(4) Funding limitation. The department may not award grants under this section that total more than $7,500,000 in any fiscal year.
55,422e
Section 422e. 16.994 of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.
55,422g
Section 422g. 16.996 of the statutes is created to read:
16.996 Educational technology teacher training grants. (1) Purpose. The department shall annually award grants to eligible consortia of school districts for the costs of training teachers to use educational technology.
(2) Eligible consortia. A consortium of school districts is eligible for a grant under this section if all of the following apply:
(a) The consortium consists of 3 or more school districts.
(b) Each school district's membership in the previous school year divided by that school district's area in square miles is 13 or less.
(c) The consortium applies for a grant under this section.
(3) Grant amount. In any year the department awards grants under this section, subject to sub. (4), the department shall pay to each eligible consortium the sum of the following amounts:
(a) For each school district in the consortium that had a membership of less than 750 pupils in the previous year, $7,500.
(b) For each school district in the consortium that had a membership of 750 pupils to 1,500 pupils in the previous year, $10 multiplied by the school district's membership in the previous year.
(c) For each school district in the consortium that had a membership of more than 1,500 pupils in the previous year, $15,000.
(4) Funding. (a) The department may not award grants under this section that total more than $1,500,000 in any fiscal year.
(b) If, in any fiscal year, $1,500,000 is insufficient to pay the full amount under sub. (3), the department shall prorate the payments among the eligible consortia.
55,423
Section
423. 16.997 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 16.997 (2) (a) and amended to read:
16.997 (2) (a) Allow an educational agency to make a request to the department for access to either one data line or one lines and video
link, except as follows: links.
55,424
Section
424. 16.997 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
55,425
Section
425. 16.997 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
55,426
Section
426. 16.997 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
55,427
Section
427. 16.997 (2c) of the statutes is created to read:
16.997 (2c) The department shall develop criteria to use to evaluate whether to provide more than one data line and video link to an educational agency. The department shall include in the criteria an educational agency's current bandwidth, equipment, and readiness, and the available providers and any other economic development in the geographic area that the educational agency serves.
55,453f
Section 453f. 19.36 (7) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
19.36 (7) (a) (intro.) In this subsection:
55,453g
Section 453g. 19.36 (7) (a) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
19.36 (7) (a) 1. (intro.) In this subsection, "final "Final candidate" means each applicant who is seriously considered for appointment or whose name is certified for appointment, and whose name is submitted for final consideration to an authority for appointment, to any of the following:
55,453L
Section 453L. 19.36 (7) (a) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
19.36 (7) (a) 1. a. A state position, except that is not a position in the classified service and that is not a position in the University of Wisconsin System.
55,453p
Section 453p. 19.36 (7) (a) 1. c. of the statutes is created to read:
19.36 (7) (a) 1. c. The position of president, vice president, or senior vice president of the University of Wisconsin System; the position of chancellor of an institution; or the position of the vice chancellor who serves as deputy at each institution.
55,453t
Section 453t. 19.36 (7) (a) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
19.36 (7) (a) 2. (intro.) "Final candidate" includes all of the following, but only with respect to the offices and positions described under subd. 1. a. and b.:
55,453x
Section 453x. 19.36 (7) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
19.36 (7) (a) 3. "Institution" has the meaning given in s. 36.05 (9).
55,453xm
Section 453xm. 19.36 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
19.36 (12) Information relating to certain employees. Unless access is specifically authorized or required by statute, an authority shall may not provide access to a record prepared or provided by an employer performing work on a project to which s. 66.0903, 103.49, or 103.50 16.856 or 84.062 applies, or on which the employer is otherwise required to pay prevailing wages, if that record contains the name or other personally identifiable information relating to an employee of that employer, unless the employee authorizes the authority to provide access to that information. In this subsection, "personally identifiable information" does not include an employee's work classification, hours of work, or wage or benefit payments received for work on such a project.
19.45 (11) (a) The administrator of the division director of the bureau of merit recruitment and selection in the office of state employment relations department of administration shall, with the board's advice, promulgate rules to implement a code of ethics for classified and unclassified state employees except state public officials subject to this subchapter, personnel in the University of Wisconsin System, and officers and employees of the judicial branch.
55,475
Section
475. 20.002 (11) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
20.002 (11) (b) 2. Except as provided in subd. 3, the secretary of administration shall limit the total amount of any temporary reallocations to the general fund at any one time during a fiscal year to an amount equal to 5% 9 percent of the total amounts shown in the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) of appropriations of general purpose revenues, calculated by the secretary as of that time and for that fiscal year. During the 2013-15 fiscal biennium, the amount that may be reallocated under this subdivision during a fiscal year may not exceed 9 percent of such revenues.
55,478d
Section 478d. 20.003 (4) (gm) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.003 (4) (gm) For fiscal year 2015-16, $65,000,000 plus the amount calculated under s. 16.518 (2) for fiscal year 2015-16, but not to exceed 2 percent.
55,478g
Section 478g. 20.003 (4) (gn) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.003 (4) (gn) For fiscal year 2016-17, $65,000,000 plus the amounts calculated under s. 16.518 (2) for fiscal years 2015-16 and 2016-17, but not to exceed 2 percent.
55,478h
Section 478h. 20.003 (4) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.003 (4) (L) For fiscal year 2017-18 and each fiscal year thereafter, an amount equal to the prior fiscal year's required statutory balance plus $5,000,000
and the accumulated amount calculated under s. 16.518 (2) for fiscal year 2017-18 and each fiscal year thereafter , but not to exceed 2 percent.
55,479
Section
479. 20.005 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
20.005 (1) Summary of all funds. The budget governing fiscal operations for the state of Wisconsin for all funds beginning on July 1, 2015, and ending on June 30, 2017, is summarized as follows: [See Figure 20.005 (1) following]
Figure: 20.005 (1)
GENERAL FUND SUMMARY
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SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS — ALL FUNDS
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SUMMARY OF COMPENSATION RESERVES — ALL FUNDS
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LOTTERY FUND SUMMARY
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55,480
Section
480. 20.005 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
20.005 (2) State borrowing program summary. The following schedule sets forth the state borrowing program summary: [See Figures 20.005 (2) (a) and (b) following]
Figure: 20.005 (2) (a)
SUMMARY OF BONDING AUTHORITY MODIFICATIONS
2015-17 FISCAL BIENNIUM
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Figure: 20.005 (2) (b)
GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT SERVICE
FISCAL YEARS 2015-16 AND 2016-17
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55,481
Section
481. 20.005 (3) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
20.005 (3) Appropriations. The following schedule sets forth all annual, biennial, and sum certain continuing appropriations and anticipated expenditures from other appropriations for the programs and other purposes indicated. All appropriations are made from the general fund unless otherwise indicated. The letter abbreviations shown designating the type of appropriation apply to both fiscal years in the schedule unless otherwise indicated. [See Figure 20.005 (3) following]
Figure: 20.005 (3)
55,482
Section
482. 20.115 (1) (gb) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.115 (1) (gb) Food regulation, lodging, and recreation. The amounts in the schedule for the regulation of food, lodging, and recreation under chs. 93, 97 and 98. All moneys received under ss. 93.06 (1r) and (1w), 93.09, 93.11, 93.12, 97.17, 97.175, 97.20, 97.21, 97.22, 97.24, 97.27, 97.29, 97.30 (3) (a), (b) and (c), 97.41, 97.60 to 97.653, 97.67, 98.145 and 98.146 for the regulation of food, lodging, and recreation shall be credited to this appropriation.
55,483
Section
483. 20.115 (2) (jm) of the statutes is created to read:
20.115 (2) (jm) Veterinary examining board. All moneys received from issuing and renewing credentials under ch. 89 for the licensing, rule-making, and regulatory functions of the veterinary examining board.
55,485
Section
485. 20.115 (7) (qf) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.115 (7) (qf) Soil and water management; aids. From the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule for cost-sharing grants and contracts under the soil and water resource management program under s. 92.14, but not for the support of local land conservation personnel, and for producer led watershed protection grants under s. 93.59. The department shall allocate funds, in an amount that does not exceed $250,000 in each fiscal year for the producer led watershed protection grants.
55,497m
Section 497m. 20.144 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.144 (1) (g) General program operations. The amounts in the schedule for the general program operations of the department of financial institutions. Except as provided in pars. (a), (h), (i), (j), and (u), all moneys received by the department, other than by the office of credit unions and the division of banking, and 88% of all moneys received by the office of credit unions and the department's division of banking shall be credited to this appropriation, but any balance at the close of a fiscal year under this appropriation shall lapse to the general fund. Annually, $325,000 $150,000 of the amounts received under this appropriation account shall be transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.575 (1) (g).
55,505
Section
505. 20.145 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
55,510m
Section 510m. 20.155 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.155 (1) (j) Intervenor financing
and grants. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for intervenor financing and grants under s. 196.31. All moneys received for intervenor financing under s. 196.31 (2) shall be credited to this appropriation.
55,512m
Section 512m. 20.155 (3) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
55,513
Section
513. 20.155 (3) (r) of the statutes is created to read:
20.155 (3) (r) Broadband expansion grants. From the universal service fund, as a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for broadband expansion grants under s. 196.504. All moneys transferred under 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9236 (1v) shall be credited to this appropriation account.
55,524
Section
524. 20.165 (1) (hg) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.165 (1) (hg) General program operations; medical examining board; prescription drug monitoring program. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for the licensing, rule-making, and regulatory functions of the medical examining board and the affiliated credentialing boards attached to the medical examining board, except for preparing, administering, and grading examinations; and for the pharmacy examining controlled substances board's operation of the prescription drug monitoring program under s. 450.19 961.385. Ninety percent of all moneys received for issuing and renewing credentials under ch. 448 shall be credited to this appropriation.
55,540m
Section 540m. 20.165 (2) (de) of the statutes is renumbered 20.165 (2) (ke) and amended to read:
