2. "Office" means the office of the secretary of state.
3. "Relating to the office's trademark or notary functions" means relating to the office's functions and duties under section 137.01, 2009 stats., or chapter 132, 2009 stats.
(b) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the office relating to the office's trademark or notary functions shall become the assets and liabilities of the department.
(c)
Staff.
1. On the effective date of this subdivision, 1.0 FTE PR position relating to the office's trademark or notary functions and the incumbent employee, identified by the secretary of administration, holding that position in the office are transferred to the department.
2. The employee transferred under subdivision 1
. to the division has all of the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the division that he or she enjoyed in the office immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, the employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is not required to serve a probationary period.
3. On the effective date of this subdivision, the remaining 1.0 FTE PR position of the office relating to the office's trademark or notary functions not transferred under subdivision 1. is deauthorized.
(d) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the office relating to the office's trademark or notary functions is transferred to the department.
(e)
Contracts. All contracts entered into by the office, in effect on the effective date of this paragraph, relating to the office's trademark or notary functions remain in effect and are transferred to the department. The department shall carry out any obligations under such a contract until the contract is modified or rescinded by the department to the extent allowed under the contract.
(f)
Rules and orders.
1. All rules promulgated by the office relating to the office's trademark or notary functions that are in effect on the effective date of this subdivision remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the department.
2. All orders issued by the office relating to the office's trademark or notary functions that are in effect on the effective date of this subdivision remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until modified or rescinded by the department.
(g)
Pending matters. Any matter relating to the office's trademark or notary functions pending with the office on the effective date of this paragraph is transferred to the department, and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the office with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department.
(h) Department of administration to arbitrate disputes. In the case of disagreement between the secretary of financial institutions and the secretary of state with respect to any matter specified in paragraph (c
), (d), (e), (f), or (g), the department of administration shall determine the matter and shall develop a plan for an orderly transfer.
(2) Transfer of administrative services functions to department of administration.
(a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the office of the secretary of state that are primarily related to administrative services, as determined by the secretary of administration, shall become the assets and liabilities of the department of administration.
(b) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the office of the secretary of state that are primarily related to administrative services, as determined by the secretary of administration, shall become the tangible personal property of the department of administration.
(c) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the office of the secretary of state in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to administrative services, as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect and are transferred to the department of administration. The department of administration shall carry out any obligations under such a contract until the contract is modified or rescinded by the department of administration to the extent allowed under the contract.
(d) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the office of the secretary of state in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to administrative services, as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until amended or repealed by the department of administration. All orders issued by the office of the secretary of state in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to administrative services, as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect until their specified expiration date or until modified or rescinded by the department of administration.
(e) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the office of the secretary of state on the effective date of this paragraph that is primarily related to administrative services, as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of administration and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the office of the secretary of state with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department of administration.
32,9143
Section 9143.
Nonstatutory provisions; State Employment Relations, Office of.
(2q) Health insurance options.
(a) The director of the office of state employment relations and the secretary of employee trust funds shall study the feasibility of all of the following:
1. Offering to employees eligible to receive health care coverage under subchapter IV of chapter 40 of the statutes, beginning on January 1, 2013, the options of receiving health care coverage through either a low-cost health care coverage plan or through a high-deductible health plan and the establishment of a health savings account, as described in
26 USC 223.
2. Implementing a 3-level health insurance premium cost structure that would establish separate premium levels for single individuals, married couples with no dependents, and families with dependents.
3. Implementing a program
, beginning on January 1, 2012, to provide an online marketplace for the purchase of prescription drugs as a supplement to the pharmacy benefit management program provided under the group insurance plans offered by the group insurance board.
4. Requiring state employees to receive health care coverage through a health benefits exchange established pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.
5. Creating a health care insurance purchasing pool for all state and local government employees and individuals receiving health care coverage under the Medical Assistance program.
(b) No later than October 31, 2011, the director and secretary shall report their findings and recommendations to the governor and the joint committee on finance.
32,9148
Section 9148.
Nonstatutory provisions; Transportation.
(1) Certificates of title. Notwithstanding chapter 342 of the statutes, as affected by this act, beginning on the effective date of this subsection, the department of transportation may, for 6 months after the effective date of this subsection, issue and deliver certificates of title under applicable provisions of chapter 342 of the statutes that are in effect on the day before the effective date of this subsection.
(3u) Dissolution and winding down of transit authorities.
(a) Any authority created under section 66.1039, 2009 stats., is dissolved on the effective date of this paragraph.
(b) The authority under section 59.58 (7), 2009 stats., is dissolved on the effective date of this paragraph.
(c) After the effective date of this paragraph, the counties of Kenosha, Racine, and Milwaukee, and all members of the governing body of the authority under section 59.58 (7) of the statutes, shall begin the process of winding down the authority and shall complete the process by the time the authority is dissolved as provided in paragraph (b). All assets and liabilities of the authority under section 59.58 (7), 2009 stats., including any accumulated moneys received from the fees imposed under subchapter XIII of chapter 77 of the statutes, shall become the assets and liabilities of the counties of Kenosha, Racine, and Milwaukee and shall be divided and distributed as follows:
1. Fifty percent to Milwaukee County.
2. Twenty-five percent to Kenosha County.
3. Twenty-five percent to Racine County.
(4f) Copper culture state park directional signage. Notwithstanding any eligibility criteria or other criteria or specification under section 86.196 of the statutes, the department of transportation shall erect 2 tourist-oriented directional signs, one for each direction of travel, along STH 41 in Oconto County for Copper Culture State Park in Oconto County. The department may not charge any fee related to any sign erected under this subsection.
(7f) Southeast Wisconsin freeway funding.
Prior to July 1, 2011, the department of transportation shall determine all of the following, calculated as of the end of fiscal year 2010-11, based upon the portion of unencumbered funds for the department's southeast Wisconsin freeway rehabilitation program that are associated with projects that will become part of the department's southeast Wisconsin freeway megaproject program:
(a) The amount to be transferred from section 20.395 (3) (cr) of the statutes, as affected by this act, to the department's new state funds appropriation account for southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects.
(b) The amount to be transferred from section 20.395 (3) (cw) of the statutes, as affected by this act, to the department's new local funds appropriation account for southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects.
(c) The amount to be transferred from section 20.395 (3) (cy) of the statutes, as affected by this act, to the department's new federal funds appropriation account for southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects.
(7g) Commission on transportation finance and policy.
(a) There is created a committee called the commission on transportation finance and policy. The commission shall consist of the following members:
1. The secretary of transportation, who shall serve as a nonvoting member.
2. Six citizen members, appointed by the governor.
3. One citizen member, appointed by the speaker of the assembly.
4. One citizen member, appointed by the assembly minority leader.
5. One citizen member, appointed by the senate majority leader.
6. One citizen member, appointed by the senate minority leader.
(b) At least 5 of the citizen members appointed under paragraph (a) shall have experience in public finance, transportation policy, or transportation system planning.
(c) The commission shall examine issues related to the future of transportation finance in this state, including all of the following:
1. The estimated costs of highway maintenance, rehabilitation, reconstruction, and expansion projects over a 10-year period, including both those currently identified in the department's 6-year program and those in the department's long-range transportation plans.
2. The estimated costs of local government transportation aid and assistance programs, including general transportation aids and mass transit operating assistance.
3. Projections of transportation fund revenues over the same 10-year period identified in subdivision 1.
4. Projections of transportation fund debt service for the use of bonds over the same 10-year period identified in subdivision 1., under various scenarios.
5. Various options for increasing transportation fund revenues or adjusting transportation fund expenditures over the 10-year period identified in subdivision 1. to achieve a stable balance between expenditures, revenues, and debt service.
6. The impact of highway project planning for specific projects on landowners with property abutting proposed improvements.
(d) The commission shall prepare a report with its findings and recommendations and submit the report, no later than March 1, 2013, to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the assembly minority leader, the senate majority leader, and the senate minority leader.
(8f) Zoo interchange project report.
(a) In this subsection, "Zoo interchange" has the meaning given in section 84.014 (5m) (ag) 2. of the statutes.
(b)
No later than December 1, 2011, the department of transportation shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance that does all of the following:
1. Outlines a financing plan and schedule for the Zoo interchange project, including planned expenditures by year and by funding source, through the year of completion of the project.
2. Shows the impact on transportation fund debt service of the issuance of bonds for the Zoo interchange project as well as past and future issuance of transportation fund-supported bonds for other projects and programs.
3. Provides estimates of the percentage of gross transportation fund revenues that would be required for the payment of transportation debt service on any bonds described under subdivision 2., through 2 years following the year of completion of the Zoo interchange project.
(9i) Vehicle registration decals. By the date specified by the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance for submission of requests for consideration at the 3rd quarterly meeting of the committee under section 13.10 of the statutes in the 2011-12 fiscal year, the department of transportation shall submit a request to the committee under section 13.10 of the statutes to provide supplemental funding under section 13.101 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation under section 20.395 (5) (cq) of the statutes in the 2012-13 fiscal year for vehicle registration plate tags, decals, or stickers evidencing registration. The request submitted under this subsection shall include the department's proposal to establish a registration plate decal or sticker system under which decals or stickers would be issued centrally by a 3rd-party vendor and would carry an identification marker specific to the registration plate or vehicle for which the decal or sticker is issued. Upon approval of the proposal, including modification and approval, by the committee, the department shall implement the proposal as approved. Notwithstanding section 13.101 (3) of the statutes, the committee may supplement the appropriation under section 20.395 (5) (cq) of the statutes from the appropriation account under section 20.865 (4) (u) of the statutes for the purpose described in this subsection without finding that an emergency exists.
32,9149
Section 9149.
Nonstatutory provisions; Treasurer.
(1) Transfer of college savings programs duties to the department of administration.
(a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the office of the state treasurer that are primarily related to the state treasurer's performance of duties under sections 14.63, 14.64, and 14.65, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, shall become the assets and liabilities of the department of administration.
(b) Staff.
1. On the effective date of this subdivision, 1.0 FTE SEG position in the office of the state treasurer, and the incumbent employee holding that position, funded from the appropriation under section 20.585 (2) (tm), 2009 stats., and responsible for the performance of duties related to the college savings program, is transferred to the department of administration to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.505 (1) (th) of the statutes, as affected by this act. The secretary of administration shall identify the position.
2. An employee transferred under subdivision 1. to the department of administration has all of the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the department of administration that he or she enjoyed in the office of the state treasurer immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.
(c) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the office of the state treasurer that are primarily related to the state treasurer's performance of duties under sections 14.63, 14.64, and 14.65, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of administration.
(d) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the office of the state treasurer that is primarily related to the state treasurer's performance of duties under sections 14.63, 14.64, and 14.65, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of administration. All materials submitted to or actions taken by the office of the state treasurer with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department of administration.
(e) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the office of the state treasurer in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the state treasurer's performance of duties under sections 14.63, 14.64, and 14.65, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect and are transferred to the department of administration. The department of administration shall carry out any obligations under those contracts unless modified or rescinded by the department of administration to the extent allowed under the contract.
(f) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the office of the state treasurer in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the state treasurer's performance of duties under sections 14.63, 14.64, and 14.65, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the department of administration. All orders issued by the office of the state treasurer in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the state treasurer's performance of duties under sections 14.63, 14.64, and 14.65, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until modified or rescinded by the department of administration.
(2) Transfer of local government pooled-investment duties to the department of administration.
(a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the office of the state treasurer that are primarily related to the state treasurer's performance of duties under section 25.50, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, shall become the assets and liabilities of the department of administration.
(b) Staff.
1. On the effective date of this subdivision, 1.0 FTE PR position in the office of the state treasurer, and the incumbent employee holding that position funded from the appropriation under section 20.585 (1) (g), 2009 stats., and responsible for the performance of duties related to the local government pooled-investment fund under section 25.50, 2009 stats., is transferred to the department of administration to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.505 (1) (gc) of the statutes, as affected by this act. The secretary of administration shall identify the position.
2. An employee transferred under subdivision 1. to the department of administration has all of the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the department that he or she enjoyed in the office of the state treasurer immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.
(c) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the office of the state treasurer that are primarily related to the state treasurer's performance of duties under section 25.50, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of administration.
(d) Pending matters. Any matter pending with the office of the state treasurer that is primarily related to the state treasurer's performance of duties under section 25.50, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of administration. All materials submitted to or actions taken by the office of the state treasurer with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department of administration.
(e) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the office of the state treasurer in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the state treasurer's performance of duties under section 25.50, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect and are transferred to the department of administration. The department of administration shall carry out any obligations under those contracts unless modified or rescinded by the department of administration to the extent allowed under the contract.
(f) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the office of the state treasurer in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the state treasurer's performance of duties under section 25.50, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the department of administration. All orders issued by the office of the state treasurer in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the state treasurer's performance of duties under section 25.50, 2009 stats., as determined by the secretary of administration, remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until modified or rescinded by the department of administration.
(3) Transfer of management service functions to department of administration.
(a) Assets and liabilities. On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the office of the state treasurer that are primarily related to management services, as determined by the secretary of administration, shall become the assets and liabilities of the department of administration.
(b) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the office of the state treasurer that are primarily related to management services, as determined by the secretary of administration, shall become the tangible personal property of the department of administration.
