2017 Wisconsin Act 59

121.91 (3) (a) 1. If a school board wishes to exceed the limit under sub. (2m) otherwise applicable to the school district in any school year, it shall promptly adopt a resolution supporting inclusion in the final school district budget of an amount equal to the proposed excess revenue. The resolution shall specify whether the proposed excess revenue is for a recurring or nonrecurring purpose, or, if the proposed excess revenue is for both recurring and nonrecurring purposes, the amount of the proposed excess revenue for each purpose. The resolution shall be filed as provided in s. 8.37. Within 10 days after adopting the resolution, the school board shall notify the department of the scheduled date of the that it will schedule a referendum for the purpose of submitting the resolution to the electors of the school district for approval or rejection and shall submit a copy of the resolution to the department. The Except as provided in subds. 2. and 3. , the school board shall call a special referendum for the purpose of submitting the resolution to the electors of the school district for approval or rejection. In lieu of a special referendum, the school board may specify that schedule the referendum to be held at the next succeeding regularly scheduled spring primary or election or partisan primary or general election, if provided such election is to be held not sooner than 70 days after the filing of the resolution of the school board. A school board may proceed under this subdivision and under s. 67.05 (6a) 2. a. no more than 2 times in any calendar year. The school district clerk shall certify the results of the referendum to the department within 10 days after the referendum is held.

59,1640m Section 1640m. 121.91 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

121.91 (3) (a) 2. The school board of a school district that experiences a natural disaster, including a fire, that causes the school district's costs to increase may call a special referendum to be held within the 6-month period immediately following the natural disaster, provided the special referendum is to be held not sooner than 70 days after the filing of the resolution of the school board under subd. 1.

59,1640p Section 1640p. 121.91 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

121.91 (3) (a) 3. The school board of a school district may call a special referendum to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in an odd-numbered year, provided the special referendum is to be held not sooner than 70 days after the filing of the resolution of the school board under subd. 1.

59,1640r Section 1640r. 121.91 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

121.91 (3) (c) The A referendum under this subsection shall be held in accordance with chs. 5 to 12. The school district clerk shall provide the election officials with all necessary election supplies. The form of the ballot shall correspond substantially with the standard form for referendum ballots prescribed by the elections commission under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). The question submitted shall be whether the limit under sub. (2m) may be exceeded by a specified amount. If the resolution provides that any of the excess revenue will be used for a nonrecurring purpose, the ballot in the election shall so state and shall specify the amount that will be used for a nonrecurring purpose. The limit otherwise applicable to the school district under sub. (2m) is increased by the amount approved by a majority of those voting on the question.

59,1640t Section 1640t. 121.91 (4) (L) 1. of the statutes is repealed.

59,1640v Section 1640v. 121.91 (4) (L) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 121.91 (4) (L).

59,1641m Section 1641m. 121.91 (4) (o) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

121.91 (4) (o) 4. Unless the resolution is adopted before January 1, 2018, subd. 1. applies only to a resolution adopted after December 3 1, 2018.

59,1641p Section 1641p. 121.91 (4) (p) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

121.91 (4) (p) 1. The limit otherwise applicable to a school district under sub. (2m) in any school year is increased by the amount of any reduction to that school district's state aid payment made under s. 118.51 (16) (b) 2. and (c) or (17) (c) 2. or (cm) 2. in the previous school year for a pupil who was not included in the calculation of the number of pupils enrolled in that school district in the previous school year.

59,1642 Section 1642 . 125.04 (5) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

125.04 (5) (a) 5. Have successfully completed within the 2 years prior to the date of application a responsible beverage server training course at any location that is offered by a technical college district and that conforms to curriculum guidelines specified by the technical college system board or a comparable training course that is approved by the department or the educational approval board department of safety and professional services. This subdivision does not apply to an applicant who held, or who was an agent appointed and approved under sub. (6) of a corporation or limited liability company that held, within the past 2 years, a Class “A", “Class A" or “Class C" license or a Class “B" or “Class B" license or permit or a manager's or operator's license.

59,1643 Section 1643 . 125.17 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

125.17 (6) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (b), no municipal governing body may issue an operator's license unless the applicant has successfully completed a responsible beverage server training course at any location that is offered by a technical college district and that conforms to curriculum guidelines specified by the technical college system board or a comparable training course, which may include computer-based training and testing, that is approved by the department or the educational approval board department of safety and professional services, or unless the applicant fulfills one of the following requirements:

59,1643d Section 1643d. 125.26 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

125.26 (1) Every municipal governing body may issue Class “B" licenses for the sale of fermented malt beverages from premises within the municipality and may authorize an official or body of the municipality to issue temporary Class “B" licenses under sub. (6). A Class “B" license authorizes retail sales of fermented malt beverages to be consumed either on the premises where sold or off the premises. A license may be issued after July 1. That license shall expire on the following June 30. Persons holding a Class “B" license may sell beverages containing less than 0.5 percent of alcohol by volume without obtaining a license under s. 66.0433 (1).

59,1643h Section 1643h. 125.27 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

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.