistance in receiving medical care, dental care, education, employment, and transitional housing. The department may provide payments to facilitate the provision of services under this section. From the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (ac), the department shall provide $15,000 annually during fiscal years 2007-08 and 2008-09 to the Center for Veterans Issues, Ltd., of Milwaukee, to provide outreach services to homeless veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.
20,786m
Section 786m. 45.43 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
45.43 (3) The department shall annually provide the governor, and the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3), with the number of veterans that were referred to the U.S. veterans administration hospitals, veterans centers, or other health care facilities as a result of telemedicine facilities. This subsection does not apply after June 30, 2009.
20,786u
Section 786u. 45.51 (9) of the statutes is repealed.
20,787
Section
787. 45.51 (10) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.51 (10) (b) Except where a sale occurs under s. 16.848, the The department may manage, sell, lease, or transfer property passing to the state pursuant to this section or conveyed to it by members, defend and prosecute all actions concerning it, pay all just claims against it, and do all other things necessary for the protection, preservation, and management of the property. All expenditures necessary for the execution of functions under this paragraph or sub. (14) shall be made from the appropriation in s. 20.485 (1) (h).
20,788
Section
788. 45.51 (13) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.51 (13) Additional eligibility requirements for skilled nursing facilities. (intro.) Any person admitted to a skilled nursing facility at a veterans home shall meet the eligibility requirements under ss. 49.45 and 49.46, and, if applicable, s. 49.471 and rules promulgated under those sections during residence at the skilled nursing facility except if any of the following apply:
20,789
Section
789. 45.51 (13) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.51 (13) (a) Persons with sufficient income and resources to meet the expenses of care for one or more months may be admitted to the skilled nursing facility but shall apply income and resources to costs to the extent required under ss. 49.45 and 49.46, and, if applicable, s. 49.471 and rules promulgated under those sections.
20,790
Section
790. 45.51 (13) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.51 (13) (b) Persons who meet all the requirements of this section but whose degree of physical disability does not meet the minimum requirements under ss. 49.45 and 49.46 and rules promulgated under those sections may be admitted to the skilled nursing facility but shall apply income and resources to costs to the extent required by ss. 49.45 and 49.46, and, if applicable, s. 49.471 and rules promulgated under those sections.
20,791
Section
791. 45.61 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.61 (2) (a) A person who died while on active duty or who was discharged or released from active duty in the U.S. armed forces under honorable conditions other than dishonorable and who was a resident of this state at the time of his or her entry or reentry into active service and his or her dependent child and surviving spouse.
20,791m
Section 791m. 45.61 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
45.61 (2) (am) A person who died while on active duty in the U.S. armed forces or in forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces.
20,792
Section
792. 45.61 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.61 (2) (b) A person who was discharged or released from active duty in the U.S. armed forces under honorable conditions other than dishonorable and who was a resident of this state at the time of his or her death and his or her dependent child and surviving spouse.
20,792c
Section 792c. 45.61 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 45.61 (5) (a) and amended to read:
45.61 (5) Expenses. (a) Expenses incident to the burial under this section of persons described in sub. (2) (a) and (b) to (e) shall be paid from the estate of the decedent, except that if there is no estate or the estate is insufficient, the expense of burial, or necessary part of the burial, shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (1) (gk) for members of veterans homes, and the amount expended for those expenses shall not exceed the amount established for funeral and burial expenses under s. 49.785 (1) (b).
20,792e
Section 792e. 45.61 (5) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
45.61 (5) (b) Expenses incident to the burial under this section of persons described in sub. (2) (am) shall be paid from the estate of the decedent, except that if there is no estate or the estate is insufficient, the expense of burial, or necessary part of the burial, shall be paid by the relatives who requested the burial.
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Section
793. 46.001 of the statutes is amended to read:
46.001 Purposes of chapter. The purposes of this chapter are to conserve human resources in Wisconsin; to provide a just and humane program of services to children and unborn children in need of protection or services, nonmarital children and the expectant mothers of those unborn children; to prevent dependency, mental illness, developmental disability, mental infirmity, and other forms of social maladjustment by a continuous attack on causes; to provide effective aid and services to all persons in need thereof of that aid and those services and to assist those persons to achieve or regain self-dependence at the earliest possible date; to avoid duplication and waste of effort and money on the part of public and private agencies; and to coordinate and integrate a social welfare program.
20,794
Section
794. 46.011 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.011 Definitions. (intro.) In chs. 46, 48, 50, 51, 54, 55, and 58:
20,795
Section
795. 46.011 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:
46.011
(1g) "Disabled children's long-term support program" means the programs described under
2001 Wisconsin Act 16, section
9123 (16rs), and
2003 Wisconsin Act 33, section
9124 (8c).
20,796
Section
796. 46.014 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 49.265 (6) and amended to read:
49.265 (6) Reports. At least annually, the secretary shall submit a report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3), concerning activities of community action agencies under s. 46.30 this section and their effectiveness in promoting social and economic opportunities for poor persons.
20,797
Section
797. 46.016 of the statutes is amended to read:
46.016 Cooperation with federal government. The department may cooperate with the federal government in carrying out federal acts concerning public assistance, social security, child welfare and youth services, mental hygiene, services for the blind, and in other matters of mutual concern pertaining to public welfare.
20,798
Section
798. 46.02 of the statutes is amended to read:
46.02 Agency powers and duties. Any institution which that is subject to chs. 46,
48 49 to 51, 55, and 58 and to regulation under ch. 150 shall, in cases of conflict between chs. 46, 48 49 to 51, 55
, and 58 and ch. 150, be governed by ch. 150. The department shall promulgate rules and establish procedures for resolving any such controversy a conflict.
20,799
Section
799. 46.023 of the statutes is renumbered 48.562.
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Section
800. 46.03 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.03 (4) (b) In order to discharge more effectively its responsibilities under this chapter and ch. 48 and other relevant provisions of the statutes, be authorized to study causes and methods of prevention and treatment of mental illness, mental deficiency, mental infirmity, and related social problems, including establishment of demonstration projects to apply and evaluate such methods in actual cases. The department is directed and authorized to utilize all powers provided by the statutes, including the authority under sub. (2a), to accept grants of money or property from federal, state, or private sources, and to enlist the cooperation of other appropriate agencies and state departments. The department may enter into agreements with local government subdivisions, departments, and agencies for the joint conduct of these projects, and it may purchase services when deemed considered appropriate.
20,801
Section
801. 46.03 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.03 (7) (a) Promote the enforcement of laws for the protection of developmentally disabled children, children and unborn children in need of protection or services and nonmarital children; and to this end cooperate with courts assigned to exercise jurisdiction under chs. 48 and 938, licensed child welfare agencies, and public and private institutions and take the initiative in all matters involving the interests of those children and unborn children when adequate provision for those interests has not already been made, including the establishment and enforcement of standards for services provided under ss. 48.345 and 48.347.
20,802
Section
802. 46.03 (7) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.03 (7) (bm) Maintain a file containing records of artificial inseminations under s. 891.40, declarations of paternal interest under s. 48.025, and statements acknowledging paternity under s. 69.15 (3) (b). The department may release those records, declarations, and statements only upon an order of the court except that the department may use nonidentifying information concerning artificial inseminations for the purpose of compiling statistics, declarations of paternal interest shall be released as provided in s. 48.025 (3) (b) and (c), and statements acknowledging paternity shall be released without a court order to the department of workforce development children and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) upon the request of that department or county child support agency pursuant to the program responsibilities under s. 49.22 or to any other person with a direct and tangible interest in the statement.
20,803
Section
803. 46.03 (7) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
20,804
Section
804. 46.03 (7) (cm) of the statutes is renumbered 48.47 (7) (cm).
20,805
Section
805. 46.03 (7) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 48.47 (7) (d).
20,806
Section
806. 46.03 (7) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
20,807
Section
807. 46.03 (7) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 48.47 (7) (f).
20,808
Section
808. 46.03 (7) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 48.47 (7) (h).
20,809
Section
809. 46.03 (7g) of the statutes is renumbered 48.47 (7g) and amended to read:
48.47
(7g) Statewide automated child welfare information system. Establish a statewide automated child welfare information system. Notwithstanding ss. 46.2895 (9), 48.396 (1) and (2) (a), 48.78 (2) (a), 48.981 (7), 49.45 (4), 49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a),
55.06 (17) (c) 55.22 (3), 146.82, 252.11 (7), 252.15, 253.07 (3) (c),
938.396 (1) and (2) (a) 938.396 (1) and (2), and 938.78 (2) (a), the department may enter the content of any record kept or information received by the department into the statewide automated child welfare information system, and a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22
, or 46.23, the department, or any other organization that has entered into an information sharing and access agreement with the department or any of those county departments and that has been approved for access to the statewide automated child welfare information system by the department may have access to information that is maintained in that system, if necessary to enable the county department, department, or organization to perform its duties under this chapter, ch.
48, 46, 51, 55, or 938, or
42 USC 670 to
679b to or to coordinate the delivery of services under this chapter, ch.
48, 46, 51, 55, or 938, or
42 USC 670 to
679b.
20,810
Section
810. 46.03 (7m) of the statutes is renumbered 48.62 (7) and amended to read:
48.62
(7) Foster care. In each federal fiscal year,
the department shall ensure that there are no more than 2,200 children in foster care and treatment foster care placements for more than 24 months, consistent with the best interests of each child. Services provided in connection with this requirement shall comply with the requirements under P.L.
96-272.
20,812c
Section 812c. 46.03 (18) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.03 (18) (a) Except as provided in s. 46.10 (14) (b) and (c), the department of health and family services shall establish a uniform system of fees for services provided or purchased by the department of health and family services, or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 51.42, or 51.437, except for services provided under
ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49; services relating to adoption; services provided to courts; outreach, information and referral services; or where when, as determined by the department of health and family services, a fee is administratively unfeasible or would significantly prevent accomplishing the purpose of the service. A county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 51.42, or 51.437 shall apply the fees which that it collects under this program to cover the cost of such those services. The department of health and family services shall report to the joint committee on finance no later than March 1 of each year on the number of children placed for adoption by the department of health and family services during the previous year and the costs to the state for services relating to such adoptions.
20,813
Section
813. 46.03 (18) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.03 (18) (am) Paragraph (a) does not prevent the department from charging and collecting the cost of adoptive placement investigations and child care as authorized under s. 48.837 (7). Paragraph (a) also does not prevent a county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437 from charging and collecting the cost of an examination ordered under s. 938.295 (2) (a) as authorized under s. 938.295 (2) (c).
20,814
Section
814. 46.03 (18) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:
46.03 (18) (ar) A county may retain fees that it collects under this subsection for services the county provides without state funding under the disabled children's long-term support program.
20,814m
Section 814m. 46.03 (18) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.03 (18) (f) Notwithstanding par. (a), any person who submits to an assessment or airman or driver safety plan under s. 23.33 (13) (e), 30.80 (6) (d), 114.09 (2) (bm), 343.16 (5) (a), 343.30 (1q), 343.305 (10) or 350.11 (3) (d) shall pay a reasonable fee therefor to the appropriate county department under s. 51.42 or traffic safety school under s. 345.60. A county may allow the person to pay the assessment fee in 1, 2, 3 or 4 equal installments. The fee for the airman or driver safety plan may be reduced or waived if the person is unable to pay the complete fee, but no fee for assessment or attendance at a traffic safety school under s. 345.60 may be reduced or waived. Nonpayment of the assessment fee is noncompliance with the court order that required completion of an assessment and airman or driver safety plan. Upon a finding that the person has the ability to pay, nonpayment of the airman or driver safety plan fee is noncompliance with the court order that required completion of an assessment and airman or driver safety plan.
