Wisconsin Legislature: 55,219

55,136d Section 136d. 15.165 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

15.165 (2) Group insurance board. There is created in the department of employee trust funds a group insurance board. The board shall consist of the following members:

(a) The governor or his or her designee.

(b) The attorney general or his or her designee.

(d) The administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of administration or his or her designee.

(e) The commissioner of insurance or his or her designee.

(f) One representative to the assembly appointed by the speaker of the assembly.

(g) One representative to the assembly appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.

(h) One senator appointed by the majority leader of the senate.

(i) One senator appointed by the minority leader of the senate.

(j) Six persons appointed for 2-year terms, of whom one shall be an insured participant in the Wisconsin Retirement System who is not a teacher, one shall be an insured participant in the Wisconsin Retirement System who is a teacher, one shall be an insured participant in the Wisconsin Retirement System who is a retired employee, one shall be an insured employee of a local unit of government, and one shall be the chief executive or a member of the governing body of a local unit of government that is a participating employer in the Wisconsin Retirement System.

55,146m Section 146m. 15.225 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 15.105 (15) and amended to read:

15.105 (15) Labor and industry review commission. There is created a labor and industry review commission which is attached to the department of workforce development administration under s. 15.03, except the budget of the labor and industry review commission shall be transmitted by the department to the governor without change or modification by the department, unless agreed to by the labor and industry review commission. The governor shall appoint an individual to serve at the pleasure of the governor as general counsel for the commission.

55,148m Section 148m. 15.227 (17) of the statutes is repealed.

55,157m Section 157m. 15.345 (6) of the statutes is repealed.

55,161m Section 161m. 15.347 (15) of the statutes is repealed.

55,175 Section 175. 15.405 (5g) of the statutes is amended to read:

15.405 (5g) Controlled substances board. There is created in the department of safety and professional services a controlled substances board consisting of the attorney general, the secretary of health services, and the secretary of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, or their designees; the chairperson of the pharmacy examining board, the chairperson of the medical examining board, the chairperson of the dentistry examining board, and the chairperson of the board of nursing, or a designee; and one psychiatrist and one pharmacologist appointed for 3-year terms.

55,190 Section 190. 15.405 (12) of the statutes is renumbered 15.135 (5) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

15.135 (5) (a) Veterinary examining board. (intro.) There is created a veterinary examining board in the department of safety and professional services agriculture, trade and consumer protection. The veterinary examining board shall consist of the following 8 members appointed for staggered 4-year terms.:

1. Five of the members shall be licensed veterinarians licensed in this state.

2. One member shall be a veterinary technician certified in this state.

3. Two members shall be public members.

(b) No member of the examining board may in any way be financially interested in any school having a veterinary department or a course of study in veterinary or animal technology.

55,203p Section 203p. 15.407 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

55,205p Section 205p. 15.407 (6) of the statutes is repealed.

55,207p Section 207p. 15.407 (8) of the statutes is repealed.

55,211p Section 211p. 15.407 (12) of the statutes is repealed.

55,219 Section 219. 15.445 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 15.345 (8), and 15.345 (8) (a), as renumbered, is amended to read:

15.345 (8) (a) There is created a lower Wisconsin state riverway board, which is attached to the department of tourism natural resources under s. 15.03.

55,222m Section 222m. 15.707 of the statutes is repealed.

55,223g Section 223g. 15.79 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

15.79 (1) There is created a public service commission. No member of the commission consisting of one chairperson and 2 commissioners. The chairperson and any commissioner may not have a financial interest in a railroad, water carrier, or public utility. If any member the chairperson or a commissioner voluntarily becomes so interested, the member's chairperson's or commissioner's office shall become vacant. If the member chairperson or commissioner involuntarily becomes so interested, the member's chairperson's or commissioner's office shall become vacant unless the member chairperson or commissioner divests himself or herself of the interest within a reasonable time. Each The chairperson and each commissioner shall hold office until a successor is appointed and qualified.

55,223r Section 223r. 15.79 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

15.79 (2) (intro.) A The chairperson and each commissioner of the public service commission may not do any of the following:

55,228 Section 228. 15.915 (6) of the statutes is repealed.

55,233 Section 233. 16.003 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.003 (2) Staff. Except as provided in ss. 16.548, 16.57, 978.03 (1), (1m) and (2), 978.04 and 978.05 (8) (b), the secretary shall appoint the staff necessary for performing the duties of the department. All staff shall be appointed under the classified service except as otherwise provided by law.

55,236 Section 236. 16.004 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.004 (7) (a) The secretary shall establish and maintain a personnel management information system which shall be used to furnish the governor, the legislature and the office division of state employment relations personnel management in the department with current information pertaining to authorized positions, payroll and related items for all civil service employees, except employees of the office of the governor, the courts and judicial branch agencies, and the legislature and legislative service agencies. It is the intent of the legislature that the University of Wisconsin System provide position and other information to the department and the legislature, which includes appropriate data on each position, facilitates accountability for each authorized position and traces each position over time. Nothing in this paragraph may be interpreted as limiting the authority of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System to allocate and reallocate positions by funding source within the legally authorized levels.

55,239r Section 239r. 16.004 (13) of the statutes is created to read:

16.004 (13) Amortization schedule for commercial paper principal. (a) In this subsection, "short-term commercial paper program" means a short-term, general obligation debt issued in lieu of long-term, state general obligation debt.

(b) The secretary shall establish an amortization schedule for the repayment of principal repayment on short-term commercial paper programs so that a uniform portion of the principal amount of the obligation is planned to be retired annually.

55,240 Section 240. 16.004 (16) of the statutes is repealed.

55,247m Section 247m. 16.02 of the statutes is repealed.

55,251 Section 251. 16.08 of the statutes is repealed.

55,254b Section 254b. 16.25 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

55,254d Section 254d. 16.25 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.25 (2) The board shall establish by rule department shall administer a program to provide length-of-service awards, described in 26 USC 457 (e) (11), to volunteer fire fighters in municipalities that operate volunteer fire departments or that contract with volunteer fire companies organized under ch. 181 or 213, to first responders in any municipality that authorizes first responders to provide first responder services, and to volunteer emergency medical technicians in any municipality that authorizes volunteer emergency medical technicians to provide emergency medical technical services in the municipality. To the extent permitted by federal law, the board shall design department shall administer the program so as to treat the length-of-service awards as a tax-deferred benefit under the Internal Revenue Code.

55,254f Section 254f. 16.25 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.25 (3) (intro.) The board department shall promulgate rules to include the following design features for administer the program so as to include all of the following features:

55,254h Section 254h. 16.25 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.25 (3) (c) The municipality may select from among the plans offered by individuals or organizations under contract with the board department under sub. (4) for the volunteer fire fighters, first responders, and emergency medical technicians who perform services for the municipality. The municipality shall pay the annual contributions directly to the individual or organization offering the plan selected by the municipality.

55,254j Section 254j. 16.25 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.25 (3) (d) 1. Subject to subd. 2., the board department shall match all annual municipal contributions paid for volunteer fire fighters, first responders, and emergency medical technicians up to $250 per fiscal year, other than contributions paid for the purchase of additional years of service under par. (e), to be paid from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (4) (er). This amount shall be adjusted annually on July 1 to reflect any changes in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, as determined by the U.S. department of labor, for the 12-month period ending on the preceding December 31. The board department shall pay all amounts that are matched under this paragraph to the individuals and organizations offering the plans selected by the municipalities.

2. If the moneys appropriated under s. 20.505 (4) (er) are not sufficient to fully fund the contributions required to be paid by the board department under subd. 1., the board department shall prorate the contributions paid for the volunteer fire fighters, first responders, and emergency medical technicians.

55,254L Section 254L. 16.25 (3) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.25 (3) (g) A volunteer fire fighter, first responder, or emergency medical technician shall be paid a length of service award either in a lump sum or in a manner specified by rule, consisting of all municipal and state contributions made on behalf of the volunteer fire fighter, first responder, or emergency medical technician and all earnings on the contributions, less any expenses incurred in the investment of the contributions and earnings, after the volunteer fire fighter, first responder, or emergency medical technician attains 20 years of service for a municipality and reaches the age of 60. If a volunteer fire fighter, first responder, or emergency medical technician has satisfied all vesting requirements under the program but has less than 20 years of service for a municipality or has not reached the age of 60, the program shall provide for the payment of a length of service award either in a lump sum or in a manner specified by rule in an amount to be determined by the board department, but less than the amount paid to a volunteer fire fighter, first responder, or emergency medical technician who has attained 20 years of service for a municipality and has reached the age of 60.

55,254n Section 254n. 16.25 (3) (i) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

16.25 (3) (i) 2. A volunteer fire fighter, first responder, or emergency medical technician who becomes disabled during his or her service as a volunteer fire fighter, first responder, or emergency medical technician for the municipality shall be paid a length of service award either in a lump sum or in a manner specified by rule, in an amount to be determined by the board department.

55,254p Section 254p. 16.25 (3) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.25 (3) (k) The board department shall equitably allocate all moneys in accounts of volunteer fire fighters, first responders, and emergency medical technicians that have been closed to the accounts of volunteer fire fighters, first responders, and emergency medical technicians that have not been forfeited or closed.

55,254r Section 254r. 16.25 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.25 (4) (a) The board department shall establish by rule the requirements for, and the qualifications of, the individuals and organizations in the private sector that are eligible to provide administrative services and investment plans under the program, other than services funded from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (ec). In establishing the requirements and qualifications, the board department shall develop criteria of financial stability that each individual and organization must meet in order to offer the services and plans under the program.

55,254t Section 254t. 16.25 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.25 (4) (b) The board department may contract with any individual or organization in the private sector that seeks to provide administrative services and investment plans required for the program, other than services funded from the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (ec), if the individual or organization fulfills the requirements and has the qualifications established by the board department under par. (a). Section 16.72 (2) (b) does not apply to any such contract.

55,254v Section 254v. 16.25 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.25 (5) The board department shall establish by rule a process by which a volunteer fire fighter, first responder, or emergency medical technician may appeal to the board secretary any decision made by the department or by an individual or organization under contract with the board department under sub. (4) that affects a substantial interest of the volunteer fire fighter, first responder, or emergency medical technician under the program.

55,254x Section 254x. 16.25 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.25 (6) Annually, on or before December 31, the board department shall submit a report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) describing the activities of the board department under this section.

55,262 Section 262. 16.40 (18) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.40 (18) Require agencies to provide copies. Require each state agency, at the time that the agency submits a request to the department for an increased appropriation to be provided in an executive budget bill which is necessitated by the compensation plan under s. 230.12 or a collective bargaining agreement approved under s. 111.92, to provide a copy of the request to the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department and the joint committee on employment relations.

55,268 Section 268. 16.415 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.415 (1) Neither the secretary nor any other fiscal officer of this state may draw, sign, or issue, or authorize the drawing, signing, or issuing of any warrant on any disbursing officer of the state to pay any compensation to any person in the classified service of the state unless an estimate, payroll, or account for such compensation, containing the names of every person to be paid, bears the certificate of the appointing authority that each person named in the estimate, payroll, or account has been appointed, employed, or subject to any other personnel transaction in accordance with, and that the pay for the person has been established in accordance with, the law, compensation plan, or applicable collective bargaining agreement, and applicable rules of the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department and the administrator of the division director of the bureau of merit recruitment and selection in the office of state employment relations department then in effect.

55,269 Section 269. 16.415 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.415 (3) Any sums paid contrary to this section may be recovered from any appointing authority making such appointments in contravention of law or of the rules promulgated pursuant thereto, or from any appointing authority signing or countersigning or authorizing the signing or countersigning of any warrant for the payment of the same, or from the sureties on the official bond of any such appointing authority, in an action in the circuit court for any county within the state, maintained by the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department, or by a citizen resident therein, who is assessed for, and liable to pay, or within one year before the commencement of the action has paid, a state, city or county tax within this state. All moneys recovered in any action brought under this section when collected, shall be paid into the state treasury except that if a citizen taxpayer is plaintiff in any such action he or she shall be entitled to receive for personal use the taxable cost of such action and 5% of the amount recovered as attorney fees.

55,272d Section 272d. 16.42 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

16.42 (1m) An agency making a request under sub. (1) shall submit 3 proposals as follows:

(a) A proposal written as if there would be no increase in expenditures of general purpose revenue, program revenue, or segregated revenue from the base levels for the current fiscal year.

(b) A proposal written as if the only increase in expenditures of general purpose revenue, program revenue, or segregated revenue from base levels would be for the cost to continue programs, including standard budget adjustments and increases in costs due to case load or population adjustments, and for the amounts necessary to fund previously enacted program commitments.

(c) The proposal submitted in par. (b) but modified to include increases in expenditures of general purpose revenue, program revenue, or segregated revenue from base levels for programmatic changes.

55,272f Section 272f. 16.42 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

16.42 (3) The department of safety and professional services shall include in its agency request under sub. (1) a proposal to eliminate any council, board, or commission that has not held a meeting since the preceding September 15, unless the council, board, or commission is required to exist under federal law.

55,272h Section 272h. 16.43 of the statutes is amended to read:

16.43 (1) The secretary shall compile and submit to the governor or the governor-elect and to each person elected to serve in the legislature during the next biennium, not later than November 20 of each even-numbered year, a compilation giving all of the data required by s. 16.46 to be included in the state budget report, except the recommendations of the governor and the explanation thereof.

(3) The secretary shall not include in the compilation any provision for the development or implementation of an information technology development project for an executive branch agency that is not consistent with the strategic plan of the agency, as approved under s. 16.976. The secretary may distribute the budget compilation in printed or optical disk format.

55,272i Section 272i. 16.43 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

16.43 (2) When the secretary compiles the requests of agencies for the succeeding biennium, the secretary shall ensure that the data is presented as the following 3 proposals: