2017 Wisconsin Act 59

125.27 (1) (a) The department shall issue Class “B" permits to clubs holding a valid certificate issued under s. 73.03 (50) that are operated solely for the playing of golf or tennis and are commonly known as country clubs and to clubs that are operated solely for curling, ski jumping or yachting, if the club is not open to the general public and if no Class “B" licenses are issued by the governing body of the municipality in which the club is located. A Class “B" permit authorizes retail sales of fermented malt beverages to be consumed on the premises where sold. Persons holding a Class “B" permit may sell beverages containing less than 0.5 percent of alcohol by volume without obtaining a license under s. 66.0433 (1).

59,1643p Section 1643p. 125.27 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

125.27 (2) (b) Persons holding a permit under par. (a) may sell beverages containing less than 0.5 percent of alcohol by volume without obtaining a license under s. 66.0433 (1).

59,1643t Section 1643t. 125.27 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

125.27 (3) (c) A tribe holding a permit under par. (a) may sell beverages containing less than 0.5 percent of alcohol by volume without obtaining a license under s. 66.0433 (1).

59,1644 Section 1644 . 134.66 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

134.66 (2m) (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to an agent, employee, or independent contractor who has received the training described in par. (a) as part of a responsible beverage server training course or a comparable training course, as described in s. 125.04 (5) (a) 5., that was successfully completed by the agent, employee, or independent contractor. The department of health services shall make the training program developed or approved by that department under par. (a) available to the technical college system board, and that board shall include that training program or a comparable training program approved by that department in the curriculum guidelines specified by that board under s. 125.04 (5) (a) 5. The department of health services shall also make the training program developed or approved by that department under par. (a) available to any provider of a comparable training course, as described in s. 125.04 (5) (a) 5., on request, and the department of revenue or the educational approval board department of safety and professional services may approve a comparable training course under s. 125.04 (5) (a) 5. only if that training course includes the training program developed or approved by the department of health services under par. (a) or a comparable training program approved by that department.

59,1644r Section 1644r. 139.32 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

139.32 (5) Manufacturers, bonded direct marketers, and distributors who are authorized by the department to purchase tax stamps shall receive a discount of 0.7 0.8 percent of the tax paid on stamp purchases.

59,1646t Section 1646t. 145.01 (4m) of the statutes is renumbered 145.01 (4m) (intro.) and amended to read:

145.01 (4m) Failing private on-site wastewater treatment system. (intro.) “Failing private on-site wastewater treatment system" has the meaning specified under s. 145.245 (4). means a private on-site wastewater treatment system that meets the criteria established by the department for determining if a private on-site wastewater treatment system is failing. A failing private on-site wastewater treatment system is one that causes or results in any of the following conditions:

59,1646u Section 1646u. 145.01 (4m) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

145.01 (4m) (a) The discharge of sewage into surface water or groundwater.

59,1646v Section 1646v. 145.01 (4m) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

145.01 (4m) (b) The introduction of sewage into zones of saturation that adversely affects the operation of a private on-site wastewater treatment system.

59,1646w Section 1646w. 145.01 (4m) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

145.01 (4m) (c) The discharge of sewage to a drain tile or into zones of bedrock.

59,1646x Section 1646x. 145.01 (4m) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

145.01 (4m) (d) The discharge of sewage to the surface of the ground.

59,1646y Section 1646y. 145.01 (4m) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

145.01 (4m) (e) The failure to accept sewage discharges and back up of sewage into the structure served by the private on-site wastewater treatment system.

59,1646ym Section 1646ym. 145.02 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

145.02 (2) (a) The department shall have general supervision of all such plumbing and shall after public hearing prescribe and publish and enforce reasonable standards therefor which shall be uniform and of statewide concern so far as practicable. Any employee designated by the department may act for the department in holding the public hearing required under this subsection. To the extent that the historic building code applies to the subject matter of these standards, the standards do not apply to a qualified historic building if the owner elects to be subject to s. 101.121. The standards do not apply to a primitive rural hunting cabin, as defined in s. 101.61 (3).

59,1652g Section 1652g. 145.09 of the statutes is renumbered 145.09 (1m).

59,1652h Section 1652h. 145.09 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

145.09 (2m) The department shall accept for a journeyman plumber's examination a person to whom all of the following apply:

(a) The person completed a plumbing apprenticeship under s. 106.025 or under the laws of any other state.

(b) The person passed a journeyman plumber's examination in any other state.

(c) The person has practiced for at least 5 years under a journeyman plumber's license or equivalent license issued by another state having licensure provisions governing plumbers that the department determines are substantially similar to the requirements under this chapter and the rules promulgated under this chapter, and the person has not been the subject of any disciplinary actions related to that license or any other equivalent license.

59,1655g Section 1655g. 145.20 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

145.20 (5) (a) The department shall establish a maintenance program to be administered by governmental units responsible for the regulation of private on-site wastewater treatment systems. The department shall determine the private on-site wastewater treatment systems to which the maintenance program applies. At a minimum the maintenance program is applicable to all new or replacement private on-site wastewater treatment systems constructed in a governmental unit after the date on which the governmental unit adopts this program. The department may apply the maintenance program by rule to private on-site wastewater treatment systems constructed in a governmental unit responsible for the regulation of private on-site wastewater treatment systems on or before the date on which the governmental unit adopts the program. The department shall determine the private on-site wastewater treatment systems to which the maintenance program applies in governmental units that do not meet the conditions for eligibility under s. 145.245 (9).

59,1655h Section 1655h. 145.20 (5) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

145.20 (5) (am) Each governmental unit responsible for the regulation of private on-site wastewater treatment systems shall adopt and begin the administration of the program established under par. (a) before October 1, 2019. As part of adopting and administering the program, the governmental unit shall conduct and maintain an inventory of all the private on-site wastewater treatment systems located in the governmental unit and shall complete the initial inventory before October 1, 2017. In order to be eligible for grant funding under s. 145.245, a governmental unit must comply with these deadlines.

59,1655j Section 1655j. 145.245 of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

59,1655k Section 1655k. 145.245 (12m) of the statutes is repealed.

59,1657b Section 1657b. 146.615 of the statutes is created to read:

146.615 Advanced practice clinician training grants. (1) In this section:

(a) “Advanced practice clinician" means a physician assistant or an advanced practice nurse, including a nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified registered nurse anesthesiologist.

(b) “Clinic” has the meaning given in s. 146.903 (1) (b).

(c) “Hospital” has the meaning given in s. 50.33 (2).

(d) “Rural clinic” means a clinic that is located in a city, town, or village in this state that has a population of less than 20,000.

(e) “Rural hospital" means a hospital that is located in a city, town, or village in this state that has a population of less than 20,000.

(2) Beginning in fiscal year 2018-19, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (fk), subject to sub. (3), the department shall distribute grants to hospitals and clinics that provide new training opportunities for advanced practice clinicians. The department shall distribute the grants under this section to hospitals and clinics that apply, in the form and manner determined by the department, to receive grants and that satisfy the criteria under sub. (3).

(3) (a) The department may distribute up to $50,000 per fiscal year per hospital or clinic.

(b) If the department distributes a grant to a hospital or clinic that has not previously received a grant under this section, the hospital or clinic receiving the grant may use the grant to create the education and infrastructure for training advanced practice clinicians or for activities authorized under par. (c). In distributing grants under this section, the department shall give preference to advanced practice clinician clinical training programs that include rural hospitals and rural clinics as clinical training locations.

(c) If the department distributes a grant to a hospital or clinic that has previously received a grant under this section, the department shall require the hospital or clinic to use the grant to pay for the costs of operating a clinical training program for advanced practice clinicians, which may include any of the following:

1. Required books and materials.

2. Tuition and fees.

3. Stipends for reasonable living expenses.

4. Preceptor costs, including preceptor compensation attributable to training, certification requirements, travel, and advanced practice clinician training.

(d) A recipient awarded a grant under this section shall match through its own funding sources the amount of the grant distributed by the department for the purposes of operating an advanced practice clinician rotation.

(4) A hospital or clinic sponsoring a training program for advanced practice clinicians supported by a grant under this section may determine what, if any, posteducation requirements must be fulfilled by participants in the training program for advanced practice clinicians.

59,1657d Section 1657d. 146.616 of the statutes is created to read:

146.616 Allied health professional education and training grants. (1) In this section:

(a) “Allied health professional" means any individual who is a health care provider other than a physician, registered nurse, dentist, pharmacist, chiropractor, or podiatrist and who provides diagnostic, technical, therapeutic, or direct patient care and support services to the patient.

(b) “Clinic” has the meaning given in s. 146.903 (1) (b).

(c) “Hospital” has the meaning given in s. 50.33 (2).

(d) “Rural clinic” means a clinic that is located in a city, town, or village in this state that has a population of less than 20,000.

(e) “Rural hospital” means a hospital that is located in a city, town, or village in this state that has a population of less than 20,000.

(2) Beginning in fiscal year 2018-19, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (fi), subject to subs. (3) to (5), the department shall distribute grants to hospitals, health systems, and educational entities that form health care education and training consortia for allied health professionals. The department shall distribute the grants under this section to hospitals, health systems, and educational entities that apply, in the form and manner determined by the department, to receive a grant and that satisfy the requirements established by the department under sub. (4).

(3) (a) The department may distribute up to $125,000 per fiscal year per consortium to be used for any of the following:

1. Curriculum and faculty development.

2. Tuition reimbursement.

3. Clinical site or simulation expenses.

(b) A recipient awarded a grant under this section shall match through its own funding sources the amount of the grant distributed by the department for the purposes of operating an allied health professional training consortium.

(4) The department shall determine the requirements for the formation of health care education and training consortia for allied health professionals.

(5) In distributing grants under this section, the department shall give preference to rural hospitals, health systems with a rural hospital or rural clinic, and rural educational entities.

59,1662 Section 1662 . 146.82 (2) (a) 16. of the statutes is amended to read:

146.82 (2) (a) 16. To a designated representative of the long-term care ombudsman under s. 16.009 (4), for the purpose of protecting and advocating the rights of an individual 60 years of age or older who resides in a long-term care facility, as specified in s. 16.009 (4) (b), or an individual 60 years of age or older who is an enrollee of the family care program, the Family Care Partnership Program, the program of all-inclusive care for the elderly, or the self-directed services option.

59,1664 Section 1664 . 146.98 of the statutes is repealed.

59,1672 Section 1672 . 165.055 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

165.055 (2) The deputy attorney general shall give a bond to the state in the sum of $5,000, with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the governor, conditioned for the faithful performance of the deputy attorney general's duties and the The attorney general shall be responsible for all acts of the deputy attorney general.

59,1672g Section 1672g. 165.10 of the statutes is created to read:

165.10 Limits on expenditure of discretionary settlement funds. Notwithstanding s. 20.455 (3), before the attorney general may expend settlement funds under s. 20.455 (3) (g) that are not committed under the terms of the settlement, the attorney general shall submit to the joint committee on finance a proposed plan for the expenditure of the funds. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the attorney general within 14 working days after the submittal that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan, the attorney general may expend the funds to implement the proposed plan. If, within 14 working days after the submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the attorney general that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan, the attorney general may expend the funds only to implement the plan as approved by the committee.

59,1673d Section 1673d. 165.25 (17) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

59,1673h Section 1673h. 165.25 (17) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 323.29 (3) (a) 1. and amended to read:

323.29 (3) (a) 1. Provide staff support for the interoperability council under s. 16.9645 and oversight of the development and operation of a statewide public safety interoperable communication system.

(b) The department may do any of the following:

59,1673p Section 1673p. 165.25 (17) (am) of the statutes is renumbered 323.29 (3) (b) 1. and amended to read:

323.29 (3) (b) 1. Charge a public safety agency , as defined in s. 256.35 (1) (g), that is a state agency a fee for use of the statewide public safety interoperable communication system under this subsection section.

59,1673t Section 1673t. 165.25 (17) (bm) of the statutes is renumbered 323.29 (3) (b) 2. and amended to read:

323.29 (3) (b) 2. Charge a person that is not a state agency a fee for use of the statewide public safety interoperable communication system under this subsection section.

59,1673v Section 1673v. 165.25 (18) and (19) of the statutes are created to read:

165.25 (18) Crime laboratories; deoxyribonucleic acid analysis. Determine the amount required to fund the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (2) (Lm).

(19) Crime laboratories; deoxyribonucleic acid analysis surcharges. If the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (2) (Lp) is anticipated to go into deficit, promptly notify the joint committee on finance in writing of the anticipated deficit.

59,1673x Section 1673x. 165.95 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

165.95 (2) The department of justice shall make grants to counties to enable them to establish and operate programs, including suspended and deferred prosecution programs and programs based on principles of restorative justice, that provide alternatives to prosecution and incarceration for criminal offenders who abuse alcohol or other drugs. The department of justice shall make the grants from the appropriations under s. 20.455 (2) (em), (jd), (kn), and (kv). The department of justice shall collaborate with the departments of corrections and health and family services in establishing this grant program.

59,1674 Section 1674 . 165.986 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

165.986 (1) The department of justice shall provide grants from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (kb) to cities to employ additional uniformed law enforcement officers whose primary duty is beat patrolling. A city is eligible for a grant under this section subsection in fiscal year 1994-95 if the city has a population of 25,000 or more. A city may receive a grant for a calendar year if the city applies for a grant before September 1 of the preceding calendar year. Grants shall be awarded to the 10 eligible cities submitting an application for a grant that have the highest rates of violent crime index offenses in the most recent full calendar year for which data is available under the uniform crime reporting system of the federal bureau of investigation.