20.916 (9) (d) Other allowable travel expenses. Employees shall be reimbursed for actual, reasonable, and necessary expenses, including specifically laundry, telephone, facsimile, porterage, and tips, when traveling on state business, but not to exceed any limitations or maximums established by the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration under sub. (8) and s. 16.53 (12) (c).
55,893
Section
893. 20.916 (9) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
20.916 (9) (f) 1. `Scheduled air travel.' Reimbursement for air travel shall be limited to the lowest appropriate airfare, as determined by the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration. An employee may be reimbursed for air travel at a rate other than the lowest appropriate airfare only if the employee submits a written explanation of the reasonableness of the expense.
55,894
Section
894. 20.916 (9) (f) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
20.916 (9) (f) 3. `Reimbursement.' Receipt limits for all claims for reimbursement of transportation expense shall be established by the director of the office
administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration in the compensation plan under s. 230.12.
55,896
Section
896. 20.917 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.917 (1) (c) Payment for moving expenses may be granted to a person reporting to his or her first place of employment or reporting upon reemployment after leaving the civil service, if payment is recommended by the appointing authority and approved in writing by the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration prior to the time when the move is made.
55,897
Section
897. 20.917 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.917 (1) (d) Payment may not be granted if the distance between the old and new residences of the employee is less than a minimum distance established by the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration for payment of moving expenses.
55,898
Section
898. 20.917 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.917 (2) (a) The director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations
personnel management in the department of administration may establish a maximum amount for payment of any employee moving costs under sub. (1) (a) to (c). This amount shall be submitted for the approval of the joint committee on employment relations in the manner provided in s. 20.916 (8), and upon approval shall become a part of the compensation plan under s. 230.12 (1).
55,899
Section
899. 20.917 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
20.917 (3) (a) 1. Lodging allowances shall be in accordance with the schedule established by the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration, but may not exceed the rate established under s. 13.123 (1) (a) 1.
55,900
Section
900. 20.917 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
20.917 (3) (a) 2. Lodging allowance payments are subject to prior approval in writing by the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration.
55,901
Section
901. 20.917 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.917 (5) (b) Payments under this subsection are in addition to any payments made under sub. (1). Payments under this subsection may be made only with the prior written approval of the director of the office
administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration.
55,902
Section
902. 20.917 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.917 (6) The director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations
personnel management in the department of administration may, in writing, delegate to an appointing authority the authority to approve reimbursement for moving expenses under sub. (1) (c), a temporary lodging allowance under sub. (3) (a) 2. or expenses under sub. (5) (b).
55,914
Section
914. 20.923 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.923 (2) (b) The annual salary of each state senator, representative to the assembly, justice of the supreme court, court of appeals judge and circuit judge shall be reviewed and established in the same manner as provided for positions in the classified service under s. 230.12 (3). The salary established for the chief justice of the supreme court shall be different than the salaries established for the associate justices of the supreme court.
55,916
Section
916. 20.923 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.923 (4) State agency positions. (intro.) State agency heads, the administrator of the division
director of the bureau of merit recruitment and selection in the office of state employment relations department of administration and commission chairpersons and members shall be identified and limited in number in accordance with the standardized nomenclature contained in this subsection, and shall be assigned to the executive salary groups listed in pars. (a) to (h). Except for positions specified in pars. (c) 3m. and (g) 1e. and sub. (12), all unclassified division administrator positions enumerated under s. 230.08 (2) (e) shall be assigned, when approved by the joint committee on employment relations, by the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration to one of 10 executive salary groups. The joint committee on employment relations, by majority vote of the full committee, may amend recommendations for initial position assignments and changes in assignments to the executive salary groups submitted by the director of the office administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration. All division administrator assignments and amendments to assignments of administrator positions approved by the committee shall become part of the compensation plan. Whenever a new unclassified division administrator position is created, the appointing authority may set the salary for the position until the joint committee on employment relations approves assignment of the position to an executive salary group. If the committee approves assignment of the position to an executive salary group having a salary range minimum or maximum inconsistent with the salary paid to the incumbent at the time of such approval, the incumbent's salary shall be adjusted by the appointing authority to conform with the committee's action, effective on the date of that action. Positions are assigned as follows:
55,918
Section
918. 20.923 (4) (c) 3m. of the statutes is amended to read:
20.923 (4) (c) 3m. Administration, department of; office division of state employment relations; division personnel management; bureau of merit recruitment and selection: administrator.
55,918m
Section 918m. 20.923 (4) (e) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
20.923 (4) (e) 4. Workforce development Administration, department of: labor and industry review commission: member and chairperson.
55,919
Section
919. 20.923 (4) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
20.923 (4) (f) 1. Administration, department of; office division of state employment relations: director personnel management: administrator.
55,921m
Section 921m. 20.923 (4) (f) 8h. of the statutes is amended to read:
20.923 (4) (f) 8h. Public service commission: chairperson and members commissioners.
55,923
Section
923. 20.923 (6) (as) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.923 (6) (as) Each elective executive officer other than the state treasurer, secretary of state, attorney general and superintendent of public instruction: a deputy or assistant.
55,924m
Section 924m. 20.923 (6) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.923 (6) (L) Tourism, department of; Kickapoo reserve management board: executive director and staff.
55,927
Section
927. 20.923 (7) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.923 (7) Wisconsin Technical College System senior executive positions. (intro.) The salary range for the director and the executive assistant of the Wisconsin Technical College System shall be contained in the recommendations of the director of the office
administrator of the division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration under s. 230.12 (3) (e). The board of the Wisconsin Technical College System shall set the salaries for these positions within the range to which the positions are assigned to recognize merit, to permit orderly salary progression, and to recognize competitive factors. The salary of any incumbent in the positions identified in pars. (a) and (b) may not exceed the maximum of the salary range for the group to which the position is assigned. The positions are assigned as follows:
55,928
Section
928. 20.923 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.923 (8) Deputies. Salaries for deputies appointed pursuant to ss. 13.94 (3) (b), 15.04 (2), 230.04 (16), and 551.601 (1) shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary shall not exceed the maximum of the salary range one range below the salary range of the executive salary group to which the department or agency head is assigned. The positions of assistant secretary of state, assistant state treasurer and associate director of the historical society shall be treated as an unclassified
deputies deputy for pay purposes under this subsection. The salary of the deputy director of the office of business development in the department of administration is assigned to executive salary group 2.
55,930
Section
930. 20.923 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.923 (9) Assistant deputy secretary and executive assistants. Salaries for assistant deputy secretaries and executive assistants appointed under ss. 15.05 (3) and 15.06 (4m) shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary for an assistant deputy secretary or an executive assistant appointed under s. 15.05 (3) or 15.06 (4m), other than the salary for the executive assistant to the director of the technical college system, may not exceed the maximum of the salary range 2 ranges below the salary range for the executive salary group to which the department or agency head is assigned. The position of administrative assistant to the lieutenant governor shall be treated as are executive assistants for pay purposes under this subsection. The salary for the executive assistant appointed under s. 230.04 (16) shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary for that position may not exceed the maximum of the salary range 2 ranges below the salary range for the executive salary group to which the appointing authority is assigned.
55,932m
Section 932m. 20.923 (15) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.923 (15) (a) An incumbent of a position that has been assigned to an executive salary group of the compensation plan or to a general senior executive group or a university senior executive salary group under this section, whose current salary exceeds the maximum of the salary range to which his or her position's group is assigned, shall remain at his or her current rate of pay while he or she remains employed in that position until the maximum of the salary range to which his or her executive salary group or university senior executive salary group is assigned equals or exceeds his or her current rate of pay.
55,933
Section
933. 20.923 (18) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.923 (18) (a) The office
division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration shall determine what positions in the classified service are comparable positions to the unclassified positions of 3 sales representatives of prison industries and one sales manager of prison industries who are appointed under s. 303.01 (10). For each such unclassified position, the office division of state employment relations personnel management in the department of administration shall determine the minimum salary for each comparable position in the classified service and shall set an amount equal to that minimum salary as the salary for that unclassified position.
55,945n
Section 945n. 20.931 of the statutes is repealed.
55,959b
Section 959b. 23.0917 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (3) (b) In obligating moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition, the department shall set aside in each fiscal year $3,000,000 $1,000,000 that may be obligated only for state trails and the department to acquire land for the ice age trail and for grants for the state trails and the ice age trails under s. 23.096. The period of time during which the moneys shall be set aside in each fiscal year shall begin on the July 1 of the fiscal year and end on the June 30 of the same fiscal year.
55,959c
Section 959c. 23.0917 (3) (br) of the statutes is renumbered 23.0917 (3) (br) (intro.) and amended to read:
23.0917 (3) (br) (intro.) Beginning with fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, in In obligating moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition, the department shall set aside in each fiscal year $12,000,000 the following amounts that may be obligated only to provide for grants awarded to nonprofit conservation organizations under s. 23.096.:
55,959d
Section 959d. 23.0917 (3) (br) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
23.0917 (3) (br) 1. For each fiscal year beginning with 2010-11 and ending with 2014-15, $12,000,000.
55,959f
Section 959f. 23.0917 (3) (br) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
23.0917 (3) (br) 2. For each fiscal year beginning with 2015-16 and ending with 2019-20, $7,000,000.
55,959i
Section 959i. 23.0917 (3) (bt) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (3) (bt) 1. For each fiscal year beginning with 2013-14 and ending with fiscal year 2015-16 2014-15, $20,000,000.
55,959k
Section 959k. 23.0917 (3) (bt) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (3) (bt) 2. For each fiscal year beginning with 2016-17 2015-16 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, $23,000,000 $9,000,000.
55,959n
Section 959n. 23.0917 (3) (bw) of the statutes is created to read:
23.0917 (3) (bw) In obligating moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition, the department shall set aside $5,000,000 for each fiscal year beginning with 2015-16 and ending with 2019-20 to be obligated only to provide grants to counties under s. 23.0953.
55,959o
Section 959o. 23.0917 (3) (dm) 6g. of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (3) (dm) 6g. For each fiscal year beginning with 2013-14 and ending with fiscal year 2015-16 2014-15, $32,000,000.
55,959p
Section 959p. 23.0917 (3) (dm) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (3) (dm) 7. For each fiscal year beginning with 2016-17 2015-16 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, $36,000,000 $21,000,000.
55,960
Section
960. 23.0917 (4) (cm) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (4) (cm) 4. Infrastructure improvements to the Kettle Moraine Springs fish hatchery. This subdivision does not apply after June 30, 2017 2018.
55,960c
Section 960c. 23.0917 (4) (cm) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
23.0917 (4) (cm) 5. Repair or replacement of the Little Falls Dam at Willow River State Park in St. Croix County.
55,960g
Section 960g. 23.0917 (4) (d) 1m. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (4) (d) 1m. d. For fiscal years year 2014-15 and 2015-16, $20,000,000 in each fiscal year.
55,960n
Section 960n. 23.0917 (4) (d) 1m. e. of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (4) (d) 1m. e. For each fiscal year beginning with 2016-17 2015-16 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, $11,500,000 $9,750,000.
55,960r
Section 960r. 23.0917 (4) (d) 3. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (4) (d) 3. a. Beginning with fiscal year 2013-14 and ending with fiscal year 2015-16 2014-15, $7,000,000.
55,960w
Section 960w. 23.0917 (4) (d) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (4) (d) 3. b. Beginning with fiscal year 2016-17 2015-16 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, $5,500,000 $3,750,000.
55,961e
Section 961e. 23.0917 (5g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (5g) (a) Except as provided in par. pars. (b) and (c), if for a given fiscal year, the department obligates an amount from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for a subprogram under sub. (3) or (4) that is less than the annual bonding authority under that subprogram for that given fiscal year, the department may not obligate the unobligated amount in subsequent fiscal years. This subsection applies beginning with fiscal year 2011-12 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20.
55,961m
Section 961m. 23.0917 (5g) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
23.0917 (5g) (c) 1. In this paragraph, "unobligated amount" means the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the subprograms under subs. (3), (4), and (4j) in fiscal years 2011-12, 2012-13, and 2013-14 exceeded the amounts that the department obligated from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for those subprograms for those fiscal years, but not including the amount by which the annual bonding authority for the purpose under sub. (3) (br) in fiscal year 2013-14 exceeded the amount obligated for that purpose in that fiscal year.
2. The department shall obligate the unobligated amount as follows:
a. The amount necessary for the purpose under sub. (4) (cm) 4. but not more than $19,600,000.
b. The amount necessary for the purpose under sub. (4) (cm) 5. but not more than $5,000,000.
c. Subject to the limitation under s. 31.385 (7), the amount necessary for county dam safety grants under s. 31.385 (7) but not more than the difference between the amounts obligated under subds. 2. a. and b. and the unobligated amount.
55,961p
Section 961p. 23.0917 (6m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
23.0917 (6m) (c) The procedures under par. (a) apply only to an amount for a project or activity that exceeds $250,000, except as provided in pars. (d), (dg), and (dm), and (dr).
55,961t
Section 961t. 23.0917 (6m) (dr) of the statutes is created to read:
23.0917 (6m) (dr) The procedures under par. (a) apply to any acquisition of land in fee simple, regardless of the amount obligated for the acquisition, if the land is located north of STH 64.
55,974m
Section 974m. 23.116 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
